Final Fantasy VII Remake in LittleBigPlanet is an unlicensed complete remake of SquareSoft's role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII in the LittleBigPlanet 2 engine.
Jamie Colliver's remake reimagines the original game as a platformer, with every scene, every location, every line of dialogue, and every song from the game's original soundtrack recreated.
A trailer showcasing the entirety of the project can be seen here.
Gameplay[]
In Final Fantasy VII the game begins in the Lifestream, where Cloud relives and witness's his memory's of the entirety of the original game's story and side missions. The player plays as Mini-Cloud a reflection of Cloud’s mental state in the lifestream through a variety of platforming levels covering his memories of the original game.
LittleBigPlanet's platforming mechanics introduce new gameplay elements not present in the original Final Fantasy 7, sometimes you need a grappling hook to reach the next location or scuba gear to fight underwater enemies. The traditional two-dimensional look in a three-dimensional style platformer force's the world of FF7 to feel much more intimate as a side-scrolling platformer.
During boss battles Mini-Cloud can control up to three characters to perform several abilities in the original turn-based style of FFVII to damage the boss.
All enemies are able to be destroyed by jumping on their unprotected Creature Brain's, this method also damages bosses.
Development[]
It took Jamie Colliver over 3 and half years of development time to complete, split over a ten year period.[citation needed]
The 9 Main Characters of the FFVII LBP Remake
The game makes use of the official FFVII Costume kit released for LittleBigPlanet 2, making use of the Cloud, Tifa, Aeris, Vincent, and Sephiroth costumes with minor adjustments by Colliver. The remaining costumes of every other character was created by himself.
One of the toughest areas to recreate for Colliver was Wutai, Yuffie’s hometown. Thanks to its sprawling size, hidden paths, and numerous cutscenes, it was a nightmare to plan out. Larger areas like the Great Glacier and Northern Crater were equally challenging, with their branching paths and massive layouts requiring significant adaptation to fit into three layers. By contrast, smaller areas like Kalm or Under Junon were easier to handle. Another major challenge was dealing with the file sizes and storage limitations of LittleBigPlanet, which required it to be split out over several levels.
Reception[]
Colliver meeting Naoki Hamaguchi and Briana White, voice actress of Aerith.
Colliver's remake has also earned him two Guinness World Records in 2014, for the First complete Final Fantasy remake made in another videogame and First RPG remade in LittleBigPlanet.
In November 2024, he met with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi in London for afternoon tea and showcased his work.
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References[]
- Square Enix Team (2012, September 13). "Community Spotlight: Little Big Fantasy". From Square Enix Blog. Archived from the original on February 25, 2025.
- Claire Lewis (2024, July 31). "This Guy Rebuilt The Original Final Fantasy 7 In LittleBigPlanet 2, And It's Awesome". From Gamespot. Archived from the original on February 26, 2025.
- Luke Karmali (2014, November 18). "Final Fantasy 7 Has Been Completely Recreated in LittleBigPlanet". From IGN. Archived from the original on March 03, 2025.
- Ana Diaz (2024, July 19). "Final Fantasy 7 recreated in Little Big Planet 2 looks shockingly good". From Polygon. Archived from the original on March 03, 2025.
- Robert Purchese (2012, September 11). "The entire Final Fantasy 7 story recreated in LittleBigPlanet 2". From Eurogamer. Archived from the original on March 03, 2025.
- Darren Nakamura (2014, November 18). "Two years worth of work went into this Final Fantasy VII recreation in LittleBigPlanet". From Destructoid. Archived from the original on March 03, 2025.
- Guinness World Records (2014). First complete Final Fantasy remake made in another videogame. Archived from the original on May 08, 2025.
- Guinness World Records (2014). First RPG remade in LittleBigPlanet. Archived from the original on May 08, 2025.