THIS WEEK! Thursday: Starting 1 PM PST! State of play with @solfleet.bsky.social t Hayes Madsen! No matter what, it should be a good time. Friday: IF a certain thing happens, then at 12 noon PST! @maxdood.bsky.social imilian_ and I will sit down for a chat about it.

The adorable and adventurous cover of BEEP! MegaDrive magazine's November 1993 issue. Shining Force II fans will know who these are. There's also some juicy features on other RPGs (including Phantasy Star IV), Mega CD, and a Wondermega giveaway. Beep... The POWERFUL Mega-Magazine!

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Director of Photography Akama Yūki says that in Aerith’s recreated OG key art, you have the Highwind hovering over a runway, but there was a proposal to make it the Tiny Bronco instead. (RbU, 2024) #FF7R #FFVII #FF7 #Aerith

FFVII Rebirth localization producer Eri Asano says Dio's name was changed to "Dyo" in the Italian version because "Dio" means "God" in Italian. For Dio's autograph, they made the spelling look ambiguous by using cursive. Otherwise, it might look like God signed it. (RbU, 2024)

FFVII Rebirth event animation director Yasumasa Uchijima says the team wanted to convey that despite trying to act cool, Cloud’s emotions slip through when he’s feeling shy or embarrassed. They conveyed this through subtle movements of his shoulders, fingers, etc. (RbU, 2024) #FF7R #FF7 #CloudStrife

Iconic Aerith birthday post

Rockman / Megaman original art at the Capcom Exhibition. Painted animation cels on art board (hard to capture!)

FFVII Rebirth director of photography Akama Yūki says that the shot of the destroyed Shinra Building during the opening movie wasn't part of the game's scenario, but when Image Studio Division added it, the devs thought it was very impactful and decided to keep it in. (RbU, 2024) #FF7R #FF7

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Asked about an adult version of Shinra from FFX-2 appearing in a photo, FFVII Remake Codirector Motomu Toriyama says they did this so players can enjoy the speculation, but it could just be a commemorative photo of one of the company employees cosplaying as him. (FF7R Revisisted, 2022) #FF7 #FFX

We were honored to have some of our staff sit down with RPG Site and talk about SAD's work, our retranslation and cut content mod, and a slew of other FFVII topics. If you're interested in our projects or the game in general, please give this wonderful interview a read! Here's to 29 years of FFVII 🍾

FFVII Rebirth Director Naoki Hamaguchi says the initial plan for the final battle had it being even longer. the initial plan had an additional two battles, which they had to cut down because things got really long and tiring. (RbU, 2024) #FF7R #FF7

Obligatory birthday post and OOPS IT'S ALL SKELETONS 💀🎉 (wonder what i'm gonna draw this year hmmmm) #darkart #horrorart #monsterdesign

I've got the original gigantic Konami horse render you've been asking about, freshly digitized from a press kit

We've made it to Vol. 10, the final installment of Tetsuya Nomura's Game Walker column! He gives a status update on The Bouncer and a certain Unnamed Disney Title, as well as a farewell to readers. You might just be able to spot the first ever public depiction of Sora in his monthly doodle. 👋

To celebrate the 29th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII, we spoke to Shinra Archeology Department to discuss the FF7 retranslation mod, Square Enix's preservation efforts, coffee, and more. Stay tuned for the second part of our celebration in the near future: www.rpgsite.net/interview/19...

The Japanese cover art for the first Legend of Zelda was posted on Nintendo Today!

This effect also looks way better now

We put the epilepsy back in FFVII (Flashing lights warning, obviously)

This game also highlights my distaste with American resellers ruining the market using imaginary scarcity. This is NOT a hard to find game, and if it was released in the States, it would be a $5 racing game. Instead over the last 5 years it's gone from $5 to $500...yet there's always one for sale

In the FFVII Remake crossover for PowerWash Simulator, Heidegger shares a range of opinions about Sephiroth, commenting on everything from his hair to his iconic long katana.

By the way, if you're wondering about that little face Nomura includes in each of his doodles—it's his signature!

We're now on Vol. 9 of Tetsuya Nomura's Game Walker column! This month, Nomura reveals: -The 5 summons he's most satisfied with -The 5 characters he likes best -The 5 characters he had the most trouble making Thanks once again to moku_moku131459 for the article picture!

CLOUD! FUCK! THEY PUT ME IN THE JAR!!

[writing my first article after landing a game journalist job, but being careful not to let my bias for the grinch show] Why Gamers Need a Grinch Sequel

So they're releasing a new steam version of ff7 that will likely take some time to become mod compatible, and will delist the current version once it is out. The current one is on sale for just $5 rn so you may want to grab it before it's gone forever lol.

The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Original Soundtrack is available on streaming services as of midnight on January 30! Some of you will already be able to stream it, others have just a little longer to wait.

muted damn near everything and stayed away as much as possible 'til tonight so I could avoid being spoiled for EC and I am SO GLAD I DID *GOD* HE LOOKS SO GOOD~

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Director Naoki Hamaguchi says that his favorite games when he was younger were Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI. (Vincesauce, 1/26) #FF #FF7 #ChronoTrigger #FFVII

Moving on to Vol. 8 of Tetsuya Nomura's Game Walker column! Nomura dives into his creative process: -He rarely uses singular model references -Nojima thinks Seifer takes after him (personality-wise) -He draws late into the night watching VR'd TV shows Thanks to moku_moku131459 for the photo!

FFVII Rebirth Director Naoki Hamaguchi says the part of the OG he's most looking forward to in Part 3 is Cloud finding himself with the help of Tifa. He said that was the part he was looking forward to and that they nailed it. (Vinesauce, 1/27) #FF7 #FF7R

HE'S HOME ❤️🖤

"And so the hound weaves his final chapter in this tale of life..." Celebrating Dirge of Cerberus' 20th anniversary and event launch via Ever Crisis!

ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

Toriyama says the guard who mentions Kunsel was one of Cloud's colleagues from Crisis Core and this shows how he was previously a Shinra employee. Asked if Kunsel was every going to be included, he says if too many of his old colleagues showed we might have Whispers appearing. (FF7R Revisited, 2022)

Finished today! FFX Logo Cross Stitch I've been working on for a few months. Happy with how this turned out.

reeve loves his job #ff7rebirth

📆 Tal día como hoy hace ya VEINTE años, el 26 de enero de 2006 veía la luz en Japón #DirgeOfCerberus #FinalFantasyVII, el shooter de #PlayStation2 protagonizado por Vincent Valentine y que nos situaba un año después de los eventos de la película #AdventChildren.

And I still defend that this clunky ass game was one of my favorite games from PS2. Don't know how many times I've replayed it #ff7 #dirgeofcerberus

Dirge of Cerberus 20th anniversary 01/26/2026 #vincentvalentine

In the Ruins 🌙 #VincentValentine #FFVIIRebirth #FF7

| not so KALM | 🌙 Dirge of Cerberus fanart from few years back which I still love dearly. Happy anniversary DoC! #FFVII #VincentValentine #ff7dirgeofcerberus

Happy 20th anniversary to the original release of Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII! #dcff7 #dirgeofcerberus #ff7 #ダージュオブケルベロス

the final battle #ff7rebirth

I'm so happy, both Dirge of Cerberus and Steambot Chronicles are running a lot better on Steam Deck when using software rendering ❤️

Gundam VS Fighting Spirits Plus, which was preserved last year, is finally playable thanks to @yuvi.app! The game needed a server to function properly. This may be the best keitai fighting game we've preserved so far. It runs incredibly smoothly for a keitai game.