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Yoko Taro will go the way of Kojima in that he'll get fired from Squeenix and start his own studio.

He will proceed to do everything he's always done but the majority of /v/ will hate him because, no matter how good whatever he does is, all people will think about is what Inafune and Kojima turned out to be.

As for Squeenix, they'll continue chugging along because if they haven't gone bankrupt by now they never will.

Time for a Quiet Man sequel.

>>16035194

Don't you mean Quiet Woman reboot! :^)

>>16035192

I don't really see Taro costing Squeenix trillions of american piggu dorrars to make sure his next game has every David Bowie track ever made in it.

I don't know if Taro has what it takes to make a studio himself. His best bet would to stick with someone he already knows, like Platinum for example.

He also might do Novels instead if this video games thing doesn't work out in the long run, who knows.

>>16035178

aren't they supposed to be making MCU games? or was that another publisher?

I think Squeenix will live from ffxiv and microtransactions in other games. I doubt they'll ever make blockbusters again.

>>16035178

Dump more shekels in FFXIV

Yuji Naka makes a new game

The only SE games that come out on time are outhoused, right? When they lose Yuji Horii it's over for them.

>>16035203

I get the feeling Taro is like Araki: a deep in the closet homosexual man in japan where that still doesn't fly who wants to tell stories about weird shit for no reason beyond a lynchian "there are no rules you regurgitative fucks!" drive to do so.

I think he's a deeply sad man, but only because he knows how bad things really are.

>>16035178

>Only profitable title that exceeded expectations this gen was Nier Automata.

>Forgets Octopath Traveller constantly selling out.

I hope they stay around forever just to torture the retards who still give them money thinking they'll ever shit out a good game ever again.

If they try leaning on Taro he'll probably leave.

>>16035229

Nah man, it'll be KH4 then all the pointless sequels will begin.

>>16035268

I think he doesn't do well with pressure and will be kept on a loose leash as 'the idea guy' while other teams like the one at platinum do the mechanical work.

>>16035201

This why we pay you the big bucks, Moishe.

>>16035268

Square admitted that KH3 was the end of the Xehanort Saga, but not the end of the series. Expect a KH4 with a whole new villain and retarded new plot to milk it for the next 20 years.

>>16035178

SE is run by mentally ill homosexuals, and it shows.

>>16035178

>Dragon Quest: Builders 2 for Switch in 2019

>Whole shit load of FF ports for Switch in 2019, including FF14 Best Buy taking pre orders already and they say April availability date

I dunno, anon, if they can deliver on these they'll get my shekels this year. Squeenix, if you are somehow scraping this board, please release a mega collection pack for FF & DQ Hell, I'll probably pick up Octopath Traveler anyway, despite the god awful translation/localization/writing.

Hey, what happens at the end of Kingdom Hearts 3, anyway? I was replying to people in a Youtube comment section who said they pre-ordered the game years in advance with this spoiler but it seems to be fake because they say that Sora doesn't seal Xenahort or die.

They have Tencent helping them, they're set for life financially.

And any quality they might've still had left is going to go down the shitter, and their practices will become far more predatory.

>>16035521

Tencents currently getting its shit kicked in in china and may be blocked from bringing in foreign games entirely.

>>16035534

There are plenty of gay dudes that can appreciate a sexy womans body for aesthetic reasons, emil is his self insert and emil was gay as the day is long for papa nier.

>>16035472

The ending's here if you want to watch it for yourself, but if you want a rundown:

After Sora beats Xehanort at Scala ad Caelum, he rants for a bit about using Kingdom Hearts and the X-Blade to basically start over from zero, restart the universe to before Darkness existed and becoming leader of the world to prevent Darkness from coming back. Sora tells him it wasn't his decision to make, then Eraqus comes out of Terra to convince Xehanort to surrender and leave the world to the youngsters. Then they turn into hearts and fly to Kingdom Hearts.

Afterward, everyone returns to the Keyblade Graveyard, but note that they never fixed the fact Kairi got shanked with the X-Blade earleir. Since Kingdom Hearts is still around, Sora volunteers to go sifting through it to try and find her heart, even though it might mean he'll never come back.

Cue epilogue montage of the Disney crew returning to Disney Castle, Ansem the Wise and Vexen/Evan using a spare Replica to give Namine a real body before she and Riku fly off in the Gummi Ship, the Wayfinder trio making a grave for Eraqus, Roxas and co hanging out with Saix/Isa and the Twilight Town guys, and everyone playing together at the Destiny Islands. This is where the scene of Sora disappearing in front of Kairi comes from.

Roll credits.

>>16035571

>There are plenty of gay dudes that can appreciate a sexy womans body for aesthetic reasons

I remember a faggot once say that nobody is gay enough to not appreciate am attractive woman. Despite popular notion, gay dudes fuck women every now and then.

