Even just a handful of months after its launch, the Switch 2 is proving to be a particularly compelling console for third-party developers. One of the biggest surprises was the announcement that not only would Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade launch on 22nd January 2026 , but it would be followed by both Rebirth and the currently untitled third entry in the Remake Trilogy.

To find out more about the process in bringing the games to the Switch 2, we recently spent some time with series director Naoki Hamaguchi. We talk over how he got into game development, how Remake was optimised for Nintendo's new console, and how the team was influenced by a little game called Zelda: Breath of the Wild .

We also had another go with the Remake demo on Switch 2, all in handheld mode, and it's

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