Remake Interviews: Catch-all Thread

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Wanted to say that I'm happy to have another source that claims Nomura is actually the one reeling in the ideas from other staff members.

I remember an interview from way back when on Crisis Core that stated Nojima wanted Jenova to participate in the boss battle against Sephiroth during the Nibelheim Incident, but Nomura rejected the idea. If anyone could link to it that'd be great, I just spent the last 30 mins looking for it :wacky:
 
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The Twilight Mexican said:
Kitase interview from the magazine:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1285956785296207872
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Famitsu said:
– I’m sure that there are several younger development staff who never played the original FFVII, so were there any instances where there was a bit of a generation gap?
Kitase: “Not really. But I guess when we wanted to give an example from a movie or something, we wouldn’t bring up a reference from an old movie that they probably wouldn’t know (laughs)”

– In regards to the FFVII Remake production, was there anything you were particular about?
Kitase: “In the latter half of the story, there is a scene where Cloud & Sephiroth have a confrontation. I wanted the scenery of that segment to show a starry sky that represents the overall themes of FFVII, and the art design team was able to bring that image to life.”
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Those kinds of explicit callouts after that monstrosity I wrote are the sort of confirmations that makes my brain want to explode. :awesomonster:



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Parts of the Hamaguchi section of the Famitsu interviews.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1287069752347594752

Further examples that Kitase is apparently one of the voices who wanted/wants to make/add major changes and that Nomura (and Hamaguchi) are actually the restraining voices in the project.

Also further affirmation that the Remake project is still going to respect the basics/overall story of the OG (or to use the term I have been using, Will maintain the “skeleton” of the OG story).
 
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I think what's interesting is how deliberate they're trying to be in measuring how they do this song-and-dance of keeping familiarity alongside creativity. They obviously are thinking real hard about it, and they're obviously not just completely all in on "scrap it all and make this something new" while also not just entirely doing things 1:1. There's a deliberation for both sides and yeah, Kitase isn't just being rubberstamped to re-write it all :monster:
 
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Not really seeing the contradiction there.

There's clearly a definite reason behind why Sephiroth appeared as he did. It may not be apparent at this point in the Remake, but neither was the nature of Jenova apparent until half-way through the OG. The whole thing feels like a contextless expression of ambiguity until the next page is turned and the story is allowed to proceed. It was extremely confusing and loaded with a lot but at the same time, cliffhangers and dangling plots is just the sorta thing a multi-release series is known for. It's a frustrating cost.
 
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Shademp said:
Hamaguchi [in recent Famitsu interview] : "Nomura and I saw the Remake as an homage to the original game, so if we were to change anything, we made sure that it would be something planned with a specific reason that fans could accept."

*Also Hamaguchi [interview from the Ultimania] : Comes up with the suggestion that the party should fight Sephiroth in Midgar and Nomura greenlights it*

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To be fair I think many players could accept (and were arguably actively expecting) that there would be a Sephiroth boss fight of some form in this first part.
It’s more the how, what with the Whispers that caused the greater divisive reactions.
 
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I was personally expecting Sephiroth before we even knew what the whispers were because he's already all over the marketing material. If he's gonna be shown so early, we'll probably fight him early. It's an FF7 title, and while we know why fighting him now is weird, casual fans are gonna just expect him to be there. It is what it is I guess.
 
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I honestly didn't expect them to have the balls to throw us an actual fight with Sephiroth. I thought we'd merely fight a copy of him that would turn out to simply be an illusion or revealed to be an offshoot of Jenova.

I never expected Sephiroth (or some variation) to literally decide to step in and in essence, get his hands dirty. It's was a left field occurrence. How they explain it and utilize it remains to be seen, but it was enjoyable, interesting and I hope it's reason fits the overall plot of the story in the end.

Honestly, the fight with Sephiroth in Chapter 18 reminds me of how 3 years later in KH2 we discovered that we actually fought with Xemnas himself in KH1 Final Mix. That bizarre, mysterious and simply baffling encounter with the Unknown enemy in Hollow Bastion was actually an encounter with who would go on to be, the final boss of the next game.

I don't know how it'll make sense within the specific context here, but it's an example of how a seemingly bizarre and incongruous boss fight actually laid the groundwork for the future and ultimately made sense in retrospect.
 
