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Oh hell yeah! Cannot like enough!
No, wait, that doesnt do it justice.
This came up on a thread not two days ago (well, not the release bit, but FF7!). I am aaaaalllll over that. I spent years aching for them to remake it, but I actually think now it would be spoilt. There was something about the graphics for me which made it; the bright blocky characters on the pre-rendered backgrounds of quaint little villages. The idylic simplicity of the world map - with the resultant joy and wonder when you stumbled across something new in the distance. The animations of the Weapons wondering around. The Midgar Zolom just daring you to play chicken...
I rather think that a true remake now - assuming that they caved to the desire to 21st century it up - would most probably destroy it for me. Oh and the music. Prelude. The world map theme. Anxious Hearts. One Winged Angel. They surely couldnt touch those?
As it sounds like they've just touched the graphics for a higher frame rate and smoothed the edges (and put in a blatant cheat mode which could be devious fun), this just sounds simply ace. Now its definately holiday time!
And just for the sake of nostalgia becuase I have been well and truly set off. Golden Saucer racing and Choccobo breeding to get KOTR. The things you do to cross dress in Sector 6(?). The sheer thrill of a mastered materia. Purposefully narking of the ladies to take Barrett on a date...