Final Fantasy Tactics – 1997 Developer Interview (Patreon)

http://shmuplations.com/fft/

This Final Fantasy Tactics interview originally appeared in jp magazine Famitsu. It explores the challenge of designing a SRPG in the Final Fantasy Universe, and Matsuno and Itou share the usual design insights and anecdotes. Incidentally, in all my research, this was the only FFT interview I could find (and it was indeed advertised as "exclusive!" by Famitsu). It also dovetails nicely with the 1994 Fire Emblem vs. Final Fantasy interview I translated last month, where Sakaguchi professes his love of the SRPG genre.