I guess there was nothing ninja related in my youth, so the ninjacool side of the Force never held sway over my emotions.
And so the "when did Final Fantasy peak?" debates begin, as always, with "3D was a mistake FF6 is Best"
As a hopeless FFVI whore, I can only call "ORANGES!" to that. FFIX will life rent free in my heart until the heat death of the universe, FFVIII has aged fairly well, and I doubt FFVII is still as loved by people for nothing.
And yes, there's a difference between pre-rendered 3D and full 3D games. But X I think still has a good rep, I've never heard XII to be considered Bad™️ despite the development drama, and the worse I've heard about XIII is that is weird for a FF (lol, ok). And linear. But I put that on the weird.*
They might not always hit a "10/10 would play again" mark for everyone and of course you might not like them, but there's always enough of something decent in every FF that saying any of them is a mistake... feels like just being contrarian just for the sake of scoring coolness points with your tribe.
I've expressed the sentiment before that FFVI is almost a quintessential 2D experience - as in, the game wouldn't work in 3D.
It could. That any studio can be trusted to do the job in this industry culture and time is an entirely different matter. Many wouldn't risk it.
I think I've read about Nomura being interested in remaking more FFs, but I don't see his style working for FFVI. Although going through FFXIV, sometimes I get the feel that YoshiP's team
maybe? sometimes manage to give a vibe that could indicate being able to pull it off (and I'm not saying this because of the Omega raids).
*Most weekdays I also tend to consider Stranger of Paradise a main series FF and a good one at that, because screw you Flanders.