Final Fantasy X for PS3 and PSVita is a Remake

That's right, caught us by surprise announcement at the Tokyo Game Show to see again in our Final Fantasy X and PSVita PS3, and just gave information about leaving many doubts. It was rumored that it would be an HD remaster as we have already seen in our PS3. Nothing is further from reality, to our knowledge from PSTime will be a remake using the engine of Final Fantasy XIII.

[MoDyDo]

I really hope it's true. Also, on the conference I heard him say HD remake, but it's still confusing, let's just hope for the best.

[Anarki]

I think FF7 was the most demanded game to be remade. I could live with a hd port but why they didn't just go with FF7 is beyond me. Still, a win win for me, loved this game.

[Tanir]

anarki its pretty simple.

ffx was the first linear game of the series, remember it was sorta mission based? you flew from the ship and it teleported you where you wanted to go, the camera angles were already there and it was actually a 3d world. the character models were already great and dont need much more work.

now on the ff7 side, the game would be a drastic overhaul. remember most of the cities in ff7 were pre rendered, there was no camera control so square didn't need to show off the rest of the city, only what they wanted you to see and they just drew it.

also it actually had a world map, but cloud was giant and the city was tiny on the map, so they would have to pull an ffV13 and make a huge HD world map. each city, especially midgar would have to be done in full 3d and would take an enourmous amount of time, remember, ff7 cities weren't your generic western houses and buildings.

the battle system would need to be redone, redo all the cgi, ffx's cg was already good, they just have to clear it up, but square wwould need to pull an advent children for ff7. again more time.

TONS of voice acting would be needed....they dont need voice acting for ffx cuz thats done.

so many factors that lead to why ff7 isn't bein remade.

now do they have to remake it in ff13 graphics? no, i would be happy with a kingdom hearts 2 graphic style remake, but again, i think we have to wait for versus to be done to even consider something of that magnitude

[dark-hollow]

@tanir

whatever the efforts are for remaking FFVII, am sure it is easier than making ffxiii-2 or fxiiivs.

all the characters are there.
the story, the gameplay mechanics all are there.
so all the work (or most of it) will be on the technical side.

i know they have to recreate all the memorable scenes in a proper way, but am sure it is not that hard compared to making a new ff title.

it may take time and effort like you said, but it will pay off at the end as it will sell millions!

[Tanir]

@ Dark hollow

um, you realize that using existing characters in an existing world with an existing engine on the gen it was born on is far far easier right?

yes from a story perspective ff7 is easier, thats as simple as writing a book.

the technical side is why it would take so long, EVERYTHING has to be redone.

you have to start with using the 2d artist to do multiple renditions of what the new version and full scale of somethin will be, then that moves to color, then redoing every single npc, again more drawings needed, then 3d, upscaling, voice work, new character designs for existing characters and doing the HD models, not to mention the buildings, grass, monsters, all of the music must be redone in an HD sound format, not just simple sound that they used back then etc etc. So so so Soooo much work has to be done

would take probably 2-3 years on the technical side if square went all out on an HD remake. remember there is redoign all of the sound effects, hiring motion capture actors, getting all the voice actors again, getting back the retired composer and general planning of how to improve the game and make it a current gen game.

you dont understand how much the project would take lol. but i agree, it would sell so freakin much square would be thankful they did it.

i just wanted to explain why they chose ffx over ff7

[Apollyn]

@everyone about 7 remakes ill leave this snippet here of a convo i had with a friend who is ex Square staff. After asking him why no 7 and some details on 10 rm about 3 weeks old this convo.

I dunno about that, Its due to theres still a hype for it, and they know if they bugger it up, they will lose fans out of shitter. So they are making remakes of others to keep us going, and leading to newer ones to hold us over. Tho tbh, i hate VII and most people at SE do as well lol. 10RM is pretty much as it stands, Just a pure remake, It be using a modified engine based on ff13. Theres a few added things, but il find out what i can say before going on about it. They where going to redo the story, and make it more, Realistic? of sorts. Most things will be back in the game, but i know they want added bonuses.... chocobo races

Then i asked why the hate for 7 and the response :

7 was a rushed job, they wanted to originaly make ff6 remake for the PSfamicom but that got scraped, then tried to port to n64.... then lost the business deal with nintendo and then stuck with PSX. But time was short, and nothing got done so they did a rush job with ff7. It wasn't even supposed to be "Good" or a "masterpiece" of sorts. I like 5/6/10 OH and 8 and its draws get annoying....... ..but i would still do her tho =p And Blitz ball from what i know is changed slightly from the tactical simulator that is was. But il find out what i can say before hand, dont fancy a law suit

[Reibooi]

To be honest even the story work for FFVII would not just be straight ready to go. I don't know if anyone has actually gone back and played VII recently but it had a horrible script filled with tons and tons of engrish and bad translations.

