{"id":554962,"date":"2026-04-28T11:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/554962\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:42:10","slug":"a-demo-for-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-is-now-available-on-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/554962\/","title":{"rendered":"A Demo For Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Is Now Available On Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sephiroth\"\/<\/a> Image: Square Enix<\/p>\n

In case you haven’t seen, we recently went hands-on<\/a> with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth<\/a> on Switch 2 ahead of its full release on 3rd June 2026.<\/p>\n

We came away feeling pretty positive about the whole thing, noting that while there were certainly some visual drawbacks, it nevertheless proves to be a worthy follow-up to Remake and a solid port.<\/p>\n

However… If you don’t want to take our word for it, then good news..! A free demo is now available on the Switch 2 eShop, so you can give it a try yourself. Clocking in at 45.1GB, it’s quite a chonky download, but this is less than half of what the full game will require at launch, setting you back 102.5GB.<\/p>\n

The demo itself contains the first two chapters from Rebirth, so it’s a fairly sizeable portion of the full game. With this in mind, progression can be carried over come 3rd June, so you won’t need to play the whole thing again.<\/p>\n

Finally, the new streamlined progression options seen in Remake also make a return in Rebirth, so you can give these a try in the demo too. This includes toggling the ability to maintain full health at all times along with dealing the absolute maximum damage possible during each combat encounter.<\/p>\n

So yes, do give it a shot and see what you think.<\/p>\n

Will you be downloading the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo on Switch 2? Share your thoughts with a comment down below.<\/p>\n

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\"Ollie<\/p>\n

Nintendo Life\u2019s resident horror fanatic, when he\u2019s not knee-deep in Resident Evil and Silent Hill lore, Ollie likes to dive into a good horror book while nursing a lovely cup of tea. He also enjoys long walks and listens to everything from TOOL to Chuck Berry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Square Enix In case you haven’t seen, we recently went hands-on with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[12020,59,376,1106,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-554962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-final-fantasy","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","11":"tag-switch-eshop","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}