They need less stuff with FF tacked onto it. I mean, did My Life as a King really need to be an FF title?

The World Ends With You was a strong step in the right direction since it was so experimental in terms of both gameplay and presentation. I hope they start experimenting more.

gosh if any FF was going to be remade in glorious HD I would hope for FF3, or 6 whatever. Whens 13 supposed to be released?

Maybe they should focus on a new IP? there has got to be something in their pipeline.

Need more Chrono Trigger sequels.

Heres a plan that can help them on the DS front in america: Stop releasing DS games at $39.99.

It is time.

I'm moderately concerned that hints of the new approach everyone is clamoring for are falling on deaf ears. The World Ends with You was new and original in both theme and gameplay, but, unless someone has sales figures to argue otherwise, seemed like barely a blip on the industry's radar.

If I understand you right, Collette, the new approach seems to be tossing out tons of quickies (be they remakes or original, though modestly funded/marketed, games). This does not seem to be panning out financially, but it seems to promote more diversity and maybe even evolution than the monolithic releases they were once known for--is that what you would prefer to see return?

*looks at world ends with you case* Well, I tried.

I think Phoenix Gamma is on the right track. I've been getting into The World Ends With You more then any other handheld game in recent memory. I like remakes as much as the next rpg fan, but we should get one every once in a while, with new IP's coming out more often. Oh, and less FFVII and more Chrono Trigger.

Not surprised. Square Enix sucks, it's been a while since they did anything to catch my interest.

I haven't bought a new Squeenix game since FFX.

Cross platform White Engine you say? FF13 on the Wii with balance board summons?

I sure as hell wouldn't mind an FFVII remake OR a new Chrono game. Or both! At the same time! PS3! PSP! INTERNETS!

Is there even going to be a Kingdom Hearts 3? I figured that would be announced by now, since the games sold pretty well and were a lot of fun to play. I like getting to go through all the worlds from disney movies i watched as a kid, with a story connecting all of them. They did a really good job w that series, wheres the love?

1. No more exclusives
2. Stop making so many unnecessary FF games.
3. Make a remake of FF 7, FF 7 = money and more people buying a PS3.
4. Make KH3.
5. Create more varied games instead of the constant stream of Cell Phone games and begin making more better quality JRPGS.
6. Start new franchises on Xbox 360.
7. Is their anime department really that important? If it is then start making stuff for America instead of Japan only.
8. Look into more Chrono Trigger.
9. Finish development on FF 13 and vs 13.
10. Breathe more life into the PSP.
11. Also make more games for the DS.

You can trace Square's decline back to the awful FF: Spirits Within. It was after blowing most of their cash reserves on that disaster they somehow called a movie, that they were forced merge with Enix to offset the losses and started pumping out quickies... which sadly they seem to have taken a linking to.

Square, pull your head out of your arse and realize that it's the abysmal quality of your titles that's losing you sales. People still love a good RPG with solid play/battle mechanics, an engaging story and characters you care about.

I remember when I dawned on me that Square had changed, it was FFX. Really, WTF was all that about? It was the first ever FF game since the NES days that I didn't complete on one 'go'. I had to put it down for a few months. And everything that was wrong with that game has carried over to all their recent efforts: characters that not only you don't care about, but actually *hate*, story lines so convoluted and 'epic' that you lose interest, and boringly average play mechanics.

Square man, you used to be cool, what happened to you?

@ Boggs: I liked FF X more than VII, VIII, and IX....

I would by a new FFVII...and the system it came out on if I didn't have it

I think Phoenix is on the right track too.

FFVII remake, to be honest that should be left alone as Dirge (poor) and Crisis Core (great) are already based on it, therefore leave it alone. Chrono Trigger should have hit even the GBA years ago, and even on DS still hasn't, that's just lame. I don't know why its so hard for Square to give fans certain requested games, especially those more deserving.

I agree that The World Ends With You is a great game and a good change for Square to go in, but what amazes me about that game is that Square barely did any advertising for the game, in the U.S or Europe. This I don't understand, so its no surprise that sales might be lacking. How can Square expect to succeed by only shouting loudly about FF games and little else? Even the DS FF games got tv ads, but I never saw any for TWEWY. This problem needs fixing fast.

I also agree that while not as tech based, I find myself more excited by Atlus, Nippon Ichi, Vanillaware, Sting, and Mistwalker rpgs more. Odin Sphere and Persona 3 are small funded but exciting and fun experiences. Lost Odyssey staked its own claim against the odds.

I think with the release of MGS4, we'll be seeing the end of these old licenses for a while, which I don't think are as valuable as they once were. FF series also needs a rest with them. This a lesson that Capcoom are learning well, by remixing some of their classics, while also equally creating and promoting new IP. If Square follow Capcom and Sega's idea, they'd do much better.

You know what to do, Square. Translate a game like Itadaki Street, something different and push it out. More Front Mission, Parasite Eve, Vagrant Story, and from the Enix side, more Torneko, Actraiser, Ogre Battle, Robot Alchemic Drive, and don't forget some fresh IP.

Sqare-enix has gone downhill since FFX. Most of their new games since then have been merely good, rather than fantastic like their older games. Except for Sword of Mana and Dragon Quest 8 and almost FFXII. Anyways, what they should do is fire Tetsuya Nomura and get a real artist instead of some asshole with a zipper fetish. That could bring in some of the people who didn't want to play games in which the main characters look complete dumbasses. They should make some new IP's and actually advertise them, maybe not RPG's, and stop doing remakes and spinoffs once dissidia comes out, unless it's a non DS remake of FF6 (on psp maybe). And get rid of Nomura. Can't stress that enough.

Do you think they'll take this, and think, "Oh, maybe we should make new games now," or do you think they'll just keep doing what they're doing?

What Novakaine said about DQ X.

I still blame Sakaguchi leaving and Nomura shitting all over everything.

As much as I don't want them to remake VII for the PS3, it would make them money and it would shut a lot of people up. I really want them to give that kind of treatment only to IV and VI and give it a break for a while, but I know overall I'm in the minority.

Make a REAL Chrono Trigger game. Square has merged with Enix, they could probably get Yuji Hori and Akira Toryiama to work on it again. If they're not going to do anything with it, could they sell it to Mistwalker and let Sakaguchi work on it? Please?

Also, I thought the reason why KH3 hasn't been announced yet is because a) the team is working on FFXIII and b) those three portable KH games are coming out (one on PSP, one on DS, and one on cell phone).

Finally if they're gonna make cell phone games, port them to the DS and sell them outside the US. I want my FFIV: the After.

SE better release that secret MMO their working on to pull up those numbers back to +

I dunno what the deal is with 'Square going down the tubes' or 'getting worse' or 'crapping all over the place'.

Square has always been mostly shit, and has been shitting all over itself since Day 1.

For every FF3 caliber game, there are a handful of FF Mystic Quests. For every Secret of Mana, a Secret of Evermore waits idly to shit on it.

This has been going on since the NES daze, I guess the only change would be the production values. Butt fuck a JRPG in 2008 anyway.

I miss my ps1....I miss running my fingers over my collection of RPGs in 4 disc jewel cases....*sniff*

Made about $600 off 'em all on ebay a few years ago, though ;)