>>16035597

The only people that hate attractive women are ugly women. This is a scientific fact. Find me a gay dude who looks at 2b's ass and doesnt fantasise about it on a very girly twink and i'll call you a liar.

>>16035571

Although he's married and lament that his days of innocent romance of a highschool girl asking you out are forever now out of his reach.

>>16035615

Fights Sora and Mickey in a 3v2 with Luxord and Marluxia. Lose and dies. But since the DDD retcon happened (when a person's Heartless and Nobody die, the whole person gets revived later), she'll be recompleted.

Hints during her death scene (minute 8:00) that the reason she was even helping Xehanort to begin with was to help Marluxia, since apparently they knew each other before they became Nobodies in that mobile game KHX.

>>16035674

So she dies, but she doesn't really die?

Eh, good enough I guess. Good chance she'll make a cameo in KHIV when it comes out in 2035.

>>16035663

Yeah but I'm pretty sure all the anons on /trapshota/ are bisexual and not really gay

Bravely Default and Octopath both sold well. Maybe they'll realize putting all their eggs into billion dollar budgets is a stupid idea and focus on a number of small budget but capable titles is a sane idea?

>>16035742

>Bravely Default’s Success In The West Is Making Square Enix Rethink Their JRPGs

https://archive.fo/PhMpk

>2014

>>16035241

>>16035534

Makes sense, Emil was gay and he wears the mask

FUCKING SQUARE RELEASE SCARLET GRACE IN ENGLISH ALREADY REEEEE

>>16035178

>>FF7 remake is never coming out

That's what they said about KH3.

>>16035897

I'm more concerned about Dragon Quest. Those games are good but niche.

>>16035241

Araki has a wife and kids.

>>16035907

I'm glad the Quality of DQ hasn't dipped like Final Fantasy. I was always more of a fan of Enix and DQ and there are points when I think that the merger was a mistake.

>>16035661

>>16035382

I really enjoyed Octopath Traveler. The battle system was great, the story was interesting enough, I loved the graphics and the world, there was plenty to do in it. It didn't try to do anything revolutionary, just got all the things right that made traditional JRPGs fun and made it feel modern somehow.

I hacked my Snes mini and included the SNES ports of DQ 1-6.

>>16035178

>Is Yoko Taro the only hope Squenix has left?

no, just the biggest name that remains relatively untainted. They have the bravely/octopath team that feeds the oldschool job system jrpg autists like me, too. They should scrap FF7 remake, and pair down on lower key releases for a bit. Less boyband 15, more octopath type things.

>>16035959

Final Fantasy these days is just nothing but metrosexual boy bands, Divas and fashion models as protagonists. I miss guys like Sabin suplexing trains and Garland just wanting to knock people down.

Anyone remember Project Omega, AKA Final Fantasy in Space and how that got shitcanned?

>>16035939

>1997

>FF7

>Bushido Blade

>Tobal No. 2 (JP ONRY)

>1998

>FFT

>Einhander

>Bushido Blade 2

>Parasite Eve

>Brave Fencer Musashi

>Xenogears

>1999

>FF8

>Ehrgeiz

>Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2

>2000

>FF9

>Legend of Mana

>Chrono Cross

>Vagrant Story

>Parasite Eve 2

>Front Mission 3

>Threads of Fate

>SaGa Frontier 2

Its depressing looking through their catalog and seeing what they turned into.

>>16035978

That's exactly why the series needs to die, nomura toriyama's waifu forever fagged it up. Bravely series has effectively replaced it in my book. The only FF things that would get me excited are a FFT sequel or a remake of 11 no, not the (((nexon))) mobile one*

Babylon's Fall, Bravely Default/Third on Switch, ff7 remake, Left Alive. Hopefully pulling out of all Western development.

>>16036038

> Hopefully pulling out of all Western development.

are they really just going to sit on eidos IPs and do nothing with them?

>>16036051

Considering how Western devs handled them, hopefully. The alternative is giving them to Eastern devs who in their brief history of remakes/reinterpretations/reboots it has been far more faithful and tasteful than with how the West handles them. Oh and apparently they're working on a shooter project with People Can Fly.

>>16035939

They're still capable of putting out some decent JRPGs from time to time at least

Bravely Default, Second (though the western versions were censored…), anything Dragon Quest related including spinoffs, GyroZetter, Tomato (Though they didn't develop it, they did publish it which means something), World of Final Fantasy, Theathrythm Final Fantasy, and I've heard good things about Lost Sphear, Octopath and Romancing Saga 2

Its not like how they used to be but they aren't completely gone yet like most western companies

>>16036080

RS2 is two and a half decades old.

>>16036068

I'm not saying I want more thiaf games by eidos montreal, but it'd be dumb financially for squeenix to not do anything with eidos IPs.

