I too wanted a remake of Final Fantasy VII but when I was thinking about a remake what I had in mind was adding meat to the same bones that hold the game together. Better cut-scenes, great character animations that can bring the dialogue to life, more areas to explore (but don't remove the things that already exist).
Nomura must understand that FFVII fans want to play the same game and find the same things and give them the feeling that they know the game, just in a whole different package.
Add more sidequests, add more Summons, add more magics, add more enemies, add more Weapons, add more secrets, add more bits of history, add more background story like a flashback to Jenova's arrival to the planet, etc.
Don't change the fucking game, add stuff and retell the same story a little differently.
Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1