That entire script would need to be redone similar to what they did with War Of the Lions on PSP as it had similar issues.

All that said I really do find this hard to believe. For many reasons. Firstly this site states no source or fact or info on how they came to this conclusion and if this was indeed the case I'm sure SE would really let everyone know it. But the way they announced it and talked about it(albeit briefly) seemed to me and most of the gaming press that it was a HD remaster.

I will however 100% with Tanir that if it is indeed a full HD remake it makes sense for them to choose X out of the gate. It will be the easiest to do as it was by far the most linear game in the series until XIII and would require far less work to finish then anything before it.

If it is indeed a remake and not remaster it could simply be SE's way of seeing if it's worth pursuing FF remakes 7 and beyond. If X sells a ton they may be able to justify putting the large amount of work needed to do VII in if not then at least X didn't use a massive amount of time and money.

All this said until SE straight comes out and explains themselves exactly what this FFX is I will be expecting a HD remaster and not a full on remake.

[laaakokaracha]

@Anarki

Lots of people already gave you an explanation why they didnt chose FFVII for remake...

Let me give you the one big reason why they dont remake FFVII:

THEY ARE SCARED OF IT....yeah thats right! They are simply not capable of remaking it. so many expactations need to be met...If they fail than it could mean the end of the FF series

[princejb134]

i agree with tanir
its just way to much work for them to do
as much as i want ff7 remake, they pretty much have to start from the ground up to change everything around to make it look like a next gen final fantasy

[DaTruth]

I see what Dark Hollow is saying, every new game starts from scratch, whereas a remake at least has something to start with(a story, characters and dialogue)

But the real question there is, "is this even possible". If making towns was "just too hard" in FF13, what the hell would it be like making Midgar? How many disks is a 3D version of FF7 game world gonna need? Is an openworld in FF13 level graphics even possible with this engine? And why do I keep putting exclamation marks at the end of questions and then have to go back and change it, EVERYTIME?

Tanir is right, the only way we could see that is on whatever engine is running FFvs13!

[lumley666]

Tanir? when u say ff10 was mission based an u teleport from ship? i think ur getting ff10 confused with ff10-2

[Sevir04]

They've done plenty work with the final fantasy world. In the past, for one they have all the assets, all the characters have been rendered in full 3d in Advent Children as well as the environments
It's also worth pointing out that the team that worked on Advent Children is slaving away with Tetsuya Nomura on Versus 13 which uses full 3d characters NPCs world maps and all...

The arguement of them picking a game from the ps2 game to remake... There is a ps2 final fantasy 7 game again with the world and some of the characters with full 3d assets. The fact is Square just didn't want to do a ff7 remake! The game can be done. They just refuse to do it... Voice acting wouldn't be an issue, they have all the voice actors ready... They did work on all the final fantasy 7 games and movie released after 7 was released its just plain laziness!

[geddesmond]

Why bother remaking a game like FF7 when FF Verses 13 is supposed to have everything apart from Materia that made FF7 so great.

[FFXI101]

They(SE) have already fail us, many times.

I'm sure there are fans are happy if this's true, but personaly I don't really care. Like other FFVII fans I'd love a remake in HD or a new FFVII game.

There is no excuse for them NOT to make it. See how many remake, port, made for handheld, cellphone, PSN/XBL, consoles. They have the resource and there're demands.

The longer they wait more FFVII fans they are going to lose and honestly I start losing the confidence in most Japanese RPG games/developers.

[SnotyTheRocket]

FFVII is wayyyyyy better! WHY SQEENIX!

[EVILDEAD360]

FFX..hands down the greatest into in FF history..when that game came out for the PS2 the CG was freaking unreal...

Remaking sounds like a stretch, but if true..I'm in!

FF7 can't be remade..that time has come and gone..we all know what happened that made that game as special as of was to all of us back then. We all know the leap of an dog with a hundred artists was for the entire world back when it was released.

And finally we all know it put Square on the map for he entire planet. Too bad the first movie movie dropped them back to earth..

Hope the news isn't a rumor

Evil

[slayorofgods]

Any ps2 game is still too new to be remade.

