The most famous composer associated with theFinal Fantasyseries has revealed their surprising reason why they believed SquareSoft declined and had to be saved by merging with Enix, becoming Square Enix.
SquareSoft was born in the 1980s, which was the period when its most famous series, Final Fantasy, was born on the NES. This franchise blew up in 1997, whenFinal Fantasy 7became one of thebiggest mainstream hitsof the era. Over time, SquareSoft ran into financial trouble, ultimately being forced to merge with Enix in 2003, becoming Square Enix, which is still going strong today.
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Legendary Final Fantasy composerNobuo Uematsu recently weighed in on the death of Squaresoft during an interview with the NOBIYO To Isshoni radio show. According toAutomaton Media, Uematsu shared his thoughts on what exactly led to the company’s demise.
Nobuo Uematsu Blames Square’s Demise On The Departure Of Hironobu Sakaguchi
Uematsu claims that the departure of Hironobu Sakaguchi spelled the end of SquareSoft. Sakaguchi is thecreator of the Final Fantasy series, but he left the company after the box office failure of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.
“Maybe Sakaguchi isn’t aware of this, but the situation at Square was awful after he quit. He left and the organization suddenly collapsed. I thought to myself – Oh no, I should get away from here.”
It’s strange to say the absence of Sakaguchi was the reason for SquareSoft’s decline, considering many people blame him for the company’s misfortunes.The Spirits Within debaclehas been placed firmly at his feet in the past, and many saw his own resignation as a worthy response to the failure.
Whether Sakaguchi could have kept SquareSoft afloat is unknown. He was just one man, and as time has proven, the Final Fantasy series has survived and thrived without him. SquareSoft lives on in Square Enix, and if the companies had stayed separate, then fans might have missed out onthe great games producedby the unified entity.
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