The true villain of FF7

[Yuki Senoue]

Yeah, sometimes these games are better when they leave things unexplained. Like the nature of Jenova and Sepiroth's past. The constant low effort sequels and spinoffs only serve to dilute the story and make people question why the original was popular in the first place. Especially if the spinoffs are directed/written by Nomura/Nojima.

This is something I agree wholeheartedly. FFVII OG story is great - it just need a better English localization. No need for the Compilation at all.

I respect Nomura and Nojima a lot, but the Compilation is completelly unnecessary.

 

[Cantarella]

What did Kitase say about it? And yes, your interpretation is the correct one: this video, at 2:07, shows a Nojima's interview where he confirms humanity survived.

The Final Fantasy VII Citadel: Press Clippings

EGM: At the very end of FFVII, we see the epilogue to the whole story that takes place 500 years later, so really, you still have another 497 years' worth of games and movies to fill in....
YK: Ha, maybe I'll try to do that. In a way, I consider that epilogue to be the true happy ending of FFVII. Well, it's a happy ending even though all the human beings are destroyed. [Laughs]

I don't really attach much weight to a flippant statement made ten years after the fact. Feel similarly about statements from most of these guys.

The smoke plumes disappearing again is funny though.

 

[Patches]

The Final Fantasy VII Citadel: Press Clippings

EGM: At the very end of FFVII, we see the epilogue to the whole story that takes place 500 years later, so really, you still have another 497 years' worth of games and movies to fill in....
YK: Ha, maybe I'll try to do that. In a way, I consider that epilogue to be the true happy ending of FFVII. Well, it's a happy ending even though all the human beings are destroyed. [Laughs]

I don't really attach much weight to a flippant statement made ten years after the fact. Feel similarly about statements from most of these guys.

The smoke plumes disappearing again is funny though.

What about the secret ending of dirge of cerberus what is it leading to?

 

[MasterEn]

What about the secret ending of dirge of cerberus what is it leading to?

i don't think anyone knows. it's just kind of there. i'll take a look around on google and see if someone has found or figured out anything about it.

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i did some checking. there's not much out there about the secret ending of dirge of cerberus. i think everyone gave up on there being more to it after a few years passed by.
i found this reddit post, where some people chat about the ending and have some theories about it. not much else though.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FFVIIRemake/comments/vmqeyt/im_surprised_that_i_havent_come_across_many/

 

[Yuki Senoue]

not sure how the world of ffx looks like ff7. i'll look at some maps. seems weird to confuse the maps of your company's games, but it could happen.

Nojima NEVER said it was the same world. He said "After quitting the Gullwings, Shinra received enormous financial support from Rin, and began trying to use Vegnagun to siphon Mako Energy from the Farplane. But, he is unable to complete the system for utilizing this energy in his generation, and in the future, when traveling to distant planets becomes possible, the Shin-Ra Company is founded on another world, or something like that....... That would happen about 1000 years after this story, I think."


And you know, it is not something that important. It is just Nojima having some fun with two games he worked on.

The Final Fantasy VII Citadel: Press Clippings

EGM: At the very end of FFVII, we see the epilogue to the whole story that takes place 500 years later, so really, you still have another 497 years' worth of games and movies to fill in....
YK: Ha, maybe I'll try to do that. In a way, I consider that epilogue to be the true happy ending of FFVII. Well, it's a happy ending even though all the human beings are destroyed. [Laughs]

Thanks! And yes, Kitase is full of shit here 8D

 

[MasterEn]

Nojima NEVER said it was the same world. He said "After quitting the Gullwings, Shinra received enormous financial support from Rin, and began trying to use Vegnagun to siphon Mako Energy from the Farplane. But, he is unable to complete the system for utilizing this energy in his generation, and in the future, when traveling to distant planets becomes possible, the Shin-Ra Company is founded on another world, or something like that....... That would happen about 1000 years after this story, I think."


And you know, it is not something that important. It is just Nojima having some fun with two games he worked on.

i think he more or less got mixed up on the games. 7, 8, 9, tactics and 10 were all in development at the same time. i read the wiki link that you left and it reminded me of that when i was reading it.

at least, that's what i think might have happened. working on 2 or more games directly might get some one mixed up a bit on each game specifically.

 

[MetalSharkPlayer]

The true antagonist is obviously Nomura and Square Enix for promising a remake 10 years ago and then rug-pulling us via "it's actually an ARPG sequel with time travel shit lol" and we are still waiting for them to finish it.

This is the only real answer, such a disappointment... They butchered Final Fantasy VII, all because of money; that is why they split the game into 3 parts. Greedy fuckers.

 

[MasterEn]

This is the only real answer, such a disappointment... They butchered Final Fantasy VII, all because of money; that is why they split the game into 3 parts. Greedy fuckers.

they straight up said several years ago that they would only remake ff7 if they really needed the money.
they needed the money apparently.

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

they straight up said several years ago that they would only remake ff7 if they really needed the money.
they needed the money apparently.

Square Enix has some serious mismanagement problems. All their games cost a bajilion dollars to make and are disappointments even when they sell like 3+ million copies. They really need a clean sweep of management and to remove Nomura from the director chair. If they don't do that, they'll continue to stagnate.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

The true vilain in any RPG is always the main caracter.

Murdering psychopath committing ecocide on anything living on the world map. Absorbing experience from killing everything like a vampire leech.