Yoichi Derpa says no Final Fantasy VII remake until they top the original

~~Max Payne~~ · 06/26/2012

Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada gave today a specific condition on when we'll get a remake of Final Fantasy VII.

During the Q&A session of the company's annual shareholder's briefing (transcribed here), Wada was asked the expected question about the much wanted remake. His response was something to the effect of, we'll make a Final Fantasy VII remake once we've made a Final Fantasy game that exceeds the quality of FFVII.

If you get the feeling that this statement belittles Square Enix's current development prowess, you're pretty much spot on. Wada admitted that at present, the company is not making Final Fantasy games that exceed the quality of FFVII. If they were to release a 7 remake right now, the FF franchise would be done with, he said.

While the staff would happily make an FFVII remake, this is something that if they decided to do, they'd have to give it their full effort.

In other shareholder meeting news, UnBirth Wings provided a pic of the swag attendees walked home with this year:

http://andriasang.com/con1ny/wada_on...ce=twitterfeed

Well hang it up folks.

You're never getting that remake.

**Tifabelle** · 06/26/2012

siiiighs loudly

Tetsujin · 06/26/2012

BloodyCloud · 06/26/2012

Perhaps I'm being too optimistic, but I look at things almost too literally. He uses the word "until"...meaning that maybe, just maybe some day...

But then again with the games SE has been putting out---they're in a real mess.

~~Max Payne~~ · 06/26/2012

BloodyCloud wrote: Perhaps I'm being too optimistic, but I look at things almost too literally. He uses the word "until"...meaning that maybe, just maybe some day...

But then again with the games SE has been putting out---they're in a real mess.

Dude they just keep looking for excuses as to why they can't do it. Look at this shit:

If they were to release a 7 remake right now, the FF franchise would be done with, he said.

How am I supposed to take shit like this seriously?

Gym Leader Devil · 06/26/2012

Leon S. Kennedy wrote: You're never getting that remake.

Anyone else wish SE would just say this and get it over with?

Vendel · 06/26/2012

Well I guess we can still be hopeful they will finish the compilation.

Right after Vs I would think.

Quilge Opie · 06/26/2012

Diamond Pickaxe wrote: Well I guess we can still be hopeful they will finish the compilation.

Right after Vs I would think.

You're assuming that they will ever finish Versus.

Tetsujin · 06/26/2012

I don't think he is.

I don't think anyone is.

Edley · 06/26/2012

Fucker gets paid $3mil a year to say his company can't make better games than a fifteen year old relic of the cd-rom era.... holy shit I need that job.

Someone named Octo · 06/26/2012

Well, at least they're admitting that they've never done anything better than FFVII. Quick lets get over to gamefaqs! The fanboys will be tearing each others throats out!

The Villager · 06/26/2012

Games that were better then FF7 already got there remake/ports (FF6).
And post FF7 they managed to make FF12 which is a damn good game too.

So basically Derpa (lol great nickname) couldnt come up with a good enough excuse while not belittling his staff. Good job bro.

FF7 isnt on some unattainable level of perfection that they cant reach again and I dare say they already surpassed its level of quality several times. They need to take off FF7 from that silly pedestal and remake it or just stop talking about it.

LicoriceAllsorts · 06/26/2012

Unpopular opinion here. tl;dr

**Shademp** · 06/26/2012

My interpretation of

Wada admitted that at present, the company is not making Final Fantasy games that exceed the quality of FFVII. If they were to release a 7 remake right now, the FF franchise would be done with, he said.

was that while an FFVII remake would sell hard cash no matter what, a failed product would spell financial doom in the longer run. The disappointed fans would stop buying Square's games in a faster rate than ever before and the company would lose more shareholders (or whatever the company-lingo is for these things).
Square may be little more than a corpse at this point but a failed FFVII remake would be the fire that burns the corpse to ashes. The remake holds so much more weight on the company's popularity and financial status than say underwhelming new titles do.

At least, I can see how things would turn out that way for Square. But who knows. I'm no expert on the subject.

~~Max Payne~~ · 06/26/2012

LicoriceAllsorts wrote: Also, maybe they think that if we stopped hankering for our FFVII remake, we'd like their new games more.

People's love of FF7 and their desire for a remake didn't stop them from loving XIII or XIII-2. This is a silly thing for anyone to think, especially someone in this guy's position.

I mean it's like going to Leonardo Da Vinci and saying, "Hey, that Mona Lisa is the best painting you ever made, but you know what would be really cool? If you turned it into a sculpture. Everybody's doing sculpture these days. And you could fix her smile while you're on that." Leo would say, "I'm glad you like it, dude, but I've moved on. I'm into frescoes these days."

......No.

A painting and a sculpture are two fundamentally different works of art. They're not talking about turning FF7 into a movie or a book. It's still a video game. It'd just be a more advanced and better looking version. Like taking a pencil drawing and adding vibrant colors to it.

Square may be little more than a corpse at this point but a failed FFVII remake would be the fire that burns the corpse to ashes. The remake holds so much more weight on the company's popularity and financial status than say underwhelming new titles do.

Well you can choose to see it how you want, but he mentions nothing about a failed remake, he outright says that a remake would be the end fullstop. If that was what he meant to say he did a poor job of doing so.

