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On a new Japanese-language Square Enix radio show hosted on their YouTube channel (and reported in English by VGC), the developers of the upcoming HD-2D title Triangle Strategy confirmed that Square Enix president Yosuka Matsuda wants to remake more Super Nintendo titles in this art style. HD-2D refers to the mixing of HD 3D backdrops with traditional pixel art, as popularized by Octopath Traveler.

The first of these remakes has already been announced on this month's Nintendo Direct, the remake of the previously-Japan exclusive Live a Live. Matsuda had ordered more remakes in that style, "so we lined up possible titles and thought about which could be done in HD-2D, and brought them to the president," according to producer Tomoyo Asano. "[The list included] titles released by Square and Enix for the Super Famicom - ones which were suitable for HD-2D, ones which were unsuitable for it, and ones which were impossible to play, like mahjong games. We lined up all of them and made a presentation that Live A Live was the most suitable. The second place was ActRaiser."

The Super Nintendo cult hit ActRaiser was remade last year, but not in a HD-2D style, so it's unclear if another remake whether another remake may be forthcoming. However, given the president's interest in re-releasing older titles in this art style, and the company's ongoing Final Fantasy pixel art remaster series, it seems like we might see more re-releases like this in the future.

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On a new Japanese-language Square Enix radio show hosted on their YouTube channel (and reported in English by VGC), the developers of the upcoming HD-2D title Triangle Strategy confirmed that Square Enix president Yosuka Matsuda wants to remake more Super Nintendo titles in this art style. HD-2D refers to the mixing of HD 3D backdrops with traditional pixel art, as popularized by Octopath Traveler.

The first of these remakes has already been announced on this month's Nintendo Direct, the remake of the previously-Japan exclusive Live a Live. Matsuda had ordered more remakes in that style, "so we lined up possible titles and thought about which could be done in HD-2D, and brought them to the president," according to producer Tomoyo Asano. "[The list included] titles released by Square and Enix for the Super Famicom - ones which were suitable for HD-2D, ones which were unsuitable for it, and ones which were impossible to play, like mahjong games. We lined up all of them and made a presentation that Live A Live was the most suitable. The second place was ActRaiser."

The Super Nintendo cult hit ActRaiser was remade last year, but not in a HD-2D style, so it's unclear if another remake whether another remake may be forthcoming. However, given the president's interest in re-releasing older titles in this art style, and the company's ongoing Final Fantasy pixel art remaster series, it seems like we might see more re-releases like this in the future.

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Final Fantasy IV would be awesome. Also Chrono Trigger.

 

[the_randomizer]

Less than an hour, it begins...

 

[donaldgx]

ffiv or ffvi on octo style would be pretty cool. might be worth buying as opposed to keep playing them on emulator

 

[64bitmodels]

i'd kill for an FF5 remake with this artstyle.
such an underrated game tbh