This isn't intended to knock FF X since I will be buying it any which way.

[BinaryMind]

@Apollyn - So everyone at Square hates FFVII, yet they decided to make four spin-off games on the series? The game that made Square an unstoppable powerhouse? The game where basically every FF title has been shamelessly ripping off with emo protagonists and futuristic settings? Get out of here.

[Shojin1]

Free camera would be great. If they "are" using the engine of 13 then it will be sweet.

[vsr]

I think They use FFvs13 engine for the remakesof FF7 & FF8 .

[princejb134]

omg i just busted another nut if this is true
ffx with ff13 graphics is just epic really epic
I'm definitely getting this day 1

[Peaceful_Jelly]

read the article. Is JUST the character models that would be rendered on the FFXIII engine not the entire game.

[Bleucrunch]

Am I the only that sees what is going on here??? Squeenix has been sub par this gen to say the least....and all they are doing is remaking....rehashing....re-re gurgitating past games....when they do release something...its just ok....I guess they are running out of ideas....why not make new RPG's that are better than the ones you've made in the past Squeenix...its a testament to their creativity when they do things like this...

[jc48573]

I think it's because even they need to rethink the future of the franchise, so they are using this method to revisit some of the older games and learn about them once more. like what made the game so great to begin with? What worked and didn't work? We keep yelling at them to return to the roots of Final Fantasy, but that's easier said than done. You may think that they are simply using this time to cash in on remakes, but if you've played most of their iterations, you should know that a lot has been done to the game: a major upgrade. They are constantly hiring new people who are also new to the franchise. It's really not that easy. You can say that Square has lost their way, so they are trying get back on the right track. I am actually still waiting for a remake on FFV and FFVI.

[jc48573]

I hope they fix some of the sidequests as some were really testing your patience.

Edit: Reading the article, it seems like Square wants to remaster the cutscenes and then utilizing the FFXIII engine to recreate/remake the game to reach the level of the cgi.

[colonel179]

I have a feeling this game will come out before Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

[Gazondaily]

Day one purchase!!!

[Mucudadada]

I like making ridiculous claims based on evidence too!

Look people, there is no facts or sources in this article whatsoever.

FFX HD will be a remastering just like all the other other ones you see nowadays. If we are lucky it will have some texture remapping and AA - and it won't just be up-scaled to HD.

But recreating the entire game in a new engine? That doesn't really make fiscal sense - especially when they could have done that for the more popular FFVII

[JuanraUP]

Only characters, Aeons and NPC will be remaked.

The rest is a remaster.

[Xalaris]

I just hope that Tidus's face doesn't get remade based off the CGI cutscenes. I honestly liked the real-time model more than the CGI one.

[TopDudeMan]

Really? Then I think it'd be worth a play again if it's a proper remake. The last time I played it was in 2010.

[Blaze929]

thatll be pretty awesome

[Ocelot525]

not if they dumb down the gameplay to FF13 standards

[VampiricDragon]

It aint a remake. At best its an enhanced port. At worst, its just an hd remaster

[redblack]

MEGATON!

[Cloudberry]

.
It would be great if it's true.

[dark-hollow]

final fantasy X with XIIIvs. engine.
that would be sweet!

[slaton24]

VsXIII is so over rated i want it myself but some of u guys act as if u worship it...i would laugh my ass of if the decided to cancel production...lol

[jacksonmichael]

That would be incredible. Slaton, how long have they been working on that game? How much money has been sank into it? They couldn't possibly cancel it at this point in production. Also... it's realistic Kingdom Hearts. How could I not worship that? Lol.

[hkgamer]

whats the difference between XIII engine and XIIIvs. engine ¬.¬

[Canary]

It's very obviously not true. It's a random spanish website posting random crap without even attempting to give a source. They couldn't even come up with believable/feasible details. You can't magically "filter" old, low-res CGI movies to another engine. Nor

And it's also unlikely we'll even see the FFX HD port until 2013--on either side of the ocean. The idea that SE could release a full-blown remake so quickly, when they struggle so hard to release games within the same DECADE as the initial announcement... is ridiculous.

[welle]

Iam the happyest man alive :D

[saladthieves]

Looks like there are people definitely happier than you out there.

[DaTruth]

Links please!

[saladthieves]

@DaTruth
http://www.wallchan.com/ima...

[welle]

believe me there isn't :PP
this is the best game ever...
Yuna is the best :D and Lulu boobs in FF 13 engine :D sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :P

[ablecain]

If this is true, it's fantastic news. FFX is one of my favorite games of all time!

