Overview
- Tetsuya Nomura marked Final Fantasy VII's 29th anniversary on January 31 by releasing a previously unpublished-in-full concept sketch.
- The doodle comes from the earliest plot stage and depicts Midgar streets with a large dragon and a rough early version of Cloud.
- Nomura identifies a figure labeled “Johnny the Needle” and an unnamed Avalanche-like character, noting elements later informed Reno.
- He says the team originally envisioned combat unfolding while moving through a three-dimensional city, a design realized in the Remake series.
- Some fans voiced skepticism about that claim on social media, and the post did not include new release dates or development milestones.