Before Final Fantasy 7 blew up globally, a lot of Square Enix leadership thought there wasn’t “real money” in English translations, and the localization team had to beg them for overseas releases
Final Fantasy 7 is widely considered one of the best JRPGs of all time for many reasons: its beautifully written and timeless story, its three-dimensional characters, its engaging gameplay, to name a few. But one other reason you might not know about is that it’s largely responsible for Square Enix’s embrace of the Western market […]