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TIL Final Fantasy II & III were finished in a motel room in Sacramento after one of the main programmers, Nasir Gebelli, was forced to leave Japan because of an expired work visa while they were in development, so SquareSoft (Square Enix) just moved the rest of the development staff with him.

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