Killing witnesses, instilling cover-ups, and dirtying their hands in all manner of Shinra schemes, there’s almost nothing they consider too morally dubious to take on. Then there’s The Turks, the black ops unit Shinra employs to hide its sinister secrets from prying eyes. A devious man with a mind like a diamond, Hojo has plans within plans, some which even Shinra are unaware of. Hojo, another chief antagonist of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, helmed the SOLDIER program, which saw the injection of Jenova cells into promising candidates, essentially turning them into supersoldiers. Gast had more benevolent plans for Shinra’s scientific division but was murdered by his underling, Hojo. Jenova is an alien entity that crashed to earth hundreds of years ago and was discovered by Shinra scientist Professor Gast in an arctic mountain range. His goal is to reunite with the creature he sees as his mother, Jenova. He was an elite warrior who eventually went mad and began leading his own crusade against Shinra and humanity. Like Cloud, he’s a former member of SOLDIER. The most prominent is, of course, Sephiroth. Though the Shinra corporation is the chief villainous entity of the game, there are many separate antagonists. She’s obsessed with materia, has a happy-go-lucky attitude, and a serious ax to grind with Shinra, who have been in a prolonged conflict with her people. Star of the new chapter featured exclusively in Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Yuffie is a ninja thief from Wutai Island. He can also speak and has a life expectancy of about 500 years.įinally, there’s Yuffie. A hybrid creature experimented on by Shinra, Red XIII resembles a cross between a wolf and a lion. Though he only joins the team as a supporting member toward the end of the game, his role is essential nonetheless. The last surviving member of an ancient race, her magic may be the key to saving the world from Shinra’s dangerous schemes and grandiose plans for power. It is Aerith who will be most important to the fight against Shinra, however. Barret, a man with a gun for an arm and a real chip on his shoulder for Shinra, leads the mission. When his childhood friend, Tifa, approaches him with a job to blow up a reactor, Cloud accepts. He also has inside knowledge of Shinra, a local paramilitary/energy conglomerate.
Cloud is an ex-member of an elite military branch called SOLDIER and thus a formidable fighter. The main party of Final Fantasy VII Remake consists of mercenary Cloud Strife, eco-terrorists Tifa Lockhart, and Barret Wallace, and flower girl Aerith Gainsborough. With the upgrade/expansion Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade right around the corner, we thought it might be good to get you up to speed on the story so far and some other relevant plot points for the upcoming release. Final Fantasy VII is one of the biggest RPGs of all time, so it’s not all that surprising that Square Enix is going all out with their remake.