Hey, i've been gone for a while but im back! Back on topic...

I was just doing some randon searching seeing if there was anything about a FF7 Remake. So before we go into the abstract questions a few facts FF6 came out in 94 for SNES then a rm in 99 for PS1 and in 06 for GBA. So thats 5-12 years, if that were to be used for any sort of schema then FF7 would be hitting its 12 year cycle so a release could be possible. I personally think they would be saving a FF7 remake if and when the series starts flopping (keeping FF7 remake as a trump card so to say). Anyways, lets get on with the thread...

If they were to make a remake what would you like to see different or to what degree should they be allowed to alter the original game?
If you think the game is fine as is: is there perhaps somethings you would like to see cleaned up?
Please feel free to respond even if you have but a few ideas, I would really like to know what people would think about this, and heres some of my ideas...

+Gameplay Changes+
-ADD DIFFICULTY OPTIONS (Normal/Hard/INSANE!)
-Add a menu option to shorten summon time or maybe battle animation in general.
-Add a Beastiary (can be done in a variety of ways lets just compare to the FF VI remakes either in 2 sets or filled in as you go.)
-Maybe a little more organization when it comes to Chocobo Racing.
-I think the additional commands (Steal/Mug/Sense/Toss etc. could be cleaned up and maybe even condensed a little more). I am more than away of 'Master Command,' but I still feel that they could be condensed a little more.
-Maybe more controler Vibtration.

*Try to think of little things that were annoying. I know it's easy to get to think the gameplay was perfect, but for those of you who played Kingdom Hearts I and II, just look at the jump there. I was really impressed with how they optimized gameplay and trimmed away a lot of useless stuff from the original.*

Story Changes
-More background on Red XIII perhaps or his parents at least.
-I say do NOT revive Aries -- as much as I hated it, it made the story that much more intense.
-Try to make a little more sense and personability in the whole Corral incident and between Barett and his old town mates (thinking of Dyne in particular).
-Make a little more sense about Reeve the turk. I played FF7 like 5-6 times and I still wonder a bit about him.
-Find Marlene and Aeries mom before that final video to give some more character development.
-Add Vincent and Yuffie to the final video if they are found.
-Definatly alot more on Zack.
-And what about a Jenova perspective -- there should be like where Cloud has Jenova flashbacks or something. That would be cool to see Jenova fighting Ancients or something.

Don't know where this stands
-Update the graphics? What I mean by this is get rid of most of the block shapping but I don't know what you guys might think about this. It goes hand and hand with FF7, but if they did a good job of smoothing it out would you really miss it?

That's it for now, I would like to know what people think. Let a few of my ideas serve as some examples, I can add more as time goes on.