Der var aldrig rigtig tvivl om, at Final Fantasy VII: Remake kun ville dække en del af den originale PS1-klassiker. Spørgsmålet om, hvor mange efterfølgere der ville udkomme, stod dog stadig åbnet, men med offentliggørelsen af Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, blev det slået fast, der bliver tale om en trilogi.
Planerne kunne dog godt have blevet helt anderledes. Det afslører seriens kreative bagmænd i et interview med det japanske magasin Famitsu (oversat af VGC).
"The reason we didn't announce how many parts there would be until now was because we were considering whether it would be a trilogy or a two-part series," fortæller creative director Tetsuya Nomura. "Originally, I was planning a trilogy, but [producer Yoshinori] Kitase suggested that they would like to explore the possibility of a two-part series."
I sidste ende vurderede spillets producer Yoshinori Kitase dog, at det var for ambitiøst at runde fortællingen af med blot to spil, med tanke på den massive udvidelse af spillets univers, som Final Fantasy VII: Remake introducerede.
I interviewet med Famitsku adresserer Tetsuya Nomura også dem, der frygter/håber på, at serien måske alligevel får mere end tre kapitler:
"Right away, there were no plans to create more than three games. Since Final Fantasy VII Remake only led up to leaving Midgar, it is difficult to incorporate the original content in the remaining two parts, so some people may be worried that something may be omitted. Rest assured that the remaining volume will not merely be a digest of the original."
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth står til at udkomme i vinteren (januar/februar) 2023.
RETTELSE: Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth udkommer i vinteren 2023-2024.
