Yoshinori Kitase comments on 10th anniversary of Dirge of Cerberus

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Yoshinori Kitase, the Producer of Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- and head of Square Enix Business Division 1 has commented on the game via the Final Fantasy Portal App for today's 10th anniversary in Japan. You can read his comments here.

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RELEASE IT ON PS4!!!

[Sora96 17,256]

RELEASE IT ON PS4!!!

 

Hopefully a PS2 Classic for PS4 is on the way.

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RELEASE IT ON PS4!!!

 

Hopefully a PS2 Classic for PS4 is on the way.

Don't forget Crisis Core... Sorry, but this game isn't near as critical to the storyline. Though I would purchase a PS2 classic without hesitation.

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Don't forget Crisis Core... Sorry, but this game isn't near as critical to the storyline. Though I would purchase a PS2 classic without hesitation.

 

I already told you multiple times. Tabata said no to a HD remaster.

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I already told you multiple times. Tabata said no to a HD remaster.

Doesn't mean it will never happen. And emulation for PSP is a might.

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Doesn't mean it will never happen. And emulation for PSP is a might.

 

If the director doesn't want a HD remaster, it doesn't get one. That's how Square Enix works. Yeah, it is but if and when that comes out is another question and then Crisis Core has two potential licensing issues which are hence why they didn't release it on the PS Store. If it's the music then they can replace it like they did with Star Ocean 2. If it's Gackt then they're screwed. Trust me, I'd be all for it to be emulated on PS4 but it's very unlikely to ever happen right now.

Edited January 26, 2016 by Sora96

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If the director doesn't want a HD remaster, it doesn't get one. That's how Square Enix works. Yeah, it is but if and when that comes out is another question and then Crisis Core has two potential licensing issues which are hence why they didn't release it on the PS Store. If it's the music then they can replace it like they did with Star Ocean 2. If it's Gackt then they're screwed. Trust me, I'd be all for it to be emulated on PS4 but it's very unlikely to ever happen right now.

Gackt? Just cause he doesn't want one now doesn't mean he never will. I don't think SE will let their best selling handheld game ever just fade to oblivion. It's definitely not music. We thought that about KH, but now we have 2.8.

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Gackt? Just cause he doesn't want one now doesn't mean he never will. I don't think SE will let their best selling handheld game ever just fade to oblivion. It's definitely not music. We thought that about KH, but now we have 2.8.

 

Yes, Gackt. That rockstar that leant himself to Genesis. Their best selling handheld game ever? LOL. Dragon Quest IX has that honour. Actually, they haven't confirmed anything regarding 2.8's music. For all we know they got the rights or are working on getting the rights with Utada or they simply decided to change it. Lol. 

 

Tabata made it clear, he even went as far to say he'd rather remake it and right now he's far, far too busy for that.

Edited January 26, 2016 by Sora96

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Yes, Gackt. That rockstar that leant himself to Genesis. Their best selling handheld game ever? LOL. Dragon Quest IX has that honour. Actually, they haven't confirmed anything regarding 2.8's music. For all we know they got the rights or are working on getting the rights with Utada or they simply decided to change it. Lol.

It would be pretty stupid if he held the game back. I meant for Final Fantasy. They won't change 2.8's music. It's a series trademark...

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It would be pretty stupid if he held the game back. I meant for Final Fantasy. They won't change 2.8's music. It's a series trademark...

 

Well Square Enix would have to pay him and who knows how much he'd be wanting. You said SE. Haha. And in regards to FF, they haven't done that many other major games on handheld and most likely never will again.

 

Well if they can't get the rights they would have to.

 

And again, Tabata made it clear, he even went as far to say he'd rather remake it and right now he's far, far too busy for that.

Edited January 26, 2016 by Sora96

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Well Square Enix would have to pay him and who knows how much he'd be wanting. You said SE. Haha. And in regards to FF, they haven't done that many other major games on handheld and most likely never will again.

 

Well if they can't get the rights they would have to.

 

And again, Tabata made it clear, he even went as far to say he'd rather remake it and right now he's far, far too busy for that.

They won't change it bro. I know how Nomura works.

 

They've changed their minds before. Look at FFVII.

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Yay! DoC!

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They won't change it bro. I know how Nomura works.

 

They've changed their minds before. Look at FFVII.

 

You know how Nomura works? LOL. Well if they don't that means they have gotten the rights.

 

LOL. They wanted to remake VII. They were just too busy making Versus XIII.

 

Tabata said no to a HD remaster so tough luck.

Edited January 26, 2016 by Sora96

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What is this about 2.8's music? The intro's music isn't one of Utada's two songs for the series. It's an orchestration no?

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What is this about 2.8's music? The intro's music isn't one of Utada's two songs for the series. It's an orchestration no?

 

Credits use vocal version.

