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Square Possibly Teasing FF9 Remake for TGS
- Thread starter Elder Legend
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E-Cat
Member
Garnet's butt tho
Badlucktroll
Member
Why must they ignore the compelling world amd characters of FF VIII?
Virex
Banned
It will be ESGd
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
VII still had the ‘realistic’ looking characters in battles and cg scenes. The anime style was part of its appeal; people think of the full grown models when they think to how Cloud or Tifa look lol The lego chibi models used for the field are a common criticism of that game.
Bonfires Down
Member
Team balls in the lead 
Hudo
Member
According to Sakaguchi, it's the "essential" Final Fantasy.
Hudo
Member
You're probably right. I bet it will have a mobile focus anyway but also be released on consoles/PC just because.
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
Another stinking remake.
They will make it timed exclusive and then cry why they aren't making enough money.
They will make it timed exclusive and then cry why they aren't making enough money.
wvnative
Member
No it's a full remake, 9 already got an 8 style re release
RagnarokIV
Member
No voice acting please.
Dirk Benedict
Member
If they include voice acting, include a way to turn it off. That's all I will say.
saintjules
Member
I am slowly starting to believe FFVIII would be too big of a project to remake.
Morrie’s wig shop
Member
Ehhh, he might be right. Luckily it never detracted from the game at the time. Even if Zidane’s hair looks like that wild/animal kid from Mad Max.
yurinka
Member
Which Dragon Quest is the one in the top right of the image? Dragon Quest XII maybe?
Elder Legend
Banned
No clue. I've never played any of them.
Sakura
Member
Come on now. It's kind of ridiculous to suggest that IX was some kind of an outlier and the characters were "midgets".
FFIV
FFV
FFVI
If you are going to handwave VII by saying it was the art style and the characters looked different in cutscenes, then how is IX any different in that regard? Most of the character designs in IX are totally fine and in line with previous FF games.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Will we have to wait a decade for it all to come out?
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
Probably
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Come on now. It's kind of ridiculous to suggest that IX was some kind of an outlier and the characters were "midgets".
FFIV
FFV
FFVI
If you are going to handwave VII by saying it was the art style and the characters looked different in cutscenes, then how is IX any different in that regard? Most of the character designs in IX are totally fine and in line with previous FF games.
Well first let me reiterate that I really like IX and don’t mind the character design. I’m trying to convey what the sentiment was towards the character designs from the VII fanbase (12-25 year old dudes). Remember that the audience was essentially quadrupled after VII. Most first time VII players did not play the snes games or any jrpg yet for that matter. People wanted more of the anime style of VII, not IX’s designs. The sales of IX compared to VIII and X reflect that.
Imagine you’re a 12 year old boy at blockbuster. Do you really wanna rent the game that looks like this?
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
You can't just tease me like this. This is my favorite game ever...don't do this unless you mean it Square-Enix!
Consider this a warning
Consider this a warning
Elysion
Banned
Zidane, Eiko, Steiner and Amarant are indeed atrocious designs. I admit that I too found them off-putting back when I first played the game. The others are ok however, Garnet and Vivi in particular. They need to find a way to redesign these characters without anime-fying them too much. They need to strike a fine balance between whimsy and realistic. Zidane’s anime-fied design in Dissidia for example is horrible; he looks even worse than in the original. Maybe it would be enough to change the characters’ body proportions slightly; not too much, but at least make their heads a tiny bit smaller so that they don’t look so chibi like (except for Vivi, he’s perfect). Oh, and give Eiko a different outfit please.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
Lol no , a lot FF fans wanted snes style chibi designs and world after the horrible FF8 designs. That was the biggest praise for FF9 at the time that it looked great and fans loved that it had black, white, and Red mage designs from the old games.Well first let me reiterate that I really like IX and don’t mind the character design. I’m trying to convey what the sentiment was towards the character designs from the VII fanbase (12-25 year old dudes). Remember that the audience was essentially quadrupled after VII. Most first time VII players did not play the snes games or any jrpg yet for that matter. People wanted more of the anime style of VII, not IX’s designs. The sales of IX compared to VIII and X reflect that.
Imagine you’re a 12 year old boy at blockbuster. Do you really wanna rent the game that looks like this?
Elysion
Banned
‘Old school’ FF fans were the minority by that point. Most people wanted (semi-)realistic character designs, and the sales reflected that.
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