If not for the delay announced at the beginning of the year, Final Fantasy VII Remake would be only a few days after its launch. The expected reinvention of the RPG par excellence, the first part of a series of games that will serve to completely reimagine the PSX classic, has moved its date in the 2020 calendar to arrive next April 10. A last minute change that has triggered doubts about what will happen with the rest of the parts that will arrive in the coming years. Concern that should dissipate because, according to Square Enix, The launch plans of the other parts of Final Fantasy VII Remake have not changed.
Who has confirmed this has been neither more nor less than the President of Square Enix, Yosuke Matsuda. The Japanese firm's boss has made this statement in a round of questions and answers with investors of the firm. When asked if the change of date of this first episode of FFVII Remake will affect the second part, Matsuda has responded clearly and bluntly: "No, he will not".
It may seem a meridianemente clear sentence, but in S-E they have already made it clear that, if they see it necessary to delay a launch to polish edges, they will. At the moment, the first of the games still remains, although the team has already confirmed that they are working on the development of part 2 of Final Fantasy VII Remake. Now, it remains to be confirmed whether it will reach PS4 or PS5 and, in addition, what parts of the original story it will cover.
Meanwhile, the eyes are still on April 10. Midgar will arrive on PlayStation 4 that day, with some changes in each and every one of its parts, although with a constant fidelity to the his tory of the game that fell in love with so many people in the late 90s. there is less left to be Cloud Strife again
When will Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2 arrive?
In Square Enix have already noted that the development of the following parts of Final Fantasy VII Remake it will require less time, since technology and planning are already done. Knowing this, hopefully the company takes between 2 and 3 years to launch the next episode of this saga with which to tell the whole story of Cloud, Sefirot, Aeris and company. Although all the parts that will make up this complete remake are also unknown.
In fact, given the limitation of exclusivity on PS4, we may see this first FFVII Remake also on PS5 from 2021, something that would serve to keep interest in the face of a second part that well could arrive in 2022 or even in 2023. It is soon to fix anything, but those could be the years handled by the Japanese to launch part 2 of this remake.