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You know how Nomura works? LOL. Well if they don't that means they have gotten the rights.

 

LOL. They wanted to remake VII. They were just too busy making Versus XIII.

 

Tabata said no to a HD remaster so tough luck.

They literally have said in the past that they would rather just keep focusing on making new great titles rather than relying on cashing in on old successes, though this was before they began digital re-releasing everything like crazy. If that's not proof of how easily minds can change, I don't know what is. And if Dirge of Cerberus can be considered for any kind of form of re-release, HD, emulated, or otherwise, than I don't see why Crisis Core doesn't have as good of a chance. As far as I'm concerned, he's not saying "no", he's saying "not yet, but someday", cause you just know that Square is going to cash in on that gold mine.

 

And wait, are you guys talking about rights as far as the Utada songs go or are you referring to the music used for the soundtrack for DDD? Cause if they still managed to maintain the ability to use both songs in 2.5 I'm pretty certain they could maintain it for at least one more compilation. I think the only real question left to ask is whether or not they are re-orchestrating the soundtrack for HDDD, which relies more on the part of Shimomura than anyone else. I wouldn't worry too much about an Utada presence in this game, they only used the After The Battle version of Sanctuary and the regular version was only used in trailers. Put aside whatever means of introduction they intend to have for the new titles, and I think it's pretty much a safe bet that whatever we are hoping will be included WILL be included. If anything I'm just more concerned about whether or not Utada will create a new song for KH3 (with opening and closing versions), that's the only thing I find worth worrying over at this point.

Edited January 26, 2016 by Hero of Light XIV

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Credits use vocal version.

Oh, I see. But then, 1.5 and 2.5 didn't get anything, so why would 2.8?

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They literally have said in the past that they would rather just keep focusing on making new great titles rather than relying on cashing in on old successes, though this was before they began digital re-releasing everything like crazy. If that's not proof of how easily minds can change, I don't know what is. And if Dirge of Cerberus can be considered for any kind of form of re-release, HD, emulated, or otherwise, than I don't see why Crisis Core doesn't have as good of a chance. As far as I'm concerned, he's not saying "no", he's saying "not yet, but someday", cause you just know that Square is going to cash in on that gold mine.

 

And wait, are you guys talking about rights as far as the Utada songs go or are you referring to the music used for the soundtrack for DDD? Cause if they still managed to maintain the ability to use both songs in 2.5 I'm pretty certain they could maintain it for at least one more compilation. I think the only real question left to ask is whether or not they are re-orchestrating the soundtrack for HDDD, which relies more on the part of Shimomura than anyone else. I wouldn't worry too much about an Utada presence in this game, they only used the After The Battle version of Sanctuary and the regular version was only used in trailers. Put aside whatever means of introduction they intend to have for the new titles, and I think it's pretty much a safe bet that whatever we are hoping will be included WILL be included. If anything I'm just more concerned about whether or not Utada will create a new song for KH3 (with opening and closing versions), that's the only thing I find worth worrying over at this point.

 

I've said emulation is something I would normally fully expect for both titles. I'd be surprised if Dirge of Cerberus isn't one by the end of 2017. I already explained the problem with Crisis Core though, whatever licensing issues that prevented SE from releasing it digitally would have to be overcome. Not sure if you can change music for emulation and impossible to change Gackt plus anyway as it stands no PSP emulator yet and I'd be very surprised to see one this year or even next year.

 

 

"This kind of project [Final Fantasy Type-0 HD] requires a lot of thought to get right and we can't just go about remastering PSP games for the sake of it," he told Digital Spy.

 

"You need to put a lot of thought and effort into this kind of thing to make it something worthwhile.

 

"Type-0 was remastered because of audience demand, so there was a very strong reason for us to work on it and deliver it to players.

 

"It's not enough for us to simply want to do a remastered edition because we like a game, there has to be a stronger reason for it happening."

 

Tabata continued: "Crisis Core and 3rd Birthday have been released around the world already, so there's much less reason for the audience to want to see it released again.

 

"We always consider where the value is in doing a project like this and Type-0 had significant value where other games didn't have so much."

 

Tabata added that if there were ever any plans to revisit the two games, they would be "full remakes" rather than HD remasters.

 

"[We'd] go back and change everything from the graphics, to how loading works and everything else to make it fully native to the latest generation of hardware," he said.

 

"That might be worth doing, but a remaster probably wouldn't."

 

Not only does he say there isn't much demand for a HD remaster which I might add is a hard thing to do despite what some people think. He goes on to say a remake would be more worth doing which clearly isn't happening.

 

In regards to KH, we were talking about how 2.8 will be available digitally.

 

 

Oh, I see. But then, 1.5 and 2.5 didn't get anything, so why would 2.8?

 

In terms of? 2.8 must have a digital version. PS4 requires one.