>The alternative is giving them to Eastern devs who in their brief history of remakes/reinterpretations/reboots it has been far more faithful and tasteful than with how the West handles them.

you mean the same squeenix that greenlit and developed ffxv? yeah I don't see it.

>>16035603

Well, I hate attractive women because they won't let me fuck them and I can't be the only one. And also because they lie.

>>16036027

gamefaqs.please use archive.is/company/10815-square-enix

>2018

<Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT

<Lost Sphear

<Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

<Final Fantasy Awakening

<Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition

<Secret of Mana

<Grimms Notes

<Fear Effect Sedna

<Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth

<Forgotton Anne

<The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit

<Octopath Traveler

<Idol Fantasy

<SaGa: Scarlet Grace

<Boundless

<Shadow of the Tomb Raider

<Tales of the Wedding Rings VR

<Life is Strange 2

<The World Ends with You: Final Remix

<Fantasy Earth Genesis

<The Quiet Man

<World of Final Fantasy Maxima

<Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland SP

<Starwing Paradox

<Just Cause 4

<The Last Remnant Remastered

<Romancing SaGa Re: Universe

>>16036271

>That's just halfway gay.

No, it's full gay - but only part-time.

>>16036271

>>16036278

You fools, it's clearly a checkboxed either/or flag system. The respective portion of the thoughts and actions of a bisexual are gay, but wanting to bone ladies means the thinker/participant is not, and 'merely' overlaps with the gay.

>>16036320

Fine, I will concede and differ to your clear expertise and authority on all things homosexual.

>>16036129

I can't figure out why, because I think it's probably objectively not very good, but SaGa Frontier 1 is one of my favorite games ever of its type. The world is unique and really incredible, the music draws me in like nothing else, and the aesthetic is the right blend of quirky and serious, with some incredibly funny moments and some truly horrifying things.

There's never been a game quite like it, and I really wish they'd have released another game in the same world, back before they were a trash company.

>>16036470

Yeah, I kind of figure that prior sales have something to do with those three's absence on the western PSNs. It's unfortunate that for most companies, it's the already popular, common as hell games they'll release over and over, be it as ports, compilations, or digital rereleases, but the ones that could use another day in the light get ignored and often become scalper material instead, though I suppose there's the drawback to digital rereleases being "rental" tier anyhow.

As for SaGa, I ought to give at least one of the games a go sometime. Seem to recall hearing decent stuff about the fan translated DS version of SaGa 2.

I don't fucking get how Xenogears is sitting at $60 preowned now where I am. That game even got a Greatest Hits title, so I doubt it was a slouch in sales, and yet here we are.

>>16035192

Squeenix makes most of their money from mobileshit re-releases of older games.

FF14 still prints money for them.

>>16035594

>Hurr, Sora and Kairi can't be together ever.

What a massive cockblock from Nomura.

>>16036065

>new Deus Ex

I don't think a new Deus Ex game will sell nearly as much as you expect it to after Mankind Divided flopped so hard and was such a shit game, even compared to Human Revolution.

>>16035178

Square will be even closer to their inevitable and soon-to-come bankruptcy.

Square already died the moment that they started the production of Final Fantasy 8, and the fusion with Enix was only the final step of decomposition of their corpse.

As for Yoko Taro, unfortunately, he may be already dead, as Square will use Nier Automata's and Taro's fame to force shovelware into the market.

Taro has already made a mobileshit game, following Square's orders. They will use his name and ruin it by forcing him to sign up to produce shit shovelware.

>>16035192

Kojimbo is a fraud. He never worked on anything that he is credited for. Death Stranding will be his first work ever.

>>16035252

And still being a failure.

>>16035326

This. And they are all old now.

>>16036713

>Kojimbo is a fraud. He never worked on anything that he is credited for. Death Stranding will be his first work ever.

The only reason I want to stick around watching Yong Yea is to see how much he will be in denial when Death Stranding flops due to being a piece of shit "art" game that has no substance at all.

IMPOTENT LEFTIST

>>16035939

Squeenix managed to alienate their teams that didn't do Final Fantasy shit, case in point on Xenogears. It was a slow death when they ordered everyone to just do fucking Final Fantasy related shit, and no one post examples like that Bouncer game, that was another one of Nomura's lovechild games.

>Deus Ex is fucking dead

What a shame, the new games weren't that bad cept for the writing.

>>16035178

They're sitting on FFXIV money, whilst wasting money on projects no-one cares about

>>16036275

>Nostalgiafags BTFO

Pachinko and health clubs?

>>16037304

Mankind Divided literally ends at the 30% point with you walking midway through a level. Its dead for a reason.

