OG FF7 director says thanks to the remake "half of Final Fantasy 7 [...] is now owned by the fans"
It belongs to them as well as us
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Remakes need to appeal to original fans just as much as they need to capture new ones, especially in the case of a titan likeFinal Fantasy 7, and according to the original game’s director, the remakes have given the fans as much ownership over the game as the developers themselves.
In an interview inEdgeissue 405, FF7 director and producer of the remakes Yoshinori Kitase spoke about the need to balance making changes to the original with respecting their long-time fans. “I thought: if we just reproduce the original game with no changes, it will feel nostalgic but not exciting.” he explains. “Fans of the original who know everything that’s coming will soon get bored.”
This was one reason for the inclusion of the Whispers in the game, with Kitase describing them as “a kind of unspoken message to the fans.” He …
