After five years of frozen relations, Square and Nintendo finally struck a deal to work together again in March of 2002. The joint project is headed by Square's Akitoshio Kawazu, creator the Romancing SaGa series and part of the Final Fantasy development team. Known as Game Designer's Studio, it's first Gamecube title is a new entry in Square's biggest series - Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicle.

Little is known about the game, but the first video footage has been released through a Gamecube commercial in Japan. Square has also expressed plans to link this and a game with the same name for the Game Boy Advance, also developed by GDS. Expect more details soon.