[UltraVegito]

I'm pretty sure I heard remake....but if it's using the FFXIII engine that's cool.

[BlueEye]

So....can't make VII but you can make X?

Eh whatever, this is still great.

[slaton24]

to remake 7 they would have to start from scratch they stated it would actually take close to 10 years to remake 7.....just be glad u can play it on the ps3 store until ps4 comes out and they announce it comin to that system

[Rush]

No they f****** didn't it was a generalised statement that got misinterpreted by numskulls like you.

One dev said it would take 10 times longer to make then FF13, this is the sort of generalization people make all the time when they don't have an answer or wish to blow off a question.

He didn't latterly say it will take 10 years to develop a FF7. Just the sheep's and the people will the inability to read on n4g took it that way...

[OllieBoy]

As long as they cut out the awkward "Ha Ha Ha Ha!" scene...

[JuanraUP]

Only characters, Aeons and NPC will be remaked.

The rest is a remaster.

[tarbis]

Interesting. I would like to see how it looks on the PSV.

[Dacapn]

For a second I read that as Playstation 5, which when I think about it, would also be interesting to see lol.

[koehler83]

Every HD remake uses a different engine. The original engines aren't designed to render at the higher resolution. The fact that they're using the FFXIII engine doesn't preclude it being a remaster. It's just the easiest and quickest way to achieve the desired effect.

[hkgamer]

But it makes stuff look alot better using a full on next gen engine...
I mean Ninja Gaiden Sigma was a quick remake with a different engine and it looked pretty decent

[koehler83]

Sure. MGS is getting new water effects and better lighting, but nobody is trying to pass it off as a 'remake', are they? Ico is getting new lighting and motion blur but it's still the same assets, textures and animations. The God of War: Origins Collection is a massive overhaul and no doubt a tonne of work, but not a remake.

I'm sure FFX will get better lighting too. Maybe even a 3D camera. But it will use all the same assets from the original game, rendered in HD (probably 720) and it will look great but it won't be a remake.

FF3 and FF4 on DS are ground up remakes. If the difference isn't obvious, I don't know what to tell a person.

[just_sayin]

I wish people would stop asking for FFVII remake. Why just VII why not VIII and IX those were better. Forget VII remake VI.

[Dacapn]

The cut and dry reason is because more people disagree with you.

[Qrphe]

because nostalgia tears

Edit: I like VIII a lot more than VII, but a remake of VII would be better received than VIII

[hkgamer]

I like VIII alot more, but i understand why people like VII more...
VII was very cliche anime from the 90's and I believe that's what everyone liked at that time...

[koehler83]

FFVI is a perfect stand-alone title. I personally don't think it could benefit from the grubby mitts of the current crop at Square Enix.

FFVII has spun into a much bigger universe with an updated aesthetic that is no longer represented by the game itself. I think it deserves to be brought up to date at least to the level of Crisis Core or Dirge of Cerberus if not Advent Children in order to create a consistent tone across its entire series.

[SuperStrokey1123]

I hope when they remake FF6 that they do a 1080p 2D version of the game instead of a 3D remake.

[Lirky]

I wonder if itll keep the same gameplay or if itll mess things up. It's a 50/50 chance if its a re-done remake keeping everything the same just better faster animations and physics thatll be nice.

[CGI-Quality]

I imagine it'll be remade on the PS3 and ported to Vita for a (hopefully) simultaneous release.

[nyobzoo]

I hope that's all true

[-Gespenst-]

Whhaaattt?!? Oh my god my heart is pounding!!

I really hope this is true!

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

I really can't wait to see how Blitzball will translate in this but I wonder if this scene will be any better remastered.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[telekineticmantis]

I might actually get it

[bangoskank]

Now I'm interested. The first thing they should remake is the script and voice acting. Just hope this is true. Would love to see macalenia forest in the ffxiii engine. I'm glad that they aren't remaking ffvii. I'm so sick of hearing about that game. I think a lot of people love it so much because it was their first ff experience. I personally think that there were better rpg's during that generation.

[slaton24]

how about a legend of dragoon remake or crono trigger/cross

[bangoskank]

@lala

yeah, on your list. I used to think sephiroth was cool too until little fanboys like you ruined it for me. Quit beating a dead horse.

[mr_epsym_knird]

Hope they'll remake Tidus' and Yuna's laugh scene too.(I mean the voice acting). lol >.<

[Wintersun616]

I don't even care if it's a remake or a HD remaster! Just don't change anything important too much and please have a decent trophy list and I'm more than happy with it.

