Once again, Square Enix has addressed the never-endingFinal Fantasy VIIremake situation, this time claiming that it would only happen if the game could be put together in one year. The statement comes by way of producer Yoshinori Kitase, who simply thinks aVIIremake would take too long.
“If it were possible that we had all the right facilities and the right environment to be able to make and prepare aFinal Fantasy VIIremake within a year, we’d very much like a go at it,” says Kitase. “But evenFinal Fantasy XIIIhas taken over three and a half years to create. If we were to recreateFinal Fantasy VIIwith the same level of graphical detail as you see inFinal Fantasy XIII, we’d imagine that that would take as much as three or four times longer than the three and a half years it has taken to put thisFinal Fantasytogether. So it’s looking pretty unrealistic.”
So, there’s your answer. I give it three days before somebody else feels the need to ask again.
Final Fantasy XIII ‘s Motomu Toriyama and Yoshinori Kitase – Interview[TechDigest]
