To facilitate this unusual waste of fan goodwill, Square Enix has partnered with Enjin, an NFT company that will store Square Enix’s tokens on Efinity’s blockchain. Starting today, consumers will be able to pre-order a physical action figure that comes with a code that can be redeemed for a digital NFT. There will also be physical trading cards that similarly have a digital NFT component available for pre-order later this year. If you’re wondering which of their many franchises Square Enix is pulling these NFTs from, this is the worst part. In what’s probably the most amazing case of “Didn’t read the source material you created,” Square Enix is making its NFTs from Final Fantasy VII — that relatively obscure indie game about a bunch of freedom fighters who destroy a company that is killing the planet. Yes, you read that right. Square Enix chooses to make their NFTs – a technology known to consume exorbitant amounts of energy that contributes to exorbitant emissions and accelerates already out-of-control climate change in a planet that’s either on fire, drowning or melting – without characters created those who they were dedicated to preventing companies from doing exactly what an NFT facilitates. Mathematics is not mathematics. There are currently no images available of what the action figure or trading cards will look like or how much they will cost. In an environment where gaming-related NFTs are often met with swift and furious backlash, on top of plummeting the price of all cryptocurrencies, it’s also unknown if these FFVII NFTs will have any value other than sentimental. Square Enix In the face of an inevitable backlash, Square chose to focus on using Efinity Parachain, a level 1 proof-of-stake solution that bills itself as “eco-friendly” and is run by a company committed to being carbon neutral. 2030. It promises to be more energy efficient than the older Bitcoin or Ethereum blockchain technology and with bridges that connect different blockchains without relying on them and their energy-intensive ways of working. But the planet is dying, Cloud, we don’t have that much time.
