Personally, even if SE were to remake any games right now I would rather they turn UX and DR into fun to play accessible games, though I know that's very unlikely. Incidentally those would show off classic film worlds too. As far as KH1/KH2 are concerned, I don't see as much need to remake them as imo they still hold up fairly well and are fun to play as part of the compilations.
You never know. It may happen eventually, but probably not any time soon. From what it sounds like, all the KH teams are busy. I think one team is already in the pre-planning state for KH4 if I remember reading things correctly. Doesn't mean we'll get it right away, but it's probably being figured out, while another team develops the next title after Melody of Memory (unless that actually IS the bridge game from KH3 to KH4).
I didn't even dive into KH2. They'd drop hints of Maleficent time traveling. Vague hints of Roxas and Axel having another ice cream buddy. Ventus's heart probably reacting to Xemnas, because he looks like Terra. Xigbar would be in full Luxu troll mode. Minnie would take credit for banishing Pete. Donald and Goofy would know Yen Sid's tower moves. The mansion in Twilight Town would house so many foreshadowing events. Kairi getting her Keyblade in a different manner. Pence would recognize Axel. More Foreteller and Subject X teasing. Mickey would think of Aqua every now and again and debate if now was the time to save her or not.
A lot of these would be really interesting to see if they were done correctly, especially the Mickey and Aqua situation. Xigbar has been in troll mode since the guy first appeared, so I don't think he really could allude any further besides straight up saying he's Luxu. Even the "You're not half the hero the others were" and the "Why do you always look at me like I'm trying to drown your goldfish?" lines have WAY more weight to it when you realize that he's talking about the same person
but from a completely different era of time. Everything he's said up to KH3 now comes with a different meaning.
The Subject X stuff has SO much potential too, because there's also the pods in Twilight Town's mansion that "had signs of being used before". And we just know that's gonna eventually come into play sooner or later.
I'm playing FF8 right now and I definitely think it should be the next game they remake. It's a game that honestly could use a whole overhaul. The story is more straightforward than FF7, but I think less fully realized because of a lot of holes in its lore. It also relies a bit too much of character types to inform the audience rather than building genuine characters. The game is really funny and has a lot of interesting things going on, but I just finished up Disk 1 and I just keep thinking about how it could be a way better game.
If they go full Remake style, it is the perfect game to play with time travel mechanics since it is a core aspect of the game considering its closed time loop and then all of the time compression stuff. They could get really creative with it. Perhaps borrow some Chrono Trigger and FFXIII-2 elements?
And yes, I agree with KH1/2 having a similar approach. Also, Nomura did introduce this whole "worldline" stuff in KH3, so a remake could just be an alternate worldline. Helps to tie the lore together a bit more.
FF8 is my favorite Final Fantasy (it's also the first one I've played, so I'm biased), and I think there's so many more cool things they could do with the Remake. Square's toyed with the idea of a Remake for 8, but it most likely wouldn't come until after 7R's completed. In terms of the lore with the GFs, they could absolutely dial that up and take that somewhere completely new.
The Junction System would also need reworking. I didn't mind it, but it's not intuitive, and caused a lot of people grief. The battle system was also more input-heavy than previous games (in some ways similar to Legend of Dragoon, which came out in 2000), so a FF7R-styled ATB system would work wonders for a FF8 Remake. There's so many things they could do with FF8 and I think if done right, it could absolutely surpass FF7R's overall story when it's all done.
I agree with Spockanort that they aren’t likely to remake it without some kind of big twist to it and I think Nomura would want it to remain in the current canon.
With those things in mind (and I know I’ve said this before,) I think the closest we would get to a KH1 remake any time soon is a game that uses the live action remakes of the same worlds (trading Tarzan for Jungle Book) to show a different worldline that more or less tells an AU version of KH1, maybe even with Yozora as the protagonist. I’m not crazy about those movies, but I think a game with them could potentially be fun and visually impressive if done well. Using the likeness of actors might be a licensing hassle though. Plus, they’d need to wait a few more years for Little Mermaid, Hercules, etc to come out.
I hope they just keep moving forward though. We’ve had enough KH1 rehashes to last a couple decades.
If Verum Rex ended up being a pseudo-remake of KH1, I think that's easily their KH1 remake quota done right then and there. Magia and Aegis seem to be Yozora's Donald and Goofy too, so there's that. Plus the "I've been having these weird thoughts lately..." line, the parallels are there for a reason.
I don't think they'll actually do this, though. I think if anything, Yozora's and Sora's backstories will parallel, but not with Verum Rex literally being KH1. There'll probably be similarities like both Sora and Yozora losing their home, gaining power, having to fight their best friend while looking for their other best friend, and overall goal to achieve like saving the world/universe, but maybe Yozora's path will take a different turn than Sora's did.
Back in the day, Nomura named Noctis Lucis Caelum as "Light of the Night Sky" and said he's parallel to Sora, where his name means "Sky". I believe he said they're parallel for a reason. Now we have Yozora, who's name means "Night Sky" as well. I found this interview from Nomura back in 2013 that touches on this (although the legitimacy is weird because he says KH3 is the last chapter in the main numbered Kingdom Hearts series... and DDD was already out by then (I think the KH3 trailer probably was out too)
and KH Chi had just started, so it has to be a translation error BUT nevertheless...):
Finaland & FFDream: You’ve created a lot of characters for the Final Fantasy series. What’s your favorite character between all those you’ve created ?
Tetsuya Nomura: Hmm if I had to choose a favorite character, I would say Sora, and Noctis. Why them? Of course Sora, I’ve been together with him for more than ten years now, this is the first time i’ve been with a character for such a long time, so he’s very very special for me and he’s been adopted by Disney also, so he’s a very very good boy. More like a good son actually.
Also there is Noctis, he hasn’t been in front of you, I mean moving etc yet in a real gameplay but he will soon, in the future.
Do you know the name Sora mean the “sky”, in japanese and Noctis, his family name is Caelum which mean sky as well so basically, Noctis mean “night sky”, so they are kind of complete opposites to each other. There is a reason why I named these characters as opposites. Noctis is kind of like my latest boy, or latest son and I expect him to be more clever than Cloud.
Keep in mind too, this is already back when KH3 was in full development too, so my theory is that Noctis was always supposed to be in Kingdom Hearts in some form. Yozora seems to be Noctis's stand-in now, but you never know, Yozora could literally be Noctis but something happened to the guy.
