Square Enix producer thinking about Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII on 3DS

by JC Fletcher on Sep 30th 2010 5:45PM

The mobile game Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII was the first part of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII to be released in Japan, but never made it to North America. That would almost certainly change if the game were ported to the Nintendo 3DS, something which Square Enix's Hajime Tabata mused about on Twitter.

"If I were to make something for 3DS, I suppose it would be a remake of Before Crisis Final Fantasy VII," he said (translated by Andriasang. "I'd redo the scenario structure and game design for the 3DS. I think I'd like to make an action RPG BCFF7 where a large number of Turks players play simultaneously."

Sounds awesome, right? Well, it's not happening, at least not right now. Tabata lamented that he was already far too busy on The 3rd Birthday, and plans to move to an HD project afterward as a change of pace from all the portable games.

Source: Andriasang

Tags: 3ds, before-crisis-final-fantasy-vii, ds, hajime-tabata, nintendo, square-enix, the-3rd-birthday

Reader Comments (38)

*thumbs up*, now square we just want TWEWY 3DS

that would make me happy

@Monkey D Luffy

No thanks. I've waited this long, I can certainly wait until this generation ends for them to do it right and take advantage of the next gen hardware in about 2 years time. Unless somehow, the economy tanks around the world again and the Kinect and Move are actual HUGE successes to not make it worth their time.

@HasteMakesWaste

Yes!

That would be great

How about the actual Final Fantasy VII. Imagine the fanboy harmony when Ocarina of Time and FF7 come together on one console. Peace and love.

@Supermanisdead

At first I was wondering if it'd fit, given it was a multi-disc game, but then I remembered MGS3 was also going to be on the 3DS, and realized... they totally could get it on there.

I'm not the biggest fan of FF7 (personal favorites are 9 & 10), but it'd still be cool if they remade FF7-9 for the 3DS.

@sonicspike41 But MGS3 isn't a giant open world game like VII-IX, so updating/rendering it all would be a lot more difficult that MGS3, which is rather linear.

And why port it when you can get on the PSP for 10 bucks each.

OOT 3D, FFVII 3D, and ... Azel: Panzer Dragoon 3DSaga *drools*

@ZexionArmando

I wouldn't consider FF7-9 open world, unless you count the overworld map exploration stuff, but that's nowhere near as complicated as the actual level designs if I remember right.

Open world would be more like GTA or Red Dead Redemption in my opinion. Open world to me is more like games where the entire thing is open, with only minor sections being separate, not the other way around.

@sonicspike41 The world being open for exploration and extra stuff to do adds to an open world. Sure, its not sandbox like RDR or GTA, but still open.

@ZexionArmando Are you kidding me? You're way off base. There's far more geometry in MGS 3 than any of the world maps in FF7-9. Also, if you recall, the world map in those games would render as you go. If you went fast enough you could see it happen. It didn't load the entire map into memory.

It's certainly achievable. Easily on the 3DS.

@Supermanisdead Tifa jiggling at you in 3D? I'LL TAKE TEN!!!

Please let FF7 die out. It was great back in the day but for the love of god let it just die.

@(Unverified) Well, technically, VII is still great, and never gets old, for me at least. But all of these extra games are getting old... Except Crisis Core, which was great.

@(Unverified)

mmmm.....no. it was great back in the day and it's still great now.

@Puertoricarious Great maybe, but I'm personally sick of it overshadowing the rest of the series. :/

@(Unverified)

I agree. Move on and let it die. All the great enjoyment I got from FFVII has been soiled by terrible spin-offs, a boring prequel starring characters I didn't give a damn about, and a dumb movie sequel that should have never been made.

@(Unverified) This. I bought FF7 for £8 after hearing about how godly it was. Turned out it was the worst £8 I've ever spent.

@Hank Hill It WAS. Not it IS. At the time it was godly. Now, I think the materia system would still up after an update but the rest, meh. Still a fine game but compared to games now it's obviously the first step into modern rpgs.

Considering how XII and XIII were, I'd say it'd be wise for them to go back a step and reconsider what made the series great. What we have now are good RPGs but certainly not true Final Fantasy ones.

We definitely need an open world again.

@(Unverified)

I agree it's dated now, but nothing that a little remake couldn't fix.

