Summary

• Final Fantasy 7 has left a lasting mark on the gaming world, with references showing up in various popular games like The Simpsons Game.
• From Astro's Playroom to Yakuza 6, Final Fantasy 7 references can be found in unexpected places, delighting fans of the iconic game.
• Even games like World of Warcraft and Grand Theft Auto 4 pay homage to Final Fantasy 7, showcasing the enduring impact of this classic RPG.

Since its launch in 1997, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 7 has remained ever-popular. Both 👍the original and remake are beloved, with many gamers around the world claiming it as th💧eir favorite video game. Final Fantasy 7 is so popular, in fact, that you can find tons of references to it.

Some references are quite simple, such as mentioning Cloud, while others can be quite complex. Regardless of the reference's depth, it's always exciting to see Final Fantasy 7 appear in other games. Here, you can check out the best Final Fantasy 7 references in video games.

This does not include ꧒characters physically appearing in other games, such as Cloud being in Kingdℱom Hearts.

8 Theꦓ Simpsons Game

In 2007, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Simpsons Game launched, based on the popular televi𓆉sion show. Within the level "Big Super Happy Fun Fun Game", you can find floating heads that reference a specific evil corporation. The name of this corporation? Rin Sha, of course! This name comes 👍from Shinra, which has a huge presence in Final Fantasy 7.

Interestingly, 🦋there are aꦏ few other Final Fantasy references in this level. For example, the flying boat in this level is a reference to the flying Airship from the series. This makes sense though, as this entire level is packed full of references, with many being from Japanese media.

7 Astro's Playroom

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Astro's Playroom is a game that comes with every PlayStation 5. It's meant to help you understand the limits of the console, while also having some fun at the same time. The game itself is absolutely packed with references to games on the console. So obviously, Final Fantasy 7 made an appearance.

In the Turbo Trail section of SSD Speedway, you can find 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:t⛦he Buster Sword sticking out of tꦆhe ground, with the light perfectly shini🏅ng down. Around the sword, you can find several bots looking at it. The sword towers over the bots, making them look comically small.

6 𒁃 The Last Of Us 🍸Part One

Final Fantasy 7 references have even made their way to games like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Last of Us. In the first part of the game, within chapter eight, yo🍒u can find a poster depicting Cloud and Tifa, with Japa🌄nese text saying "Stargazer".

In the poser, Cloud and Tifa are cuddling together, with the word Stargazer being a reference to Stargazer Heights. This location is an apartment building 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:where you can find Tifa, giving the location releva🅰nce in The Last of Us Part One reference.

5 🔯 World of W𝓰arcraft

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:World of Warcraft has been around for a very long time, although not quite as long as Final Fantasy. With numerous video game references in this 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:popular MMORPG, it's no wonder that Final Fantasy 7 has made its mark.

In the city of Dalaran, you ca🍸n find a Bl🔯ood Elf named Koraud and a human named Aerith Primrose. This, of course, is a reference to Cloud and Aerith. Koraud serves as the bodyguard for Aerith Primrose, who is a florist in Runeweaver Square.

4 Terraria

Terraria is another game filled with references. One weapon that you can acquire in this 2D sandbox game is the Breaker Blade, which is strikingly similar to Cloud's Buster Sword.

The Breaker Blade even has two little spots near the handle; one green and one red. These represent the spots where y🍸ou can put Materia orbs. Interestingly, this is one of the largeꩲst swords in the game, with other two other weapons surpassing its size.

3 Yakuza 6

Deep down, we all think that Sephiroth is dreamy. Apparently, so do the characters of Yakuza 6. Within this game, you'll get the chance to talk to a hostess, who begins describing a man she likes. This man is none other than Sephiroth, and she says, "His beautiful, straight, silver hair cascades down to his waist, and his sword is longer than he is".

If you're unsure about this reference, she even follows it up by saying that "he's the villain of an RPG I played when I was younger". There is no doubt that this is Sephiroth. Rather than being a real character in the game, Final Fantasy 7 is also a video game in the Yakuza world.

2 Parasite Eve 🅠

Parasite Eve launched just one year after Final Fantasy 7, but it was also developed by Square (this was before the company merged with Enix, becoming 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Square Enix). In this game, you can fin𓄧d a poster depicting artwork of Cloud and Aerith by Yoshitaka Amano. This is an artist who has worked on many Final Fantasy games.

This art originally came from the Final Fantasy 7: Original Soundtrack booklet. If you've played the Parasite Eve sequel, you can also find a reference here. Within a laboratory, you can interact with a computer that has a virus, with the anti-virus being called 'Cloud'. It also seems that more information about the virus can be found in a book called 'Aeris'.

1 𒁏 🙈 Grand Theft Auto 4

Lastly, we have a Final Fantasy 7 reference in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Grand Theft Auto 4. In this game, you can watch an anime called "Princess Robot Bubblegum", which seems to be a parody of Final Fantasy 7. In this anime, Princess Robot Bubblegum encounters a hero named 'Sword Boy', who carries a giant sword and is wearing an outfit filled with belts and buckles.

This parody of Cloud is seeking to defeat the Shogun of Teppanyaki, as he was the cause of an incident that killed his parents. The parallels between Cloud, his parents, and 🎃Sephiroth are obvious here.