The original director of 1999?s Final Fantasy VIII, Yoshinori Kitase, was part of an interview with Famitsu magazine, in which he shed some light on several minor details for the upcoming remaster. The remaster was of course, announced at Square Enix?s E3 2019 press conference, recently. Kitase covered info about the game?s characters, some more on the game?s combat, and even a fascinating point about its influence on Hollywood entertainment.
The interview, as transcribed by Ryokutya2089, was broken down into a list of bullet points, as follows:

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