Final Fantasy 7 Remake's creators weren't sure whethāer the series would feature two or three games.
In a new interview with , Final Fantasy 7 Remake series leads Tetsuya Nomura and Yoshiš·nori Kitase delved into their thinking on the remake trilogy. The former begins by alluding to the fact that Square Enix never announced how many parts Final Fantasy 7 Remake would be when it was first announced, because the directors themselves didn't know.
Nomura shares that he was originally considering doing the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series over just two games, and also mentions that Kitase suggested exploring the possibility of šstretching out the saga further. Kitase sort of downplays the whole thing, laughing it off as one of many thingź¦s that were discussed and hypothesized over.
From Kitase's comments, it seems as though Square Enix settled on stretching out the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series to a trilogy after woš«rk on the first entry was completed. Kitase talks abāØout taking into account how many "man hours" were needed to ship the first game, and settling on the idea of a trilogy off the back of that study.
What both leads make certain in the new interview is that no more than three games in the series were ever really considered. Speaking of, Square Enix recently announced, alongside the unveiling of ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, that the third part in the trilogy wšøas inź§ active development. Fans have alreadyš ° been guessing the name of this third, mź§ysterious title.
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Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient ošf the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other ouą¦tlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.
