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During that time, Shindo worked on a variety of games in the SaGa, Final Fantasy and Mana series.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u3054\u5831\u544a\u3011<br>2025\/2\/28\u3082\u3061\u307e\u3057\u3066\u30b9\u30af\u30a6\u30a7\u30a2\u6642\u4ee3\u304b\u308927\u5e74\u9593\u304a\u4e16\u8a71\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u30b9\u30af\u30a6\u30a7\u30a2\u30fb\u30a8\u30cb\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u3092\u9000\u793e\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br><br>\u30b5\u30ac\u3001FF\u3001\u8056\u5263\u306f\u81ea\u5206\u306b\u3068\u3063\u3066\u5927\u4e8b\u306a\u4f5c\u54c1\u3067\u3059\u3002<br>\u9032\u85e4\u306e\u53c2\u52a0\u4f5c\u54c1\u304c\u597d\u304d\u3060\u3063\u305f\u65b9\u306b\u306f\u9032\u85e4\u3068\u4f5c\u54c1\u3001\u4e21\u65b9\u306e\u5fdc\u63f4\u3092\u4eca\u5f8c\u3082\u304a\u9858\u3044\u3067\u304d\u308c\u3070\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u4eca\u5f8c\u306e\u4e88\u5b9a\u306f\u767d\u7d19\u3067\u3059\u3002<br>\u7d9a\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>&mdash; \u9032\u85e4 \u548c\u5e78 kazuyuki_shindo (@kazuyuki_shindo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kazuyuki_shindo\/status\/1895670337486127230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Post translation: <\/strong><em>On February 28, 2025, I left Square Enix, where I had the pleasure of working for 27 years, ever since the Square days. The Saga, Final Fantasy and Mana series are important to me. I would like to ask those who enjoyed these series and the games that I was involved in to continue to support both. My future plans are a blank slate. To be continued.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting out as a Monster Action Data Assistant on Legend of Mana and a map designer on SaGa Frontier 2 (both released in 1999), Shindo went on to be an event planner on titles such as Final Fantasy XIII and lead event planner on Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. More recently, he worked on 2024\u2019s SaGa: Emerald Beyond as an assistant director.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a follow-up post, Shindo expresses how much he enjoyed his time at Square Enix and how grateful he is to his mentors at the company. 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