In an interview with Ultimania magazine, Final Fantasy XIII producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama have spoken out as to why we've not received the much-desired HD remake of Final Fantasy VII.
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Toriyama added "Considering the amount of work to make graphics that deserve HD, it is hard to make towns in the conventional style. 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."
This also goes some way to explaining the lack of open own environments in the altogether more linear Final Fantasy XIII, which is out on March 9th.
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