Square Enix to Fully Support Switch, Chrono Trigger Director Teases New Project

Could the two be related? That's what teases are for ... to make you ask the hard questions when the blanks aren't filled in for you.

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Publisher Square Enix is going all-in with its support of the Nintendo Switch, having already released several titles for the handheld-console hybrid. More will be on the way, the company said, with that point being driven home by a later tease from Chrono Trigger director Takashi Tokita.

Square COO Yosuke Matsuda told Japanese publication Nikkei (via Press A 2 Join) that the company will continue to make games "leveraging the functions of Switch." I Am Setsuna has already been released, and Octopath Traveller, Dragon Quest 10 and Dragon Quest 11 are currently in development. In Japan, Dragon Quest Heroes I & II have been ported over, and a Seiken Densetsu Collection is planned. More are likely on the horizon.

"In addition to developing new titles, we also want to port what we can do with existing game titles more and more," Matsuda said.

Shortly after those comments, long-time Square exec Tokita posted on Twitter (via My Nintendo News) that “Top-Secret Mission Begins!” along with a picture of a Switch. He is best known for working on the Chrono Trigger series of RPGs, but has had his hand in Final Fantasy 3 through 5. He also was director on Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light for DS in 2010. He later said he wanted to make another JRPG in the same style.

Whether it is a new Chrono Trigger, a Final Fantasy or even something new all together, Tokita's "secret mission" could end up making a lot of JRPG fans very happy–especially those who bought a Switch.

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