WITH Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth out of the way Final Fantasy VII The remake project is about two-thirds complete. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth ends at perhaps the original game's most famous plot point, followed by a series of shocking, momentous events. As such, there's plenty of dense, compelling narrative environment Rebirthcover continued.
Massive spoilers ahead for the whole thing Final Fantasy VII saga.
Given the precedent set Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirththere is a good chance that several elements from the original FF7 they will continue to be modified or expanded in the third chapter of the remake. Although Rebirth itself is significantly longer and richer in content than the entire original FF7how so, so Remake they technically only cover the first of the three discs, which is about 50% of the main story content. In other words, there's a lot for Square Enix to work with, giving it a third FF7 reshape the potential to become the biggest and most ambitious yet.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Aerith situation helps even things out with one more character
Players may have to wait a bit longer for the sequel to Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, but Aerith's situation helps even the playing field in the group.
The truth behind the cloud and Sephiroth will be revealed
Right after Aerith is killed by Sephiroth, the group heads to the far north and books a stay at the Icicle Inn, where FF7the famous snowboarding minigame takes place. From this base of operations, they travel to the North Crater in further pursuit of Sephiroth. Once there, they see him killing men in black robes (who we learn are actually Sephiroth clones) and throwing their bodies into the stream of life.
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After defeating Sephiroth, retrieving the Black Matter, and continuing through the North Crater map, the party meets their enemy again, partially revealing a twist regarding Cloud's identity and his false memories, though Cloud remains convinced that he is a clone of Sephiroth created from Jenova's cells. It also turns out that the versions of Sephiroth we've met so far are actually just clones as well; Sephiroth's true body lies in the North Crater, transported there by the Lifestream after the events of Nibelheim.
Cloud, traumatized, confused, and still under the influence of Jenova's cells implanted into him by Hojo, is manipulated into giving the real Sephiroth dark matter, allowing him to summon a Planet-destroying Meteor (AKA Gaia). This awakens the Weapons, giant biomechanical monsters that emerge whenever the planet is in grave danger. Cloud falls into the crumbling earth and is separated from the rest of his team.
The Rise of the Weapons and the Redemption of Cloud
Weapons are perhaps the most powerful enemies in the original Final Fantasy VII. One of them, the Sapphire Weapon, is killed by Shinra using Junon's Sister Ray, and the players themselves are forced to fight with the Diamond Weapon, but the other four weapons are optional and make up a significant portion of FF7secondary content:
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Ruby weapon
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Emerald weapon
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Jade weapon
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The ultimate weapon
After the Ultimate Weapon crashes in Mideel, an island region that should be among the new locations in the next Final Fantasy VII remake, Cloud and Tifa fall into the Lifestream, allowing the other to see his repressed memories. Therefore, more context is given to Cloud's memory loss, and while his concerns about being a failed clone of Sephiroth are eased, he is still troubled by the realization that he was never a SOLDIER and that Zack died trying to save him. Tifa helps him with this and eventually rejoins the group.
The end (of humanity?)
All the while, the Meteor keeps getting closer to the planet and threatens to completely destroy it. After stopping Shinra's plan to obtain the Giant Materia and create a weapon of mass destruction to counter the Meteor, the group learns that Aerith's last act before dying was to pray to the Planet and make it release Holy, a spell to block the Meteor. However, Sephiroth blocks Holy from releasing and the group descends into the planet's core to stop him.
After what will almost certainly be the longest boss battle in Final Fantasy VII remake project, Sephiroth is defeated once and for all, but it's too late: Holy doesn't have enough time to stop Meteor completely. Just as it looks like all hope is lost, Aerith's spirit forces the Lifestream to push Meteor away, allowing Holy to destroy it.
After the credits, the title screen announces that 500 years have passed. We then see a cutscene of Red XIII and two pups, presumably his offspring, overlooking the ruins of Midgar, which are overgrown with vegetation. This confirms that the Planet itself has remained intact and that several species have survived (the cutscene also shows a flock of birds), but the ultimate fate of humanity and urban civilization in particular is left up to interpretation.
How will Final Fantasy Remake Part 3 differ from the original?
The Final Fantasy VII the remake saga has so far been fairly consistent with the story of the original game. Even his most radical departure, the multiverse proposal, does not explicitly contradict any established tradition—at least not yet. However, this could change in the third part, which includes the most complex plot development of the game. For example, maybe elements of Cloud's true identity will somehow be reconnected through this quasi-multiverse/time splitting element.
Another, more pressing example of how this might play out is in the conclusion. While there is ambiguity regarding the ultimate fate of humanity in the original game, widespread media such as Advent children the film confirms that humans were not wiped out by Meteor. The canonical status of these media could be recontextualized depending on what follows Final Fantasy VII remake represents the ending: it's possible that Square Enix will clear up the finale to make the franchise easier to build, removing confusion about the future FF7 universe.


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February 29, 2024
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T for Teens due to blood, language, mild themes, alcohol and tobacco use, violence