He's since founded Mistwalker, which released Blue Dragon in 2006 and most recently the iOS RPG Fantasian. Sakaguchi notoriously left Square Enix on pretty rough terms in 2003, with his last official credit on Final Fantasy X-2. Sakaguchi seems particularly fond of calling out classic monster designs, like the appearance of 'Mr. Sakaguchi has been playing as a gnome-like Lalafell, but he's been sharing a ton of screenshots on his Twitter account, noting similarities and references to the classic Final Fantasy games he worked on decades ago. The chat was hosted on October 1, but Sakaguchi clearly kept grinding beyond that. Sakaguchi initially started playing Final Fantasy 14 in preparation for a discussion with the game's director Naoki Yoshida at this year's Tokyo Game Show.