{"id":41584,"date":"2024-12-17T12:50:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T03:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=41584"},"modified":"2024-12-17T12:50:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T03:50:11","slug":"final-fantasy-7-rebirth-director-was-so-excited-to-see-the-witcher-4-at-the-game-awards-that-he-almost-jumped-out-of-his-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-director-was-so-excited-to-see-the-witcher-4-at-the-game-awards-that-he-almost-jumped-out-of-his-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director was so excited to see The Witcher 4 at The Game Awards that he almost jumped out of his seat\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s always nice when developers get excited about games that are not their own, as it shows their love for the medium on a personal level. This recently happened to <strong>Final Fantasy VII Rebirth<\/strong> director Naoki Hamaguchi, whose excitement for The Witcher 4 almost made him get out of his seat during the 2024 Game Awards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gaming\/comments\/1hdqppe\/hi_reddit_we_are_final_fantasy_vii_rebirth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reddit AMA held by Hamaguchi and Final Fantasy VII producer Yoshinori Kitase<\/a>, Kitase let slip that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gaming\/comments\/1hdqppe\/comment\/m1yt933\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamaguchi nearly stood up during the premiere of The Witcher 4\u2019s cinematic reveal trailer<\/a>. More specifically, Hamaguchi was excited when the hooded figure turned out to be Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, better known as Ciri. After the first three Witcher games featured Geralt of Rivia as the main character, the trailer for the Witcher 4 confirmed fan theories that his adopted daughter would be the protagonist this time around. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Witcher IV \u2014 Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/54dabgZJ5YA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamaguchi is a big fan of The Witcher games; going so far as to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gaming\/comments\/1hdqppe\/comment\/m1yt7aq\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mention The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as one of his favorites<\/a>. Kitase\u2019s favorite games are closer to home, as he loves The Legend of Zelda titles predominantly created by Nintendo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241217-41584-001.jpeg\" alt=\"Final Fantasy VII Rebirth  open world\" class=\"wp-image-41590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241217-41584-001.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241217-41584-001-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241217-41584-001-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241217-41584-001-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Final Fantasy VII Rebirth<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Final Fantasy developers have mentioned The Witcher series, especially the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, as one of their big influences. <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/final-fantasy\/final-fantasy-creator-hironobu-sakaguchi-steam-library-is-surprisingly-hardcore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in his Steam Library<\/a>, and Hamaguchi has often talked about the CD Projekt Red title being <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/final-fantasy\/20240207-26773\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a core influence on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth\u2019s development<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamaguchi\u2019s dreams must have been realized when the fourth mainline entry in The Witcher franchise was confirmed. Now that he isn\u2019t at The Game Awards, he is free to jump out of his seat at any mention of the upcoming game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Witcher 4 is currently in development, release date and platforms TBA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naoki Hamaguchi is such a big Witcher fan that he nearly jumped out of his seat at Ciri&#8217;s reveal in The Witcher 4 trailer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":41589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-41584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-final-fantasy","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director was so excited to see The Witcher 4 at The Game Awards that he almost jumped out of his seat\u00a0\u00a0 - 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