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duckroll · Jun 18, 2015

https://www.facebook.com/yoichiwada528/posts/861079537280134

Yesterday Yoichi Wada posted on his Facebook account that the last day of his contract with Square Enix was June 16 2015. After he stepped down as CEO of Square Enix in 2013, he stayed on for two more years on a contract basis. Now that has been fulfilled and he is out of the company for good.

He remains the president of Shinra Technologies (Power of the Cloud!) and a director at Metaps.

JuanLatino · Jun 18, 2015

Finally !

Praise Matsuda our Saviour

Acquiescence · Jun 18, 2015

Wow, wada surprise.

JeffZero · Jun 18, 2015

Insert joke here about "because of course he remains President of Shinra."

Anyway, godspeed, Mr. Wada. You... well, you presided over my least favorite era of my lifelong favorite game developer, but you weren't all bad and I felt bad for you that day your Xbox 360 broke.

Awntawn · Jun 18, 2015

Is it any coincidence that SE is back in full force now that he's been gone?

Coriolanus · Jun 18, 2015

Wada time to be alive.

Good riddance to bad rubbish and allathat.

SgtCobra · Jun 18, 2015

Never forget

JuanLatino · Jun 18, 2015

People who wonder about Wada's Story with Square should read this great thread from anaron

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=744184

SpaceBridge · Jun 18, 2015

Bye Felicia!!!

Just kidding sorta. In all seriousness, can we attribute any great positives to him?

213372bu · Jun 18, 2015

Wow, no wonder things were shaping up at their presser.

Gif in OP should be dancing imo.

Seyavesh · Jun 18, 2015

now how is yoko taro going to get work

square plz ;_;

LiK · Jun 18, 2015

I still don't know what Shinra is

Shamdeo · Jun 18, 2015

Probably the only reason FFXIV and FFXV still exist though.

Coriolanus · Jun 18, 2015

SpaceBridge said:
Bye Felicia!!!

Just kidding sorta. In all seriousness, can we attribute any great positives to him?

Buying Eidos.

mao2 · Jun 18, 2015

Good riddance.

MatrixMan.EXE · Jun 18, 2015

SgtCobra said:
Never forget

This is the first time I've seen this. The line at the top killed me LMAO

Edit: Nomura's line killed me a second time.

rockman zx · Jun 18, 2015

Bye!!.

SenatorBot · Jun 18, 2015

SpaceBridge said:
Bye Felicia!!!

Just kidding sorta. In all seriousness, can we attribute any great positives to him?

Foray into mobile games is now printing money into SE so they're reinvesting it into making games people want on consoles.

Then again if he was still in charge all that money would have went into more mobile games.

Bishop89 · Jun 18, 2015

Awntawn said:
Is it any coincidence that SE is back in full force now that he's been gone?

Tell me about it. Square is on its way to god tier, again.

Bjoern the Smexy · Jun 18, 2015

Fucking finally.
Wada totally ran a terrible business.

I really hope his successor is able to revitalize Square-Enix to good old awesomeness.

massoluk · Jun 18, 2015

You gotta admit he played this stinkin' corp like a harp from hell.

Seven Force · Jun 18, 2015

SgtCobra said:
Never forget

This will never not be funny.

Respawn · Jun 18, 2015

Awntawn said:
Is it any coincidence that SE is back in full force now that he's been gone?

Nope. It was foretold.

Mike Zhang · Jun 18, 2015

SgtCobra said:
Never forget

LoL

and <3 Nomura-san

TheTux · Jun 18, 2015

Is it a coincidence that his contract ended on Kagari's birthday?

Kagari's birthday is 16th June like me, right?

Anas · Jun 18, 2015

Don't ever come back

keviny · Jun 18, 2015

Yoi! Chiwawa!

Kain · Jun 18, 2015

Good riddance.

Sephiroth_GR_ · Jun 18, 2015

LiK said:
I still don't know what Shinra is

An evil company.

duckroll · Jun 18, 2015

Not seeing a lot of love for Imperial Hot here...

Stone Ocean · Jun 18, 2015

Seyavesh said:
now how is yoko taro going to get work

square plz ;_;

Considering Nier 2, he's in good hands

DaSorcerer7 · Jun 18, 2015

Acquiescence said:
Wow, wada surprise.

