Parasite Eve was living proof that no idea was bad. This is the idea that eventually became Parasite Eve. The game might also at one point have become a detective story set in New York City following a police officer attempting to track down the game’s villain. Early villain Edea from Final Fantasy VIII was originally created for Final Fantasy VII, and an early version of Xenogears was pitched as well. When brainstorming ideas for Final Fantasy VII, the company came up with many elements that influenced other titles. It’s hard to believe now, but Chrono Trigger was at one point considered a niche game that Square was taking a chance on, and now it’s considered one of, if not the greatest RPG ever. One of the biggest indications that you’re living in a golden age of something is that companies are willing to take chances on smaller, more niche sounding titles.
In fact, because Squaresoft’s efforts to make amazing games likely inspired other companies to do the same, one could argue that this golden era of the RPG continued well into the PlayStation 2 generation and lasted even beyond that, what with games like Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey being released on the Xbox 360, as well as a number of decent titles appearing on the DS and PSP. The only thing I can think of that almost killed the company in this time was Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, and that was only because it was so expensive to make. The PlayStation 2 came in like a lion with the release of Final Fantasy X, and Kingdom Hearts continued that trend a year later. Why can’t it be both? The company basically released ten years of amazing games and didn’t even stop with the Summer of Adventure. The era continued with Final Fantasy Tactics, Xenogears, Brave Fencer Musashi, Final Fantasy VIII, Saga Frontier and more, and eventually culminated in the Summer of Adventure, when Squaresoft released several games over the course of a few short months including Vagrant Story, Chrono Cross, Threads of Fate, Legend of Mana and Final Fantasy IX. Some might say it was the PlayStation era, when Final Fantasy VII made the RPG genre mainstream and introduced the world to Cloud Strife. Granted, many of these weren’t released outside of Japan, but they can still be enjoyed by all thanks to the efforts of fans who translated them. The era also saw such interesting games as Super Mario RPG, Bahamut Lagoon, Rudra no Hihou, Live a Live and a humble little title known as Chrono Trigger.
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When would you say the golden age for Squaresoft was? Some might say it was the Super Nintendo era, when Final Fantasy really came into its own, and when the Seiken Densetsu series was put on the map with the excellent Secret of Mana, as well as the pretty good follow-up Seiken Densetsu 3, now known as Trials of Mana.
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