FF7 Rebirth Effect On Cloud's Buster Sword Isn't What It Appears

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A strange new effect previously thought to be a visual update celebrating the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Rebirth turned out to be an unfortunate and potentially costly accident for one Twitter user. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is the continuation of the critically acclaimed Final Fantasy VII Remake and was revealed at Square Enix's Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary event. Despite Rebirth's release being still over a year away, production on Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 is already in progress.

Revered amongst JRPG fans, 1997's Final Fantasy VII is argued by many to be the definitive Final Fantasy. Surprisingly, for a title so beloved, it took 23 years for it to see an HD remake. In 2005, Square-Enix featured a graphically updated recreation of Final Fantasy VII's famous opening as a Playstation 3 tech demo at Sony's E3 conference. Square had expressed that the tech demo was for promotional use only and that the company had no intention of remaking the game. This somewhat out-of-touch inaction on Square's part resulted in years of demands from FFVII's passionate fanbase until, at last, the Final Fantasy VII Remake officially premiered at Sony’s 2015 E3 show. To the delight of its dedicated fanbase, the Final Fantasy VII Remake improved upon its predecessor in many ways, its crowning achievement being the upgraded visuals fans had wanted for decades.

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Freelance Final Fantasy VII historian M. J. Gallagher (FFVII books) recently tweeted a short video of what he believed was another visual upgrade to the Final Fantasy VII Remake menu screen. Framing the iconic Buster Sword of Final Fantasy VII hero Cloud Strife was a large red pulsing ring that beautifully