"We wanted to bring the appeal of that visual piece to life as a game that gamers themselves could experience," says Remake lead Naoki Hamaguchi
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Square Enix's "graphical goal" for Final Fantasy 7 remakes was 2005 spin-off film Advent Children as it's the "ideal version" of the 29-year-old JRPG

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