If my bosses wanted me to write a dedicated Final Fantasy beat, I'd find a way to pull 40 hours a week on this. I can never get enough of the series. Bless you, Naoki Hamaguchi—co-director for the ongoing Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy—for being such a terrific chatterbox that I can get a few pieces in every month or two through you and you alone.
Hamaguchi's latest words are more open about the as-yet-untitled Part 3 than usual. Just another sign that a formal reveal is coming sooner rather than later. The project lead answered candid questions rather candidly, including acknowledging once and for all that Highwind traversal will be a big part of the grand finale. As well it should be.
Cid Highwind didn't exactly have a ton to do in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. In the original game, the team meets him at Rocket Town, where he's chafing under Shinra's dictations as he plans humanity's first space flight. Rocket Town didn't make the cut in Rebirth—our heroes instead meet Cid when they send up a signal flare for his Tiny Bronco plane to provide its transportation services. None of Cid's late-game FF7 fare is...
