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[Speculation] FFVII Announcement : OP Updated

John ZoidbergJohn Zoidberg Registered User regular
edited July 2008 in Games and Technology
Couldn't find anything in the search related to this, but feel free to burn me to ashes if I missed it.

http://www.n4g.com/events_e32008/News-168217.aspx

Seems like a big announcement is coming for FFVII.

Discuss ( if you want to ).

Personally I am expecting another spin off.

UPDATE:

http://scrawlfx.com/2008/07/new-final-fantasy-exclusive-for-the-ps3

More speculation.

Delicious.

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  • anti-everythinganti-everything Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    There's little left for them to remake, so it seems inevitable and it's obviously profitable.

    I'd get it.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Not holding my breath... But if it's a re-release (which is very likely to happen) for the PS3, consider me on board.

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  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I would consider buying a remake on the ps3. It was the game I bought a PS1 for and I never beat it.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I will also immediately put the game up on eBay.

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  • PmoneyPmoney Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Maybe S.E. just hates money, or just it's customers. They have been begging for a remake for EVER. I think they will wait until after XIII before the real remake and toss out another spin off while we wait.

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  • zeppelinzeppelin Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    They should remake it for Wii and instead of cloud and whatshername it could be a male and female Mii

    god I bet like 3 people would kill themselves

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  • Death of RatsDeath of Rats Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I'd buy a PS3 for this.

    I have said that since the original $600 price tag was announced.

    I'd also buy 4 copies for the 360 for this.

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    This should be... FF7: FC right? No, wait EC?

    We've had AC, BC, CC and DC so far, correct?

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  • John ZoidbergJohn Zoidberg Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Heh, the speculation over this had kinda died down since that fateful e3 trailer.

    Why do I feel like a can of worms has just been opened?

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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Wouldn't a PS3 remake right now interfere with FFXIII's development

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  • PmoneyPmoney Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    The Wolfman wrote: »
    Wouldn't a PS3 remake right now interfere with FFXIII's development

    Didn't they say that one of the branches of XIII was nearly completed? And that they were loaning out people to the other parts? Sounds like developers with downtime to me...

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Why would you buy a PS3 for a FFIV re-release? Why not just buy a used PS1 and a used copy of the game? No disk swapping?

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Why would you buy a PS3 for a FFIV re-release? Why not just buy a used PS1 and a used copy of the game? No disk swapping?

    Updated graphics perhaps?

    also: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=Final+Fantasy+7+PS1&category0=

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  • John ZoidbergJohn Zoidberg Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    In all honesty a lot of the time of development is story and character development, mechanics and locations. That would cut down on time needed a lot.. but by how much is the question.

    They have the basic foundation ready for them. They would be just giving it a paintjob with maybe a few flame effect stickers here and there to make it " go faster ".

    But in this day and age would that be enough to satisfy us?

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  • Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Why would you buy a PS3 for a FFIV re-release? Why not just buy a used PS1 and a used copy of the game? No disk swapping?

    well hopefully it would have upgraded graphics. the ps1 versions graphics are intensely painful on the eyes, i find.

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  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I can't keep buying the same games over and over again. I mean, I will but I'm starting to feel like an ass.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Malkor wrote: »
    I can't keep buying the same games over and over again. I mean, I will but I'm starting to feel like an ass.

    SE is king at doing that.

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  • PmoneyPmoney Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Ah_Pook wrote: »
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    Why would you buy a PS3 for a FFIV re-release? Why not just buy a used PS1 and a used copy of the game? No disk swapping?

    well hopefully it would have upgraded graphics. the ps1 versions graphics are intensely painful on the eyes, i find.

    Block hands do not do it for me these days.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Pmoney wrote: »
    The Wolfman wrote: »
    Wouldn't a PS3 remake right now interfere with FFXIII's development

    Didn't they say that one of the branches of XIII was nearly completed? And that they were loaning out people to the other parts? Sounds like developers with downtime to me...

    Um, no. In fact they've shut down production on XIII vs. and shipped the team to the regular XIII to try to get the damn thing finished sometime next year.

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  • chamberlainchamberlain Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    It's just going to be Cloud as a playable character in Soul Caliber IV.

    :P

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  • GyralGyral Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    At this point, if it isn't the FFVII remake that they've been hinting/not hinting at since the promo trailer came out, I'm going to photocopy my hand flipping a bird and mass-mail it to every single employee in their offices. And, this is not because I'm a diehard FFVII fan (though I'd buy the remake if it came out), but I'm just motherfucking tired of the cock-teasing about the remake. Either fucking announce it or make an official denouncement saying that it won't happen.

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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    FFVII DS port.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Gyral wrote: »
    At this point, if it isn't the FFVII remake that they've been hinting/not hinting at since the promo trailer came out, I'm going to photocopy my hand flipping a bird and mass-mail it to every single employee in their offices. And, this is not because I'm a diehard FFVII fan (though I'd buy the remake if it came out), but I'm just motherfucking tired of the cock-teasing about the remake. Either fucking announce it or make an official denouncement saying that it won't happen.

