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Looking back today, it is easy to see that Final Fantasy was a success and why. Back in the day though, even Square was not all that interested in Final Fantasy, to the point that they initially wanted to only produce 200,000 copies in Japan. That is after Hironobu Sakaguchi convinced them to green light […]
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Final Fantasy Casts Cure on Square Enix – Today in History – May 7th, 1990
May 6th, 2018 
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Square Enix Updates Chrono Trigger on Mobile, Steam
March 4th, 2018 Carl Williams Chrono Trigger was one of those role-playing games that made Super Nintendo owners jump with glee upon release. It was simply a game that Sega had no competition for and SNES fans knew it. This was before Square Enix jumped ship to the Sony PlayStation, sealing the fate of the Sega Saturn in North America […]
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Square Enix Does Cool Thing for Nintendo Wii Owners, at Least Those That Own a Certain Game
April 15th, 2017 Carl Williams Square Enix, a company that catches a lot of flak from gamers; when things get heated they are on par with Ubi Soft’s level of heat. I am not sure they are trying to turn that public image around with this announcement or not, but it is still cool. If you own Dragon Quest X […]
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Kingdom Hearts Combines Disney Square Enix on PlayStation 2 – September 16th, 2002 – Today in Video Game History
September 15th, 2016 Carl Williams When I first heard about Kingdom Hearts I was a little dismayed. I was, still am, a big Disney fan. The problem is, I was coming out of the whole “Square rocks” phase of my gaming life. It was intriguing to see what Square Enix did with a blanket Disney license. Something I am sure […]
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Square Enix Launches Final Fantasy and Saves Company – July 12th, 1990 – Today in Video Game History
July 11th, 2016 Carl Williams Final Fantasy represents just how close Square, now Square Enix, was to bankruptcy. They had enough money to release one more game, a role playing game was ready so they released it. Since this could have been their final game, they chose Final Fantasy as the title. Little did they know at the time that […]
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Enix Releases Dragon Warrior I and II on Nintendo Game Boy Color – September 27th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
September 26th, 2016 Carl Williams Dragon Warrior I and II is one of the better re-releases we have seen over the years. Dragon Warrior game on the Nintendo Entertainment System was quite a departure from the norm. Before Dragon Warrior there were not a lot of role playing games like it available for the new NES console. Enix, now part […]
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Enix Brings 7th Saga Stateside While Ignoring Gamer Pleas for Dragon Warrior 5 – August 3rd, 1993 – Today in Video Game History
August 2nd, 2016 Carl Williams 7th Saga was a unique experience for fans. Who remembers the strong 8-Bit finale that Enix gave us as they wrote off the Nintendo Entertainment System? They gave gamers ALL four Dragon Warrior games. In Japan these games were called Dragon Quest. In recent years Square Enix has resurrected them under that name on mobile […]
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Was Final Fantasy the End for Square?
July 13th, 2016 Dash The Bomber For as long as Squaresoft has been popular in the West a rumor has plagued the internet. Final Fantasy was named after being the last opportunity for a failing company to come become successful. But, many have discredited this rumor based on interviews with series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi . Sakaguchi, however claims he named it […]
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Final Fantasy IV Advance Brings WonderSwan Title to Game Boy Advance – December 12th, 2005 – Today in Video Game History
December 11th, 2020 Carl Williams Final Fantasy IV Advance may seem like a weird name for a Final Fantasy entry, but it is not. The reason it is titled as such is because this is a port of the Bandai WonderSwan Color version of the game. Think of it as Square Enix and Nintendo pulling a WWE move by changing […]
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Final Fantasy IX Returns Series to Fantasy Era on PlayStation – November 13th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
November 12th, 2020 Carl Williams Final Fantasy IX was one of my favorite role-playing games (RPG) on the Sony PlayStation console. It was such a great game, one that returned the franchise to its roots in the fantasy era. Previous entries had a heavy futuristic/science fiction slant to their stories. While those were fun, there is just something about the […]
