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Square Enix President on Nintendo Switch Dev (New IPs + Old IPs + Mid)
- Thread starter Ishaan
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Considering how big in scope a lot of the mid-tier games were because they weren't limited by the most powerful, cutting-edge graphics and such, they were able to focus on other aspects of the game, which made those games seem larger and hearty. For as great as I love cutting-edge graphics, a lot of these games scope seems cut down and pale in comparison to the games of classic Square.
Hell, I'd love to see an original FF spinoff series on Switch. No Crystal Chronicles, but something new that takes lots of inspiration from older games, but fits within a mid-tier model. In the OT's original post, they listed FFIII DS and FFIV DS as examples of mid-tier, and those games were chock full of content. Imagine new adventures, new worlds (literally, maybe a return of FF games with multiple explorable worlds), but the classic themes in check. If Square don't wanna give us a new mainline FF with HD graphics like this, give us one that's mid-tier, maybe graphics better than the DS games, but nothing crazy like FFXV. I can see it now, "Final Fantasy Legacy, only for the Nintendo Switch!"
That and other old IPs I'd love to see return (Chrono, Musashi, TWENY) and the thought of brand new IPs specifically made for the Switch, this sounds REALLY cool.
Just by the nature of what kind of game it is, it doesn't require as much budget. Like, Tactics games aren't going to have huge open areas with ridiculous levels of detail and complicated physics. They use fairly small isometric arenas that can mostly fit on screen with just a bit of panning. Even if the game has a huge campaign and they go all out on the character detail it'd still be a relatively low budget game compared to say FFXV. Hence, "mid sized". Hell, the two Advanced games were bigger than the original Tactics content wise.
The 3DS game was the first time I felt genuine disapointment over a game's cancelation.
SE does not care about any of the Enix franchises besides Dragon Quest. Most people don't either unfortunately.
Judging from when FFT originally came out, it, SaGa Frontier, Legend of Mana, Brave Fencer Musashi, Bushido Blade, Threads of Fate were all "mid-tier" level games. FFVII-FFIX, Chrono Cross and Xenogears, given the size and presentation were higher tier.
It has a mobile game so there seems to at least be some interest in the IP
Within 2-3 months companies like Ubisoft were delaying or cancelling Wii U projects and Japanese support had already came to a halt. I'm pretty sure more 2018 Japanese 3rd party games are already announced for Switch in 2018 than came out in Wii U's second year. Its a completely different situation right now.
Team Saga Scarlet Grace. And whoever said Bushido Blade Online : it's brillant.
But what I would really like to see SE do is hiring a bunch of young, talented people and let them do their own thing - maybe with a veteran or two to keep an eye on them and help them.
I'm so bloody tired of those bloody Final Fantasy games.
But what I would really like to see SE do is hiring a bunch of young, talented people and let them do their own thing - maybe with a veteran or two to keep an eye on them and help them.
I'm so bloody tired of those bloody Final Fantasy games.
It was a question! I was wondering if it added appeal to anyone. But you're right, I didn't consider first time buyers, bizarrely.
I wasn't trying to be a jerk about it. I apologize if that wasn't clear.
Crystal Chronicles 2 would work even better as a local coop game imo. Joycons are perfect for that game.
Agreed with TWEWY2
Also agreed on the backlog. Though they better fix FF IX before bringing it over. Like seriously.
Also agreed on games like Octopath. Though I'd like them making CC2 and TWEWY2 first. I need those games in my life.
It stalled because Crystal Bearers has fuck all to do with anything the series was originally about. The debut's idea of a multiplayer was also convoluted as fuck. And that's putting it nicely. It had one of the best FF soundtracks ever and some absolutely beautiful dungeons and enemies for that time though.
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Man, I totally forgot about Crystal Bearers! This is funny because I remember being pretty hyped during the Wii era and I was pretty surprised about the underwhelming reception that it got considering it had great graphics (Hell, it looked even better than Xenoblade Chronicles which ended-up being the best JRPG of the system) and fantastic music.
Did anyone here play it? I've heard that it had bad controls but still I think that it would be cool to have a new game with a similar premise and better execution.
