'Final Fantasy 7' Remake Update: Square Enix Trademaked 'FFVII' Reboot In Europe; Fully Voiced Characters, Open-world Map, Four-part Episode Release Teased?

By Miguel Paolo Togonon, | January 27, 2016

"Final Fantasy 7 Remake" receives latest development update from Cloud Strife's voice actor. (YouTube)

"Final Fantasy 7 Remake" receives latest development update from Cloud Strife's voice actor. (YouTube)

'Final Fantasy 7' remake will feature the game being trademarked in Europe, fully voiced characters, open-world map and a rumored four-part release.

Square Enix announced that "Final Fantasy 7" remake has been trademarked in Europe by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market". It basically a platform for IP holders within the country and the game will be officially named "Final Fantasy VII Remake".

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The deal between Square Enix and OHIM happened on Jan. 20 as the "Final Fantasy 7" remake filed under Class 9, Class 16 and Class 41, Attack of the Fanboy reported. Class 9 will cover the computer or video game softwares for "Final Fantasy 7" remake, while Class 16 will feature a number of published materials such as strategy guidebooks. Class 41 will handle the online contents of the game.

This means that gamers might expect some online features for "Final Fantasy 7" remake very soon and Square Enix might explain further details for the game in an upcoming event.

In other news, several rumors are making rounds that "Final Fantasy 7" remake will be divided into four parts when it launches in the market.

Square Enix stated that "Final Fantasy 7" remake will be release in an episodic fashion as game producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Tetsuya Nomura explained that part of the reason for is the number of improvements they want to implement in the reboot.

The four part episodic release will highlight some of the major events from the original "Final Fantasy 7" game such as the journey to Midgar, Aerith's death, the Materia Quest and the return to the Crater.

Aside from the rumored episodic launch, Nomura told Dengeki PlayStation (via Gematsu) that they will have the characters full voiced in "Final Fantasy 7" remake, rather than text dialogues found in the original game. Nomura added that although they will go with the plan, they still need to find other people to lend their voices on other characters that were not present during the animated movie, "Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children".

Kitase teased a dating feature for "Final Fantasy 7" remake and stated that its features will be different from the original game and social situations. The game will likely feature a more open-world map, although Nomura explained that he and Kitase are not yet sure if they will go with the plan. Kitase added that Square Enix is still discussing which mini-games from the original title could be added in the remake, although he did explain that not all of them will be added to the game.

Square Enix has not announced the launch date for "Final Fantasy 7" remake on the PlayStation 4 console, although several fans speculated that it will launch on 2017 as it marks the 20th Anniversary of the beloved sequel.

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