Many fans of the series now have high hopes that other games in the series will eventually have the chance to be reborn and modernized due to the enormous amount of time and resources Square Enix has invested in making sure it does justice to its enormous efforts to remake Final Fantasy 7. Though a remake of Final Fantasy 6 has been hotly desired by fans for years, Square Enix has yet to show any signs of giving in to that demand, despite it being widely regarded as the best game in the series.
Though the subject of a potential Final Fantasy 6 remake did come up during a recent official roundtable discussion honoring the 35th anniversary of the series, the responses we received might not have been quite what fans had hoped for.
The need for a Final Fantasy 6 remake was acknowledged by Yoshinori Kitase, executive and brand manager of Final Fantasy at Square Enix, who also noted that the project would be challenging for Square Enix to undertake.
He remarked, “I think a Final Fantasy 6 remake would be challenging. I am unable to think about Final Fantasy 7 Remake because it has not yet been completed. However, there are a lot of Final Fantasy 6 enthusiasts working at the firm, and they frequently ask me, “When are we making 6?”
Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the series, also weighed in, remarking that a full-fledged, fully modernized remake of Final Fantasy 6 would be quite a huge job, should Square Enix choose to greenlight such a project. This is because of the game’s age and its pixel-based graphics.
Of course, for the time being, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the second installment in the FF7 remake trilogy, which is scheduled for release early in 2019, is the center of attention when it comes to Final Fantasy and remakes.
Interestingly, however, if leaks are to be believed, a number of other classic Final Fantasy games may soon receive modernizations of various kinds. Leaks have suggested that Square Enix is working on brand-new remakes of Final Fantasy 9 and Final Fantasy 10, in addition to a remaster of Final Fantasy Tactics.
Kitase on when they will make Final Fantasy VI Remake:
“I think FF6 Remake would be difficult. FF7 Remake is not yet finished so I am not able to think about it… But for FF6 there are many FF6 fans inside the company and they often ask me ‘when are we making 6?'” pic.twitter.com/kC0EFLqiTn
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