The father of Final Fantasy says it’s a “blessing” working with Square Enix and Yoshi-P to rebuild the JRPG he made “thinking it could become my final work”

Hironobu Sakaguchi, best known as the director of the original run of Final Fantasy games, is bringing his most recent JRPG out of Apple jail with an upgraded port called Fantasian Neo Dimension later this year. Sakaguchi is reuniting with Square Enix for the project, and in a message to fans, he says it’s a great blessing to have the opportunity.

“Fantasian Neo Dimension has had its grand reveal, marking its comeback at Square Enix,” Sakaguchi says in the message posted to the official Fantasian Twitter account. “The strength of a digital title is that it can continue existing without deteriorating, and I wanted Fantasian to be an especially long-standing title. I developed Fantasian thinking that it could become my final work before retiring, so it has a special place in my heart. Having the opportunity to rebuild it at Square Enix this way and making it widely known is truly a blessing.”