• Final Fantasy Composer Arnie Roth teases Final Fantasy XII "Remake"

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    Colonel Angus
    Published on 08-02-2015 05:55 PM
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    At a Final Fantasy Distant Worlds Concert in Pittsburgh PA, composer Arnie Roth speculated that Square Enix is in fact doing a "remake" for Final Fantasy XII in HD. Hitoshi Sakamoto, who composed Final Fantasy XII on the Playstation 2 many moons ago, was in attendance and just may have given Roth the information.



    Square Enix itself has not given a statement on the issue, so as of now it's merely speculation. Also, it doesn't seem likely that the game will be a complete "remake", but probably more of a "remaster" for HD. One would also hope that it would include the International Zodiac Job System that so far has only been available in Asia, because to not include it would make the remastering somewhat frivolous in the eyes of many Final Fantasy XII fans.

    This would be the first time Final Fantasy XII is available on a platform outside of the Playstation 2. Hopefully, it will get a wide release (Playstation 4, XBox One, PC), so a wider array of fans could experience what some consider the greatest Final Fantasy of the series.
    This article was originally published in forum thread: FFXII HD Is Happening started by Forsaken Lover View original post
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    1. fat_moogle's Avatar
      fat_moogle - 08-03-2015, 09:57 PM
      Well that clears that up then. I'm not too fussed but sucks for the fans who really wanted this to be true.
    1. Fox's Avatar
      Fox - 08-03-2015, 10:02 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by fat_moogle View Post
      Well that clears that up then. I'm not too fussed but sucks for the fans who really wanted this to be true.
      (It just means it's an HD remaster rather than a remake. It's cool. That's exactly what we all thought.)
    1. fat_moogle's Avatar
      fat_moogle - 08-03-2015, 10:11 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Fox View Post
      Quote Originally Posted by fat_moogle View Post
      Well that clears that up then. I'm not too fussed but sucks for the fans who really wanted this to be true.
      (It just means it's an HD remaster rather than a remake. It's cool. That's exactly what we all thought.)
      So the remaster is happening? I'm so confused xD
    1. Karifean's Avatar
      Karifean - 08-03-2015, 10:23 PM
      Seriously, this is so smurfing vague. He could simply have been told that it's not actually a "remake" per se (because it's actually a remaster). On the other hand that would make this announcement so frustratingly misleading.

      Confused, but still leaning on the "it's happening" side.
    1. Fox's Avatar
      Fox - 08-03-2015, 10:34 PM
      Pretty certain if it wasn't happening, they would have clarified that in the statement afterwards. Instead, all they said was "The word 'remake' was used incorrectly". That's about as crystal clear as you're allowed to be without SE suing the pants off you XD
    1. Colonel Angus's Avatar
      Colonel Angus - 08-03-2015, 11:09 PM
      Yeah, I think that message alludes to it happening. So that means...

    1. Ayen's Avatar
      Ayen - 08-03-2015, 11:28 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Karifean View Post
      Seriously, this is so smurfing vague. He could simply have been told that it's not actually a "remake" per se (because it's actually a remaster). On the other hand that would make this announcement so frustratingly misleading.

      Confused, but still leaning on the "it's happening" side.
      I look forward to the clarification of the clarification of the initial announcement.
    1. silentenigma's Avatar
      silentenigma - 08-04-2015, 04:19 AM
      I was there, it was nuts to hear. Should have tipped yous off too, but I wasn't sure if it was leaked info or if I had missed a previous announcement.

      I'm guessing they want to backpedal this into rumor-dom as much as possible so that the intended announcement sometime in the future will still have impact.
    1. Fynn's Avatar
      Fynn - 08-04-2015, 06:22 AM
      Gamescom starts tomorrow.

      So, fingers crossed.
    1. Rostum's Avatar
      Rostum - 09-22-2015, 05:27 AM
      I thought they'd at least mention it at TGS. Guess not.
    1. Mr. Carnelian's Avatar
      Mr. Carnelian - 09-27-2015, 01:02 PM
      Are we all sure this is actually happening? That it's not all some 'Half Life 3 confirmed'-style hogswash?

      Because I'm starting to have my doubts.
    1. Mirage's Avatar
      Mirage - 10-01-2015, 05:36 PM
      i'm annoyed that there aren't any dates yet.

      i want my smurfing ff12 replay and i don't want to emulate or play the old version
    1. Fynn's Avatar
      Fynn - 10-01-2015, 07:46 PM
      No official word on anything now, really, let alone a date.
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