First developed by Squaresoft, Super Mario RPG sees Mario and friends battling against a new foe named Smithy. They traverse the world in search of the Seven Stars, and Mario gains several unique allies, from the marshmallow-esque Mallow to the living doll Geno. Even Princess Peach and Bowser join the fun after many hijinks.

While the timing-based battle system appears intact, Super Mario RPG Remake features completely redone visuals and rearranged tracks. It looks very good, with several scenes that hardcore fans will doubtless recognize. Stay tuned for more details on the remake in the coming months and for more announcements from the Nintendo Direct.

After discovering a new side-quest more than a decade after its release on the first PlayStation, Final Fantasy IX still delivers plenty of secrets after all these years. Some concept art from the recent Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ultimania book has revealed that at one point, the final boss in Final Fantasy IX was supposed to be Hades.

Hades is a hidden boss which has been spotted through the series, most especially in Final Fantasy VII, and can be used as a summon should you beat him. He’s tough though and doesn’t go down without a fight (or three). That being said, Necron turned out to be the final boss in Final Fantasy IX and it was never especially clarified as to why it was the latter. Kuja summoned him and wanted to destroy everything. Simple, yes, but still lacking in clarity.

Nonetheless, Hades is still a hidden boss in FFIX and you can use him to inflict darkness magic on your foes. But would he have made for a better final boss? Let us know what you think below.

But the short story here is protagonist Zidane Tribal coming upon a house where the Nero family stays. As two siblings leave to look for the other family members, you exit the screen and return to find a new member of the family leaving the house to look for the rest of the family. Needless to say, it ends up being a pretty big family.

On entering the house when the last family member departs, you’ll find a Protect Ring in a chest as a reward for your constant checking back. We’re not sure if that justifies it all but free loot is free loot.

Now, how about an HD remake of Final Fantasy IX for the PlayStation 4, Square Enix?

It does not look like Square Enix is following a proper procedure for releasing games as even the former president of Squaresoft has criticized the company of being clueless.

Final Fantasy fans like us kind of knew this from the beginning after the company messed up with Crystal Tools and are now fiddling with next-gen Luminous engine. They are still not being able to release Versus XIII as well, however, the company is stable now due to expansion into mobile gaming and that is good news overall.

Here’s what Suzuki Tweeted: “The merger was a complete failure. There’s no vision for the future.”

He also said that the development costs were through the roof and the the company had no idea of what it is doing. So is he wrong here? Not at all, actions speak for themselves and Square Enix has lost a lot of money with failed ventures on the Xbox 360 and not to mention has weakened their Final Fantasy brand.

Suzuki is no slouch though; he is now a Director at Sega, and a bunch of other things too, as Kotaku reports here.

The blog post was orgininally translated as:  “Me and my team poured 120% of our energy into this title. … I am completely pouring everything into this one, there is a strong feeling this may be my last work.”

Now, however, there’s a new translation, which reads: “The energy poured into this project by the development team and I are 120%. I’m hoping you can understand that, however on the other hand, I feel worried and nervous like sending my child on a trip alone. Emotionally it feels like this is my last work, while pouring everything I have gotten into this project. Never regret, but now “I’m enjoying”; furthermore, aiming towards completion. The sense of ‘This is it’ relaxes my shoulders, its pleasant feeling to conduct an orchestra by the sense of my intuition.”

For those who were stating it would was all a publicity stunt, well, it appears that the guy was just misunderstood. For the others, who had already begun bemoaning the retirement of a legend, never fret, Sakaguchi isn’t going anywhere. Leastways, not just yet.