Final Fantasy VII; Advent Children

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 10:59 am

Well, I ran into an interesting tidbit of information. It seems the rumours that have circulated the net regarding a sequel to FF7 might have some fact behind them. The graphics engine has had a major over haul, giving a more realistic looking set of characters. Here's the article.

FFVII: Advent Children - Square’s new FFVII project

September 25th, 2003

It’s been 6 years now since FFVII was released and made Final Fantasy famous worldwide. 9 million copies have been sold and by and large it is the favourite of FF fans everywhere. It has endured to this day, a feat not achieved by many games made 6 years ago. Last October, about a year ago, Square confirmed that they will be developing a direct sequel to FFX, FFX-2, which is coming out in stores in North America in a couple of months. As the first direct sequel to any of the FF games in the main series, this astounding news quickly led to heated discussion on whether or not FFVII would also get a sequel, something fans have clamoured for since this most popular of FF games first hit the shelves.

The rumours started spreading after FFVII’s producer, long time Square worker Kitase revealed in an interview that he personally would like to see a FFVII sequel and also that some of his co-workers, such names as Tetsua Nomura (the character designer of FFVII, FFVIII and FFX as well as FFX-2) were like minded. However, afterwards Kitase completely denied the possibility of any sort of FFVII remake or sequel by saying that it would be impossible as they wouldn’t be able to use the same engine for the game as they had in 1997 and so the whole project would just be too expensive.

Last April FFWA had an FFVII-2 April Fool’s joke that spread like wildfire through the internet, and even ended up on IGN’s "the biggest PS2 rumours" article. Until today the FFVII-2 rumour was still at large on the internet, even if it had no evidence to back it up other than Kitase saying that he’d be willing to work on a project like that before going into complete denial.

However, since this has been a topic of discussion among fans for a while, maybe Square has started to take note and suddenly found the inspiration for a new FFVII project. Or maybe they just wanted to keep us in suspense and have been planning this all along. Either way sources say that Square is coming up with a new FFVII project!

...FFVII: Advent Children.

This title supposedly takes place 2 years after the events of FFVII, so at least we’re finally getting an answer to our long asked question, "Just what happened during the ending of FFVII?". Cloud and Sephiroth appear to be on it, but there is no information about who the other characters are going to be.

It is also unclear if this newely reported release is going to be a movie or a playable game. In the Japanese scans the word "DVD" is repeated a few times, so it's not actually clear whether this is going to be a playable title.

The characters aren’t going to be in that cute anime style anymore, instead they've gone through a transformation and now look more like actual people. In my persona opinion however, certain aspects such as Cloud's gravity defying hairstyle really doesn't work well with this new look.

We’re expecting to hear more about this title in the upcoming Tokyo Game Show taking place this weekend in Tokyo, Japan.

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 11:09 am

FFVII: AC

Yeah, I read up about this as well. Don't know what to say myself about the "Is it a game or movie?" question, honestly.

Hopefully, new info will come along in the next couple of months, or - at the longest - by late next spring.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 11:17 am

I'm personally hoping movie, because I'm not willing to buy a PS2 simply for one series.

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 11:20 am

Just read someting a bit new

Originally posted by Aegis
I'm personally hoping movie, because I'm not willing to buy a PS2 simply for one series.

Just checked on it. The news GameSpot has on it reads that it is DEFINITELY a movie.

Pho3nix · Post by **Pho3nix** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 6:07 pm

Sephiroth

good I love Sephiroth just watched the trailer its gonna be a good movie

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 6:54 pm

[QUOTE=Galuf the Dwarf]Just checked on it. The news GameSpot has on it reads that it is DEFINITELY a movie.[/QUOTE]not sure if I should be sad or happy. on the one hand, I haven't been blown away by any of the main series since FFVII and a sequel could be good (materia owns everything ever), but judging by their recent efforts, a sequel would probably have ruined the beautiful, beautiful memories.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 12:14 am

[QUOTE=Robnark]not sure if I should be sad or happy. on the one hand, I haven't been blown away by any of the main series since FFVII and a sequel could be good (materia owns everything ever), but judging by their recent efforts, a sequel would probably have ruined the beautiful, beautiful memories.[/QUOTE]
MY problem with the idea of it being a (playable) sequel, is that this is Final Fantasy. We're not supposed to have sequels in the stories, period. FFX-2 screwed that to hell, but I'm going to blame that on Square's merger with Enix, and trying to allow a second party in on the FF glory. Though, my personal thought is that Square should go back to the glory days when they were working with Nintendo, and solely nintendo... PErhaps I'm a dreamer, though...

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 2:28 pm

[QUOTE=Aegis]MY problem with the idea of it being a (playable) sequel, is that this is Final Fantasy. We're not supposed to have sequels in the stories, period. FFX-2 screwed that to hell, but I'm going to blame that on Square's merger with Enix, and trying to allow a second party in on the FF glory. Though, my personal thought is that Square should go back to the glory days when they were working with Nintendo, and solely nintendo... PErhaps I'm a dreamer, though...[/QUOTE]
yeah, I prefer stand-alone games too. still, X-2 had some good ideas, although the execution of them was a tad flawed. the thing is, each individual game has its own systems and that, but in a formula. now, normally that would be a bad thing, but judging their recent efforts I'd say I prefer a damn good formula to a mediocre innovative title.

since I will not buy a gamecube at over £50, I'd rather they didn't stick just to nintendo consoles, but hej. If I had to pick one thing that I'd want back, it would be engaging characters. I mean, they've always had pretty similar characters, but after 7 I simply found them annoying. in the whole of 8, Quistis was probably the only PC I didn't want to strangle. 9 was a bit better, 10 was much worse, and X-2 was like being beaten about the head with several giggling, shrieking, screaming teenage girls. I actually cared when they killed off Aeris. I would have danced with joy if they'd bumped off the entire X-2 cast by the end of the demo alone

Psi_RedEye22 · Post by **Psi_RedEye22** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:12 am

I have the trailer...it's not bad.

Bloodthroe · Post by **Bloodthroe** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:08 pm

Yeah, I saw a trailor of 'advent' a few months ago on G4TechTV. (A network on cable.) Anyways it's supposed to be set 2 years after FF7. It is a DVD, not a game. Which led to much disappointment to many Fanboys and girls. Sephiroth looked like a total chick with his hair cut and leather body suit on. Anyways, the graphics are great. They were done by the same people who made 'Final Flight of the Osiris' for the Animatix thing.

Edit: Hey Aegis, where was this article of your's found?

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 1:24 am

Oi... Been sometime. I'll have to go digging around my favorites folder to see if I still have it kicking around. If I find it, I'll post it here.

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 3:08 pm

Yeah it looks cool, I've never played the game though. When I first saw it I thought it looked amazing (graphics-wise at least), and then I thought...Is this a movie. Ah well either way...