‘Final Fantasy’ Maker Square Enix Moves to Arbitrum for Ethereum Game NFTs
Sq. Enix, the online game large behind the Last Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts franchises, is adopting one other Ethereum scaling community for its Symbiogenesis blockchain sport.
The writer introduced early Thursday that its subsequent NFT character mint for the story-driven sport will happen on Ethereum layer-2 community Arbitrum, shifting gears after the primary wave of characters was minted on the Ethereum mainnet.
“For Chapter 2, we have adopted Arbitrum, decreasing the gasoline charges to about 1/1000 of the earlier price (round 1.3 yen per bid),” the official Symbiogenesis account tweeted.
Whereas the sooner character NFTs have been minted on Ethereum, all different in-game NFT property have been minted on Polygon, an Ethereum sidechain scaling community. It’s unclear whether or not Sq. Enix plans to proceed utilizing Polygon for future sport property, or if it is going to absolutely embrace Arbitrum going ahead.
[SYMBIOGENESIS NFT Auction on Arbitrum!]
The general public public sale lastly begins tomorrow, 5/31, at 11:48 AM (JST)!For Chapter 2, we have adopted Arbitrum, decreasing the gasoline charges to about 1/1000 of the earlier price (round 1.3 yen per bid).
Try all 1,500 NFT characters!… pic.twitter.com/RsHfmeVafT
— SYMBIOGENESIS -NFT Artwork＆Sport Mission- | SQUARE ENIX (@symbiogenesisPR) Could 30, 2024
Decrypt’s GG requested a Sq. Enix consultant for clarification on that query and the choice to make use of Arbitrum, however didn’t instantly hear again.
Symbiogenesis is a story journey sport constructed round NFTs, together with the aforementioned characters, in addition to varied in-game objects. Solely house owners of character NFTs can entry some components of the expertise, nevertheless. There shall be 10,000 complete characters launched for the sport.
The primary 500 characters have been launched on Ethereum again in December, and Sq. Enix noticed some social media mockery across the curious names—like “Egg,” “Hunger,” and “Wastebasket.” Presently, the Ethereum NFTs begin at a worth of beneath 0.12 ETH (about $445) on secondary marketplaces.
A complete of 1,500 new NFT characters shall be launched on Arbitrum starting on Friday, Could 31 through a public public sale. The method will final three days, ending on Sunday, with the characters launched in small batches over the span. Sq. Enix has posted a how-to information about bridging property to Arbitrum One in preparation for the public sale.
Edited by Ryan Ozawa.
