I was really interested in that game, but never managed to play it myself.

Considering there were a whole bunch of them in Sonic Adventure, I think they might be safe from Penders there.

I didn’t know I wanted this until you mentioned it

Midgar is a HUGE chunk of the original game and nothing in the trailers suggest that this game moves beyond midgar

Lord of the Rings was originally published as many more than 3 volumes

This isn’t a remaster.

I don’t think this has anything to do with feature creep. It has to do with the serious deficiencies FFVII would have as a modern game.

A remake has to be brought up to modern standards to have any chance at success. There’s no way to just give it a fresh coat of paint here.

I’d say starting with Sonic 3 there are definitely stories being told in every Sonic game.

This book has the story, and I got some details wrong - but the thrust of my statement is still true. Sony’s terms were not something Nintendo could survive.
https://www.amazon.com/Game-Over-David-Sheff/dp/0340599820?tag=skim1x198322-20

The issues are summarized in this article.

If that’s a downer, please know that Sonic the Hedgehog is fun. It is not the thing that nerds probably wanted: a reference-packed recreation of their favorite video game plots.

Because that’s what Sony wanted if Nintendo went with their product. They basically wanted to steal Nintendo’s business entirely.

If Nintendo went through with that deal, Nintendo would no longer exist.

Sony and Nintendo never actually had a deal in place. 

Sony and Nintendo never had a deal, and the deal Sony wanted involved Sony owning Mario. 

I don’t think a fighting game like this will ever be viable as an online game.

Nintendo’s biggest mistake was what exactly? It certainly wasn’t deciding against giving all their IP to Sony just for an optical disc drive.

The blue haired guys are the protag

You really think the use case they designed the game for was everyone in your house buying their own memory card?

Yes, you can visit other towns with two memory cards.

If this system existed today you’d get this same article with complaints about only being able to have one town on one memory card.

A memory card was the only storage method available. It wouldn’t have been possible to restrict it across multiple memory cards. In City Folk, it was even more restricted than what people are complaining about on Switch.

The intent of the design was definitely for everyone in a household to have a house in their shared…

They were thinking people would enjoy the exact same setup they’ve had in every animal crossing game?