Den lejonliknande varelsen Red XIII är en av de mer ikoniska karaktärerna i Final Fantasy VII: Remake och har tidigare synts till i trailers. Men Square Enix låter nu lite överraskande meddela att han fått sparken som spelbar figur, och kommer nu istället medverka som datorstyrd gästkaraktär.
Detta avslöjas i en intervju hos VG247 där co-director Naoki Hamaguchi säger:
"We felt the point at which Red XIII joins the party in the story is very late on so we thought okay, if we're gonna have him as a full character and try and get the player to enjoy his character development arc and growth as a character through that, it's not really enough time to do that.
We thought that the best way to have him involved was as a guest character. Normally throughout the game you'll be playing as a three-man party, but you will have him as a guest character that fights alongside you during the the last part of the story. He'll be using all of his old really nostalgic moves, and you'll see that. We felt that was the best way of showing him off as a character and who he is. That's why we felt that was the best way to include him."
Därmed finns det alltså fyra spelbara figurer (Cloud, Tifa, Barret och Aeris), där Cloud är standardfiguren du spelar som utanför striderna. Hörde Red XIII till en av dina favoriter i Final Fantasy VII?
