2017 marks an important milestone for two Square Enix franchises: Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts—which are celebrating their 30th and 15th anniversaries, respectively. Today in particular, however, marks the 20th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII. During Final Fantasy‘s special 30th anniversary celebration in Tokyo Tuesday morning, Square Enix shared a special look at the Final Fantasy VII Remake that’s slated to hit the PS4 on a yet-to-be-revealed date. Check it out at the top of the page.
The gorgeous image shows Cloud Strife standing in front of the iconic Shinra Building. In the background stands Sephiroth, the primary antagonist in the game. That’s about all we can gather from the image at this point.
Unfortunately, the reveal was only a “key visual’ from the highly anticipated game. Considering it’s been well over a year since we’ve heard or seen anything regarding the title (probably because the company was focusing on the launch of Final Fantasy XV), any news is good news. In fact, we still have no idea when the title will actually release. Earlier this year, Director Tetsuya Nomura said that production is going to take a bit longer than expected.
If you need a refresher, here’s the gameplay trailer that was released during Sony’s PlayStation Experience back in 2015:
Square Enix also tweeted out a new Kingdom Hearts III image. Again, it’s not much, just a fun way to pay homage to Final Fantasy VII on its 20th birthday; we do get to see Kingdom Hearts‘ hero, Sora, with his back to the player.
#_KH #FFVII20th pic.twitter.com/D90CvP0duv
— ã‚ングダムãƒãƒ¼ãƒ„ (@_KINGDOMHEARTS) January 31, 2017
Many fans have already picked up on the fact that the image is reminiscent of the picture depicted on the original Final Fantasy VII cover. Check it out below.
@_KINGDOMHEARTS pic.twitter.com/e05pYjKK0w
— SHIΞLD (@SHIELD_DRAWS) January 31, 2017
With Kingdom Hearts‘ anniversary at the end of March, hopefully this tiny teaser means we’ll be learning or seeing a bit more of KH 3 soon. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed until then.
What do you think of the new images that were released? Let us know in the comments!
Image Credit: Square Enix
