Ultimate Fantasy 7 Remake will formally debut on Nintendo Swap 2 and Xbox Collection X/S subsequent yr with the belated arrival of Intergrade. Regardless of some skepticism, those that noticed the trailer evaluating the opening cutscene throughout all platforms can admit that the Swap 2 port sizes up fairly.
Ultimate Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which is confirmed for the platform however with no date, is a unique matter. The open-world sections are undoubtedly extra demanding and led to noticeable drops in picture high quality on PS5 at launch. Sport director Naoki Hamaguchi’s response? “You actually don’t want to fret in any respect.”
Chatting with VGC in a current interview, Hamaguchi mentioned, “Clearly, we’re working very exhausting to make it possible for [fans are similarly impressed by Rebirth on Switch], and that individuals are going to get that top high quality they’re on the lookout for.”
He pointed to the motion RPG’s efficiency on the Steam Deck and the accompanying constructive response. “I believe we’ve got sort of proved that idea to the world already, in some methods, with the discharge of Rebirth on Steam Deck. I believe we noticed an analogous sort of response there, the place individuals mentioned, ‘Wow, it’s really working on Steam Deck, it appears actually good, it’s a high quality a lot greater than I believed they may get on Steam Deck.’
“In that sense, that was the place we did the experiments, to work out learn how to get these high-level video games right into a cell platform. Clearly, there’s a little bit of a distinction within the specs and capability between the Steam Deck, Swap 2 and varied different handheld sport techniques. However I believe we managed to get such an excellent outcome there, and that basically did assist with the planning and the understanding of how to do this going ahead within the sequence.”
Because of engaged on the PC model, which adjusts its decision and polygon depend based mostly on CPU energy (a proprietary answer likened to Nanite), the staff can guarantee steady efficiency on the Swap 2.
“I believe we acquired a very good response to the primary sport on PC, and that’s actually helped us and given us the know-how and the power to maintain that going, replicate on that, and perhaps even push it additional in Rebirth and within the third sport within the sequence going ahead.
“So what I wish to say is, due to all that experimentation stuff we’ve executed on the PC to ensure of that, Nintendo gamers sooner or later, you actually don’t want to fret in any respect. They’re going to get a model that’s simply as satisfying and simply as top quality as the primary sport, if not greater.”
Hopefully, that creates some hope for Ultimate Fantasy 7 Remake Half 3, which can also be coming to Swap 2 alongside different platforms (and is in a “actually good state” whereas completely not having much less content material than Rebirth). Within the meantime, Ultimate Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade launches on January twenty second, 2026, for Xbox Collection X/S and Swap 2.
