9 Details From the Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Reveal Trailer We Can’t Stop Thinking About

On June 5 at Summer Game Fest, director Naoki Hamaguchi appeared on stage to give us our first proper look at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, the third and final instalment in Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy.

However, we didn’t just get one trailer — we actually got two, as the initial reveal trailer was followed by a gameplay trailer that contained some extra clues about what to expect. It’s over seven minutes of footage total. Here’s what we’ve noticed so far.

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9 Details From the Trailers

#	Detail	What It Means
1	Sephiroth’s New Voice	Tyler Hoechlin isn’t returning due to scheduling conflicts. Travis Willingham is taking over the role.
2	Menu Portraits Reference OG FF7	In-game portraits are direct callbacks to the original game — Yuffie’s unhinged grin is a perfect remake.
3	Where’s the Snowboarding Minigame?	Aerith’s death is immediately followed by a snowboarding segment in the OG. It’s not in the trailers yet — could be toned down or removed.
4	The Party Is Partying Without Cloud	Multiple shots show the party without Cloud — suggesting a lengthy segment where Cloud is out of action, just like in Disc 2 of the OG.
5	Wutai — and Cloud Is There	Cloud briefly appears in Wutai scenes, implying you might be able to mess with the order of tasks, just like in the OG.
6	Sapphire Weapon Might Be a Boss	Sapphire Weapon gets its head blown off in the OG without a fight. The trailer shows it heavily — could finally be a boss battle.
7	Vincent’s Limit Break Forms Have Unique Synergy Attacks	Vincent’s Galian Beast form appears fully controllable, and seems to have unique Synergy attacks with other characters.
8	F.I.T.S. — A New Job/Class System	“Function Integrated Tactical Suitwear” changes move sets without altering stats. You can also change outfits separately from the ability set.
9	A Scene Might Have Been Edited to Avoid Spoilers	A Cloud and Sephiroth scene looks like it’s been altered to remove the Black Materia, shielding first-time players from a major spoiler.

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Details — Explained

1. Sephiroth Doesn’t Sound Like Himself

Alright, time to get the obvious one out of the way first: yes, Sephiroth doesn’t sound quite like himself in Revelation, and that’s because the One-Winged Angel won’t be voiced by Tyler Hoechlin in the final part of the FF7 remake trilogy.

Although Hoechlin voiced Sephiroth in both Remake and Rebirth, he’s not coming back to reprise his role for the third and final entry. Instead, Travis Willingham will be taking over, who confirmed the news in a post on X on June 6: “I’m absolutely honoured to join the incredible cast of @finalfantasyvii & taking up the mantle of Sephiroth in this third installment. I know how important he is to so many, and I come at this with absolute respect & heart.”

At this stage, all we know is that a “scheduling conflict” is to blame for Hoechlin not returning, as confirmed in an interview by director Naoki Hamaguchi. It’s a shame, but I think Willingham will do a great job.

2. The Menu Portraits Are an OG FF7 Reference

This one is just a cute little detail, but I love it too much to not point it out. As hundreds of people online have already spotted, the in-game party member portraits in Revelation are all references to the same portraits from the original Final Fantasy 7.

Some don’t match up perfectly, like how, for instance, Cid isn’t smoking in his Revelation portrait. Others, however, are one-to-one remakes, like Yuffie’s portrait. She looks batshit insane with that massive grin in Revelation, which is exactly how she looks in FF7. In fact she somehow looks even more unhinged in Revelation, if that’s even possible.

3. Dude, Where’s My Post-Aerith’s Death Snowboarding Minigame?

Aerith’s death was handled perfectly in both the 1997 release of Final Fantasy 7 and in the 2024 release of Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth, but there’s one way in which the original game still has the edge: the sombre scene is immediately followed by a snowboarding minigame.

If for any reason you’re not aware, Cloud goes full SSX Tricky mode down a snowy mountain mere minutes after Sephiroth kills Aerith. I know the minigame has become a bit of a running joke among the fanbase, which is why I’ve been curious about how Revelation plans to handle this odd scene, given that Rebirth essentially ends with Aerith’s death.

Considering how it all currently lines up, that means Revelation should essentially open with the snowboarding minigame… which is not featured in any of the trailers we’ve seen so far. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s removed, but I reckon it might be slightly toned down this time, as it was a weirdly rad and tubular experience in the original game.

4. The Party Is Partying Without Cloud

So, I know I already said there will be spoilers, but this is a pretty big one, so avert your eyes for the next few paragraphs if you’ve not played the original Final Fantasy 7. Considering where we last left things in Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth, fans should probably already know where we’re headed to at the start of Revelation: North Crater.

This is where Sephiroth ends up screwing with Cloud’s mind, after which Cloud will be booted out of the party for a good portion of Final Fantasy 7‘s Disc 2. This is a pretty hefty segment of the game too, which sees Tifa and Cid leading the party while Cloud is out of action. There’s plenty of shots in the reveal trailer for Revelation, like the shot of the entire party standing on the Highwind without Cloud, and a team skydiving expedition which is, sadly, also without Cloud.

