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'FFVII' remake 'too time consuming' for HD
Published Friday, Feb 5 2010, 11:19 GMT | By Matthew Reynolds
Speaking with Ultimania magazine, producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama said that FFXII lacks towns because they are too labourous for HD development.
"It is a result of considering HD graphics will be the mainstream. Considering the amount of work to make graphics that deserve HD, it is hard to make towns in the conventional style," they explained.
"In the limited period of development time, to convey the great story that deserves the name of Final Fantasy, and to convey the battles that entertain players enough, we condensed each element."
The duo added that problem would apply to a potential remake of FFVII, saying: "It is very hard to make games on PlayStation 3 in the same style as the games in that era had. Making graphics will take enormous time."
Final Fantasy VII was re-released on PSN last summer.
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