The second instalment of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is set to launch soon, but there are, of course, plenty of other fan-favourite instalments in the long-running series that many have been hoping to see remade in similar fashion. Final Fantasy 6 in particular has been heavily demanded by series fans- though according to Yoshinori Kitase – producer on the FF7 Remake trilogy and co-director of the original Final Fantasy 6 – developing a remake series for the SNES classic would be an even more herculean task than developing the FF7 Remake trilogy.
Speaking in a recent interview with French YouTuber Julien Chièze, when asked about the possibility of a Final Fantasy 6 Remake, Kitase said that a hypothetical remake series split across multiple instalments would take twice as long to develop as the entirety of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy, something that he says Square Enix doesn’t have the resources for “at the moment”.
“If we were to remake Final Fantasy 6 in the same vein as FF7 Remake, it might take twice the amount of time it has taken to make the FF7 Remake series,” Kitase said (via @aitaikimochi on Twitter). “The volume we will need to work with is much more than FF7 and has more party characters too. We would probably need to prepare a lot of things, so I can’t imagine that to be a task we have the resources to take on at the moment.”
However, Kitase remarked that even within Square Enix, there are many that have asked about the possibility of developing a Final Fantasy 6 remake, which, if nothing else, he says he’s quite happy about.
“Many people even within the company have often asked whether we would consider an FF6 remake, and although I don’t have the answer, I am very happy to hear that,” he said.
Back in June, Kitase raised similar concerns over an FF6 remake, saying that such a project “would be difficult” to get greenlit.
As per leaks, however, there are plenty of other Final Fantasy remakes in the works. Allegedly, Square Enix is working on remakes of both Final Fantasy 9 and Final Fantasy 10, while it’s been claimed that a remaster of Final Fantasy Tactics is also in the works.
Meanwhile, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth launches for PS5 on February 29.