History YMMV / FinalFantasyVIIRebirth

* OlderThanTheyThink: While certain segments of the fandom took umbrage at the overt focus on Aerith and Cloud's date in the Game Awards 2023 trailer, [[DevelopersDesiredDate traditionally Aerith has mostly been marketed alongside Cloud]], this being prevalent even after ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' expanded further on her relationship with Zack.

* OlderThanTheyThink: While certain segments of the fandom took umbrage at the overt focus on Aerith and Cloud's date in the Game Awards 2023 trailer, [[DevelopersDesiredDate traditionally Aerith has mostly been marketed alongside Cloud]], this being prevalent even after CrisisCore expanded further on her relationship with Zack.

* OlderThanTheyThink:

** The 2023 Game Award trailer extensively showcasing Aerith's Gold Saucer date with Cloud has not gone well with a sizable chunk of Cloti shippers, with claims being thrown around that Tifa was being sidelined completely in favor of Aerith in spite of multiple developer statements that the outcome of the Gold Saucer date was still dependent on player choice as with the original game. Some have even gone on to claim that the trailer made both Aerith and Cloud look like awful individuals by "cheating on" Zack and Tifa with each other respectively.

** In general, the statements from developers that they "take fan responses seriously" to the point of said viewpoints influencing the story and not just the gameplay has led to concerns that both ''Rebirth'' and the final game of the trilogy will have their entire plots be dependent on a whim on purely pandering to which fan circle shouts the loudest over considering what is the best way forward from a narrative/writing prespective.

* IKnewIt: A sizable chunk of fans that ship Clerith together and/or feel ''Hollow'' was about Cloud’s guilt at not saving Aerith in the original game speculated for months that ''Rebirth''’s theme song would be sung by Aerith. They were proven right with the Game Awards trailer.

* IKnewIt: A sizable chunk of fans that ship Clerith together and/or feel Hollow was about Cloud’s guilt at not saving Aerith in the original game speculated for months that ''Rebirth ''’s theme song would be sung by Aerith. They were proven right with the Game Awards trailer.

* ParanoiaFuel: In the Summer Game Fest trailer, Sephiroth's speech on Jenova's nature and him implying that Tifa is dead and the one in the party is a Jenova duplicate. Is he telling the truth, or is he playing his twisted mind games on Cloud like he enjoys doing? She wasn't a duplicate in the original game (with the exception of one short scene where Sephiroth impersonated her to distract Barret), but given how [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake the previous game]] has already shown how much this new trilogy is willing to change...

** Multiple developer statements that the flow of the story will be consistent with the progression of events in the original game following the 2023 Tokyo Game Show have not gone well with proponents of the theory that the Remake trilogy is a StealthSequel to the Compilation. While the developers have made multiple comments of such nature in the past, these earlier instances were generally seen to be a massive case of LyingCreator by proponents of the sequel theory. This time however, these comments were combined with claims by the devs that "fan reactions" were taken into consideration when developing both ''Rebirth'' and Part 3, as well as comments being interpreted as "most of the big mysteries will be happening in Zack's Terrier timeline disconnected from Cloud" and that he will have a "side role". These statements led to fears that the developers walked back on the idea of the Remake trilogy as a sequel due to fan backlash hitting back at the ending of ''Remake'' and confusion as to how they can even reconcile the ending of ''Remake'' with their statements without massive retcons making the story even more contrived. A speaker at the Toyko Game Show seemingly confirming via a few comments that StealthSequel elements were indeed in play, that the Sephiroth fought at the end of ''Remake'' was his post-Advent Children self, and that the "future will be very different" did little to alleviate these concerns despite the initial enthusiasm these comments generated among that crowd.

* BrokenBase: Square Enix's official ''Rebirth'' social media accounts declared that "Cait Sith" is officially pronounced "Kate Sihth" in the game. Fans are divided on whether they should just go ahead and pronounce it how it looks in English (since there's no Celtic culture in the universe of ''VII'') or whether this is hypocritical erasure of representation.

** Multiple developer statements that the flow of the story will be consistent with the progression of events following the 2023 Tokyo Game Show have not gone well with proponents of the theory that the Remake trilogy is a StealthSequel to the Compilation. While the developers have made multiple comments of such nature in the past, these earlier instances were generally seen to be a massive case of LyingCreator by proponents of the sequel theory. This time however, these comments were combined with claims by the devs that "fan reactions" were taken into consideration when developing both ''Rebirth'' and Part 3, as well as comments being interpreted as "most of the big mysteries will be happening in Zack's Terrier timeline disconnected from Cloud". These statements led to fears that the developers walked back on the idea of the Remake trilogy as a sequel due to fan backlash hitting back at the ending of ''Remake'' and confusion as to how they can even reconcile the ending of ''Remake'' with their statements without massive retcons making the story even more contrived. A speaker at the Toyko Game Show seemingly confirming via a few comments that StealthSequel elements were indeed in play, that the Sephiroth fought at the end of ''Remake'' was his post-Advent Children self, and that the "future will be very different" did little to alleviate these concerns despite the initial enthusiasm these comments generated among that crowd.

