Square-Enix is comprised of many stubborn fellows, as reinforced by Tetsuya Nomura, who said that Square-Enix has no plans to remake Final Fantasy VII despite admitting the fact that everyone wants it. He said in a new interview with Famitsu that the company is more concerned with making new Final Fantasy titles that are equal to or even top Final Fantasy VII. Nomura also states that he believes the true successor of the Final Fantasy franchise is Yoshinori Kitase.
During the interview, Nomura also revealed some development trivia about the original game, such as Yufie being a wanted character. You’d see wanted posters of her spread all over Midgar, each with a different face. When she would eventually join your party, she would look like the last poster you had seen. Overall, I agree that Square-Enix should strive to make new original content, but I don’t think they’ve been doing a terribly good job of keeping their newer games up to par compared to their classics. Nomura is saying that they’re trying to make games that are equal to or better than Final Fantasy VII and yet stuff like Final Fantasy XII, XIII, XIV, and so on don’t really come anywhere close to the classic RPG.
Source: Andriasang
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Aaaargh… I don’t get it. Apparently they are averse to making money >_<
My theory is that due to their projects always being so large in scale, they can’t really see their own problems from the inside and prioritize accordingly. It’s understandable, but it’s almost like the most experienced members of the company have become somewhat of a family and try not to share any negative truths or criticisms with each-other. Either that or they have simply grown more lax without realizing it and their quality control just isn’t what it used to be.
I personally think he’s being very smart not remaking VII. A remake will never live up to the original and it will just be blasted for making inevitable changes.
As for new games not being as good, I’m not sure I completely agree. Sure there was a lot of bad press about XIII, but the same thing happened when IX, X and XII were released. Square did listen to the complaints about XIII and improved gameplay in XIII-2 (even if they messed up the storyline).