    This is why I like you Gyral.

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  • Death of RatsDeath of Rats Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    No matter what they say/do/whatever, everyone knows that a remake will someday happen. SE likes money, and this is potentially the biggest money maker they have.

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  • John ZoidbergJohn Zoidberg Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    What cocktease? They rendered the opening as a PS3 tech demo, which meant nothing since they did the same thing with FFVIII and the PS2. And then pretty much just reused it for CC. That's pretty much it.

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  • FawstFawst The road to awe.Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Jesus, do they have any clue how much money they would make off of this? If it looks like that old remade intro video (which was being rendered in real-time, remember) they showed off a few years back, they would be making serious fucking bank.

    Right or wrong (they're wrong), this is typically regarded as THE GREATEST CONSOLE RPG EVER MADE. Think of how many little kids have grown up since this came out originally. That's like... a billion new players who would want in on the fun.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Oh no, they're completely right. :P

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  • John ZoidbergJohn Zoidberg Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Don't forget the extra merchandising.

    ...

    Jesus christ, the extra merchandising.

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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    In a completely bizzare twist SE will announce that FFVII will be available for download over Live.

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  • GyralGyral Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Merchandising? You already buy a ton of FFVII shit from them.

    http://www.square-enix-shop.com/usa/index.cfm

    Seriously, they know how much money they can make from FFVII. If I recall correctly, they're already doing new figures of the character in their costumes from the original game to go along with the Advent Children line.

    Edit: Well, it looks like they've already got some of them listed on the site.... Must. Not. Purchase.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Really, the only thing that's stopping a remake is the sheer amount of work involved.

    Yeah yeah, the game's done, but they'll have to create every single model and texture from scratch, redesign the game world to take advantage of the extra horsepower (hell, take the time to create 3D backgrounds, since the first game's were static images) and redo the FMV. And that's before adding in the inevitable extra features.

    Not exactly a lazy cash-in job, that.

    Then again, if the game were to come out for the DS...

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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    BigDes wrote: »
    In a completely bizzare twist SE will announce that FFVII will be available for download over Live.

    Not Live, but I'd be shocked if a FF7 remake wasn't a PS3/360 multiconsole game. Heck, given Square-Enix's recent history, I think a FF7 remake exclusive for the 360 or DS is more likely than a PS3 exclusive.

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  • John ZoidbergJohn Zoidberg Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    They will just add QTE to the BR of Advent Children. Miss the button and the movie starts from the beginning.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I'm expecting another game in the FFVII universe.... and not the remake of FFVII everybody wants. Shit, there will be a remake of FFVII on DS before it shows up on a home console.

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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I'd even expect a remake on the PSP more. And that's really only because they have some of the hard work done already in the form of Crisis Core's assets.

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  • FawstFawst The road to awe.Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Considering SE made an absolutely GORGEOUS real time tech demo on the 360 (which easily looked as good as the PS3 FFVII intro), I wouldn't be shocked to see it come out on both systems if it were made.

    Hell, at this point, the only thing left that WOULD shock me is if they went and made a 16-bit style RPG. Considering the Mega Man 9 news, even that's iffy on the shock meter.

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  • LunkerLunker Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Jesus Christ, N4G is even less reputable than Digg as a "news source." It's just random user-submitted stuff with no weight behind it.
    Linked source, a computer-generated translation of a French website called FFWorld, wrote:
    In an interview with Japanese magazine Dengeki PlayStation, Tetsuya Nomura offers some interesting details about Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete, Blu-ray version of the film out there is already a certain time. We thought so far only a few bits of footage had been added, but little information and a complete absence of release date proved to be quite strange. In fact, according to Nomura, these are passages of the whole scenario that have been added and others who have been modified. In the end, the film should win in length and density. The Japanese release date has been decided, but it will have to wait (probably to the event DK ?3713 in early August) so that it is unveiled. Nomura also notes that a big announcement that should accompany the release date, without giving more details ... Such vagueness should encourage the wildest rumours.

    It could just as likely be about Advent Children as it is about FF7 the original game. Even the article suggests it's vague and could mean absolutely nothing.

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  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Fawst wrote: »
    Considering SE made an absolutely GORGEOUS real time tech demo on the 360 (which easily looked as good as the PS3 FFVII intro), I wouldn't be shocked to see it come out on both systems if it were made.

    Hell, at this point, the only thing left that WOULD shock me is if they went and made a 16-bit style RPG. Considering the Mega Man 9 news, even that's iffy on the shock meter.

    Explain?

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  • chamberlainchamberlain Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Magus` wrote: »
    Fawst wrote: »
    Considering SE made an absolutely GORGEOUS real time tech demo on the 360 (which easily looked as good as the PS3 FFVII intro), I wouldn't be shocked to see it come out on both systems if it were made.

    Hell, at this point, the only thing left that WOULD shock me is if they went and made a 16-bit style RPG. Considering the Mega Man 9 news, even that's iffy on the shock meter.

    Explain?

    FFVII's combat has not aged well?

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