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Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy maestro Tetsuya Nomura has a "huge number of game proposals" and probably countless zipper-infested protags "lying dormant"

Nomura still has plenty of new ideas that have yet to see the light of day

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Final Fantasy 6 is one of the few games RPG icon Tetsuya Nomura feels he "could have done a better job on" – "I don't really feel that way about many other games"

Nomura "tried to do everything I could" during the JRPG's development

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Louder for the shareholders in the back: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth producer says Part 3 may be finished within just 3 years because the dev team hasn't been split up

Here's hoping we don't have too long to wait

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 development has officially begun and the director is ready to be "done with this absolute marathon of projects"

Square Enix has officially begun development on the third and final part of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is "off to the races already," according to its director, who also wants to be "done with this absolute marathon of projects"

Nomura says he and Nojima are already "hard at work" on Part 3

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's animators "really didn't think" Tetsuya Nomura would approve Red XIII's ridiculous chocobo-riding pose, but "he said that's the one"

"It was a must for him to hold the reins in his hands"

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Get Some Behind the Scenes Look at Final Fantasy VII Rebirth with Four-Part Documentary Series

Square Enix has released a new documentary series that gives us a closer look at home the game was created.

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Japanese solo dev behind surprise Steam mega-hit weighs in on the term JRPG: "This is a term I heard for the first time since it's not used in Japan"

A useful chat with Astlibra Revision creator Keizo

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake's final scene gets a script change 2 days before its sequel drops, and it's going down about as well as you'd expect

The cloud-based strife.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director wants series vets and newbies alike to be surprised by its twist and turns, seeing the remake as more than 'just a callback'

Don't call it a comeback.

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Final Fantasy 7 veteran Tetsuya Nomura is "even more nervous" about fans' reactions to Rebirth's ending than its predecessor's

"I would like you to play it as soon as possible before I end up giving away spoilers!"

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Tetsuya Nomura says he can't claim full responsibility for Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts' wildest twists, but he's "happy if people enjoy the game"

"Sometimes even lines in the scenario that I didn't write are called Nomura-isms"

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth producer thinks Sephiroth is now a ‘more charismatic and appealing antagonist than before’

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth producer Yoshinori Kitase has spoken more about Sephiroth's depiction in the upcoming RPG.

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"We can't go on making games in this way": Final Fantasy 7's development was so chaotic, Tetsuya Nomura says it changed how the team approaches games

"It was that kind of world then"

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake producer knew the original would be remade "one day" after so many requests

Final Fantasy series producer Yoshinori Kitase knew that Final Fantasy 7 Remake would happen eventually after so many requests from fans.

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Tetsuya Nomura wanted to remake Final Fantasy 7 as he became increasingly worried "someone else" at Square Enix inevitably would

"If we weren't going to do Final Fantasy 7, others were going to do it, so we had to rise up and do it!"

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth features a scene that makes the creative director want to cry

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth creative director Tetsuya Nomura has revealed that there's one particular scene that makes him want to cry.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth creative director didn’t want "reflex-type" action without the strategic elements he considers "core" to the JRPG series

Creative director Tetsuya Nomura explains why the series needs to keep its tactical focus

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Inverse

'Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth' Screenshot Hints at the Debut of a Forgotten Character

A new screenshot released for 'Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth' could suggest another obscure character will make an appearance,.

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Kingdom Hearts 4 fans are questioning what Disney's Wish will mean for the sequel

Kingdom Hearts' story could be about to get even more complex

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27 years later, Final Fantasy 7 veteran Tetsuya Nomura wants to know why you all find Sephiroth so attractive

"Frankly, I'm very curious"

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‘We remade it from a fan’s perspective’: the creators of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

As Square Enix gears up to release the second chapter of its FFVII Remake trilogy, the game’s creators reflect on making the original – and remaking a classic

Inverse

'Final Fantasy VII Rebirth' Devs Tease an Expanded Story For a Major Villain

Tetsuya Nomura and Naoki Hamaguchi reveal new details about 'Rebirth's expanded story, minigames, open-world exploration, and playable characters.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth lead says more info will be revealed "soon"

But how soon is soon?

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Cloud won't be the same after Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

Final Fantasy 7 Remake took the saga in a bold new direction, but will upcoming sequel Rebirth stick the landing?

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