I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but please read more closely. The game is not going to be four times the length of the original (that would be insane; Final Fantasy 2/4 was a fairly lengthy game). Square simply plans to add more dialogue that was cut from the original release way back when. I suspect that they are somewhat exaggerating the new content as well; even double the original dialogue would mean an enormous amount of new text to add.
I could see this being a really good thing if handled correctly - or it might be not so hot. (I personally do not care for large amounts of speech/cut-scenes/cinematics, just because I prefer to play the games rather than watch them.) Regardless though, it's an exciting announcement nonetheless. I could never play Final Fantasy 2/4 on anything other than the SNES (still own the cartridge!) but it's great to see new/younger gamers get the chance to experience it again.
End of 2008 totals: Wii 42m, 360 24m, PS3 18.5m (made Jan. 4, 2008)
