Hironobu Sakaguchi Shares His Surprise At Everyone Hating On Final Fantasy 6 Remake AI Slop
Hironobu Sakaguchi expressed surprise at the backlash he received for praising an AI-generated fan trailer of a Final Fantasy VI remake. Despite criticism from fans and colleagues, he remains optimistic about the potential of AI technology in gaming. Sakaguchi shared his own AI-generated content, further highlighting his belief in the future possibilities of such technology.
- ▪Hironobu Sakaguchi praised an AI-generated fan trailer for a Final Fantasy VI remake.
- ▪He faced significant criticism from fans and colleagues for his comments.
- ▪Sakaguchi believes that while the technology isn't perfect yet, it holds potential for interesting developments in the future.
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Hironobu Sakaguchi Shares His Surprise At Everyone Hating On Final Fantasy 6 Remake AI Slop He followed up his tweet praising an AI-generated fan trailer for a Final Fantasy VI remake with AI-sloppified work of his own Ai slopFinal Fantasy 6Lost Odyssey By Ash Parrish Published May 19, 2026 | Comments (0) | 𝕏 Copied! Screenshot from an AI generated fan trailer for a Final Fantasy VI remake. © desusanJP When Hironobu Sakaguchi praised an AI slop video of what a Final Fantasy VI remake could look like, he was roundly criticized. Fans and even some of his Square Enix colleagues, like Romancing SaGa director Akitoshi Kawazu, took the creator of the Final Fantasy series aside to explain why everybody hated that. But it seems like he still doesn’t understand what all the fuss was about.
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