At the end of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Cloud and company dispatch the Whisper Harbinger, Creating alternate schedules. The game features Zack alive, who died in the original version of events, suggesting that the Square Enix developers had planned not only to create a beautiful modern remake of the popular 1997 PlayStation JRPG, but also the possible space for his characters in the game completely reinvent procedures.
The latest trailer for the sequel Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, doubles this and features mostly stunning PlayStation 5-worthy recreations of well-known scenes and environments from after the party left Midgar. We see Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, Barret, and Red XIII travel to Juno, visit Cosmo Canyon, and even ride chocobos. Highwind, the Shinra airship, even appears to appear large in a split second of footage.
However, the beginning and end of the trailer have fans wondering if there are much bigger mysteries afoot. The trailer begins with news footage of Avalanche apparently failing to blow up a reactor and Cloud missing in the rubble. Towards the end, it’s all about an in-depth look at the game’s infamous Nibelheim incident, with new dialogue from Sephiroth that’ll have fans toying with crazy theories.
Accordingly a translation of the Japanese version of the trailer, Sephiroth says to Cloud, “I was the one who killed Tifa. If so, who is she?” Since the dialogue appears as Sephiroth slices Tifa with his giant Masamune blade, it can be viewed simply as a modernized rendition of the original events, or as an alternate version implying that Tifa was actually during the incident in Nibelheim as we know it from the incident start of Final Fantasy VII Remake is actually a clone or some other type of imposter.
On the other hand, unreliable memories and psychological splits have always been a staple of Final Fantasy VIIThe story and Sephiroth’s comments in the trailer could simply be Cloud’s misremembering what happened that day, or maybe even Sephiroth’s attempt to confuse Cloud by lying about it. The things that made Final Fantasy VII Such a memorable classic has also laid the groundwork for such a rich and diverse array of conjectures as to where the sequel to the remake will lead.
The Cloud from the original game is a clone with alien cells and Mako energy in his body, who also has no memory of the most important events in his life. Meanwhile, Sephiroth finds himself on an apocalyptic crusade to bring about the destruction of the planet after learning of personal violence, corporate megalomania, and ancient prophecies that are messing up the scientific experiment that created him in the first place. The Nibelheim incident that looks like it could be rebirthThe climax is the tipping point for these past events and their future implications.
It makes sense that this would be the most fertile ground for Square Enix to potentially explore alternate timelines Final Fantasy VIIcharacters and stories. At the very least, it’s proven to be a rich promised land for fans wanting to indulge their favorite pet theories about the most surprising ways the publisher could turn its own hit franchise on its head.
