FFVII Remake: Intergrade Yuffie DLC Announced

[Makoeyes987]

Holy shit, they gave Nero such a slick HQ render. It brings to life the most fetish SOLDIER outfit imaginable. An updated image of Nero and the words "Final Fantasy VII Remake" weren't a combination I expected to ever see together. What a time to be alive.

Nero is a member of the Tsviets - an elite unit within Shinra’s secret military group Deepground. The younger brother of Weiss the Immaculate, he practically worships his incarcerated sibling.

The experiments that brought Nero into the world also left him with the power to control darkness. Some call him ‘Nero the Sable’ and he lives up to the name by engulfing whoever and whatever he pleases in a vast abyss.

 

[Eerie]

Audrey translated a bit differently the JP from the official blog:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1394650249256325124

Interesting differences... In the OG, is Fort Condor already done for? Shinra built something there, but people went back to protect the condor, didn't they?

 

[Theozilla]

Yeah, IIRC it was an old Mako reactor and then then the Giant Condor came and turned it into its nest, and other people decided to defend it. The reactor came before the Condor I believe.

 

[Eerie]

Yes, that's also what I remember. It kind of seems to work like the Fort Condor mini game in the OG - you buy troops and then defend positions - so that makes me hopeful about it being gone and the zone completely revamped lol.

 

[Obsidian Fire]

Fort Condor is (very) tangentally mentioned in Crisis Core like Shinra has control over it. It's one of the mako reactors SOLDIERs are being sent to to keep an eye out for Genesis' meddling.

 

[Theozilla]

Yes, that's also what I remember. It kind of seems to work like the Fort Condor mini game in the OG - you buy troops and then defend positions - so that makes me hopeful about it being gone and the zone completely revamped lol.

Some version of it exists, at least whatever was mentioned in the short story about Aerith’s childhood from the World Preview Guide.

 

[Eerie]

Oh, I mean that the Fort Condor zone would remain "Fort Condor", just the mini-game totally gone and new quests added. This isn't the kind of things they are going to include in a Fort Condor zone, since it's been done already, and as I noted a long time ago, it would really clash with the Remake's style. It's a way to keep t he mini game though!

 

[Shademp]

The key visual as shown on the JP FF7R Twitter account is slightly bigger than what is available on the English press release site. The latter version is essentially cropped in comparison.

 

[Theozilla]

I love the sunrise key visuals of the group, but at the same they also just make me aware of the cinematic convention of scene transitions. As Lampshaded in this Sonic Boom clip

Like it just makes me wonder, after the Harbinger and Sephiroth boss fight in the other dimension, did the gang just get plopped back on at the end of the road and then Cloud went back just to push the motorbike to the edge so he could look cool with everyone looking at the sunrise? And then there were no conversations on what their next steps were during the entire trip down to the ground level until Barret suddenly turns around and reaches out and shouts “Marlene!”

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

I love the sunrise key visuals of the group, but at the same they also just make me aware of the cinematic convention of scene transitions. As Lampshaded in this Sonic Boom clip

Like it just makes me wonder, after the Harbinger and Sephiroth boss fight in the other dimension, did the gang just get plopped back on at the end of the road and then Cloud went back just to push the motorbike to the edge so he could look cool with everyone looking at the sunrise? And then there were no conversations on what their next steps were during the entire trip down to the ground level until Barret suddenly turns around and reaches out and shouts “Marlene!”

I just figure that the key art imagery is meant to convey a feeling or sense of the characters/story at a certain place without necessarily being something that definitely happened. I feel like that's usually the case with such things.

 

[Theozilla]

I just figure that the key art imagery is meant to convey a feeling or sense of the characters/story at a certain place without necessarily being something that definitely happened. I feel like that's usually the case with such things.

Oh I am well aware of that, perhaps canonically the gang was dropped out on the wastelands after the fight and not the end of the road, perhaps not, I don't really care. I was largely just making a joke about cinematic and artistic conventions, like the Sonic Boom clip.

 

[KindOfBlue]

Oh I am well aware of that, perhaps canonically the gang was dropped out on the wastelands after the fight and not the end of the road, perhaps not, I don't really care. I was largely just making a joke about cinematic and artistic conventions, like the Sonic Boom clip.

No, no, you’re supposed to overanalyze every single aspect of that image, apply your own conclusion to its artistic intent, shame the developers for not adhering to what you thought their intent was, and then spend the rest of your days arguing with strangers online about why you can’t be wrong, that’s how this thing is supposed to go dammit

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

^ They right, you know.

 

[Lulcielid]

PS Blog: Director Tetsuya Nomura discusses bringing Yuffie to life in Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade

 

[Odysseus]

I feel like this part is worth highlighting

How did the team decide to bring Yuffie as the main character in this DLC, instead of Vincent or Cid?

Nomura: The overarching story follows the original, so considering where this lies in the storyline, Vincent is still in his slumber and Cid is on Shinra’s side, so Yuffie was the only one who would be able to move freely.

 

[Makoeyes987]

I really hope this ends the "I can see Vincent in Yuffie's eye" collective hallucinations now

 

[Wol]

a few comments:

- Yuffie's gameplay looks absolutely awesome.
- OST sounds varied, and oh yeah there is XIII-2s corny heavy metal too.
- everytime Fort Condor is mentioned I hear Fort Condom.
- Npcs sounding painfully annoying, no surprises.
- Explorable areas looks the same, nothing that we haven't explored in the game.

 

[Odysseus]

RIP Happy Turtle sidequest being a game spanning thing lol. I like the hosts sheer joy upon seeing Wedge. Best boi.

 

[Tetsujin]

Okay, this is cute and all but the gimmick of a character humming the victory tune is starting to get a bit played out now

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1397559206086025219

 

[ForceStealer]

Someone could stand to do it with a bit more subtlety, at least

 

[Shademp]

I'm just happy Yuffie isn't saying that she'd kill for a shower.

 

[Keveh Kins]

Victory fanfare humming will have only reached its peak if Sephiroth does it right after stabbing Aerith

 

[Lulcielid]

Hard to call it played out when only two games have done this (XV, 7R), am I missing another game?

 

[Tetsujin]

Hard to call it played out

no it's easy, see I just did it

 

[KindOfBlue]

Goddamn you Square, stop trying to make me like Yuffie so much