Luminary

Damn bro is omniscient. 😱

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As long as he’s the leader

They could have made a trailer out of the same footage they posted the screenshots from, even if it was like a minute long. It’s all about the release timing and their new marketing strategy. (Whatever that actually is, but they seem to want to avoid marketing too many titles at once.)

To anyone who may have doubted (there were a lot on that other platform), this is directly from Alyson’s IG story 🙇🏻‍♂️

Today is Celebrate Bisexuality Day.

Ryan Coogler’s #Sinners is now available on Digital 🧛🏾‍♂️

Jonathan Joss was MURDERED.

Words matter here.

He was MURDERED.

it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man.

Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.

Kingdom Hearts Missing Link, GBA-style.

RIP ML

Oh I know. I just had to throw in the reference. 😅

I’ll bring the matches.

(Maybe a certain 6’3” bisexual firefighter will show up on the scene. 👀)

Seriously these are NOT the kind of “seismic shifts” I wanted! 😭

Missing Link is cancelled and Ryan Guzman shut down Buddie canon. I am not well.

Current obsessions:

Expedition 33
Sinners
911 (on thin ice)
Obviously KH as always

If I were a vamp in the Sinners universe, I’d definitely be making my victims perform showtunes… I’m so sorry.

Highly recommend Sinners in theaters. It’s truly a remarkable film that I can’t stop thinking about. It is this year’s Everything Everywhere All At Once for me.

Fun fact: Ryan Coogler drew on the same folk legend for Sinners that Nomura did when creating the crossroads motif in Kingdom Hearts.

Coogler talks about the legend at 4:49 in this video. youtu.be/nxpsNjaSVOI?si…

And here’s what Nomura had to say:

“Asked ChatGPT to—“

BLOCKED

Right now my life is basically waiting to see which happens first… Kingdom Hearts Missing Link or Buddie canon. 😭😅

A little late, but happy 23rd anniversary to the Kingdom Hearts series! This game has shaped my life in so many ways. I’m grateful for all the connections I’ve with many of you because of it. Hopefully the series’ comeback is not far off!

Dream: Super Mario RPG 2

A true sequel to SMRPG with Nintendo and SE fully collaborating again. Yoko Shimomura returning to compose and maybe Nomura will help design new characters.

Unlikely: Native KH ports

I don’t think they will give a slot to ports of games that are already available on the Switch except for first party Nintendo titles. Could be in a montage of third party ports or something though. I think it’s more likely SE announces these on their own.

Maybe: FFIX Remake

This has been an open secret for a while now. With it being a smaller scale remake, I think marketing it at Nintendo events would be fitting.

Very likely: FFVII Remake/Rebirth

This rumor has been floating around from reputable sources that Remake is coming to NS2 this year and Rebirth next year.

Thread of my thoughts/hopes:

If they have nothing else to show… DQ1&2 HD-2D. It doesn’t feel like a game to showcase next-gen Nintendo software. But like DQ3, it will probably be marketed at Nintendo events.

What are your predictions for what Square Enix might show at the Switch Direct next week? 🤔

Big story here is how Square Enix's mobile sector continues to make more money than the HD games segment despite mobile's revenue absolutely collapsing over the last year. They need a win in that segment bad

Square Enix posted its Q3 financials.

*DQ3 beat expectations. HD Games sales down YoY, but income up due to lower costs (compared to FF16 last year)
*MMO sales/income up YoY due to Dawntrail.
*Mobile sector is sharply declining, causing overall YoY decline in sales and income.

Kingdom Hearts Missing Link and FFXIV Mobile will both be important for the mobile segment over the next year. The former was originally set to release sometime in the last two fiscal quarters, so its delay was definitely felt in these financial results.

Kingdom Hearts Missing Link’s delay is likely a big reason sales are down as it was initially planned to release sometime in the last two fiscal quarters.

Square Enix says the sales of Dragon Quest III HD2D were stronger than their initial expectations! However, operating income is “sharply down” for their mobile/browser game segment due to weak performance of existing titles.