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"SQUARE Drops Support For Nintendo 64
         (Update: 2-12/96 1:00 am PST, by John Ricciardi)

In what is surely the most shocking gaming news of 1996 so far, Square Co Ltd has officially 
announced that they will not be creating software for use on the Nintendo 64 platform, 
confirming earlier reports that were first published here on IG.

Blaming "differences of opinion with Nintendo with regard to future software development, 
distribution, etc." as the main reason, Square will instead focus on developing titles for 
Sony's PlayStation, and quite possibly the PC market as well. According to Square, several 
software titles are planned for release on the PlayStation in 1996, most notably Final Fantasy 
VII, due around Christmas-time in Japan.

"In order to insure consistently high-volume sales per title, we have built an extremely close 
relationship with Nintendo, and concentrated on creating mega-hits by beefing up our 
development and other staff accordingly. However, the installed bases of new 32-bit next 
generation hardware continue to rise, and the nature of the industry has changed."

With Square's recent business partnership with Nintendo (and Just System) back in September, 
and with the upcoming jointly-developed Super Famicom title, "Super Mario RPG" about to be 
released, one can only assume that there is more to this story than what readily meets the eye. 
Stay tuned to IG for further updates on this intriguing story."