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Makoeyes987 said:
Not really seeing the contradiction there.
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I don't know how Shademp meant his observation, but I took it not so much as pointing out a contradiction as a reminder to anyone thinking "See? It's just Kitase; don't expect any big changes" that Nomura and Hamaguchi aren't actually against big changes -- provided they feel those big changes have a good reason. =P

Let's not forget who we're talking about here: the same guy whose notions of good reasons include KH's multiple bizarre forms of time travel.
 
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The Twilight Mexican said:
I don't know how Shademp meant his observation, but I took it not so much as pointing out a contradiction as a reminder to anyone thinking "See? It's just Kitase; don't expect any big changes" that Nomura and Hamaguchi aren't actually against big changes -- provided they feel those big changes have a good reason. =P

Let's not forget who we're talking about here: the same guy whose notions of good reasons include KH's multiple bizarre forms of time travel.
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To be clear, I was never trying to imply that Nomura and Hamaguchi are always against big changes, just rather that (Nomura more than Hamaguchi) isn’t the source of the major changes in the Remake, which I think is an important distinction especially when Nomura tends to be overly “blamed” by fans. And it’s honestly in-line with what happened in the OG too, like IIRC Kitase originally proposing that entire party except the three selected for the Raid on Midgar should be killed during that section and Nomura was one of the voices to convince him not to do it.

Also while changes like additional/new boss battles and/or more Sephiroth appearances are “big” changes, they aren’t comparable to the story becoming unrecognizable (i.e. retaining the skeleton) which is what Hamaguchi was saying the in the Famitsu interview about the OG story being respected.
 
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Makoeyes987

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The Twilight Mexican said:
I don't know how Shademp meant his observation, but I took it not so much as pointing out a contradiction as a reminder to anyone thinking "See? It's just Kitase; don't expect any big changes" that Nomura and Hamaguchi aren't actually against big changes -- provided they feel those big changes have a good reason. =P

Let's not forget who we're talking about here: the same guy whose notions of good reasons include KH's multiple bizarre forms of time travel.
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Ah, well when you put it that way.... I mean, yeah that's true :monster:

They all apparently deliberate how much or how little to change. How much or how little their gambit pays off remains to be judged but I doubt little regard was given for how to ultimately line up all of these details in the context of the story.

We just have to deal with the frustration and anticipation of waiting for that pay off to happen. And I get its especially frustrating for those who returned to Gaia FFVII's world just looking for a good time and to relax.

There's still more fighting. :monster:
 
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Toriyama said:
In the original FFVII Rude wouldn’t attack Tifa, so we decided that he wouldn’t actively attack women in FFVII REMAKE. Of course, battles wouldn’t really work if he didn’t attacked female characters at all, so we made him less aggressive, just putting them to sleep.
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I had assumed Rude didn't attack Aerith because of their relationship. You'd think the Turks wouldn't be allowed to harm her. Guess he's just a simp.
 
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Makoeyes987

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I'm glad they've kept Rude's personality here. I noticed that in the fight against Aerith and even the pillar. Rude goes out of his way to not punch girls.

Hey, he's no simp. He ain't trying to get laid, he knows better than that. He just has a code. For a Turk that has to shed layer upon layer of themselves to do some pretty terrible, awful and dirty things, the little things he can exert agency over matter the most for him.
 
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The large river running through the outskirts of Sector 5's undercity brings fresh water, rich with nutrients from the planet's lifestream, to both Aerith's house and the dilapidated church. This is the same water Aerith uses to lovingly tend to her flowers. Also, the fact that Aerith is an Ancient could be another reason for the vibrant vegetation there.
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I like this explanation for why Sector 5 is unusually green.
 
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Pat myself on the back for this one. We both even use the word 'cozy'.

We were surprised to hear “Main Theme of FINAL FANTASY VII” playing in the Sector 7 slums! Was there a reason for that song choice?

Toriyama: In FFVII REMAKE you return to the Sector 7 undercity many times and we intended for it to serve as your central hub over the course of the story, so we wanted it to feel like home—a cozy place you could come back to. To that end, we chose to use “Main Theme of FINAL FANTASY VII”—which played on the world map in the original game—there.
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Me in the Chapter 3 Spoiler Discussion thread:

cold_spirit said:
The Main Theme of FF7 plays as you get cozy with the Sector 7 slums. The main theme also played on the world map in the original. It's like they're trying to establish that this place is important. Maybe Sector 7 slums is to the remake what the world map is to the original. A place of worth protecting
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