[greyhaven33]

I hope this is true, love me some ff x

[Agent_hitman]

PS3 FTW!!!

[Godmars290]

If that were true, that its going to be a full remake using XIII's engine, then more than likely it would b coming to the 360.

Mind you, unless Sony hold some copyright, there's nothing stopping that from happening in the first place.

And to those defending the choice of X over VII, I still hold that Sqaure shouldn't have been promoting a VII remake in the first place. That it speaks of how poorly they understood the demands of HD game making and why XIII turned out like the mess it did.

[Too_many_games]

if this is true i am excited as hell!!!!!

One of the greatest games ever made on PS2 and if its fully remade with today's tech and with Trophies... absolutely amazing..

Time to show these "Kids" what real games were like

[Hozi]

And best of all I can't wait to hear about the exciting new sidequests, weapons, monsters,bosses, etc...they are going to put in. maybe even new summons!

[Too_many_games]

haha well i would rather just have the same game but with a new coat of paint :D no need to mess with perfection

[Relientk77]

Final Fantasy X is a beautiful PS2 game, and I can't wait to see it on PS3 (and Vita)

[josephayal]

Looks Like FF7 HD Remake is for PS4/720

[turgore]

I also want FF 12.

[Chrono]

Why did they approve this?

[Shadowaste]

holy crap!!!

Finally a real remake!!

This better be true.

I am sick of the GARBAGE remakes that have been coming out lately that are basically just upscaled versions of the original

[Ddouble]

Great news that it's going to be touched up. I can't wait. FF7 is my fav final fantasy but let others shine as well. The beauty of the franchise is how many good games come out of it.

FF7 got a great game in Crisis Core for it's 10th anniversary. Let FFX have it's HD remake for it's 10th anniversary.
For all we know they could be working on a FF7 remake but it's going to take a looong time so why mention it now.

[user858621]

wow, this could totally interest me to get a vita

[Styxoric]

Buying on day one regardless if it's a remake or remaster, can't wait.

[Sheikah]

I though Sqenix said thet remakes took too much: money, effort and time to be worth bothering with (nods at FFVII)...

[guitar_nerd_23]

That actually sounds pretty good if they do all that.

Maybe this is like a test reaction to see what they'd really have to do for a FF7 remaster to be successfull.

[pain777pas]

Come on! lets be honest here. Even for an early PS2 game there are few examples of games as overall beautiful as FFX. I am sad to type this. But, the art direction and characters were very well done. All they have to do is make the game pop with colours, clean up textures and maybe add to the polygon models if possible. The game is gorgeous we just forget. I was so suprised playing it back in 05 saying this game looks and sounds great. Last good FF in my opinion minus FF7CC.

[bayport]

I hope it isn't a remake... I just want a HD port... Remaking it just leaves room for them to strip things out and take ruin what made the game so fun

[mullerhun]

man, it would be like a dream, that became reality...

sound familiar?:)

[Zanarkand]

Well that sounds like i heard it somewhere before, the best i can remember, that would be Squaresoft's motto. "Where fantasy becomes reality..." but I'm seeing a reference to FFX so i must be there. :P

[Jack_DangerousIy]

This and MGS are the only PS2 games I have left. My PS2 controller broke several months ago. When I heard about the MGS HD collection I figured I'd just wait for that instead of getting another controller.

Now, even if this is simply a "remaster" instead of what the article suggests, I am still pumped as I've never finished the game.

The only FF game that I've ever beaten is FFVII. For the record it was sometime earlier this year that I beat it.
This was after playing and then returning(not beating) FFXIII. I was disappointed with it and then remembered that I had FFVII and VIII on my PS3. Still haven't beaten VIII.

ANYYWAAAYYY.... I really want to play X and see how the whole SIN thing plays out... ;)

EDIT: BTW I'm not stupid and I'm pretty sure I know what happens in the end. I've miraculously been able to avoid spoilers for all of these years....

[e-p-ayeaH]

Nah were talking about SE ppl the guys that dont wanna make FF7 remake.

[Zanarkand]

Well tbh this is what we should be getting since such a great and memorable game as this deserves recognition like such and so does FF7, 8 and 12. I'm hoping not to be disappointed by SE's decision, because they usually make the right ones. This has got to be using Crystal Tools and if so then this will be the best PS2 game re-release ever.

I'm literary jumping in excitement for when i see one of these kinda of articles because i'm dying to be able to pre-order this asap.

