Final Fantasy VII Revelation Team Is Working To Retain The Same 'Teen' Rating As Remake And Rebirth
Final Fantasy VII Revelation is currently listed on the Xbox Store with the ESRB rating “Rating pending, likely Mature 17+,” which led Naoki Hamaguchi to address the matter during a media roundtable interview with Asian gaming press.
“We are aware that there’s some kind of article floating around on social media about this. Just to state the facts here, we don’t have any intention of changing the rating from Rebirth and Remake.
We can’t say anything official right now because the ratings have not been accepted yet. We have done everything in our power to ensure that we retain the Teen rating, as with the other two titles. We never went about thinking like, ‘Oh, we gotta make this more mature.’ That wasn’t part of the plan.”
The final ESRB classification is still pending, but Hamaguchi also explained how the Teen rating has been considered throughout development:
“We, as developers, try to operate within the framework of what we believe to be the Teen rating, and no one’s ever come up to me like, ‘Oh, we have to make this moment mature because I want to do this scene.’ That’s not how we really operate on the development side.
But, at the end of the day, we’re still in the process of getting the ratings reviewed and processed. So maybe there will be something we find [that] doesn’t fit within these parameters, but we always try to make sure that we are creating something that works within the framework of the Teen rating.”
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About FINAL FANTASY VII
First released in 1997 on the PlayStation® computer entertainment system, FINAL FANTASY VII will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2027. The game is universally regarded as a landmark title of the RPG genre. The original title received high praise for its epic storyline, unique characters, and movie sequences that utilized the most cutting-edge technology of the time. Since then, the game revolving around iconic hero Cloud Strife and his pursuit of the antagonist Sephiroth has sold over 15.7 million copies worldwide and continues to receive widespread acclaim from critics and fans around the world. The popular game has expanded into spin-offs, films and merchandise.
Now, Square Enix’s FINAL FANTASY VII Remake Series, created by a team of original and new developers, retells the story of the genre-redefining RPG across three distinct games. The first game of the trilogy, FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE, is available for PS4® consoles. The expanded edition, FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE, and the second entry, FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, are now available for Nintendo Switch 2, XBOX Series X|S, XBOX PC, PS5® consoles and PC. FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION, the climactic conclusion of the series, will release for PS5 consoles, Nintendo Switch 2, XBOX Series X|S and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store and XBOX PC, in Spring 2027.
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