Square Enix has shown a great deal of interest in the Nintendo Switch, giving early support with the likes of I Am Setsuna and the soon to be released follow-up, Lost Sphear. Beyond that, it seems that Final Fantasy XV is likely to show up on the platform in some form, and then there’s the mysterious Project Octopath Traveler. Indeed, there’s lots to look forward to from the company, and now it’s given an indication as to what we can expect in the coming months and years.
Gematsu recently got a chance to ask Yosuke Matsuda—Square Enix’s president—several questions regarding the Switch and one of them was related to the kind of support that we can look forward to from the company. It seems that longtime fans are in for quite a treat, as the company is looking into revitalizing old franchises and bringing in some interesting new IP. Here’s what was said:
We base our development resource allocations on the unique attributes of each platform. In particular, Nintendo Switch makes it easier for us to leverage our back catalog of assets and expertise, so we want to be proactive in creating new IP and rebooting past titles for that platform.
Chrono Trigger 3, anyone?
What do you think? What games from Square Enix would you like to see on the platform? What do you think this comment could mean? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source gematsu.com]
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Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age! I'm enjoying it on my PS4 but I really wish I could play it on the go. Plus, the Switch could probably handle it pretty easily.
I'll love SE forever if they give me FFXII: The Zodiac Age on Switch.
Putting the Soft back in Square
Forget Final Fantasy XV, just give us a Final Fantasy VI HD remake already, a new Final Fantasy Tactics game, and maybe a third Chrono title. Also Square Enix, you got some localization (Mana Collection, Dragon Quest XI, Dragon Quest Heroes 1 & 2) to take care of.
Excited! Skint...but excited!
I just want a fully localised Secret of Mana collection. Fingers crossed!
@retro_player_22
They did a FF6 remake. It looked like a student project.
I can't wait for Octopath Traveler. Still need to play the demo though.
I hope SE brings Kingdom Hearts 3 and FF15 to the Switch. Some other FF games wouldn't hurt too.
I can get old SE games on my PS4 dirt cheap. Just want Lost Sphere, Dragon Quest and Octopath in 2018 - I have zero need for more rehashed old games on Switch from 3rd party
I just want them to finish Kingdom Hearts 3!
Chrono Trigger 3? I’m sure you’re kidding. Don’t expect things like that. Expect mediocre remasters or inferior ports from current gen consoles or lightweight low budget ips like project octopath.
I hope they bring Kingdom Hearts 3 or HD Remixes to the Switch!
If chronotrigger 3 came out on the switch I’d have to ask my wife to leave me for a couple of months.
Please don't give us horrible remakes such as this Secret of Mana thing...
Mana Collection, and ORIGINAL FF7 please
Twewy 2 is all I want to see.
Just give the people what they want dammit ...... Super Mario RPG 2 !
@retro_player_22 Exactly! Just start off by bringing Dragon Quest XI to the West. And the Seiken Densetsu collection. Not too fussed by rereleases, as they're almost all on my phone/tablet anyway. Love the idea of a new Tactics, though. And how about a new Vagrant Story too?
I want :
1. FF XII Switch
2. Lost Sphear Switch USA version
3. KH 1.5 + 2.5 HD
4. World of Final Fantasy
5. FF IX HD Remaster (already on IOs, Androd and ps4, though)
6. FF VIII
FFVIII REMASTERED! Ughhhh!!!
Final Fantasy please.
If they're going to rerelease some games, how about putting the non-Nintendo FF titles on Switch? Maybe a FF collection.
we only want Dragon Quest games.. FF games lateley aren't the same as the older games... magic is gone
For now, it would be nice if they bring Kingdom Hearts, the whole saga, to Switch, and KH3 as well. And FFVII would be aaaawesome!
Final fantasy remake or ports
Kimgdom hearts
TWEWY 2
Final Fantasy Tactics
Secret of mana collection
Hd port of crystal bearers
a new Chrono game, a new Final Fantasy Tactics game, a new Valkyrie Profile game, a new Golden Sun game {I know, it is not Square Enix}, a new The World Ends With You game, a new Final Fantasy game similar to the old 16-bit games
@Onion_Knight there already is Super Mario RPG 2 and it is called Paper Mario
A Chrono Trigger remake using a variant of the Octopath Traveller graphics engine would make my knees go wobbly.
would love some form of final fantasy game, tactics would be amaze and of course FF7!
Chrono cross remake followed by chrono break
In addition to all of the JRPG goodness, I'd love to see ports of Hitman Absolution and the new episodic Hitman.
@KryptoKrunch Hitman, you say? interesting...hmm
@Axlroselm octopath traveler looks like it will turn out awesome. I enjoyed the demo and it’s going to be a day 1 purchase for me.
