Final Fantasy, over 30 years of history
Few of the epic stories know the longevity of Final Fantasy. Created in 1987 by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the JRPG license has some of its episodes among the genre’s best, and had its best days between the mid-90s and 2000s.
Since then, the episodes of the series have become more divisive, but they are still high quality. But for some fans, episodes four through ten hold a special place. And that’s fine, because one of them can come back according to the scriptwriter’s words.
Final Fantasy IV remake, Real Hope?
Takashi Tokita, the lead writer and game designer for Final Fantasy IV, gave an interview to the very famous Japanese video game magazine Famitsu. The re-release of the game on PSP made it possible to discover the extension the following years, set 17 years after the original game. But the man-turned-producer regrets that only PlayStation Portable console owners can take advantage of it.
I hope to be able to make a new version of The After Years someday, whether it’s a full 3D remastered and dubbed like the DS, or the Pixel Remaster version. Not many people have been able to get it to work, and I’d like to be able to try it out on existing platforms. “
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Could this be a subtle call to mobilize fans for a possible rework of the game? This wouldn’t be the first time this had happened. Capcom did the same to gauge how fans were willing to see a Resident Evil 3 remake… while the game was already in development. Later in the interview, Takashi Tokita invited RPG fans around the world to come together to demand a remake of Live-A-Live, a Squaresoft (now Square Enix) game released in 1994.
