{"id":5308,"date":"2018-02-12T21:10:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T21:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.indiesmasher.com\/wp\/?p=5308"},"modified":"2018-02-12T21:10:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T21:10:52","slug":"square-enix-employees-interested-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiesmasher.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/12\/square-enix-employees-interested-nintendo-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix Employees Interested in Nintendo Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yosuke Matsuda hasn&#8217;t been shy in the past when it came to praising the Switch! A couple of months ago he stated that the Nintendo Switch \u201cis very attractive\u201d and then went on to say:<br \/>\n<i><br \/>\n<strong>\u201cOur developers with a strong interest in the Switch are eager to challenge themselves to find new ways for people to play games. Having more gaming platforms available is a good thing for us. I really want the Switch to succeed. We\u2019ll be developing new titles, and we\u2019d like to port existing titles that the Switch can support often as we can.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Nintendo creates a variety of new gameplay possibilities. I think other companies will comes up with some surprising gimmicks using the Switch\u2019s unique capabilities. We have our own way of doing things, so we\u2019ll be marrying the Switch\u2019s unique features to the kinds of games we\u2019re known for.\u201d<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Matsuda reiterated this in the latest issue of EDGE. The magazine questioned Matsuda on the success of the games the company developed so far. \u201cHaven\u2019t done badly\u201d he replied and then added that many people within Square Enix \u201care looking to make games for Switch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Full statement below:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThey haven\u2019t done badly! Obviously it only came out last March, so it hasn\u2019t been long, but of all the publishers who are working on Switch we\u2019ve done quite a few things. It\u2019s a very attractive platform \u2013 there are a lot of people within the company that are looking to make games for Switch.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are there any games you&#8217;d like to see on the Nintendo Switch from Square Enix?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yosuke Matsuda hasn&#8217;t been shy in the past when it came to praising the Switch! 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