Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Shocks Fans By Changing Sephiroth VA

Sephiroth goes to sound completely different in Final Fantasy VII Revelation. That’s as a result of the ultimate sport in Sq. Enix’s remake trilogy shall be altering the actor enjoying its huge closing boss. Tyler Hoechlin, who voiced the One-Winged Angel in each Remake and Rebirth, was unavailable through the manufacturing of the third sport, based on director Naoki Hamaguchi.

When Revelation was revealed at Summer time Sport Fest, some followers instantly realized that Sephiroth’s English VA sounded off. Whereas some puzzled if it was only a bizarre dubbing situation, Hamaguchi later confirmed in an interview with Twitch streamer Maximilian Dood that Hoechlin won’t be voicing the enduring antagonist within the closing sport attributable to obvious scheduling conflicts. The developer didn’t elaborate a lot past that.

Two issues I seen in regards to the FF7 Revelation trailer:

1) Sephiroth’s closing line in Japanese is a direct homage to the Fringe of Creation scene the place he says “the longer term is as much as you, Cloud.”

2) Did they modify Sephiroth’s EN VA??? pic.twitter.com/md32K3Ygt3

— ☆オードリーAudrey☆ (@aitaikimochi) June 5, 2026

As a substitute, voice actor Travis Willingham shall be taking up the function of Sephiroth for the English VA in Revelation. Willingham at present voices Thor and Physician Doom in Marvel Rivals. He was additionally Aced in Sq. Enix’s Kingdom Hearts sequence, and has voiced a bunch of English anime dubs, together with Full Metallic Alchemist (Roy Mustang) and One Piece (Portgas D. Ace).

This has left some followers disenchanted on the late stage change. “So yeah, I’m coronary heart damaged to say Sephiroth has a brand new Eng VA, one wrote. “Man, what a bummer…I used to be trying ahead to his efficiency & Morikawa’s.” It’s additionally led to a good bit of confusion, with many declaring that Hoechlin has been on the conference circuit continuing to promote his role in the games. “Tyler Hoechlin isn’t employed sufficient to not be out there for this,” joked one other person on X. 

 Not everybody was a fan of Hoechlin’s tackle Sephiroth, which some thought of too cool, disinterested, and quiet. For them, a brand new voice actor is an opportunity to see a brand new spin on the character earlier than the trilogy closes out. Not like Hoechlin, who does loads of display appearing, Willingham is primarily a voice actor. I can’t say it should matter a lot to me both method. I performed the primary two video games with subtitles and can in all probability follow that for Revelation.