The original Tweet gave a shout-out to the fans and the Moogle with “kupo!” but the responses were still there, various and colorful, with demands for remastering and great debates all at once. Of course, the very first thing to come up was that players went straight to the request for “MORE.” The players did not just say “cool, thank you” but instead were quickly asking “Okay, what is next?”
The most popular request? Moving the bonus content from the Game Boy Advance and PSP versions to the present generation. The additional dungeons and characters plus the stories that were left out of these Pixel Remaster are where the talking will come from. “Great! Now bring the GBA contents,” was the way one user very clearly put it. That is the number one thing people are talking about the most. They love the clean look and the amazing re-recordings of the soundtracks but they want the whole package.
There are still a lot of demands to be made. A player wanted the remastered versions of Final Fantasy IV Interlude and The After Years plus arguments that they are the only mainline pieces left not available on modern platforms. Another gamer suggested a totally new set of games: “Ça serait bien une compilation du 7, 8,9,10 avec leurs spins off” (Translation: “It would be good to have a compilation of 7, 8, 9, 10 with their spin-offs”). Clearly, the demand is there for Square Enix to just keep… going. Remaster everything. Please.
But wait, the discussion abruptly shifts to the classic Final Fantasy debate zone. You know quite well the one Turn-based vs. action. People are using the enormous success of a turn-based collection as proof in the argument. A reply to the original tweet merely stated, “hope they keep remastering more, like give us FFXIII turn-based pls,” which opens up a completely different discussion but it certainly reflects the demand and desires.
However, there was one more user who in a reply to a forum thread injected a dose of reality, someone said, “Octopath II was turn-based, and sales didn’t meet expectations. People crying for turn-based largely don’t show up when it matters.” Ouch! That is a hot take. They argue that although the remasters of the beloved classics continue to sell, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the new turn-based Final Fantasy would be a blockbuster. It remains the eternal internal conflict of the fandom—what the core players want versus what the market might actually support on a large scale.
At the same time, other gamers are just sharing their individual experiences and journeys. One player has set a goal to 100% clear all mainline FFs and is now on the Pixel Remaster of VI, which he/she has referred to as “a hell of a ride.” Another person was celebrating the successful defeat of the final boss in V, Exdeath, whom he/she had to face “by getting really creative with chemist compounds to pretend I was at higher levels.” That is the good part right there, the suffering and the triumph that these old school titles had players go through is still present. Meanwhile, the gaming community continues to engage with major platforms like PlayStation and Xbox.
