Zack Fair to play larger role in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation

Zack Fair has long been important to Final Fantasy 7 despite being dead at the start of the original game. As the Remake trilogy prepares to end next year with Revelation, the team at Square Enix is making him an even bigger part of the climactic finale. Series director Naoki Hamaguchi told Denfaminico that Zack's screen time in Revelation is "even greater than before." He appeared sparingly in Remake but featured prominently in Rebirth, including several playable sections.

That inclusion leaned into the idea that the Remake trilogy is a multiversal story; Hamaguchi said, "The previous game depicted the existence of 'multiple timelines,' but directly stating that in words would spoil the appeal, wouldn't it?" and added, "Zack plays that role again in this game." Zack's purpose is to give players a different perspective on a story usually seen from Cloud's point of view.

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