Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer.

Turn off all ads on VICE.com

Exclusive New VICE Documentaries

Member Exclusive Features & Columns

Turn off all ads on VICE.com

Exclusive New VICE Documentaries

Member Exclusive Features & Columns

Turn off all ads on VICE.com

Exclusive New VICE Documentaries

Member Exclusive Features & Columns

4 Magazines Delivered to Your Door

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Director Doesn’t Want to Make More FF Remakes, Seeks Bigger Challenge Instead

The director of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation weighs his options for his next big project.

Share on X (Opens in new window)X

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Facebook

Share using Native toolsShareCopied to clipboard

Naoki Hamaguchi, the director behind the upcoming third and final entry in the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy, talks about what type of game he’d want to pursue next.

No more remakes for hamaguchi

Hamaguchi has been a part of Square Enix working on Final Fantasy games for 20 years, and he’s climbed up the ranks since joining in 2006 to become the director of one of Square’s biggest and most important projects of the past decade: remaking Final Fantasy 7 in three parts. The first entry, 2020’s Final Fantasy 7 Remake, saw Hamaguchi take on a co-director role next to Square Enix legend Tetsuya Nomura. Hamaguchi went on to become the director of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and the final part of the trilogy, which was just recently revealed as Final Fantasy 7 Revelation.

This past Summer Game Fest was the stage for Square Enix’s heavily rumored and much anticipated reveal of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, as it was the two-hour show’s “one last thing.” Hamaguchi and voice of Vincent Valentine, Matt Mercer, gave fans an extended look at gameplay, delving into what fans will be able to expect from the........

© Vice