Mitsuda worked on three more titles for Square: Tobal No. 1 ( Square's first PlayStation game ) and Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki both in 1996, and Xenogears in 1998, which featured the first ballad in a Square game, the Celtic ending theme " Small Two of Pieces " sung by Joanne Hogg.

In 1998, following up on what he had said in his original interview with the company, Mitsuda left Square to work as a freelance composer, the first of several of Square's composers to do so.

Matsuno supervised Square's PlayOnline project prior to its first beta release in 2001.

The ensemble's name comes from Trafalgar Square's St Martin-in-the-Fields church, where the orchestra gave its first concert on November 13, 1959.

From there she moved into the game arena, first as a CG supervisor for Square's mega-hit game Parasite Eve, in which she also directed two key cinematic sequences, and then as a CG supervisor and Technical Director for the games Evil Dead: Hail to the King and THQ's Scooby Doo.

The Farragut Memorial ( 1881 ), which was first erected at Fifth Avenue and 26th Street and moved to the Square's northern end in 1935, was designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens ( sculpture ) and architect Stanford White ( base ).

The move to real-time combat began with the release of Square's ( now Square Enix's ) Final Fantasy IV, the first game to use the Active Time Battle system ; this was quickly followed by truly real-time role-playing games such as the Mana series, Soul Blazer and Ultima VII.

Two of his first staff members were Hironobu Sakaguchi and Hiromichi Tanaka, both of whom quit university to work at Square full-time after Square's first game The Death Trap was released.

Worth noting is that this was Square's final game for a Nintendo console, released a scant two weeks before they announced their departure from Nintendo, until the release of Chocobo Land: A Game of Dice for the Game Boy Advance in 2002, in Japan.

This distinguished the series from most of Square's titles.

Nevertheless, some of the earliest co-op action RPGs were console titles, including the TurboGrafx-16 game Dungeon Explorer ( 1989 ) by Atlus which allowed up to five players to play simultaneously, and Square's Secret of Mana ( 1993 ) for the Super Nintendo which offered two-and three-player action once the main character had acquired his party members.

By the same token, all content related to Square's non-RPG titles was removed.

During a crucial residency at Leicester Square's Cavern Club, they were strongly supported by Sonny & Cher, who were living in London at the time.

The series began as a handheld side story to Square's flagship franchise Final Fantasy, though most Final Fantasy-inspired elements were subsequently dropped, starting with the second installment, Secret of Mana.

The Square's metal blades were also immune to the drying out, rotting and pinholing that cloth curtained shutters could suffer from as they aged.

The toys, which are from Square's Play Arts Kai line, were released in 2010.

He started off debugging Final Fantasy IV and creating sound effects for Romancing SaGa, as there were not enough game projects in development to open up new jobs for Square's new hires, but Kikuta was soon given game soundtracks to compose.

( which we find out stands for Albert ) Square's adventures that were related in Flatland, his great-great-granddaughter, Victoria Line ( Vikki ), finds a copy of his book in her basement.

This was a natural role for the Square as Lower Manhattan below 14th Street, which forms Union Square's southern border, briefly became a " frozen zone ," with no non-emergency vehicles allowed and pedestrians sometimes stopped and asked why they were venturing south by police and national guardsmen.

** For the live performances on the Japanese part of their World Tour, Casiopea joined forces with 2 Funk Brass Sections, " Spectrum " ( who were famous in Japan from 1978 to their break-up in 1981 ) and " Top Horn " ( who once played a Live Version of Koizumi Kyoko's " Wink Killer ", which is a Lyricized version of The Square's 1985 hit, " Omens of Love ").

Also, Broadway musicals were developed around Disney's Mary Poppins, Tarzan, The Little Mermaid, and the one that started it all, Beauty and the Beast, which may have contributed to Times Square's revitalization in the 1990s.

Writing of her storyline with Wilfred, Gaughan said that " Despite the comedic talents of Braid, Sutton and Richie, any hints towards Cockney family comedy were eschewed in favour of Albert Square's preponderance of gloom.

