I've gotta say, nicely delivered feature story, Jer! Milo had it coming!
Also, even though I'm a fan of and quite enjoy my share of Final Fantasy games.. The Last Story. Really, Mr. Sakaguchi? First, you split from SE's downfall, start Mistwalker, both awesome moves.. But then Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey? Although I personally don't mind the sidestory deep in Lost Odyssey and how the dream sequences are written, still doesn't make me -want- to play it much.. Thesaurus looks like the new must-have game-naming device. Such an interesting concept.
As for Final Fantasy, they've re-released and re-re-released Final Fantasy 1&2 already. NES -> DS -> PSP.. Now the iPhone? That's just stupid. FF7 really is the only FF game that needs a proper remake. 8 and 9 were graphically better anyway and Crisis Core: FFVII on PSP is a perfect way to have an action-RPG. Maybe it was Zack that did it, but that game was much more fun with the music remixes and nicely pieced together prequel storyline.
VIII may have been summon-heavy, but it was a terrible, terrible game. The only thing I even care to like about it is the Ragnarok airship that COULDN'T GO BACK TO SPACE!? and maybe Esthar, which was an awesome futuristic city.
I mean, seriously.. FFVII could be a BRILLIANT game as a remake simply from the much more immersive story compared to its predecessors (arguably FFVI though, maybe?), but really, add the overall gameplay and rather entertaining cutscenes from how Crisis Core looked and it may be pretty damn awesome.
Either way, awesome ENN this week!