While Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth had plenty of unique minigames in its side-activities, one of them in particular got quite popular with players – the trading card game Queen’s Blood. In an interview with Polygon, director Naoki Hamaguchi has confirmed that we will see more of the card game in Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 in an expanded form. He acknowledged the popularity of the mini-game and noted that he’s interested in expanding it into a “more powered-up version” of what we saw in the previous game.
“Queen’s Blood is a very popular and beloved minigame, and I believe a lot of people are still wanting something like that,” Hamaguchi said. “I want to expand on Queen’s Blood so that we are enhancing it, and giving you a more powered-up version of it when you see that third instalment… Queen’s Blood is still going to be available in the third instalment. We just want to expand on it.”
Along with Queen’s Blood, Hamaguchi has also noted that Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 will also bring with it other new mini-games, including an updated version of snowboarding from the original. While he didn’t go into too many details, he confirmed that it won’t just be a simple mini-game and that it will be integrated into the game’s story.
“Snowboarding! This is something that fans have really deep memories about!” Hamaguchi said. “I’m afraid I can’t delve too much into the details, but we understand that it’s not going to be just a simple snowboarding minigame. We want to make sure that it’s incorporated into the story to have that sort of connection with the theming of it.”
Hamaguchi also went on to note that development on the third part of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy has been going quite well, and that the studio is on track to hit an upcoming internal milestone. He also confirmed that the game is playable, but there is still plenty of work to be done in terms of polish.
“In terms of the third instalment, I believe we are coming along very smoothly,” he explained. “We have set a schedule for ourselves, and I believe we are tracking on time for the milestones we have set. So I’m really thankful for the development team, and I have so much respect for them working on this project. I believe that at this point the game is playable, technically, but we are still trying to polish it so it is at a quality where we can deliver it to our players.”
Square Enix has been busy with growing the audience for the remake trilogy, with the first title—Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade—having recently been released on Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X/S. Check out our review of the Switch 2 version for more details. In the meantime, also check out what Hamaguchi has said about the third part’s official title being locked in, and why the development team opted to use Unreal Engine 4 instead of more recent versions of the game engine.
