With the Final Fantasy VII Remake’s playable demo now out and the game’s launch just a short 5 weeks away, fans have once again begun to question why Square Enix felt the need to split the remake into multiple different games. Easily the most consistent of criticisms leveled against the remake, news that the title would be split into multiple entries sparked outrage when it was announced some years back. Now, Final Fantasy VII Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase has once again come forward to explain why the team felt it necessary to break up the game.

In a recent interview with GameSpot, Yoshinori Kitase opened up about the need to split the Final Fantasy VII Remake into multiple parts, citing Square Enix’s desire to do more than just a simple throwback as the primary reason behind the decision. “But if we were just to make it a 100%, one-for-one remake of the original game … I think people would like it but it would just be ‘Oh yeah, I remember this. This was great, how nostalgic,’ and that’s all you get.”

Kitase goes on to suggest that what Square Enix is doing will inject the Final Fantasy VII Remake with a lasting presence that should allow it to stand on its own for the near future. “Final Fantasy VII is a game which, if it just stayed as the original, would just be remembered as something from the past and people wouldn’t be as engaged with it,” he said.

I think in order to be something that continues to be loved and followed by future generations we have to keep updating it as we’re doing now. And in 10 years time, 20 years time, it may need to be done again! So even if this is the only thing that I do in the rest of my career, I won’t be disappointed.”

In regards to the next part of the Final fantasy VII Remake series, Kitase thinks that the team will “probably get straight into it” following the launch of part one, which is slated to release exclusively for the PlayStation 4 on April 10, 2020.

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