>>11893838
>Yeah, you're retarded.
Pot calling the kettle black. It means he had jackshit to do with the game from a game design standpoint.
>Do you not know what collaboration means?
I know what it is and that's not what happened here. It's more akin to when Kaneko wrote the original concept of SMT IV and then handled it to other Atlus writers to make a game out of it.
>Here's the rest of that thought since you're a disingenuous shitter:
That's only pragmatically correct, you imbecile. A final performance is a swan song by definition, regardless of its quality. You're prioritising excellence over finality, but this is only valid if said work was a masterpiece to begin with, otherwise you won't count it as his swan song. If a brilliant director's last film is a rushed, poorly-reviewed flop, people are less likely to call it his "swan song" (notice I also put it in between brackets in my original post too). It's like saying Blackstar wouldn't count as David Bowie's swan song if the album sucked just because you want to remember him fondly.
Besides, FFIX isn't even his best work at Squaresoft and the game is pretty mediocre to boot. And the bombed movie is what made him leave ("die") Squaresoft altogether.
>>11895404
Good for you if you enjoyed it, Anon. For me though, the series went to the shitter starting with VIII.
