Kingdom Hearts Image Celebrates Final Fantasy 7 25th Anniversary
It has been some time since Cloud Strife appeared in Kingdom Hearts, but that doesn't mean the series has forgotten him. In celebration of Final Fantasy 7's 25th Anniversary, Kingdom Hearts has released a special image recreating iconic art of Cloud using Sora.
Going back to the original formation of Kingdom Hearts, the series has quite always been seen as the Final Fantasy and Disney crossover players never knew they wanted. To that end, Final Fantasy 7 characters make multiple appearances in Kingdom Hearts, with players running into Yuffie, Aerith, and Cid in Traverse Town, and later finding and fighting Cloud and Sephiroth in the Colosseum—all of this was in the first game alone. A big complaint of Kingdom Hearts 3 was its lack of Final Fantasy characters, but this was mostly rectified with the ReMind DLC as Yuffie, Aerith, and Cid return. Unfortunately, Cloud and Sephiroth do not appear though, as their stories ended in Kingdom Hearts 2.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Art Combines Cloud and Tifa With Kingdom Hearts
A new official render fromKingdom Hearts shows Sora recreating a familiar piece of art of Cloud for Final Fantasy 7 Remake. In the image, Kingdom Hearts 3 Sora can be seen resting his iconic Kingdom Key on his shoulder, standing confidently yet also slightly pensively, as a bright light causes his Keyblade to shimmer, and the main tower Scala ad Caelum looms in the distance. This render mimics the official Final Fantasy 7 Remake piece where Cloud rests his Buster Sword on his shoulder in the foreground, as the dominating Shinra tower and a ghostly Sephiroth linger in the background. Included is a caption that states, «Happy 25th anniversary to the iconic Final Fantasy 7!»
While Cloud's story ended in Kingdom Heart 2,
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