The delay of Final Fantasy VII Remake Part One won’t affect the release of Final Fantasy VII Remake Part Two, according to a recent earnings call. One of the most anticipated PlayStation titles of this year, the long-awaited new, enhanced version of Square Enix’s 1997 entry in the Final Fantasy JRPG series confused fans when it announced it would be splitting the game up into separate parts, rather than releasing the entire finished product at once.

Judging from the opening cinematic of Final Fantasy VII alone, the game looks fantastic. The delay of Part One of Final Fantasy VII Remake was announced in January of this year and was disappointing to many, leading some players to wonder if this roadblock would impact the development of Final Fantasy VII Remake Part Two later on. Fortunately, thanks to a recent earnings call, fans now have an answer.

According to Video Games Chronicle, when asked on a recent earnings call if the delay of Final Fantasy VII Remake Part One would affect the development or launch plans for Part Two, the president of Square Enix, Yosike Matsuda, stated “No, it will not.” This is great news for fans looking forward to returning to the world of Final Fantasy VII, especially since it has also been reported that work on Part Two of the Final Fantasy VII Remake has already begun.

It’s unclear why Final Fantasy VII Remake was delayed in the first place, save for the usual reason of the game’s developers just needing a little bit of extra time to perform bug fixes and quality checks. The delay was announced before the widespread fears of coronavirus began, although it likely hasn’t helped matters, and joined The Last of Us Part II in the growing group of high-profile AAA game delays which have occurred over the past few months. Development is likely moving along just fine, as evidenced by Final Fantasy VII’s Cloud taking a break to sell players some FF7 DLC in a Butterfingers ad campaign.

Fans have been wanting an updated version of Final Fantasy VII for so long, it’s almost difficult to imagine players are less than two months away from being able to finally play such a thing for themselves. While the choice to divide the game into multiple parts means players won’t be able to blow through the entire experience as quickly, hopefully each part of the new Final Fantasy VII Remake will be enough of a complete game to keep longtime series fans satisfied. If the rest of the game is as breathtaking as the opening cinematic, however, players should have little to be concerned about.

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Source: Video Games Chronicle