Final Fantasy VII Remake: Dritter Teil
‘Final Fantasy VII Remake’ Director Teases the Trilogy’s Finale
The third and final entry in the ‘Final Fantasy VII’ remake trilogy is expected to be revealed soonScreenshot: Square Enix
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The day after the Nintendo event, I met with Hamaguchi for a lengthy interview about his career (more on that much later) and some teases for what’s coming next. Square Enix has not yet given Part 3 a title or said when it will be out — “I’m hoping it’s not going to be too far in the future,” Hamaguchi told me — but it is expected to be revealed this year.
Hamaguchi hinted that the third game will bring in new gameplay elements that weren’t in the first two. “We didn’t want the three installments to be a reskinning of the same game over and over again,” he said, speaking through an interpreter. “We want to make sure we’re expanding with every installment in terms of scale, as well as retaining that freshness as you go into each installment.”
He added that his team “already has the foundation of the gameplay in place” and is fine-tuning and polishing the game in preparation for release.
Back in 2023, Hamaguchi told me that one of the secrets to Rebirth’s success was staff retention, which was also the case for this third entry. “I think the number is closer to 95% of the Rebirth staff that stayed on for the third project,” he said.
So what about specifics? They’re saving some details for the proper reveal, but I did convince Hamaguchi to let me ask some rapid-fire questions about what will or won’t make it from the original Final Fantasy VII into the third part of the remake, given how much they changed for the last one.
Jason Schreier: Will Rocket Town be in the game?
Naoki Hamaguchi: Yeah, this is one of the elements we had to switch around with Rebirth. Yes.
Wutai?
It’s one of the main locations. Yuffie’s made a very prominent appearance, stating her case about her homeland. So if Wutai’s not featured, I think the fans are going to yell at me
Will the Highwind let you fly anywhere?
We want to expand on the gameplay experience. Flying the Highwind is a very large part of the third installment. Let me leave it at that.
Chocobo breeding?
I can’t say yay or nay on the actual breeding. But there is an element in the third installment involving Chocobos that is a little different than Rebirth.
Will we go to space?
I’ll keep that a secret but considering Rocket Town is a yes…
Will we go underwater?
It’s an interesting question because [Motomu] Toriyama handled the submarine portion of the game. So perhaps he has injected himself into there. And I will leave it at that.
Will the Great Glacier area be as big as it is in the original game?
Because it is a major element in the game, I won’t go deep into details. But considering that toward the end of Rebirth, we’re in the Forgotten City — and in the original you would go into Icicle Inn from there — I guess that hints at how the third installment will begin. I hope the players will look forward to it.