Final Fantasy 7 flower girl Aeris always did want world peace. And amidst all the complaints of how Japan would nearly always get things first - *cough* Crisis Core *cough* - Yoichi Wada is now trying to make ends meet. The Square Enix CEO expressed his desire of aiming for simultaneous worldwide releases from now on. Follow the lifestream and flow into the full article for more details.

Square Enix is spreading its reach farther as they unveil their plans of acquiring some more local and foreign companies. It's a tried and tested formula to cash in more of that valuable green paper, and there isn't a reason why they shouldn't do it.

Check out what their gameplan is over at the full article.

Square Enix president Yoichi Wada was recently interviewed by Bloomberg Japan. DUring the interview, he mentioned a few interesting details about Dragon Quest IX for the DS and the direction he wants to see his company go.

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When Final Fantasy XIII was announced to be in the works, Square Enix was the subject of a lot of speculation on whether their latest game will become multiplatform. Square's Yoichi Wada recently gave the studio's current position on Microsoft in an interview with Nikkei. Details of the interview in the full article.

Other gaming companies have their own Western studios, like Sega and its Sega Racing Studio. What about Square Enix? It looks like the top RPG making company is about to take the same approach as well. Read about it in the full article!

Nowadays, we just can't help but think only about Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest whenever we hear the name Square Enix. But Square Enix's president Yoichi Wada wants gamers to know that they do not depend on those two chart-topping franchises alone. More details in the full article.

After news about Square Enix looking for western business partners came out earlier this week, the company has released a statement to clarify its position on overseas business development.

While previous reports quoted Square Enix senior VP Michihiko Sasaki as saying that the company is currently making only 10 to 20 percent of its total annual sales, president and representative director Yoichi Wada states that the company's games revenue in overseas markets actually accounts for 50 percent of the total revenue in this segment.

Wada went on to say that the company's initial goal within a time frame of three to five years is to "raise [its] foreign sales ratio for console and handheld games from its current 50% level to approximately 75%". To achieve this, Wada outlined Square Enix's two-fold strategy:

Our strategy to seize such opportunities is two-fold; (i) strengthen our own distribution channels developed by our local subsidiaries in these geographic areas, and (ii) diversify our content in accordance with user preferences in each area.

Wada further stated that they shall continue their efforts to better serve overseas markets.

Electronic Gaming Monthly's rumor mill is rolling again, with some interesting bits that raised our eyebrows. First up, Bionic Commando which was rumored to be available on PSN, is actually getting a next-gen makeover.

Level 5, in charge of creating the epic White Knight Story for the PS3, is said to be working on four other RPGs that will be announced at Tokyo Game Show this September. These mystery titles won't be hitting consoles exclusively, as handhelds could also use some love.

Here's what caught our interest the most: Dragon Quest remakes are actually bound to come. While Yoichi Wada debunked his own claim of DQ goodness before Dragon Quest IX makes its groundbreaking appearance on the DS, it's not impossible to see remakes after. According to the rumor,the DQ IV remake will see a DS release.

Big man Yoichi Wada stated a while back that Dragon Quest remakes were bound to come before Dragon Quest IX's grand outing to the DS. Plenty of Japanese gamers probably blew their heads off just thinking about the games they lined up for during childhood days being remastered on next-gen consoles. Unfortunately for them, Square Enix CEO is taking his statements back - there are no remakes prior to DQIX's release.

Apparently, such statement caused him all sorts of trouble. Whether because he spilled the beans when he wasn't supposed to, or SE's head honcho was somehow misinformed, we do not know.

That's not the only shocking revelation he gave. During the same meeting, he also mentioned that "although we are proceeding with FFXIII for the PS3, that doesn't mean we won't be able to to use it on other [platforms]." It's no secret that FFXIII Agito will reach mobile phones, but can this mean something else?

Almost as surprising as the announcement to make Dragon Quest IX for the DS (after the major graphics upgrade of VIII on PS2), is the DQ franchise invasion of arcade machines. CEO Yoichi Wada said a while back that they'll be making remakes before the latest numbered installment of Dragon Quest. One of those remakes is the arcade game Dragon Quest Monsters: Battle Road.

The good news is, the game doesn't look half bad. We haven't got our hands on it yet, but this video sure caused some drooling. It's easy to mistake it as a crazy mix of Monster Rancher and Dragon Quest, together with ridiculous attacks and epic bosses. Looks like there's a pretty cool card system for the machine too, but it's hard to confirm if the sword thing is part of it.

We know you want to see it, so here it is: