Square Enix has lastly defined the logic behind what many followers think about to be a plot gap in Final Fantasy 7 Remake, justifying it via Aerith having obscure recollections of future occasions.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s protagonist Cloud likes to maintain to himself, so when he meets Aerith and he or she already is aware of he is an ex-SOLDIER (a selected army group) and now a mercenary, there is not any apparent approach for her to know that.
It’s been a hotly-contested second for years, with gamers’ strongest principle being {that a} good friend of Aerith referred to as Zack was additionally a SOLDIER, so she’d recognise the look, however many others nonetheless did not purchase it.
Square Enix has lastly weighed in via a tweet translated by Siliconera, and spoilers for each variations of Final Fantasy 7 forward, it is simply as bizarre as the opposite meta plotlines taking place in Remake. Just as the brand new model is altering key story moments earlier than unusual ghost monsters referred to as Whispers power them again into place, Aerith is listening to comparable echoes of the multiverse.
Even although the pair hadn’t met till now, Aerith has obscure recollections of future occasions due to her multiverse self already understanding Cloud, Square Enix mentioned. When Aerith calls him a mercenary, she’s apparently doing so unintentionally as a result of she subconsciously already holds this data.
The Whispers try to undo and “right” these plot adjustments from the unique sport although, because the tweet explains they sap a few of Aerith’s future recollections each time they contact her.
Only time nicely inform precisely how these future recollections, Whispers, and multiverses play out in the remainder of Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s story, which is now confirmed to be a trilogy.
Part two, formally referred to as Rebirth, is because of launch this winter and followers are already noticing references to the unique sport in its advertising and marketing. A prolonged trailer from Summer Game Fest gave followers their first correct have a look at the sport in a yr and got here on the finish of every week’s price of generally insightful however extra typically weird Q&A posts from Square Enix.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
