Cloud has an airship to catch, and Final Fantasy fans finally have a date to circle. Final Fantasy VII Revelation reaches PlayStation 5 on April 8, 2027. Before that, Square Enix is putting a playable demo on its Tokyo Game Show floor.

That is where the conversation gets more interesting. A trailer can sell the scale of a world. A controller can tell you whether moving through it feels good.

The Highwind changes the fantasy

In Square Enix’s September 3 announcement on PlayStation Blog, the final entry in the Remake series brings exploration aboard the Highwind, instant party-member switching in the world and a grappling gun for traversal. Certain quests let players choose which character takes the lead, affecting how events unfold. Queen’s Blood returns with a new storyline centered on Red XIII.

There is a lot there to get distracted by, in the best possible way. An airship suggests a different relationship with the map: landmarks become destinations you can approach, rather than scenery waiting beyond the next route. The promise is freedom with a party you already care about.

The character choice is just as intriguing. Taking a different person into a quest could make familiar places feel less fixed. We want to see whether those choices change the mood and texture of a scene enough to make players compare experiences afterward.

Next stop: the demo floor

Square Enix’s TGS lineup lists the Revelation demo at its booth across all show days. That confirms a chance to play at the event; it does not establish that every announced feature will be included in the demo.

Our priorities for hands-on reports are the small things that a trailer skips: switching characters while moving, reading a crowded fight, and how quickly a detour becomes something worth doing. Those details are what turn a beautiful map into a place you want to spend another evening.

A short show demo will not settle the pacing of an entire RPG. It can still give players a much stronger sense of the moment-to-moment game than another round of freeze-framing footage.

The dates to know

Tokyo Game Show runs September 17–21 at Makuhari Messe. Public entry is September 19–21; the first two days are business days. Check the organizer and Square Enix for admission and demo-access details before making plans around a particular session.

For everyone watching from home, the next useful wave of information is coming from people who actually get to play. The Highwind gets the imagination going. Now we want to know how the journey feels.

Image: Square Enix. Official Final Fantasy VII Revelation promotional artwork.