Comments on: Raiden IV launches this September

By: R

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:50:49 +0000

jeffx: Well, Taito is now a subsidiary of Square-Enix. I don’t know much about business and I don’t know how “strong” Taito is within its parent company, but I’d figure S-E has final say about whose name goes on what and whether “insert-game-name-here” gets published by either parent or subsidiary at all.

Maybe Moss decided to go it alone, but it seems a little more likely that Square-Enix didn’t want Taito to publish it. Check out their product page: http://www.mossjp.co.jp/03.htm

I’ve got no clue about the cellphone games, but all the others seem to be published by other companies. (They’ve even worked with Taito before, because Exit DS is there!)

By: jeffx

jeffx — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:21:24 +0000

R: Moss? Space Invaders Extreme? I had no idea. I thought it was all Taito. I wish someone made a real Moss page on wikipedia.

By: R

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:35:44 +0000

Thinking about it, Moss probably had to. Given how they yanked the carpet out from under the new Kiki Kaikai, I’m thinking that Square-Enix is not interested in publishing shooting games at all.

…Space Invaders gets an exception because it’s recognizable worldwide and easily marketable with the “30th anniversary” thing. (S-E seems to LOVE releasing updated versions of older games, anyway.)

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:15:03 +0000

Wow, I can’t believe Moss is publishing it them-selves!