The world of Final Fantasy VII Remake grows bigger with a new episode featuring new characters – like Yuffie Kisaragi – and major changes in quality of life for the PlayStation 5, called Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
The PS5 version of the game will feature a “brand new episode” where players play as ninja Yuffie Kisaragi on a mission to infiltrate the Shinra Corporation. In addition to the new content, the PS5 version is getting an update with faster loading times, a performance mode (which focuses on 60fps gameplay) and a graphics mode for 4K. There is also a new photo mode.
Existing PS4 owners of the original Final Fantasy VII Remake for PS4, the PS5 version will get free, but will have to pay extra for the additional Yuffie content, according to the announcement.
Final Fantasy VII Remake launched in April 2020 for PlayStation 4, the first of an unknown number of entries in an episodic retelling of the original game. It focused entirely on Midgar – a sprawling city that’s only a few hours into the PlayStation version of Final Fantasy VIIIn addition to recreating the game’s entire world, fleshing out the characters, and adding all-new storylines and characters, VII Remake also hinted at major changes to the game’s canonized storyline.
In June 2019, producer Yoshinori Kitase said work on the next episode had already begun; details about this are scarce. Square Enix later registered several trademarks, including ‘Ever Crisis’ and ‘The First Soldier’, which suggested additional tie-ins or remakes in the Final Fantasy VII universe.