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Galvanizer on 17 June 2011
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Aiddon said:
Fab_GS said:
darthdevidem01 said:
Why does Matsuno have to come back or something for FF15 to exist?

Hiroyuki Ito is perfectly capable of directing a new FF on his own.


I agree.
According to Wikipedia, he directed and designed Final Fantasy VI, IX and XII.


Writing is more the problem. Ito is a fine director, but he has never, EVER been credited as a writer. And the FFT team would NEVER go forward with an Ivalice or Ogre Battle project unless Matsuno himself was the writer. He's the entire crux of the narrative and they NEED him to tell a good story.

Indeed, Hiroyuki Ito is perfectly capable of directing a main series FF. He's even more capable than Motomu Toriyama, IMO. The problem is that he is more to do with the gameplay and structure side of things and I doubt he can tell a compelling story even if he tried to. FFVI and FFIX were mainly written by Sakaguchi, while FFXII was mainly written by Matsuno.

If Hiroyuki Ito is currently directing FFXV as I type this, then Matsuno should be writing the story as a freelancer as he did for Tactics Ogre on PSP. As I've said in a previous post in this thread, Matsuno is currently working on a new project and that may be as the freelance writer of FFXV. We'll have to wait and see.