Final Fantasy 7 fans are spreading positivity on Twitter in ‘thank you’ messages to developers following harassment directed towards one writer.
Last month, we reported how veteran Square Enix writer Kazushige Nojima was asking Final Fantasy fans to stop bombarding him with messages. Demands were made from individuals that Nojima kill off certain characters in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and Nojima promptly asked them to cut it out.
Now, Final Fantasy 7 fans are spreading messages of positivity towards both the original game and Rebirth’s development team. ‘ThankYouFFVIIDevs‘ was trending on Twitter earlier today, December 18, with tweets like the ones below seeing folk reminisce on why they love the series so much.
The trend appears to have originated from a Nojima tweet from roughly a week ago, where the writer reflected on internet messages. Nojima recalls how, ever since the days of the Japanese forum website ‘2channel,’ he’s seen messages criticizing his work as an inevitability, but messages these days frustrate him because they’re instead directed at him as a person.
So it would seem Nojima is still being bombarded with rude messages on Twitter, where he mostly just tweets about food and his guinea pigs. The responses to Nojima’s tweet above are full of people decrying the messages and praising Nojima for his commitment to the Final Fantasy 7 franchise over the years.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is set to launch next year on February 29, 2024, exclusively for PS5. You can read all about what we made of the new RPG when we played it for ourselves in our full Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth preview.
Read up on our guide to all the upcoming PS5 games for a look ahead at the other big-time exclusives Sony has slated for next year.
Source: gamesradar.com
