Final Fantasy VI Remake

[blackmage_nuke]

Ive always wanted to see a full cgi musical movie based on the opera scene set 1000 years in the past during the war of the magi which loosely mirrors the events of final fantasy vi. Not that relevant to this topic but thought i might say it (or maybe i have and forgot about it)

[ReloadPsi]

After seeing what Kefka is like in Dissidia, I definitely want to see a remake of some sort. With voices. Something I often don't particularly care for.

[gk2012]

Yeah, a remake similar to Dissidia's graphics would be great. I just hope they keep green-haired Terra.

[Wolf Kanno]

If you Google the topic of FFVI Remake, this thread pops up first.

[Jiro]

Mr Wolf Kanno, you should know better than to necro a thread. However because of that fantastic rumour post you made earlier, I'm willing to let it slide.

[The Man]

Fifteen weeks isn't really that much of a necro.

[Wolf Kanno]

Mr Wolf Kanno, you should know better than to necro a thread. However because of that fantastic rumour post you made earlier, I'm willing to let it slide.

I feel there is still some life in this thread and Nomura was talking about revisiting an old series with a big announcement this year. Though I doubt its a VI remake (or even a port) it doesn't hurt to speculate.

[RedPouch]

I feel there is still some life in this thread and Nomura was talking about revisiting an old series with a big announcement this year. Though I doubt its a VI remake (or even a port) it doesn't hurt to speculate.

Just in case it is an FF VI remake, then I hope it's not done in the same style as IV or III for the DS. For once, I'd like to see them do an actual, masterpiece remake and take it seriously. I'm sick of remakes of older games getting shafted with balloon-head polygons, bad music remixes and shoddier-than-usual voice acting. Of course, this obviously isn't going to happen, but it would be nice to see.

[The Man]

I've been saying for years that FFVI should be remade for the PS3 if it gets remade at all. That's also probably the only way I'll ever end up buying one at this rate.

[Mezlabor]

I would love a FF6 remake. Id take it anyways they give it to me. I'd prefer an hd 2d PS3/xbox 360 one but Id settle for a ds remake.

[Dignified Pauper]

I've been saying for years that FFVI should be remade for the PS3 if it gets remade at all. That's also probably the only way I'll ever end up buying one at this rate.

This. I think they could do a masterpiece of a game with an FFVI remake on PS3. It'll probably goto DS though.

[Wolf Kanno]

It would be Kitase probably doing the game and I find it difficult he would limit his "cinematic technique" with the DS. I'm thinking it might be a PSP remake and to possibly expect Crisis Core/Dissidia graphics. He tends to gravitate towards bigger hardware cause he loves movie style cutscenes. The sad thing is, he might not do a VI remake cause despite being one of his first games he worked on creatively, its not the one closest to his heart. Not to mention its popularity is more with the NA audience than Japan and PAL.

Then again, the FF brand has been the avenue for the biggest sales for SE so Wada might force the development teams to make a remake of FFV through IX over the course of the next decade. I don't expect to hear anything for a few more years though. It will depend on if a FFV remake gets announced but I can see SE skipping V-VII and jumping to VIII and IX first just because those games have in their minds, broader appeal in the global market.

[VorpalCyberWolf]

I also feel it should be a home console remake if there is to be a remake, but with the way Squeenix has shown it likes to do business, it will likely be on the DS akin to the FFIV Remake.

[Wolf Kanno]

The problem with making a DS remake is that the DS has yet to prove it can emulate the detailed graphics of a game like FFVI or CT. I'm concerned a VI remake on DS would actually be a graphical downgrade as a lot of detail would be lost in the backgrounds and sprites. III and IV have archaic graphics that were great for their time so having less detailed graphics for some things is actually still an improvement over their 2D incarnations.

While VI may be showing its age and in the era of 2D sprites its no Chrono Trigger, its still a game that utilizes a level of detail and scale in its design that I find it very difficult to believe the DS could pull it off, hell I'm actually speculating whether the PSP could make a true remake without modifying or creating some low grade concessions to make it work (human character models only used for cutscenes while in game is restricted to chibi form akin to the original, showing a smaller portion of the field/dungeon map during gameplay, Chibi sprites for battles or possibly cutting down the number of characters to three or most likely go the DS III/IV route and lower the number of enemy sprites on the field you can battle). To be fair, if they did remake VI they may have to redesign the game just so it can have high quality graphics and minor load times at the same time. Doing a true port on a handheld may result in them downgrading a lot of the quality of the original. To be fair, I feel FFV may suffer from a similar problem.

Ultimately, choosing the console to release such a game is going to heavily impact the quality of the title.

[RedPouch]

That shouldn't be a problem actually. Apparently, FF III is 64 MB compressed, FF IV 83 MB compressed, while Kingdom Hearts 358/2 is about 200~ish MB compressed. I'm quite confident that possible FF V and FF VI remakes for the DS wouldn't be a problem graphics-wise. I don't know exactly how much capacity a DS cartridge has, but after googling some info it seems to be in the region of 512 MB to 1 GB. If anyone can find an absolute 100% answer to this, some information and a source would be good, because I'm actually pretty curious about it myself. In terms of processing, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 runs just fine and graphically looks quite good considering, so I don't think a possible FF VI remake has anything to worry about.