On remakes, side quests, and Tekken.
“We talk about Final Fantasy as being a toy box,” he continues.
There’s a dinosaur here, you’ve got your football here and your baseball here.
And there are so many different things to play with and have fun.
And that to me, that’s what Final Fantasy is."
Remaking the game for a modern audience, then, is a mammoth undertaking.
But why remake this game in the first place?
I don’t think they would," says Kitase.
The toy box analogy relates back to Rebirth specifically, too.
Perhaps, I suggest, this could take away from the urgency of the main quest.
“That is a very important point about the balancing of the game,” says Kitase.
Further, players often worry that side quests will disappear if not immediately completed.
The obvious question to this, then, is the possibility of aFinal Fantasy 6remake.
But what about a smaller scale remake, perhaps in the 2D-HD visual style popularised by Octopath Traveller?
I’d be very happy to see that."
Kitase also explains the Final Fantasy 7 remake series is completely separate from the main series.
Really, it all comes back to that toy box.
“[Directors] give their ideas and put their new toys in my box.
I really look forward to seeing how those ideas come out.”
“That’s probably all I can say about it.”
Keep hoping, folks!
