THE BUZZ: Every RPG fan in the world has been hoping and praying for the day that Square-Enix announces a Final Fantasy VII remake, but everyone fears that day will never come. Now, Final Fantasy XIII Producer Yoshinori Kitase has pretty much put the final nail in the coffin.

When asked about the possibility of a remake by OXM he gave the following response:

“In the transition between XIII to XIII-2, it was quite easy because obviously we kept all the data and the engine – we had just finished using them so it was almost like they hadn’t gone cold. The technology was already warm and ready to use, so it was quite good. Also within the team, we still had a feel for the game, it was still new to us, still lingering with us, so we were ready to move on to the sequel.

“But if we were to take one of the past Final Fantasy titles and make a sequel to it, I think that would be a lot more challenging because when they were on PlayStation and PlayStation 2 their actual game volume was a lot bigger, kind of.

“Graphically they weren’t as advanced as they are now, but there were lots of towns and worlds and cities and whatever. So if we were to recreate the same kind of game – sequel or not – with the same volume, but give it a much higher level of graphical quality, it would us take three times, four times, even ten times longer to make such a game. So making a sequel for an old game would be a lot more challenging.”

EGM’s TAKE: It’s a bitter pill to swallow but it appears that this is one HD remake that will never see the light of day.

Source: OXM