Creating Climate Conscious Players: Final Fantasy VII’s Ecoactivist Fan Communities

This paper examines the ecocritical message espoused by characters in Final Fantasy VII and Remake uses affect theory to better understand fan response these beliefs. From there, I note publishing company, Square-Enix, recently declared interest pursuing NFT technology as a potential revenue stream despite environmental concerns this brings, which resembles villainous organization Shinra games. Fan Square-Enix’s projects indicates how fans may identify with absorb ideologies of video games, even when that ideology sets opposition companies behind original game(s).