Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Will Expand Key Supporting Characters

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth may not be released until February next year, but the hype around the title grows with every new insight. The recent trailers highlighted numerous expansions into the world of the remake saga, as well as the characters that will help dominate the story. However, as with the first title, there will be expansions outside of the “expected story” that will help make things feel fleshed out. Both the game’s official Twitter handle and the creative director behind the title have shed some insights on this matter, not by focusing on main characters but key supporting ones.

For example, on Twitter, a new video showed off a key interaction between Cloud and Chadley. To refresh, Chadley was a former intern at Shinra. He secretly worked against them and helped Cloud get new Materia, Summons, and more via his “research tasks.” He’ll be back in the sequel, and he’ll be doing more to help out Avalanche. As the video shows, Cloud will get the ability to unlock special towers that reveal key information on the map. Chadley notes that with these towers, he can locate key monsters to take down or resources that can be used to expand his new research projects.

In Final Fantasy VII Rebirth you'll be able to help Chadley deepen his understanding of the world by completing research requests in each region.

Activating the old republic's remnawave towers in each region will open up new research opportunities. #FF7R pic.twitter.com/q1pPMVyv5y

So you’ll want to keep him in mind as you wander the world. The other character that will be getting more attention is Rufus, the new President of Shinra. In an interview with Inverse, Tetsuya Nomura noted that “new episodes” would help expand who Rufus is and his role in the