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Final Fantasy VII Director Says He Didn’t Know How Popular the Original Game Was Outside Japan Until 2002

Square Enix’s Yoshinori Kitase, who directed 1997’s Final Fantasy VII, has revealed that he didn’t really know how popular the game was outside Japan until five years later.

Over on the PlayStation Blog, Kitase reminisced about the original Final Fantasy VII‘s development and release, and stated that while sales data suggested it was doing well, he didn’t realize the extent of its popularity…

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