I didn't play it for long. I wasn't informing myself that much about games and thought I'd get more Crystal Chronicles.. Got something completely else instead. Fuck that game. My life as a King was nothing like the original either, but it wasn't as bad as Crystal Bearers. I never got what they were doing with this franchise.
It's like Sonic Team syndrome where instead of building on top of the really solid foundation the first game had they threw everything they had against a wall and looked for things that sticked.
How about we have a game with the premise of the original game instead? Nice co-op hack'n'slash with spell comboing, dungeon crawling, cool bossfights and a beatiful OST?
Actriser and Chrono series would be a dream come true.
Chrystal Chronicles as well especially with the local multi focus the switch has going for it.
Chrystal Chronicles as well especially with the local multi focus the switch has going for it.
Even considering how far the Mario RPGs have fallen - would anybody trust Square-Enix to do a better job?
It's a character action game with a very limited moveset and awful controls. I didn't last long enough to see how the story turns out.
I'll ask what I edited in my last post in here in case you missed it:
How about we have a game with the premise of the original game instead? Nice co-op hack'n'slash with spell comboing, dungeon crawling, cool bossfights and a beatiful OST/atmosphere?
I want
DQ 11 localized
Kingdom Hearts 3
New Mana game
New Brave Fencer Musashi
A successor of some sort to Threads of Fate
And for the new IPs to be traditional style RPGs, action RPGs, fighting, etc.
DQ 11 localized
Kingdom Hearts 3
New Mana game
New Brave Fencer Musashi
A successor of some sort to Threads of Fate
And for the new IPs to be traditional style RPGs, action RPGs, fighting, etc.
Yeah, Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile. At least those exist on mobile, are they available outside of Japan?
No, both are Japan only. I don't think they would do well anyway, especially Anatomia -- chara design would be criticized a lot and it already isn't big in Japan.
I would love to see Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 come to the Switch, and eventually KH3. I would take heavy visual sacrifices (lower resolution, toned down effects, etc) to make it happen.
It's pretty cool to see publishers committing to bringing multiplatform and new titles to a Nintendo console without any gimmicks.
It's pretty cool to see publishers committing to bringing multiplatform and new titles to a Nintendo console without any gimmicks.
I'd love to see ports of FF XII IZJS and Dragon Quest VIII. These already have ports, so I'd hope that they would be a possibility -- but the DQ8 3DS port would be substantially higher quality.
Other than that, I've loved their stuff that isn't major. It's some of my favourite from them -- for example, 4 Heroes of Light was a great game. I'd be happy to see more games off the beaten path like that.
From what I've played of Project Octopath I think I'll honestly be happy with the majority of their output.
Other than that, I've loved their stuff that isn't major. It's some of my favourite from them -- for example, 4 Heroes of Light was a great game. I'd be happy to see more games off the beaten path like that.
From what I've played of Project Octopath I think I'll honestly be happy with the majority of their output.
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I doubt we're getting a new "Crystal Chronicles"-branded game at this point either. That sub-series never really took off in any major way (even though the DS games were fairly popular) so at this point they're better off coming up with a new sub-brand. Akitoshi Kawazu is still at Square and is clearly still capable of putting out a solid product (see: SaGa Scarlet Grace).
Bravely series is as good as dead now that the producers moved onto a different company with Octopath Traveler. Even took the damn font with them
Bravely series is continuing, that's confirmed. Just need to know if they're retiring it to mobile, or if console handheld/releases will continue.
Where did they say they were continuing? Last I read, they were thinking about starting a new series rather than make a third game, which they did (this was after bravely second)
They posted this on their official twitter account when people asked about Bravely after Octopath was announced, saying that the Bravely series will be continuing.
Spike Chunsoft didn't actually do the Chocobo Dungeon games. The only MD spinoffs they made were Pokémon, Etrian Odyssey, Druaga and the first Torneko.
Ok then, Square Enix r u reading this? Make more Mystery Dungeon spinoffs!
are we expecting the producer to work on this and Octopath at the same time? it'll be doable, but it's gonna be weird to see the similarities unless Bravely Third does more to differentiate itself. you can really see the BD roots in OT
Staff hasn't been revealed but still both Octopath and Bravely are different enough (in looks and combat) and Asano's team should be able to manage the creative side while two different studios do the developing.
Let's see if we some kind of announcement next year.