I don’t expect day 1 ports of AAA games like ffvii remake, but I’m not going to complain about decent games either. Lost sphear included.
"Nintendo Switch makes it easier for us to leverage our back catalog of assets and expertise"
Old ports then. Righto. At least new IP was also hinted at.
Let's hear what the latest decision maker has to say: "The Switch provides a prime opportunity to blah to the blah, blah, blah."
Hype? Hype! Amirite?
GTA or Red dead that's what in my opinion the switch is missing!
Mind you I am loving skyrim on the go.
Masterpiece and handheld!!!!!
Maybe we will finally see the cancelled "Chrono Break"
Anything from SquareSoft and I'll be happy...
The Bouncer, Mystic Quest, even the FF Movie, in game form.
For a lot of people, there never was a Chrono Trigger 2.
The original is one of the only RPGs I bothered to finish. Final Fantasy could never hold my interest long with its boring plots.
can we please have nice hi-res pixel remakes every Seiken Densetsu?
Give me a new Final Fantasy Tactics game please!
new FF Tactics and I (many wouldnt agree) would love to see some more multiplayer focused Crystal Chronicles style games. they were underrated, by gamers if not critics
Well that's interesting. I'd love to see FF Tactics, Vagrant Story, Crystal Chronicles and Brave Fencer Musashi make a comeback on Switch. They shelved all these amazing IPs for way too long.
Am i the only one that want final fantaxsy xiii and lightning returns?
I also want Final Fantasy VII remake, it uses UE4 so it should be easier to port it than XV
Kingdom Hearts 3 would be absolutely brilliant, as would getting the older games in the series as well. Playing the original 2 Kingdom Heart games portably sounds like heaven to me. Playing Final Fantasy 15 on the go as well would sell me on that version of the game over the others, even when it is far cheaper on the other systems.
@BlackenedHalo @KryptoKrunch Worth noting the Hitman devs left SE and took the Hitman IP with them. Should be a little easier to convince them to do some ports.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/16/io-interactive-goes-independent-keeps-hitman/
Any Star ocean game other than SO5. And the Bravely series too please
Ports, ports and did I mention ports? Final Fantasy XII-XV goes without saying (I don't care how much time it'll take to remake XV on a different engine because I did, do and will refuse to associate games with expiry dates like many gamers do), but there is also a massive tri-Ace library, Kingdom Hearts, Front Mission, Nier and Drakengard, SaGa, Tomb Raider (Isometric Lara Croft dilogy would be a particular win, and I'd even double-dip on Temple of Osiris despite having beaten the story), Just Cause... there's plenty. Localised remakes like Nanashi no Game dilogy (the first one was fan-translated, but the right stick might add some replayability over the DS touchscreen camera XD) And when it comes to resuming old franchises... how long has it been since the last Valkyrie Profile, for instance? I would also like SE to take another shot at Racing Lagoon concepts, too. RPG/racing hybrids remain a sadly sparse genre, all but towed on by Need For Speed alone in select aspects.
@DrJoson other than 1 and 2, if anything - both are comfortably portable on PSP already. I'll take SO5 (alongside 3 and 4) while you can freely ignore it, thank you very much.
@dimi you aren't. I want to replay the whole trilogy and possibly complete all three games 100% this time. It's one of my favourite mainline FFs and JRPGs in general, but playing it in bouts of rental XBox 360 club time during gargantuan schedule gaps was naturally less than ideal (or cheap) experience. It says a lot about my impression from these games (and Bioshock trilogy) that I still went through it all to finish them.
@meltendo Never finished this game back in the day so I second this!
@nhSnork Good point about the portability, it'd be nice to have them both available digitally though! Haha SO5 was all right, just kind of unambitious compared to the rest of them, would need some extra features for me to want to buy it again so soon
I would live kh remixes, ffx, secret of mana trilogy released in the west.
Also heard they are making the world ends with you 2 for switch. Hope that's true
If FFXII: The Zodiac Age comes to Switch, I'll forgive them for not sending DQM: Terry's Wonderland 3D overseas (still bumhurt). I've been waiting to play that game on Nintendo consoles for years! Always loved FFTA, Grimoires of the Rift, and Revenant Wings!
They should also send us FFVII HD, given Cloud in Smash…
TWEWY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
please
@Onion_Knight #18 @BlackenedHalo #27 #33
The later Mario RPG's have been pretty great, but an actually Square-Enix made RPG with a multi-character party and original characters would be fantastic!
