Final Fantasy 7 Remake will still feature the original game’s infamous cross-dressing sequence, according to an interview with Square Enix conducted by Famitsu

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Cross-Dressing in Final Fantasy VII

The news comes as a slight surprise as the same Famitsu feature (via Eurogamer ) reveals that Square Enix has an ethics department, which instructed the developers of Final Fantasy 7 Remake to “restrict” Tifa’s chest for her new look, to ensure she didn’t look “unnatural” during action sequences. This led to her new design featuring a more athletic build and fitted clothing, rather than the more pin-up girl look she sported in the original game.With considerations like these being made, it’s interesting that the cross-dressing sequence, considered by some to be either outdated or insensitive, has not been cut. The feature does note that the sequence is more “modern”, however, so don’t expect a completely identical recreation.In the original 1997 game, Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith plan to infiltrate a playboy’s mansion in order to extract some information on the evil Shinra company. In order to get Cloud inside the mansion, Aeirth convinces him to dress as a woman, so that all three of them stand a chance of being picked as the seedy Don Corneo’s ‘companion’ for the evening. It’s portrayed as comedic, but in the light of 2019 it’s difficult to ignore the less sensitive undertones of this area of the game.How Square Enix have reimagined the sequence remains to be seen, but since it takes place during the Midgar portion of the 1997 original, we should see it in the first game in the Remake series when it laun ches next year with a March 3 release date as a PS4 game . The first game is set entirely in Midgar and comes on two blu-ray discs , so it’s a pretty huge re-telling of the original game’s first chapter. It will also act as an introduction to the new Final Fantasy 7 combat system , which is a deft hybrid of classic turn-based and modern action game mechanics.

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