there was no urgency for me in relation to the remake but now you guys got me thinking... they need to get it done ASAP & also end the FF saga while I'm still alive & kickin

but seriously, my condolences to you, Liam & the friend's family..

Doubtful, lol. What has Mistwalker done since Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, anyway?
(Edit: Oh, NDS games, exciting)

Just found out one of my childhood friends died, so sorry for the mortality rant

In case you haven't yet completely given up hope for a Final Fantasy VII remake on the PlayStation 3, here is Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase with yet another proclamation of how very unlikely it is to happen. Speaking to TechDigest, Kitase explained that the sheer amount of work and development time that a remake would require makes the prospect "pretty unrealistic."

"If it were possible that we had all the right facilities and the right environment to be able to make and prepare a Final Fantasy VII remake within a year, we'd very much like a go at it," Kitase said, with a very obvious "but" looming on the horizon. "But even Final Fantasy XIII has taken over three and a half years to create. If we were to recreate final Fantasy VII with the same level of graphical detail as you see in Final Fantasy XIII, we'd imagine that that 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!"

So in other words, according to the man who would probably know best, it apparently could conceivably take up to twelve years to make a FFVII remake with the same graphical quality as FFXIII. We're not sure if that was an exaggeration, but it's no wonder Kitase says it's "looking pretty unrealistic."

This also echoes similar comments Kitase made earlier this month, when he said that it's "very hard to make games on PlayStation 3 in the same style as the games in [FFVII's] era had. Making graphics will take an enormous time." He explained that's also part of the reason FFXIII is more linear than past Final Fantasy games.

Still, Kitase did say that if by "any remote chance" it were possible to do the remake in less time, they would. But by the sound of it, you're probably better off lowering your hopes, FFVII fans.

I really do think they'd want to be as faithful to the original as possible

In a new interview, Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama has expressed his interests in creating a Final Fantasy VII remake. Although Yoshinori Kitase, producer of Final Fantasy XIII has already expressed his concerns in bringing the game’s towns to high-definition, and Nomura has said development hasn’t begun on a remake, it looks like Square Enix staffers still want to create it.

“I’m really interested to see this more complete form of Final Fantasy VII portrayed more realistically with the voice and animation and all the suttle expressions there,” Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama said. “I’d be interested to see that and to make that, it would be a great experience. I don’t get tired of people asking that question, so I’ll continue to answer my thoughts as long as people keep asking.”

The interview can be seen below. He answers the Final Fantasy VII question at the very end.

Having pre-rendered backgrounds would be a step in the right direction, imo. As much as they like doing fully 3D cameras angles to show off their 'skillz', I think it really would be beneficial to keep the backgrounds pre-rendered, and the camera fixed in-game. Part of keeping the feel of the original (imo), are keeping the same camera angles. You fuck with those, it'll probably throw everything off .

but as Kris said, most of the Comp. titles lack the feeling VII had

^I really commend SQEX for CC. Yeah, it didn't 'feel' quite like VII, but it's definitely come the closest to capturing it so far, IMO.

AC (ACC that is, the first one doesn't exist to me anymore) was pretty good, but I'd still put CC above in terms of the VII 'feel'.

Or just don't make it and be done with it, even easier.

So far, Square Enix has said that a Final Fantasy VII remake would be "unrealistic," "tough to do in HD" and "not happening." But hold out hope, die-hards, because during an interview at FFXIII's launch party, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada finally admitted that the company is "going to explore the possibility" of revisiting the classic RPG. He didn't completely reverse the long-held position, as he says Square Enix has to decide "whether or not we're going to do it, if we're going to do it, and the platform," but he did finally admit that there have been a lot of fan requests to see the game in a new form, so he's giving it some solid thought.

Of course, the huge success of the game's re-release on PSN probably didn't hurt either. If Square's convinced a remake will sell (and people will play through Gaia yet again, possibly even on yet another platform), we'll probably see it somewhere sooner or later.

Of course, the huge success of the game's re-release on PSN probably didn't hurt either. If Square's convinced a remake will sell (and people will play through Gaia yet again, possibly even on yet another platform), we'll probably see it somewhere sooner or later.

Who knows, maybe they will make Aerith not die and run away with Red while Cloud and the rest of the crew gangbang Tifa??? I'm jus sayin!

Who knows, maybe they will make Aerith not die and run away with Red while Cloud and the rest of the crew gangbang Tifa??? I'm jus sayin!

Lol, I could say something really creepy and disturbing right now, but I'll refrain for once.