SquareSoft show that a giant can be humble with Nintendo reply
SquareSoft set upon making GBA Final Fantasy
Group President of SquareSoft Takashi Suzuki has replied to the comments made recently by Hiroshi Yamauchi the President of Nintendo. As we reported last week, Yamauchi had stated that “There is no contract with Square, and that matter is not open to further discussion. Square can say whatever they want, but we have no intention of signing a contract, and there's little chance of one being signed in the future.” Fairly conclusive we are sure you will agree!
Suzuki remains determined however, yesterday stating that "We're not expecting to be accepted by Nintendo right away, but we're doing everything to get the relationship positive again… We have to try to convince Nintendo, by showing them our plans for Game Boy Advance and GameCube that we will boost their hardware sales." A surprisingly humble statement from such a massive force in the games industry.
If you have not had your eyes on the news recently, here is a quick history lesson for you. Nintendo home consoles were the original homes for SquareSoft’s hugely popular RPG series Final Fantasy and Mana. The Famicom or NES, the Super Famicom and even the humble Game Boy all hosted SquareSoft titles. When the Nintendo 64 was announced, SquareSoft stated that a cartridge-based media would not be sufficient to host what the company had planned for the next instalments of the Final Fantasy series. After a long and drawn-out debacle, Nintendo came up with various suggestions to get around the problem of data storage, one of which was the ill-fated zip drive device, the N64DD. Eventually it became apparent that the scale of Final Fantasy VII would necessitate the game being on CD, and so SquareSoft ported the work in progress across to the PlayStation. It went on to outsell every other Square title, and consolidated Sony’s market dominance. Nintendo was not impressed.
As it stands, SquareSoft is happy with its home console presence on the PlayStation duo, but the company is sorely lacking in the portable market, the section of the industry that is forecast to advance in both technology and market share. The Japan only WonderSwan Color is the current home of portable Final Fantasy and Square recently confirmed that there were three more in the pipeline. The company also mentioned that it was developing four more RPG titles for an “unnamed handheld.” It is becoming more and more obvious that Square has launched into Game Boy Advance development with the blessing of Mr Yamauchi.
Suzuki remains determined however, yesterday stating that "We're not expecting to be accepted by Nintendo right away, but we're doing everything to get the relationship positive again… We have to try to convince Nintendo, by showing them our plans for Game Boy Advance and GameCube that we will boost their hardware sales." A surprisingly humble statement from such a massive force in the games industry.
If you have not had your eyes on the news recently, here is a quick history lesson for you. Nintendo home consoles were the original homes for SquareSoft’s hugely popular RPG series Final Fantasy and Mana. The Famicom or NES, the Super Famicom and even the humble Game Boy all hosted SquareSoft titles. When the Nintendo 64 was announced, SquareSoft stated that a cartridge-based media would not be sufficient to host what the company had planned for the next instalments of the Final Fantasy series. After a long and drawn-out debacle, Nintendo came up with various suggestions to get around the problem of data storage, one of which was the ill-fated zip drive device, the N64DD. Eventually it became apparent that the scale of Final Fantasy VII would necessitate the game being on CD, and so SquareSoft ported the work in progress across to the PlayStation. It went on to outsell every other Square title, and consolidated Sony’s market dominance. Nintendo was not impressed.
As it stands, SquareSoft is happy with its home console presence on the PlayStation duo, but the company is sorely lacking in the portable market, the section of the industry that is forecast to advance in both technology and market share. The Japan only WonderSwan Color is the current home of portable Final Fantasy and Square recently confirmed that there were three more in the pipeline. The company also mentioned that it was developing four more RPG titles for an “unnamed handheld.” It is becoming more and more obvious that Square has launched into Game Boy Advance development with the blessing of Mr Yamauchi.
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