Tetsuya Nomura: No FFVII Remake 'for the Time Being'

Valigarmander · 01-23-2010, 04:34 PM

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It may go down as the cruelest tech demo in the history of videogames: a remake of the very first scene of Final Fantasy VII that was intended only to show off the PlayStation 3's power, but instead went on to fan desires for a full-blown remake for the last four years. Desires that just keep getting shot down.

The latest crushing rebuff comes from none other than FFVII character designer (and now game director) Tetsuya Nomura, who said in this week's Famitsu that no one should expect a remake anytime soon. "Fans are looking forward to an oft rumored remake of FFVII, but I don't believe this will happen for the time being," Nomura said (via Andriasang).

But wait! It's not all bad news! Just because there won't be a remake (for the time being...), that doesn't mean we won't see a return of what will probably always be Nomura's most popular character: FFVII main character Cloud Strife. "It's possible that he will appear in other titles as a guest character," Nomura teased.

Of course, Cloud has already made guest appearances in such games as Final Fantasy Tactics, Ehrgeiz, and Kingdom Hearts, so that's not really new or particularly reassuring. We just don't want you getting all suicidal on us, devoted and endlessly disappointed FFVII fans.

Metal Man · 01-23-2010, 04:41 PM

The dumb thing is, the less emo FFVII fans like me don't want more weird prequels/sequels (Well, the movie was kinda okay... not really) but rather a proper remake which retains the more neutral 'adventure' character of the original.

They wouldn't even need to make it over the top--in fact, I'd abhor them making it like Advent Children. All it'd need to do is remove the blocktasticness, and bring everything up to the quality of the original's pre-rendered cutscenes.

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