Square Enix had an incredibly healthy showing during today's Nintendo Direct, and one of its biggest announcements was an official release date for Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion. The remake of the PSP game is launching on Switch (and other consoles) on 13th December with beautiful visuals and rearranged music.
The developer released a separate trailer for the game after the Direct, which shows highlights from the game's story. Crisis Core is a prequel to the original PlayStation smash RPG Final Fantasy VII and shows Zack Fair's story as a Soldier at Shinra.
Though the trailer looks stunning, and the Direct promised "enhanced HD graphics", we do know that the Switch release will have some differences in performance on the console. Still, we'll be able to play it portably, just like on the PSP.
We've also managed to grab some rather lovely-looking screenshots, with some new characters who debuted in the original Crisis Core, alongside favourites such as Aerith and Sephiroth.
Are you excited to try out Crisis Core on Switch on 13th December? Let us know!
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Not a FFVII fan but I have enough distance that I can try this again with fresh eye. Looks good.
I got the PSP umd for this game, but I never actually played it because I never finished FF7...
this game has a weird slot machine battle system right. it always looked so weird
Egad(ckt).
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I'm just glad to get this in HD this time and still be able to play it on the go on a better screen. I really hate Sony and Square Enix back then for never putting this game for sale on the PS Store, was wanting to play this on my OLED PS Vita but couldn't. Now I could live happy knowing I would be able to play this on the go for my Switch OLED.
Is it a good game?
this game looks very nice strong showing for switch here
I will be purchasing. I remember the PSP game back in the day and it was solid. I wasn’t god struck or anything like that, but I have fond memories of it.
Excited for this. Never had a PSP and was always envious I missed out on this game. But tbh this seems like something I'd play on PlayStation instead... worried about the possible concessions to have the remake/remaster playable on Switch.
... Wun can only hope.
Now Square in terms of Final Fantasy on Switch we need:
... Wun can only hope.
I am frankly quite looking forward to this one. Never played Crisis Core on the PSP and the enhancements seem quite worthwhile.
@wuntyme8 Honestly surprised that 13 never made it over. At the moment best way to play it (on a modern platform) is probably on Xbox One/Series X|S since they upgraded the FMVs.
Good lord, the music in this game sounds incredible!
Bring on December.
I've preordered!!!
(for PS4, but that's irrelevant)
Wow 🤩 I vaguely remember playing the psp game , I never got that far in the game but remember liking it . Cannot wait for this , day 1 purchase for sure ! Wonder if there will be in fancy special Edition?
@Tempestryke It's personally my favorite PSP game. If you like the characters of the original FFVII and want more context to Cloud's backstory I highly recommend it. Even if you don't have much experience with FFVII I still recommend it. It stands on its own both in terms of gameplay and narrative. Also the soundtrack is phenomenal. https://youtu.be/TjF_V_feppI
@NIN10DOXD Thank you.
Totally gave away all the surprises in the trailer.
Super excited for this, Switch = best RPG machine ever made
After Sonic Frontiers, it's good to see another game looking surprisingly good on Switch. Motion blur is absent but everything else is looking really faithful to the visual style.
Have had it on pre-order since it was announced, love FF VII but never got a PSP to play this, cant wait to find out the random back story of Zack.
@GrailUK Yes it is! Your ears are in for quite the treat!
I pirated this on day one when it launched for PSP (worked minimum wage and couldn't afford every game release at the time) and loved it. Looking forward to playing it again.
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