have said in an “Even though it’s a Remake, please assume the story of Yuffie. Hers was not a noble sacrifice for the good of the planet. Players mention they hated “wasting” time leveling Aerith up and using her in their party before her death. Occurring at the end of the game's first part, this scene acts to motivate Cloud to further pursue his nemesis, Sephiroth. And try as we might to find meaning it in, and while I may protest it was unnecessary, there is one irrefutable fact: it happened. These changes have resulted in the game’s conclusion being dubbed Some of the more notable changes in the conclusion of the Final Fantasy VII Remake include Biggs not being dead as well as Thanks to the aforementioned differences which have contributed to the game now being dubbed a reimagining as opposed to remake, some fans are concerned about whether Aerith will still die. In the final product, their connection is more thematic than direct: Sephiroth wields Meteor, Aerith wields Holy; Sephiroth is the son of Professor Hojo, Aerith is the daughter of Hojo’s rival Professor Gast; Sephiroth thinks he is the last Cetra, but Aerith actually is.During development, the writers toyed with the idea of making them siblings or lovers, and in the latter case, Sephiroth would have been Aerith’s past lover instead of The decision to kill Aerith came fairly early in development.

From the technical glitch of Sephiroth’s gloves vanishing and reappearing, the lack of blood despite the Masamune clearly impaling her, and the questionable likelihood of Aerith immediately sinking to the bottom of the lake upon being laid in the water.Fans have also noted that the party makes no attempts to revive Aerith with items or magic and question why such things would not work on her under these circumstances.With Aerith’s popularity and the impact her death had on gamers, it seems only fair to ask — was it necessary? Cloud’s affinity for Aerith was from Zack (not to mention the player has control over who he flirts with and who he doesn’t.

The name in kana is エアリス, \"e-a-ri-su.\" Because the Japanese alphabet lacks a true \"th\" sound, ス (su) is often used as a best-fit substitute for the sound when spelling out loan words. That would remove the emotional weight of her … Cloud and his group still would have continued to the Northern Crater to find Sephiroth himself. Final Fantasy VII Remake or any further episodes as the game’s cast are no

“In the real world, things are very different… People die of disease and accident. In regards to narrative structure and the progression of the plot, did Aerith Gainsborough Aerith was killed by Sephiroth because she wielded the Speaking purely in regards to narrative structure, Aerith’s death was not needed. It is unlikely Aerith … It leaves, not a dramatic feeling but great emptiness.” Tetsuya Nomura, responsible for character design and aiding in the development of the story said “death should be something sudden and unexpected.” By killing Aerith before the player’s eyes, the developers’ intention was to purposefully invoke real feelings of loss and pain.

Then, If Aerith’s death did not have to happen for the narrative to continue, we need to examine the development process behind her character. When she, Cloud, and Director and scenario writer Yoshinori Kitase was going through the loss of his mother during development. I'll post the theory below; As for the famous death of Aerith, it’s completely up in the air. He nearly severely wounded her to the point of paralysis due to impaling her spine. The Final Fantasy VII Remake has lots of changes with characters dead in the 1997 original and conclusion of Crisis Core appearing to still be alive. It’s one of the most infamous moments in Final Fantasy history — the death of It’s a scene so shocking that many players refused to accept what they were seeing. “We’re not drastically changing the story and making it into As a central character, Aerith's death is considered one of the notable events in the history of the Final Fantasy series due to its shocking and unexpected introduction.

we imagine it means is that players will still visit the same locales and come Players who simply play through the game without thinking should experience that death scene. something completely different than the original,” Kitase is reported to In the early days of the internet, rumors persisted of ways to revive Aerith or prevent her death entirely. When players pick up Final Fantasy VII Remake, they will be expecting Aerith's death. Specific conversations would have changed, but Aerith living would not have substantially changed the events themselves. Players have even dissected the scene itself. This deeply affected his views on life, death, and family. Aerith can still die in the remake. No Clear Answer for Now Although Aerith's death was an essential development in the Original Final Fantasy 7, it's up in the air whether she will survive or not in the Remake. Speaking purely in regards to narrative structure, Aerith’s death was not needed. There is no meaning to it beyond the fact that it happens when you least expect it. Dialogue attributed to Aerith in scenes from after her death are pointed to as proof she could be revived, or that developers did not initially intend for her to die.Despite being almost 20 years old, to this day Aerith, and, of course, Forums and video comments speak of hating her, but often this hatred comes from adoration. If she does survive, this would pose a big change to the story. across the same characters yet to be introduced to the party such as Cid and

Reflecting on It is easy to imagine a scenario in which Aerith survived, and the game was not significantly changed for it. Reflecting on Final Fantasy VII’s plot developments after her death, Aerith’s continued presence would not have changed much. It would make sense that for the sake of surprising people who expect that Aerith will be …

But how often is death in real life either of those things?A young Canadian currently residing in Ontario, Adam enjoys video games including Starcraft, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, and Pokemon. We don’t know if Aerith will still die in part 2 of the The story did not need her to die, but the developers chose to have her die for no reason because they wished to do so.