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Sq. Enix shocked us by turning a Remaining Fantasy VII Ever Disaster April Fools’ Day 2025 joke right into a full alternate universe (AU) highschool themed occasion referred to as FFVII Ever Disaster Academy Seven: Episode – Brawler. gamerlifemedia was in a position to briefly speak to Producer Shoichi Ichikawa concerning the storyline and characters, in addition to how the occasion got here to be.
Jenni Lada: How did you provide you with the idea for the Ever Disaster Academy Seven FFVII Ever Disaster highschool AU situation? Did you all the time know it could be an actual occasion?
Shoichi Ichikawa: Initially, it got here from the youthful members of the event workforce who voiced their need to do a school-themed occasion.
One of many strengths of this title lies in its distinctive standing as a Dwell Ops sport that takes on new endeavors that will be tough to realize within the authentic FFVII, akin to seasonal occasions and equipment, so we consulted [Tetsuya] Nomura-san and made this concept a actuality.
For the story, we first labored on a single illustration, and from there, the 2 base ideas have been shaped: “Midgard Seventh Excessive Faculty,” a highschool for delinquents the place Cloud and his group belongs, and “Shinra Personal Academy,” an elite faculty the place Sephiroth and his group belongs.
How did you establish which characters would take part within the Ever Disaster Academy Seven FFVII Ever Disaster highschool occasion?
Ichikawa: We began with the three characters Cloud, Aerith, and Tifa, and progressively expanded the idea as we mused, “If Barret is part of it, then maybe he’d be like…” For Midgard Seventh Excessive Faculty, we picked characters who can be key gamers within the situation, whereas Shinra Personal Academy can be composed of members of Shinra.
Aerith will get to be a sukeban (a woman model of a Japanese bancho character and delinquent youth) as chief of Crew Cetra on this FFVII Ever Disaster occasion. What led to this depiction of the heroine? And the way did you determine to regulate her character accordingly?
Ichikawa: This was a playful thought on the a part of the workers.
Tifa is an honor pupil and Cloud/Zack are delinquents, so whereas we have been questioning what we must always do with Aerith, the artwork workforce proposed a tough sketch of Aerith as a sukeban.
It was visually impactful but in addition confirmed a facet that was very Aerith-like, akin to her fondness for flowers, and we thought we might depict the connection between Zack and Aerith that’s distinctive to this world setting.
Just a few characters, akin to Cid, Vincent, and Yuffie, ended up disregarded for this Ever Disaster Academy FFVII Ever Disaster situation. Have been there any concepts for them that didn’t make it into the ultimate occasion?
Ichikawa: Sure, there have been many various concepts. I hope that we can introduce different characters in some kind sooner or later as properly.
Do you will have any messages about the way forward for the sport?
Ichikawa: Thanks for enjoying Remaining Fantasy VII Ever Disaster!
We’re actually inspired to see everybody having fun with the sport and posting on social media.
This time, we took on the endeavor of creating Ever Disaster Academy Seven, consisting of content material that will be fairly a problem to understand within the authentic FFVII.
We’ll proceed to develop new content material and discover numerous themes for Remaining Fantasy VII Ever Disaster, so please preserve a watch out for future updates.
Remaining Fantasy VII Ever Disaster is obtainable for the PC and cell gadgets, and the FFVII Ever Disaster Academy Seven highschool AU occasion and banners will run till Could 28, 2025.
