I'm a little disappointed to see Sakaguchi settling firmly into the "warm and cozy nostalgia" rut that I think alot of seasoned videogame developers fall into w

I'm a little disappointed to see Sakaguchi settling firmly into the "warm and cozy nostalgia" rut that I think alot of seasoned videogame developers fall into when they get older. When he was at the wheel at Squaresoft, each new Final Fantasy was a major leap over the last one (with the arguable exception of FFV). Final Fantasy VII was a revolutionary step forward in the history of JRPGs. Ever since he quit Square and founded Mistwalker, however, he seems to have stopped really trying to push the genre forward at all. Blue Dragon was a similar cute-and-comfortable RPG, at best a Chrono-Trigger lite and at worst just a Dragon-Quest lite. This feels like more of the same: we're going to get a staff of well-known veterans to come together and make what is basically a JRPG you might have played 20 years ago, but with some modern graphics and a kitschy art style.