Sami NGO demands removal of “Far Northern Attire” from Square Enix’s Final Fantasy

The NGO that promotes the rights and interests of Sami in Arctic Europe are demanding that Square Enix remove the “Far Northern Attire” from the latest version of their Final Fantasy game. “This is not about sensitivity or whether the depiction is appropriate,” Aslat Holmberg, president of the Saami Council, said in a news release on Friday. “These elements are Sami cultural property and Square Enix has infringed on our rights.”Square Enix is a Japanese company known for its role-playing video games. Holmberg said it’s discouraging to see what happened with Final Fantasy despite so much recent progress, especially in the gaming industry that’s become increasingly open in recent years. Holmberg said the Saami Council has not received a formal response from the company to their concerns.