Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will feature “totally new cities” not featured in the original PlayStation game, Square Enix has revealed.
Speaking to Game Informer, director Naoki Hamaguchi said Square Enix wanted to expand upon the original Final Fantasy 7 to create a deep and expansive world.
“In Rebirth, we’ve added these types of cities like the Crow’s Nest — totally new cities that did not exist in the original to go deeper and create this whole worldview of Rebirth,” Hamaguchi said. “We reach this area after completing a quest, and then this place unlocks. The residents already know Cloud and the party are a part of Avalanche.”
Crow’s Nest is a sister town to Final Fantasy 7 classic Under Junon, which shares a similar anti-Shinra atmosphere that players will seemingly only encounter if they go exploring beyond the main quest.
“Part of our game design that we took on for Rebirth is that in the main storyline, you’ll be saving Yuffie and Under Junon, and then from there, going towards Junon, and then going forward towards Costa del Sol,” Hamaguchi said.
“But for example, hearing the stories of the anti-Shinra people living in Under Junon, you could then feel like, ‘What about this Crow’s Nest area that I’m hearing about? Maybe I want to go over there and explore and go into a side adventure on my own to save people.’ We want the player to be able to make these different adventures and go on their own journeys according to their interests.”
We still don’t know too much about Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth though a trailer released during Summer Game Fest showed off some other iconic locations like Bugenhagen’s planetarium at Cosmo Canyon, the Mythril Mine, the Cargo Ship, the inn at Kalm, and the Nibelheim Reactor.
As Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s February 29, 2024 release date nears, fans are slowly but surely learning more about the game. Square Enix has previously confirmed the game features new story content centred around Zack, and perhaps even incorporates backstory for Sephiroth included in mobile game Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis.
An ESBR rating also revealed some wild and wacky details about the game, including its deep cleavage, pools of blood, and a potential clue to Aerith’s fate. And Square Enix dropped a ton of story details, screenshots, and more in a big update in November 2023.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.
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