It all started back in the Nintendo days. Square was developing games for the NES and SNES that are now classics. The most known of these games are the Final Fantasy and Secret of Mana series, and Chrono Trigger. Then one day... BAM! out of no where they left Nintendo for what is today Nintendo's main competitor... Sony. Some people believe (correct me if I am wrong, this is something that I read a year a go.) that Square left because they made a tech demo of Final Fantasy 6 in 3D to show Nintendo, basically what Final Fantasy 7 was going to look like for the Nintendo 64, and Nintendo pretty much laughed in their face and said "that sucks". Little did Nintendo know that Final Fantasy 7 would eventually be a multi-million copy seller... man I bet Nintendo is kicking their selves in the ass today. Others believe that Square left because they could make better games using Sony Playstation's CD based console system, because CDs hold more space then cartridges.

    But recently some news sources are saying that Square offered to develop games for Gameboy Advance. Apparently Nintendo said yes but only if they would develop for their upcoming console, Gamecube. According to those sources Square said no because they were only planning on developing for Playstation 2. But other sources say now that Nintendo just said no when Square offered to develop for GBA because Nintendo wants to prove that a system (Gamecube and Gameboy Advance) can kick ass without the help of Square and if they did welcome them back they were just admitting that they can't make successful systems without the help of Square.

    In my opinion, I think Nintendo should have welcomed Square in a millisecond. Just think about it... Nintendo and Square could make millions if Square ported such SNES series/games like Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana etc. On the other hand, I believe Nintendo can pull of Gameboy Advance and Gamecube with their own series' such as Legend of Zelda and Mario. Plus, with other companies coming out with (what looks like) awesome titles such as Golden Sun, Magical Vacation, Super Street Fighter: Turbo Revival, Mario Kart: Super Circuit and many more who needs Square? Overall, I believe Nintendo and Square will eventually come to good terms... key word... EVENTUALLY.

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