Summary
Tetsuya Nomura has revealed that he originally wanted to callFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth"Final Fantasy 7 Reunion", but couldn’t because of theCrisis Coreremaster.
One of my favourite things to come out of theFinal Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is how much importance it puts on names, which started when it tricked us all with “Remake”.After it was revealed that the second entry would be titled Rebirth, clearly setting up a “Re” pattern for the trilogy as a whole, theFinal Fantasy 7 community has been trying its hardest to guess what the third and final game in the series would be called.
One of the most popular theories right now is that Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3’s title will be “Return”, which seems very likely to be the case. They can’t use Reunion again after all.
With how closely guarded the third game’s title is right now, you might think thatSquare Enixhas got everything all figured out about the trilogy and has it set completely in stone. As it turns out, though, that’s not the case at all, as Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth was originally going to have a completely different subtitle before Crisis Core’s remaster got in the way.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Was Almost Called Something Different
Earlier this week, the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Ultimania (a book that contains a bunch of developer interviews and previously unrevealed development details) released in Japan and Twitter user aitaikimochi has been sharing some of the most interesting discoveries,such as the confirmation of multiple universesandsome hints about Aerith’s ultimate fate.
As shared by aitaikimochi, the Ultimania also features a conversation with Tetsuya Nomura, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s creative director, where he reveals that he actually wanted to use Reunion for the game’s title instead of Rebirth. However, because the Crisis Core remaster ended up using that subtitle, Nomura said that he ended up having to use Rebirth instead.
Although I can’t imagine Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth being called anything else now that we’re all so used to that name, I have to admit that it does make a bit more sense for it to have been called Reunion, especially considering how often that phrase is used throughout the game. Still, at least Nomura managed to find an alternative that he likednearlyas much.
