Overview
- Final Fantasy VII Revelation is due April 8, 2027, and remains positioned as the capstone of the Remake trilogy.
- Director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed the boxed edition is a single ‘key disc’ that only contains the opening portion of the game and requires players to download the remainder online.
- Hamaguchi said he pushed for a physical edition but that final decisions on SKUs and product line-up were made by Square Enix’s publishing team, limiting his authority over the release format.
- Battle director Teruki Endo said he still has not settled on a definitive balance between turn-based and real-time combat and described the FITS outfit/job system as a deliberate layer that works with Materia to let players sharpen specialized builds.
- Reporting also details design and narrative shifts in Revelation, including a larger Highwind-centered explorable world, formerly optional characters like Vincent and Yuffie woven into the main story, and a rebuilt Knights of the Round superboss quest, all of which raise questions about preservation, download dependency, and how future high-profile games will be sold.