Square Enix moved headquarters based on advice from a fortune teller named Pao, now will move again

Square Enix was previously based in Tokyo's Meguro ward, but the company moved to Shinjuku in 2004. Famed composer and former employee Nobuo Uematsu previously claimed the move was spurred by a fortune teller's prediction.

"[Square Enix CEO and president Yoichi] Wada took a couple of locations to a fortune teller named Pao," said Uematsu. "Pao said the Meguro space was not going to bring any fortune to the company, and pointed to Shinjuku. That's why he decided to move it there. I heard this directly from Wada."

[Ranma1]

People think his been at Square for a long time when they sed to make great games.

The truth is, he joined Square in late 2000/2001. Many people think he was there before.

But i think he (and Toriyama) are the reasons SE is going downhill.

He came too late to put his "intelligent ideas" into FF10 and ruin it...

[Chaostar]

Easiest way to tell if a fortune teller is legit is to walk straight up to him/her the moment you meet and punch them in the face.

If they were for real they would have seen it coming ;P

Slightly more on topic: This explains a lot.

[ReservoirDog316]

Haha

+bubbles

[Urrakia34]

Seeing Ranma1 comment 3 times in his own article submission without any other person commenting leads me to believe that he is quite the lonely, desperate individual.

[Death]

or...

Maybe he was the fortune teller they didn't listen to and now he's being spiteful!

-Death

[Bathyj]

They should be listening to their fans.

[Death]

I wasn't consulted about the move.

I dunno. A proper VII remake and then a true successor on the same game engine with the same game mechanics would be a step in the right direction. I would think the story is what drives an RPG, not so much new mechanics or graphics. Am I alone in thinking years ago that the evolution of FF would be a game very similar to VII, but with graphics more on par with the animations and cut scenes? Instead Square was under the impression we wanted incredibly linear and predictable story lines with very little interactivity. Maybe the movie was such a hit that hey decided to pattern the games after it?

-Death

[Colonel_Dante]

I'd like to ask that fortune teller when Versus 13 is coming out..
but im afraid of the answer they'd tell me..

[Inception]

Lol, i remembered when Kitase got interviewed by Famitsu about FF XIII going multiplats and Wada in The Last Guy
here is the article
http://n4g.com/news/216513/...

"Apparently since Final Fantasy XIII’s multi-platform announcement, tensions have risen between Yoshinori Kitase/Tetsuya Nomura and company president Yoichi Wada.

A Famitsu article reveals Kitase taking a jab at his current boss Yoichi Wada in a review of the PlayStation Network game; Last Guy.

Kitase commented:

I’d love for them to add a stage map more close to the SquareEnix office. In The Last Guy, there’s a feature where if you save the hidden “VIP” citizens you get more points. So gamers could get fired up if there was a mission “Save the VIP President WD![Wada]“… to save this man in our company who is getting criticized. But it might be even more interesting if people were like “I hate this high class VIP Mr.*blank* so I’m going to just watch him die!” (laughter) Could they put that in the game as a 300 yen add on?"

Lol, i felt sorry for Kitase and other staff when they got more and more work from the bastard Wada, even some project are not finished yet >.<

[iWishTifaWasReal]

Moving does not make a game better.

LISTENING TO YOUR FANS WILL.

[Taz Yamauchi]

Square Enix moved headquarters based on advice from a fortune teller named Pao, now will move again

LOL Fortune teller should tell better fortunes next time, like release Versus 13 and after that remake FF 7 and yu will be swimming in $$

[FinaLXiii]

Fortune Teller i see...makes sense lol

I wonder if Kojima belives in such things.