too many questions to clear on why Aeris had a final Limit Break and Weapon..that would have to be either, not fixed(feeling they jipped the consumer again) or redo the story (take the Lt. Break out/Final Weapon) and then have to answer questions then.

I feel it should be noted that Aeris final limit break can be gained before the end of Disc 1, though it does take extra work, especially leveling a character just before she dies :)

Tsuris

Sailorcancer

i think a Secret of Mana or Chrono Trigger remake would be cooler. i think a lot of people would agree. either of those would sell tons on the Virtual Console as well and require zero prepwork.

x23

Then a remake doesn't matter much to you, since you couldn't buy it anyway...

Dragoonkin

Uh...don't own, just got a few months ago and can't afford extra stuff, and don't own.

Tcata

It seems to me a lot more people have a DS than a PSP. Take a look at the number of each sold and you'll see why Squenix would be interested in making a DS remake. Just look at how FF3 sold, and that one was never even released here before. Sad to say, but FFVII is iconic.

Even though FFVI is far superior :P

Tiger-Fever

But I'd rather have a real FFVI remake (I already the GBA one) because that's by far my favourite. I'm going to bandwagon hop on the "I don't see why everyone loves FFVII" cart.

Tiger-Fever

FF7 did nothing RPGs before it didn't do, except it looked prettier. The story barely made sense if you squinted, the combat was shallow. (Limit Breaks and Materia. Grand. Job system from FF5, please.) It was great at the time and I played right through it, but calling it the greatest RPG ever and whatever other atrocities are thrown at it truly overrate it.

Seriously, considering that a remake is about seventy-five to ninety percent (pretend internet statistics for the win) of the effort of making a BRAND-NEW PRODUCT, why waste time doing it for something really wasn't great in the first place and still has MILLIONS AND MILLIONS of consoles all over the world that can play the MILLIONS of copies still floating around?

God kills a kitten every time someone declares Final Fantasy VII the "best RPG ever". Because it's the equivalent of masturbating, of course.

Dragoonkin

caffolote

You'll note that that "Mario/Zelda/Metroid/Pokemon driven console" at this moment only has one of the mentioned games out (and it's not even an exclusive) and is still out-selling everything but the DS.

Jus' sayin'.

Khab

That said, I'm one of the 0.01% of the population who has never played FFVII. I'd welcome a remake. And seeing as it is the only Final Fantasy game that you can no longer buy new from Square, I'd say something is up. Why else would they stop producing the game? My guess is that they are building up demand in anticipation of a remake (but probably not for a few years).

Tristran

Fangoriously... Gelatinous... Line...backer...

I use my PSP almost as much as my PC...

@Narsil:

My... Say what you want, FF8 is great. My third favorite FF game.

bobtheduck

Hear Hear!!

Yes Final Fantasy games are overrated ...
I didn't like FF7 nor FF8 and come to think of it the only FFs that I enjoyed were FF9 because it was eyecandy for PS1 and FFX (great story line). Everything else was so "meh"

Comparing with other RPGs the FF series has been getting the same treatment Sega gave to its Sonic franchise, trollop it around and hope something sticks.

I still haven't finished FF7 cause I got bored on the 2nd cd (sold it afterwards).

I play games to amuse my self and have fun not to get immersed in them and port my life just to finish a game.

PS

you fight Sephirot at the end? I never would have guessed....sigh* how bout something fresh for a change?
Not implying Wii (a Mario/Zelda/Metroid/Pokemon driven console with a stick for a controller).

mr.georgemark

Aex

jubeininja69

(Which, as a side note, the fact that it has side quests isn't a bad thing, it's just that they are all not very engaging and waaay out of the way to complete, besides. Like the golden chocobo quest? how the bloody hell would anyone ever know to do any of this without a guide? And who would think of looking in a small island somewhere for a nut you need? Why?)

That is a major flaw in RPGs today, I believe. You should never feel that you aren't having fun.
But even in terms of suck, VII isn't that bad. Final Fantasy 8? Give me a break! That sucked so much ass. An incredibly obtuse magic system, a crappy, vague story, and characters that ran off the steam of their still uninteresting Final Fantasy VII counterparts. I didn't even give that game the courtesy of playing past the first disc.

