This article contains spoilers for Final Fantasy 7 RemakeNew information aboutFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthhas just surfaced, teasing a subplot for the returning Team Avalanche member Biggs. The second installment ofSquare Enix’sFinal Fantasy 7 Remaketrilogyis set to launch on February 29, andFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthwill pick up where the first entry left off with Cloud and company leaving Midgar in search of answers about the Ancients and their connection to the former SOLIDER Sephiroth who now threatens the planet.
Just likeFinal Fantasy 7 Remakebefore it,Rebirthwill cover a fraction of the originalFinal Fantasy 7’s beloved storyline, reportedly going all the way up to the party’s fateful journey to the Forgotten Capital at the end of the original game’s second disk. While arecent ESRB rating forFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthsuggests that it will faithfully follow one of the oldFinal Fantasy 7’s most iconic and shocking plotlines, Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura has stated thatRebirthcould see certain story beats play out in a different order - and that the destinies of particular characters could be changed outright.
Such is the case for Biggs, asupporting character in theFinal Fantasy 7universeand a loyal member of Barret Wallace’s Avalanche resistance team. According to a new post on the officialFinal Fantasy 7Twitter account, Biggs will return inFinal Fantasy 7Rebirthto seek revenge against the corrupt Shinra Corporation for the deaths of his teammates. InFinal Fantasy 7 Remake, Biggs participated in a mission to defend the plate above the Sector 7 slums from Shinra - a battle that originally claimed his life in the oldFinal Fantasy 7.
However, due toFinal Fantasy 7 Remake’s altered timeline, Biggs is shown to be alive and well following the ill-fated attack on the Sector 7 plate and is last seen recuperating at the Leaf House orphanage in Midgar’s Sector 5 slums duringRemake’s final moments. His Team Avalanche squadmates Wedge and Jesse were also among the casualties of the Sector 7 battle in the originalFinal Fantasy 7, but their fates in theRemakecontinuity are left much more ambiguous and Avalanche itself is now a global organization.
This might change inFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth, as Biggs is described as the last remaining member of his unit. This means that his friends could have met a tragic end at the hands of Shinra between games, assuming they didn’t die in the Sector 7 attack after all. Only time will tell how Biggs’s newfound quest for vengeance will play out inFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth, as well as how it will connect with the continuing journey of Cloud and his friends.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
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Discover a vibrant and vast world in this standalone entry in the Final Fantasy VII remake project. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is the second entry in the Final Fantasy VII remake project, which retells the story of the genre-redefining RPG across three distinct games. Iconic heroes Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Aerith and Red XIII have escaped from the dystopian city Midgar and are now in pursuit of Sephiroth, the vengeful swordsman from Cloud’s past who was thought to be dead. This new adventure can be enjoyed by all players, even those who have yet to play Final Fantasy VII Remake or the PlayStation original. Expect a new standard of cinematic storytelling, fast-paced combat and rich exploration across a vast world.
