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The Creator Of Final Fantasy Reveals Party Wave

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by Kyle Hilliard on June 16, 2012 at 02:07 PM

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Hironobu Sakaguchi, better known as the man who created Final Fantasy, revealed a screenshot for his next game, Party Wave.

It's an iOS game, about surfing on rainbows, if the image above is any indication. Sakaguchi said that after finishing The Last Story, he was planning on moving into iOS game development, and this is his first project since making that proclamation.

[via Andriasang and Twitter]

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Filed under: News, Hironobu Sakaguchi, last story, ios, party wave

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by Yusuke Urameshi Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 02:11 PM

Seems almost like a waste of talent.
by Black Rook Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 02:11 PM

IOS gaming is gonna crash.
by The Second Musketeer Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 02:16 PM

So, you go from creating great triple-A games like Final Fantasy and The Last Story to iOS games about surfing on rainbows, apparently. Am I the only one not seeing any logic in this move?
by MintyClinty700 Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 02:20 PM

Makes sense. iOS is more shovelware friendly than nintendo (by a small margin)
by rekoin Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 02:21 PM

Interesting, verrry interesting
by Rich Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 02:24 PM

Well this sounds really dumb
by Indie_Wolfwood Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 02:34 PM

I've always said, "Boy I wish there was a iOS game where you could surf on rainbows", wait no no I haven't. Hironobu Sakaguchi wins the wtf award, congrates!!
by bobbbackwards Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 02:40 PM

well this look....interesting....?
by Pixel Kaiser Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 02:49 PM

"Wahhhh wahhh, Sakaguchi is making an iOS game that means he'll never make a ~***real game***~ ever again wahhhhhh i've never actually played an iOS game before wahhhh" - Every Internet Comment Ever This looks pretty rad to me, and based on everything Hironobu Sakaguchi has ever said I doubt he'll never go back to the sort of games that made him famous. And even if he didn't, his old games still exist, and they are still amazing; it's not like they're ever gonna disappear.
by Companion Cube Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 02:54 PM

Well it's kinda' a double rainbow.
by tenzen Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 03:19 PM

More and more top talent within the game industry are looking to make games for iOS. It's kind of cool to see them working on something different but I haven't bought a game for my iPhone in a long time (or ever on my iPad) so I'll likely pass here as well.
by Altair Ibn-La'Ahad Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 03:46 PM

Hmmmmmmmm...
by TheBiasedIrishman Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 03:58 PM

It seems like a smart move for the people in this comments' section to diss the game, with only the vaguest clue of what it is, because it is but a dishonorable mobile game...
by Tim Gruver Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 05:05 PM

Yet another excuse to not give us a Final Fantasy 15. . .
by Pimpstallion 9 Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 05:25 PM

.....
by ZTribal Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 05:31 PM

My God, this site is full of debbie downer's. I expected these kind of respones on the Draw Something article, and for good reason, but to see almost the exact same responses on an article about a visionary, who's just doing what he wants to do... And let's be honest, none of us know anything about this game, yeah it looks weird, so did Peggle.
by Mjolnr839 Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 05:57 PM

oh how the mighty have fallen.......
by slickvicXLII Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 06:40 PM

maybe its a rainbow-suring RPG!
by Jesse Hicks Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 06:53 PM

For real? O_o