Square Enix released a playable demo for the upcoming remake of Final Fantasy VII a couple of weeks ago. Slated for an April 10th release we are within about a month until players can fire it up this PlayStation 4 exclusive. PC owners will have to wait a year until it escapes the console realm. In building up for its release Square Enix has just released the first of a series of videos documenting its creation. The first episode, simply titled “Introduction” on their YouTube page, features a number of interviews.
Developers interviewed in this episode
- Yoshinori Kitase (Producer)
- Tetsuya Nomura (Director & Concept Design)
- Kazushige Nojima (Story & Scenario)
- Naoki Hamaguchi (Co-Director – Game Design / Programming)
- Motomu Toriyama (Co-Director – Scenario Design)
The official Final Fantasy VII page shares more details for this series. They state that a ‘treasure trove’ of details will be in future episodes. Going from behind the scenes to story, and character development, plus much, much more. The FF franchise has come a long way since its 8 bit, 1987 incarnation in Japan. A few years later in 1990 it made its way to the U.S. Whether on console or PC it has managed to push hardware to its limits over the decades. FF VII looks to carry on this tradition as well.