We don’t know a lot in regards to the still-mysterious remaining chapter of Sq. Enix’s Closing Fantasy 7 remake trilogy, however director Naoki Hamaguchi shed extra mild on what gamers can anticipate from the in-development RPG. In an interview with Polygon, Hamaguchi confirmed that the sequel will nonetheless have an emphasis on minigames, reaffirming that Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth‘s in style Queen’s Blood will return within the trilogy’s third installment and teasing how the group is approaching the unique Closing Fantasy 7‘s well-known snowboarding minigame.
Polygon spoke with Hamaguchi at Nintendo’s New York Metropolis retailer to debate the discharge of Closing Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade on Nintendo Change 2 and Xbox Sequence X. Talking about how improvement is progressing on the remake trilogy’s at present unnamed subsequent recreation, Hamaguchi expanded on a earlier affirmation that Queen’s Blood — a fan-favorite minigame during which gamers accumulate playing cards and construct decks to be used in tactical-grid battles — will return for the third half.
“Queen’s Blood is a highly regarded and beloved minigame, and I imagine lots of people are nonetheless wanting one thing like that,” Hamaguchi instructed Polygon. “I need to develop on Queen’s Blood in order that we’re enhancing it, and providing you with a extra powered-up model of it once you see that third installment… Queen’s Blood continues to be going to be obtainable within the third installment. We simply need to develop on it.”
Apart from Queen’s Blood, Hamaguchi harassed that minigames will nonetheless be a giant a part of the third installment. That features doing justice to the unique Closing Fantasy 7’s snowboarding minigame, which happens after the occasions coated in Rebirth. Within the unique model, gamers must information Cloud to the Nice Glacier in a downhill snowboarding minigame the place he should dodge snowmen and bushes.
“Snowboarding! That is one thing that followers have actually deep recollections about!” Hamaguchi mentioned. “I’m afraid I can’t delve an excessive amount of into the main points, however we perceive that it’s not going to be only a easy snowboarding minigame. We need to guarantee that it’s integrated into the story to have that form of reference to the theming of it.”
Whereas Hamaguchi didn’t spill any extra particulars in regards to the subsequent recreation, he did present Polygon with an replace about how far alongside its improvement cycle is. The mission is perhaps additional alongside than followers predict, contemplating that Rebirth launched on PlayStation 5 simply two years in the past.
“When it comes to the third installment, I imagine we’re coming alongside very easily,” Hamaguchi mentioned. “Now we have set a schedule for ourselves, and I imagine we’re monitoring on time for the milestones we now have set. So I’m actually grateful for the event group and I’ve a lot respect for them engaged on this mission. I imagine that at this level the sport is playable, technically, however we’re nonetheless making an attempt to shine it so it’s at a top quality the place we will ship it to our gamers.”
Closing Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is now obtainable on Nintendo Change 2 and Xbox Sequence X. A port of Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth is at present in improvement for each platforms.
