Naoki Hamaguchi says the original Final Fantasy 7 "is still worth playing." Sounds like he had no business touching it. If you want to make a new game make a new game. Don't molest an existing one, one universally recognized as one of the greatest of all time, into three of them.
"Square Enix will release physical Switch copies of Final Fantasy 7 as part of a $40 twin-pack with Final Fantasy 8 Remastered on December 9." You know they're just making new good games and good remakes when they're selling twin-packs. Final Fantasy 8 remastered going to to 4 parts because math or 8 parts because samesies?