Final Fantasy VII Remake, our second favourite game of 2020, is coming to PS5 and it has a new title for this release: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade.
The PS5 release boasts a few new features like a photo mode, improved loading times, a new Classic difficulty option, improved graphics and performance at 4K or 60fps plus an additional DLC episode only on PS5 featuring Yuffie Kisaragi as a playable character.
But have you wondered: why “intergrade”? In an interview with FFVII Series Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura by Weekly Famitsu, all is explained.
“The title is ‘Intergrade’, and that contains an homage to the original FFVII International,” Nomura said.
For context, when the original FFVII was released in English worldwide, there are a few additions and fixes not seen in the Japanese release. And that version is re-released back in Japan as FFVII International. It’s a common practice in the series for a good number of titles.
“On top of that, ‘Intergrade’ also carries the meaning of ‘intermediate’, referring to the period between FFVII Remake and the next game,” he continued. “And of ‘transition’, which refers to ‘moving on to the next hardware generation’ and ‘moving on to the next game’.
As such, the subtitle reflects the dictionary definition of the word as well as a nod to the previous International suffix seen in Final Fantasy re-releases. Neat.
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade releases on June 10 for the PS5, and will be a free upgrade for those with the PS4 version (but does not include the Yuffie DLC).