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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 Rebirth's ending proved divisive, but the director of the original JRPG is "very satisfied" with Part 3's story and is confident you will be too

Yoshinori Kitase clearly has high hopes for the response to the next game

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Final Fantasy 7 Part 3 won't be a PS6 exclusive and it's been in the works for "about nine months already"

Who knows if the PS6 will even be out by then?

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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"

And Yoshinori Kitase chose Vincent for his horror influences

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With everything from Helldivers to Zelda getting the big screen treatment, OG Final Fantasy 7 director would "love" for the JRPG to get another movie

Yoshinori Kitase says lots of Hollywood names respect the game

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The Making of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: "I thought: if we just reproduce the original game with no changes, it will feel nostalgic, but not exciting"

Feature | Edge Magazine: Remaking an iconic game was daunting enough – then the developers faced the difficult second entry.

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Square Enix: 'Final Fantasy VII Rebirth' "cannot be exclusive to one console," again implying an eventualXboxlaunch

Square Enix recently revealed during an interview with IGN that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth cannot remain exclusive to one console if they wish sell it to a wider audience, which means we could see a potential Xbox port down the road.

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Final Fantasy 7's original director suggests Cloud should be proud of the JRPG's infamous love triangle: "What a lucky guy"

Having two girlfriends is both a gift and a curse

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'Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth' Director Weighs in on Cloud’s Love Triangle

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director and producer break down some of the game's key moments, and what the future of the franchise might be.

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30 Years Later, the Biggest PlayStation Developers Fondly Remember the Console's Early Days

“Final Fantasy VII was a game of firsts,” director Yoshinori Kitase tells Inverse. “It was the first Final Fantasy game that launched on PlayStation."

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OG FF7 director says thanks to the remake "half of Final Fantasy 7 [...] is now owned by the fans"

"It belongs to them as well as us"

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director says he rejects the idea of design by committee: "If there are too many people inputting, [...] the work can easily lose its character."

"I am a strong believe in the idea that too many cooks spoil the broth"

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'Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3' Update Reveals Game's Plot is 'Complete,' Ready for 'Full Production'

Square Enix shared more details about the third installment in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy, noting that the plot is now complete.

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The plot for Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is complete, and the team is now moving forward with the JRPG's development

"We need to let people experience the world from a higher perspective."

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 won't "betray the fans of the original" JRPG but there will be new elements that "bring a new happiness"

"What this will entail exactly is something we hope players will experience soon"

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 will "beat any expectation you have," says Rebirth director

"Look out for great things"

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 director says the JRPG sequel will be "one of the most loved, most popular games in the whole history of video games"

"Once again"

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Louder for the shareholders in the back: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth producer says Part 3 may be finished within just 3 years because the dev team hasn't been split up

Here's hoping we don't have too long to wait

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Original Final Fantasy 7 director hopes the JRPG series continues after the Remake project trilogy ends, but reckons it may be without him

For now, Yoshinori Kitase wants to finish the trilogy on a positive note without leaving behind any unfinished business

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Get Some Behind the Scenes Look at Final Fantasy VII Rebirth with Four-Part Documentary Series

Square Enix has released a new documentary series that gives us a closer look at home the game was created.

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Japanese solo dev behind surprise Steam mega-hit weighs in on the term JRPG: "This is a term I heard for the first time since it's not used in Japan"

A useful chat with Astlibra Revision creator Keizo

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If Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth wasn't a PS5 exclusive, it wouldn't have a "seamless" open world and may have been a much simpler JRPG, producer says

"Game design may have had to regress significantly"

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says it's just like the original JRPG in a key way: "We've reached for something that was never possible before today's technology"

Naoki Hamaguchi reflects on the final product

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth didn't always end where the original JRPG's most heart-wrenching twist occurs, but it soon became obvious that it's the "best turning point in the story"

The sequel ends at the Forgotten Capital for a reason

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With Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth finally upon us, producer and Zelda fan Yoshinori Kitase says he can at last finish Tears of the Kingdom

It's OK, Kitase, we all have backlogs

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