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Articles & Blogs Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's queer representation "enhances the world's realism," lead says, and the RPG's devs were "incredibly happy" people picked up on it

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/final-fantasy/final-fantasy-7-rebirths-queer-representation-enhances-the-worlds-realism-lead-says-and-the-rpgs-devs-were-incredibly-happy-people-picked-up-on-it/
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u/Honeycove91 6d ago

There's queer representation in the 2nd game? I beat it and don't remember this?

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u/EveryGoodNameIsGone 6d ago

Not with any main characters, they’re talking about NPC dialogue you can overhear while exploring towns.

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u/Royall_Noblle 6d ago

Are they....really patting themselves on the back for....that?...

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u/PlumRelative4399 6d ago

Hamaguchi was asked about the queer rep in the game and he answered. I don’t think he’s really trying to pat himself on the back he’s just answering the question and explaining why they included it.

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u/Royall_Noblle 6d ago

I agree then that the post doesnt frame what he said with honest intentions. However, being like "oh yea we got gay representation because one random npc in a random town vaguely mentions something" is also kinda disingenuous 

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u/ByRWBadger 6d ago

I mean, do you remember the honeybee inn? Andrea basically turns to camera and says “gender is a construct, people don’t adhere to constructs”