Square Enix tease "even more new FFVII projects"
Square Enix first launched Final Fantasy VII 25 years ago today, introducing a new generation to big-sword bishies. In celebration, both the director of the original JRPG and the creative director of the recent FF7 Remake have posted messages looking back and forward. Along with several FF7 mobile games kicking about, they tease that more new FF7 things are coming. Hopefully this means he'll hear more about efforts to complete the remake, but I guess they could also be talking about merch or new movies.
Squeenix's 25th anniversary message on Twitter had chat from Yoshinoro Kitase, director of the original FF7 producer on the Remake, and Tetsuya Nomura, who did character design on the original was was creative director on Remake. Along with thanking fans and that, they looked to what's next with the world of the grumpiest goofball and his hippy pals.
"FFVII has re-emerged as the latest game in the series once again," said Kitase, "with titles like Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier, and you can look forward to even more exciting new developments in future."
Nomura, added, "there will be even more new FFVII projects that started up after the remake coming in future too. This team see the 25th anniversary as a waypoint on our journey with FFVII, and will continue pressing ahead to even greater things, so please keep supporting us going forward!"
So, what's coming? The game released as FF7 Remake only contains the opening sections of the original, and Nomura did say in 2019 that they had "already begun working on the next one". That'd be nice. The Remake did take five years to make but development should speed up with a lot of the groundwork laid. I am impressed by how much they've expanded FF7
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