Lol, nice one

Windows RT · Jun 18, 2015

SpaceBridge said:
Bye Felicia!!!

Just kidding sorta. In all seriousness, can we attribute any great positives to him?

For me, give our Xbox fans FFXI online, FFXIII, FFXIII-2, Lighting Returns, Star Ocean 4, Last Remnant, Front Missions, etc. But I think to some people, this is why he is hated.

Every coin has 2 sides...

Raonak · Jun 18, 2015

lol. I guess that explains why Square has been impressing me lately.

Canis lupus · Jun 18, 2015

Ghost Slayer · Jun 18, 2015

Buying Eidos is his idea right? It's a good decision from him

â Narayan · Jun 18, 2015

Bye. Don't come back.

BossDarkseid · Jun 18, 2015

Acquiescence said:
Wow, wada surprise.

i love you

Sir_Crocodile · Jun 18, 2015

Good riddance

I'd say bring back Tetsuo Mizuno, but Alpha Dream have been doing well and I wouldn't want anything to stop that

Jackano · Jun 18, 2015

So the day he definitely left is the day FF7r was real?
What to make of this

Soltype · Jun 18, 2015

I'm a little confused, what exactly did this guy do to square?

aerts1js · Jun 18, 2015

He tarnished the Final Fantasy brand greatly... nowhere near as prominent as it once was.

Plinko · Jun 18, 2015

Take Lightning with you, please.

JeffZero · Jun 18, 2015

duckroll said:
Not seeing a lot of love for Imperial Hot here...

There's this dude in another prominent game community who has, for over a decade, written conspiracy theories galore over the idea that Yoichi Wada consumed what he dubiously refers to as "toxic berries" and that this was the true perpetrator of Square's demise in the 2000s. These toxic berries, once ingested, turned Wada into a kind of soulless monster, whereas prior to their consumption he was a good man, a kind man, who had decent ideals.

It's not just any CEO who brings out the kind of people who write about toxic berries for over a decade. That's about the nicest thing I can say about Yoichi Wada: he inspired passionate reactions from a seething fanbase.

Sir_Crocodile · Jun 18, 2015

Soltype said:
I'm a little confused, what exactly did this guy do to square?

When he stepped up they were a JRPG powerhouse and for the last ten years and increasingly they've been a punchline.

duckroll · Jun 18, 2015

SpaceBridge said:
Just kidding sorta. In all seriousness, can we attribute any great positives to him?

Wada pushed for diversifying S-E's business into MMOs, mobile, and western interests. These are still the main elements today which represent the most successful parts of the company. He recognized that traditional Japanese business the company was known for was weakening in the last decade, and that they were struggling with development and satisfying products. If they didn't diversify their interests, they would have nothing successful instead of just having successful things which their core fans would "hate" them for. He also pushed hard for more efficiency in development from the internal Japanese teams, and he wanted better quality products. He was much less successful there, but it's hard to say that the failure was entirely his own.

Ahasverus · Jun 18, 2015

Wasn't he the responsible for half of the troll thread titles in the last years? Byebitch.gif

Joking, I didn't like him, but it seems that his tenure is having great long time effects. Good lucl Mr Wada.

Spehornoob · Jun 18, 2015

So when did this guy start? Is he the one responsible for the rougher era of Squenix? Final Fantasy X and after?

Lothar · Jun 18, 2015

SpaceBridge said:
Bye Felicia!!!

Just kidding sorta. In all seriousness, can we attribute any great positives to him?

Nier 2

From a post on the SomethingAwful forums by the most knowledgeable poster in the games section. link

Yoko Taro must have dirt on someone because how the fuck did this miracle happen.

Click to expand...

Yoichi Wada is a fan of Yoko Taro's games. A lot of people think of Wada as some suit who just cared about money but he enjoyed playing a variety of different games from different developers.

In an old interview, he said he funded Nier even though he knew it would be a cult hit at best. Even though he is no longer CEO, Wada has a close relationship with CEO Matsuda since the two of them go way back.

daniels · Jun 18, 2015

JuanLatino said:
People who wonder about Wada's Story with Square should read this great thread from anaron

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=744184

Lol this is better than the last game of thrones season wtf is going in these big companys crazy.

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