JRPGs...nowadays, what company has the most potential to be "the new Squaresoft"?

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the_dengle said:
Mistwalker is the obvious choice. Monolith Soft has potential, but one great game doesn't put them on the level of Squaresoft in their prime. Maybe Intelligent Systems, the makers of the Fire Emblem and Paper Mario series.

Apart from them... Atlus is definitely right up there. Just... the Persona series. Yeah.

The question is a matter or potential, not whether they're at the same level yet. Monolith also has Xenosaga and Baiten Kaitos under its belt, but they're still far too small even with two development teams. Intelligent Systems is not likely to move beyond Paper Mario and Fire Emblem. Mistwalker apparently can't even develop a game on their own. Atlus has difficulty finding mainstream success worldwide.

So I say the winner is Level-5.