While respective large gaming companies person flirted with the thought of non-fungible tokens, nary has embraced the crypto scam with arsenic overmuch unsighted confidence arsenic Square Enix. Now the Final Fantasy shaper has yet revealed its archetypal NFT stunt, Symbiogenesis, crushing instrumentality hopes that the antecedently leaked sanction was really for a long-awaited resurrection of cult-hit fearfulness RPG Parasite Eve.

“NFT Collectible Art Project SYMBIOGENESIS Untangle the Story Spring 2023,” Square Enix tweeted connected Thursday. A abbreviated teaser revealed the logo creation alongside immoderate upbeat physics jazz. Announced astatine the Web3 Conclave lawsuit astatine India’s Game Developers Conference, Symbiogenesis volition beryllium hosted connected the Ethereum blockchain and allegedly archer a communicative astir characters whose creation players tin ain arsenic NFTs.

“The creation tin beryllium utilized for societal media illustration pictures (PFP) and arsenic a quality successful a communicative that takes spot successful an alternate satellite wherever the subordinate tin ’untangle’ a enigma by completing missions that revolve astir questions of the monopolization and organisation of resources,” a press release reads. You can’t marque this up.

While the beloved JRPG publisher’s crypto ambitions are thing new—the institution announced a Cloud Strife NFT arsenic an costly collectible add-on earlier this year—the Symbiogenesis uncover is hitting immoderate fans particularly hard due to the fact that they thought the sanction hinted astatine the instrumentality of Parasite Eve. The RPG thriller virtually revolves astir the symbiosis of a parasite and its host, and contempt a superb PS1 crippled and decent sequel, the bid has been dormant since The 3rd Birthday connected the PSP backmost successful 2010.

Today’s Square Enix tweet has already been roundly ratio’d, with Parasite Eve fans collectively shaking their heads successful disbelief. But volition it origin the steadfast to yet revaluate its plans and enactment the NFT cringe pipeline connected hold? Who tin say. Square Enix is intelligibly having an individuality situation of sorts astatine the moment.

This twelvemonth it sold sold its American studios down Deus Ex and Tomb Raider, told investors it was unfastened to partial buyouts of its different studios, and flooded the marketplace with a ton of JRPG sequels, remakes, and remasters, portion hardly giving immoderate of them clip to respire or, apparently, a selling budget. And now: Symbiogenesis.