Square Enix published today the second episode of the InsideFinal Fantasy VII Remakemaking of,the series of videos explaining to fans how theRemakewas developed through the words of its own core staff.
This second episode focuses on the story and characters ofFinal Fantasy VII Remake. The video features Producer Yoshinori Kitase, Final Fantasy scenarist Kazushige Nojima, and Co-director Motomu Toriyama (Scenario Design).
One of the most interesting parts of the video is Nojima mentioning how Midgar obviously represents social segregation, with the rich living above the plates and the poor below, and how it’s a simple representation of inequalities of the real world that still holds true even 20 years later. Nojima also talks about Cloud, Barret, Tifa and Aerith’s psyche and motivations, so the video contains some spoilers regarding that if you’ve never played the original game. Nojima most notably echoes whatTetsuya Nomura said about Cloud, what healready said in the past about Cloud,and we learn on Tifa and Aerith is reminiscent of whatNomura said a few months ago about the duo as well.
At the 12:55 mark, Kazushige Nojima also reveals something pretty interesting about Cloud and Tifa in theRemake. This could be considered spoilers especially for those who want to go into the game completely blind, (though I doubt they’d have clicked on this article in the first place), so just check it by yourself. We also learned how there’s something new about Aerith’s story but revealed in an extremly subtle way so most players might not notice what it is.
InsideFinal Fantasy VII RemakeEpisode 2 is included below. Don’t forget to turn on the subs.
Square Enix recently published a new interview with Yoshinori Kitase and Naoki Hamaguchi explaining thescope of Midgarand revealing some new details aboutShinra HQ and Red XIII. Profiles for some of the new characterswere shared as well,alongsidenew screenshotsand the reveal of thejukebox function.
Final Fantasy VII Remakelaunches on April 10, and Square Enix already mentioned it’ll be a PlayStation 4 exclusive until April 2021. Meaning a PC version and the like could launch then. Seeing the current state of the world,it’s still unclearwhether fans will get their preordered physical copies on April 10 or not, andSquare Enixis supposed to communicate on the matter in the next few days.
