While riding on a motorcycle, Cloud battled enemies with melee weapons and magic with help from other Final Fantasy VII characters.

Square Enix and developer CyberConnect2 conceived of the game as a series of titles for mobile devices that would see the Final Fantasy VII mini-games remade.

[9] The idea to create a mobile game based on Final Fantasy VII came from Square Enix producer Ichiro Hazama.

They chose them because the developer company's staff had a close relationship with character designer Tetsuya Nomura, who worked with them on earlier projects.

In that film, Cloud fights enemies while driving a vehicle named Fenrir, which Hazama thought was "very cool, and radical", and influences from the title went into the game.

[10] Matsumaya described the early submission and evaluation processes with Square Enix's newly-established game screening department as "bumpy".

[23] Kyle Hilliard of Game Informer concluded that fans would not be upset that Square Enix announced G-Bike's release instead of Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Jason Schreier of Kotaku claimed that the initial public reaction was general surprise upon hearing Square Enix was announcing a new minigame.

[1] Mike Wehner of Engadget pronounced that people would be disappointed that Square Enix was not ready with the Final Fantasy VII Remake.

[18] Nikola Suprak of Hardcore Gamer went so far as to call the developers "trolls" for even working on a minigame with the main Final Fantasy remake unfinished.

[25] Hidetsugu Naya of AppGet had more typical criticisms and noted the frequent load times and the many hours of gameplay required to unlock supporting characters.

[3] In retrospect, Kat Bailey of USGamer said that because Square Enix has not localized the game into English, the title would stay obscure as most players will never hear about it.