Final Fantasy 7 Dev Has No Plans to Remake Dirge of Cerberus or Before Crisis

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During a recent reveal, Final Fantasy 7 introduced a whole new wave of games in addition to Rebirth, the second part of the main game’s remake. Unfortunately, this new wave of Final Fantasy 7 games will probably not include remakes of Before Crisis or Dirge of Cerberus.

Before Crisis was a Japanese-only mobile prequel to Final Fantasy 7 released in 2004. This Turks-based RPG never finished its localization, and remains the only Final Fantasy 7 anthology title never released internationally. Final Fantasy 7: Dirge of Cerberus, on the other hand, was a third-person shooter sequel released for PS2 in 2006 which focused on Vincent Valentine, a fan favorite character from Final Fantasy 7. Though it received mixed reviews professionally, it generated a significant cult following.

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However, in a recent interview with executive producer Yoshinori Kitase and creative director Tetsuya Nomura, Famitsu discovered Square Enix did not have plans to remake either of these games alongside the upcoming Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, or Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis. “The staff said that they would like to remaster Dirge of Cerberus, and tried to calculate the cost of Before Crisis,” Nomura said, but it was not in the cards at present.

Players have been especially hopeful for a Final Fantasy 7: Before Crisis remake for a long time. Though it was originally going to be released internationally, the localizations were canceled during production due to technological problems. As the mobile game is no longer available, Before Crisis’ story can no longer be played outside of emulations and fan translations.

While Dirge of Cerberus is not on the schedule for