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>I would also argue that remaking something can affect the original...Think of the endless sequels and expanding on things for other media
If you let a remake or supplementary material affect how you engage with the original, that's on you. And it's okay to remake a "perfect" game—sometimes a remake is just a celebration of something awesome for the sake of introducing it to a new audience, or just giving old fans something exciting.
>Remakes/remasters tend to make the originals less accessible (outside of pirating).
Oh yeah, totally. Just like how it's impossible to play FFVII anywhere, since the remake happened. Oh, wait...
>While FFV and the theoretical remake would be very different games, even more people will overlook the original because the remake is newer, even with extensive changes.
Even if this were true, why should I care? It's already impossible for me to find people who love and engage with the original as much as I do, especially in a post-irony world where caring about things is "cringe". If anything, the remake would generate new discussion and maybe even create new fans that will want to go back and see what I love so much about the original. Then we can talk about that, too.
>FFV is also an RPG that has fun replay value, making a new version even less necessary.
I've played it 12 times, many fiestas, every official and unofficial translation. I'm ready for a remake.

I want a remake because I unironically want obsessive rambling fanfiction from socially-isolated Japanese developers to be injected into the game with top notch graphics, a fully orchestral OST with tons of new compositions, and loads of pointless NPC chatter. I want that fucking level of shameless passion, and it doesn't exist among fans anymore because people are getting too dumb to appreciate things without keys being jingled in front of them. Most of the discussion you get about FF5 ends at, "Hurrrr, job system was good". Yawn. It's time for the FF5 keys to be jingled