Deus Ex is done. Game budgets are so high nowadays that you need to appeal to a broad audience. And frankly gamers are DUMB and for some obscene reason proud of it. Take this quote and imagine your average Twitch watch faggot trying to understand it.

"Somehow the notion of unalienable liberty got lost. It's really become a question of what liberties will the state assign to individuals or rather, what liberties we will have the strength to cling to".

— Paul D

>>16036713

Kojimbo was assistant designer on Penguin Adventure my man.

>>16041889

Papa Nier > Brother Nier.

>>16035594

Chirithy shows up. How old is Ven? I never played BBS, so I don't know how the story plays out there.

>>16035674

>KHX/KHUX

I really do wish it had its own full game rather than being stuck in gacha/browser hell. It has a neat story that should be fleshed out in some parts and the character creator could still be carried over along with a similar art style. It's the only KH that I can think of where characters do die and stay dead and don't just fade in and out like Sora Christ. Death actually has meaning in that game, which is really refreshing when it's usually temporary like in a lot of stories these days. Strelitzia and a few other characters just need a lot more characterization and setup, because they barely have any in KHUX

>>16041917

That's what happens when people get used to giving others power over them. Just look at the rise of socialism among the youth and people's desire to leave things in the hands of a stronger centralized government rather than ensure their own safety. Then you have illegals who come in and don't give a single fuck and will do whatever they are told in exchange for the ability to stay.

>>16035557

You could say they're double faggots.

>>16041889

Kainé has never gotten me into futa harder than before.

>>16035382

>despite the god awful translation/localization/writing.

I was thinking of getting it, whats the matter with localization?

>>16042196

Nomura said Ven was 16 during BBS, he body didn't age while he was asleep so he's probably in his 20's technically.

>>16042241

his body*

>>16035178

>>Lost Hitman

>gave away hitman to danish cuckolds in IOI

>First thing they do is go to Warner Kikes.

They should've hired yakuza to fucking kill them all, and kidnap their wives to shoot anal eel porn for the rest of their lives.

>>16035534

Don't forget that Kojima was so anally obliterated over Hayter, he made him reaudition for Snake in MGS3 and 4, and finally got rid of him in Phantom Stain to replace him with a washed-up hollywood alcoholic.

>>16041917

Liberty without duty leads to decadence and ruin.

America is the prime example

>>16042253

He was born already, so it's more of euthanasia case.

>>16041917

>"Somehow the notion of unalienable liberty got lost. It's really become a question of what liberties will the state assign to individuals or rather, what liberties we will have the strength to cling to".

SJWs would make it about LGBT rights.

>>16042231

>I was thinking of getting it, whats the matter with localization?

For one, tons of arbitrary name changes that were visible in trailers even before the game came out. Oh, wait, you're talking about Octopath, not DQXI.

>>16042241

>Nomura said Ven was 16 during BBS, he body didn't age while he was asleep so he's probably in his 20's technically.

Nine years passed since BBS to KH1 and another years to KH 2.

>>16042359

>He was born already,

Yes and he's showing us why his mother should've had an abortion.

>>16042438

I don't think that it was someone anyone could've predicted.

The most compelling argument against abortion is that everyone who should've been shredded somehow survived. But this can be amended.

>>16042532

>what is a beard?

We're having quite a few retards lately.

>>16036013

Clemps shitting in the thread is good enough reason for drakengard/nier discussion to get b&.

>>16043268

What's the problem with the guy besides him being a fag

>>16035241

He's actually Shinzo Abe and he wears the mask because he's the Bruce Wayne of japanese video games.

Man, square enix is sad. They could've easily hammered out great game after great game, but instead shit out garbage like FF15 and KH.

All their talented people seem to be working on FF14, and if MMOs are not your cup of tea then SE has nothing to offer to you at the moment.

>>16042196

>Still using (((Hook)))Tube

>>16043743

>besides him being a fag

him being a massive shill

>>16035192

See Yoko Taro unlike Kojima isn't a hack

>>16035241

I'm pretty sure Araki isn't gay

>>16044981

Kojima is like 50% hack.

He just wanted to be a pedowood director.

>>16045081

>Kojima is like 50% hack.

it's 80% if death stranding fails

>>16045147

>it's 80% if death stranding fails

100%. but excuses will be made

>>16035178

>>DQXI didn't sell enough numbers to come out in regions outside japan ever again

And here I am contemplating playing through it for a second time. I haven't done this to a JRPG in ages.

Just went and watched KH3's ending. That was some weak ass shit coming from KH and KH2. Very boring and anti-climatic. Apparently the game is only 30 hours wtf?

And no Final Fantasy characters? lol

>>16049114

Story goes that isn't the "real ending" which will be day one patched in.

>>16035924

Which one was yours, anon?

>>16049120

Except there are already people with the Japanese version posting the secret ending which was a major flop.