New Final Fantasy 7 Exposed: Advent Children

generator_g1 · Post by **generator_g1** » 2003-10-23 04:33am

Taken from IGN.com:

September 25, 2003 - In an odd twist, all those rumors of a Final Fantasy VII sequel from Square Enix have proven true. Is it for the PS2? Is it for the PSP? Is it for the Atari 2600?

No, no and (thinking...) definitely no.

The upcoming issue of Japan's Jump Magazine, a popular comic magazine that every now and then contains exclusive world-reaching videogame announcements, contains first information and pictures from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. This new product isn't a game -- it's a direct-to-DVD computer graphics movie.

As the name may imply, FFVII: Advent Children is a successor to the FFVII storyline. While few solid details have been revealed, it's known that the story takes place two years after the events of FFVII (note: we're not sure which "end" is being referred to -- the end of the events involving Cloud and his silent commrades, or the end involving the Red XIII dude). Something happens to disturb the peace that was returned at the end of FFVII. Images revealed from the DVD seem to show Cloud and Sephiroth, but that's about it.

A Japanese release is scheduled for 2004. No word yet from Square Enix regarding a possible stateside release of the product. The images included in this article's media page were scanned by some folks in Japan who have access to the issue of Jump ahead of time.

Square Enix will be unveiling more information on their upcoming products tomorrow. Stay tuned for what could be more details on this DVD.
-- IGNPS2

FYI

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-10-23 05:31am

Dude, this isn't exactly new:

http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic. ... highlight=

Coaan · Post by **Coaan** » 2003-10-23 09:47am

But still....it's about sodding time

lux · Post by **lux** » 2003-10-25 04:35am

I'm confused... someone says it's a Movie, or short Movie, or whatever.
Then someone else tells him it's a sequel game, somewhere else I read it's the remake of 7 PLUS a sequel..

What's the truth? It's probably just a movie isn't it.

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2003-10-25 07:40am

This looks bad. Very bad.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-10-25 11:03am

lux wrote:I'm confused... someone says it's a Movie, or short Movie, or whatever.
Then someone else tells him it's a sequel game, somewhere else I read it's the remake of 7 PLUS a sequel..

What's the truth? It's probably just a movie isn't it.

The only announced part is a movie, but there have been rumours going around that the movie opens up a whole new plot thread which will be explored in a future game, most likely one for the Sony PSP.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-10-25 01:45pm

The Kernel wrote:
lux wrote:I'm confused... someone says it's a Movie, or short Movie, or whatever.
Then someone else tells him it's a sequel game, somewhere else I read it's the remake of 7 PLUS a sequel..

What's the truth? It's probably just a movie isn't it.
The only announced part is a movie, but there have been rumours going around that the movie opens up a whole new plot thread which will be explored in a future game, most likely one for the Sony PSP.

"Sony PSP" sounds like an illegal narcotic.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2003-10-25 01:48pm

Durandal wrote:
The Kernel wrote:
lux wrote:I'm confused... someone says it's a Movie, or short Movie, or whatever.
Then someone else tells him it's a sequel game, somewhere else I read it's the remake of 7 PLUS a sequel..

What's the truth? It's probably just a movie isn't it.
The only announced part is a movie, but there have been rumours going around that the movie opens up a whole new plot thread which will be explored in a future game, most likely one for the Sony PSP.
"Sony PSP" sounds like an illegal narcotic.

So what is it, exactly? "Play Station Palm"?

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-10-25 02:09pm

PSP is Sony's attempt to horn in on the Nintendo GBA market.

Literally a portable Playstation.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2003-10-25 05:00pm

Ghost Rider wrote:PSP is Sony's attempt to horn in on the Nintendo GBA market.

Literally a portable Playstation.

And then some...

It's also got media playback facilities, the universal media disc format that it uses can store a full movie in watchable quality, it can do mp3 playback, inbuilt 802.11b connectivity, and the games part of it is basically a Playstation 1.5 (more powerful than the original, but not as powerful as the PS2. there's be little point, given that it has quite a small screen)

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-10-25 06:49pm

Has anyone else seen the trailer to this thing?

I have, and the overall motion of the scenes and the characters seemed FAR less realistic than Final Fantasy's (or even Final Flight of the Osiris').

