Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 7 Remake maakte een goeie indruk tijdens de E3 2019, zeker toen duidelijk werd dat het genoeg content zou hebben om twee Blu-ray schijven te vullen. Yoshinori Kitase liet weten dat de eerste game, gepland in maart 2020, zich zal afspelen in Midgar. Er werd ook een statement afgegeven.
Deze gepost op twitter en daarna vertaald door Reddit user Bahamut-Prime, liet Kitase het volgende weten, “There had been a raging wave of developments related to Final Fantasy 7 Remake, from the sudden announcement in May, the release date reveal in an orchestra concert held in Los Angeles on June 9, and a playable demo at E3. But I’d be glad if all of our fans are delighted with the many surprises after waiting for so long.
“In doing a remake, what we first emphasized was to depict Midgar, which symbolized the world setting of the original Final Fantasy 7 the most, in a charming way. We newly redesigned the interior structure of Midgar, and added new episodes as well as depictions of the daily lives of citizens who live there. Ultimately, just by depicting the story until the original’s Escape From Midgar, we already reached a huge capacity with a pack of 2 Blu-ray discs, which should have enough density and volume for the world setting and storyline.”
Kitase gaat verder, “To go along with that, we have optimized character growths and boss monster placements for this game, completely reconstructing it as a single standalone game, which we think will have become a title worth playing enough. We plan to develop the Final Fantasy 7 Remake project into multiple titles in the future, but we hope you will look forward to the release of the first title, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, on March 3, 2020.”
Het is dus het eerste deel in de serie, het ontwikkelingsteam heeft nog geen idee hoeveel games er zullen volgen, je kan gelukkig wel een volledige game aan content verwachten volgend jaar.