Voice actor and Critical Role star Matt Mercer will play Vincent Valentine in Square Enix’s upcoming Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
As reported by Kotaku, Mercer revealed at New York Comic Con that he’d play the gun slinging pseudo-vampire within the extremely anticipated sequel to Final Fantasy 7 Remake. This was adopted up with a tweet from the official Final Fantasy Twitter account (under).
Mercer, who’s performed loads of prolific online game characters, together with Ganondorf in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, mentioned he was pranked by the Square Enix crew forward of being provided the position.
It’s official!
Matt Mercer (@matthewmercer) is the voice of Vincent Valentine in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. #FF7R pic.twitter.com/8dKq3E6EXj
— FINAL FANTASY VII (@finalfantasyvii) October 14, 2023
The voice actor was referred to as in to report strains for an unimportant NPC in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth earlier than the script display appeared to glitch and finally light to black. What emerged afterwards was the script for one more character, Vincent, revealing to Mercer that Square Enix needed him to play the long-lasting character.
A 12 months of goals culminates with this one. No sport has had the influence on me fairly like FF7 did, and to be part of it, not to mention certainly one of my favourite characters, is an honor past phrases.
Thank you all for the vitality: https://t.co/MraC4WQZ6Z https://t.co/XlQd6S6arA
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) October 14, 2023
Vincent will not be playable within the sequel however will as an alternative simply be an “accompanying character” to the social gathering much like Red XIII’s position in Final Fantasy 7 Remake. The spook was playable within the authentic sport, the place he’d wield handguns in battle and remodel into an enormous monster along with his Limit Break.
Square Enix acquired slightly philosophical lately when it defined the wild logic behind Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s field artwork. It does get a bit bizarre in terms of the sequence although, with Square Enix explaining what was lengthy thought of a plot gap in Final Fantasy 7 Remake as Aerith having obscure reminiscences of future occasions.
After going quiet on the long-awaited sequel for round a 12 months, the developer additionally took to Twitter in June to share some insightful and weird updates.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s February 29 launch date is getting nearer although, and followers are lastly studying an increasing number of concerning the sport. Square Enix confirmed it’ll function new story content material centred round Zack, and maybe even incorporate backstory for Sephiroth included in cell sport Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
