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GAMEREVOLUTION: Would you take over the Final Fantasy VII Remake if [Square Enix] offered that one to you?
TABATA: No.
GR: No, you wouldn't!?
TABATA: No I wouldn't.
GR: Can I ask why?
TABATA: It's something I couldn't make, myself. That's about it.
GR: Would that be a lot of pressure?
TABATA: Final Fantasy VII is a special game.
GR: It's the big one.
TABATA: It's such a special numbered game that I don't think I can remake that one. There's so many fans out there, if I were asked to satisfy all those fans, I don't think that's something I could do, 100%. If [Square Enix] asked me to make a new Final Fantasy and take it in a new direction, I'd be happy to accept that one, but if they asked me to remake Final Fantasy VII to release as if it were a modern game, just released today -- no, I don't think that's something I can do. I think the only people who could do that are Mr. (Yoshinori) Kitase and Mr. (Tetsuya) Nomura.
GR: And you say that even though you did such a good job with Crisis Core?
TABATA: Well that wasn't VII itself.
GR: A spinoff... a prequel.
TABATA: Yeah, it wasn't the main game. Now, if they asked me to do Final Fantasy VII-2, that might be different.
GR: Which brings us back to your new project!
*Laughter in the room*
TABATA: We haven't got that planned!
The full interview will be published on GameRevolution later this month.