Entertainment Division
Grand Prize
FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES
“FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES” Development Team
Profile
KAWAZU Akitoshi
KAWAZU Akitoshi was born in 1962 in Kumamoto Prefecture. He started working at Square Co., LTD. (currently SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.) in 1987. After contributing to the development of Final Fantasy I and II, in 1989 he directed and produced Final Fantasy Legend, in 1990 Final Fantasy Legend II, and in 1992 Romancing SaGa. Since then, whilst still working on the Saga series, with games such as Saga Frontier and Unlimited: Saga, he also joined the production of the animation Final Fantasy: Unlimited. Presently he holds the posts of Executive Director of SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Award Reason
Equipped with a new mode called Multi Play Mode, this work enables four players to simultaneously participate in the game via Game Boy Advance. Finished workmanship in both graphics and music is of top quality suitable as a work representing the year 2003 and operations fully tuned to a controller are also smooth and nice. With a story containing a dream, players can enjoy the narrative feature of a role-play game to the full. This is a game with well-balanced fusion of all elements that deserves the Grand Prize.