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Final Fantasy VIII Remake a Possibility, Says Final Fantasy VII Remake Director

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Yoshinori Kitase of Japanese publisher Square Enix, who's currently serving as producer on the hotly anticipated Final Fantasy VII Remake, recently went on record as saying that he'd "like to see" a Final Fantasy VIII Remake be developed in the future. The one caveat? He doesn't necessarily want to be at the helm, rather he's hoping that the younger generation which "inherits the genes" of the JRPG franchise can "step up" and do it justice.
The statement was made during a recent interview with Famitsu, which was then translated by Siliconera. Kitase proceeded to say that the in-development Final Fantasy VII Remake is a project that was born of his desire to reimagine the classic title "with today's technology" while he still remains in service at Square Enix. He hopes that, in a similar fashion, the current "youth" of the company will feel the same way about modernizing Final Fantasy VIII in the future.


Yoshinori Kitase served as the director of FFVIII, being personally responsible for elements of the game's narrative and systems design, so it's interesting to see that he'd rather pass his baby over to the next generation than handle a potential remake himself. Currently aged 53 and with plenty of work remaining to do on FFVII Remake⁠—all we currently know is that the first of an unspecified number of installments is due out March 3, 2020⁠—perhaps Kitase is destined for retirement before he'd get a chance to work on the hypothetical project.
FFVIII Remake would presumably still be years away from an eventual release if it were to get the green light, though with the original having launched in 1999 for the PlayStation, the leap in overall fidelity between the two installments could be incredibly pronounced. Even more so than the already noteworthy difference seen in FFVII Remake, largely owing to the fact that it'd potentially arrive on the freshly detailed next-generation PS5 console.

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I want a FF VI remake.

And I'd like it to maintain the original battle system for the most part.
 
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DON'T YOU PLAY WITH MY HEART KITASE. I've only just fallen in love with the game :messenger_loudly_crying:

I want it. FFVIII is weird and has some odd flaws, but it's the most interesting classic FF going from a systems perspective, not to mention holding way more nostalgia for me than the other ones outside of maybe IX.

I'd love to see a modern interpretation of GFs, junctioning, triple triad, etc (providing that they didn't fuck it up, of course) and perhaps some cheeky tweaks to the story to flesh out the characters and tidy up certain plot threads that go nowhere.

Show me what Blasting Zone would look like in glorious modern graphics :messenger_face_steam:
 
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FFVIII definitely needs the remake and more fit for a modern style than any other FF. Too bad it would probably come out in 2040.
 
This was the only one I really played when I was young so the nostalgia is there. I'd love a well-crafted remake.
 
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Hey Square Enix you kind of forgot to remake 5 and 6. You did 1-4 so why not those two?
 
I only want new shit. Sick of the remakes. It was fine when they were smaller scale handheld remakes that didn't take 10 years and rob us of a large mainline console entry that was new in the series.
 
have one remakes division, always working on a AAA remake of a classic game. have another for new games.

this could be ok but this game felt tiny as is. FFVII has already been expanded with the compilation games and the movie. VIII is a far smaller thing. the entire thing could be a single 3-disc game.
 
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I'd rather see a nice looking V and VI remake first. Hell I actually like the III and IV DS versions. Gimme one of those for V and VI.
 
Garnox said:
I'd rather see a nice looking V and VI remake first. Hell I actually like the III and IV DS versions. Gimme one of those for V and VI.
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Would have wanted them to be on the 3DS but it's a missed opportunity at this point.
 
I don't know what to say. On one hand, i want rhem to move to the future. I loved XV, and a well developed no problems team and time frame can do wonders at SE!

On the other hand... even if i know VII is takinf huge resources from the company... i'd love to see past games revisited, that's the nerd in me. 6 and 8, shit, even 9. But i understand that it's a huge endeavour, mostly unlikely.

I say folks, let's let them focus on 7 now. Don't push them. And please try to embrace their vision for future titles.

Don't forget, FF I was a huge gamble at the time, it paid off.
 
Miku Miku said:
I only want new shit. Sick of the remakes. It was fine when they were smaller scale handheld remakes that didn't take 10 years and rob us of a large mainline console entry that was new in the series.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T SAY THAT I NEED TO PLAY THE SAME GAMES FROM MY CHILDHOOD OVER AND OVER I HATE NEW THINGS
 
What is even the point? This like 2030's at the earliest and beyond. We're not even sure when FF VII Remake part 2 will be announced lol

After VII Remake, I'd just rather we get back to seeing more consistent releases for new mainline entries.
 
Please no. Having just finished my first full replay off FF8 in 20 years a few months ago, playing on and off for the last year, the story is nowhere near as good as i remember it. When you're 36 not 16, the dialogue is actually excruciating in many parts! Still a great game obviously, incredible music, art style, memorable scenes. Probably the best music ever in a game, but that's it. FF7, 9 and 6 are all miles better.

Even if they started now it wouldn't be out for 10 years anyway. Pointless to even think about it.
 
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Please no. Having just finished my first full replay off FF8 in 20 years a few months ago, playing on and off for the last year, the story is nowhere near as good as i remember it. When you're 36 not 16, the dialogue is actually excruciating in many parts! Still a great game obviously, incredible music, art style, memorable scenes. Probably the best music ever in a game, but that's it. FF7, 9 and 6 are all miles better.
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I replayed FFVIII last year and, yes, not only was much of the dialogue an embarrassment, I had forgotten how absolutely batshit banana bonkers the game gets after Disc 3.

That being said, that's precisely why maybe a full remake - with tighter lines, some of the plot holes addressed, etc. - would be interesting. That said, I have no faith in SE. Most of their major talent left and now we're stuck with Nomura, who's not a director of Kitase's level.
 
Xaero Testosterone said:
Ehh, I'd like them to finish VII before even thinking about this
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I think now would be a fine starting point to start hashing out concepts for a remake of FF8. FF7R is far enough into development that they could feasibly start early production work on the next title (assuming they didn't already for another title that hasn't been announced).

OT: FF8 was a decent enough game with an entertaining cast and fun story (despite its numerous plot holes). The major issue I had with the game was its Draw system and how needlessly grindy it made the combat. To do much of anything you had to grind out stacks of 100 magic for 3 different party members and using the magic felt like you were making yourself weaker.

If there is a remake in the future, I hope they completely scrap this idea or rework it into something far more manageable.
 
Would be great to see a remake. Between FFXV and likely the 7 remake Square have a lot of assets that could be recycled to help make the game.
I would like to see more Laguna sequences in the game like the one in Esthar that got cut and turned into a wall of text with a fmv in the middle.
 
Garnox said:
I'd rather see a nice looking V and VI remake first. Hell I actually like the III and IV DS versions. Gimme one of those for V and VI.
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BloodFalcon64 said:
Would have wanted them to be on the 3DS but it's a missed opportunity at this point.
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Maybe Link's Awakening might renew their interest in doing those remakes. Although, I really hope they don't go with the chibi graphics, at least with VI.
 
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Tevious said:
Maybe Link's Awakening might renew their interest in doing those remakes. Although, I really hope they don't go with the chibi graphics, at least with VI.
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Well I'd only want it that way because of this
 
Definitely keen for an VIII remake as long as they
A) Complete the VII remake
B) Do it well and in a timely manner

VIII is one of my favourite FF games but it would benefit a lot from a full remake. Don't screw with the soundtrack though.
 
After FFIV, I was hoping we would see an FFV and FFVI remake on Switch. I would then be down for an FFVIII remake in time for a PS5 Pro so I can run it at 4K 60+
 
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