13 Biggest WTF Video Game Moments Since 2010

3. Square Enix Actually Announces A Final Fantasy VII Remake

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Having spent nearly two decades trying to placate Final Fantasy VII's gigantic fan base with sequels, remasters and spin-offs - anything but a remake, essentially - Square Enix finally bowed to the pressure in 2015 and gave the world what it oh so desperately wanted.

Cloud, Sephiroth, Aerith and the rest of the gang will all return to Midgar at some point in the - hopefully, near - future, its existence essentially being a license for Square to print money, but I'll eat my treasured copy of the original if it manages to replicate even a portion of the original's success.

Forget smoking, war or unsupervised trips through the African savanna, nostalgia can be far more detrimental to one's health than any of those, especially when it has had twenty years to take root in your mind like a thought-altering parasite.

Until the time comes where the internet indulges in endless comparisons and debates over which one is the superior version, we can all at least agree that the below was one of 2015's hottest talking points. Watch, re-watch and then watch it again.

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