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Tetsuya Nomura Discusses Changes Made to The Honey Bee Inn Event and More
By Kasaix β€’ 5 years ago
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Before we start, take a good long look at the interview HERE. I'll be breaking down my takes on it, because a few parts are straight-up nonsense that were done to appease people who aren't even gamers. Gematsu gathered up some notes in one tidy place, where Tetsuya Nomura, legend in the game industry, broke down what he and his team may have broken.


> "The watchmen of fate (the black mist in the trailer) are mysterious beings that appear before the party wherever they go. I hope that even those who have played the original game will enjoy the new elements."

Okay, a bit weird. Sounds like a new major plot point. Makes me a touch nervous, but I'm not entirely turned off by it.



>"There are quite a bit of dialogue options. We are making it so the dialogue changes depending on your response, so the sheer volume of dialogue has increased."

Again, a but weird, but I'm more curious than nervous.



>"The Honey Bee Inn cross-dressing event is still in. We’ve made it more modern. If we made the facility like we did in the original game, the physical unease would be staggering, so that was no good…"

You know what? I didn't know how they would handle the famous Cloud cross-dressing event. Didn't know how they'd pull it off. And yet, I'm still disappointed. Disappointed in them and in the event.



>"There are quite a few additions to the scenario. While the main story itself hasn’t changed, there are a countless number of new events. Otherwise we wouldn’t have two Blu-ray discs. (Laughs.)"

You added a new spectral force to the scenario. It looks like it'll play a big part. How do you toss them in without affecting the main story?



>"Aerith and Tifa are double heroines. One has a western-style look and the other an eastern-style look."

Fair enough. I think we all saw that theme with the two main waifus of the game.



>"We wanted Tifa to have abs, so she has an athletic body type. The ethics department at Square Enix also told us that we had to tighten her chest as not to get unnatural during all the intense action. From there we got the black underwear and fitted tank top."

This nonsense is why I wanted to write this. A "ethics department" at Square-Enix? I didn't have much of a dog in this fight, I expected Tifa to get toned down. But this nonsense, the "ethics department" can fuck themselves. I've said this before: why is actual terrorism fine, but sexy women need to go? What sort of fucked double standard is that? What message does that send to actual busty women? That's not ethical. That's fucked reasoning. No true gamer cares if a girl is too busty. They decided to pander to people who won't give them a cent. Nomura, you have actually disappointed me. You're supposed to be better than this.



>"With an emphasis on immersion and exhilaration, you can fight without stress through the use of shortcuts. When you open the command menu, time slows and you can fight like a command battle."

This is a middle ground to open battles and the turn-based system the original is based on.



>"Each playable character has different enemy affinities."

Why though. Why. Just...why? I'm still just going to use Cloud at every given opportunity. 



>"An item is required for MP recovery."

It's called an "ether". This is not news. We've been using them forever.



>"For the sake of level design, we’re preparing a few new enemies where necessary."

Fair enough. I think we all expected some new enemies.




Anon - Rando 5 years ago
Yeah that's a no for me. This shit is slippery slope, once you accept and allow it once, their just gonna keep pushing it more till the eastern gaming industry is the same as the western one. So yeah, I hope theres some outrage over this, cause its bullshit women aren't allowed to show skin and be busty. The fan service and masculinity is what makes Japanese games more appealing in the first place
Manarkin 5 years ago
1. Tifa is still sexy and busty.
2. The enemy affinities are probably there to make the player not just use cloud.
3. He may be saying that their is no MP Regen, and items are the ONLY way to regain MP.
Anon - Anon 5 years ago
It's a mistranslation, they never mentioned about reducing her breast size, instead they said they opt to give her a sports bra to provide support in her movements and actions.
Hectotane 5 years ago
Nomura whilst planning to re-up FF7:

should I keep Tifa intact and suffer unnecessary bullshit while releasing the game? Or should I tone her down, make a profit off of people who'll actually play the game for the sake of the game, and let the porn industry deal with her?

It was probably a really tough choice, yo.
---------------- 5 years ago (edited 5 years ago)
The fact that they call it an "ethics department" and not the "investor-friendly suckoff room" is an offence against the very idea of honesty. Other than that, though, I'm not sure how to feel. It's provable by Tifa's original art that she didn't use a bra in the original so a smaller-looking chest is fine, but the real-time menu combat worries the fuck out of me.
Anon - Redesign Sill Sexy 5 years ago
Sexy ladies need to go? She still sexy, she just wearing a Sport Bra that makes them look reduce. They are still big
Anon - Erebus 5 years ago
What, exactly, is so incredibly disappointing about the cross-dressing event for you? The excerpt you're showing just says that they're changing the Honey Bee Inn itself (specifically says "the facility) to be less disconcerting. You put effort into complaining about Tifa wearing a sports bra, so why does a building redesign not get a paragraph devoted to it?
Anon - Hamm 5 years ago
I'm a bit disappointed by her changes, but I'm okay long as the game's good. If I played for the women, I wouldn't have DB XV and XV2, Wolverine Uncaged or Naruto
Kill La Spirit 5 years ago
I was really worried about the remake, but it's sounding more and more like Nomura doesn't understand the difference between a reMAKE and a reBOOT.
myrrkin 5 years ago
What abs?