Mistwalker's Hironobu Sakaguchi says his piece on all three consoles

RPG veteran Hironobu Sakaguchi recently made some quotable tidbits in his latest magazine interview, even going as far as saying that he "doesn't like Ken Kutaragi".

By Eugene Huang

Hironobu Sakaguchi has made a name for himself as a wizard of RPGs, but his decision to develop exclusive games for the Xbox 360 puzzled a great deal of fans across the world, especially when the modern era of RPGs has become nearly synonymous with Sony hardware for over the past decade.

But in a recent interview found in the latest issue of EGM magazine (care of 1up), in addition to hyping up his upcoming games Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, the former creator of Final Fantasy also admitted that the PS3's complexity prevented him from working with it. Well, that and his aversion towards the personality of a certain "Father of PlayStation".

"The machine's architecture is tricky," he says, in reference to the PS3. "And I don't like Ken Kutaragi."

Of course, as GamePro reported earlier, Kutaragi will be out the door starting June 19th, although the architecture of the machine is likely to remain "tricky".

But Nintendo fans seeking a good console RPG may have to instead rely on the work of Monolith Software, recently acquired by Nintendo last week. According to Sakaguchi, his future plans do not involve the Wii.

"The system is intriguing,but right now, I have no plans on making a game for the Wii," he admits.

However, although Sakaguchi's current loyalty lies with Microsoft, he is not 100% supportive of their performance in Japan. After all, less of an install base in his home country means less potential profit for his development studio Mistwalker, so he has therefore publicly aired his gripes regarding the marketing department of Microsoft Japan.

"Microsoft has to change its marketing strategy in Japan," he confirms. "There are a lot of excellent games on the 360, far better games than what's on the Wii or PS3. But not a lot of people in Japan have a clear idea what games like Gears of War are all about."

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