squaresoft

I was also reading gaming magazines and was already collecting pretty much every Squaresoft RPG at the time, though.

Sometimes, I wish I kept my rather comprehensive collection of Squaresoft games, Nintendo consoles and games, and rare Capcom imports.

Square is kind of annoying because it conflicts with Squaresoft in my mind (later renamed Square/Enix after the merge), which is collaquially called Square.

We got some incredible games while Squaresoft was at their peak.

We all fantasied about getting to Capcom & SquareSoft.

I wonder what Square-Enix aka Squaresoft aka Square would think of all this...?

I never played them, though I played Squaresoft games of that era.

I remember telling my father that Squaresoft was making Final Fantasy games based on the work these people were doing, and getting mad when he told me that wasn't the case, because this guy said it online.

If you like FFX and FF7, try Xenogears - it's a huge, albeit somewhat unfinished game from Squaresoft's "golden age".

The most well-known example was probably when Squaresoft founded a whole-ass CGI film studio in Hawaii and pushed remarkably hard to promote "lead actress" Aki Ross of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as a "Hollywood it girl" [1].

Squaresoft moving their IP to the ps1 had a large part to do with it as well.

Squaresoft switched their entire nintendo led RPG line (Final Fantasy 7) to the playstation because nintendo hardware couldn't handle it.

Squaresoft famously bailed on Nintendo platforms as a result of the game size issue.