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Square Enix Not Keen on Virtual Console

Square Enix wont be bringing their Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy to the Virtual Console anytime soon says Square Enix rep Shinji Hashimoto. Square Enix feels there is still a need for physical media and have some reservations about Nintendo's billing system.

FFVIIFan6957d ago

"Reservations about Nintendo's billing system." It's as 1up says, why sell their series for cheaper than what they can really fetch.

WilliamRLBaker6957d ago

which is crap, which is all so one reason why I hate square now, and loath what final fantasy has become, Square acts like EA so much now, A money grubbing lets release crap carbon copy games as much as we can.

I just got done geting the entire series on GBA cause I missed a few games, and now they are releaseing it on psp again? talk about milkage....square only has a problem with not making enough money, which seems to be the sole motivating factor in every thing they do any more....which i believe is one reason sakaguchi left.

calderra6957d ago

"Square acts like EA so much now"
Anyone remember Square's press release that they were going to actually FOCUS on remakes and spinoffs INSTEAD of developing new IPs?

Final Fantasy (2000-)7: Now with Party Roster Updates!
Final Fantasy X: NCAA Championship edition: With an totally reworked Blitzball Passing system!

WilliamRLBaker6957d ago (Edited 6957d ago )

While I dont remember that press releas, All i know is the proof is in the puddying, Dirge of cerberus, Crisis core,And the other ff7 spin offs and remakes, ff1-6 on gba, ff3 on ds, final fantasy 1-6 im assuming on psp....the 500 different versions of ff13 thats supposed to come out, the f12 game on ds....lol

then you have the fact pretty much every game since 7 has been pretty much an interactive movie...

ITR6957d ago

BS...they just want more freakin money.

I guess $8-10 bucks doesn't suit them, but it suits SNK.

FF1 on VC $16.99!!!! (sic)

freeza6957d ago

hhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaa take that nintendo

DirtySyko6957d ago

I don't possibly understand how somebody can have a grudge against Nintendo. It's the dumbest potrayal of fanboyism I've ever seen.

"RAA I HATE NINTENDO I HATE THE COMPANY WHO PIONEERED CONSOLE GAMING AND WHO CREATES INNOVATIVE HARDWARE LIKE THE NINTENDO DS. BOY WHAT A CRAPPY COMPANY!"

Maybe you should go read one of your pop-up books since you insist on acting like a child.

BBsin6957d ago

Why would SquareEnix want to release their old games on a virtual console if they can easily rerererelease them other consoles and call them collecter editions for a much higher price???? Either way if people want it that bad on a virtual console then they should just get it for an emulator on a PC, it's not too hard to do that and it's free.

ChickeyCantor6956d ago

free to what point?
it isn't free, its just open for download, it doesn't make the games free it makes you being an illegal downloader.

commadore656957d ago

But I think downloaded content should be cheaper than the physical equivilent.

It's a bit of a shame that some people who may have never played these games but might have given them a try on VC. Final Fantasy is a big name and thus could lead to impulse buying that wouldn't exist otherwise.

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Why the Wii is Such a Nostalgic System in 2026

The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.

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ActualWhiteMan19d ago (Edited 19d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg19d ago

My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.

Smellsforfree18d ago

Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.

Loktai18d ago

Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.

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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996) Still Feels Like Peak 90s Star Wars

Dash Rendar, Prince Xizor, the Battle of Hoth, and one of the boldest Star Wars multimedia projects ever made. Here’s why Shadows of the Empire still matters.

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MayorPauline49d ago

This game along with Rogue Squadron got me into to Star Wars. The release of special edition VHS Star Wars collection was perfectly times on top of all that. 😆

Redgrave49d ago

Because it is.

Please re-release this.

SimpleSlave49d ago (Edited 49d ago )

But it wasn't. Although I do agree that some of the tie-in media, like the novels and comics, were pretty good.

Still, games like Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Rogue Squadron, and the space sims were peak 90s Star Wars. Shadows fell flat because of the abysmal controls and unimaginative levels. And if you wanted to really experience the seedy side of the universe, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 was peak, and it wasn't even close.

Regardless, and much to my dismay, we got the better version thanks to Ubislop in Outlaws, which is what Shadows should've been, albeit at a smaller scale.

shinXseijuro48d ago

As a kid me and my cousins loved this game . I have great memories with this one and the Star Wars pod racer game .

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How Trackmania inspired the “biggest feature ever created” for The Crew Motorfest

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