With the release of Last Fantasy VII Rebirth just weeks away, it’s ending up being generously clear that Square Enix is playing quick and loose with the initial video game’s script. That held true of FF7 Remakehowever the most current State of Playfocused completely on Renewalwas a bounty of spoilers and scenes that recommend this video game will deviate much more from the anticipated story. That’s since it’s still not totally clear just what this remake trilogy is. A remake or a reimagining? It is similarly both of these things and neither of these things. And thanks to one scene from the State of Play trailerI’m likewise encouraged that it is a follow up to the 1997 initial
3 Things We Learned From The Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Demo
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Among all of the exposes consisted of in the remarkably spoiler-filled State of Play trailer is a scene that stands apart due to the little information hinting towards something bigger going on. It occurs in the renowned Sector 5 Slums Church where Cloud experiences Aerith for the 2nd time after he fails the roofing system and arrive at a bed of yellow flowers (which have actually given that ended up being a repeating image in the series). The brief scene illustrating a discussion in between Aerith and Cloud just lasts a couple of seconds however, significantly, Aerith looks a little various from how we generally see her. Instead of having her hair in a long braid held up with a pink ribbon, her hair falls loosely throughout her face and back. It’s a small modification however one that instantly mentions among the most essential minutes in FF7: Aerith’s death
The heart-wrenching minute in FF7 has actually ended up being so popular for mentally scarring a generation of players that there were as soon as whispered reports of a secret method to restore her. Even Robert Pattinson still isn’t over her death. Square Enix has actually been leaning into the secret of how Renewal will manage this minute, teasing fans with the understanding that Renewal’s story will end after the Forgotten Capital, where Aerith satisfies her end– a minimum of, in the initial video game. Because famous scene, Aerith is up to the ground after being driven through with Sephiroth’s sword, and as she strikes the ground the white materia falls from her hair and her ribbon comes reversed, letting her locks complimentary. This is likewise how she appears in the brief scene throughout State of Play: sans ribbon and hair down. She holds the white materia out towards Cloud, informing him to take it. She states, “This isn’t about me. It’s about conserving the world … and you.”
This isn’t a scene from the 1997 video game. That alone isn’t unexpected, thinking about just how much brand-new material the remake trilogy has actually included by breaking the story into 3 parts and fleshing every one out into its own prolonged RPG. The images of Aerith and the white materia makes me believe this may not be the Aerith we understand in RemakeRather, this is the Aerith of the initial FF7As an Ancient, Aerith is in-tune with the Lifestream, the energy and memory of all living things on earth. The broadened FF7 universe has actually developed that particular souls who have actually handed down to sign up with the Lifestream might still have an effect on the living world through visions and even through physical symptoms. Aerith does this in Arrival Childrenappearing to Cloud in a field of those very same flowers from the Church.
It is possible that the remake trilogy is some sort of alternate timeline that has actually been tinkered by Sephiroth’s awareness in the Lifestream trying to reword the past, and Aerith’s spirit continues to fight him and is appearing to Cloud in order to assist him beat Sephiroth. If so, that develops the remake trilogy as not just a retelling however likewise a follow up to the initial FF7Whatever the fact of this scene is, we will not need to wait long to learn considering that Last Fantasy VII Rebirth releases specifically for PS5 on February 29.