Square Enix has officially registered “Final Fantasy VII Day” arsenic an day time with the Japan Anniversary Association, the institution announced.

Final Fantasy VII archetypal launched for the archetypal PlayStation connected January 31, 1997 successful Japan, which is 26 years agone contiguous (it is already January 31 successful Japan).

Here is simply a connection from Final Fantasy VII manager and Final Fantasy VII Remake task shaper Yoshinori Kitase connected the game’s 26th anniversary:

The 31st of January 1997, the time that Final Fantasy VII came out, was not conscionable a important time for the Final Fantasy series, but besides marked erstwhile truthful galore large things started moving for those of america who worked connected the game.

I retrieve being overwhelmed astatine the breakneck velocity with which video crippled exertion was evolving, but besides dreaming large things for the future.

With the constitution of this authoritative day day, I volition present ever retrieve these things, and clasp them dearly successful my heart.

Yoshinori Kitase
Director, Final Fantasy VII
Producer, Final Fantasy VII Remake project

Final Fantasy VII is disposable present for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC via Steam, iOS via App Store, Android via Google Play, and the archetypal PlayStation.