The Shrine

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GOD DAMN! Square and Enix MERGE,</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Hmmmm, more joint projects like Chrono Trigger, happy times!</div>

<div style='font: 12pt "Cooper Black"; text-align: left; '>See below</div>

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>They should call themselves Squeenix!</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>-----------Damn, my fav developer is now going to be a part of Square. As long as they continue the DW and StarOcean franchises, It's ok.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Food for thought: Nintendo was supposed to make some incredibly major announcement next month. Related or not?</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>From the sound of it, Enix is acquiring Square, not the other way around.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Yeah, I just noticed, it was very late and I wasn't paying attention =P</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>That news has been all over the place, "Nintendo's super ultra huge Megaton explosion of an announcement". they talk about it in the IGN forums about every 5 minutes though no one has any clue as to what it might be.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Uhhh...that's like Cyrix acquiring Intel. I don't think it happens like that.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>What da fuuuuck?!</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I always thought ENIX was quite a bit larger than Square? Is Cyrix larger than Intel (I don't know a lot about PC companies)</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>According to the Reuters article,0.8 shares of Square for every 1.0 share of Enix. I've heard conflicting reports of who is heading the merged company, though, a Square guy or an Enix guy.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>So find a source that says that Square is taking a majority interest in Enix. Unless you're just making ignorant assumptions...</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I love to brag so I'll do it here - Beat ya to the link mwhahahahah</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>What the hell else COULD Nintendo announce? They've got the GBA adapter, they've got Zelda coming with the 64 versions, they've got Capcom exclusives.

The only other viable thing I've heard that it could be would be of this supposed magnitude would be Pokemon Online. That would be big.

But think of what would happen if Nintendo had some sort of heads-up on the merger and had agreed to some sort of exclusives with Square Enix. Their value in Japan would absolutely skyrocket - especially if it was, say, sole rights to Dragon Quest 8.

The rumor has it that Nintendo will have a major announcement - but that could be aimed more at one market over the other.

I dunno. We'll have to wait and see, but it'll be very interesting to see things shake out...</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>*grumbles*......... *Draws Katana.....ATTACKS!*</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Yasuhiro Fukushima from ENIX will remain as the chair of the company and I haven't heard any conflicting reports.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Yeah...with a Square guy as VP.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Most people are betting on Dragon Quest 8. I say no way, I'm gonna go with Pokemon Online too. Nintendo also has a Konami announcement coming eventually. At least that's what some videogame journalists say.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>It will be more with the Japanese market I tbelieve, especially in light of Nintendo recently stating that it's the most important market for them.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I don't think there will be a Pokemon Online, the market for online titles is fairly tiny, even with names like Final Fantasy, Phantasy Star, and others taking advantage of it. That's just my thoughts though.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I found one, according to Magicbox "Square Enix is Keiji Honda, the president and representative director of Enix"</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Hmmm...must be a Japanese game cuz Square is a helluva lot more popular in the US.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Hmmm...must be a Japanese thing cuz Square is a helluva lot more popular in the US.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>If the announcement does have to do with Square Enix, I pray that it's Soul Blazer 4, and Soul Blazer Collection (Soul Blazer 1, 2 (Illusions of Gaia), and 3 (Terranigma)) for GBA.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>And GamePro says: "However, Yoichi Wada, current president of Square, will head up the new company, suggesting that Square will have more power than Enix in the merger's final structure." WTF?!</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Hmmmm, that's three totally different reports. I think we'll find out the whole story on the 29th when they make the official announcement</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Like I said, conflicting reports.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Enix is larger from Square - they have a very healthy manga business, and some other stuff. Unlike most other videogame companies they get substantial profit off non-game ventures.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>There was already an official press conference for the event.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Yeah, read my link on the other thread.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://cube.ign.com/articles/378/378638p1.html">here</a>

IGN had a really good article on it too</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Almost for sure a Japan announcement, but considering they're not exactly tearing it up here in the US (Prime only debuted at #3), it might be something bigger. But I'm guessing a deal with this new company, maybe DQ8 exclusive</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I always wondered what their link with Dragon Ball and other manga series' was.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Yeah, Square is definetely the bitch of the relationship. Here's a thought: doesn't Sony own 19% of Square? So, do they get some SquareEnix shares out of it?</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>But that IS what's happening</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Enix chairman has the helm, with Square pres as new vice pres.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>According to the article you linked, the current Square president will be the president, not vice president.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>I still can't believe this. I'd assumed it was a joke, especially since "April 1st" is supposed to be the merge date.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Heh, Star Ocean 2 only has 200 different manga incarnations</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Sorry, the other guy from Enix will be chairman and the Square guy will be pres. Pecking order is still the same</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Apparently April 1st is the start of Japan's fiscal year.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I noticed that too. But it's still legit. These may be videogame companies, but they're still companies. They have share holders like other companies, they're not going to dick around when it comes to their profits.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>No, it's the other way around. They had a damn interview. Now quit arguing over this detail.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Which you didn't read correctly. Stop telling people what to do when you don't know yourself.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>...and a large amount of US companies. It's a standard fiscal year for companies to choose. Why, I don't know...</div>