FF7 Remake Part 3 will feature 'enhanced' versions of beloved minigames

[ad_1] We don’t know a lot concerning the still-mysterious ultimate chapter of Sq. Enix’s Ultimate Fantasy 7 remake trilogy, however director Naoki Hamaguchi shed extra mild on what gamers can anticipate from the in-development RPG. In an interview with Polygon, Hamaguchi confirmed that the sequel will nonetheless have an emphasis on minigames, reaffirming that Ultimate Fantasy 7 Rebirth's well-liked Queen’s Blood will return within the trilogy's third installment and teasing how the group is approaching the unique Ultimate Fantasy 7's well-known snowboarding minigame.

Polygon spoke with Hamaguchi at Nintendo's New York Metropolis retailer to debate the discharge of Ultimate Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade on Nintendo Swap 2 and Xbox Sequence X. Talking about how growth is progressing on the remake trilogy's presently unnamed subsequent recreation, Hamaguchi expanded on a earlier affirmation that Queen’s Blood — a fan-favorite minigame through which gamers gather playing cards and construct decks to be used in tactical-grid battles — will return for the third half.

“Queen’s Blood is a highly regarded and beloved minigame, and I consider lots of people are nonetheless wanting one thing like that,” Hamaguchi advised Polygon. “I need to broaden on Queen’s Blood in order that we're enhancing it, and providing you with a extra powered-up model of it while you see that third installment… Queen’s Blood remains to be going to be accessible within the third installment. We simply need to broaden on it.”

Other than Queen's Blood, Hamaguchi careworn that minigames will nonetheless be a giant a part of the third installment. That features doing justice to the unique Ultimate Fantasy 7’s snowboarding minigame, which happens after the occasions coated in Rebirth. Within the authentic model, gamers must information Cloud to the Nice Glacier in a downhill snowboarding minigame the place he should dodge snowmen and timber.

“Snowboarding! That is one thing that followers have actually deep recollections about!” Hamaguchi mentioned. “I’m afraid I can’t delve an excessive amount of into the main points, however we perceive that it’s not going to be only a easy snowboarding minigame. We need to be sure that it’s integrated into the story to have that form of reference to the theming of it.”

Whereas Hamaguchi didn’t spill any extra particulars concerning the subsequent recreation, he did present Polygon with an replace about how far alongside its growth cycle is. The venture is perhaps additional alongside than followers expect, contemplating that Rebirth launched on PlayStation 5 simply two years in the past.

“When it comes to the third installment, I consider we're coming alongside very easily,” Hamaguchi mentioned. “Now we have set a schedule for ourselves, and I consider we're monitoring on time for the milestones we now have set. So I’m actually grateful for the event group and I've a lot respect for them engaged on this venture. I consider that at this level the sport is playable, technically, however we're nonetheless attempting to shine it so it's at a top quality the place we will ship it to our gamers.”

Ultimate Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is now accessible on Nintendo Swap 2 and Xbox Sequence X. A port of Ultimate Fantasy 7 Rebirth is presently in growth for each platforms.