AFinal Fantasy 7 Remaketrilogy fan has made a bold prediction for the third game’s title. TheFF7remake effort has, to date, followed a pretty predictable naming convention: each game gets a subtitle that includes a word beginning with “re-.” That obviously began withFinal Fantasy 7 Remake, thenFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthfollowed suit. Even the spinoffs have gotten in on the fun, with the release ofCrisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunionin 2022. At this point, we know relatively little aboutFF7 Remakepart three, but fans have already begun to speculate about its title.
Reddit userRebourne25recently posted a thread entitled, “Calling it now,VII Remake part 3 will be called ‘Reclaim.'” This prediction is based on Sephiroth’s desire to “take the Planet back” with the help of Jenova - in other words, to reclaim it. Of course, we can neither confirm nor deny this prediction - it’s based entirely on one fan’s theory. But when you compare it to thestory elements that’ll be adapted in part threeof the remake trilogy, it does start to make sense.
One FF Fan Believes Part 3 Will Be FF7 Reclaim
And Other Fan Theories
Now, the crux of this theory is thatFF7revolves around Sephiroth’s attempt to reclaim the Planet, his lineage, and his legacy. But of course,the title can also be interpreted in various ways that all fit with the final chapters ofFF7: the player party’s effort to reclaim the Planet from Sephiroth, or even from Shinra, or even the Planet’s own effort to reclaim itself, as it very much does in the cryptic ending of the originalFF7.
But it goes even deeper. If theFF7remake trilogy is doing the kind of continuity-changing, story-altering, dimension-hopping thing it’s already begun to tease in the first two parts,Reclaimcould take on a whole new meaning. It could also refer toCloud’s effort to reclaim history, to reverse the worst outcomes ofRebirth’s events and create a better world.
Many fans have latched onto this theory, but others aren’t so sure. For my money,I used to believe that the third part of the remake trilogy would be calledFF7 Reunion, referring to the concept of Reunion Theory inFF7lore, as well as a potential Cloud-Aerith reunion. This would also represent a reunion between timelines, which would make it the perfect triple entendre - exactly the kind of thought-provoking title the final part of the trilogy deserves. But, as commenterFantastic_Clothes514helpfully points out, “They already used that for Crisis Core.”
Other usersimplicitly acknowledge that we have no idea what part three’s title will be by joking about itinstead.HMushjokingly suggestsFinal Fantasy 7 Revengeance, punning onMetal Gear Rising’s subtitle, whileEt_Cruditessuggestsit’ll beReFantazio.
Just One Problem
That said,Reclaimis a pretty intriguing proposition for part three’s title. I have just one issue with it: the subtitles for the first two parts have both been nouns-RemakeandRebirth.Reclaim is a verb, which feels awkwardtacked onto the end of a title like that. I might proposeFinal Fantasy 7 Reclamationinstead, which maintains the same meaning while preserving parallel title structure between all three games.
Even so, I haven’t totally dismissed theReuniontheory, and there’s a distinct possibility that part three’s title could be something else entirely. Ultimately, it’s a little too early to tell. Square Enix has revealed relatively little about the third part ofFinal Fantasy 7 Remakeat this point - we’ll have to wait for a proper trailer to determine whether this theory is true.
