FF7 Remake Material Ultimania Plus out in Japan -new interviews!-

[Altezein]

The second FF7R Ultimania is out in Japan. Back when the first one was released last year, we got lots of important details on several aspects of the game and the future that awaits! This one focuses on the Intergrade DLC, but also has new interviews with the directors. As usual, the amazing Audrey is already translating stuff at a quick pace! Keep your eyes peeled for more!

 

[Princess Bubblegum]

Yuffie leaving Midgar at the same time is a bit of a stretch.

The part about "Seven Seconds Until the End" certainly hints at timeline fuckery.

 

[Whide]

Nice, always interested to read more about FF7 Remake stuff.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

I just finished this on PS5 and it suprised me a lot - quickly becoming one of my favorite games of the last several years. Right up there with BB, BotW, God of War, and Sonic Mania as one of the few games of last gen to get real close to being a 10/10 for me.

I'm now eager to consume all of the content like this. Will be ordering!

 

[Altezein]

I just finished this on PS5 and it suprised me a lot - quickly becoming one of my favorite games of the last several years. Right up there with BB, BotW, God of War, and Sonic Mania as one of the few games of last gen to get real close to being a 10/10 for me.

I'm now eager to consume all of the content like this. Will be ordering!

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That's some high praise!!! In case you're interested, the English version of the first FF7R Ultimania will be launching on December 7
https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-VII-Remake-Ultimania/dp/1646091213

 

[Jarmel]

That Seven Seconds Until the End stuff still makes like no sense.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

That's some high praise!!! In case you're interested, the English version of the first FF7R Ultimania will be launching on December 7
https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-VII-Remake-Ultimania/dp/1646091213

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Thanks for the link! Preordered!

 

[Altezein]

Actually, seems this is it for Intermission content. The rest is about the main game.

 

[Lump]

That Seven Seconds Until the End stuff still makes like no sense.

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It does if you think of Seconds like "going back for seconds", as in Square releasing seven remasters or ports of FFVIIR before finally releasing Part II.

 

[Altezein]

This post makes me think again of something I suspected when playing the making game... Visual works directs their own scenes. This explains some discrepancies between what In-game Cloud can do (somewhat reality-grounded), and what CGI Cloud can (slash through whole trains and structures with his sword like they're nothing).

 

[pleaseinsertdisctwo]

This post makes me think again of something I suspected when playing the making game... Visual works directs their own scenes. This explains some discrepancies between what In-game Cloud can do (somewhat reality-grounded), and what CGI Cloud can (slash through whole trains and structures with his sword like they're nothing).

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What? That's so odd lol

 

[Tornak]

It's what I suspected, but I hope that comment hints at Jessie and Biggs being alive in another world, be it Zack's or not. Now here's hoping these alternative timeline shenanigans don't pollute the game (and the main timeline) too much...

In any case:

 

[stryke]

I forgot this was coming out
Time to place an order on amiami

 

[Scuttlefluff]

I just finished this on PS5 and it suprised me a lot - quickly becoming one of my favorite games of the last several years. Right up there with BB, BotW, God of War, and Sonic Mania as one of the few games of last gen to get real close to being a 10/10 for me.

I'm now eager to consume all of the content like this. Will be ordering!

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Goddamn that's some good taste you've got there.

 

[The Praiseworthy]

Brilliant information.. thanks foe sharing and please keep it up :-)

 

[Tora]

Maximillian dood had a decent theory regarding Jessie, still sounds like that's going to happen

 

[Lifejumper]

 

[The Unsent]

'7 seconds til the end' sounds like a mystery box, really vague, and he can bring it back later if he gets stuck, then decides what it means in a story moment.

 

[Nakenorm]

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Urgh... What's the point of all of this. If loss is an important part of the story, then what's the point of shoehorning in another timeline where everyone lives happily ever after?

 

[Eien1no1Yami]

Urgh... What's the point of all of this. If loss is an important part of the story, then what's the point of shoehorning in another timeline where everyone lives happily ever after?

