‘Live A Live’ Director Takashi Tokita Hopes To Make Sequel To His Classic RPG

The nine heroes assemble in Live A Live (2022), Square Enix
The nine heroes assemble in Live A Live (2022), Square Enix

After nearly two decades, last year saw the classic 1994 RPG Live A Live finally make its oversea debut courtesy of an upgraded remake released for the Nintendo Switch and recently the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC platforms.

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Square Enix’s Live A Live’s Remake’s Orsted, Princess Alicia, Hush, Masaru Takahara, Pogo, Sundown, Shifu, and Cube as depicted by Naoki Ikushima via Twitter

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As part of their publicity campaign for the remake’s April 28th release to Sony and Windows players, Square Enix recently held a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ Q&A session with original game director and remake producer Takashi Tokita.

Among such base questions that those who have already played the remake already knew the answers to, such as whether or not all the humans have disappeared in Cube’s timeline (“No”, answered the director) and if the updated release had any new endings not found in the original Super Famicom version (Again, “No”), Tokita was asked whether or not he would “ever make a sequel to Live A Live“.

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Square Enix’s Live A Live’s Remake’s Orsted, Princess Alicia, Hush, and Uranus as depicted by Naoki Ikushima via Twitter

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Interestingly, this was the one question Tokita could not answer with a simple thumbs up or thumbs down.

Rather, when asked, Tokita looked straight at the camera placed his hands together and bowed. As he did, the chyron at the bottom of the screen read in both English and Japanese, “I hope so.”

Of course, the likelihood of Tokita receiving the green light for a sequel is truly up in the air.

While no hints of a future Live A Live project have been given by Square Enix, the remake sold (as of September 2nd, 2022) over 500,000 units – nearly double the 270,000 lifetime sales of the Super Famicom original and far from a number to scoff at.

The Wanderer and Mad Dog face down the Crazy Bunch in Live A Live (2022), Square Enix

The Wanderer and Mad Dog face down the Crazy Bunch in Live A Live (2022), Square Enix

Of course, with the publisher’s current focus being the upcoming Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy VII: Remake sequels, as well as continuing work on Final Fantasy XIV, another romp through time and space is likely far from the horizon.

As of writing, the ball – or Cube – remains in Square Enix’s court.

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