Final Fantasy VII: Remake (Discussion and Speculation)

Originally Posted by Qwarky

Square would basically need to rebuild the game from the ground up (battle systems, graphics, music, sound, story flow, narration, dialogue, map design, backgrounds, cutscenes, controls, gameplay), which is not only a whole lot of work, but also a recipe for disaster.

Errr, no. Whatever amount of work is required to bring this remake kicking and screaming onto the next generation consoles, it would be a lot less than creating a whole new sequel (i.e. FFXIII) to the franchise because the music, character designs, story and overall game design in general could be re-used (with a little tweaking). The majority of effort would be the graphics and cut scenes which, however, would be the same case for FFXIII. If I was the head of SE then I would insist on the next project being a FFVII remake, because the demand is there for it. You know it makes financial sense...

Jam it back in, in the dark.