Toriyama's comments on PS4/Xbox One and remaking VII in 2010

Back in 2010, Siliconera interviewed Motomu Toriyama and they talked to him about next gen consoles and Final Fantasy remakes.

Why bring this up now? The next gen consoles (PS4 & Xbox One) were in development at the time, Toriyama confirmed he's working on a new project that will be revealed this year, and it will of course be his first title on the new consoles. Plus of course the VII Remake.

Here's Toriyama's comments on next gen and remaking FFVII in 2010:

 

As a director, what was the most important thing you learned when developing Final Fantasy XIII?

 

Toriyama: The most important lesson that I learned was creating the technology for the current generation high definition consoles took a much longer time than previous games to get the project rolling. Before the next generation consoles come out I want to be prepared with the fundamental technology in place to get the game moving.

 

You worked on a bunch of Final Fantasy games. Which one would you want to remake the most?

 

Toriyama: [Laughs.] That would be Final Fantasy VII!

 

If we had the manpower and the time to work on a project, if we were to remake Final Fantasy VII with the quality of Final Fantasy XIII it would become a tremendous project. If we can get the number of people we need by all means that would be the one I would really want to remake.