Final Fantasy VII Remake – XBOXONE

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.” 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.” 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. 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.” In March 2010, Wada revealed they were exploring the possibility of a remake, following the high demand. 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.”