Who The New Character In The FF7: Ever Crisis Trailer Is

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The latest trailer for the upcoming Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis featured a scene that appeared to show a new character. The identity of the character is easy to work, based on the clues in the trailer, and statements made by people at Square Enix. Ever Crisis is an upcoming mobile title that will retell the entire Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, from The First Soldier to Dirge of Cerberus.

FF7 started out as a standalone project, but its popularity led to several spin-off projects, including novels, games, and movies. This meant that characters and scenes were retroactively added to the lore of FF7, such as Genesis being partly responsible for Sephiroth's descent into madness, and members of the Turks being present during Cloud and Sephiroth's battle in the Nibelheim reactor. All of the projects combined are known as the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, though the FF7 Remake series is considered its own entity, even though the events of games like Crisis Core and Before Crisis are referenced in the story.

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There was a new trailer for Ever Crisis revealed during the Final Fantasy VII Anniversary Celebration livestream, though it has been overshadowed by the announcements of FF7 Rebirth and Crisis Core Reunion. The trailer showed the famous scene of Sephiroth standing in front of the flames, yet he is replaced by a different character. The character turns around, but the viewer can only see his mouth in the shot. The identity of the character isn't revealed in the trailer, but it's clear who it is, especially when considering an interview from the past.

Ever Crisis and FF7 Remake creative director Tetsuya Nomura mentioned in an interview with Famitsu that Ever