Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth contains many open questions & mysteries, and we aim to provide answers for as many of them as we can. Part 1 deals with the rather unexpected and quite bewildering prologue.

#ff7rebirth #prologue #gameanalysis #ffviirebirth

This video is based on the (footnoted & hyperlinked) article first posted to our Substack on April 7 2025: open.substack.com/pub/ccobservatory/p/a-peculiar-prologue-making-sense-of-ffvii-rebirth-part1

Vyzzuvazzadth: Analysis, script (Substack article), narration
Dachdagger: Video editing, footage

00:00 Intro
00:26 Previously on CCO
01:51 Let's Go
02:28 Chapter 1: Summary & Honorable Mentions
04:45 Reactor Shape Revisited
05:54 Funeral Pyre
06:21 Hidden Message?
07:40 White Feather, Again
08:03 Interrupted by Vehicle
08:23 Chapter 2: The Nature of the Terrier World
13:18 Chapter 3: The Fate of Avalanche
20:34 Chapter 4: The Role of this Prologue
21:11 How to Split the Story
22:18 A Different Story Arc
26:08 Answering Questions
27:55 A Big Bridge
29:42 Wrapped Up or Not?
30:55 Zack’s Importance & Bonds
33:04 Outro

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|| REFERENCES

First FFVII Rebrith teaser: youtu.be/H_4CkyOmuuU
First full-length trailer: youtu.be/HkD8BCCYsS0

Teaser analysis (part 1): ccobservatory.substack.com/p/ffvii-rebirth-teaser-trailer-dissected
Trailer analysis: ccobservatory.substack.com/p/rebirth-through-altered-memories
How I Really Feel About FFVII Rebirth:
ccobservatory.substack.com/p/how-i-really-feel-about-ffvii-rebirth
How to Split FFVII's Story Into Multiple Games:
ccobservatory.substack.com/p/how-to-split-final-fantasy-viis-story

Square reactor analysis: youtu.be/zUJfdq_TcZI?t=3735

Written media translations from Japanese: shinraarchaeology.com/index.html

News articles & interviews:
novacrystallis.com/2016/04/final-fantasy-vii-remake
web.archive.org/web/20170306224215/http://press.na.square-enix.com/releases/586/final-fantasy-vii-remake-showcased-at-playstation-experience
cbr.com/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-playable-without-final-fantasy-7-remake
cbr.com/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-zack-fair-major-role
sony.com/en/brand/createthebeyond/voicesofcreativity/pspa1
novacrystallis.com/2012/12/japan-ranks-their-favorite-male-characters-from-the-final-fantasy-series

Pote pote meaning: jisho.org/search/potepote
303 Pote interpretation: https://x.com/deltasyn/status/1909288408460976615

The Butterfly Effect: britannica.com/science/butterfly-effect
Yogachara: britannica.com/topic/Yogachara
Collective Unconscious: britannica.com/science/collective-unconscious
Lucid Dreaming: sleepfoundation.org/dreams/lucid-dreams
Schrödinger's Cat: britannica.com/science/Schrodingers-cat

|| MUSIC USED

Red XII Theme
Cissnei's Theme
Stamp's Theme B
Theme of Aerith
Inside The Lifestream (Section 2)
The Grasslands - A New Journey Begins