Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The ending of Final Fantasy VII Remake created many questions about the future of several characters - Zack Fair above all, as him surviving his last stand was never part of the original continuity. In this analysis, we are going to cover the future of most non-playable characters of importance and the mysteries around Zack to provide possible answers for many of the open questions that we were left with after completing the game and its DLC, Episode INTERmission:
Who is alive now?
What is Shinra up to?
Can Marlene become a Cetra?
What is Stamp all about?
Do the wooden cross and the square reactors mean anything?
What about timelines and the Lifestream?
What can we expect in future titles?
What's Zack's new purpose?
Does Remake contain meta commentary?

#finalfantasyviiremake #zackfair #endingexplained #analysis

Vyzzuvazzadth: Analysis, Script, Video editing & Voice over
Rimavelle: Video editing
Dachdagger: Footage, Video editing

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00:00:00 Teaser & Intro
00:01:49 Remaining Mysteries

00:05:09 Lost Avalanche Trio - Jessie
00:08:38 Wedge
00:12:02 Biggs
00:18:43 Shinra's Future
00:22:16 Professor Hojo
00:26:23 (Vice) President Rufus
00:32:44 Marlene's Sensitivity

00:38:24 Mysteries around Zack
00:42:13 Crossing Paths
00:46:37 Stamp Bag
00:52:42 Two Stamp designs
01:02:15 Strange Midgar
01:09:29 Return to Midgar
01:22:03 Zack's new purpose

01:37:14 Timelines & Realities
01:44:24 Ending scene locations
01:47:46 Connection to LOVELESS
01:49:35 What if Zack is real?
01:55:13 World of Final Fantasy: Maxima

02:00:41 The Future of Remake
02:04:13 Remaining memories
02:11:28 Miscellaneous expectations
02:17:57 Zack's journey

02:24:38 The End of Remake
02:30:01 Meta commentary
02:34:49 Outro

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|| MUSIC USED

- Final Fantasy VII Remake OST (Plus)
The Prelude
Red XIII's Theme - Nothing More
Ending - Out of Destiny's Reach
Muscular Mettle - Fanfare
Avalanche's Theme
Jessie's Theme
Avalanche's Theme - Wedge's Struggle
Sector 7 In Ruins
Shinra's Theme
The Turks' Theme - Office
Infiltrating Shinra HQ
Hojo Observes
Rufus Shinra
Aerith and Marlene - A Familiar Flower
Daughter's Farewell
Hollow Skies
Farm Boy (Jukebox Ver.)
Cait Sith's Theme (Jukebox Ver.)
Main Theme of FFVII (Jukebox Ver.)
The Oppressed (Jukebox Ver.)
Mako Reactor 1
Flowers Blooming in the Church
Whispers Theme
Those Chosen by the Planet
J-E-N-O-V-A Quickening
One-Winged Angel - Rebirth
Prelude
Aerith's House
Don of the Slums
Airbuster
Credits
The Journey Continues - Good-bye, City of Mako

- Advent Children
Water

- Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII
Theme of CRISIS CORE ''Under the Apple Tree''
Night of Seclusion
Theme of CRISIS CORE ''Dreams and Pride''
Wandering on a Sunny Afternoon
A Closed Off Village (from FFVII ''Anxious Heart'')

- Dirge of Cerberus
Fight Tune ''The Immaculate''

- World of Final Fantasy
Victory Melody
Prismelody: Those Who Fight
Prismelody: Mako Reactor
World of Nine Wood Hills
Hauyn's Melody