I kinda got the same impression as the author, that Kitase doesn't want to touch the game because it would be massively panned by devoted fans. Personally, I would like to see what changes they could bring to Materia and Weapon/Armlet/Accessory, if they could bring deeper customization options. I would also like to see them re-balance and re-scale the enemy difficulty. Other than that, I would really hope the graphics and music would only be "remastered" or recreated to their original design, instead of remade or reimagined.

And them re-writing it to fit the Compilation is nonsense. At this point I would like to see someone declare the entire compilation as non-canon for the original game, especially considering some of it is inconsistent. If they were to do this, I would criticize Square for not putting these resources into a much more meaningful project.