The Fantasy

Final Fantasy... The grandeur of all RPG gaming that started all the way back to the ever so nimble Sony Playstation... The game grew in popularity in it's early years, especially in FF I as it was a new generation of gaming in those good old days. It fell in its second installment endangering its future.. But don't worry, it picked up again on it's other installments such as 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10.5, 11, 12 and 13... But besides the point of Square Enix's attempt into condemn kids into tantrums, teens into lockdown and adults who have nothing better to do into contemplation, they intend to further their advances NOT by creating something new... But something much more scandalous, innovative, scheming, orgasmic (nerdgasmic to put it in proper geek terms)... A remake of the Final Fantasy 7 series...

Now, to those who aren't aware of the social impact of Final fantasy 7 (or know of FF7 - Shame on you) to todays teen culture, here's a quick rundown on the whole darn thing.
Final Fantasy 7 was a global phenomena that was released in 1997 and made a little set line of dominoes that were toppled upon teens of sorts that are oh so similar to the persona of Cloud Strife . It was recognized by Gaming Monthly as one of the most IMPORTANT gaming titles of gaming history. It was the first of the Final Fantasy series (or possibly the entire gaming world in the 90's) to have evolved into a 3 dimensional view which was pretty big as it set the standards even higher for other games. Also, the game was criticized and bombarded by parents who related the game to the Columbine High School Massacre saying it was games like these that promoted violence, but hey, that's why we have ESRB right? Did I mention that it was also labeled as number 7 on Game Spy's most overrated games? That's a different story.. MOVING ON...
Anyway, you all can read the rest of it's history in wikipedia... There's bigger nerdgasmic news coming 'round.

A remake of Final Fantasy 7 in this bigger, badder big brother of the Playstation is coming right after the successful production of Final Fantasy XIII. Yes, those who has heard of all the hype but can't tolerate last decades graphics rejoice for now is your time to catch up to the whole damn thing! Little hints have been given out to the public though it hasn't been fully unveiled. It began as a teaser - a technical demo of Final Fantasy 7 to make fans wriggle in their seats screaming at their computers to make it already... But just for comparisons sake, I have placed the original intro.

But now, fans need not scream at their computer any longer about 'making' the remake... They can now scream in joy and of impatience as it has been contemplated amongst Square's studios of the coming title for the PS3... Of course, it's just contemplation, no confirmation. Here's what Yoshinori Kitase said once upon a time:

"My feelings are that if a remake were to work well then all the core members of the original team must be reassembled, all the artists and designers."

...? Didn't Nobuo move on out of Square Enix and started making all other soundtracks to other gaming companies like Mistwalker (who made Blue Dragon)

"The problem is that, although all of us have an idea of what a remake should be and how to do it, organising such a thing right now is logistically very difficult. All the different members are now involved in very new, very large projects like Final Fantasy XIII and those projects are going to take a while.

Maybe, when all those games are finished then we can look at doing something like that.

Of course, that said we came up with the idea for Crisis Core in just two days. It was a case of 'this is what we want to do, so let's do it'. So, you can definitely expect the probability of something spontaneous happening at some point, but it's hard to predict."

Despite all the talk, FF7 fans are quite conservative on the matter. Some disprove of the remake saying that classics should remain classics. Meaning that a remake is A-OK as long as the battle system stays the same, the cutscenes, the dialogue, etc. Nothing added, nothing removed. Kinda reminds me of those parents who bashed on the Columbine HS Massacre... (Don't mind me, I just don't like that much conservatives who want things to say the same).
But forget them, I for one cannot wait for the remake!