LogFAQs > #974630159

My logic was based on 7R's content-stretching (I've been meaning to make this post since Summer 2020 literally, if I ever did youtube content I'd probably have done something there, but I'll make this topic someday). Basically they made a "chapter" out of 2 screens from the original game in Remake so I envisioned similar stretching in an "18 chapter" game.

Even in your example, you had 1 game covering 9 "walkthrough" sections, 10 more sections takes you to Nibelheim so it'd line up that way. Or alternatively, think about all the in-fill not addressed in the walkthrough: there'll be a chocobo farm section, a "Mine to Junon" travel section, Junon is 2 chapters, travel from Costa Del Sol to North Corel, etc. Nibelheim also works as a narratively-conclusive area for a 2nd game, as bookend from the 5-years-ago story starting the game.

But again I am pretty well throwing all that out the window seeing what they did with XVI so I'm probably joining the "end of disc 1" group, yeah. I just need to think on it!