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I love the original but for some reason wish they went with the 2.5D graphics engine used in the octopath games. I think that would have helped capture the timeless charm of the first while giving it a new lease on life.

I don't know what the stipulations were behind the scenes though, if Nintendo worked directly with Square to get this remake made (meaning they could have used that engine) or if they outright bought the rights to it. If they bought the rights then this would explain the graphical direction - on the plus side it would also give Nintendo the exclusive rights to Geno, Mallow and other characters to finally live in other Nintendo titles as they rightfully should.