Square Enix: Final Fantasy VI Remake Would be Difficult - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 July 2023 / 4,569 Views
Square Enix employees in a roundtable celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Final Fantasy series discussed the possibilities of a remake of Final Fantasy VI.
"I think FF6 Remake would be difficult," said Final Fantasy VII Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase via a translation from Twitter user @Genki_JPN. "FF7 Remake is not yet finished so I am not able to think about it... But for FF6 there are many FF6 fans inside the company and they often ask me 'when are we making 6?'"
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi added that Final Fantasy VI was a pixel based game and that remaking it would have to change the story and making it into CG would be difficult to do.
However, Sakaguchi did tease asking Kitase, "Won't you release it a little sooner?" Kitase said remaking it would not be easy.
Hironobu Sakaguchi also said that as FF6 is a pixel based game they would have to change the story and making it into CG would be very hard to do, but he then asked Kitase "Won't you release it a little sooner?" lol
— Genki✨ (@Genki_JPN) June 20, 2023
Kitase said it is not easy.
Source: https://t.co/gd9slUjGYL
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Why would the story have to change? Is one of the best stories in gaming not good enough already? Or is it the idea of suplexing a train just too far fetched?
It makes sense that going from 2D to fully 3D would be very hard.
Like Metroid Prime ? kappa
I would say that even the FFVIIR changed so much on the formula and history that a lot of assets had to be created from scratch, FFVI I would say would be even more on this line. FFX forward should be a lot easier to remake if they don't try to change much (but also for me are titles that only needed remasters and they received those and were great).
Just do a HD2D remake and call it a day. I don't think nobody would complain
Then less people would inherently play it. Besides 6 deserves the full remake treatment.
If even the developers are saying a 3D remake would be difficult, just make a already great looking game better with a HD2D treatment is all I'm saying.
I would like to see them try to make a 3D remake though.
I would like a full budget remake but only if Nomura was nowhere near it and Amano's designs were faithfully translated on screen.
I loved Final Fantasy 8. My pick of the franchise and my preferred choice for a remake..
I don't get why it would be harder than FF7. I actually want a remake of FF6 too, since I don't like pixel games. Haven't played the original FF6 so a remake would be a completely fresh and new experience to me.
Yep, I'm not that interested in the pixel remake of the FF, but maybe when they are dirty cheap I'll buy and try (tried FF2 on PSP and didn't like much), I need the grandiose set and cutscenes.
heads up ff2 is like one of the worst rpgs that a popular rpg series can put out.
They either do a HD-2D remake or they don't touch it, simple as that.
Exactly. A remake would have to be HD-2D, which would be cool. Trying to recreate the whole experience in 3D offers too much opportunity to muck it up.
Nah I don't want to see FF6 remake in 3D. To me that was the pinnacle of RPG gaming. Changing it to 3D would alter the game so much there's no telling if it would come out anywhere even close to as good as the original.
Don't care how difficult it will be, I really want to see remakes for 6, 8, and 10 so that I can finally play them.
Can or want? Old Final Fantasy games are pretty well available on different platforms at this point.
Want to play them I suppose would be better terming there. I was neither a SNES nor PS1 gamer those gens, I had Sega Genesis when FF6 released and and N64 and was into PC gaming when FF8 and FF10 released. By the time I became interested in Final Fantasy as a teenager when FF7 Advent Children released in 2006, it was already feeling too late to go back and play the earlier Final Fantasy games that interested me, so my first FF after developing interest in the series was FF13.
Tried to go back and play FF8 remaster when it released on Xbox, but found that Square didn't do enough graphically to make it not seem horribly outdated, and was also not a fan of the guardian forces combat mechanic. The story was interesting in 8, but I just couldn't get past the dated graphics and the combat system to finish the story. Since 8 Remaster felt too dated, I also ended up skipping 10 Remaster because I figured it would feel dated as well. I probably could play 6, as 16 bit graphics don't age poorly in the way that 3D graphics do, but sadly Square decided to not release the FF pixel remasters on Xbox.
So yeah, I would personally love to see FF7 Remake tier or at least FF7 Crisis Core/Trials of Mana tier remakes for 6, 8, and 10, the 3 earlier FF games that interest me. 6 would be perfect for a Trials of Mana type remake I think, keeping the art style while updating the game to 3D with a lower budget. 8 and 10 would probably be better of with full on AAA remakes like 7 is getting, but hopefully remade in a single part with the story intact, rather than split into 3 parts with significant story changes like FF7 Remake. Combat updates certainly wouldn't hurt either, especially on 8, where many weren't a fan of the Guardian Forces mechanic, myself included.
Ah, I see. Yeah, it's a bit hard to get into the older FF games, I suppose. I have a bit of a mixed history with the series myself, but ultimately I've largely missed the older games back in the day, and I haven't had as great a time as I probably could with the older games, had I played them back in the day as well. Based on my limited experience, my personal opinion is that all the games (except for VII) have aged acceptably (but not necessarily well), and the main issues are elsewhere: VI feels a bit thin in many ways, and VIII has some pretty dubious gameplay mechanics. It's not even just that they don't feel modern enough, it's that there are actual issues.
By the way, VIII got a PC release back in the day as well, so shame on you. :-P
I agree that 7, 8, 9 and the 10 Remaster can look dated but the SNES ones look fine imo. The pixel art on these games are ageless. If you want to play 6, get the Pixel Remaster and you will be fine.
I played the FFVII remaster (didn't like and didn't past the city, loved the FFVIIR though), FFVIII I platined and was decent, FFIX I played all again (my favorite and the remaster is even more gorgeous than the original), FFX and FFX-2 and FFXII the remasters are great and doesn't feel outdated (but of course aren't top notch in graphics). Look for some videos on youtube and you'll validate for yourself.
These games released across a bunch of platforms, if you didnt played them already is because you didnt have interest to begin with
Just play 10! It's awesome, I literally started a new game of it yesterday. The graphics certainly aren't bad, better than a lot of modern indie games still. And IMO it has the best battle and progression systems of any RPG ever.
Please, Square Enix, let it remain unchanged. Just walk away.
Yep I can understand lack of interest on the remake, but it being created doesn't take anything away from who wants the original.
