Sq. Enix has introduced a Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade launch date of January 22, 2026, for Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Collection X | S.
An announcement for the long-awaited port arrived as a part of immediately’s September 2025 Nintendo Direct. It got here with a trailer, promising to carry the primary chapter in Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, and Barret’s story to the brand new Switch console, in addition to Xbox platforms like Xbox on PC and Xbox Cloud, simply after the brand new 12 months kicks off.
Sq. Enix’s port will carry Final Fantasy 7 Remake to extra platforms practically six years after its unique launch on PlayStation 4 in 2020 and rather less than 5 years since its Intergrade improve launched for PlayStation 5. Nevertheless, gamers on Switch 2 and Xbox make the most of extra than simply the Yuffie-centered add-on story, Episode INTERmission, when Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade arrives in January.
A digital restricted early buy bonus will even be obtainable till January 31, 2026, and grants entry to the unique Final Fantasy 7 at no further cost. Those that pre-order on Xbox will have the ability to play the 1997 JRPG basic the moment their buy is locked in, whereas Switch 2 gamers must wait till the January 22 launch date.
Switch 2 gamers, particularly, may make the most of a singular provide that lets them in on the current craze surrounding the Magic: The Gathering and Final Fantasy crossover. Those that pre-order a bodily model of Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade for Switch 2 will web a Magic: The Gathering – Final Fantasy Play Booster.
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Gamers revisiting Cloud and Sephiroth’s story or taking part in it for the primary time will even discover Sq. Enix has included what it’s calling a brand new “Streamlined Development” setting. It will seem in-game in the type of 5 new choices to make the expertise simpler for gamers in the event that they select to make the most of them. Out there choices embody HP that’s at all times full, MP that’s at all times full, a Restrict gauge that’s at all times full, an ATB gauge that’s at all times full, and 9999 harm for each assault.
Director Naoki Hamaguchi shared a statement concerning the choice to supply streamlined gameplay choices for brand new platforms, explaining that the workforce needed to “enable the sport to cater for particular person gamers’ totally different life and play types.”
“I really feel that the best way individuals take pleasure in content material has change into extra versatile lately,” Hamaguci provides, “as we see with video streaming platforms, and that individuals additionally need the identical factor from video games, with choices to tailor the expertise based mostly on the time they’ve and their ranges of curiosity. I’ve additionally had private experiences the place I needed to play one thing with the restricted time I’ve however gave up due to the time it takes to degree up characters or traverse the sport.
“That’s precisely why I feel that the Streamlined Development function could be very efficient – to present gamers clean entry to the story.”
Sq. Enix additionally confirms that the complete Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy will ultimately make its option to Switch 2 and Xbox platforms, in addition to PS5 and PC. Whereas we look ahead to the remainder of the story to unfold, you’ll be able to learn up on every part introduced on the September 2025 Nintendo Direct right here.
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