{"id":1945642,"date":"2026-05-20T13:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1945642"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:53:50","slug":"whoa-what-a-wild-reaction-final-fantasy-creator-hironobu-sakaguchi-reacts-to-backlash-after-praising-an-ai-generated-ff6-remake-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1945642","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Whoa what a wild reaction&#8221; &#8211; Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reacts to backlash after praising an AI-generated FF6 remake trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/final-fantasy-vi\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Final Fantasy VI<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">&#8220;Whoa what a wild reaction&#8221; &#8211; Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reacts to backlash after praising an AI-generated FF6 remake trailer<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">While also AI-animating art from Lost Odyssey.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/FF6-art_custom.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"FF6 cover art original - custom edit\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"FF6-art_custom.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/Square Enix<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-20T13:53:50+00:00\">May 20, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasy-creator-generative-ai-backlash?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          18 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"3bdb8a24-1af6-4f96-9cce-8b9373b9f122\" data-name=\"Final Fantasy VI\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Final Fantasy VI\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Final Fantasy VI\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Final Fantasy VI\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Final Fantasy VI\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Final Fantasy VI\" title=\"Follow Final Fantasy VI\"><br \/>\n  Follow Final Fantasy VI<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasy-6-remake-teaser-ai-reaction\">Final Fantasy legend Hironobu Sakaguchi praised an AI-generated trailer for a hypothetical remake of FF6<\/a>, sparking some backlash, before being told to &#8220;please stop&#8221; by SaGa creator Akitoshi Kawazu, another Square veteran. The comments by Sakaguchi sparked a degree of backlash, and his answer has been&#8230; to double down on his interest.<\/p>\n<p>Sakaguchi has since responded to the feedback claiming some level of surprise about the ferocity of it, while also sharing further AI-generated concepts linked to another role-playing game he wrote: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/lost-odyssey\">Lost Odyssey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whoa!?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/auuo\/status\/2056440894795194520?s=20\">Sakaguchi responded on X,<\/a> in a translation provided by X. &#8220;What a wild reaction lol.&#8221; He explained his position by saying he just &#8220;intuitively&#8221; sensed the potential of the FF6 remake. &#8220;It&#8217;s not gonna work as-is,&#8221; he added, &#8220;but it feels like there might be some intriguing stuff waiting down the line. That&#8217;s the vibe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the end, maybe it&#8217;s just that I&#8217;ve barrelled through 40 years of work and private life powered purely by &#8216;exciting things&#8217;,&#8221; he added. &#8220;That&#8217;s the kinda guy I am, after all, lol.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sakaguchi officially left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/square-enix\">Square Enix<\/a> in 2003, creating independent studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mistwalkercorp.com\/\">Mistwalker<\/a> in 2004 with funding help from Microsoft. There, he helped create RPGs like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/blue-dragon\">Blue Dragon<\/a> and Lost Odyssey. Most recently, Mistwalker released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/fantasian\">Fantasian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While we&#8217;ve known for a while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasy-6-first-choice-of-dragon-quest-3-producer-for-hd-2d-remake\">some people at Square Enix are interested in remaking Final Fantasy 6<\/a>, nothing seems to be officially moving. Regardless, it&#8217;s disheartening to see the father of the legendary RPG series seemingly support the kind of technology that the Final Fantasy protagonists he created would probably stand against.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? 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The comments by Sakaguchi sparked a degree of backlash, and his answer has been&#8230; to double down on his interest.<\/p>\n<p>Sakaguchi has since responded to the feedback claiming some level of surprise about the ferocity of it, while also sharing further AI-generated concepts linked to another role-playing game he wrote: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/lost-odyssey\">Lost Odyssey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whoa!?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/auuo\/status\/2056440894795194520?s=20\">Sakaguchi responded on X,<\/a> in a translation provided by X. &#8220;What a wild reaction lol.&#8221; He explained his position by saying he just &#8220;intuitively&#8221; sensed the potential of the FF6 remake. &#8220;It&#8217;s not gonna work as-is,&#8221; he added, &#8220;but it feels like there might be some intriguing stuff waiting down the line. That&#8217;s the vibe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the end, maybe it&#8217;s just that I&#8217;ve barrelled through 40 years of work and private life powered purely by &#8216;exciting things&#8217;,&#8221; he added. &#8220;That&#8217;s the kinda guy I am, after all, lol.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sakaguchi officially left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/square-enix\">Square Enix<\/a> in 2003, creating independent studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mistwalkercorp.com\/\">Mistwalker<\/a> in 2004 with funding help from Microsoft. There, he helped create RPGs like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/blue-dragon\">Blue Dragon<\/a> and Lost Odyssey. Most recently, Mistwalker released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/fantasian\">Fantasian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While we&#8217;ve known for a while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasy-6-first-choice-of-dragon-quest-3-producer-for-hd-2d-remake\">some people at Square Enix are interested in remaking Final Fantasy 6<\/a>, nothing seems to be officially moving. Regardless, it&#8217;s disheartening to see the father of the legendary RPG series seemingly support the kind of technology that the Final Fantasy protagonists he created would probably stand against.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Final Fantasy VI &#8220;Whoa what a wild reaction&#8221; &#8211; Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reacts to backlash after praising an AI-generated FF6 remake trailer While also AI-animating art from Lost Odyssey. 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