In an interview with GameSpot, Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi spoke about his recent work at Mistwalker. There, he has been working primarily on projects for the Xbox 360 as part of Microsoft’s plan-of-attack in Japan. However, the GameSpot interview does bring up talk of the Wii a little bit. Check it out:
GameSpot: With this generation, Sony and Nintendo are doing different things from each other and also from Microsoft. Each has its own strategy this time. What do you think of their individual approaches? Do the things they’re doing make you want to develop for either of their systems?
Hironobu Sakaguchi: …And with the Wii, the system is not that powerful, and it’s not HD. But the fact is that there are not a lot of homes that have HD TVs. So I feel, for example, at my place, the screen I have is not in HD. So when I play the games, both for the Wii and 360, it’s hard to tell the difference. But with the Wii, it’s relatively cheaper to make. It’s less costly. So that’s one of the attractive things about the Wii.
GS: Lastly, what’s something in the game industry that has inspired you recently? One thing you saw in game design or development that really made you say “wow” or really impressed you?
HS: …I like Zelda. I don’t like Wii Sports. [laughs] But I do like Zelda.
GS: What don’t you like about Wii Sports? Is it too simple?
HS: The characters are bad. They look like dolls.
GS: Fair enough. Thanks again for your time.
Head over to GameSpot for the rest of the interview.
