ff7 revelation shocks gaming world as Square Enix admits secret characters were cut from original 1997 release.
A newly unearthed developer diary from the Final Fantasy VII production team has ignited a firestorm online, revealing that three major characters—including a playable Sephiroth—were fully programmed but scrapped just weeks before the game's launch. The diary, shared by a former Square employee on Reddit, claims these "ghost characters" were removed to streamline the narrative, but fans are now demanding Square Enix release a patch to restore them. However, is this actually true? Fact-checkers have confirmed the diary's authenticity through multiple sources, but the viral claim that "Sephiroth's full moveset from the final boss fight exists in the code" is fake. The diary does mention a scrapped character named "Zack's brother," but no playable Sephiroth. The real revelation is that the cut content was repurposed for the 2020 remake.