Dear Sony,
Nintendo is about to curbstomp you with its recent repertoire of Japanese-friendly games that will be sure to flood the markets, increase sales of the 3D, and give the company a full head-start in the eighth generation. It is taking Metal Gear Solid, Monster Hunter, and worst of all, Dragon Quest. Don’t look now but I can guarantee you that Final Fantasy might be looking in that direction as well. The Vita was delayed, the PS4 is nowhere to be seen, the PSP is beginning to sink, the PS3 while doing better is still a mere shadow of the competitors as its still in third place. You may not be panicking right now, but you honestly should be. You think Uncharted is going to save you this holiday season? Check it out: Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (everyone knows the XBox 360 version is the one to get), the new Halo Anniversary game, Gears of War 3, Elder Scrolls, Mass Effect 3, need I go on?
Now what is the point of this letter you ask? Sony, you need leverage, you need a mind-blowing, out-of-the-blue news story that will infuse some life and hope to the Vita. What you need is the remake that should have happened but never did, and it ruined the PS3’s launch for quite some time. You need the one game that gamers had been clamoring about for years upon years. You need the remake to the one game that launched the original Playstation into the stratosphere all those years ago.
Sony, you need the Final Fantasy VII remake.
Who cares if it’s a remake? Remakes can help launch and save systems. The Nintendo DS was afloat thanks to Super Mario 64 DS. The 3DS was on life-support and was briefly held with a heartbeat became of Ocarina of Time 3DS. Now we all know Nintendo whores out those old classics like a congested pimp, but Sony needs to borrow a page from Nintnedo’s Book of Successful Strategies and link itself to the past and re-create a game that while hasn’t aged in terms of gameplay and story, in terms of graphics could use a nice polish. But the truth is, this adventure needs to be re-visited once again.
I am not sure why Square Enix keeps cranking out excuses as to why a remake isn’t going to be made anytime soon. They’ve done remakes of other franchises in recent years, pointless sequels to others, and even made a couple films using the animation-style of Final Fantasy VII. They have thrown FF VII characters to other video games, and adding a little salt to the wound, re-released it in all its block glory in the Playstation Network. Even more crazyness is the decision to re-release Final Fantasy X before remaking VII!!! So why on earth will you not try to polish up the game and introduce it to a new generation of gamers? Why on earth will you not cater to your constantly-depleting fanbase?
Imagine the Vita or the PS4 getting the Final Fantasy VII Returns treatment. Imagine getting all the blocky animations smoothed out like in Star Fox 3DS, imagine getting full-length cut-scenes that looks like the animation from Advent Children. Imagine the battle animations being redone and the battle system fixed up a little to pace better. Remaking Final Fantasy VII only makes too much sense, especially when the reputation of said company outside of Japan has been quite miserable. Bring back the game that made JRPGs arguably the biggest genre in the N64/PSX generation. It only makes too much sense and would benefit both Square Enix and Sony.
Sony, this idea can’t fail. Gamers have requested it for over a decade, and the demand increased after the infamous graphics presentation back in E3 2005. It has been a story that has stood the test of time, and contains a style that has yet to be matched by any Final Fantasy games following it. I think after Final Fantasy XIII, we gamers deserve an apology. What better way to apologize than majorly pushing for that Final Fantasy VII remake that should have happened years ago?
Make it happen.
Sincerely,
Random Gamer.
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