Square Enix and Final Fantasy VII director/producer, Yoshinori Kitase, have announced that January 31st is now officially Final Fantasy VII Day in Japan.
The date has been registered with Japan’s Anniversary Association and will now be recognised as such, with Kitase-san taking to Twitter to announce the occasion exactly 26 years after the original release of Final Fantasy VII.
We’re delighted to announce “Final Fantasy VII Day” has been officially registered in Japan, to commemorate the anniversary of the launch of the original game.
To celebrate, here’s a special message from Yoshinori Kitase, producer of the Final Fantasy VII remake project. pic.twitter.com/GBphY8AYR4
— FINAL FANTASY VII (@finalfantasyvii) January 31, 2023
“The 31st of January 1997, the day that FINAL FANTASY VII came out, was not just a significant day for the FINAL FANTASY series, but also marked when so many big things started moving for those of us who worked on the game.
I remember being overwhelmed at the breakneck speed with which video game technology was evolving, but also dreaming big things for the future.
With the establishment of this official anniversary day, I will now always remember these things, and hold them dearly in my heart.”
Final Fantasy VII has seen a healthy resurgence of late, with the recent launch of Crisis Core –Final Fantasy VII– Reunion, as well as the second part of the game’s remake effort, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and the mobile anthology game Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis both on the way.
