



Again this led to immense speculation of a Final Fantasy VII remake. In December of 2009, Tetsuya Nomura hinted an announcement is to come sometime in 2010 promising a game highly requested by fans-some of which have personally requested it from him, and the reaction he expects from the announcement is downright huge. With photos of an ad for CLOUD Vol.2 appearing on the Internet, the excitement rose yet again. Rumors surfaced again due to photos of a Best Buy ad stating the game was to be released on August 16, 2008.ĭespite excitement surrounding the chance of a remake, Square Enix consistently denied any and all rumors on several occasions. The release of Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- brought new speculation to the possibility of a remake the ending shows the beginning of Final Fantasy VII in a modern CG style, followed by a title card reading "to be continued in FINAL FANTASY VII", in reference to the original game.įalse Final Fantasy VII (PS3) remake advertisement. Kazuo Hirai, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, also fueled the rumors by sticking a small note in the exhibition saying "Congratulations for the ten fantastic years! The best is yet to come". These CG artworks were printed on the new canned Potion beverages. The artworks depicted the characters in their Final Fantasy VII costumes, reigniting rumors a remake of the game may be in development. The rumors were sparked a second time with Square Enix's exhibition of new FMV artworks during the Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary event in Japan. Square Enix later made an official statement of there being no plans of a remake of Final Fantasy VII for the PlayStation 3. In 2005 at the Sony E3 annual press conference, Square Enix showed a technical demo for the PlayStation 3 depicting the opening sequence to the original Final Fantasy VII remade with the PlayStation 3's enhanced graphics.
