Kazushige Nojima

Kazushige Nojima (野島 一成 Nojima Kazushige, born January 20, 1964 in Sapporo) is a Japanese video game writer and is the founder of Stellavista Ltd. He is best known for writing several installments of Square Enix's Final Fantasy video game series—namely Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, and the Kingdom Hearts series. Nojima also wrote the original lyrics of Liberi Fatali for Final Fantasy VIII and both Suteki da Ne and the Hymn of the Fayth for Final Fantasy X.

Biography

Kazushige Nojima first joined Japanese video game developer and publisher Data East.[1]

Square Co.

He joined Square in 1994. He began work on Final Fantasy VII after the main character settings were done, though Nojima considered this early in the process; he was still working on Bahamut Lagoon.[2] Nojima originated the idea that one of the two female leads, Tifa or Aerith, should die.[2]

Nojima also wrote the mythology of Fabula Nova Crystallis, which has been used as the story foundation for all the titles within the series.[3] Nojima also wrote most of the Kingdom Hearts games.[4] He also wrote the scenario for Final Fantasy XV (Previously known as Versus XIII).[3]

Freelance

Kazushige Nojima left Square Enix in 2003 and founded Stellavista Ltd, a freelance scenario company.[5] He wrote the story for Sakura Note.[4] He also contributed some story concepts to the script of Final Fantasy XIII.[5] While developing the scenario for Glory of Heracles, Nojima took inspiration from the Fall of Troy and the Battle of Thermopylae.[6] Not many actual Greek locations were used, but locations derived from Greek mythology were.[6]

Writing style and reception

Nojima has been called one of the "strongest voices" in the video game industry for his writing.[5] His stories have been noted for their complexity and fearlessness in delving into romantic plot lines.[5]

Works

References

  1. ↑ "クリエイターズ・ファイル：『ファイナルファンタジーVII』『キングダムハーツ』などの野島一成氏". Gpara.com. 2004-07-20. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  2. 1 2 Anoop Gantayat (2012-05-16). "Nomura, Kitase and Nojima Discuss Final Fantasy VII's Development". Famitsu. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. 1 2 Anoop Gantayat (2011-01-28). "Kitase and Toriyama Talk FFXIII-2 and Fabula Nova Crystallis". andraisang. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  4. 1 2 Gifford, Kevin (August 25, 2009). "Sakura Note Lands on DS". 1UP.com. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Bonnie Ruberg (2012-01-01). "The Gamasutra 20: Top Game Writers". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  6. 1 2 RPGamer Staff (2009-09-01). "RPGamer Feature - Glory of Heracles Interview". RPGamer. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  7. ↑ Studio BentStuff. Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega (in Japanese). Square Enix. pp. 191–193, 476.
  8. ↑ Yin-Poole, Wesley (2013-08-12). "Final Fantasy 10/10-2 HD Remaster's new 30 min audio episode revealed". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  9. ↑ 2014-09-18, TGS 2014: Introducing Zodiac, a New JRPG for PS Vita, IGN
  10. ↑ "Full Recap of Final Fantasy XV Active Time Report 6.0". FinalFantasy.net. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  11. ↑ http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/586511/Final-Fantasy-7-Square-Enix-story-changes-PS4-remake

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