I think the trailers for Final Fantasy 7: Revelation have been assembled in a way that obfuscates this from those who haven’t played the OG game, but also simultaneously seems to be implying that Cloud will be absent from the party for an equally long amount of time.

5. Hey, It’s Wutai! And Cloud Is There!

Wutai is an odd location in the 1997 version of Final Fantasy 7, because it’s possible to visit the area without ever recruiting Yuffie. If, for whatever reason, you do things this way around, Wutai will basically be a pointless location to visit. With no Yuffie, there’s no quests, and none of the shopkeepers will sell you stuff either.

You can also visit the location without having access to Yuffie and Cloud at the same time, which is an equally pointless endeavour. Considering that Rebirth swapped a lot of Yuffie’s story around, I don’t think it’s possible to avoid recruiting her in Revelation, as you’ve already recruited her in Rebirth. However, although most of the Wutai scenes in the Revelation gameplay trailer don’t feature Cloud, he does briefly pop up in the background at least once.

Kinda makes me think that, much like in the original game, you might be able to mess around with the order in which you complete tasks in Revelation. This is all a very long-winded build-up to me saying that I hope this means we’ll still be able to get the secret scene where Tifa recruits Yuffie. That’s because I think it’s very funny that Yuffie’s nickname for Tifa in this scene is “Boobs.”

6. Sapphire Weapon Is Back, But Is It a Boss Fight This Time?

You remember Sapphire Weapon from the OG Final Fantasy 7? Don’t feel bad if you can’t, because, unlike every other Weapon in the original FF7, Sapphire Weapon can’t actually be fought. Spoiler alert: that’s because it gets its head blown off during a cutscene.

Sapphire Weapon has been a boss in other Final Fantasy games, but its heavy inclusion in the trailer for Revelation might imply that we’ll be able to fight it in an FF7 game for the first time. Either way, hopefully it’ll do a bit more with its limited screentime this time around, other than, y’know, dying and setting up the secret boss fight with Emerald Weapon.

Then again, I’m pretty sure that short scene at the end of the gameplay trailer is a remake of the same one where Sapphire Weapon gets shot in the face in FF7, so maybe not. Instead, perhaps they’ll turn it into a minigame that lets you take control of Rufus Shinra, so you can 360-no-scope Sapphire Weapon yourself.

7. Vincent’s Limit Break Forms Have Unique Synergy Attacks

In the OG FF7, Vincent’s Limit Breaks work very differently to other characters, as Vincent’s allow him to transform into a handful of different creatures. In Revelation, it’s the same deal, as the gameplay trailer shows off Vincent’s Galian Beast form, which appears to be fully controllable (unlike in the OG FF7).

The real detail here, however, is that Vincent’s Limit Breaks seem to have unique Synergy attacks with other characters. I’m not sure if Synergy skills will work the same way as they did in Rebirth, as that allowed every character to unlock one with every other member of the party, but if they do… well, then let’s just say that means the devs are going to have to put in five times the effort where Vincent is concerned.

8. Yes, Final Fantasy 7: Revelation, We See the F.I.T.S.

If you’ve only watched the reveal trailer for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, you will have missed a lot of context about the new “F.I.T.S” mechanic, as most of the info about the new system was contained within the gameplay trailer.

The “Function Integrated Tactical Suitwear” system appears to function like a job/class mechanic, in the sense that it allows party members to alter their move sets by simply swapping outfits. The interesting thing to note from the gameplay trailer is that the F.I.T.S. don’t appear to alter your stats in any way, so you’re still going to want to seek out better equipment if you need to buff your attributes.

Another important thing to note is that while equipping F.I.T.S. appears to slap a unique skin over your party members, there is a “Change Outfit” prompt at the bottom of the screen in the gameplay trailer. Kind of implies to me that you could equip one of these F.I.T.S. and still alter your appearance, allowing you to use its move set without being locked into a specific look. Handy if that does prove to be the case, because Cloud looks like a dork in that Warrior outfit.

9. Has That Sephiroth and Cloud Scene Been Edited to Remove a Spoiler?

Alright, gonna be completely honest with you; I was not the first person to spot this, as several FF7 fans have already pointed out that one of the scenes in the gameplay reveal trailer for Revelation looks oddly reminiscent of a very pivotal scene in the original 1997 game. However, it almost appears as if it’s been ever so slightly altered to remove a pretty hefty spoiler.

At the 30 second mark in the gameplay trailer, you can see Cloud and Sephiroth standing strangely close to each other, to the point that it looks as if they’re suddenly allies. If you’ve played the original FF7, this might give you flashbacks to the scene where Sephiroth messes with Cloud’s head and gets him to willingly hand over the Black Materia at North Crater.

It even appears as if they hand something to each other in the scene from Revelation, except neither of them are holding anything. I think the fans are onto something here, and that the Black Materia has been edited out of the scene for the trailer, in a bid to shield first-time FF7 fans from spoilers.