CONFIRMED: Midgar is back as explorable territory in Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the final chapter of Square Enix's remake trilogy. In an official teaser published on October 26, 2026, Cloud crosses a ruined part of the city riding a pink chocobo, leaps over a fissure in the ground and descends into a vertical network of caverns beneath Midgar's plate. The official description sums up the promise: exploring the area from a new perspective may reveal “previously unseen sights or findings”.
At Paris Games Week 2026, director Naoki Hamaguchi detailed what the teaser only hinted at, in a presentation reported by Gameblog and other outlets. The explorable area sits in a rift torn into the city by a catastrophe — the example cited is Diamond Weapon's attack on Midgar — and the recommended level for the region is around 90, making it endgame content. In the 1997 original, returning to Midgar after the escape was limited to a small area; in Revelation, the city gains depth and scale.
The same event revealed the expanded return of the piano minigame. According to Hamaguchi, it will not be identical to Rebirth's: it gains new instruments — acoustic guitar, drums and double bass, alongside the piano — new mechanics and more narration, tied to a side story about Tifa and her relationship with music. A scene shown in the presentation has Tifa at the piano before a childhood flashback, with her father repairing the instrument and her parents supporting her practice. Players who prefer can skip the minigame and watch only the cutscenes. For the director, these minigames have “implications deeper than they seem”, echoing into the main story.
In an interview also given during Paris Games Week, Hamaguchi explained the design philosophy behind the game: Revelation does not want players to rush through the story. With a meteor heading for the planet, the characters must get to know the world and face their own trials before confronting Sephiroth, and side quests were designed to encourage exploration. The map loads seamlessly, and Dynamic Mode scales enemies to the player's level, so exploring everything does not overpower the party. The director also said a first playthrough will be comparable in length to Rebirth's, although the game is, in his words, “bigger and vaster” — a STATEMENT about scope, not a confirmed figure.
Final Fantasy VII Revelation launches on April 8, 2027 for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2, concluding the remake trilogy that began in 2020.
Fontes:
- Teaser oficial: Final Fantasy VII Revelation - Chocobo Exploration Gameplay (Square Enix)
- Polygon: entrevista de Naoki Hamaguchi na Paris Games Week 2026
- WCCFTech: retorno a Midgar e Midgar Fissure, com reportagem da Gameblog
- Variable: exploração de Midgar de chocobo e nível recomendado 90
- Xeznaff: minigame de piano com novos instrumentos e história de Tifa
Image credit: official Final Fantasy VII Revelation screenshot, Square Enix material reproduced by Digitally Downloaded.
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