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Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy VII’s Buster Sword gets real-world practicality as a giant towel [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2026
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The fantasy of using Cloud’s sword every day can now become a reality.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Buster Sword • cool • crazy • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • interior • Square Enix • towels • video games)

Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa’s bar pops up in real-world Tokyo, and we stop by for drinks[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  May 7, 2026

Seventh Heaven arrives in Roppongi with a twist on its name and another for its cocktails.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • canned cocktails • chu-hi • cocktails • COK.Tifa • cool • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • Future Lemon • Roppongi Hills • Sacre Lemon • SNO • sours • Square Enix • taste test • video games)

Final Fantasy VII’s Sephiroth finds happiness in a canned cocktail[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 28, 2026

Hero-turned-villain enters the celebrity endorser stage of his character arc.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • Asahi • canned cocktails • canned sours • chu-hi • crazy • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • funny • Future Lemon • Sephiroth • Square Enix • video • video games • weird)

Tifa’s Final Fantasy VII bar is going to pop up in real-world Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 25, 2026

Seventh Heaven becomes Lemon’s Heaven.

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• Japan
• (alcohol.chu-hi • canned cocktails • cocktails • cool • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • Future Lemon • Roppongi Hills • sours • Square Enix • video games)

Final Fantasy and Shinkansen announce collaboration with in-train audio play, SD art and merch

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 17, 2025

There ain’t no gettin’ offa this bullet train we’re on, till we get to…Nagoya.

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• Japan
• (awesome • bullet train • Central Japan Railway Company • cool • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR Central • JR Tokai • shinkansen • Square Enix • Tokaido Shinkansen • tourism.Japan travel • trains • travel • video games)

Final Fantasy furniture, Monster Hunter pieces too, coming from Japanese houseware company

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 18, 2025

Nitori wans to provide everything you could need for your home, including your gaming space.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • furniture • gaming furniture • interior • Monster Hunter • Nitori • Square Enix • Street Fighter • video games)

Japanese high school Final Fantasy VII not an April Fool’s Joke, is playable this month【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 24, 2025

Cloud, Sephiroth, Tifa, and more are headed to high school in Youth Fantasy Evecri Academy VII inside Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis.

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• Japan
• (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis • Square Enix • video games • Youth Fantasy Evecri Academy VII)

Cloud’s Final Fantasy Buster Sword is now a cat scratching pad thanks to Square Enix Pets

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 5, 2025

Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest-themed items are ready to level-up your pet supply setup.

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• Japan
• (Buster Sword • cats • dogs • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • pets • slime • Square Enix • Square Enix Pets • SQUX Pets • video games)

Final Fantasy VII cast goes to Japanese high school, and MAYBE it’s not an April Fools’ Day joke

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 2, 2025

Cloud, Sephiroth, and others reimagined as teenagers attending high school in the Japanese city of “Midogaru.”

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• Japan
• (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Square Enix • video games • Youth Fantasy Evecri Academy VII)

Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Dragon Quest pet product line announced by Square Enix

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 5, 2024

Buster sword chew toys, Slime beds, and more.

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• Japan
• (animals • cool • dogs • Dragon Quest • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Kingdom Hearts • pets • slime • Square Enix • Tetsuya Nomura • video games)

Final Fantasy VII art team reveals old-school way they got the game’s sandwiches looking so good

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2024

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s sandwiches look good enough to eat, which makes sense considering how they were created.

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• Japan
• (clever • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • food • sandwiches • Square Enix • Square Enix Cafe • video games)

Fox-boy Sephiroth really wants Cloud to eat some noodles in new Donbei/Final Fantasy video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 28, 2024

Final Fantasy VII’s villain gets a foxy makeover as he forcibly recommends a meal for his rival.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Donbei • Donei • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • food • funny • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • Square Enix • udon • video • video games)

Cloud makes unforgivable date mistake in Final Fantasy VII teaser video from Square Enix【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 16, 2024

That’s a good way to get yourself dolphin-punched right in the jaw, Cloud.

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• Japan
• (Cloud Strife • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • funny • Square Enix • Tifa • Tifa Lockhart • video • video games)

You can eat a Fat Chocobo, Sephiroth macarons as part of Japan’s new Final Fantasy sweets lineup

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2023

Final Fujiya Fantasy.

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• Japan
• (cafe • cake • Chocobo • cute • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • food • Fujiya • macarons • Peko-chan • restaurants • Sephiroth • sweets • Tifa)

Puppy-face Cloud, dolphin-punch Tifa, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at Tokyo Game Show 2023【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2023

It’s been a long wait for the next chapter in the Final Fantasy VII remake, but Square Enix finally gave us a taste.

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• Japan
• (COK • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • SNJO • Square Enix • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2023 • video games)

Equip yourself in Final Fantasy style with Samantha Thavasa’s new FFX and VII bag lines【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 13, 2023

Clever character motifs for Yuna, Sephiroth, and more that fans will spot, style anyone can appreciate.

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• Japan
• (bags • cool • fashion • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy X • Samantha Thavasa • Square Enix • wallets)

Tokyo Game Show 2022: Hands-on with Resident Evil Village VR and the new Final Fantasy

• SoraNews24
  Sep 19, 2022

But hand off the life-size Atalier Ryza figure’s thighs.

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• Japan
• (Atelier Ryza • COK • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy Crisis Core • Final Fantasy Reunion • Final Fantasy VII • Resident Evil • Resident Evil Village • SNJO • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2022 • video games)

McDonald’s USA wishes Final Fantasy VII a happy 25th anniversary

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2022

Golden Arches salute the landmark video game’s milestone.

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• Japan, USA
• (cool • fast food • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • food • McDonald's • Square Enix • video games)

Image-generating AI’s picture of “Final Fantasy VII Cloud” is so wrong, yet so right

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 14, 2022

Simultaneously looks exactly and nothing like the Final Fantasy hero.

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• Japan
• (AI • Cloud Strife • crazy • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • funny • image generating AI • Midjourney • Square Enix • video games • weird)

Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Cloud (dress version) is getting the high-end figure treatment【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 24, 2022

Relive your memories of Cloud’s tactical makeover.

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• Japan
• (Cloud Strife • figures • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII remake • Square Enix • video games)

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