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Well I knew people would ask that question and honestly it's logical that you do but I can give you an easy example of why it could still be about "Loss".
Let's say that Jessie in that timeline is alive but Cloud isn't then what's the point of living if the ones you love are not there?
Same thing about Zack, we were heavily hinted that in Zack's timeline Aerith is gone.
Actually there is a n HBO series called "the Leftovers" which also has similar themes like that.
Of course I'm saying they are of similar quality, don't get me wrong, but after reading Toriyama's comment I can see some similarities between the 2

 

[The Praiseworthy]

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Maybe.. MAYBE, if one of the Avalanche members survived that MIGHT be acceptable, for example Wedge ( and then we saw the whispers of fate took care of that at the shiner building ).

But to see also Biggs at the end, like seriously after the touching scene of him dying at the Pillar which collapsed after few minutes and he somehow survived.... was a bit ridiculous.

And if Jessie survived as well.... I will roll my eyes so hard it might get stuck in the back of my head.

 

[Lemony1984]

Urgh... What's the point of all of this. If loss is an important part of the story, then what's the point of shoehorning in another timeline where everyone lives happily ever after?

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lol. Think for a minute and you can figure it out.

 

[snausages]

It's the LOST ending

But in any event they have straight confirmed that there's multiple timelines or universes or whatever in that comment, which should put a stop to the arguments over Zack being alive in the same universe as Cloud in the last game

 

[The Praiseworthy]

Interesting !

I'm same age as Reeve apparently :p

 

[The Unsent]

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I think it should be a different world after that ending. There are many ways to potray a theme about loss. On the other hand, giving the player false hope, like defeating Fate, showing Zack alive, and still killing Aerith anyway to make a point, that would be more about sadism than 'loss'.

 

[Aurc]

Audrey is so cool!! I love her translations.

All I need is to see Jessie again in the next part, whether it's a different timeline, or not.

 

[Nakenorm]

lol. Think for a minute and you can figure it out.

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Nojima is a bad writer? Got it!

 

[Deleted member 437]

One thing I didn't like is that when the plate fell, you could still walk around in the slums.

Like wut?

Literally nothing should be left. But they are rebuilding tifas bar. Shit should be flat as a pancake.

And Biggs made it out alive even though cloud barret and tifa just barely made it out on a Zipline and Biggs was severly injured.

Ummm.....ok.....

 

[Multiverse Moo]

But to see also Biggs at the end, like seriously after the touching scene of him dying at the Pillar which collapsed after few minutes and he somehow survived.... was a bit ridiculous.

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I never felt like he "died" in that scene. He even tells you he has enough energy for more but ends up passing out after talking to Cloud.

The chapter-select even goes as far as to point out that Jessie died, but Biggs was just injured.

EDIT - I just realized that depending on what you chose during that scene, you may not have heard him say he will be okay. Here:

 

[LiK]

This post makes me think again of something I suspected when playing the making game... Visual works directs their own scenes. This explains some discrepancies between what In-game Cloud can do (somewhat reality-grounded), and what CGI Cloud can (slash through whole trains and structures with his sword like they're nothing).

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I loved those scenes.

 

[Lifejumper]

I think it should be a different world after that ending. There are many ways to potray a theme about loss. On the other hand, giving the player false hope, like defeating Fate, showing Zack alive, and still killing Aerith anyway to make a point, that would be more about sadism than 'loss'.

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Isn't he suggesting that biggs, jesse and zack are alive in a different timeline… so confused.

anyways.. more confusion:

 

[Eien1no1Yami]

anyways.. more confusion:

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I watched this scene again and after this comment in the book it seems that Max's theory was spot on.
Also this scene is really good, shame that many people may not see it on their playthrough.
For some reason personally I always get Tifa :P

 

[Multiverse Moo]

Isn't he suggesting that biggs, jesse and zack are alive in a different timeline… so confused.

anyways.. more confusion:

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So Sephiroth can appear in Cloud's mind all the time, but you're confused when Aerith does it? ;P

 

[Yuuber]

Isn't he suggesting that biggs, jesse and zack are alive in a different timeline… so confused.

anyways.. more confusion:

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The 'you can't fall in love with me no matter what' could be hinting that Cloud will have to decide Aerith's fate.

Damnit, don't make the player kill her please :(

 

[Truly Gargantuan]

So Sephiroth can appear in Cloud's mind all the time, but you're confused when Aerith does it? ;P

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Cloud has Jenova Cells in him which allows Sephiroth to do that.
Aerith's projection is a bit different as she isn't in Cloud's mind, but using her special ancient people magic.

