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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director wants the Remake dev team to stay together even after Part 3: "I do really hope to continue to foster this type of environment and grow"

Naoki Hamaguchi hopes the team remaking Final Fantasy 7 work on more games together in the future

GamesRadar · Feb 27, 2024

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director would 'love to play' a Final Fantasy 10 remake

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi discussed remakes he'd love to see and more in a new interview.

TechRadar · Feb 27, 2024

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director threatens "close to 30 minigames" in the massive JRPG, including a card game so in-depth it had its own nerd club within the dev team

Queen's Blood is the new Triple Triad

GamesRadar · Feb 26, 2024

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director's respect for the original JRPG's source material was influenced by a Disney live-action remake

Unlikely inspiration in a 2017 blockbuster

GamesRadar · Feb 24, 2024

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says reaching over 90 on Metacritic was "one of our goals" as the RPG sequel's review scores surpass Remake

"This wonderful result was only possible thanks to the entire development team’s hard wok and dedication"

GamesRadar · Feb 23, 2024

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is "in the same situation today" as Rebirth was when development on the first game ended

Revival? Remnants? Return?

GamesRadar · Feb 17, 2024

Final Fantasy 7 Remake director would give an emphatic 'No!' if someone asked him for an FF8 remake, and FF8's original director isn't keen either

The fate of FF8 seems faint.

PC Gamer · Feb 9, 2024

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director doesn't care if you call it a JRPG: "I'm making the game I want to make"

Naoki Hamaguchi doesn't want to "stay within the limits of 'this is a JRPG, I'm making a JRPG'"

GamesRadar · Feb 7, 2024

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's new relationship system can 'alter portions of the story'

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth features a brand-new relationship system that allows you to review your bonds with characters.

TechRadar · Feb 7, 2024

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director teases ‘loads’ of minigames - says the ‘modern’ chocobo racing game has undergone the most changes

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi has teased that 'loads' of minigames will be in the role-playing game.

TechRadar · Jan 22, 2024

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says Crisis Core star Zack "has an impact throughout the world" of the upcoming JRPG

We knew Zack would have a bigger presence in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, but we weren't expecting this

GamesRadar · Jan 19, 2024

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth gets a new story trailer teasing the iconic Nibelheim scene

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has received a new story trailer, which teases the iconic Sephiroth Nibelheim scene.

TechRadar · Jan 15, 2024

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth co-director says Zack will help players 'deepen their understanding' of the game's world

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's co-director Naoki Hamaguchi has spoken about Zack Fair's inclusion in the game.

TechRadar · Jan 4, 2024

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s world map will have way more Sephiroth compared to the original 1997 classic

The One-Winged Angel has an expanded role in the remake/sequel

GamesRadar · Dec 29, 2023

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GamesRadar · Dec 23, 2023

Following backlash, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director reignites debate over how to pronounce Cait Sith

The name's Charlie.

GamesRadar · Dec 22, 2023

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth adds whole new cities not in the original JRPG "to go deeper and create this whole worldview of Rebirth"

I can't wait to explore the Crow's Nest

GamesRadar · Dec 21, 2023

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth reintroduces fan-favorite Zack in an "immensely important" and "crucial" role

Zack's back, baby

GamesRadar · Dec 20, 2023

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has a deck-building minigame that's giving me major Witcher 3 vibes

Did someone say Gwent?

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GamesRadar · Dec 20, 2023

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth leads felt it would be a "disservice" to the original if it didn't resurrect the world map: "You can't really have an RPG without a world map"

One lead just assumed Rebirth wouldn't bring back the world map

TechRadar · Dec 20, 2023

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth to include 'totally new cities' that weren't in the original

Director Naoki Hamaguchi says that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will have locales that are brand new to the series.

GamesRadar · Nov 19, 2023

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth takes some lessons from Star Wars: "It's very good to bear in mind in terms of the right way of going about the second part"

Empire Strikes Back has the twists and turns that FF7's team admires

GamesRadar · Nov 16, 2023

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says his cat won't cameo again because he'd "like to think" it died in Remake

Sorry Musashi, you're done

GamesRadar · Nov 16, 2023

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth shakes up the original JRPG's story, but won't "go wildly out" in a way that doesn't lead to Advent Children

"We're not trying to change the Final Fantasy 7 story into something really different"

GamesRadar · Nov 15, 2023

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Yoshinori Kitase and Naoki Hamaguchi: "You can learn a lot from The Empire Strikes Back"

Interview | The creators of one of next year's biggest games speak about how to update a classic, nail the second part of a trilogy, and leave fans wanting more

GamesRadar · Nov 15, 2023

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth reworks the original JRPG's dating scene in a similar way to Remake's Honey Bee Inn

The new scene will be modernized for new audiences

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