VillainFan42
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Okay, so just to start, Smash Ultimate looks freaking great. However, I was unbelievably disappointed to see that Final Fantasy VII has only 2 songs. Again.
I should clarify- Final Fantasy is my favorite series. Final Fantasy X was one of my first games I ever played and one I still love to this day, Final Fantasy VI is my favorite game of all time, and while VII is not my favorite game in the series, I still like it, and accept that it's become the face of the series, more or less. I adore Final Fantasy. And I own soundtracks for at least half of the main games, so you know I love the music in it as well.
So when I saw the Smash Direct and noticed that Final Fantasy once again had only two freaking songs, that was just a slap in the face. With Wii U/3DS, I get it. Cloud was kind of a last-minute addition, there were licensing issues, I get it. But by this game's very nature, Cloud was clearly meant to be in it from the start, and still we only have two songs. The Final Fantasy series, which has the best music in all of gaming, is represented by a measly two songs.
I don't blame Sakurai or Nintendo for any of this. Sakurai is a freaking miracle worker, and if he could've gotten more songs, I have no doubt that he would have. I'm guessing there were issues with Square Enix, but from what I can gather, even THEY have issues with FF's music. Or maybe they're just being stingy, who knows? Either way, as a longtime fan of the series, this is just disgraceful. And just to throw salt in the wound, as of the E3 build, Cloud still doesn't have an English voice actor, while Marth does. I understand there were some issues with his voice actor because he's a union actor, but still, it's kind of a slap in the face.
To get to the point, the game releases in 4 months, and not knowing as much as I should about game development, I want to ask people more knowledgeable than I am: Is it already too late? Would they still be able to record English audio for Cloud and add more songs if they did manage to work out the issues? I don't even necessarily want remixes. There are plenty of songs from FF7 I'd be okay hearing in their original state- Bombing Mission, Crazy Motorcycle, Birth of a God, J-E-N-O-V-A, and Jenova Absolute, to name a few. We saw in the direct that FF only had two songs in that build, so does that 100% guarantee there won't be any more added in the final release?
I know beggars can't be choosers, and I should be happy Cloud is even in Smash Bros at all. But considering the love and attention the other 3rd party series are getting musically, I kind of take it personally that the music of my favorite series is so criminally underutilized. If worst comes to worst, and two songs is really all we're getting, I might just end up modding or hacking or whatever the game just so I can add more Final Fantasy music to it. There will be a way to do that, right? There has to be.
I'm sorry for getting overemotional about this. I'm aware it's probably not Sakurai's fault, but one of the greatest video game soundtracks only having 2 songs in this game is just unacceptable.
I should clarify- Final Fantasy is my favorite series. Final Fantasy X was one of my first games I ever played and one I still love to this day, Final Fantasy VI is my favorite game of all time, and while VII is not my favorite game in the series, I still like it, and accept that it's become the face of the series, more or less. I adore Final Fantasy. And I own soundtracks for at least half of the main games, so you know I love the music in it as well.
So when I saw the Smash Direct and noticed that Final Fantasy once again had only two freaking songs, that was just a slap in the face. With Wii U/3DS, I get it. Cloud was kind of a last-minute addition, there were licensing issues, I get it. But by this game's very nature, Cloud was clearly meant to be in it from the start, and still we only have two songs. The Final Fantasy series, which has the best music in all of gaming, is represented by a measly two songs.
I don't blame Sakurai or Nintendo for any of this. Sakurai is a freaking miracle worker, and if he could've gotten more songs, I have no doubt that he would have. I'm guessing there were issues with Square Enix, but from what I can gather, even THEY have issues with FF's music. Or maybe they're just being stingy, who knows? Either way, as a longtime fan of the series, this is just disgraceful. And just to throw salt in the wound, as of the E3 build, Cloud still doesn't have an English voice actor, while Marth does. I understand there were some issues with his voice actor because he's a union actor, but still, it's kind of a slap in the face.
To get to the point, the game releases in 4 months, and not knowing as much as I should about game development, I want to ask people more knowledgeable than I am: Is it already too late? Would they still be able to record English audio for Cloud and add more songs if they did manage to work out the issues? I don't even necessarily want remixes. There are plenty of songs from FF7 I'd be okay hearing in their original state- Bombing Mission, Crazy Motorcycle, Birth of a God, J-E-N-O-V-A, and Jenova Absolute, to name a few. We saw in the direct that FF only had two songs in that build, so does that 100% guarantee there won't be any more added in the final release?
I know beggars can't be choosers, and I should be happy Cloud is even in Smash Bros at all. But considering the love and attention the other 3rd party series are getting musically, I kind of take it personally that the music of my favorite series is so criminally underutilized. If worst comes to worst, and two songs is really all we're getting, I might just end up modding or hacking or whatever the game just so I can add more Final Fantasy music to it. There will be a way to do that, right? There has to be.
I'm sorry for getting overemotional about this. I'm aware it's probably not Sakurai's fault, but one of the greatest video game soundtracks only having 2 songs in this game is just unacceptable.