Let's put this rumor to rest once and for all. As soon as the FF7 fanboys and girls saw those 30 seconds of remade FF7 footage as a PS3 tech demo, they were all beside themselves looking for news on a release date, other footage, news exclusives, any sort of scoop to let them know that their beloved game would be re-released in a far more awesome form. However, it's simply not going to happen. At least, it won't happen for PS3.

Squaresoft as a rule didn't re-release any of their games. Once a game was done, it was done. Squaresoft moved onto the next title, and in the rare event that a game actually got a direct sequel (I'm looking at you, Chrono Cross) the sequel was a radical re-imagining of the setting, and it departed completely from the gameplay in the first title. There were a couple of exceptions in that a few Final Fantasy titles were re-released for the Playstation, but on the whole they were not retouched, and if I remember correctly there were various problems with the releases, leading them to be largely panned.

Once Squaresoft merged with Enix to become Square-Enix, things changed a bit, but not in a way that supports the PS3 release hypothesis. The only games to get re-released were much older titles, which were re-released on handheld consoles to target a new market. Most of these are old Nintendo titles rereleased for the GBA, and more recently, the DS and PSP. Most of these were straight up copies of the original game with a little bit added on or minor graphics revisions: These could be done on the cheap and grab a whole bunch of new cash. Only the DS versions were vastly retouched, and I haven't seen the sales numbers on those, so I can't say whether there will be more of them.

There are a couple of exceptions. A couple of games were re-released with added content. Kindom Hearts II: Final Mix and Final Fantasy XII International both got this treatment, but they were rereleased for the same system (PS2) and were Japan-only. The most notable exception was Final Fantasy Tactics, which saw a re-release on the PSP along with a (much needed) new translation and a couple of added jobs. FFT: War of the Lions was I think the most recent of Square-Enix's rereleases, and seems to be the most likely path for an FF7 re-release.

So the most likely chance of seeing an FF7 re-release is on the PSP with no graphical improvement, and maybe a touch of added features. Even that seems unlikely to me, and seeing it on the PS3 is nothing more than a dream, since the cost of porting it and reworking all of the graphics as well as rewriting the code to run on PS3's hardware doesn't justify the expense: Square-Enix would rather make a new game.

Conclusion: Until I see a press release from Square-Enix with a release date for an FF7 re-release, it isn't happening.

[Edit: Fixed an issue with my awful, awful grammar.]

Best games of '08:

1. The World Ends With You (NDS)
2. Valkyria Chronicles (PS3)
3. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
4. Little Big Planet (PS3)
5. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)

Honorable Mentions:

- Etrian Odyssey II (NDS)
- Bioshock (PC)
- Touhou Project 11: Subterranean Animism (PC)
- Echochrome (PSN)

Dishonorable mention:

- Star Wars: Force Unleashed (PS3)

Looking forward to in '09:

- Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
- White Knight Chronicles (PS3)
- Dragon Quest IX (NDS)
- Getting around to playing Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (PS2)

>> ^spawnflagger:
can someone give the whole list, along with what game the character is from?


Solid Snake - Metal Gear Solid series
Mushroom - Mario series
Alucard - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Goombah - Mario series
Sonic
Yoshi - Mario series
Mega Man
Pikachu - Pokemon series
Kratos - God of War series
Link - Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker / Phantom Hourglass
Cloud - Final Fantasy VII & spinoffs
can't make this one out
Samus Aran - Metroid series
Kirby - Kirby series
Donkey Kong
Big Daddy - BioShock
Master Chief - Halo series
Triforce - mystical object from Zelda games
Dante - Devil May Cry series
Sackboy - Little Big Planet

This is general final fantasy victory theme.

Am I the only one who finds these videos unwatchable? These Zelda games are not even laughably bad, they are just utterly boring and stupid.

His complaint about load time must have forgotten about all the Final Fantasy games on the PSX. It's about the same delay and it was not THAT bad. Come on.

where's the game play? Not to be a hater, but what has been lacking in the newer final fantasies has been the game play. I hope they had fixed it, But this trailer didn't sell me. I need to see what the actual game looks like, not the story sequences. Why do trailers now a days insist on showing us just the sequences!? Way back in the 16/32 bit days, graphics were all important, and were a key selling point. Now you could have a perfectly unpixilated turd look amazing, but damn it, it's still just a turd.

Ah Final Fantasy trailers - the purest definition of "Bullshot." Granted, we are approaching the point when games might ACTUALLY be able to render like that in real time, but Square are masters of pre-rendered video sequences.

1. 13, but I don't plan on sifting the last one ("What do all the games have in common" video is a dumb one).

2. Gametrailers doesn't have a playlist ability. FWIW, there's only 3 more so don't worry too much about a flood

In reply to this comment by Kreegath:
How many more of these are there? Is it possible to make them into one playlist?

>> ^Crazy-drummer:
If you enjoy this, I highly recommend getting your hands on the Final Fantasy Piano Collection CDs


Oh for sure. I have just about any final fantasy instrumentals I've been able to muster over the years.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'chocobo, whistle, final fantasy' to 'chocobo, whistle, final fantasy, cockatiel' - edited by MarineGunrock

If you enjoy this, I highly recommend getting your hands on the Final Fantasy Piano Collection CDs

Personally would have wanted Final Fantasy higher. But then I haven't played many of the other games there.

One of my favourite pieces of game music.

Although MANY of my absolute favourites are final fantasy songs.

I suggest we present BERTICUS with an award...

... for his quality video contributions.

e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, etc...



I'm just asking for it now, aren't I?

I wouldn't of upvoted if Final Fantasy X wasn't on here, yay