[rataranian]

So does this mean it wont be turn based?

[sirdrake]

from what I understand, it still will be turn based, but the graphics engine will be upgraded, having the XIII battle system on X wouldn't quite work, reason is magic is heavily based on MP in X and there is no such thing as MP in XIII, and spamming auto attack would just waste the MP immediately.

Really hope this is true, and I guess I have another reason to get a Vita!

[tidusforeverx2]

I seriously doubt it, it won't be a remake, it will be a remaster, in japanese there isn't a clear differential term for each, most likely a rebuild would be the term used, and re invented would most lilely be the term used for a remake.

[Sakkaku]

Gah, doesn't re-porting games and adding about 5-10 dollars of DLC then selling it for FULL PRICE of a regular game get tiring?
Oh wait, a new battle system? Based off of Final Fantasy 13!!! Pfftt, correction 15 dollars of dlc.

(Edit for clarification)

[MasterCornholio]

I already played it before. But since a remake i wont mind playing it again.

[Cablephish]

Looks like we'll be seeing a PS4 port of FFXIII before we see any kind of port of FFVII... Damn shame if you ask me...

[ps3destroyer]

It would be a crime for Square Enix Enix to not release the game to the 360 and the Wii U.This is a game all gamers have to play and doesn't belong to stupid fanboyism.

[Pyscho_Mantis]

get a ps3 dickhead.

[oldfriend86]

They're not going to "remake" it from scratch like that. That's too big of a project. Square may have been able to do FFIII and FFIV for the DS, but that's very minimal compared to everything shown in FFX.

It's just an HD port, nothing more. Besides, FFX had terrific graphics, so there's no need to waste time and money remaking the game.

[SuMtOnE]

all these HD REMAKES, than a few years from now 3D remakes?

[MiyagiSPG]

Hope this is true... please be true!!!

[Ima9er4Life]

I will cop this for the Vita man

[Tigerfist]

I call bullshit on this one but I sure would love to be wrong.

[stonecold3]

day one on ps3 for me

[imoutofthecontest]

It's an enhanced HD port, not a remake.

[PhunnyJesta]

i loved playing blitzball for hours although I really hope they fix the buggy mess it was. It always seemed when I was defending an attack it would always go through the endurance even though their attack was significantly lower and of course the other way around when I was attacking -__-

[terry4242]

So when is it could put on sale??

[Gamingbethyname]

Hell no Sony. Have you forgotten about LEGEND OF DRAGOON.I like a good final fantasy and final fantasy 10 is a good final fantasy.But NOTHING and I mean NOTHING will ever compare to legend of dragoon.In simpler terms REMAKE LEGEND OF DRAGOON.

[gam3fr33k]

Didn't IGN already report it was a remake?

[CLOUD1983]

at least a remastered FFX would be 10 times better than any crap SE release this generation it's sad but that's how things r we wish for remakes of old Squaresoft games because SE is so disappointing for so many years actually I haven't play anything with SE brand that it was worth my time after FFX everything was sh1t.

[knifefight]

I feel bad for the blow this website's credibility is going to take when it comes out that this is actually just an HD enhancement. Poor guys.

[momonaboy]

As much as I would LOVE absolutely LOVE! a FFVII Remake/Remix/Remaster, people need to stop asking why they are making FFX instead of FFVII.

There are two obvious answers here,
1) FFX is a PS2 game and FFVII is a PS1 game.

It would take sooooo much more man power to update FFVII to todays visual standards, where as FFX still actually looks pretty good, with a little tweaking here and there and bam! you got a hot seller on your hands.

This is the main reason why the Metal Gear Solid Collection doesnt have MGS1 updated.

2)FFVII is a much stronger IP then FFX and needs to be done correctly

The debate on which one is better can be argued either way, but FFVII is the #1 most sold FF, had the most spin off games, and its own movie. It has a large fan base and would need to be done correctly or there would be big backlash from fans.

When Square can devote an entire team to making FFVII they will (even though I think they should start immediately) until then just sit back and enjoy FFX because it is an awesome game.

[Balflear87]

Don't trust this news, this website is not to be trusted, i mean... an spanish website which no one sees gets information before famitsu and all important worldwide websites? HAH!

[WhyWai_close]

IMPOSSIBLE.

[Fanbot]

WHAAAAT!?
this can't be true

[susanto1228]

Yes.!!!! a must buy for me....
Tell you what SE remake FF7,FF8, and FF9 and you have 4 sure sales from me....Great news:)