New Final Fantasy 7 Remake Footage Shows Off DLC Summons

A trio of videos posted on the official Final Fantasy 7 Remake Twitter account has revealed the animations and abilities for three summons: Chocobo Chick, Carbuncle, and Cactuar.

Today we're giving you a glimpse at three special #FinalFantasy VII Remake DLC summons. Take a look at Chocobo Chick, Carbuncle & Cactuar in battle!

Chocobo Chick comes with every pre-order of #FF7R, find out more here https://t.co/5ITHMObkaH pic.twitter.com/KPr7OK3Meu — FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE (@finalfantasyvii) February 19, 2020

First up is Chocobo Chick, who's definitely not just a tiny version of the classic ChocoMog summon. Instead, the tiny bird flies around Cloud and casts magic spells at its target. It's a cute little addition, but certainly doesn't seem to be the tide-turner that many summons are. Carbuncle is undoubtedly the cutest of the trio, and - as is tradition for the summon - casts Reflect on the whole party in order to protect characters from magical damage.

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— FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE (@finalfantasyvii) February 19, 2020

Finally there's Cactuar, who once again brings the 1,000 Needles attack to the battlefield. As summons in Final Fantasy 7 Remake don't just cast their signature move and then leave the fight, Cactuar can also be seen doing a much wider, 360-degree attack. Cloud is shown to defend with the Buster Sword when this attack is being used, so it seems that perhaps Cactuar doesn't distinguish between friend and foe. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=final-fantasy-7-remake-25-new-images&captions=true"] All three summons are new for the remake, and were not available in the original game. They are available through a variety of purchase-based means; Chocobo Chick is a pre-order bonus, Carbuncle comes with the Digital Deluxe or 1st Class edition, and Cactuar is available with any purchase of a deluxe edition. In other FF7 Remake news, it appears this beefy new interpretation of the classic RPG will be over 100GB. It's got a fancy new opening movie, too, and you can see how it compares to the original in our video below. If you've never played the original, catch up with episode 1 and episode 2 of our Never Played Final Fantasy 7 let's play series. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/14/final-fantasy-7-opening-movie-comparison"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. You can follow him on Twitter. 

source https://www.ign.com/articles/new-final-fantasy-7-remake-footage-shows-off-dlc-summons