Final Fantasy 7 had a very abruptive development. Shifting platforms twice and going through numerous ideas on what kind of story they wish to tell. Today we look in it's development in PART 1
Sources:
https://thelifestream.net/weekly-famitsu-issue-no-1224-yoshinori-kitase-interview/
https://web.archive.org/web/20160824131428/http://kotaku.com/things-are-much-different-for-the-creator-of-final-fant-1629514442
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Footage Credits:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8CB07F11937F8B60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih7s1e55tZI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPindmUNoOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph6BiAOJlvs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfLRcNjCOyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXN84NnZya8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db6ikPAo6N0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYcxtMcrcmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olPxxck-DfY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z1JNoEw7y4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnTDWdMmpUY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1B52GzeyE8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt63cofBHnw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt7AEkzOmyE&list=PLMHR2xnx8VCrRvNrgh10j0eq5UQFvM_WC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upLNMIQb0nw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3-IXHQ9Gzo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsGaVrMr9N8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3lUw9GUJA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aunaQ1paiPE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_smQ4BMdnw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbEwiDopMlo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLah-pOcc7I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfD0lnvb9q4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_SWhMMmOYI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSK4TMJzCeU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ts05HOajq4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vKs33I-WQw&t=19s
Chapters:
0:00 - Final Fantasy 7's original concept on the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64
3:20 - Early Midgar of Final Fantasy 7
4:37 - Early Concepts and Designs of Cloud Strife and Barret Wallace of Final Fantasy 7
6:09 - Creation of the Limit Break System in Final Fantasy 7
6:26 - Early Concepts and Designs of Sephiroth & Aerith / Aeris Gainsborough in Final Fantasy 7
7:39 - Early Concepts and Designs of Jenova in Final Fantasy 7
9:10 - Continued Development of Cloud Strife and creation of Zack Fair in Final Fantasy 7
9:49 - Deciding on who should die in Final Fantasy 7
11:10 - Early Concepts of Tifa Lockhart in Final Fantasy 7
11:46 - Early Concepts and Designs of Red XIII, Cid Highwind, Yuffie Kisaragi, and Cait Sith in Final Fantasy 7
12:53 - Early Concepts and Designs of Vincent Valentine in Final Fantasy 7
14:18 - Original idea for Final Fantasy 7's ending
14:30 - Extro
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