Square Enix still wants more classic RPG remakes

Square Enix said more classic remakes are on the RPG maker’s agenda for the future, so we may see the likes of Xenogears and Vagrant Story after all (thanks, Kotaku). The news comes from the Final Fantasy maker’s shareholder meeting, after a shareholder asked whether Square Enix has plans to remaster other games in its catalogue, following the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection’s success and the announcement of Star Ocean: Second Story’s remake.

“Personally, I would like to play Xenogears,” the shareholder said at the end of their question, a much more reasonable statement than one Splatoon fan recently made at Nintendo’s shareholder meeting.

“We will refrain from sharing information about new titles, but we are considering various ideas within the Company and hope that you will look forward to forthcoming announcements,” Square Enix said in response.

Two of those are probably Final Fantasy 9 and Final Fantasy Tactics, both of which appeared in 2021’s big Nvidia leak. Nearly every other game in that leak has been released or been announced.

Square Enix’s release schedule for the past half a decade or so includes a stream of remasters and remakes, ranging from Live A Live – the game’s first release outside Japan – to Chrono Cross. Xenogears, Chrono Trigger, and Vagrant Story are some of the publisher’s more popular classic hits that haven’t seen the light of day in over 20 years, though other niche possibilities include Brave Fencer Musashi, Bahamut Lagoon, and Parasite Eve – the non-NFT version.

A Super Mario RPG remake is also in the works, though while Square Enix developed the original SNES game, it appears Nintendo is handling that project. Meanwhile, Dragon Quest 3’s 2D-HD remaster is still in development, though two years have passed since Square Enix last gave an update on the project.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF