With the long-awaitedFinal Fantasy 7 Remakereleasing to rave reviews, interest in theFF7story is at an all-time high. Many fans know that the story extends beyond the original game with things likeCrisis Core: Final Fantasy 7andDirge of Cerberus, but those games are only available on older platforms, and not easily accessible to most. However, if a recent rumor is to be believed, that could be changing in the near future.
A Reddit user going by the name sqeueenixleaker0404 claims that something calledFinal Fantasy 7: Legacy Collectionis in the works for the Nintendo Switch. Apparently,Final Fantasy 7: Legacy Collectionwill consist ofCrisis Core,Dirge of Cerberus, andBefore Crisis. The supposed leaker doesn’t clarify if theoriginalFinal Fantasy 7will be included in the bundle, though that would make sense giving its title and the fact that game is already available on the Switch.
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While it’s certainly possible that Square Enix plans on remasteringCrisis CoreandDirge of Cerberusfor modern consoles, fans should take this information with a big grain of salt, as there are a number of things that make it suspect. The biggest issue is that no other platforms besides the Switch are mentioned, which would be bizarre and inconsistent. Another issue is that it seems highly unlikely thatBefore Crisishas a chance of getting a port.
For the uninitiated,Before Crisiswas an action-RPG prequel toFinal Fantasy 7that launched all the way back in 2004 for Japanese mobile devices.Before Crisishad a multiplayer element to it, but its online servers were shut down in 2018 and it was never released outside of Japan. Considering this, it seems highly unlikely that Square Enix will be re-releasing the game on modern platforms.
However, perhaps its story could be collected in a theoreticalFinal Fantasy 7: Legacy Collectionbundle. After all, that’s whatSquare Enixdid when it came to bringing the mobileKingdom Heartstitles to modern platforms. Alternatively, maybe Square Enix will remaster the game without its multiplayer elements. However, that seems like it would amount to a lot of extra work that wouldn’t necessarily be worth it for the development team.
If the supposedFinal Fantasy 7: Legacy Collectionis real, then fans can “expect more information soon,” according to the leaker. Nintendo is rumored to be hosting aNintendo Direct in June, so maybe we’ll learn more then. Until an official announcement is made, though, fans should just treat this as an unverified rumor.
Final Fantasy 7: Legacy Collectionis rumored to be in development for the Switch.
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