FFVII Ever Crisis Academy High School AU Is Real

For April Fools’ Day 2025, Square Enix made up a Final Fantasy VI high school AU (alternate universe) for FFVII Ever Crisis called Rival Fantasy Ever Crisis Academy Seven, and now it will turn it into an actual in-game event. There will be an original story, equipment and costumes for characters that dress them like their school days counterparts. The event is set to debut in May 2025, ahead of a June 2025 rerun of the FFVI crossover and a August 2025 debut of a Dragon Quest Tact crossover.

At the moment, only the Japanese social media account shared the reveal of the FFVII Ever Crisis high school AU event and characters, but the Japanese and global events happen pretty much simultaneously. Square Enix kicked things off with a trailer showing the concept of Midgard Seventh High School gym teacher Barret Wallace attempting to put together a baseball team capable of beating Shinra Private Academy. Cloud Strife doesn’t care about baseball and wants to become Midgard’s Brawler: First Class at school, even though his childhood friend Tifa Lockhart is concerned about him. Meanwhile, Zack Fair is the actual Brawler: First Class at the moment, and Aerith Gainsborough is the delinquent leader of Team Cetra. Barret’s influence is potentially going to result in them all working together.

The first teaser trailer and images confirmed some of the FFVII Ever Crisis high school AU featured characters with themed equipment and weapons and also showed them in action. Tifa and Aerith will get school uniform gear and weapons, while Barret will get his PE teacher jumpsuit and a harisen paper fan weapon instead of a more traditional gun arm. There will also be special home screen wallpapers, with one confirmed one showing Shinra Private Academy music teacher Glenn Lodbrok with students Sephiroth and Angeal Hewley.

Here are the official images for the three character costumes and weapons and the first home screen wallpaper.

Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis is available for PCs and mobile devices, and the FFVII high school AU event Rival Fantasy Ever Crisis Academy Seven will take place in May 2025. The website for the April Fools’ reveal is live.

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