How is Wada not running the company well. he's bought out Eidos, he managed to get Arkham Asylum, (although not the sequel) and hes secured relations with Nintendo that have ensured Dragon Quest 9 monumental success in Japan and to some extent a success in the west. he secured a deal with Microsoft for FF13s multiplatform release.

the Tomb Raider reboot, the Deus Ex reboot are the closest SE are ever going to get to the western market, and Wada the CEO - knows how to do these things - because unlike Sakaguchi who was a game designer - Wada wont gamble the company on a CGI movie, he will make calculated decisions on how to run a business - because unlike Sakaguchi, Wada is a trained business man.

Wada allocated resources to the FF14 and FF13 team, and those teams failured miserabily. i mean is it Wada's fault Kitase decided to move development from the PS2 onto the PS3 - then develop a million dollar game engine that has now been scrapped. okay Wada allocated resources - but its not his fault Production Team 1 are shit game designers.

even Nomura has taken what 7 years on FF Versus, Wada has let it slide - can you really blame him for this, FF13 came out with a mixed reception, yet the fans went crazy at Wada - but he had nothing to do with the games design. i have no idea whats going on with upper management - so i can comment in this respect.

This is pretty much what my reply to him was going to be.

Thank you.

Lol why? What exactly has Level-5 made that is remotely any good besides Rogues Galaxy? WKC was underwhelming, Dark Cloud is piss poor, and PL is well not my cup of tea.

ok serious question, why is SquareEnix doing so badly???

Yes he bought Eidos from a company all to willing to sell, SCI was all to get rid of that money sink that was Eidos and Wada bought that money sink, plus Eidos hasn't exactly released anything stellar in years.  Dragon Quest is with Nintendo because the creator says its with Nintendo, nothing more, if the creator wants Dragon Quest 10 on the Zune then it's gonna damn well be on the zune.  He secured a deal with Microsoft?  Or MIcrosoft went to Wada with a truck of cash?   And yes it is Wada's fault that his production teams are in a mess.  Final Fantasy 13's biggest problem is a lack of QA, if they had it the game could have been a lot better than it was, maybe even close to being the best in the series, but there was no QA and that's Wada's fault for it not being there, same with Final Fantasy 14.  Production team one being shit game designers is his fault cause after 3 years nothing getting done, obviously the people in charge weren''t working.  The entire team didn't even know what they were doing with the game, where it was going, how it was supposed to be played, until a year and a half before the game went gold.  That kind of mismanagement goes all the way to the top; Kitase and Toriyama arn't working, move them to another project and get people who do know what they're doing.  And even with their mistakes he's letting them make the sequel, good job there Wada.  Nomura taking 7 years with Final Fantasy versus goes back to Wada wanna know why?  Cause it was Wada who okayed moving most of Final Fantasy versus dev team to work on Final Fantasy XIII. So yes Square Enix's mess is his fault, he's supposed to be running the company a company which isn't run well.

And Wada has been the CEO for a decade.  At what span of time does he think SE's mismanagement and financial troubles become Wada's fault?  20 years?  After the company collapses?

Bottom line: either Wada shapes up or ships out.

Professor Layton, and they're the driving force behind the glory of Dragon Quest these days. Jeanne D'Arc i wouldn't mind playing if i got my hands on a PSP. Not sure about Ni No Kuni