Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth It looks like chocobos will come back in a big way. Thanks to details revealed in the recent release date trailer and our time with a hands-on preview of the game, we can confirm that both chocobo racing and chocobo driving will be in the game. However, it also seems like Square Enix won’t be including a chocobo refinement.
Released February 29, 2024, action RPG Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will include the return of everyone’s favorite kaleidoscopic racing fowl. From our hands-on time with an early demo version of the game, we’re happy to report that the chocobos perform fantastically in Rebirth open world. The cute giant birds accelerate and decelerate with a realistic heaviness that even scares the chocobos Final fantasy 16 ashamed.
Plus, the beloved beasts can be customized with a range of hats, body armor and boots, so you can roam atop a bird that truly reflects your own sense of style. While the preview only gave us a taste of some of the cosmetics available, we saw a special mercenary clothing set, as well as sets based on the Shinra trooper armor and the Ruby weapon – one of the Final fantasy 7‘s terrifying endgame bosses.
Unfortunately, the chocobo mini-game is taken from the original Final fantasy 7 will not appear in it Rebirth. In conversation with IGNGame director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed that there would be no chocobo farming system, although there would be an “enhanced new chocobo catching feature.”
The release date trailer also revealed a return of the chocobo racing mini-game that Hamaguchi detailed in his IGN interview. Set up Rebirth‘s Gold Saucer casino, these races pit chocobos against each other in the hunt for fantastic prizes.
“For the Rebirth chocobos, each of them has its own unique name and can participate in the Gold Saucer races. There’s also gear specifically designed for chocobos to equip, improving their stats and affecting their performance in chocobo races… So in terms of playing hours that can be spent, it’s quite, you know, a large number of hours. that you could spend on chocobo racing.”
With this in mind, it seems like there are plenty of chocobo treats out there. Even if we can’t breed the creatures, the trapping system and chocobo races seem poised to provide hours of fun for fans of immersive mini-games and oversized poultry.
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