Final Fantasy VII style too difficult for HD translation on PS3

Final Fantasy VII fanart by Michelle84
Square Enix has finally given a recent comment regarding the rumored Final Fantasy VII PS3 remake. And it is not one that fans will be happy to hear.

In speaking to Ultimania magazine, FFXIII producers Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama stated that the towns of classic PSOne-era RPGs are hard to remake with such high-quality high definition graphics and that it would take an enormous amount of time.

“It is a result of considering HD graphics will be the mainstream. Considering the amount of work to make graphics that deserve HD, it is hard to make towns in the conventional style,” Toriyama said. “In the limited period of development time, to convey the the great story that deserves the name of Final Fantasy, and to convey the battles that entertain players enough, we condensed each element.”

Kitase added that this same problem applies to any potential Final Fantasy VII remake, “It is very hard to make games on PlayStation 3 in the same style as the games in that era had. Making graphics will take enormous time.”

Sadly it looks like a Final Fantasy VII remake will not be happening anytime soon. Although this shouldn’t come as a surprise because Square has consistently denied that they were making one in the first place. Although I find their statement about HD graphics and towns to be utter bullcrap.

Square though has their hands full with Final Fantasy XIII, which will then be followed by Final Fantasy XIV, so sadly I think a FFVII remake is still low on their list of priorities.

And below is the reason all these Final Fantasy VII remake rumors persist: The FFVII PS3 tech-demo (which was used to show off the graphical power of the PS3 before it’s release).

Via 1UP, artwork thanks to Michelle84