@KryptoKrunch #32 @abe_hikura #47
While Hitman dev IO Interactive has left Square Enix, the Square Enix Holdings still seems to have publishing rights to a whole bunch of games like Deus Ex, Tomb Raider, Thief, Nier and Life Is Strange. I hope we'll see some of those franchises.
A "proper" Chrono Trigger 2'd be great.
Whatever happened to that Dragon Quest XI that was supposed to come out for the Switch? We got it on PS4 and 3DS but it never got released for the Switch.
@retro_player_22 yeah, let's just hope they don't just make a lazy port (li.e. demo DQ heroes). Let us pray they make the same effort as panic button and bethesda did. Localise DQX for pete's sake !!! i'm willing to fork out to play DQ MMO as long as they keep the price fair.
@DrJoson rats, there's no digital version?
Thanks for the wake-up call - I have always assumed the games were only absent from European PS Store... then I'm all for all five games (and maybe a remake of Blue Sphere if we are extra shameless? XD It was on GBC, but I don't know if third party Virtual Console titles would ever get localised post factum). I mean, I can play the first two on a CFW'd PSP (and the original game was also fan-translated on SNES), but I'd prefer the ability to own them, too.
NEW FINAL FANTASY TACTICS!! That game is amazing
We're already getting Lost Sphear (which looks amazing), and Octopath Traveller (incredible) and Dragon Quest XI (Xenoblade levels of hype!) and Dragon Quest Builders 1 and 2...
But they need to get Final Fantasy X/X-2 and Final Fantasy XII off of PS4 and into Switch. There's no reason for those games to only be on one console. At least X was on Vita (on which I beat the entire game) but it needs to come to Switch. PS gamers aren't the only ones who want Final Fantasy...
Kingdom Hearts 3 (and even the HD remixes) would be my first requests.
So many people focused on the remakes and remasters in the comment, but I'm more impressed that Square Enix wants to be "proactive in creating new IP" on a Nintendo platform. This is a nice situation for Square Enix in that they can make safe ports/reboots while risking investing in new ideas. Good for them, and good for Switch gamers, in my estimation.
Why are people asking for FFVII R? That's a PS4 exclusive. It is not coming to any other system.
Super Mario RPG remake.
While this excites me, it also scares me. I've lost all trust in SE and I'm afraid a remake or reboot of a Squaresoft era classic would be handled poorly.
The two new Tomb Raider games need a port and FF6 needs a ground up remake.
Be nice if square-enix released the enix games when nintendo does VC next year.
I need portable Illusion of Gaia and EVO Search for Eden. I'd like to try Terranigma and I'm sure Soul Blazer and the Actraiser games have their own fans.
Really only want to see Kingdom Hearts 3 right now. I could speculate on all manner of unnanounced and never-to-be-announced titles, but I won't.
my wishlist:
1. final fantasy xii the zodiac age
2. final fantasy type 0 hd
3. a new final fantasy tactics game (or reboot)
4. reboot of the front mission series (tactical turn-based, not 3rd person shooter)
Well if they're talking back catalog I wouldn't read into it more than I would read into what they've done on Android so far — SNES/NES(updated) ports, and then perhaps that Chaos Ring series too, and perhaps those DS/3DS games as well as they'd fit comfortably too. I just don't see them going — hey let's dust of Secret of Evermore.
Chrono Trigger PALEASE!
Sounds like secret of mana will be skipping the switch!
Nier Automata would be awesome so would some Final Fantasy.
Hmmm Chrono trigger would be pretty cool. I’ve never actually played any of square enix’s games so I’m open to anything.
@aaronsullivan "but I'm more impressed that Square Enix wants to be "proactive in creating new IP" on a Nintendo platform."
I thought Squenix did a pretty good job supporting Nintendo this past gen. It's just that they didn't support Wii U, which nobody did. Barely even Nintendo as I wait 2 years for "nearly complete" Pikmin 4.
http://nintendo3ds.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Square_Enix_games
In related news my mother is buying my sister's family a Wii U for Christmas. Their Wii died and Switch has no BC otherwise I'd talk them out of it.
@NinChocolate
Alleluja Brother
@Moshugan Nier would be pretty awesome! As would Deus Ex.
@BlackenedHalo I'm sorry man, but it's not.
As much as I love old squaresoft, I would rather they continue old franchises rather than remake them.
A new tactics game? Yes please. TWEWY 2? Make it so. But if they gave me both of those remade, I would consider if it was at bargain rates, $20.
Let’s just get those DQ games localized here on Switch too.
Secret of Mana remake port is a no brainer, but come on.... an English translated Seiken Densetsu 3 remake would be crazy! But I'd settle for the collection that was released in Japan.
