According to Tomoya Asano, Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda had personally expressed interest in making better use of the HD-2D style, leading Team Asano to consider remaking past titles. They compiled a list of titles both Squaresoft and Enix had released for the Super Famicom, and sorted it out into three categories (titles suitable for HD-2D, titles that weren't, and miscellaneous titles such as mahjong games that wouldn't work) before presenting it to Matsuda. Live A Live was recommended as the most suitable title, with its remake releasing in 2022. The second place title, ActRaiser, would also receive a remake in 2021 in the form of Actraiser Renaissance, albeit not in the HD-2D style.