Final Fantasy 7 Reborn has a reference so profound that even its developers didn’t understand it

final fantasy 7 reborn It’s full of Easter eggs and references, but there’s one in particular that its developers included without knowing its origins.

There are some very slight spoilers for the game ahead!

When you, Cloud, and the gang eventually find themselves in Corel Prison, you can descend into a well where you can fight a variety of enemies in tournament-style battles, similar to the Corneo Colosseum in the first game. war. Technically, you don’t have to visit it, although there is a questline in which you can obtain items needed to progress. If you do this, or access it later, you can fight a mutant dog enemy called Test 0, which did appear in the original game. However, when I say original, I mean very original – it could only have been seen in the first Japanese version of Final Fantasy 7. It won’t even attack you, and its spawn rate is very low, making it a bit of a mystery overall.

Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi recently spoke with Easy Allies about the Easter egg, sharing that it’s for those who remember the fight from the original – though he and the team’s The other members don’t actually know why they’re there in the first place.

“I don’t know if it’s a bug or an Easter egg or something that was snuck in by people who were involved in testing the original, but no one on our team actually worked on the original Test 0, so we don’t It’s very clear what its original intention was,” Hamaguchi said. “But, I think people who know the original will remember that, so I definitely want to incorporate that into Rebirth.”

It’s cool to know the origin of this particular enemy, I honestly thought it was an enemy stolen by Shinra and only had the name Test 0, which felt like it would have made sense in canon (still does, if you ask me). Knowing that it’s so in-depth, though, highlights just how much effort was put into this game – and really proves why most other remakes are pointless.