Kitase says Square Enix will favour new games, though fans want an FF6 remake
Final Fantasy VII Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase told IGN that Square Enix mainly backs new games, though many fans and staff want a Final Fantasy VI remake.
Square Enix is more likely to put money into new games than remakes, according to Yoshinori Kitase, producer of the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy. He spoke to IGN at Lucca Comics & Games 2026 in an interview published on November 4, months before Final Fantasy VII Revelation completes the trilogy next year.
Remakes are the exception
Kitase said the remake happened because he and other developers of the 1997 original felt strongly about it and wanted new players to discover it. He sees that as a special case rather than the company's main direction. He has no personal plans for another remake soon, but noted that plenty of people inside Square Enix and among fans keep asking for Final Fantasy VI.
What he wants to try next
He said younger players seem drawn to action-heavy battle games that put less weight on story, and he would like to explore that style without losing what makes a Final Fantasy story. He would also welcome future games or TV series set in Final Fantasy VII's world, which the remake expanded a great deal.
Star Wars and Clair Obscur
Kitase said he knows the creators of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and is glad Final Fantasy inspired them, comparing it to his own love of Star Wars. Biggs and Wedge in Final Fantasy VI take their names from Star Wars characters, and Blitzball in Final Fantasy X borrowed the idea of sport in a fantasy world from the podrace in Episode I.
He named Final Fantasy VII as the project he feels closest to, after almost 30 years with its characters. Our Final Fantasy VII Rebirth page covers the second part of the trilogy.
Source: IGN's interview with Yoshinori Kitase.
