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With the company also recently drawing on its deep Final Fantasy series lore to bring the Eikons of Final Fantasy XVI to life, it certainly seems like at least someone in a decision-making capacity at the company enjoys these little in-jokes and references. That's our best theory, but we'll have to keep our speculation hats on until Square Enix gives us the green light with this one. If we put our best speculation hats on and keep in mind Konami's recent dual-announcement with its Suikoden I&II remasters, it's very possible that Square Enix is teasing a remake or remaster of both Parasite Eve PS1 games together in a single package - making the next release a symbiogenesis (a symbiotic remake, if you will) of the classic PS1 series. Likewise, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth alludes to potential future meddling with the original FFVII story we're likely to see going into the next portion of the Remake trilogy and also references Jenova, an alien creature who has big ties to Sephiroth, Cloud, and Aerith. Crisis Core Reunion, for example, isn't simply a play on the idea of getting Zack's old SOLDIER gang back together - 'the Reunion' is an important event that much of Final Fantasy VII's plot revolves around. While it's possible Square Enix could be planning a new series drawing from similar themes, or even a new Parasite Eve game that bears the title Symbiogenesis, there's something in that term's concept that plays into a recent Square Enix trend: giving their HD remakes and remasters clever titles with double meanings. It's a concept that underpins the goal of the titular Eve (or Eves, as there are several over the series), who generally hopes to eradicate humanity and combine the species' mitochondria cells with her own to produce a creature in perfect control of its own DNA. While that connection is somewhat tenuous, it's hard to blame fans for being upset and disappointed that the project is ultimately an NFT grift.Parasite Eve I & II remake rumours sparked by Square Enix trademarkReported by Gematsu, fan hopes for a Parasite Eve remake are circling around the term symbiogenesis - a scientific term that broadly describes the process by which two organisms merge into a single organism. After the publisher registered Symbiogenesis as a trademark last month, some pointed out that the term means “the merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism' - which is one of the foundations of Parasite Eve's story. Meanwhile, Square Enix may have to try to placate fans who were convinced that Symbiogenesis was actually a revival of 1998's Parasite Eve. Square Enix sold off some of its more notable Western studios this year and it initially planned to plow much of the proceeds into the blockchain and other tech before walking back on that plan.

It's not a surprise that the company is moving in this direction after announcing in January that it would invest in blockchain games. It seems Square Enix is facing an uphill battle to make Symbiogenesis a success. A few weeks later, an Ubisoft executive claimed players would benefit from having a marketplace where they could buy and sell NFTs of in-game items, 'but they don't get it for now.' In April, Ubisoft announced that the game wouldn't receive any more content updates, effectively putting the game on ice and diminishing whatever value Ghost Recon Breakpoint's NFTs had. Last December, it emerged that Ubisoft had sold barely any NFTs in Ghost Recon Breakpoint, the first title in which it employed blockchain tech.

However, the NFT market has cratered this year.

This is one of the highest-profile stabs at an NFT-driven gaming experience yet. By subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy.

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