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"This is sacrilegious!": Final Fantasy 7 Remake's new cheat mode is controversial even at Square Enix, but the JRPG's co-director Naoki Hamaguchi believes "the player should have the choice"

"That's why I pushed for it"

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake series devs knew JRPG fans wanted to know "what's gonna happen to Aerith," so they tried to make sure players "won't be able to tell… until the very end"

Square Enix is "trying to push boundaries" with the trilogy's story

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Xbox has a problematic "lack of memory," but Final Fantasy 7 Remake director says Square Enix's "multiplatform approach" doesn't hurt Part 3 development "whatsoever"

Xbox catching strays right after taking a bazooka blast to the chest

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake series lead doubts that "the exact same battle system" from the revamped JRPG trilogy will make it into his future games: "We want to keep it surprising"

It might still serve as "a basis," though

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead says Kingdom Hearts' cloud versions for the Nintendo Switch were something Square Enix "experimented with," but ultimately decided "didn't feel right" for the 2020 JRPG

"Once we learned what the Switch 2 could do, it felt like a natural and positive opportunity"

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 director says fan feedback can only go so far, the upcoming JRPG "should be a better experience" but the "creative vision" at Square Enix won't change

"That creative vision you have has to come from the creative team"

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After stumbling out of the gate with poor sales as a PS5 exclusive, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth director says it's 'doing very well on both PS5 and PC,' while 'a lot of the content is already playable' in the upcoming third game

Maybe the next one will sell better if it's on PC from the jump.

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After Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's controversial ending, director insists Part 3 is "in safe hands" and the JRPG's finale will "really reward everyone for sticking with us to the end"

The climax will be "a really great send-off for the game"

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is "shaping up nicely" with much of the JRPG "already playable," says director Naoki Hamaguchi: "Development is going extremely well"

The "game's direction and form are firmly set in place"

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Peak recognizes peak as Donkey Kong Bananza gets a shoutout from Final Fantasy 7 Remake series director as one of his "top picks" of 2025: "I thought it was amazing"

"I felt that the sort of interaction that one can gain with the world inside of it was truly amazing"

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FF7 Remake trilogy director wants us to accept Game-Key Cards, and yeah, no.

Locking games to internet downloads will inevitably make them unavailable.

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"I love that sense of freedom and choice": Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says his favorite Xbox series is Fable, and the action RPGs have "had a positive influence on my own creative work"

As for the upcoming Fable game, "I'm eagerly awaiting it."

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director would love to work on "something completely new" after a decade of FF7, but if he had to choose another remake it would be Final Fantasy 6

It's also Naoki Hamaguchi's favorite mainline Final Fantasy JRPG

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Switch 2's controversial game-key cards "let us do things that maybe we wouldn't otherwise," says Final Fantasy 7 remake co-director, but "I really get where people are coming from in terms of their negativity"

Naoki Hamaguchi wants fans to come to terms with the controversial game-key cards

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Square Enix's Naoki Hamaguchi explains why the Final Fantasy maker has returned to Xbox

We spoke to Naoki Hamaguchi, game director in Final Fantasy 7 Remake, to learn all about Square Enix's growing support of the Xbox ecosystem.

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'Final Fantasy 7' Is Coming To Other Consoles. Director Explains What That Means For The Finale

Inverse talks to Final Fantasy 7 Remake director Naoki Hamaguchi about bringing the game to new consoles, and what that means for the franchise's future.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake director takes a hammer to difficulty discourse as the JRPG reveals ultimate god mode, says he's played games where he "gave up because of the time it takes to level up characters or traverse the game"

With the Switch 2 and Xbox release date confirmed, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is getting a "Streamlined Progression" setting with unlimited HP and MP, and damage "always" dialed up to 9999

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads follow up meeting their JRPG idols at Square Enix to exchange "visions and ideas" with praise from another genre icon over dinner: "My favorite game"

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director has "deep and inspiring conversations from all angles" with Stellar Blade head, notoriously horny fans trip over themselves asking for Tifa x Eve crossover

Easy now...

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'Final Fantasy 7 Remake' Director Plans to Work Closely With Nintendo

'Final Fantasy 7 Remake's director, Naoki Hamaguchi, talks about bringing the game to Switch 2 in a new video, including his hopes for the franchise's future.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake co-director drops more hints that Rebirth and Part 3 could be coming to Switch 2, which he immediately thought "would have enough power" to handle the trilogy

Naoki Hamaguchi seems to be teasing the "Final Fantasy 7 remake series on Nintendo Switch 2," not just the first installment

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'Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s' Battle Director Reveals Which Character Was the Toughest To Design

In an exclusive interview, the battle director of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth talks about the creation, and challenges, of an innovative battle system.

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"There are mods that could shock some players": Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director agrees mods "breathe life" into games like Fallout and Skyrim, but says please keep it clean

Naoki Hamaguchi "wasn't trying to tell people not to use mods," but does suggest researching what you download

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director says 'I respect the modding community' and uses mods himself, though he still thinks we shouldn't use ones that 'detract from the intended game experience'

Mods cons.

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After 9 years staring at his face, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director's favorite character is Cloud: "I don't think there was a time that I haven't seen him in front of me"

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