But ultimately, Square Enix's message boils down to this:
"Dear Fans,
We do not give a shit what you think, what you like, or what you think you will enjoy. We will take the games you don't like and sequel them a thousand times, we will make sure a version of Final Fantasy I is playable on everything you own, and if you don't like that we will make your favorite game into a first-person shooter.
But still, buy this crappy new game, and MAYBE we will make a children's puppet show out of Final Fantasy VII. No, we do not know what the fuck a "remake" is. Unless you're talking about a game for the NES that you didn't enjoy. Then we TOTALLY know what that is.

Love,
Square Enix.

P.S. Renew your Final Fantasy XI account or we will kill your mother."

Wonderful.

Narsil

twesterm

I think a remake would be a fine idea, though maybe a sequel with the same engine would get more interest. Still, it'd sell huge; I wonder why it's not a top priority. Maybe if they ask for the money in bills instead of gold coins, it'll be lighter?

Mikintosh

Nuff said.

Loyal2none

I do not, however, think FF7 should be remade. No way. I enjoyed the game, I really did and the characters. But anyone of us with a PS1,2 or 3 can play FF7 in its entirety. If you didn't own a SNES, or no longer have it, you couldn't play FF4,5,6 on any other system, until the remake.

Just FF7 be done. They've already started lessening the experience by making weak spinoffs,. I was excited to see the movie, because of the different format. But remaking it... just doesn't seem necessary.

The one thing that Square could always state up until FFX-2, was that each of their FF games were individual, fresh worlds, each and every time. Now they've gone serial, and alot of the magic has left the series.

StrikerGold

Aex

jjpember

mustang

remake...or even port it to the PSP...sod the DS

metallicorphan

thurstonkillgore

http://kotaku.com/gaming/semi_colon%2C-open-parentheses/

StupidDufus

Even Mario 64 DS beat FFVIIs graphics...

MikeA

Maybe SE just wants to turn FFXIII into the next FFVII. Since they made a number of spin-offs from VII. You're right a simple port to the DS wouldn't be a problem.

Kantwon

Interviewer: "Why don't you remake FF7 for the PS3?"
SquareEnix: "We don't like money, it's too heavy."

True story... Sorta...

Aex

atma

doubtful

kodec

Why are people wanting a FFVII remake anyways when they're already promising 10 years of FFXIII? (I wish you could hear sarcasm in typing -_-)

twesterm

I'll have to second your sentiment. A FF VII release for the DS would be somewhat of a tragedy, since it would have to be terribly dumbed down, due to memory constrictions, if nothing else. Not only that, but, although I love my DS (yay, Elite Beat), I currently haven't seen graphics on par with FF VII. Please note that I'm referring to the backgrounds, not the polygonal characters.

However, let's face facts. If squenix does do a re-release of FF VII, it will probably involve the whole shishkabob. Tech demos that utilize FF VII are a clue, and the clincher (in my eyes) is that if they rereleased FF VII on any kind of home console, it would probably sale more than...well, words elude me :P

sariah

Darlan

But you got to remember how long it might take for them to remake FF7 on the next gen consoles. It's possible for them to do it but they are busy with other games and FF7 did span over 3 discs so SE would have alot to upgrade, besides graphics, plus whether or not they will include Vincent and Yuffie in the ending of the remake. I remember reading somewhere months ago that it could probably take them three years to do a remake.

Kantwon

So that hasn't already happend?

Come one guys, do you really need FF7 on the DS? Really? What's her name dies. You fight sephiroth. Tifa has big tits. Cloud created a cliche that will never escape JRPGS. Come on, quit rewarding this kind of behavior by devs. New, creative IP's wither and die while endless sequels and remakes are king.

And yes, I am waiting for Fallout 3. When there is a proliferation of post-apoc RPG's, I'll play those too.

vongarr

Darlan

No. No, it isn't. '07 is the twentieth anniversary of the franchise, yes. But not of FF3.

And... the FF3 remake came out in '06 anyway. Which isn't the twentieth anniversary of anything in FF-land.

Plum

cakeordeath

Yay!

Spilt_Milk

For now, I'm looking forward to Final Fantasy Tactics A2 and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings on the DS. :-)

crazyorloco

thebluick

Aex