@(Unverified)

I replay old FF's maybe every year and no FF7 is still the best in the series for me, the combat system is perfect, the materia is perfect, the storyline is great, the mini games are amazing, chocobo breeding and racing is great, I just love everything about FF7.

FFX is a close second for me but yeah, unless you played FF7 at the time you won't be able to fully appreciate just how amazing the game is.

@Mmmmz

i loved 7 but it has not aged well at all. i didn't even really like 13 or Crisis Core either. it certainly was the base for modern RPG's but without an HD remake with extras, i honestly can't play it again after playing some of todays JRPG's (i've tried).

@Hank Hill

Also how far did u get before deciding the game was the worst £8 u ever spent?
I'd say the real story doesn't start til you get to Kalm

Bugs the f*** out of me when people don't give things a chance, my girlfriends brother had a go on FFVII and after 10 minutes declared it as utter crap.
Stupid 11 year olds...

@den69 VI was my favorite and i think VII was the worst in the series... Graphics have nothing to do with it.

@locke284

You must not have played XII or XIII then if you think that lol
Terrible examples of a FF game.

@den69 XII wasn't too bad if you ignore the meh story and lame characters.
The setting and gameplay were still awesome imo.
I haven't played XIII so I can't comment on that one, but I'm sure it's just another case of "IT'S NOT LIKE THE OLD ONES SO IT SUCKS!!!!1!!1!"

@ToastyToasy

Nah that's not the reason XIII sucks it sucks because it has no gameplay to it other than fighting. Seriously.
Nothing to do, no one to talk to, no towns to visit not even any cool hidden stuff in the game and the closest thing to a mini game it has is... More fighting.. lol Cie'th stone missions, basically the marks from XII. I got one trophy until platinum on it, so I think I can give a fair assessment of it personally.

XII was terrible in my opinion the worst I've played, it will say 'go to x' u get there expecting something decent to happen, maybe some interesting dialogue, maybe u will learn more about the characters but instead u get there and then it says 'now go to y'... Then basically repeat that through the entire game and that is FFXII lol

Out of curiosity how much of VII did you play? Coz when I first played it I thought it was terrible, but as soon as I got out of midgar I started loving the game.

@den69

the question at end is for locke284 forgot to put a @ on it

So it's a remake, and not just a port right? I know his quoted comment says remake, but in the first paragraph JC says port.

Also, it sounds... interesting. It sounds like he's thinking of adding some kind of multiplayer (co-op maybe?) element to it too.

Too bad it'd be at least 4-5 years away ( 2-3 years for an HD project then another 1-2 years for it). By the time he gets around to it we'll probably already be on the Nintendo 4DSi.

Then it will be Eealier than before the Crisis FFVII?

Every derivative FFVII subproduct i've played/watched is bad, although i haven't played Crisis Core (which everyone says it's good).

I recently downloaded the original FFVII on PSN and it is far better than i remembered, it deserve all the praise it gets, but STOP MILKING MONEY from the fans who does not have much sense!

Unless you make a decent remake, like FFIV DS, or just a high-def CG background with new models for PSN, which would be great.

Reposting my comment from Siliconera:

I will be highly amused if an FF7 spinoff is remade before FF7 is.

@gatotsu911

You mean another* spinoff? lol

I'd rather they just work on a new IP and let FF7 res-

*Is shot*

Makes WAAAY more sense then a cell phone. That platform alone made them miss out on a lot of players...like me.

Are there going to be any actual new games on the 3DS? All I've read about it has led me to believe it has a massive library full of ports and remakes... and that's it.

Does nobody want a HD FFVI remake? That would be worthy of my money... FFVII has been done to death. Good game, but just mutilated with sequels/prequels and never ending hopes of an HD remake.

It's extremely over-rated as well, it is a very good game, don't get me wrong, but if you've sat down and played the entire series in order (or generally in order), there are better FF games.

FFVI is a gem and needs an HD remake for PS3/360. However, I'd be equally happy with just PS3, since I'd get to play it anyway.

@Apsac D
I'd like an FF6 remake, but I'd rather have it on a handheld system than a console.

Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII

Square Enix producer thinking about Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII on 3DS

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