Square Enix has revealed in a Q&A on the PlayStation Blog that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will take players up to vital point in the story, namely the events that transpire at the Forgotten Capital.
Tetsuya Nomura, who was joined by a number of key staff members on the project, revealed that events will play out slightly differently to the original game, and as such Wutai will be pushed into the third party of the remake project.
We have mentioned this a few times before, but the order in which you can explore the locations is not the same as the original Final Fantasy VII, and there are some shifts in the order. For example, Wutai, one of the major locations, is not part of the route in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and will be visited in the next one. Although there are some changes in the order of the locations, the locations depicted in this title extend up to “The Forgotten Capital,” where the greatest fate of Final Fantasy VII awaits you.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is scheduled for release on February 29, 2024 for PS5.
[Source – PlayStation Blog]