In the '00s, mobile gaming was exploding in Japan to such a degree that major publishers were scrambling to get their big franchises onto the keitai feature phones of the day. One of the most notable examples of keitai gaming is Before Crisis: Final Fantasy 7, a canonical prequel to the classic JRPG that fans have spent years trying to preserve.
Preservationists have just hit a major new milestone in the quest to save Before Crisis, resurrecting the title's Chocobo racing minigame. "Here is most likely some of the first-ever footage of Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII Chocobo Racing in action," as hacker Yuvi says in the description of the YouTube video below. (Thanks, Time Extension.)
