Mon, May 31, 2010 | 11:33 BST

Kitase: FFVII remake would be “ten times as long” to make compared to original

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If anyone’s still holding their breath on that Final Fantasy VII remake – in which case, you’ve got lungs of steel – it’s best you start breathing a little.

Producer Yoshinori Kitase has said the title would be “ten times as long” to create compared to the original.

“We’ve gotten this question a lot from many countries,” Kitase said at a recent launch event for Final Fantasy XIII in Korea.

“To make FFXIII at this level of quality, it took us 3 to 4 years. If we were to make FFVII in the same style of FFXIII, it would take 10 times as long, so it would be difficult to take it up immediately. However, we always keep in mind how often this is requested.”

Expect the remake in 2050, then.

In seriousness, for the hardcore massive who still believe in that remake dream, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has said that the firm was going to “explore” a remake.

Don’t stop believin’, as that song once went.

Thanks, Andriasang.

28 comments

Erthazus
31/05/10, 11:31 am

So 10 or 20 years? Cool.

Johnny Cullen
31/05/10, 11:32 am

Na. Think more along the line of 30-40 years.

Erthazus
31/05/10, 11:36 am

The funniest part in this comment is that: “If we were to make FFVII in the same style of FFXIII, it would take 10 times as long”

so basically to make a shitty linear game out of good game you need ten times longer.

Someone need to be fired at the company…

Herlock
31/05/10, 11:37 am

Seriously, they cant write a good story and make a good new IP ?
I sick aboute remake!

dirigiblebill
31/05/10, 11:39 am

A certain amount of crap-cutting is in order, I feel. Playing Sins of a Solar Empire at the moment – if Square Enix can do to FF what Ironclad did to 4X strategy they’ll be on the right track.

Johnny Cullen
31/05/10, 11:42 am

“They see us trollin’: they hatin’.”

This is what this is now when they say anything about the remake.

Boris Fett
31/05/10, 11:53 am

Maybe it wouldn’t take so long if they didn’t spend weeks rendering a single rock.

What a bunch of hacks. They’re digging their own grave with their outdated design approach.

zoopdeloop
31/05/10, 12:25 pm

They’ll certainly going for it…they just trying to keep people off track to make a “huge” (surprise)announcement later.This is SE.
My guess though is that it is going to be on a handheld.

lirky
31/05/10, 12:59 pm

lol square enix needs alot of catching up in the rpg franchise again now that, their rpg quality seems to be staying stale for awhile. they need to make new rpgs that are not ff like they did in the past. Like saga frontier or something.

…

So they shouldnt really talk about ff7 remake, untill they release quality rpgs again because they will just kill the remake.

#10

Uncontested
31/05/10, 2:26 pm

Never thought I’d see the day that a dev like Square is nothing but a bunch of over paid and over hyped hacks.

#11

M337ING
31/05/10, 2:46 pm

Why would a remake take 30-40 years to make? You’re just creating upscaled models in an engine that you already have developed. You’re basically just copying and pasting the gameplay systems and everything else.

#12

theevilaires
31/05/10, 2:46 pm

remake it or just STFU. If they start now it could be a PS4 launch title and it would sell crazy numbers just from being a launch title alone….look at Ridge Racer.

#13

hitnrun
31/05/10, 2:52 pm

Didn’t they say this, more or less verbatim, 3 months ago?

And wasn’t there a universal consensus that it was inane contradictory nonsense?

What the hell is wrong with Japan, anyway?

#14

Aimless
31/05/10, 2:58 pm

Why does everyone want a remake of FFVII anyway? At this point it feels like the only reason its so sought after is because it’s been denied so many times that people have whipped themselves into a frenzy.

#15

bytemap
31/05/10, 3:02 pm

I do hope you realize he’s just venting and most likely you guys are just joking to be taking this seriously.

if anything, they may have it or not. IF they do, they don’t want to announce it early since they finally got over making a using the PS3 for an FF game. If not, then no difference, just keep playing any other games that come out.

#16

Epic Fool
31/05/10, 3:18 pm

Man some of you guys are grumpy… (Not to mention morons.)

Maybe you should, like, go out and buy some drugs or something? Might cheer you up a bit.

Anyway I see their point if they want to remake the game in full 3D, that would take a while yeah, game was pretty damn huge… Maybe it would take less time if they just keep the prerendered background aproach? (REmake still looks awesome imo.)

#17

V_Ben
31/05/10, 3:36 pm

Maybe if he stopped procrastinating about making the game and set some developers on it, then we’d stop seeing news stories on this thing

#18

Mike W
31/05/10, 3:55 pm

LMAO

Square-Enix has been full of shit this whole generation with their public statements.

#19

Mike W
31/05/10, 4:03 pm

I have to agree with Herlock. Square-Enix has way more than enough talented people at their studio to create a “new game” that can probably can surpass FF VII. I’m sick of HD remakes of games we already played and beat.

#20

Erthazus
31/05/10, 4:43 pm

@18, no, they are proffessional trolls this gen.

#21

hitnrun
31/05/10, 4:54 pm

I personally don’t want there to be a remake of FFVII, mostly because I enjoy fanboy anguish with my breakfast and rub disappointment into my skin like a salve. Oh, and I think the game is overrated.

But to implement the changes the fans really want – essentially, voiceovers and re-rendering the art to make it not look like ass – would take a month. Maybe two if they took their time. And it would sell as well as a brand new numbered Final Fantasy, though probably at a lower pricepoint for such a basic makeover.

#22

DaMan
31/05/10, 4:58 pm

slow news day?

#23

Phoenixblight
31/05/10, 6:04 pm

Memorial day Weekend for the states which means 3 day weekend for us everyone is out partying, bbq, etc.

#24

Johnny Cullen
31/05/10, 6:09 pm

DaMan – It’s a UK Bank Holiday, and, as Phoenix said, it’s Memorial Day in the US too.

So basically put, it’s drip-drip for today. Normal service should resume tomorrow… somewhat, considering Steph will be back from her trip, but I’ll be off for my own trip tomorrow.

This one’s site-related, so I can’t say much about it.