@LeRaposa The official announcement of FFVII Remake said "play it first on PS4," suggesting that it's actually a timed PlayStation exclusive, and could eventually come to other platforms like XBONE, PC, or Switch.
Chrono Trigger 3??
Glad to see SquareEnix busy on the system. Still wish we'd get the Mana games and Terranigma, but I guess that's too much to ask.
Interesting Square's focus on Switch is on abandoned franchises and back catalogue more than their new content. Arguably that's Square's best gaming, so no complaints there!
@Dezzy Nope they never did an FFVI 3D remake, if you're talking about the mobile port that doesn't count as remake. An FFVI remake should look more or better similar to the N64 3D tech demo that Squaresoft show-off in 1995. Imagine getting that but using Unreal Engine 4 for modern day console like the Switch, that I would buy day one.
Bring us Chrono Trigger 3, that would be awesome. But I'd also like the Chrono Trigger games, even in original form, on the Switch (maybe part of a Virtual Console if the system ever gets one). But I'd also like them to release Seiken Densetsu Collection for the West, in English.
@Captain_Gonru Ha, that's what I was thinking exactly. I typically don't care, but I feel this was an intentionally misleading title. Square Enix's comment was two sentences long, and said absolutely nothing about their future plans, other than they may create new games or re-release old ones... which, what other options were there?
@jomo32 Isn't that exactly what Lost Sphear and Octopath Traveler are? Seems to me the new IPs are coming, so I really hope they do give us some remakes in addition. Localize the Secret of Mana collection and a new (or remake) of Chrono Trigger would be outstanding.
@jomo32 Sure, I didn't mean to imply that you needed to care about remakes. I was mainly just saying that I thought they were doing a decent job of bringing new as well. Considering the low effort needed to bring back old titles, I would prefer that as well, but fully understand not everyone cares about retro games, either. Would be even better if we got a brand new entry in a classic series - Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, etc...
Sounds like mediocre ports of old games. Yuck.
@retro_player_22 I wouldn't trust Square-Enix to make a worthy HD remake of FF6. A cheap cashgrab remake, yes.
I'd probably be upset more about the FF7 remake if I had as much nostalgia for the original as other people do.
I'll take a localized Secret of Mana collection and some further info on DQ XI, thanks.
Another vagrant story and a big budget follow up to Army Corpse of Hell with more involved deep gameplay
The World Ends With You!
Deus ex game please 😎
Is it too much to dream about Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 ports? The Switch would have no problem running the PS3 versions. Aside from that I would like to see ports of other Final Fantasy games too.
I would love to see the Bravely series travel to the Switch. Bravely Default is my favourite 3DS game and I just loved the art style. I regret not getting that collector's edition.
This comment really makes me happy. I'm hopeful SE will continue to try to new IP (like they did with the Bravely games) but their catalogue of games is second to only Nintendo itself really. I would love to see a remaster of FFVI and a Tomb Raider game. I'm just a big SE fan so they can do whatever and I'll be happy lol.
COUGH.
What a nasty cough.
@Dezzy IT wasn't really a remake, they just ported it to cell phones, and in doing so, made the sprites look like complete ass.
A true FF6 remake in the vein of what they did with 1-4 would be ideal.
Though, imagine what a modern version of Actraiser could be like...
I'd play FFXV on the Switch. I own it on PS4 and had it shortly before getting a Switch. The load times were so horrible that I would imagine a Switch optimized version being a better overall experience. FFXV just felt a bit heavy and clunky ... even if it's the pocket version, I might enjoy it a bit more. It's the first non-online FF game that I've not completed since the SNES.
@Alucard83
Who's "we?"
Im calling it now. The Switch will get HD remasters of Bravely Default and Kingdom Hearts 1-DDD.
Personally I think a perfect fit for the system would be a Final Fantasy retro collection, featuring FF's 1-6 with HD sprites and remastered audio.
Tomb raider collection would be sweet
I really don't get Square and Nintendo. If Nintendo wants to rapidly increase the sales of Switch, they should immediately make a deal with Square Enix and co-finance development of another Chrono game (Chrono Break or whatever you call it)....Square Enix should definitely make a new Chrono game for Switch, i dont think there will be a better time for this than right now
TWEWY2 please!
Also Chrono Trigger 3, FF7 Remake and Kingdom Hearts 3.
What do people think the odds are of that SOM remake for The Switch? To me, it makes perfect sense as it is the starting ground for it. The snes gave birth to Mana (well, Nintendo consoles, as it was GB first) and they even gave the Switch the SOM collection in Japan!
I really do not want to buy it for PC unless it is my only option (PS4 doesn't appeal to me at all, and would not have the time to play more than 1 console's games)
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