Final Fantasy 10 leaned into the fantasy genre after devs “learned that The Lord of the Rings was in production” and thought it would be “the next big global trend”

Final Fantasy 10’s developers chose to move away from sci-fi after finding out that The Lord of the Rings was being adapted into a big-screen trilogy, and hoping they could be a part of the “next big global trend.”Square Enix is now celebrating 25 years since the original Final Fantasy 10 first launched, and in…