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President of Square Enix Discusses Remakes of Games

November 10, 2008 in News comments 19

Within the past several years, Square Enix has been on the ball with remakes of their classic Final Fantasy games. And rumors of a remake for the huge and popular Final Fantasy 7 have been been buzzing around the net.

Square Enix president Yoichi Wada explains how there has been a remake boom lately, "The price of games is high, and consumers tend to be wary of buying games they are unfamiliar with".

That's an interesting reason for the increase of remake talk, but SE fans hope they don't only focus on remakes and start making some fantastic new FF games. Hopefully Final Fantasy 13 and Final Fantasy Versus 13 will be the games to bring back the greatness of FF games, which many fans believe seemed to have dulled since Final Fantasy 10.

We've been seeing a lot of remakes lately, and they're actually quite welcome. For publishers, it's a gold mine - they're low risk, but have high returns. For veteran gamers, playing a classic in souped up engines is a great experience. For new gamers, they get to appreciate the old games in their remade glory.

With the current situation of the gaming industry - lay-offs and realignments here and there - Square Enix president Yoichi Wada explains how there came to be a remake boom. "The price of games is high, and consumers tend to be wary of buying games they are unfamiliar with," he points out. With unfamiliarity, gamers would be inclined to buying remakes of successful, tried-and-tested titles, as opposed to taking a gamble at a new one.
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  • 2
    Zerpent Nov 10, 08
    Dulled since FFX? FFX was barely acceptable as a Final Fantasy. The last 'true' Final Fantasy was FFIX.
    • 3
      Gamesta100 Nov 10, 08
      Says you It's personally my number one FF.
    • 2
      Jaw Knee Nov 11, 08
      Yeah, F the shit out of your opinion. FFX had one of the greatest stories ever told, the battle system stayed true to the genre and series. How was it "barely acceptable"?
      • 2
        Drogo Baggins Nov 11, 08
        FFX was my favorite final Fantasy game as well. Although, I do think it sort of took a leap from the other games in the series.

        It was different, IMO, but in a good way(for me, at least).
    • 2
      DragoniteBallZ Nov 11, 08
      You gotta be kidding right? FFX was epic. That was the last spectacular Final Fantasy game.

      Seriously Square has become just shittier since they merged with Enix. They aren't even making any good games anymore. Just either making a whatever RPG or cashing in on old titles by making remakes or crappy sequels.
      • 1
        Bale Fire Nov 11, 08
        FFX was kickass, many people agree it is up there with FFVII, its after that game that things got bad *cough*Enix*cough*
  • 1
    neto_360* Nov 10, 08
    I agree with Zerpent about FF9 being the last great FF game.

    What Wada says makes sense. Remakes can really only help. I would say it brings in those people who feel graphics are important. Since they won't even touch the older FF games unless they are updated.
  • 0
    Lord_80 Nov 10, 08
    I will side with Gamesta. Although it isn't my favourite FF, FFX was still a very solid game. I really enjoyed the story and the gameplay to be honest.
  • 0
    Nath Nov 11, 08
    Why is this under PC? I'd love if they would release some remakes on it, but it will never happen.
    • 1
      Final Blade Nov 11, 08
      Sorry about that, when I was adding the games to the article, which pertains to most of the FF titles, some have released on PC and it must have been clicked automatically.
      Another one of my noob mistakes.

      Anyway I've played alot of FF games, and while FF7 was my first FF and RPG, I do love FF10 as much as 7 and 8. People must be crazy to think FF10 sucked. It had an engrossing storyline, awesome old time battle system with a new feature to swap players in battle. I personally loved the Sphere Grid. While some hate it as much as the License Grid, I just personally loved the Sphere Grid. But still materia in FF7 is the best of all time for me. FF10 for me is the last best one. No offense to FF12, it was a great looking game it just didn't have the makings of a Final FANTASY game.

      Also I agree with Neto with his remake statement and how it can only help.

      FINAL FANTASY 8 REMAKE PLEASE!!!
  • 1
    Killosity Nov 11, 08
    I'd rather have a Final Fantasy 8 remake or even a Final Fantasy 8 sequel compared to anything else from FF7. Do not get me wrong, FF7 was awesome, but the spin offs and extras have somewhat weakened it for me. FF8 had quite the ending which allowed open interpretation, it was not definitive and a sequel could be made.

