2023-06-13 04:31:01
While recently attending an in-depth presentation of Final Fantasy XVI held following this year’s Summer Game Festival, Square Enix’s new CEO Takashi Kiryu took the opportunity to pay homage to those who accused him of ” Play too many games,” the teachers shouted.
Not long ago, Takashi Kiryu officially replaced Yosuke Matsuda, who had served for more than ten years, as the new CEO of Square Enix, the publisher of the “Final Fantasy” series, and brought a younger look to the company.
And he also boldly decided to give a speech in English in this new “Final Fantasy” promotional event, which is usually only available in Japanese, and successfully attracted a lot of topics and voices. The enthusiasm and excitement of being on stage.
While many other executives from Square Enix and Final Fantasy XVI (FF16) developers attended the event, the 47-year-old executive did manage to deliver a speech that impressed players.
“I don’t know how you feel following watching the trailer just now, but it makes me feel like a kid once more.” Although this is indeed a fairly common opening line, many executives will say that they grew up playing their own games since childhood Yes, but what he said next was the point.
“Like a young kid, in the winter, in 1987, falling in love with RPGs, falling in love with Dragon Quest that came out the year before that, it was amazing. I wanted to get that fresh It’s a huge thing, so as a reward for helping my parents pick oranges, following begging them to let me get an early Christmas present, my dad bought me the original Final Fantasy video game.”
“I was quite amazed right away when I started the game,” he continued. “There’s no title screen at all! Just story text. And I started to wonder if my dad bought the wrong game! But just kept playing, and playing, until I After leaving the castle and walking across the bridge, the picture started to change.”
“That music, that moment, that surprise and delight when the title came out, is still etched in my mind. From that moment on, I was hooked and a Final Fantasy fan for life.” Takashi Kiryu said.
Speaking of this, many “Final Fantasy” players were deeply attracted by the new CEO, who was also a diehard fan, and began to cheer for him, and listened carefully to his next speech.
“Whenever there’s a new game coming out, I have to make time to play. I even forget to do my homework, sleep and eat! I doze off in class anyway. I’m playing games while my friends are all going to exercise or do something else .More than one teacher has told me that if you play video games all day long, you will never succeed in life. But, they will be very surprised to see me standing on stage talking to you now.”
Takashi Kiryu’s opening speech won warm applause among the fans participating in the event. Although not every child who has loved games since childhood has the opportunity to achieve such an achievement, players can still applaud his success.
“Final Fantasy XVI” will be exclusively on the PS5 platform on June 22.
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