Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion’s release date has been announced. Square Enix announced the remaster earlier this year at Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 7 25th Anniversary event alongsideFinal Fantasy 7 Remake’s sequel,Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. It was announced that the belovedFinal Fantasy 7PSP prequel be receiving a remaster with enhanced visuals and new voice acting.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7was first released for PSP in Japan in September 2007. The game follows Zack Fair, the mentor toFinal Fantasy 7’s Cloud Strife, as he is assigned by the paramilitary group SOLDIER to track down missing agent Genesis Rhapsodos. He meets with many characters from the main game such as Sephiroth and Aerith,providing context towards many of the events that play out inFinal Fantasy 7and its spin-offs. The game was directed byFinal Fantasy 15lead Hajime Tabata, with originalFinal Fantasy 7director Tetsuya Nomura serving as character designer.
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After receiving an ambiguous “Winter 2022” release window, Square Enix has announced the full release date forCrisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion. The announcement was made during today’s Nintendo Direct. It was revealed thatCrisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunionwill make its Nintendo Switch debut on December 13th, 2022. The game will also release on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.This will be its first time available on non-PlayStation platforms, as well as home consoles.
The remaster forCrisis Core: Final Fantasy 7is going beyond a usual remaster effort from Square Enix, including redone voice acting with cast members fromFinal Fantasy 7 Remake, redone visuals to also better match the remake’s, and a fully reworked combat system. The originalCrisis Corereceived criticism at launch for its use of a rolling slots-based combat system, which made actions very random. The remake will still integrate the slot system, however it will also utilize more action-based combat similar toFinal Fantasy 7 Remake.
Given that this will be many players' first time experiencingCrisis Core: Final Fantasy 7, and the popularity of 2020’s remake, it makes sense that so much work has been redone to bring the game up to today’s standards and implement many elements from the remake. Strangely, Square Enix has already confirmed thatCrisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunionwill not add any new story elements to the game, meaning there will be no larger ties to the world ofFinal Fantasy 7 Remake. The game will likely do a good job holding fans over forFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which is slated to launch Winter 2023.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunionwill launch on Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on December 13th 2022.
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