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Why Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth feels right at home on Nintendo Switch 2

Despite Rebirth’s larger scale compared to the first game in Square Enix’s remake trilogy, very few compromises were made for the port to Nintendo’s latest hybrid console.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director has "no intention" of altering the OG JRPG writer's "overarching story," but small adjustments are needed for your "emotional engagement"

Naoki Hamaguchi assures it's "one of the aspects of development we were most sensitive about"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead writer says it's "crazy" to see Final Fantasy legends who are "essentially our heroes" praising Sandfall's game after the JRPG series was such a "huge influence"

"It still feels quite surreal"

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake director reveals new part 3 details: Rocket Town is back, Wutai is "one of the main locations," and the Highwind airship is "a very large part" of the JRPG finale

"If Wutai's not featured, I think the fans are going to yell at me"

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake director was surprised that we were surprised Part 3 is being made in Unreal Engine 4: "I never imagined it would become such a hot topic"

"It became quite the topic online"

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 director says PC is the "highest-end gaming environment" and the "foundation" for the new JRPG's development, while the PS5 Pro is just "mid-range"

"Speaking in purely technical terms, we categorize PS5 and PS5 Pro as 'mid-range platforms' internally"

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 director confirms PC as lead platform, and stresses a multiplatform release 'will not in any way' impact quality on PS5, Xbox, and Switch 2

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 'will not in any way' have its quality impacted by a multiplatform release, says director.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 director says the new JRPG is "already in a playable state," with Square Enix "in the final push phase" of development: "It's genuinely exciting"

The team is "refining and building up the experience" now

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'Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth' Xbox Play Anywhere launch date slated for June 3, 2026 — more details on Part 3 coming later this year

Pre-orders are live now for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the remake trilogy's open world middle act.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 less than half a year after FF7 Remake's port, Square Enix confirms

Alongside an Xbox Series X|S port

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 still uses Unreal Engine 4 because "it's more beneficial to have something we're already familiar with," director Naoki Hamaguchi says

And then everybody clapped

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's best minigame will be enhanced, expanded, and "powered up" for part 3 of the JRPG remake trilogy

Snowboarding is also coming back in a big way

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead knows even us hardened JRPG fans are time-poor, but thinks certain time-saving features could help players finish the game in just one day

A whole other level of speedrunning is available

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Switch 2 ports of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Part 3 are already in development, and the JRPGs' director promises "pretty much exactly the same" experience as other platforms

"I've got a personal policy where I don't want to make any versions of my games different or offer a different gameplay experience," Naoki Hamaguchi says

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As Final Fantasy 7 Remake arrives on Switch 2, lead encourages Smash Bros fans who were "drawn" to Cloud and Sephiroth to play his game "just to experience these really cool characters"

"Through the remake series, you can discover the origins and stories of these characters"

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‘Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade’ Is Getting A Hot New Feature You Can Opt Out Of

'Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade's arrival on Switch 2 and Xbox also means a new patch is coming to all platforms, adding a new set of flexible difficulty options.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy director had to consider how much to include from the various spin-offs because devs "didn't just want to make a remake"

Naoki Hamaguchi talks about juggling all the extra FF7 stories

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead says Barret grew on him during the remake trilogy because "there were limits" to what the devs could do with the character in the original JRPG

He is the best character in the remake series after all

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead feels "a generational shift" with new Square Enix developers calling FF13 their childhood favorite, not 6: "The company has been growing and changing"

Did nobody get on board with Final Fantasy 12?

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead says he and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director agree "games are meant to be diverse": "Both action games and turn-based games should evolve for the better"

We can enjoy the best of all worlds at the moment

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While Final Fantasy 6 Remake would be a dream project, Final Fantasy 7 Remake director thinks he'd rather someone else lead it: "Should I be the one to undertake remaking another series?"

"I would rather see maybe a new creator come in and put myself in the support section to sort of cheer them on"

Inverse

Video Games Are Obsessed With Remakes. It Might Be The Only Way To Secure The Future.

Video game remakes are becoming increasingly common, but the developers behind the biggest ones hope that there are lessons and positive emotions in revisiting the past.

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'Final Fantasy 7 Remake' Is Already Thinking '30 Years Into The Future'

Inverse talks to the director of 'Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth' about trying to redefine a seminal classic, and the benefits of a "multi-part" approach.

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Final Fantasy 7 producer Yoshinori Kitase shares his top 3 Xbox games right now — as FF7 free demo hits Xbox Series X|S and Xbox PC

Final Fantasy VII is finally coming to Xbox in a few weeks. To celebrate, Square Enix shared a video with us detailing some of the producer's favorite Xbox games.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 has "reached a stage where it's finally starting to match the vision I had for it," director teases, and the "new experience" is "almost complete"

Expect the Highwind to take center stage

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