Leading up to the official announcement that the third entry in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy would be titled Revelation, there was plenty of speculation among the fan base about what the game would actually be called. In an interview with Game Informer, director Naoki Hamaguchi revealed the decision behind naming it Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, despite even the showcase trailer focusing on the word “Resolve”.
“As I spoke about in my stage presentation, the central theme of this title is going to be ‘Resolve,'” Hamaguchi explained. “That could mean a lot of things, but one of them is the resolve of our party player-characters heading into the final battles. What kind of resolve do they have in them? What are they feeling? What are they thinking about? Things like that. We’re going to really dive deep into that specific aspect of their emotions and what they’re thinking. It’s going to shape a little bit differently between the choices that the players take, so the overall game experience might change a little bit depending on those choices that the players might take, but the goal is for the characters to feel closer than ever for the players.”
When asked about whether “Resolve” was considered as a potential title for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Hamaguchi said that the fact that both words start with the letters “re” is simply a coincidence.
“It wasn’t really a candidate for our title,” he continued. “We landed with ‘Revelation,’ because that was the word that was the best match for what we wanted to depict in the third instalment of our series. One thing I can share about the title ‘Revelation,’ though, is that we kept this under the veils for the longest time, and we wanted to be very careful about it. We have a very huge development team, but among those development team members, only five or six people knew about the title. Most of them found out about the title at the [Summer Game Fest] stage presentation!”
As for why the team decided to pick Revelation as the title, Hamaguchi explained that the story of the third entry will revolve around “revealing all these unanswered questions that the fans may have with Remake and Rebirth.”
“I think a lot of fans and players were just really wondering, how this is going to go down, and how the trilogy is going to conclude,” he said. “As a response to that, this is our message, to say that this is the end of everything, this is where everything gets revealed, and this is where you will find out all the answers.”
Square Enix has recently confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will give players plenty of freedom from quite early on, and the moment that players unlock the Highwind, they will be able to fly almost anywhere in the game’s world. The developers have also confirmed that the optional WEAPON superbosses will have “dedicated narrative components,” and that the title won’t feature Bone Village.
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is coming to PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch 2 in the Spring 2027.