    And I love FF10. FF10 was amazing for me. Its the Final Fantasy I have poured most of my hours into. There was nothing quite like it. Yuna was FANTASTIC!, and here vunerability and shyness made for riveting story. All other characters were well developed and even Tidus had his good moments. It was a little harder than other titles which was refreshing, and had what I consider to be one of the most scary and intimidating villans of all time, Seymour.

    And once again, I have to agree with Final Blade. FF12 felt different. Difference is all good and well, but I want improvement. It felt like an MMO, except noone else could join in, and the motivation and storyline was pretty poor in my opinion. But the title was saved by Balthier, my favourite character ever!
    • 0
      Final Blade Nov 11, 08
      Yuna >>>> Rinoa

      I don't want a sequel of FF8, just a remake. Look what happened when they tried to make a sequel for FF7? We get DoC which was piss poor, shooter RPG, and quite frankly having Vincent as the only playable character sucked major balls. And now people want the sequel for DoC due to the ending which is BS.

      Just make the FF7 remake and move on. Thats all I care about.
  • 1
    Killosity Nov 11, 08
    Indeed. Riona is awesome but the characterisation of Yuna was so superior and I love her to bits because of it.

    Dirge of Cerberus was horrible! That, and before crisis, totally shamed the compliation. I could handle the sequel movie; albeit It needed to be done a little better. Crisis Core was excellent though. True character and charm that game had.

    I guess I could tolerate an FF7 remake. Want the FF13 titles worked and polished on to the extreme! I want a return to form for the series.
    • 0
      neto_360* Nov 12, 08
      Garnet > Rinoa > Yuna

      If they remake FF7, there is a good chance for FF8 and FF9 to get the same treatment as well. That is the only reason why I am pulling for a FF7 remake to be honest
      • 0
        Koloth Nov 12, 08
        Yea, and I suppose I would buy a FF7 remake just in the hope that they would make an FF8 remake. I could seriously go for a 5th round of FF8. It is after all the only FF title other than the original that I ever bothered to play more than once. Loved everything about it. Great story, great characters. It was pretty much what I would call the perfect Final Fantasy. They all need more of what FF1 and FF8 had.

        2-6 were alright but nothing stellar. I thought 7 was really rather boring, when it came right down to it I just didn't care about the characters at all. 9 was a bit to cutesy but at least the characters were interesting and likable. 10 was pretty decent though. And I don't know what they were thinking with 11 and 12.
      • 0
        Final Blade Nov 12, 08
        Im not sure about FF9, I think that game is fine where its at. FF8 I wouldn't mind playing, after all both 7 and 8 I've played about the same amount. Although 7 was played 3x more though.

        @Koloth - Final Fantasy 11 was a online MMO. That was the whole point in the game. It had nothing to do with the others. Hell it wasn't even offline game. That was the problem with FF12, they made the offline too similar to a online MMO. If 12 was a online MMO, i'd bet money there wouldn't be haters with the game.
        • 0
          Koloth Nov 12, 08
          I know. But I think FF11 should have been FF the MMO and make 11 another single player game. It was just weird to suddenly take the series off into the MMO realm then just as suddenly bring it back to the single player realm but completely jack up the combat system. Especially when the combat system has always been a core part of FF. Frankly I think 12 would have had haters either way though. Just for different reasons. 11 has plenty of haters too.

          I'm just glad FF13 is going back towards something more like the ATB systems of old. I don't want my Final Fantasies to be more "actiony". That was one of the main reasons I hated FF Legends.

          They should also learn to listen to their audience. If we wanted more action we wouldn't be buying turn based RPGs. That's one of the things I hate obout big companies. They try and perdict the rhythm of the market rather than catering to their core market. You want big sales then give us more of what we are buying the most of. Don't try and lead us where you think we will follow. After all they say you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. Well FF11 and 12 a lot of us weren't drinking.
  • 0
    Final Blade Nov 12, 08
    That's interesting, I just figured they wanted to try a FF MMO, rather then follow it. But maybe I'm wrong. I don't know why, but I loved FF11 more so then 12. Maybe cause I enjoyed it as a online MMO, then FF12 where it felt and played like an online MMO but offline. It just felt very wrong for a offline game. That was one of my issues with 12, but other then that, I liked the game.
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    cooly99 Nov 17, 08
    I agree with Zerpent that FFX was never that good to begin with and it stoped being good after Zidane FF9.

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