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DS Daily: New Square Enix vs. old Square Enix

Square Enix has been all over the DS, with remakes, franchise continuations, spin-offs, and more. Perhaps even more amazingly, however, is that the DS isn't just getting the same ol' series, but new games, too. Some are totally new, while others are newish, yet have connection to some of the company's other properties. If you're a fan of their work, you've probably played a lot of DS in the past few years. But what's been more exciting to you: the newer things, like The World Ends With You and the recently-announced Blood of Bahamut, or the oldest of the old, like the remakes (Final Fantasy IV, Chrono Trigger, more)?

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ChanDangle6037d ago

Old SquareSoft = Win

New = Fail-Enix

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Danja6037d ago

Squaresoft >>>>Square Enix

ever since Square merged with Enix the quality of they're titles has been deteriorating.

Gue16036d ago (Edited 6036d ago )

The funny thing is that when they where separated both were better...

The old Square had games like Xenogears, FFVII, Secret of Mana, Vagrant Story etc.

The old Enix had games like Terranigma, E.V.O., Illusion of Gaia, Star Ocean, etc.

What they have now since the merge? Star Ocean 3 was crap, FFXII was crap, the new Valkyria Profile 2 was crap, every current gen jrpg have been crap, Dragon Quest VIII was good though.

mikeslemonade6036d ago

SE were innovators back then, but now they are just greedy moneyhats. They should follow example from EA they lost all there respect and are slowly gaining it back now with Burnout, Mass Effect, Dead Space, Mirrors Edge etc.

JoySticksFTW6036d ago

Agreed with all of above

Current SE vs oldschool Squaresoft is like comparing current Mike Tyson to oldschool Mike Tyson

or current wrestling to oldschool wrestling

or current Sonic games to oldschool Sonic games

Square's philosophy on quality vs maximum profit seems off. They don't understand that if they just make quality games - no matter what system - instead of these hack-job flops that they would see huge profits and more loyal consumers.

SaiyanFury6036d ago

Ah Squaresoft back in the SNES/original PS days. So many original games. Then they merged with ENIX, another great original publisher, then they went all corporate. More remakes and even less franchise continuations. Just now I'm playing through Final Fantasy VIII on the PS and I find myself pining for the days of old when I could look up every once in a while and find a new, breakout Squaresoft game.

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ultimolu6036d ago

Old Square: KICKING ASS.
New Square: Full of major sh*t.

SONYSLAVE6036d ago

i really doubt they care what you crying droids say ;-D

ultimolu6036d ago

Because the PS3 version may be the best one. :)

Now go away.

gamfreak6036d ago

Why are still here go find your mom already. Hahahahaha.....

gamfreak6036d ago

Square-Enix are full of S*IT and i really miss the old Squaresoft to be precise. They make great JRPGS back than.

Panthers6036d ago

I think they mean Squaresoft vs Square Enix

zenintude6036d ago

It seems to be serving no other purpose other than to say, "Gee, Square is doing a swell job releasing games for the DS!"

Awful.

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10 Legendary Games That Still Absolutely Crush It in 2025

Discover 10 timeless video games from the past that remain absolutely playable today. From Chrono Trigger to DOOM, these classics have aged like fine wine!

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anast37d ago

Simon's Quest is better than Symphony.

djl348536d ago

If you're gonna troll, at least make a legitimate attempt.

Levii_9237d ago

Hot damn that's a good list. The only one i never played is AOE2 and i never finshed Chrono Trigger but it was damn good.

Speaking of what's old but holds up amazingly well and plays like a dream.. i played Symphony of the Night for the first time in 2019.. yep that's right. It became one of my favourite games of all time that i replay almost every year. I couldn't believe how good it was. That is almost impossible for me with newer games let alone older ones. Truly a special gem.

LG_Fox_Brazil37d ago

That's a pretty fucking great list

__y2jb36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

The only one I’d disagree with is doom. It shows its age badly I think. After 5 minutes of play these days you put it down.

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Did the Chrono Trigger Creator Just Confirm a Remake by Accident?

Yuji Horii may have accidentally confirmed a Chrono Trigger remake at Comicon in Naples. Eyewitness accounts suggest the beloved JRPG could be returning in HD-2D form.

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Goodguy0145d ago

I want a full on 3d remake but I suppose HD2D is fine.

Snookies1244d ago

So many people want HD2D, but I agree 100%. Chrono Trigger is in my top 3 of all-time. I want to see what this could be like re-imagined in full 3D. The sprites look good enough in the original, in my opinion. What would be amazing, is if they just went for both haha. Give us the HD2D to tide us over while they work on the full remake.

darthv7244d ago

I'd imagine it would be something like... chrono cross

goken44d ago

I am hoping a modern AAA return…

Chard44d ago (Edited 44d ago )

I'm still skeptical of HD-2D, and still want them to fix remaining foibles in the current Steam version. At any rate I've been seeing online that this rumour has been debunked

Knightofelemia44d ago

I would jump for a remake of Chrono Trigger then hopefully a remake of Chrono Cross. I wish Xenogears and the Xenosaga trilogy also got a remake or a remaster.

jznrpg43d ago

Yes to Xenogears and Xenosaga!

jznrpg44d ago

I am surprised it hasn’t been done already. It’s widely considered as one of the best RPGs all time. I’ll take it for sure. I want a Vagrant Story remake as well

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Dragon Ball Animator Reveals How Akira Toriyama Created His Most Iconic Chrono Trigger Character

Dragon Ball staff reveal how Akira Toriyama created one of Chrono Trigger's most memorable characters as the RPG celebrates its 30th anniversary.