Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth fixes devs\u2019 biggest Tifa & Aerith \u2018regret\u2019 Square EnixOne of Final Fantasy 7\u2019s writers revealed his regrets over how Tifa and Aerith\u2019s relationship was portrayed in the original and how it impacted FF7 Rebirth\u2019s development. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has released to largely positive reviews in part because of how it depicts its iconic cast of characters and their developing relationships. Setting aside the game\u2019s romantic options \u2013 which further fuel the decades-old Cloud-Tifa-Aerith love triangle \u2013 Rebirth emphasizes the connections Cloud and his allies make on their journey to stop Sephiroth. A new Square Enix blog post gives new insight into why the developers chose \u201cconnectedness\u201d as the core theme of Rebirth \u2013 and it has to do with the writers\u2019 regrets over how Tifa and Aerith were portrayed in the original. FF7 Rebirth writer reveals origins of \u201cconnectedness\u201d theme In the post, writer Kazushige Nojima told the story of how a comment from a programmer on the original 1997 game ultimately influenced Rebirth\u2019s development. \u201cAround the time that we finished making the original FINAL FANTASY VII, a senior Programmer turned to me and said, \u2018It sure seems like Aerith and Tifa don\u2019t like each other, don\u2019t you think?’\u201d Nojima shared. While the comment shocked him, Nojima realized he \u201cwasn\u2019t too confident\u201d that the game portrayed the \u201cclose friendship\u201d he\u2019d intended. He goes on to say, \u201cI regretted this for a long time.\u201d This made conveying Tifa and Aerith\u2019s friendship a personal challenge for Nojima \u2013 one that ultimately impacted Rebirth\u2019s core theme. \u201cAs I undertook this challenge, the word \u2018connectedness\u2019 came to the fore as a key concept for the story. It\u2019s because of this connectedness that the characters and the planet on which they live were born,\u201d he explains. Nojima goes on to share how this revelation \u201cis how the character of \u2018The Planet\u2019 \u2026 came to be portrayed.\u201d Based on reactions to Rebirth since its release, it seemed Nojima succeeded in portraying Tifa and Aerith\u2019s relationship. The two are a highlight of the game, feeling like genuine friends rather than mere traveling companions vying for the protagonist\u2019s affection. Though Nojima doesn\u2019t name the programmer, and we may never know who they are, it\u2019s clear their comments from over 25 years ago have had a lasting impact on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth fixes devs\u2019 biggest Tifa & Aerith \u2018regret\u2019 Square EnixOne of Final Fantasy 7\u2019s writers revealed his regrets over how Tifa and Aerith\u2019s relationship was portrayed in the original and how it impacted FF7 Rebirth\u2019s development. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has released to largely positive reviews in part because of how it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}