Square-Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura has sought to reassure fans that development of the Final Fantasy VII remake is not grossly behind schedule, despite internet rumors to the contrary.
In an interview with Famitsu, senior Square-Enix official Tetsuya Normura has denied rumors that development of the Final Fantasy VII remake was grossly behind schedule and had only recently started.
According to Nomura, comments about Kingdom Hearts III taking priority over Final Fantasy VII had been misinterpreted as admissions that development of the latter would only start in earnest after work on Kingdom Hearts III had been ended. Nomura, who had worked as the chief character designer on the original Final Fantasy VII, attempted to clarify the earlier comments:
As I said during E3, development is going favorably. I just wanted to say that the current PR priority is Kingdom Hearts III, as it was during the ARTNIA event the other day, but after that it’ll be Final Fantasy VII Remake, so please don’t worry
It would seem that the source of the rumors is the confusion between a PR priority and a development priority. Whereas Nomura admits that Square-Enix had prioritized PR for Kingdom Hearts III over Final Fantasy VII, he denies that development of the remake took a back seat while work was being done on Kingdom Hearts III.
Well said Tetsuya Nomura!
There are already plenty enough real negative news stories about FF VII’s remake from Square-Enix themselves, so people really shouldn’t be creating or listening to fake ones. Plus fake news stories risk getting people’s hope up by painting a rosier picture than the real ones do!
“I only care about KH3 because Disney owns the fucking world and if I f♥♥k up I’ll have to go to Mars or something…..but I’m totally not ignore the FF7 remake, now excuse me while I finish up KH3…..you know what, f♥♥k you, maybe I’ll make it a first person shooter because I don’t give a f♥♥k about it anymore!!”
Just cancel the fucking project now. Everyone knows this is doomed from the start. If they want to try again, just make FFVII the same RPG but with better graphics and some voice acting. Thats all anyone wanted, not this mess that’s about to happen
Agreed. You know they’re going to wreck the story because they’re putting so much effort into the stupid action gameplay. I can’t imagine all the little fun scenes from the original that they’re going to cut for the remake (if it ever comes out).
No, everyone wants it to be doomed, myself included, but all we know in the end the game will be released, sorry, the first part of the game will be released and it will sell buckets
“…the first part of the game will be released and it will sell buckets”
Well cleaning vomit off carpet is a real pain in the arse, so I think it’d be a very smart move for SE to sell buckets alongside part 1. Remarkably considerate of them actually, and would undoubtedly be the smartest decision SE has made in decades!!!
You’re not everyone. SanCom’s comunity is not everyone. Deal with it.
You can downvote me all you want. Reality won’t change.
The more you cry, the happier I get.
You won’t be happy when Square declared bankruptcy over their mistakes. Sometimes you need to know when to cut your losses and stop now.
The hell is your problem? Of course I wouldn’t be happy. Why do you think we want, them to fold as a company? I want them to make more KH, DQ, FF and other games. I don’t want them to blow their s♥♥t on this trainwreck and ruin themselves.
Aren’t you the one who won’t be happy? I will still be happy. You know why? Because there are a lot of games that are better than Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Quest or any other RPG that Square has ever made.
So you’re telling me they aren’t introducing a new battle system? Oh, no, it’s just that this project that’s clearly not all that far along isn’t as far behind schedule as it could be. That’s sure to get the hype train going…
All I can say is it can be damage control or the truth. It will show in the final product no pun intended
If they’d give some substantial footage to show development hasn’t dropped to a standstill, maybe people wouldn’t be saying exactly that. Any project that goes dark for too long ends up questioned if it’s dead or not.