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If you’re on<\/span> the brink of completing one of the most ambitious projects in video game history, you’re probably stressed. If said project is the decade-spanning Final Fantasy VII Remake<\/em> trilogy<\/a>, a ground-up rebuild and drastic expansion of one of the most influential games of the last 30 years, you\u2019d probably be even more anxious.<\/p>\n

Naoki Hamaguchi doesn\u2019t seem stressed, though. When I ask the Square Enix studio head and game director how he\u2019s feeling as the release of Final Fantasy VII Revelation<\/em> draws near, capping a series he\u2019s worked on for over a decade, the only reply is a wry \u201cI was just so focused, it really felt like it passed in a flash.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamaguchi\u2019s calm demeanor is all the more surprising given the weight of expectation surrounding the project. The original Final Fantasy VII<\/em>, released on Sony’s PlayStation in 1997<\/a>, was a pop-cultural phenomenon\u2014not the Japanese-RPG series<\/a>\u2019 first Western release, but undeniably its breakthrough title; one that arrived right as gaming was growing out of its kids-only niche and into a mainstream medium.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still regarded as one of the best Final Fantasy<\/em> entries, and its tale of reluctant hero Cloud Strife and his scrappy band of eco-warrior friends battling an all-powerful corporation destroying the planet is more relevant than ever.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t Call It a Comeback<\/h2>\n

A remake has been brewing since the PlayStation 2 era<\/a>, and even teased with a cinematic tech demo alongside the PS3 reveal<\/a>. Yet when Final Fantasy VII Remake<\/em><\/a> finally arrived in 2020, toward the end of the PS4\u2019s lifespan<\/a>, it came with a twist\u2014this wasn\u2019t the same game with modern visuals and mechanics, but rather a glimpse of an alternate reality, one where events could potentially play out differently.<\/p>\n

The idea was expanded on in 2024\u2019s second chapter, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth<\/em><\/a>, which saw characters hopping between timelines\u2014but Hamaguchi is keen not to label it his attempt at a Marvel Cinematic Universe\u2013style<\/a> Final Fantasy VII<\/em> multiverse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we started approaching these things, seven years or more ago, I don’t believe there were so many other pieces of media tackling those same themes at the time,\u201d Hamaguchi laughs. \u201cWe don’t really tend to use the word \u2018multiverse\u2019\u2014we talk about [the story being] \u2018multilayered.\u2019 Actually, the word that comes up most often is \u2018reunion.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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If you’re on the brink of completing one of the most ambitious projects in video game history, you’re probably stressed. If said project is the decade-spanning Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy, a ground-up rebuild and drastic expansion of one of the most influential games of the last 30 years, you\u2019d probably be even more anxious. 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