[:plant:] Square-Enix's "4"

If ever there is made a Mother 4, I'll weep and gnash my teeth. If Square has any hand in its creation, I'll probably wind up committing some kind of sex crime on top of that.

I'm guessing it'll be Saga 4 / Final Fantasy Legend IV. They're remaking one of the Saga games for the DS (2? I think it's 2), so perhaps they're gearing up for a revival of the franchise.

Originally Posted by Kishin

Xenogears continues. Called it.

Why must you toy with my fragile heart like this.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Crystal Chronicles (GCN)
My Life as a King (Wii)
My Life as a Darklord (Wii)
Crystal Bearers (Wii)
Ring of Fates (DS)
Echoes of Time (DS/Wii)

There are already six.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

There's no way this is a teaser for something new.

The Last Remnant marks the first new in-house Square Enix IP since Kingdom Hearts (which came out in 2002.) Given their acquisition of Eidos, it's safe to assume they're treating the west as a more important market than ever, and resultantly, they're loathe to try new IPs because the dipshits running the mainstream gaming news outlets on this side of the planet always complain about them not being Final Fantasy XVII or Dragon Quest MCMXCVII. For a title from a big name like SE, The Last Remnant got a pretty lousy reception outside of Japan (Famitsu gave it 38/40, IGN gave it 5.5/10.)

Thinking about it, why couldn't it be a new FF Tactics game? Not counting spinoffs like Crystal Defenders and the PSP port of FFT, there've been three of those in total. The art style kind of fits, too.

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I mean, focussing on the "Western" market means aiming at "Casual" gamers rather than "Hardcore" ones right?

Not necessarily... It's just that while Final Fantasy is as much of a cash cow as it ever has been over here, their other "hardcore" titles have gone relatively unnoticed. For some reason, while new IPs are all the rage among American and European developers, new Japanese offerings haven't really enjoyed the same kind of success. I don't think it'll be anything specifically aimed at the international market, I just think it'll be a sequel/spinoff/rehash because it's a far wiser business move for if and when they do decide to release this title in the west.

That said, the fact that the countdown page is present at Square's Japanese site and nowhere to be found on their North American one also implies that they've not even considered localising whatever this new game is. The Chrono Trigger DS countdown from last year was on both.

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Originally Posted by Shin

I can think of fewer more anachronistic and frankly tragic terms than "Hardcore gamer".

Exactly. I can't stand the labels. I take gaming seriously, but not so seriously that I consider what is inherently a casual activity something to define myself by. I'm a player of games, not a "hardcore gamer".

The real distinction here should be one of quality and substance, not target markets.

I was speaking idiomatically.

fffffff. So it's an FFI remake? Fuck that. Nothing to see here. Being that they've already done III and IV, we're probably going to see a pointless and terrible FFII remake, too, simply to maintain some kind of continuity in their rehashes. Cocks.

e: Although, that said, if there's any chance that this is a completely new game styled after oldschool FF, then I'm actually interested. Unlikely, though.

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Originally Posted by Rockgamer

IGN's article says it's a completely original game.

I see. It could actually turn out to be worth a look at, then.

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