>Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu has a long history with Square Enix, but he singles out one moment in the company's history as the worst time. 17 years before it merged with Enix, Uematsu joined Square in 1986 and worked there until 2004. After his departure, he's continued to compose for Square Enix games alongside other music projects, so it's safe to say that he's been affiliated with the company for decades.>On the NOBIYO To Isshoni podcast, Uematsu revealed that "Square collapsed after Sakaguchi left," as translated by Automaton Media and reported by Eurogamer. This refers to a period in the early 2000s, shortly before Square's merger with Enix, when Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi departed the company. Uematsu calls the situation after his departure "awful" and describes his own realization that he "should get away from here" following Sakaguchi's exit.
Sakaguchi = Big Boss
>>3847550In other news, water is wet. Shocking.
