xVentus on 27 Jun 2012 07:05 am
Remake of FF7?! Enix Hearts Video Game?! Tanaka Leaves Square?!
So I have some interesting news for you, ending with what the pictures above mean. First of all, Square Enix CEO has stated the following about a possible FFVII remake:
- Square-Enix will make a Final Fantasy VII remake once we’ve made a Final Fantasy game that exceeds the quality of FFVI
- Wada says the company is not making Final Fantasy games that exceed the quality of FFVII
- if they did a remake of FFVII now, the franchise would be done with
- the staff is happy to make a remake, but they’d have to fully dedicate themselves to the project
Now, I have no qualms about this, but it does make me feel like he is saying that other games in the series were not as great as FFVII. Do you guys agree with this? Personally, I feel that Crisis Core and Type-0 have more than exceeded the success of Final Fantasy VII. But that is really just my own opinion.
Next, I have a bit of sad news. Hiromichi Tanaka has left Square Enix due to health reasons. For those of you that do not know who he is, he was the producer of Final Fantasy XI and joined Square alongside Final Fantasy creator Hirinobu Sakaguchi back in 1983 before Square was even it’s own independent company. According to CEO Yuichi Wada, Final Fantasy XI is the most profitable Final Fantasy game of all time. Tanaka will deeply be missed. His replacement will be Akihiko Matsui, whom in the words of Tanaka, is “the only one who could do the job.”
Last but not least, Enix Hearts has a special something in the making that can only be found on the site in the coming future. That’s right, the characters above are none other than the main characters of an upcoming Enix Hearts video game. If anyone recognizes the program, it is RPG Maker VX. While known for chibi sprites and somewhat blocky style, there have been rather successful games made using the program, and that is precisely what we’re aiming for. Stay tuned in the following months as we begin to post screen shots, character bios, and other tidbits related to the game and Square news. I hope you’ll all be looking forward to it! For now, I’ll leave you with the character names in order. Hiro, Taryn, Haru, Mako. Just who are they? What story will unfold for them? What do they have to do with anything Square related? Stay tuned!
Source: Enix Hearts
on 27 Jun 2012 at 12:32 pm 1. khwooooo
i didn’t really care for final fantasy 7. I thought all of the ff games (I dont know about 11 because I never played it) were superior to 7 in several ways. Square has already repeatedly made games far surpassing the quality of 7.
on 27 Jun 2012 at 9:21 pm 2. John
@Khwoooooo
But that’s just one opinion though, General consensus say that FFVII is the greatest FF ever made. And atm Square is trying to find away to surpass that. Which idk if they will or not.
on 27 Jun 2012 at 10:50 pm 3. Frankensavior
This really comes as no surprise. I’m sorry, but Square Enix is going down hill. Kingdom Hearts is really its last good franchise. Ever since Hironobu Sakaguchi (the creator of Final Fantasy) left Square Final Fantasy games haven’t been very good. In truth Final Fantasy is dead as a series. As Sakaguchi has a new company named Mistwalker. I think “The Last Story” will be the new Final Fantasy. It’s far surpassed anything Square has put out under the Final Fantasy name.
on 28 Jun 2012 at 3:25 am 4. That One Guy
Or… hopefully they wished to surpass the quality of FF7 they should really outdo themselves with the upcoming FF v.s 13.
on 28 Jun 2012 at 6:55 am 5. khwooooo
@john
I did a type of poll a few months ago and got about 100 votes. It was a poll on which final fantasy people thought was the best in their opinion. The top 5 ff games in that poll went 1)ffX 2)ffVIII 3)ffIII 4)ffVII 5)ffXIII
So it’s not just my opinion that there are better games than ff7. FF7 is just the only ff game where its fans will die defending it because they’re in love with cloud/tifa
on 28 Jun 2012 at 7:57 am 6. John
@khwoooooo
Your poll is flawed because it’s not the general consensus, its a poll of 100 people from a place that you go to or whatever. Not everyone that has played the game since it has came out.