Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
Let's face it, Matsuno is most likely gone and his "illness" may have been used as a ploy to cover up him leaving Sqeenix. I know that Sakeguchi is probably sad cause it was he himself that got Matsuno working for Square in the first place at least if I remember correctly.

It's regrettable he won't at least play XII some more though. I felt it was a good game and one of the better ones in the series.
Matsuno has left? This doesn't bear good for the Ivalice Alliance...

I also found the text, it was a remark he made to EGM, and he said you can't expect a game to be that great when Matsuno, one of the main creators, leaves halfway through production.

I still think he should give it a try. Maybe it would even inspire him to come back on board for one more. Except the heads at Squeenix may not take him back at this point.