Will Square Enix Ever Remake Final Fantasy VI?

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Posted on Feb. 17, 2020, 9:04 p.m. by DemonDragonJ

With the remake of Final Fantasy VII soon to be released (finally, after years of being stuck in development hell), I find myself wondering if Square Enix shall remake any other Final Fantasy games.

Specifically, I wonder about Final Fantasy VI, my favorite game in the series. I know that it is not nearly as popular as is VII, and that SE seems to rarely remember any games in the series before VII, but I definitely believe that a remake of that game would be very awesome.

FF6 certainly does not need a remake, but neither did VII (although one could argue, and I would agree, that its graphics have not aged aged well), so I think that a remake of VI would appeal to fans of that game.

What does everyone else say about this? Will Square Enix ever remake Final Fantasy VI?

Last_Laugh says... #2

SE's shortcoming here (and the video game industry as a whole) is that they shy away from traditional turn based JRPG style gameplay nowadays. An entire genre got kicked to the curb in favor of action RPGs and I for one really really miss the style.

I'd hate to see how little the finished product would resemble what I love about the original. FF7 I'm even more scared for... an episodic game with huge story and battle system overhauls is not what I was begging for for 10+ years!

February 18, 2020 2:07 a.m.

Moriaatti says... #3

It would be great of they remade FF VI in the same way they made the recent SaGa 2 and 3 rereleases. Or Octopath Traveller. The iOS port/release almost doesn't exist in my head. Weird and round chibi-characters completely ruin it for me.

Just sharpen the original sprites and backgrounds a bit and maybe add some lightning effects..

Older FF games are still getting a lot of attention and fan service in FF XIV and in the music department.

February 18, 2020 5:17 a.m. Edited.

DemonDragonJ says... #4

Last_Laugh, what is wrong with turn-based JRPG's? I played many of those when I was younger, so I enjoyed them very much.

February 19, 2020 8:29 p.m.

Last_Laugh says... #5

You misread that... I prefer turn based rps's by far.

February 20, 2020 12:19 a.m.

DemonDragonJ says... #6

Last_Laugh, I did discern that, but I was asking why game players in general dislike them.

February 20, 2020 8:18 p.m.

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