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Final Fantasy VII Remake
Final Fantasy VII Remake E3 2015 Conference logo
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Square Enix
Director(s)Tetsuya Nomura
Producer(s)Yoshinori Kitase
Writer(s)Kazushige Nojima
SeriesFinal Fantasy
Platform(s)PlayStation 4
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

The Final Fantasy VII remake is an upcoming high-definition remake of Square's 1997 PlayStation role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII. Rumored and speculated to for many years after the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII project and the Final Fantasy VII PlayStation 3 tech demo, it was officially announced at E3 2015 on June 15, 2015 for the PlayStation 4 with the potential to be released on other platforms.

Development

Pre-announcement

With the announcement and development of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, speculation spread that an enhanced remake of the original Final Fantasy VII would be released for the PlayStation 3. This speculation was sparked at the 2005 E3 convention by the release of a video featuring the opening sequence of Final Fantasy VII recreated using the PlayStation 3's graphical capabilities.[1] Further speculation was raised due to thank-you notes for "the Final Fantasy VII PS3 testing team" in the credits of both Advent Children and Crisis Core. However, it was pointed out that the notes could have been aimed at the testers for the PSN release of Final Fantasy VII, or that Advent Children and Crisis Core used graphical assets from the PS3 demo.[2][3] The initial speculation was put to rest when Square Enix president Yoichi Wada explained the presentation was intended only for technological demonstration purposes,[1] and an official statement from the company said that no remake was in development as part of the Compilation.[4]

In 2009, Yoshinori Kitase said at the Games Convention, "As for a VII remake, all I can advise right now is to play the PSN release that has come out for the time being. Maybe we'll have some news for you at a later time. I'm actually working on multiple projects right now, I don't know exactly what new projects I'll be taking on after XIII, but I am working on Final Fantasy Agito XIII, too. Maybe I'll be able to focus a little more on that project once XIII is complete."[5] In January 2010, Tetsuya Nomura said, “Fans are looking forward to an oft rumored remake of FFVII, but I don’t believe this will happen for the time being.”[6] In February 2010, Kitase said that in order to give a PS3 port of Final Fantasy VII a similar quality to Final Fantasy XIII, it "would take as much as three or four times longer than the three and a half years it has taken to put this Final Fantasy together! So it's looking pretty unrealistic to happen!" Kitase also commented that making games with the same style as Final Fantasy VII for the PS3 is very difficult, as it would take the staff too much time to create the graphics; because of this, Final Fantasy XIII is "more linear" than previous titles.[7] In a March 2010 interview, however, Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama stated, "If we had the manpower and the time to work on a project, if we were to remake Final Fantasy VII with the quality of Final Fantasy XIII it would become a tremendous project. If we can get the number of people we need by all means that would be the one I would really want to remake."[8] In March 2010, Wada revealed they were exploring the possibility of a remake, following the high demand.[9] However, in June 2012, the company announced that "[we] will only consider this once a brand new game in the franchise exceeds the quality of that found in FF7."[10]

Due to the number of questions GamesRadar received about the game's remake they featured it in their article about the "reasons to hate Final Fantasy", wishing it could be released so that fans would stop asking them about it.[11] GamesRadar also published an article called "The truth about the Final Fantasy VII remake", stating despite the staff's comments they will not produce a remake; interviews from mid-2009 onwards gave gamers hope that it is still possible a remake will be released.[12] In 2011, GameTrailers ranked it second on a list of the games that most needed remakes,[13] whilst Cheat Code Central ranked it fourth on a similar list.[14] In 2011, NowGamer ranked it as number one on the list they would like to be remade.[15] PSU.com ranked it as number one on such lists twice, in 2008 (games to be revived for the PlayStation 3) and in 2011 (PSone classics to be remade).[16][17]

Announcement

The title's existence was confirmed during Sony's E3 2015 press conference.[18] News of the announcement had been leaked several hours prior by gaming news website Siliconera.[19] Following the reveal, Square Enix's shares rose to their highest value since November 2008.[20] Square-Enix revealed that the game had entered production some time before the PlayStation 4 port of the original Final Fantasy VII was announced in December 2014.[21] The dual intentions of having key individuals from the original development team involved and boosting Japanese interest in the PlayStation 4 were quoted by game director Tetsuya Nomura as being the deciding factors in development beginning, after a long period of deliberation within the company.[21] Nomura also mentioned that the game won't be a "simple remake", and that scenario writer Kazushige Nojima is working on new story content for the title.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b Allen, Jason (May 16, 2005). "E3 2005: Eyes-on the Final Fantasy VII Tech Demo". IGN. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
  2. ^ Dunham, Jeremy (May 23, 2006). "Square Enix Responds to PS3 FF7 Rumors". IGN. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
  3. ^ Studio BentStuff, ed. (2005). Final Fantasy VII Ultimania O (in Japanese). Square Enix. p. 571. ISBN 4-7575-1520-0.
  4. ^ Orry, James (June 5, 2007). "Final Fantasy VII remake isn't happening". VideoGamer. Retrieved September 21, 2009.
  5. ^ Orry, James (August 28, 2009). "Square Enix: maybe news on FFVII remake soon". VideoGamer. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  6. ^ "No Final Fantasy VII Remake for now: Nomura". GameGuru. January 27, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  7. ^ Pigna, Kris (February 21, 2010). "FFVII Remake 'Looking Pretty Unrealistic'". 1UP.com. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
  8. ^ Spencer (March 18, 2010). "Final Fantasy XIII Director Answers Your FFXIII Questions". Siliconera. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  9. ^ Good, Owen (March 22, 2010). "CEO: We'll 'Explore the Possibility' of Final Fantasy VII Remake". Kotaku. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  10. ^ "Square Enix Won't Remake Final Fantasy 7 Until It Outdoes The Original". Gamebreaker.tv. June 27, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  11. ^ Reparaz, Mike. "5 reasons to hate Final Fantasy". GamesRadar. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
  12. ^ Winterhalter, Ryan. "The truth about the Final Fantasy VII remake". GamesRadar. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  13. ^ "GT Countdown: Top 10 Necessary Remakes". GameTrailers. MTV Networks. January 27, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  14. ^ Beatty, D'Marcus (2011). "Top Ten Games We Want Announced". Cheat Code Central. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  15. ^ Cook, Dave (July 6, 2011). "Games We'd Pay To Be Remade". NowGamer. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  16. ^ "Top 10 Games to revive for the PlayStation 3". PlayStation Universe. July 5, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  17. ^ Harradence, Mike (December 10, 2011). "10 PSOne classics we want remade for PS3: 5-1". PlayStation Universe. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  18. ^ Romano, Sal (June 15, 2015). "Final Fantasy VII remake announced for PS4". gematsu.com. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  19. ^ "Final Fantasy VII Remake Coming To PlayStation 4 [Update]". siliconera.com. June 15, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  20. ^ Alpeyev, Pavel; Huang, Grace (June 16, 2015). "Square Enix Wins Cheers, Share Gain on Final Fantasy Trailer". bloomberg.com. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  21. ^ a b Robinson, Martin (June 17, 2015). "Final Fantasy 7 remake was underway before the PS4 PC port was announced". eurogamer.net. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  22. ^ "Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Have More Work Done To Its Story". siliconera.com. June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
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