Naoki Hamaguchi
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's Director Fought for a Full Disc Release - Here's Why It Still Needs a Download
What Hamaguchi Actually Said, and What He Couldn't Control In interviews with Radio Times and IGN , Hamaguchi was remarkably candid about his position. He said he "did his best" to fight for a proper...
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's Auto-Level Feature Explained: Director Naoki Hamaguchi on Skipping the Grind
Naoki Hamaguchi has finished Final Fantasy 7 Revelation 46 times. That number alone tells you something about the director's relationship with his own game. It also makes what he said at Tokyo Game...
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's 100-Hour Claim, Explained: What Hamaguchi's Benchmark Really Means for the Trilogy Finale
A director who has personally beaten his own unreleased game 46 times now says a thorough playthrough will "easily take over a hundred hours." That single sentence, attributed to Final Fantasy 7...
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's "Around 200GB" Install Size and Sephiroth/Vincent DLC Plans Explained
Two hundred gigabytes. For most of gaming history, that number described an entire console's lifetime library, not a single title. Yet according to director Naoki Hamaguchi, that is roughly the...
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Interview: Naoki Hamaguchi on Ending the Trilogy, Going Open-World, and Leaving It All on the Field
Naoki Hamaguchi was a fan before he was a director. He played Final Fantasy VII in 1997 like millions of others, and when Square Enix began reimagining that game for a new generation, he joined the...
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Director Pushes for Physical Release of Trilogy Finale as Industry Goes All-Digital
The video game industry is hurtling toward a disc-free future. Sony has confirmed it will end production of new physical discs by 2028, and Rockstar Games is launching Grand Theft Auto 6 as a...
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Leak Suggests the “Final” Chapter Isn’t Really the End - Here’s What We Know
Square Enix has spent months positioning Final Fantasy VII Revelation as the triumphant conclusion to the Remake trilogy. The marketing language is deliberate: “the final chapter,” “the end of an...
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation: Naoki Hamaguchi on Choice, Resolve, and the End of an Era
For Naoki Hamaguchi, Final Fantasy VII Revelation is about a word: Resolve. “The theme of Resolve applies not only to the characters, Cloud, Sephiroth, and the entire cast, but also to us as...