Squaresoft went all out in once they determined to develop Ultimate Fantasy VII from a humble multimillion-selling sport to an entire sequence.

To that finish, they created the “Ultimate Fantasy VII Compilation,” an formidable assortment of cross-media FFVII titles that will conquer the world. The initiative met a lukewarm response from the general public, with the one very well-received title popping out of it being Ultimate Fantasy VII: Disaster Core, a prequel to FFVII. Nevertheless, many have forgotten that Compilation tried to arrange a personality who may change Sephiroth in future video games.

The place is Genesis Rhapsodos, Ultimate Fantasy VII’s new Sephiroth, now?

Disaster Core rocks. It introduces new, extra action-inspired mechanics and fleshes out Zack Truthful, Cloud’s pal and mentor, in his remaining days. It additionally introduces a man referred to as Genesis Rhapsodos as the principle dangerous man.

Genesis is a SOLDIER 1st class and a guide nut who thinks he’s one of many major characters from his favourite guide, LOVELESS. From these two items of intel alone, you possibly can collect he’s in the identical league as Sephiroth by way of fight capability and being a unusual evil man. Very like many different members of the SOLDIER program, he’d been subjected to JENOVA’s cells, which led to him to getting sick and in search of revenge towards Shinra.

You may also simply inform that Sq. actually needed to make Genesis a giant factor. He has Dante’s garments, a cool rapier that glows pink, and he’s modeled after and voiced by real-life Japanese rockstar Gackt.

I in all probability received’t be creating a lot of a spoiler for individuals who didn’t play Disaster Core by telling them that he’s absent within the authentic VII or after that as a result of he bites it in CC — however that’s not likely true. Whereas Genesis is defeated on the finish of Disaster Core, he reveals up very a lot alive in a pre-MCU fashion post-credits scene, setting him up as the large dangerous for no matter’s subsequent.

However he’s been silent for almost twenty years now. That’s sufficient time to make Ultimate Fantasy VII Remake 5 instances, so he’s both planning his revenge very fastidiously, or one thing should’ve gone very mistaken for this man.

Genesis naturally confirmed up once more within the Disaster Core Reunion remake, however that takes place earlier than his final look. Even worse, issues with that remake obtained bizarre due to Genesis. The Disaster Core remake took for much longer to come back out than many anticipated it might, which spawned theories claiming that the explanation for the wait had one thing to do with Sq. Enix having bother getting Gackt’s picture and voice rights. That was not it, as Tetsuya Nomura cleared that the one purpose for the delay was the corporate’s complete deal with FFVII Remake.

The plain purpose he doesn’t present up within the authentic VII is that the builders solely got here up with the thought for that character after the discharge of FFVII after which simply put him within the prequel as if he’d at all times been a part of the plan. Nonetheless, there are extra the explanation why Genesis has but to make his return. The primary chance is that despite the fact that Disaster Core was a large success, his final look was truly in Dirge of Cerberus, which didn’t seize the hearts of followers.

It’s not utterly out of the playing cards to see Genesis making a return in Rebirth, but it surely’s unlikely that such a factor will occur, contemplating how the remake trilogy appears hard-focused on working with the weather current within the authentic sport.

You’ll be able to seek for a Genesis cameo on Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth, which is offered now for PlayStation 5.