Kazushige Nojima
Cloud's initial redesign for "Final Fantasy VII Remake" departed more dramatically from the original's, but was later altered to more closely resemble Nomura's original design. In an early event from "Final Fantasy VII", Cloud crossdresses in order to find Tifa. Nomura noted this event was popular with the fans and reassured the remake would keep this part. On the other hand, the character designer stated that their final design was not decided yet. Kazushige Nojima worked on making Cloud's interactions with Tifa and Barret natural. Despite fear of the possible end result, Nojima also wanted the players to connect with the character once again. Kitase further claimed that in the remake they aimed to make Cloud more inexperienced and more informal than in "Advent Children", due to him not being fully mature.