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~~Max Payne~~ Donator Great Old One Suspended Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 33 Sex: Nope Location: Brazil AKA: Leon S. Kennedy,Terry Bogard, The Dark Knight, Dacon, John Marston, Teal'c	Yoichi Derpa says no Final Fantasy VII remake until they top the original Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada gave today a specific condition on when we'll get a remake of Final Fantasy VII. During the Q&A session of the company's annual shareholder's briefing (transcribed here), Wada was asked the expected question about the much wanted remake. His response was something to the effect of, we'll make a Final Fantasy VII remake once we've made a Final Fantasy game that exceeds the quality of FFVII. If you get the feeling that this statement belittles Square Enix's current development prowess, you're pretty much spot on. Wada admitted that at present, the company is not making Final Fantasy games that exceed the quality of FFVII. If they were to release a 7 remake right now, the FF franchise would be done with, he said. While the staff would happily make an FFVII remake, this is something that if they decided to do, they'd have to give it their full effort. In other shareholder meeting news, UnBirth Wings provided a pic of the swag attendees walked home with this year: http://andriasang.com/con1ny/wada_on...ce=twitterfeed Well hang it up folks. You're never getting that remake.

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~~Max Payne~~ Donator Great Old One Suspended Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 33 Sex: Nope Location: Brazil AKA: Leon S. Kennedy,Terry Bogard, The Dark Knight, Dacon, John Marston, Teal'c	BloodyCloud wrote: Perhaps I'm being too optimistic, but I look at things almost too literally. He uses the word "until"...meaning that maybe, just maybe some day... But then again with the games SE has been putting out---they're in a real mess. Dude they just keep looking for excuses as to why they can't do it. Look at this shit: If they were to release a 7 remake right now, the FF franchise would be done with, he said. How am I supposed to take shit like this seriously?

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Gym Leader Devil Donator Legendary Member Master of the Dark-type... Join Date: Jan 2010 Age: 29 Sex: Male. Location: Hell City Gym AKA: Death, Everybody's Grudge, Spike	Leon S. Kennedy wrote: You're never getting that remake. Anyone else wish SE would just say this and get it over with? __________________ TresDias wrote: Your post is full of sweet punnage and winning diction. I like you. THE DARK IS WHERE YOU'LL FIND ME. Yeah, I got trophies...

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Quilge Opie Ascended Member Harbinger of Darkness Join Date: Apr 2009 Sex: Male Location: Pocket-Dimension 13 AKA: Lord Noctis, Caius Ballad, Midnight Rider of War	Diamond Pickaxe wrote: Well I guess we can still be hopeful they will finish the compilation. Right after Vs I would think. You're assuming that they will ever finish Versus. __________________ "You said that my form is eerie. That's the correct reaction. To the eyes of a treacherous Shinigami, our appearance of holy executioners should look absolutely horrifying and eerie!"[ "Each time I witness my victims struggling in vain the same thought occurs to me anew."Can the death of the weak truly be so wretched a sight?" It pains me to watch. Hurry and die."

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BloodyCloud Full Member Lurker Join Date: Apr 2009 Sex: Female Location: U.S.	Perhaps I'm being too optimistic, but I look at things almost too literally. He uses the word "until"...meaning that maybe, just maybe some day... But then again with the games SE has been putting out---they're in a real mess.

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Edley Epic Member Pray for Sound Join Date: Feb 2009 Age: 29 Sex: Dude Location: Charleston, SC AKA: Issac Dian, Dudley, Chev Chelios	Fucker gets paid $3mil a year to say his company can't make better games than a fifteen year old relic of the cd-rom era.... holy shit I need that job. __________________ Isaac Dian: Ever since we started robbing a year ago, from San Francisco to New Jersey, we've been to 87 places and seen lots of things! Has there ever been a time I've exposed you to any danger? Miria Harvent: About 87 times? Isaac Dian: There, look! It hasn't even been a hundred times yet! Miria Harvent: That's true! Amazing!

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Shademp Site Contributor Legendary Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 24 Sex: Male Location: Sweden	My interpretation of Wada admitted that at present, the company is not making Final Fantasy games that exceed the quality of FFVII. If they were to release a 7 remake right now, the FF franchise would be done with, he said. was that while an FFVII remake would sell hard cash no matter what, a failed product would spell financial doom in the longer run. The disappointed fans would stop buying Square's games in a faster rate than ever before and the company would lose more shareholders (or whatever the company-lingo is for these things). Square may be little more than a corpse at this point but a failed FFVII remake would be the fire that burns the corpse to ashes. The remake holds so much more weight on the company's popularity and financial status than say underwhelming new titles do. At least, I can see how things would turn out that way for Square. But who knows. I'm no expert on the subject. __________________ My YouTube Channel! FINAL FANTASY VII UNCOVERED Poetic Gandalf

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~~Max Payne~~ Donator Great Old One Suspended Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 33 Sex: Nope Location: Brazil AKA: Leon S. Kennedy,Terry Bogard, The Dark Knight, Dacon, John Marston, Teal'c	LicoriceAllsorts wrote: Also, maybe they think that if we stopped hankering for our FFVII remake, we'd like their new games more. People's love of FF7 and their desire for a remake didn't stop them from loving XIII or XIII-2. This is a silly thing for anyone to think, especially someone in this guy's position. I mean it's like going to Leonardo Da Vinci and saying, "Hey, that Mona Lisa is the best painting you ever made, but you know what would be really cool? If you turned it into a sculpture. Everybody's doing sculpture these days. And you could fix her smile while you're on that." Leo would say, "I'm glad you like it, dude, but I've moved on. I'm into frescoes these days." ......No. A painting and a sculpture are two fundamentally different works of art. They're not talking about turning FF7 into a movie or a book. It's still a video game. It'd just be a more advanced and better looking version. Like taking a pencil drawing and adding vibrant colors to it. Square may be little more than a corpse at this point but a failed FFVII remake would be the fire that burns the corpse to ashes. The remake holds so much more weight on the company's popularity and financial status than say underwhelming new titles do. Well you can choose to see it how you want, but he mentions nothing about a failed remake, he outright says that a remake would be the end fullstop. If that was what he meant to say he did a poor job of doing so.