Final Fantasy 7made a rather strong buzz for itself back in June with theFinal Fantasy 725th Anniversary presentation. It was a livestream full of announcements for upcoming releases from theCrisis Core Reunionremaster later this year toFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthnext year. While the discussion following the event has died down a bit for now, fans can still celebrateFF7as August 11 marks Cloud Strife’s birthday. However, not many gamers expected McDonald’s to do the same.
When exactly Cloud, the protagonist ofFinal Fantasy 7, was born has been a debate for fans. In some versions of the manual that came with the original game, Cloud’s birthday is listed as August 19. However, theFF7 Ultimaniabooks that are advertised as complete encyclopedias for everything about the game and itsCompilationof other titles say that Cloud was born on August 11. As ofFinal Fantasy 7 Remake, the series seems to be going with August 11 as the spiky-haired character’s definite birthday.
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As the officialFF7Twitter sought to celebrate Cloud’s birthday with a cute image wishing the character well, an unexpected reply came from McDonald’s, the famous fast food chain. The post features an image of a cake that reads “Happy Birthday, Cloud,” and it isn’t even a branded McDonald’s cake, which makes the reply from the restaurant chain even more random.
Either despite how unprompted the Tweet was, or due to it, fans are loving the post for many different reasons. As some fans laugh at the fact that McDonald’s is celebrating Cloud’s birthday, others are talking about how the employee running the account has to beanotherFinal Fantasyfanin order to pull such a thing off.
McDonald’s itself is no stranger to video games. The company routinely works with Nintendo to promote releases such as the latestPokemonorMariotitles with collaborative Happy Meal toys, but the company also uses avideo game to train potential McDonald’s employeesthat’s been specifically made for that purpose.
However, due to how McDonald’s aims to be a family friendly restaurant and has hardly worked with other titles that aren’t rated E by the ESRB, it’s very clear thatFinal Fantasy 7is a title that’s a bit out of the company’s usual comfort zone. This only adds to the hilarity of the post, which makes it rather understandable as to why it’s making fans laugh as they awaitmore news regardingFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth’sreleasenext year.
Final Fantasy 7 Remakeis available now on PC, PS4, and PS5.
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