Square Enix decided not to wait until the new-format E3 this year, and instead are hosting their own party in Japan around the time we all would have been in Los Angeles. While this is a little disappointing for those of us on this side of the Pacific, Square Enix has promised to create quite a show for those attending.

The following games will be playable at the party:

• Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (Nintendo DS)
• Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Nintendo Wii)
• Itadaki Street DS: Dragon Quest & Super Mario (Nintendo DS)
• It's a Wonderful World (Nintendo DS)
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (Nintendo DS)
• Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (Sony PSP)
• Final Fantasy XI (PS2, Xbox 360, Windows)
• Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (Nintendo DS)
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lions War (Sony PSP)

Square Enix will also have the following mobile titles:

• Chocobo de Mobile
• Dragon Quest Monsters Mobile
• Dragon Quest Fushigi no Dungeon (Mystery Dungeon)
• Final Fantasy VII: Before Crisis
• Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus - Lost Episode
• Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II
• Seiken Densetsu: Friends of Mana
• Seiken Densetsu -Final Fantasy Gaiden-

And lastly, the following will make an appearance in video form only:

• Final Fantasy Anniversary Edition (Sony PSP)
• Final Fantasy II Anniversary Edition (Sony PSP)
• Dragon Quest Monsters: Battle Road (Arcade)
• Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete (Blu-ray)
• Fabula Nova Crystalis (Final Fantasy XIII, Versus, Agito)

The Square Enix party is May 12-13 in the same place as the Tokyo Game Show is hosted annually. Last time Square Enix held a party, in 2005, they surprised everyone with the release date of Final Fantasy XII, so everyone wants to know what the big surprise will be this year.