Tetsuya Takahashi entered the video game industry in the late 1980's, and first worked with Square to create 1991's Final Fantasy IV. He worked with Square for the next few years, helping make Final Fantasy V, VI, and VII, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, and Front Mission. However, his desire for more story and cinematics in games was at odds with Square's decision to stick with Nintendo and their cartridges, which had limited memory. Thus, he left the company in 1997, and soon found work at Bandai as a director for a new game series: Xenogears.