Square Enix has a new game in development and its name may sound familiar, as the title is Last Idea, which seems remarkably similar to .
The identity of the Last Idea was revealed (via. ) when a trademark application for the name was filed by Square Enix in November, with an official Twitter account for the Last Idea being registered at the same time.
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The official Twitter page for the Last Idea with a primitive logo and a message confirming that the game is being developed by Square Enix. The Last Idea page also follows the page for @umaiyo_puyoman, who is a prominent artist for smartphone games, which suggests that Last Idea will also be a game released for mobile devices.
The fact that the name of the Last Idea is so similar to that of Final Fantasy may mean that the game is a parody title, but it's hard to imagine Square Enix being that self-a💛ware about their products and the criticisms levied tow🤡ards them.
Hironobu Sakaguchi (the creator of the Final Fantasy series) has also used a similar sounding title for one of his games in the past, as he developed a game for the Nintendo Wii called The Last Story, which was made after his departure from Square Enix when he formed a new company called Mistwal❀ker.
It's too early to say what kind of game Last Idea will be, as we only have a title and a logo with a picture of a blue crystal to work from. It will most likely be a smartphone game based on the Twitter page following the artist, but it's impossibꦚle to say for sure right n♌ow.
Square Enix jumped on the mobile games market quicker than any of the other major third-party developers and they have had no problem pimping out their biggest franchises and turning them into smartphone games. The Final Fantasy smartphone games have had a polarizing reception to say the least, with Final Fantasy All the Bravest often regarded as the worst game in the series.
Square Enix has learned a great deal from the failings of All the Bravest and their more recent smartphone games have been of a much higher quality, so we can still be hopeful that Last Idea can be a good game.