In case you weren't aware, today is the 22nd anniversary of Final Fantasy VII's release in North America. The seminal JRPG broke the mould in 1997, and over two decades later is still held up as one of the greats. Of course, next year will see the release of Final Fantasy VII Remake on PlayStation 4, and it's looking superb so far.
To celebrate the aforementioned anniversary, Square Enix has released a brand new interpretation of a pretty famous image:
You can see the artwork it's based on above. It's pretty good, right? Many fans are now hoping this new art will adorn the remake's box -- it would certainly make sense, at least in the US. What do you think of this artwork? Do you want to see this image on the shelves come March? Get your head out of the clouds in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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Not a well known game when it came out in the United Kingdom of Great Britain ....................but grew bigger by old fashioned word of mouth.
Why the remaster there is no mystery.
I understand the U.S. had earlier final fantasy on the nintendo not here. Before FF7 we had Final Fantasy Mystic Quest on the snes.
Years later, reviewers have not looked favorably on Mystic Quest, including Kotaku calling it the "worst Final Fantasy"
@Number09 Hmm? It was a huge game when it came out. Had loads of hype. As much as could have been had back then for a video game, anyway.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kea3fg6P0c4
@Number09 It came off the huge success of VI/3 and was making the leap to 3D. I’m pretty sure it was massive at time of launch.
@Quintumply if your interested some people have already started to make mock ups of a box art using this picture
@FullbringIchigo it’s a nice enough picture but nothing beats the nice simple PAL covers of the originals.
@kyleforrester87 i love the old logo on a white background ones, the logos of FF games always mean something, such as Meteor in VII's or Yuna doing a sending in X's and being just a logo on the box art drew you attention to them and made you think about what they mean
i miss those but i doubt they will go back to them now but it's not like the new ones are bad anyway
@FullbringIchigo yeah I doubt they will go back to them either, funnily enough they don’t look as cool on DVD/Blueray boxes anyway.
@kyleforrester87 Personally i would like them to do cases like they did for FFXV Royal Edition or FFXIIZA where you have an alternate picture on the back take the Royal Editions for example
I just cannot wait to delve back into this world. As far as lore and world building this and chrono trigger were the pinnacle for a looong time in my book. Elder scrolls does a fantastic job in that aspect imo nowadays. Just that steampunk/cyber punk/ mixed with oddly antiquated technologies and rural/spiritual themes just worked for me in ways i couls have mever expected.
Wow. That looks gorgeous. I hope it's the cover art.
@Number09 Not so sure how it wasnt a massive game because back in 1997 I was 14 and it was the talk all over my school. I remember the advert for it on tv
https://youtu.be/CTNZx7oAR50
This was the advert but not as bad looking
Even FF8 got around school but not as hyped as 7
Ooo fancy.
I like that they added some materia in Cloud's buster sword.
I loved the magazine add for ff7 when it came out for ps1. Square giving a nice kick to Nintendo.. "Someone please get the guys who make cartridge games a cigarette and a blindfold"
https://www.cinemablend.com/games/Final-Fantasy-7-Ad-Reminds-Us-How-Brutal-Console-Wars-Can-Get-72194.html
@Number09 it was huge, mate. Leave it.
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