Originally Posted by
Wolf Kanno
I'm with a few people on the notion that I really cannot see what SE gets out of this merger besides the rights to a few decent franchises.
Dude, that's the point! These days, if a merger results in at least 1 decent franchise, that's a win for the larger company.
I think it could be good. When Squaresoft took over Quest, they only went on to make better games than the Ogre Battle series (My opinion! OB fans don't hate!), including one of my favorite RPG's of all time (Final Fantasy Tactics), culminating with Final Fantasy XII.
Tecmo bowl was the ish back in the dizzay. I'd be more interested in Monster Rancher, though. 100%. I skipped 4, and didn't bother with the GBA/DS games, but a new Monster Rancher 5, under the Square-Enix umbrella, I'd be all over that. In a minute.