Why A Final Fantasy VI Remake Should Have Happened First

Make no mistake: the SNES version of this game is beautiful, but this game could gain so much from a remake. A modern reincarnation of FFVI has a good chance to be superior to FFVII. Here’s why the Final Fantasy VI remake should have happened first.

[FallenAngel1984]

How why should the remake for FFVII be put off for a FFVI remake? It’s not like Square Enix would ever put the production value of FFVIIR, which is on par with a mainline title, into remakes of their other classic games.

The better statement should’ve been that Square Enix should make 3D remakes of FFV & FFVI like they did with FFIII & FFIV prior.

[FallenAngel1984]

And Trials of Mana released on SNES before FFVII came out, yet the latter got a remake released before the former so that logic doesn’t hold up.

Square Enix even released remasters of FFX & FFX-2 before they did so for FFIX. Plus those titles along with FFXII received remasters before they did for FFVIII, so that logic really doesn’t hold up.

You really asking why Square Enix doesn’t put in the same production value going into FFVIIR on a remake for FFVI, especially when FFVIIR is such an undertaking that it’s being released in multiple parts? This “treatment” as you call it isn’t something they’ll just apply to any multitude of titles.

If Square Enix were to release a FFVI remake it’d be on the production scale of Trials of Mana, Octopath Traveler or any of Tokyo RPG Factory’s titles. It’s ludicrous to think Square Enix would treat such a remake on the same scale as FFVII’s remake, or that they’d even put off FFVIIR for such a reason.

[ninsigma]

Not sure that there is a first. I think it's ff7r and only ff7r. No remake of any kind would have happened if ff7 wasn't so beloved I think. I can't see the same resources being put into remaking the other games.

[Nyxus]

Maybe if FF7R is a big enough success. But it's logical they went for this one first.

[smashman98]

Based on what we know about ff7r now that we've played it I don't think a remake of VI makes sense the in the same vein as ffvii

Edit: to be clear I'd love to see a remake of 6 but I can't say why it cant be like vii for reasons.

[-Foxtrot]

If this makes a lot of money they'll do the others

Now would they do 3 or so games? Probably not but I could see them doing a standard straight up remake for VIII, IX and VI even if it's just one game or two.

[Poopmist]

Well ya 6 is the better of the 2

[averagejoe26]

Not according to the majority of FF fans

[Imalwaysright]

And how do you know that? There are many FF fans that agree that FF6 isn't just better than FF7 but that it is the best in the series.

[JWave]

I personally think 6 is the best Final Fantasy in terms of plot and score. I think 7 is more popular simply because it reached a wider audience at a pivotal point for gaming.

[Atom666]

Majority of younger fans, maybe. VII gets a bump because of the huge marketing and push it received on PS1, but VI/III will forever be the stronger title imo.

[DragonWarrior19]

What? It's pretty widely agreed VI is the best. VII varies from fan to fan.

[goldwyncq]

Yeah, it's only the vocal minority who thinks VI is better.

[Neonridr]

I will admit that I enjoyed both titles immensely. But for me, the winner is VI. And that's no slight to 7. I just enjoyed the story better. But you can't go wrong with either title. I'd love to see a proper remake to 6.

[Z501]

Sorry dude. It's 6.

[Rocketisleague]

Far I've seen the complaints of ff7 have story normally come from those who don't even understand the story. Used to hear complaints about jenova being the main villain and not sephirith. Stupid stuff like that. Kefka isn't a mommies boy etc.

Ff6 I've tried to play many times but I can never bring myself to finish it get a extremely slow.in the middle. Ff4 I have finished. Ff8 was my first one..ff7 is the best one imo. The world and variety of gameplay are tops.

Neither ff6 or.7 have the best musical score that goes to 8 or 10. Not saying much as all.ff games.pretty.much sit on top of.the industry there

[Nebaku]

6 "invented" a lot of the stuff that 7 would eventually use, but I can't think of anything that 7 didn't do better.

Materia is a better Esper system. Sephiroth is Kefka but with an actual backstory in the main quest. The world of FF7 has 10x the amount of diversity of biomes compared to 6's 10 castle towns. Etc.

[Imalwaysright]

"Sephiroth is Kefka"

No, he really isn't. Kefka is the Joker of Final Fantasy games. A literal psychopath that was far more cruel and sadistic than Sephiroth and he actually accomplished his goal: becoming a god wich had as a side effect the destruction of the world. His hobby after the destruction of the world? Torturing the few that survived. Kefka makes other FF antagonists look like children and he is one of the most villanous antagonists in gaming history.

[Exvalos]

Whatever your smoking I want some.

[DafunkyRebel]

VI was a masterpiece and so was VII but I think it’s better to rebuild the love for the FF franchise after XV ruined it. People might ignore a VI remake if they fee jaded by Square but a VII is a sure sell

[phoenixwing]

I like the new and the old final fantasy games, xv with the dlc is a good entry in the series. And before you say how it shouldn't have had to release the dlc right now you can get all the dlc on sale for like 10 bucks

[nobodyspecial]

How about we just remake every game ever made so everyone can have at least one thing they love be ruined?

[averagejoe26]

haha what a dumb take

FFVI would make NOWHERE near the money that FFVII Remake is going to.

It's a business. FFVII Remake was the right choice. This person needs to go back to school.

[BrainSyphoned]

So Square could go out of business? Maybe they should have remade FF1 first since it is a timeless classic everyone would buy day 1. People would line up around the world talking about their crush on WHM or the time they took a whole party of Monks to the end of the game. The remake of course would be multipart and part one would end when the warriors of light cross the bridge after an epic fight with Garland.

[Sirk7x]

If they ever want to remake a traditional Final Fantasy game (fantasy setting), IX would be the choice. Name one character more deserving of revisiting in the series than Vivi.
And the first disk ends on such a desolate note. Dagger leaving her friends, knowing her mother is about to start a horrible war. Burmecia devastated, its people practically genocided by soulless puppets of war who look exactly like Vivi. The party's utter defeat at the hands of Beatrix and the introduction of Kuja.
What a game man.

[jjb1981]

Is there any love for FFIV?

[FallenAngel1984]

You clearly don’t if you forgot that title already had a remake

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...

[jjb1981]

The one for DS was trash. I wouldn't say that they showed any love for FFIV.

[FallenAngel1984]

That remake was well received by everyone. You’ve got to be extremely negative to just dismiss it

[gold_drake]

no, that wouldnt make sense at all. 7 was and is their best selling title of the franchise.

[NextGenCeo]

+100

[Exvalos]

To many people would have been raging if 6 got remade before 7.

[monochromer]

Yuck

[Spenok]

Yes! Please SE, please make this happen!

[AK91]

Um no no it shouldn’t.

[peteymcpickle]

Whenever I see these articles, the answer is always "because it's my favourite and i'm mad".

[AceRimmer302]

Chrono Trigger! DQ11 already has the perfect engine for it. Akira Toriyama's artwork translates to modern tech perfectly, as already seen. And it has the name recognition to sell.

[Lord_Sloth]

Every time somebody brings up anything to do with FFVII there's always just that one guy screaming like a seal about FFVI. Ugh.