Final Fantasy VII Remake New Info, Aerith & Barret Visuals and Screenshots

Square Enix has released new information and screenshots of Final Fantasy VII Remake highlighting the Turks, Avalanche, more of the battle system and materia, the Chocobo & Moogle summon, and the church and Aerith’s house in the Sector 5. Additionally, Square Enix revealed two new visuals featuring Aerith and Barret and shared 11 developer comments.

Two images of Aerith and Barrett made for the original Final Fantasy VII have been redone with the remake’s aesthetics.

One involves Aerith looking at the sky. Here is the original:

Here is the remake:

Next up is Barrett with Marlene. They’re standing in a rather familiar church in Midgar in this art. Here’s the original:

Here is the remake:

The screenshots give us a glimpse at a lot of exciting new things, including…

  • The Weapon Equip and Upgrade menu for Cloud’s Buster Sword
  • Fresh screenshots of the Darts Mini Game that’ll be playable in the Midgar Slums
  • A first glimpse at Choco-Mog, which has been moved up from the Chocobo Farm to be available in the Midgar section of the game
  • Screens of some of Cloud’s abilities including the iconic Blade Burst that splits in three directions out towards enemies.
  • A look at the new Assess Materia and ability, which appears to replace Sense, revealing information and weaknesses of enemies

Here’s Final Fantasy VII Remake’s image gallery. Click on any of these image thumbnails to see the full-size screens:

On top of that, there’s a bunch of screenshots of battle and some new renders showing off Reno, Rude and the Choco/Mog summon.

Read the full new details on this Square Enix Blog’s post.

Final Fantasy VII Remake is due out for PlayStation 4 on March 3, 2020.