Thu, May 20, 2010 | 07:42 BST

Square announcement will “change Japanese history”

backtothefuture

We’ve been around the block. We’re no strangers to hyperbole. But this is something quite special.

Square Enix saying it will “change Japanese history” on May 21 with a game announcement related to some sort of partnership with Yahoo!.

That’s one hell of a claim.

As Siliconera notes, the publisher mentioned moving into network games as a goal in recent financials, so Yahoo! would probably be a good fit with that.

Maybe Yoichi Wada’s going to go back in time and trick all the Samurai into wearing Mickey Mouse hats, or something.

Or maybe it’s a load of bollocks. Who can say?

29 comments

Hunam
20/05/10, 7:47 am

Didn’t Japan already get in trouble once for changing their history (books)?

Patrick Garratt
20/05/10, 7:57 am

This can only end badly.

manamana
20/05/10, 8:13 am

They’ll anounce the SE-programmers for the World-Cup.

Herlock
20/05/10, 8:28 am

SE stop rpg ?

Blerk
20/05/10, 8:44 am

They’ve invented a time machine and they’re going to go back and kill their own grandfathers.

Blerk
20/05/10, 8:49 am

Wait, wait – I’ve got it! Final Fantasy VII remake…… on Facebook.

Johnny Cullen
20/05/10, 9:03 am

Surely it’d be a lot better on Twitter, yeah?

Raining_Upwards
20/05/10, 9:10 am

Prediction:

It will be shit.

~Fin

Erthazus
20/05/10, 9:13 am

They… Already… Made the history with the Final Fantasy XIII

Fucktwits.

#10

JonFE
20/05/10, 9:15 am

Actually FF7 on every gaming platform possible *except* Sony owned ones… that would be funny…

#11

LordCancer
20/05/10, 9:22 am

Japanese megaton=little plume. They’ll announced nothing anyone cares about as per usual.

#12

Bulk Slash
20/05/10, 9:38 am

When I hear the name Yahoo I don’t think of games, I think of failed search engine businesses. I can’t think of any kind of tie-in with Yahoo that will be good for gamers. It’s probably a deal to flog in-game targeted advertising or some such shit.

#13

DarkDevil
20/05/10, 9:47 am

square enix will become movie-producer only

#14

onlineatron
20/05/10, 10:42 am

They’ll go back in time with massive heavy duty nets in order to catch the Hiroshima bomb and prevent Japan’s defeat.

…. It’s ok to laugh about that tragedy now right?

#15

Happy Hardon Harry
20/05/10, 10:52 am

Seriously, someone name me a good SquareEnix title these day’s because i’m struggling (and for fuck sake, don’t say FFXIII).

SquareEnix don’t develop great games anymore. Period.

The thing about Japanese devs is that they hold onto this “rule book” like some fucking bible. Therefore, their games end up boring, apart from the odd exception.

As Bob Dylan said “The Times They Are a-Changin” and SquareEnix, along with other Japanese devs, need to acknowledge this and move on from their conservative past.

#16

onlineatron
20/05/10, 10:55 am

FFXIII is good… it’s just not brilliant.

#17

Boris Fett
20/05/10, 11:01 am

“Seriously, someone name me a good SquareEnix title these day’s because i’m struggling.”

Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Dragon Question IX…

#18

Johnny Cullen
20/05/10, 11:11 am

Dragon Question IX?

Do I have to answer questions about dragons in this game?

#19