So Screenrant recently came up with a list of things to be cut from a couple of Final Fantasy remakes, one inevitable and the other rumored.
Screenrant cut fifteen things from Final Fantasy VII remake and fifteen things from a potential Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy IX remake.
You can read the articles for why they wanted to cut these things. Here are the fifteen bullet points for each…
Final Fantasy VII
- Genesis
- The Optional Status Of Yuffie & Vincent
- Wutai
- The Pleasant Planet
- Schizo
- The Supernova Animation
- Hojo’s Bizarre Adventure
- The Placement Of The Snowboarding Minigame
- The Chocobo Breeding Sidequest
- The Hidden Secret Cinema
- Carry Armor
- The Hojo Beach Party
- The Terrible Ending
- The Slap Fight
- Cait Sith’s Scottish Accent
Final Fantasy VIII
- The Quistis Apology Mission
- A Villain Without A Cause
- Ragnarok Out Of Nowhere!
- The Guardian Force Amnesia
- The Secret Methods For Acquiring Cards & Guardian Forces
- Squall Is Dead (In The Remake)
- Attaching Spells To Stats
- The Empty Future
- The Special Triple Triad Rules
- The Chocobo World Paywall
- Seifer Killing Odin
- The SeeD Quiz
- The White SeeD Ship Mission
- The T-Board Tease
- The Moombas
Final Fantasy IX
- Amarant
- The Friendly Enemies Quests
- Fossil Roo
- The Lengthy Introduction Before the Evil Forest
- The Delay
- Dagger’s Lost Voice
- Zidane’s Overly Dark Backstory
- The Sprinting/Skipping Games
- The Trance Mechanic
- The Black Waltz & Sea Lion Battle
- The Ramuh Story Puzzle
- The Waste of the Four Fiends
- The Desert Palace
- The Emphasis on Stealing
- Necron
😲 for realz?
Personally, I disagree with a lot of these. They would change the nature of the games we all grew to love. But some of them make sense. What do you think?