A freshly-discovered logo for Star Ocean: The Second Story R on the official Square Enix support site suggests that the publisher is working on a Star Ocean 2 Remaster or remake.

　　As reported by RPGSite.net, the Square Enix support website briefly featured a logo for Star Ocean: The Second Story R. This logo has since been removed, and the address now only directs to a placeholder banner. Luckily, the logo made its way to the web, and we've included it below for all to see.

　　For those in the unknown, the Second Story is the subtitle of Square Enix's second installment in the popular RPG series - Star Ocean 2 for the original PlayStation from 1999/2000 (1998 in Japan). Several years later, in 2008/2009, the game received an enhanced remaster for the PSP in the form of Star Ocean: Second Evolution. In Japan, this enhanced remaster later made its way to the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PS Vita. As correctly noticed by RPGSite, this logo mentions The Second Story R instead of Second Evolution R, which does suggest that we're looking at either a remaster or remake of the original PlayStation version.

　　While this isn't an official confirmation of a remaster/remake of Star Ocean 2, Square Enix released a remaster of the first Star Ocean for PS4 and Switch some years ago. Whether this rumored Star Ocean 2 remaster/remake will get the same treatment as the first Star Ocean remains to be seen.

　　We'll update you as soon as more information about a possible remaster (or remake now that Square Enix is rumored to be remaking various titles, including Final Fantasy IX and Final Fantasy X) comes in. For now, stay tuned. We've included a part of the official press release from the enhanced remaster, Star Ocean: Second Evolution, below:

　　Star Ocean Second Evolution Story

　　Space Date 366: A young Federation officer finds himself transported to a mystical planet, where he is suddenly anointed as the Hero of Light. He begins a journey to fulfill a prophecy and save a newfound race. STAR OCEAN: Second Evolution continues the STAR OCEAN saga!

　　“STAR OCEAN has already proved to be a popular series in Japan, we now hope that players around the world can discover why by experiencing the origin of the series through the PSP releases of STAR OCEAN: First Departure and the newly announced STAR OCEAN: Second Evolution", John Yamamoto, then president and chief executive officer of Square Enix said in 2008.