Lescaze's sweeping streamline motifs, porthole windows and glass brick were true to Modernist design, though CBS President William Paley insisted the Square's form follow function.

Some of the Square's once-luxurious radio theaters were converted to recording studios for Columbia Records where Bob Dylan and Barbra Streisand, among many top stars, recorded albums.

At Union Square, Broadway crosses 14th Street and continues its diagonal uptown course from the Square's northwest corner.

In 1987, Square's 3-D WorldRunner was an early stereoscopic 3-D shooter played from a third-person perspective, followed later that year by its sequel JJ, and the following year by Space Harrier 3-D which used the SegaScope 3-D shutter glasses.

is a fictional character and the main protagonist of Square's ( now Square Enix's ) role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII and several of its sequels and spin-offs.

As a result of Kenmore Square's now-defunct club The Rathskeller, Captain Nemo's pizza parlor ( as well as the Pizza Pad ), and its few used record stores, Kenmore became a hangout for skate punks and members of the hardcore scene.

However, renovation began in 1993, and under the direction of Ray Shepardson, who had been influential in Playhouse Square's revitalization during the 1970s, the Hanna reopened in March 1996-the 75th anniversary of its original opening.

In mid-1997 it changed its name to Square. Net and had the distinction of being hosted on Square's own webserver for several months.

The optimal listening position is at the proximity of the Square's central monument, the bronze statue of Alexander II.

On the south-west side of the Square's central gardens is a bronze sculpture created by Naomi Blake to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II ’ s Silver Jubilee in 1977.

Nevertheless, by 1830, opposition from whites in New Orleans and an influx of blacks elsewhere in the U. S. caused the decline of Congo Square's prominence.

As perfected in 1965 by Copal, the Copal Square's slit traversed the 24 mm high film gate in 7 ms ( 3. 4 m / s ).

Global popularity of video game music would begin to surge with Square's 1990s successes, particularly with Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII by Nobuo Uematsu and with Chrono Trigger, Xenogears and Chrono Cross by Yasunori Mitsuda.

Tajiri was also influenced by Square's Game Boy game The Final Fantasy Legend, noting in an interview that the game gave him the idea that more than just action games could be developed for the handheld.

A judge from Virtual Tourist justified Federation Square's ranking on the ugly list claiming that: " Frenzied and overly complicated, the chaotic feel of the complex is made worse by a web of unsightly wires from which overhead lights dangle.

Bloomsbury Square's garden contains a bronze statue by Richard Westmacott of Charles James Fox, who was a Whig associate of the Dukes of Bedford.

Inman Square's origins lie in the growth of East Cambridge, starting at around 1790, when a group of financiers led by Andrew Craigie began buying up land around Lechmere Point, home to present-day CambridgeSide Galleria shopping mall, in an effort to build a toll bridge over the Charles River.

Central Square's history has been marked by several waves of immigration.

In 2000, the Final Fantasy IX Official Strategy Guide was published by BradyGames, but much of the information was contained on Square's PlayOnline website.

The 32-bit era saw many influential tactical RPGs, such as Konami's 1996 Vandal Hearts series, which feature branching storylines that can be altered by the player's dialogue choices that lead to different endings, as well as Sega's 1997 Shining Force 3, SCEI's Arc the Lad Collection ( 1996 – 1999 ), and Square's 1997 Final Fantasy Tactics and 1999 Front Mission 3.

The Circles ( who are appointed as priests / leaders of Flatland due to their many sides, or an appearance thereof ) do not take A Square's revelation about a third dimension to be accurate, and A Square is ostracized by his community.

In 1965, Benjamin Thompson and Associates renovated the lower floor of the Clock Tower, keeping the existing architectural elements, for a Design Research store .. Design Research was since purchased by Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn, while the lower floors of the Clock Tower are now home to Ghirardelli Square's main chocolate shop.

Vaan was conceptualized as the main character for Final Fantasy XII in order to contrast the older hero from Square's previous title Vagrant Story as a result of negative feedback received by fans.

Nevertheless, by 1820, opposition from whites in New Orleans and an influx of blacks elsewhere in the U. S. caused the decline of Congo Square's prominence.