Wondering what that old 1998 Final Fantasy IX file Hironobu Sakaguchi posted at the Mistwalker blog last week was all about? Close the translation program! The blog has been updated with an English version of the post.

Access the post here. The post is currently at the top of the page, but you can also access by searching for the title "From the old backup file." (Possibly here).

The text is, according to Sakaguchi, from an early stage in the FFIX script planning. He hasn't corrected any of it, so there may be some typos or strange expressions.

Sakaguchi says FFIX most closely resembles The Last Story in terms of the characters' stand points.