** Multiple developer statements that the flow of the story will be consistent with the progression of events following the 2023 Tokyo Game Show have not gone well with proponents of the theory that the Remake trilogy is a StealthSequel to the Compilation. While the developers have made multiple comments of such nature in the past, these earlier instances were generally seen to be a massive case of LyingCreator by proponents of the sequel theory. This time however, these comments were combined with claims by the devs that "fan reactions" were taken into consideration when developing both ''Rebirth'' and Part 3, as well as comments supposedly being interpreted as "most of the big mysteries will be happening in Zack's Terrier timeline disconnected from Cloud". This in general led to fears that the developers walked back on the idea of the Remake trilogy as a sequel due to fan backlash hitting back at the ending of ''Remake'' and confusion as to how they can even reconcile the ending of ''Remake'' with their statements without massive retcons making the story even more contrived. A speaker at the Toyko Game Show seemingly confirming via a few comments that StealthSequel elements were indeed in play, that the Sephiroth fought at the end of ''Remake'' was his post-Advent Children self, and that the "future will be very different" did little to alleviate these concerns despite the initial enthusiasm these comments generated among that crowd.

** Multiple developer statements that the flow of the story will be consistent with the progression of events following the 2023 Tokyo Game Show have not gone well with proponents of the theory that the Remake trilogy is a StealthSequel to the Compilation. While the developers have made multiple comments of such nature in the past, these earlier instances were generally seen to be a massive case of LyingCreator by proponents of the sequel theory. This time however, these comments were combined with claims by the devs that "fan reactions" were taken into consideration when developing both ''Rebirth'' and Part 3, as well as comments supposedly being interpreted as "most of the big mysteries will be happening in Zack's Terrier timeline disconnected from Cloud". This in general led to fears that the developers walked back on the idea of the Remake trilogy as a sequel due to an UnpleasableFanbase hitting back at the ending of ''Remake'' and confusion as to how they can even reconcile the ending of ''Remake'' with their statements without massive retcons making the story even more contrived. A speaker at the Toyko Game Show seemingly confirming via a few comments that StealthSequel elements were indeed in play, that the Sephiroth fought at the end of ''Remake'' was his post-Advent Children self, and that the "future will be very different" did little to alleviate these concerns despite the initial enthusiasm these comments generated among that crowd.

* TaintedByThePreview: The announcement that Vincent Valentine wouldn't be a full party member in the game and that players would have to wait until the third and final part to play as him was met with some disappointment, given his popularity among fans of ''VII'' and the series in general.

-->'''Sephiroth:''' They say she's a monster... that she can peer inside you... into the very depths of your soul. That she can become those you hate... those you fear... those you love. [...] You know that I killed her. So, who is she?

** The September State of Play trailer briefly shows Cloud riding a Segway. There were soon memes of Sephiroth competing with Cloud by having a taller segway being the length of his Masamune. Even better is that this isn't [[VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth the only RPG that will have a main character on a segway.]]

** The September State of Play trailer briefly shows Cloud riding a Segway. There were soon memes of Sephiroth competing with Cloud by having a taller segway being the length of his Masamune.

** The September State of Play trailer briefly shows Cloud in a segway. There were soon memes of Sephiroth competing with Cloud by having a taller segway being the length of his Masamune.

* ParanoiaFuel: In the Summer Game Fest trailer, Sephiroth's speech on Jenova's nature and him implying that Tifa is dead and the one in the party is a Jenova duplicate. Is he telling the truth, or is he playing his twisted mind games on Cloud like he enjoys doing? She wasn't a duplicate in the original game (with the exception of one short scene where Sephiroth impersonated her to distract Red XIII), but given how [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake the previous game]] has already shown how much this new trilogy is willing to change...

* ParanoiaFuel: In the Summer Game Fest trailer, Sephiroth's speech on Jenova's nature and him implying that Tifa is dead and the one in the party is a Jenova duplicate. Is he telling the truth, or is he playing his twisted mind games on Cloud like he enjoys doing? She wasn't a duplicate in the original game [[spoiler:(with the exception of one short scene where Sephiroth impersonated her to distract Red XIII)]], but given how [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake the previous game]] has already shown how much this new trilogy is willing to change...

* ParanoiaFuel: In the Summer Game Fest trailer, Sephiroth's speech on Jenova's nature and him implying that Tifa is dead and the one in the party is a Jenova duplicate. Is he telling the truth, or is he playing his twisted mind games on Cloud like he enjoys doing? She wasn't a duplicate in the original game, but given how [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake the previous game]] has already shown how much this new trilogy is willing to change...

* ParanoiaFuel: In the Summer Game Fest trailer, Sephiroth's speech on Jenova's nature and him implying that Tifa is dead and the one in the party is a Jenova duplicate. Is he telling the truth or is he playing his twisted mind games on Cloud like he enjoys doing?

* ParanoiaFuel: In the Summer Game Fest trailer, Sephiroth's speech on Jenova's nature and him implying that Tifa is dead and the one in the party is a Jenova duplicate. Is he telling the truth or is he playing his mind games on Cloud like he enjoys doing?

* ParanoiaFuel: In the Summer Game Fest trailer, Sephiroth's speech on Jenova's nature and him implying that Tifa is dead and the one in the party is a Jenova duplicate.