And it showed a brief part of a Cloud vs Sephiroth fight. Two things:

1. It's lame.

2. Sephiroth's sword appears to have been shortened considerably.

Bleh.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-10-25 08:38pm

One thing I wish to know.

Why the hell are Cloud and Sephy evenly matched?

Didn't the game make a big deal about how powerful sephy was?

(Havn't played ff7 in AGES, so i may be wrong on this one)

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-10-25 09:53pm

Darksider wrote:One thing I wish to know.

Why the hell are Cloud and Sephy evenly matched?

Didn't the game make a big deal about how powerful sephy was?

(Havn't played ff7 in AGES, so i may be wrong on this one)

Well, maybe it's because having a movie where the main character starts weak and fucking LEVELS UP IS MIND-NUMBINGLY STUPID!!!

Shadowhawk · Post by **Shadowhawk** » 2003-10-25 10:01pm

Shinova wrote:Has anyone else seen the trailer to this thing?

I have, and the overall motion of the scenes and the characters seemed FAR less realistic than Final Fantasy's (or even Final Flight of the Osiris').

And it showed a brief part of a Cloud vs Sephiroth fight. Two things:

1. It's lame.

2. Sephiroth's sword appears to have been shortened considerably.

Bleh.

Like I've said elsewhere...we don't even know if that's Sephiroth. He bears almost no resembalance to him.
And the sword wasn't shortened. It's a completely different sword. It's got two separate blades coming out of the hilt.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-10-26 01:52am

There are better pictures in my issue of GameInformer.

One Winged Angel · Post by **One Winged Angel** » 2003-10-26 11:40am

Shadowhawk wrote:
Shinova wrote:Has anyone else seen the trailer to this thing?

I have, and the overall motion of the scenes and the characters seemed FAR less realistic than Final Fantasy's (or even Final Flight of the Osiris').

And it showed a brief part of a Cloud vs Sephiroth fight. Two things:

1. It's lame.

2. Sephiroth's sword appears to have been shortened considerably.

Bleh.
Like I've said elsewhere...we don't even know if that's Sephiroth. He bears almost no resembalance to him.
And the sword wasn't shortened. It's a completely different sword. It's got two separate blades coming out of the hilt.

I'm pretty sure it is Sephiroth, because it shows the same person standing amoung flames, and that scene bears a strong resemblence to Nibilheim(Sp?). If they did tone down Sephiroth's strength, I'm gonna be unhappy, because he was the only mildly good character in the whole game.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-10-26 11:42pm

Square announced that none of the video in that trailer is actually movie footage, but is instead test footage. So none of it should be examined for story elements.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2003-10-27 07:41pm

Having seen the whole trailer, I can honestly say that the silver-haired guy is not Sephiroth. But he does bear an uncanny resemblance. So far, most speculation is that he is a possible son or even clone of Sephy.

He seems to be working for(or just helping) a wheelchain-bound guy covered in dark robes.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-10-27 08:14pm

In the pictures in GameInformer, there are pics from the scene with Sepiroth in the flames, but there is also a picture of a guy with spiky white hair...

Shadowhawk · Post by **Shadowhawk** » 2003-10-27 10:24pm

One Winged Angel wrote:
Shadowhawk wrote: Like I've said elsewhere...we don't even know if that's Sephiroth. He bears almost no resembalance to him.
And the sword wasn't shortened. It's a completely different sword. It's got two separate blades coming out of the hilt.
I'm pretty sure it is Sephiroth, because it shows the same person standing amoung flames, and that scene bears a strong resemblence to Nibilheim(Sp?). If they did tone down Sephiroth's strength, I'm gonna be unhappy, because he was the only mildly good character in the whole game.

Yes, we all know the guy standing in the flames is Sephiroth--that's blatantly obvious.
We're talking about the man with short silver hair and a dual-bladed sword that's fighting Cloud in the ruins of Midgar in the trailer. He's not Sephiroth in any form we know.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-10-28 09:11am

Durandal wrote:"Sony PSP" sounds like an illegal narcotic.

Off topic, I know, but Durandal... The image in your signature isn't jaggy and I'm using IE for Windows XP.