Hajime Tabata har hatt suksess med Final Fantasy XV, men da han ble spurt om han kunne tenke seg å ta over et annet spill i serien, nemlig den kommende remaken av Final Fantasy VII, sa han at det ikke var noe han kunne gjøre.
"It's something I couldn't make, myself. That's about it," sa han da han snakket med GameRevolution.
"It's such a special numbered game that I don't think I can remake that one. There's so many fans out there, if I were asked to satisfy all those fans, I don't think that's something I could do, 100%. If [Square Enix] asked me to make a new Final Fantasy and take it in a new direction, I'd be happy to accept that one, but if they asked me to remake Final Fantasy VII — to release as if it were a modern game, just released today - no, I don't think that's something I can do. I think the only people who could do that are Mr. (Yoshinori) Kitase and Mr. (Tetsuya) Nomura."
Men det er ikke bare dårlige nyheter! Seinere i intervjuet la nemlig Tabata til at hvis han ble spurt om å lage Final Fantasy VII-2, hadde det vært en helt annen sak. Så det er muligheter for at han bidrar til Final Fantasy VII på et eller annet vis i fremtiden.
Synes du Tabata burde vært involvert i remaken?