Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth could have rolled credits much sooner in the story if the game's writer stuck to his original idea.
01.04.2024 - 15:55 / gameranx.com / Square Enix / Nobuo Uematsu / Kazushige Nojima / Tetsuya Nomura
In a new interview posted to the Square Enix Music Channel on YouTube, longtime Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu assured fans he’d be returning to compose the theme song for the final entry to the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy.
Tetsuya Nomura, the director of the original Final Fantasy VII and the best-selling remakes, joined the discussion with game writer Kazushige Nojima.
“Since you worked on the first and second game in the series, it stands to reason that you have to come back for the third,” Nomura said hopefully. “Not that we’ve made it official yet, but I’d like to believe you’re a lock for the next title? You’ll do it, right?”
Uematsu composed the main theme for Final Fantasy VII Remake, Hollow, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, No Promises to Keep.
“It’d be my honor,” Uematsu replied with a laugh. “For starters, I’m going to take a vacation.”
The composer is best known for composing the soundtracks for the first nine mainline Final Fantasy games. Since then, he has contributed tracks to the long-running series and many other games.
“As far as Final Fantasy is concerned, I’m still involved by writing the main themes for the games, but I don’t think I’ll compose music for a whole game again,” Uematsu said in an interview with Zeit Online. “You would have to give it full throttle for two or three years. And I don’t think I have the physical and mental strength to do it anymore.”
In 2020, Final Fantasy VII Remake brought fans back to Midgar in a big way, selling over 3.5 million copies in just three days. The second game in the trilogy, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, was released on February 29 for the PlayStation 5.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth could have rolled credits much sooner in the story if the game's writer stuck to his original idea.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the second part of the remake trilogy of the original game from 1997, was released in February. While developer Square Enix has not confirmed a launch date or the official title for the final game in the remake trilogy, the game should likely be released on PS5 sometime during the ongoing console generation cycle. Now, the studio has provided an update about the launch timeline for the third and final game in the Final Fantasy remake trilogy project.
Ben Starr, the voice actor of Final Fantasy 16's Clive Rosfield, has joined fans in calling for a brand-new entry in the Final Fantasy Tactics spin-off subseries. The first Final Fantasy Tactics game was first released in 1997 for the PS1 as a tactical RPG spin-off to the mainline games. The original game got plenty of critical acclaim and would become one of the franchise's most well-regarded spin-offs, which eventually created a mini-franchise. While the series hasn't had a new title since the 2007 remake of the first game on PSP, there are still a number of fans who are hoping the series will make a comeback one day, with Ben Starr being one of them.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth enjoyed widespread critical acclaim upon its launch earlier in the year on a level that no game in the series has in a long, long time- though it seems that critical acclaim isn’t quite translating to commercial success in the manner that Square Enix would have hoped for.
It’s still difficult to wrap your head around how Square Enix managed to make a game as massive and diverse as Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth in the short amount of time that it did, and it looks like the company is hoping to do the same with the remake trilogy’s final instalment.
Following the release of the Ultimania compilation for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, game producer Yoshinori Kitase stated that the development of the highly anticipated third entry in the series could lead to a shorter release window. Kitase said that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth was developed in three years following Final Fantasy 7 Remake's Intermission DLC thanks to the retention of team members, which led to an efficient development period that he hopes to continue into Part 3.
According to a new chat with Final Fantasy VII Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase, the third and final game in the new trilogy is aiming for a 2027 release date. This would keep a slightly quicker pace than the previous two titles in the series, with Final Fantasy VII Remake released in April 2020 and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth released on February 29, 2024.
Final Fantasy fans have a lot to unpack today, as the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Ultimania book has now launched in Japan, giving us more juicy details about the recent RPG as well as the next chapter in the Remake trilogy. Notably, we've gotten a little more indication as to how long we can expect to wait for Part 3, even if no release window has been confirmed yet.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth director and long-time series producer Yoshinori Kitase hopes that the world of the seventh entry in the series will continue after the remake project will be completed with the third entry.
Square Enix recently published a 42 minute Final Fantasy VII Rebirth “Special Talk Session” on its Square Enix Music YouTube channel. The video features series composer Nobuo Uematsu, writer Kazushige Nojima, and creative director Tetsuya Nomura.
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Legendary composer Nobuo Uematsu will compose the central theme for the as-yet-unnamed third game in Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy, tentatively committing to the job after being put on the spot by Rebirth director Tetsuya Nomura.