FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH ANNOUNCED

[Sephiroth Crescent]

I wonder... if it alludes to Sephiroth. Sephiroth literally re-birthes at the Northern Crater. Part 1 is Remake because it's him trying to manipulate the events in his favour; part 2 is where he gets to come back again?

Yes. It would seem so. I like to think of the duality of it being applicable to both Cloud's mental condition and Sephiroth's physical condition.

No clue what part 3's title should be named tho.

We should make a game out of that.

Spoiler

I'm a bit intrigued by the end of this sentence, though...

In time, I hope to reveal what the third title will be called, and where this journey will ultimately lead.

REMAKE -> REBIRTH -> RE-??????? -> ... VII-2 (new game later down the line) ?
I'm a firm believer of this being nothing more than a remake in terms of plot, but... sometimes I don't know anymore.
Unless that sentence was ill-translated or I'm now reading too much into it, of course.

 

[LNK]

I wonder... if it alludes to Sephiroth. Sephiroth literally re-birthes at the Northern Crater. Part 1 is Remake because it's him trying to manipulate the events in his favour; part 2 is where he gets to come back again? No clue what part 3's title should be named tho.

This is what I was thinking. If Rebirth ends at NC, it makes total sense naming it what they did. We'd also get the 3 jenova boss battles (birth, life and death)

 

[Odysseus]

The more cynical end of this is that SE are liars with no integrity, so if pushing Zack makes money, he's alive, if people hate it, he's dead lol.

 

[Fiz]

The more cynical end of this is that SE are liars with no integrity, so if pushing Zack makes money, he's alive, if people hate it, he's dead lol.

I do worry about this stuff, I want them to go whatever way they intended and be committed to what they planned. I don't want them to start changing stuff because fans have a tantrum, it's usually a loud minority who do and will only serve to make the end product bad.

 

[Odysseus]

Games take too long to make these days for them to up end their plans based on feedback from fans. I'm almost certain the whole course of this thing was laid out from the start.

 

[Makoeyes987]

There's no way the game is that responsive lol

Development takes far too long and what we're finding out now, was already conceptualized and developed at least a year ago.

 

[Fiz]

True

 

[Tashasaurous]

I'd say that part three would be named Final Fantasy VII Remind, but they already used the Remind title for the Kingdom Hearts 3 DLC three years ago, lol.

 

[Jimmy XH]

The more cynical end of this is that SE are liars with no integrity, so if pushing Zack makes money, he's alive, if people hate it, he's dead lol.

Turns out it was just Jenova’s shapeshifting abilities mimicking Zack in the trailers and in the endings…!!

 

[cold_spirit]

Games take too long to make these days for them to up end their plans based on feedback from fans. I'm almost certain the whole course of this thing was laid out from the start.

I feel the same way. I've shared this before: the Edge of Creation scene, possibly the most cryptic scene in the entirety of Remake, was apparently written in Remake's early stages of development. I take that to mean they have a plan. Sure there'll be some changes as the creative process continues, but I think they have a goal they're building towards.

 

[Makoeyes987]

Probably because the Edge of Creation scene holds the most blatant clue about everything since it serves as the nexus for the whole Remake plot. Really feel like it's going to be the integral part of understanding what's going on.

 

[cold_spirit]

Also, my candidate for Part 3's title is "Relive".

 

[Makoeyes987]

I think it's going to be "Return."

 

[Tetsujin]

Part 3: Redically Different Now

Nomura: "Surely you have noticed the spelling of the word 'radical' as 'redical'. I cannot wait for you to see the meaning of this when you play the game, please look forward to it."

 

[Strangelove]

final fantasy vii re:chain of 358/2 days by sleep

 

[Wol]

FFVII: Reshape, Reclaim

Reconnect, Restoration,

Redrawn, Renovel

Resynthesis, Re:Force

Reorder, Reverse (with Nomura naming it Reversus just for the lulz)

Regen, Regeneration, Retribution

 

[Leafonthebreeze]

Re:no

 

[Tetsujin]

I wonder when we'll see the next bit of footage. Hopefully Winter (TGA? January anniversary?)

Also gonna pre-empt someone saying "we're not gonna see anything until XVI is out" because we totally will

 

[Makoeyes987]

Jump Festa this December, The Game Awards next year...

I'd say we would 100% see something in a year from now. So June 2023. Like, that's the absolute latest, we'd have to wait.

 

[Eerie]

Mmh, with CC Reunion and FFXVI, I think the window to release another trailer is probably after CC Reunion and not too close to Summer to not telescope too much with FFXVI hype. Once FFXVI is released tho? Ohh boy.

 

[OWA-2]

Maybe...

Remake - Sephiroth is remaking himself, getting his lost memories back(that he lost in the Lifestream). There is an interesting video by Sleepezi, explaining how that worked in Remake.

Rebirth - The rebirth of his physical body, in the Northern Crater.

 

[Eerie]

I mean, we literally just had this convo, didn't we?

 

[OWA-2]

I can see them showing another CC Reunion trailer, with the release date, this year. And then start FFXVI's marketing campaign after they release Reunion. So I think you guys are being very optimist, when you say that we will see something before FFXVI comes out.

 

[Golden Ear]

"What we've done, that's set in stone. The past is forever, but the future, even if it has been written can be changed. So focus on the future, not the past." - Aerith

Has anyone come to any idea of where in the story this dialogue might be taking place?

 

[Makoeyes987]

Come on, that's new

It's carrying on with her theme of embracing the potential of overcoming the ruined future they (think they) witnessed in Chapter 18 of Part 1. That they all have the potential of overcoming whatever terrible past they may have endured to make a positive future for themselves and the Planet.

It's especially pertinent to someone like Cloud, given how much his own past haunts him too.