Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s Queen’s Blood Card Game Takes Inspiration From Marvel Snap And Splatoon
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has only been out for a week, but players are already lauding the action-RPG’s card-based minigame, Queen’s Blood, for its captivating nature. At first glance, one might assume the minigame’s inclusion is an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of other card-based minigames–like The Witcher 3’s Gwent–Rebirth’s creators say most of the inspiration for its design came from two other video games: Marvel Snap and Nintedo’s third-person competitive shooter series, Splatoon.
“Although [it is] in a different genre, Splatoon offered some good pointers in terms of territory battles,” game director Nakoi Hamaguchi said in a recent interview with Kotaku. “The game rules for Marvel Snap were a helpful reference in many ways when we were deciding how to adjust the balance for Queen’s Blood in the final stages of development.”
Players are first introduced to Queen’s Blood in Chapter 2 of Rebirth, with the card game taking center stage via a tournament in Chapter 5, and several other unique matches occurring in Chapter 6. Queen’s Blood pits two players against each other, where they ultimately fight to dominate the board and encroach on enemy territory. Every turn, each player may place a card on the board with the goal of undermining their opponent’s cards, scoring points, or simply taking up space on the board. If a card’s point value reaches zero, it is destroyed, leaving an opening for one’s opponent to place a card. Ultimately, the goal is to accumulate as many points as possible.