To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Artnia, Square Enix’s cafe and merchandise store, Tetsuya Nomura designed special artwork depicting Zack from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VIIJack Garland from Strangers of Heaven: Final Fantasy Originand Magnetic Brain Kingdom Hearts Cross Alliance. company announced that the illustration will be on display starting December 29, 2022. [Thank you, sanagiSO!]
Along with the store’s 10th Anniversary, Tetsuya Nomura celebrated the store’s 20th Anniversary with his artwork. Heart Kingdomwith Brain as the chosen representative, 25th Anniversary Celebration Final Fantasy VII with Zack Fair and the entire 35th Anniversary The Last Illusion franchise with Jack Garland.
Artist Kazuko Shibuya, who worked on the original Final Fantasy game for the Super Famicom, also contributed to the event with an illustration of classic White Mage and Dark Mage designs from the original Final Fantasy. Toshiyuki Itahana, responsible for the design in chocobo series, joining them with an artwork depicting the main character, accompanied by a miniature version of the Omega robot and a Moogle.
You can see the special illustrations in the following tweet by user sanagiSO:
近め で 撮っ た やつ#アルトニア#FF35th #FFVII25th #_DUCK #KH20th #Hearts Kingdom #キングダムハーツ pic.twitter.com/1UrBlMJqe5
– (@sanagiSO) December 29, 2022
Zack was chosen to represent Final Fantasy VII particularly relevant, as the recent release of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion bring him back into the limelight. This happened along with a statement from his Japanese voice actor alluding to Zack is the main character in the upcoming second part of FFVII remaketitled Final Fantasy VII Reincarnation.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion available on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Windows Computer. FFVII reborn will arrive on PS5 in Winter of 2023 and may include references to Zack Fair.
