http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2854160,00.html
Square comments on Nintendo agreement
Square of Japan has posted an official statement on its investor relations Web site that comments on the recently announced agreement between Square and Nintendo. The company said that it's currently preparing to release games for the Game Boy Advance through a new development house tentatively named Game Designers Studio, which will be headed up by Akiyoshi Kawazu. Kawazu previously worked on early games in the Final Fantasy series in addition to the SaGa role-playing series. The new development house will receive capital from Hiroshi Yamauchi's Fund Q to start development on "a new type of game." Square also reaffirmed that this will not affect PlayStation 2 development in any way and that the PlayStation 2 will remain the main platform for both Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XII.
Ya veo el FF V , VI ,el Tactics y seguramente el Unlimited para GBA. Y les veo ganando mucho dinero, mucho mas que si lanzaran un juego para GC (solo hay que pensar en el numero de unidades vendidas de una y otra consola).
En cuanto a Sony, pues a lo mejor esta incluso detras del acuerdo...
http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?action=item&id=2751
Weekly Toyo Keizai, provides us more info on Nintendo and Square deal.
The latest issue of Weekly Toyo Keizai, a Japanese business magazine, features an article on Square’s decision to once again develop games for Nintendo’s consoles. Here is a summary of the article (translated from Japanese, of course).
Akitoshi Kawazu, the leader of Square’s second production unit and a board member, will head the new company, which will be formed in March. The new company will be responsible for porting some of the existing popular Square titles to the GBA. The company also plans to develop games that utilize the GBA and GC link. The company received development funding from Fund Q, which was formed by Nintendo’s president, Hiroshi Yamauchi.
Sony, who owns 19% of Square, agreed last October to let Square develop under the condition that this settlement will not influence future PS2 game development decisions. As a result, to meet this condition, Square will form a new company that will be independent from Sony. It should also be noted that Square invested 49% into the new company while Kawazu‘s investment represents 51% of the stake. Since Kawazu has the majority of the stake, he will have control over the company’s operations.
The article continued to comment that this new company will be no more than a paper company as the actual development will come from the second production unit of Square, which consists of around 10 developers.
Square was established in 1986 making games for Nintendo. In 1996, Square announced that they no longer support Nintendo, and went on developing FFVII for PS. Following the announcement, the previous president criticized Nintendo’s management strategy, which led to a standoff between Square and Nintendo.
However, the poor performance of the Final Fantasy movie put Square in a management crisis. Square’s current president realized that to stabilize revenues, reconciliation with Nintendo was one of the necessary conditions.
In the past, Square game creators that were specialized in anime and 2D games wanted to develop for Nintendo. There were also cases where many of these developers left Square. Therefore, it can also be said that this move is an attempt to protect Square’s own intangible assets. For these reasons, Square’s president also wanted to reconcile with Nintendo quickly.
The reconciliation would not have been possible if Nintendo and Sony’s relationship have not changed. From Nintendo’s perspective, its rival Sony has just dug a grave for itself. Even to Sony, Nintendo is a very formidable competitor. However, the entrance of Microsoft with the Xbox relaxed Sony and Nintendo’s long standing rival position.
On a side note, the release of Final Fantasy for Bandai’s portable handheld help sold the Wonderswan. The recent settlement has closed up any hopes of Wonderswan surviving in the handheld market.
The article concluded that Square has mapped new roads by being able to effectively use its existing assets while Nintendo will gain an extra spurt in selling its GBA, which has seen mediocre performance recently. The settlement will bring profits for both companies, and can be considered as a good move resulting from a rational and economical decision.
Cuando todos los juegazos salian a la par para snes y megadrive..... diossss, q recuerdosss 
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No me gusta nada esa serie... bueno ya veremos, un remake del FFX sería lo suyo, que dejara a PS2 por los suelos ![[jaja]](/images/smilies/nuevos2/otrasonrisa.gif "otra sonrisa")
