squaresoft

Square's early history and the PC-88/98 catalog are both topics that fascinate me. Thanks to Basement Brothers, I was able to get acquainted with the first RPG Square released, even before Final Fantasy. It was called Cruise Chaser Blassty and it was released on the PC-88. CCB was intended to be...

Lost in Translation: SNES Edition, Part 1 Late 1995 to 1996 was a frustrating time period for North American Squaresoft fans. Those of us who read gaming magazines on the regular would get reports from the Japanese trade shows about all sorts of games from the company. Many of these looked...

Chrono Trigger: The Dream Team slam dunks a JRPG gem. The JRPG dream team. Who cares about basketballs when you have 3 video game MVPs? Akira Toriyama (left, RIP), Yuji Horii (top right), Hironobu Sakaguchi (lower right). After a long hiatus, the Squaresoft retrospective is back! I took a...

it's probably the period i miss the most. gaming talking every title was an experiment and also a milestone at the same time; 2D and 3D combined in many different ways SquareSoft was imo Mida in those years FF Tactics, Xenogears, Vagrant Story, Parasite Eve... months well spent for each one...

Who is your favorite Waifu Final Fantasy Series

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Part V: Mystic Quest: Squaresoft does North America (and Europe) In the previous chapter, we discussed Final Fantasy IV. If interested, read it here. Squaresoft of America's early era marketing never ceases to be weird. The messaging was all over the place. No wonder the games flopped all the...