FFVII Remake: Killing Us Softly?

Chances are, you’ve either seen, heard, or experienced the epic adventure that is Final Fantasy VII. And those of you who have probably also heard about the FFVII PS3 graphics engine demo test that quickly sparked a desire in all of us (yes, even you) for a FFVII remake on the PS3. However, the dreams of such an occurrence were dashed…until I read Kotaku’s recent article about FFVII’s director pondering a FFVII remake. Kotaku closes this article with a good point:

With the remake-happy way Square Enix is going these days, you can bet there’s eventually going to be a FFVII. Reassuring to know that Kitase wants to do it in-house with the original team.

We’ve already seen a few old-school FF remakes, and Square Enix seems to be enjoying their Kingdom Hearts high. Why do you think this is? Because we are now seeing a similar trend that I brought up in my New Slayers Season: Should We Care? article. What we now have are loads of old-school gamers wanting an FF remake, while new-school tweens are pining for more Kingdom Hearts. What I love to see is that not all old-school gamers see the need for a “timeless” classic to be stripped of its vintage value as expressed by a user comment made in Kotaku’s article:

…Why do people want or need a remake so bad? Final Fantasy VII was an excellent JRPG, which is now timeless enough to still be played and enjoyed today even by younger audiences who’ve never even been old enough to play FFVII back in 1997. The game’s popularity is already beyond question, yet people still aren’t satisfied? I’m sorry, but I’ll take some new titles over something I’ve played ten years ago with prettier graphics. The World Ends With you is a beginning sign of Square-Enix trying to be the creative Squaresoft of old again; let’s not take another step backwards.

Am I the only one seeing a slighted contradiction between the last two sentences? Here’s a prime example of a conflicting issue that might reside in many old-school players who long for the Squaresoft days, and yet see no need for the past to be reborn. My [hard] question to you is this:

Do you think Square Enix would become a crowd-pleaser by creating a FFVII remake, or would they really be regressing by remaking an already groundbreaking game?

I look forward to at least one constructive reply, though that might be asking a tad too much. ^_^

Brawl on the horizon

I think most of you American videogamers out there already know that SSBB comes out in approximately ,well, now ((atleast from when I’m writing this)). I’d love to give all the people who were unfortunate enough not to get a copy a review or something for it but unfortunately I don’t own a Wii. ((or any next gen console for that matter. T_T)). So if any of you want to send me your thoughts on it after you get it I’d be happy to put together a post for you people. ^^. ((so E-mail me at kiba_pup@gmail.com ))

The main reason why I made this post ((other than to bribe you to give me your notes on the game later on….j/k)) was to discuss it or , I guess, tell you what I think of the characters and the game overall. So , yeah, enjoy.

I remember back in the day when the GameCube first came out. The first game I ever played on that thing was Super Smash Bros. Melee, I guess you could say we’ve all come a long way since 2000 (something like that) when the first SSBM tournaments and such started popping up and people were introduced to the series ((along with vet’s from the original on the N64)). When your friends came over and you set up tournaments and got pissed off when you threw a mine on the ground and ended up landing on it (…not sure if thats ever happened to you guys…). My point is , is that most of us have fond memories of playing Super Smash Bros. in the past and I really hope it’ll be the same in this game ((probably will but meh)).

Anyway, fun. If I ever get a Wii I’ll give you all my friend code and you can beat the crap outta me (or vice versa). So enjoy your Gamestop midnight tournaments etc.

((now , sleepy tim3…..*zzz*))

((remember my E-mail is kiba_pup@gmail.com so send me your thoughts and pictures/videos and if I can get enough I’ll post them. ^^))

The characters that I’m most interested in playing are Pitt, Sonic, Windwaker Link, Zero Suit Samus, and maybe Snake. I’ll eventually narrow down 1 or 2 favorite characters. ^^. Another thing I’m very excited about is online battling (that’ll be t3h l33t..!) so whenever I get a Wii and SSBB I’ll train for several months then kick j00 guyz a$$3$ (^^) or the other way around… Alot of people are also talking about whether there’ll be downloadable content, kinda confusing since some people say there won’t be any while others say otherwise.

A Day In the Life of A Japanese Visual Culture Otaku

Well…maybe not really, but it is how I lived my life today…and I am a japanese visual culture otaku. So, it works…somehow. Yeah.