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Final Fantasy 7 Remake director had to swap his inspirations from The Last of Us to The Witcher 3 to make Rebirth's open world

Director Naoki Hamaguchi played CD Projekt Red's beloved open-world game to learn a few lessons

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth shippers waited 27 years to see Cloud kiss Tifa, but the team only added it because they wanted "something more" than a hug

Naoki Hamaguchi breaks down the shocking Gold Saucer smooch

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says it's fine if you didn't like the ending, but the RPG's devs still got "the response we wanted" as players "are still talking about it"

Positive and negative opinions are both "very valid and worthwhile," says Square Enix's Naoki Hamaguchi

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says that it's absolutely essential to Square Enix that his team makes Part 3 "the best experience we possibly can"

Good thing Part 2 is already so great

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director says he rejects the idea of design by committee: "If there are too many people inputting, [...] the work can easily lose its character."

"I am a strong believe in the idea that too many cooks spoil the broth"

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"I think it's a great hardware platform. I do like Xbox." Final Fantasy 7 Remake director wants to bring the game to "as many players as possible," hinting at an Xbox version.

Could we be getting Final Fantasy 7 Remake on Xbox some day? It certainly seems like it, according to this new interview.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director is an Xbox fan, and with Square Enix testing the multiplatform waters, he says he wants to being the JRPG to "as many players out there as possible"

A sign of the times

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director thinks an MMO team-up with Final Fantasy 14 would be a "great idea": "There's definitely a lot of things that could possibly come up along those lines"

Hamaguchi and Yoshida "often get together" to discuss "the future of Final Fantasy"

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says the JRPG's success in year-end awards proves "why it's a good thing to have it as a trilogy"

"Hopefully people are a bit more convinced now"

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'Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3' Won't Have As Many Minigames As 'Rebirth'

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director says he hears the complaints from fans, and the third entry in the remake trilogy likely won't feature as many minigames.

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'Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3' Update Reveals Game's Plot is 'Complete,' Ready for 'Full Production'

Square Enix shared more details about the third installment in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy, noting that the plot is now complete.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director loves fan theories about the JRPG's most-bullied dweeb: "Some people think he's actually evil and will turn out to be the last boss"

The Jar Jar Binks syndrome

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Square Enix and Lego made just two Final Fantasy 7 sets based on one of the JRPG's most iconic moments, and someone just bought one of them for $12,500

World's most dedicated (and rich) fan

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 will "beat any expectation you have," says Rebirth director

"Look out for great things"

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 director says the JRPG sequel will be "one of the most loved, most popular games in the whole history of video games"

"Once again"

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Final Fantasy Remake part 3 could switch to Unreal Engine 5 if Square decides it would speed up development

Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi knows we want Part 3 as soon as possible

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Will Make the Best Part of Rebirth Even Better

During a panel at Okakon, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed that Queen's Blood will be returning in part three.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's best minigame will make a grand return in Part 3 of the Remake trilogy with a "revamped or even better version"

Queen's Blood is making a comeback

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's most painfully boring minigame was originally twice as tedious, but at the last minute Square decided "it might be stressful"

Square Enix "put in a lot of work" to make mako vacuuming "feel satisfying" and, well, at least they tried

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director is struggling to decide how to kick off the JRPG's final installment

Naoki Hamaguchi is stuck on how to proceed with the beginning of the end of the Remake trilogy

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Get Some Behind the Scenes Look at Final Fantasy VII Rebirth with Four-Part Documentary Series

Square Enix has released a new documentary series that gives us a closer look at home the game was created.

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Following widespread complaints, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth patch takes another stab at improving the RPG's muddy graphics in Performance Mode

Square Enix takes another go at fixing less-than-stellar textures

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Queen Blood minigame was so well received it may get 'future expansions'

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director has said the positive response to Queen's Blood mini-game could mean "future expansions".

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says Queen's Blood expansions are "a possibility" following "very positive feedback" to the JRPG's best minigame

There could be more in store for the distracting deckbuilder

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director wasn't expecting the RPG to reignite the 'yellow paint' discourse, but will "take on board the valuable feedback for future games"

"I didn't think that the 'yellow paint' would be something that would be discussed on social media"

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