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'Final Fantasy VII Revelation' Devs Want Game's Climax to be 'Something That Belongs to You'

Final Fantasy VII Revelation developers do not want to spoil the game's ending, then proceeds to talk about other aspects of the game.

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss is "very much aware" you hate Chadley for being a socially inept doofus, but he will soon have "a very integral part" in the story anyway

We can do it the easy way, or the Chadley way

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation includes more spin-off characters, Naoki Hamaguchi says, and devs "thought really hard" about including more compilation references for the trilogy's finale

Square Enix is going big for this one

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director promises to "go even deeper" into Vincent's backstory since the JRPG's goth icon has been a mystery for 30 years

Naoki Hamaguchi says there'll be "new reveals about things that he did in the past"

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss says The Witcher 3 "inspired me for so many years," and it was "a great honor" to share the stage at Gamescom

Friendship!

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation trailer at Opening Night Live is just the "beginning of our information rollout," Naoki Hamaguchi says: "We’ll be sharing much more in the months ahead"

This is just the beginning of the end

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Final Fantasy VII Revelation brings Ruby and Emerald Weapon back in new gamescom trailer

Square Enix is bringing back some familiar superbosses.

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Gamescom Opening Night 2026 LIVE: The Witcher, Final Fantasy 7, Gears of War and every revealed

Gamescom's Opening Night Live was a 2-hour showcase of some of the biggest (and smallest) games coming to PC and console. Here are the highlights.

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation fans think the Japanese icon behind a beloved spin-off character is teasing something big for the JRPG's release next year

"If this dude is a secret giga boss, I'm afraid it's peak"

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A Final Fantasy 9 remake was reportedly "very far along" before Square Enix put the JRPG revival on ice, but it's not completely dead yet

Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy apparently survived being close to cancellation, so FF9 might be able to do the same

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation lead "can finally feel that pressure lifting" as the RPG is now "satisfying" to play as it nears completion: "I am quite confident in it"

"Of course, the final judgment is in the hands of the players," says Naoki Hamaguchi

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss says the ending "might be fully faithful to the original" RPG, or "it might end up being something completely different"

Naoki Hamaguchi wants people to have an open mind

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FF7 Remake director had to tell his team to 'be reasonable' because they got too excited about the FF14 crossover: 'That would be putting the cart before the horse'

Worlds collide.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake boss wanted to make sure its crossover with Final Fantasy 14 didn't derail the MMO's patch schedule

Naoki Hamaguchi had to tell his team to "look at our bandwidth to see what's realistic"

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says each character in the RPG only has 4 jobs because making games is so much harder now

"It did make me realize all over again how hard it is to develop games these days."

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director is "serious about concluding the series" at the end of the JRPG, and any DLC will focus on "untold stories"

Like FF7 Remake's Yuffie expansion

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director is happy people argue about the remake trilogy because when people "get heated," it means "they see value in those elements"

"I'm proud that this series has enough depth and capacity to inspire those kinds of discussions"

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director knows players "got a little bit of tired" of side quests in the JRPG's massive open world and might have "stepped away"

This could suggest Revelation may be more streamlined

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Final Fantasy 14: Evercold will revitalize the long-running MMO with all-new content and gameplay features — here are the top three things I can't wait to try

Final Fantasy 14: Evercold is looking to be a mighty expansion filled with major updates and playable content, but here are the things I'm excited to try out.

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's endgame fights may involve some minigames, but its director is more interested in using your levelled-up characters to "overcome difficult situations"

Square Enix wants to see what you can do

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Final Fantasy 7 remake director says he hopes Revelation will get 'some kind of physical edition' despite the industry and Sony's 'shift away' from discs

A difficult disc-ussion.

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss has been thinking about ways to make a mysterious boss suitable for the upcoming crossover raid with Final Fantasy 14

"Nobody wants to go in there and just see Cloud looking like Cloud, but massive."

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director wants "some kind of physical edition" for the RPG, but he can't promise it as Sony becomes the latest to "shift away" toward digital

"We're still having internal discussions on what the exact SKU product lineup is going to be for Revelation"

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Naoki Hamaguchi talks Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Final Fantasy 14, and physical media plans: "It's a wonderful culture and it would be a shame to lose that"

Interview | Hamaguchi also tells us about the one FF7 Revelation feature that taught him "how hard it is to develop games these days."

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"I want this guy to make Final Fantasy 17": Yoshi-P embarrasses Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead with the "highest praise you can get" from players live on stage at FF14 Fan Fest

Yoshi-P reassured him that he didn't "have to respond" to the compliment

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