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PUMPSOMEIRON
WallMarketis anadultentertainment
district,butpeopletherehaveto
workouttoo.In theoriginal,Cloud
hadtobattlesomeonein a squat-off
in ordertoearna blondewig(it’stoo
complicatedtoexplain).It lookslikethis
timeTifacangetinvolvedtoo,doing
pull-ups.Thesimplebutton-pressing
minigamehasevolvedintosomething
similar,butmuchflashierandmore
fully-featured.Squat,Cloud,squat!T
heoriginalFinalFantasyVIIdidn’tjust
impressusbylookinggreat,butby
beingvariedenoughforustoget
properlyimmersedinitsworld.At
timestheactionwouldswitchfrom
straightforwardrunningaround,talkingtopeople,
anddoingbattlestosomethingverydifferent.The
sameistrueoftheremake.Someminigameshave
nowbeengivenextradepth,andwe’vespotted
somenewones.Here’swhatwe’veseensofar...MINIGAMES
PEDAL TO THE METAL
One memorable section of the PS1 original had Cloud
riding down a highway, slashing enemies on bikes.
Expect even more of that here, as this time Cloud is
teaming up with Jessie, who will help him out riding
pillion. This suggests it’ll be a bigger part of the new
game than it was on PS1, where it only featured at
the end. New villain Roche has his own bike and loves
speed, so might his boss battle play out at top pace?PLAYING
DARTS
Tifa’s bar and AVALANCHE’s hideout,
7th Heaven, in the Sector 7 Slums,
has a dartboard. This means that Cloud
can use his Mako-enhanced SOLDIER
powers to show just how accurate
he is... right? In the original game the
gang’s hideout was accessed via a
pinball table. Could that be making a
playable return too? After all, FFXV has
a variation of pinball as a minigame.