Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The first proper Final Fantasy VII Rebirth trailer at Summer Game Fest 2023 provided a bunch of new story and plot mysteries to chew on and we will dive into all of them.

This video is based on the (footnoted & hyperlinked) article first posted to our Substack:
ccobservatory.substack.com/p/rebirth-through-altered-memories

Vyzzuvazzadth: Analysis, script (Substack article)
Kutakuma: Voice over
Dachdagger: Video editing & footage

0:00:00 Prologue
0:01:47 Introduction
0:02:44 Warm-Up - White Portal
0:05:36 Lifestream Particles
0:08:04 Glitched Transition
0:09:18 Yuffie’s Fear
0:11:00 Barret’s Tattoo
0:11:46 Getting Serious - Outfit Change - Animations, Ratings & Fitting in
0:13:55 Outfit Change - Plot Inclusion
0:14:30 Outfit Change - Tied to the New Mystery
0:16:10 Impostor
0:19:30 Diving into the Mystery - Destructive Tornado
0:23:50 Innocuous Change
0:25:06 More Questionable Observations
0:26:27 Wrong Sectors
0:29:29 Fact or Fiction
0:31:19 Questioning Reality - Critical Condition
0:33:36 Sephiroth’s Feather
0:34:16 White Tuft
0:37:13 Connection to Aerith
0:38:23 Larger Context
0:39:12 Whispers Return
0:42:11 Time and Space
0:43:55 Clouded Horizon - Conspicuous Absence
0:45:38 Gone to Reunion
0:47:32 Tifa’s Doubts
0:54:12 The Big Picture - Faithfulness
0:55:01 Direct retelling
0:59:22 Expansions
1:01:22 New Mystery
1:03:55 Trailer Direction
1:05:21 Connecting the Dots - Summary & Reminders
1:11:24 A Cloudless Journey
1:15:37 Destiny’s Crossroads
1:23:17 Alternate Reality
1:26:28 Wrapping Up - Summary
1:28:43 Ending Scenes
1:31:24 Final Points
1:33:26 Outro

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|| REFERENCES

FFVII Remake reveal trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=Kznek1uNVsg
FFVII Rebirth First Look teaser trailer: youtu.be/H_4CkyOmuuU
FFVII Rebirth SGF 2023 trailer: youtu.be/HkD8BCCYsS0

Leaky pipe during the fade-in: ccobservatory.substack.com/p/mako-leak
Yuffie overlooking the swampland: twitter.com/CC_Observatory/status/1407363399890112512

sA-37 type Motor Tricycle: finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII_transport#sA-37_type_Motor_Tricycle
Wakaremichi translations: jisho.org/search/%E5%88%86%E3%81%8B%E3%82%8C%E9%81%93
Square Enix Image Studio Division: gematsu.com/2021/03/square-enix-merges-visual-works-division-and-image-arts-division-to-form-square-enix-image-studio-division
Chocobo Hot-and-Cold: finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Chocobo_Hot_and_Cold
Ockham’s Razor: britannica.com/topic/Occams-razor
Rigor Mortis: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549867
Bird feathers: wakingupwild.com/photography/guides-feathers-skulls-artifacts/bird-feather-identification-guide

|| MUSIC USED

- Final Fantasy VII Remake
Red XIII's Theme - Nothing More
Crab Warden
Train Graveyard
Ending - Out of Destiny's Reach
Who Am I?
Jenova Calls
Avalanche's Theme
Those Chosen by the Planet - Destiny Comes
Midgar Expressway
Midgar, City of Mako
Shinra's Theme
The Promised Land - Cycle of Souls
One-Winged Angel - Rebirth
Whorl of Whispers
Before the Storm
Hole in the Sky
Main Theme of FFVII - Nightfall in the Undercity
Jessie's Theme
Arbiter of Fate - Singularity
Respite in the Rafters
Under the Rotting Pizza (Normal/Battle/Station)
Just Another Job
Aerith's Theme - Memories
Words Left Unheard
Anxiety

- Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Descendant of Shinobi
Your Girl Finally Made It!
The Shadow of Materia

- Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII
The Mako City
A Closed Off Village (from FFVII ''Anxious Heart'')
Night of Seclusion (REUNION Ver.)

- Final Fantasy VII
Reunion