For those who’ve checked out Magic: The Gathering’s new Final Fantasy collection just lately and noticed one thing a little totally different about Sephiroth, you are not alone. But director Tetsuya Nomura “cannot share” why there’s been a change… but.
The Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy crossover set has been designed by a few of the gifted artists behind the video games, together with Nomura himself, and playing cards embody two designs of Final Fantasy 7’s notorious villain, Sephiroth.
“This time round, I drew Sephiroth on each the back and front sides of the card,” Nomura defined in a (*7*) posted to social media. “I truly drew them in order that they’d be part of up if positioned one on high of the different, so in the event you handle to get two of the similar card and line them up, you will see how the unique illustration seemed.
“There may be additionally a motive that the design for Safer Sephiroth is totally different from the unique sport, however I sadly cannot share extra about that.”
Safer Sephiroth — which seems on the card “Fabled SOLDIER” — has each arms, whereas on the second card, referred to as “One-Winged Angel,” he has one arm and a spectacular wing.
Unveiling a brand-new illustration reflecting Sephiroth’s journey in Final Fantasy VII, with feedback from illustrator Tetsuya Nomura.
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Virtually instantly, followers started working attempting to decipher what the change might imply.
“Safer Sephiroth has two arms and what seems to be legs. Appears to be taking some cues from Dissidia NT Safer Sephiroth. I’m wondering what this might imply for the story in Part 3,” prompt one participant, whereas one other merely said: “We acquired a sneek-peek into Safer Sephiroth for Part 3, did not we?”
Magic: The Gathering‘s Final Fantasy set will likely be a totally draftable, Customary-legal set that can launch alongside 4 preconstructed Commander decks, one themed after every of 4 Final Fantasy video games: 6, 7, 10, and 14. Every deck consists of 100 playing cards, a mixture of each new Final Fantasy playing cards, in addition to present playing cards with new Final Fantasy artwork. The set launches on June 13.
We’re now awaiting the third and closing Final Fantasy 7 Remake version — identify unknown — after we acquired the first of the trilogy in 2020, and the second, Rebirth, final 12 months in 2024. And simply to complicate issues additional, an enhanced version referred to as Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade was launched for PS5 and PC in 2021, with a model additionally on the approach for Nintendo Swap 2.
In January, it emerged that Sq. Enix had accomplished the story of the third and closing a part of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy. Talking to Famitsu and translated by Eurogamer, Final Fantasy collection producer Yoshinori Kitase and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi mentioned growth on the extremely anticipated conclusion was progressing easily.
“I am very glad with [the story], so I am positive followers will likely be glad with the closing chapter,” Kitase mentioned, including that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth artistic director Tetsuya Nomura gave him “homework” to make sure this was the case.
The story of Part 3 was required to have a respect for the unique Final Fantasy 7 alongside a new degree of satisfaction not felt in that sport, Kitase mentioned.
Sq. Enix introduced its plans to launch Final Fantasy 7 Remake as a trilogy in June 2022, following the launch of the first sport which had followers questioning if the total story would want a dozen elements to be informed correctly. It is because Final Fantasy Remake itself solely tailored the opening few hours of the unique sport, as much as the level the place the occasion leaves Midgar.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth expanded the scope considerably, nevertheless, introducing the open world and thus masking myriad areas comparable to Costa del Sol, the Golden Saucer, and plenty of extra, together with some new ones.
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It introduced the general story as much as the finish of Disc 1 of the unique Final Fantasy 7, which closes in each video games with what’s arguably the most iconic second in online game historical past.
Part 3 will decide up instantly after this, although little or no is thought about it to date. Improvement started in June 2022 however Sq. Enix hasn’t mentioned when it’ll finish, solely vaguely noting it hopes to launch Part 3 by 2027.
One thing it has mentioned, nevertheless, is that it “won’t cheat” relating to the Highwind airship. This allowed the occasion to rapidly transfer round the map in the unique sport however, now in the world of quick journey, many followers puzzled how the iconic ship could possibly be carried out.
“We won’t cheat with the airship system [in Part 3] however take the problem head on so it could freely fly throughout the sport map,” Hamaguchi mentioned final November.
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