The study concluded that he could only be a guest fighter because he appears in the final part of the game.
We can't control Red XIII in Final Fantasy VII Remake. This has been confirmed by Square Enix in the mouth of Naoki Hamaguchi, co-director of the video game with Tetsuya Nomura. As confirmed to VG24 / 7, the reason that the character is not controllable is none other than its late appearance in the video game, which hinders its development. The game, whose demo is now available for free on the PS Store, is divided into episodes, so it is not ruled out that in the following installments it stops being a guest character.
"We realized that Red XIII joins the group at a very late point in history, so we thought that if we wanted to have him as a complete character and try to get the player to enjoy the character's development arc," there was no time Enough to do it right. “We meditate that the best way to be present was as a support character. Normally, during the game, you will play with a team of three, but you will have it as a guest character that will fight alongside you during the final part of the story, ”explains Hamaguchi.
According to the developer, “he will use all his old nostalgic techniques,” so that the player can enjoy them despite not having control. "We thought it would be the best way to show him as a character, that's the reason."
A unique and complete game
In the same interview, Hamaguchi has delved into the criteria they have used to add content. According to his words, they wanted a satisfactory product, so they conceived a "complete and unique" game. Therefore, the invocations, which did not appear in Midgar in the original Final Fantasy VII, will be present in this installment. Before the question of the journalist, the co-director has also confirmed that the combat system is an evolution of the classic and not a spiritual successor of the Final Fantasy XIII.
Final Fantasy VII Remake will go on sale on April 10 exclusively for PlayStation 4, although the agreement between Square Enix and Sony will expire in a year.