 

[Noctis]

7 seconds until the end.. what you gonna do cloud?

 

[The Unsent]

So Sephiroth can appear in Cloud's mind all the time, but you're confused when Aerith does it? ;P

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I thought she did it in the original where Cloud is sleeping in Gongaga and he has a vision of her in the Sleeping Forest.

 

[Multiverse Moo]

Cloud has Jenova Cells in him which allows Sephiroth to do that.
Aerith's projection is a bit different as she isn't in Cloud's mind, but using her special ancient people magic.

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Oh I know. Was just teasing Lifejumper

I thought she did it in the original where Cloud is sleeping in Gongaga and he has a vision of her in the Sleeping Forest.

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Yes, in the original and Advent Children we see this ability.

 

[Kromeo]

Maximillian dood had a decent theory regarding Jessie, still sounds like that's going to happen

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Please no, my big saving grace for part 2 is that she won't be in it

 

[Calliope]

This is so cute, wish we could have heard it as the scene was closing out.

 

[BBboy20]

I never felt like he "died" in that scene.

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Let's be real: they were playing it up to him dying. But upon hindsight, they might have been clever in taking advantage of not depicting detailed wounds so really you only have the character's eye sight to determine how severe of a status a character was in, hence why Cloud talked differently between Biggs and Jessie.

 

[The Unsent]

Please no, my big saving grace for part 2 is that she won't be in it

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I guess Cloud is on a date at the Gold Saucer and Jessie is in the play. The Gondola passes through a dimensional crack in a storm or whatever vague phenomenon they make up.

 

[Tora]

Please no, my big saving grace for part 2 is that she won't be in it

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Seriously, better not be a happy tale in the end (at least for every character anyway)

 

[Kromeo]

Seriously, better not be a happy tale in the end (at least for every character anyway)

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I still suspect the dimension nonsense is just Nomura or Nojima's convoluted way of having Aerith still feature in the second half of the series

 

[SolVanderlyn]

Seems pretty clear the Biggs/Jessie lived scenario is an alternate world. Zack arriving at the Sector 5 church with all of the displaced refugees makes me think it's the same world that Zack lived in.

Now the real question... did the whispers kill Wedge in the main timeline? They left that kind of ambiguous

 

[BBboy20]

Now the real question... did the whispers kill Wedge in the main timeline? They left that kind of ambiguous

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Yeah, left wondering rather they dropped or whisked him away.

 

[Lockheartilly9799]

So far, based on what they've confirmed, I've been right on everything. I'm feeling reallllll good about the future games.

 

[Multiverse Moo]

Let's be real: they were playing it up to him dying. But upon hindsight, they might have been clever in taking advantage of not depicting detailed wounds so really you only have the character's eye sight to determine how severe of a status a character was in, hence why Cloud talked differently between Biggs and Jessie.

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Oh, its definitely hammed up to get the feels going. However, the Jesse scene was far more deliberate in how she talked about it being her last moments, etc. - meanwhile, I asked Biggs "what about you?" and his response made it seem like he wasn't fatally wounded.

The whole game is layered like this to add mystery and give people different experiences, which I love.

Like if you do well during the first bike sequence...

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Jesse actually kisses Cloud on the cheek, which is fun to see. The more common outcomes is her simply telling him he "barely" passed the test, or failed the driving test :P

 

[Neiteio]

Yeah, I'm thinking Jessie and Biggs lived in the alternate world, as did Zack, but Aerith may have already died -- hence why the people in the church were crying, as though mourning. I don't think they were merely refugees mourning their lost homes -- they seemed to be at that specific location (the church) and mourning something that causes Zack to react ("Aerith?"). So something was gained in that other world -- Avalanche members lived -- but something was also lost -- Aerith, already dead. Whether the two worlds will cross over in some fashion remains to be seen.

 

[Broseph]

Seems pretty clear the Biggs/Jessie lived scenario is an alternate world. Zack arriving at the Sector 5 church with all of the displaced refugees makes me think it's the same world that Zack lived in.

Now the real question... did the whispers kill Wedge in the main timeline? They left that kind of ambiguous

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I feel like they did simply because his last line in Shinra Tower is the exact same as his final line before he dies in the OG. I believe the implication is that he's straight up dead but in this 'other world' where Biggs is alive, he could still be there. Depends on whatever tf they plan on doing I guess