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** Although most people won't want to do this because they'll miss out on the sidequest and all the stuff you get from it, if you wait until Disc 3 to approach Wutai with Yuffie her sidequest where she steals the party's Materia and abandons them notably can't be done at that point because she's grown too attached to the party and been through too much to turn on them at that point.
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* How strong were people's reactions to the remake announcement? Enough to produce a ''[[https://youtu.be/XUMdx3ezW9s seven]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO-0o8yXRUQ hour]]'' reaction compilation.
** The reactions would later become an AscendedMeme when Square Enix released the first gameplay footage of the remake. The footage began with a few of the reactions to the initial [=E3=] teaser, ending with one fan who was literally in tears after seeing it.
* YMMV but the narration in the trailer sounds a lot like the narrator is directly speaking to the audience. That and the choice of words (look at the quotes page) is a big SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.
* The announcement that ''VII'', the game where the main ''Final Fantasy'' series officially left Nintendo consoles in favor of the [=PlayStation=] and hasn't looked back since, will be getting ported to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.
** Cloud's GuestStar appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' certainly counts as well. ''Final Fantasy'' may have been a big name for Nintendo back in the day, but seeing their most famous protagonist duking it out with Nintendo's big names after so long of being the [=PlayStation's=] KillerApp just feels... ''right,'' somehow. Especially notable in that the Switch port announcement came a few years later.
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** Cloud still talking to Aerith even after her passing. Also, he finally understands Aerith's love for the planet and the people, as well as why she did what she did. He thanks her, then reassures her that he'll take it from there.

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** * Cloud still talking to Aerith even after her passing. Also, he finally understands Aerith's love for the planet and the people, as well as why she did what she did. He thanks her, then reassures her that he'll take it from there.



** When Cloud's cell is sinking in the forest pool to the tune of that hauntingly beautiful score, it plays this touching message from Aerith: "I never blamed you. Not once. You came for me. That is all that matters."

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** When Cloud's cell is sinking in the forest pool to the tune of that hauntingly beautiful score, it plays this touching message from Aerith: "I never blamed you. Not once. You came for me. That is all that matters."" (For context, this is a voice over of Aerith from the Lifestream. The Reunion files mentions they considered having the scene end with - at the end of all the other voicemails - the last one being from Aerith when she was ''alive''. In other words, a heartwarming tearjerker that Cloud had saved her voice on his phone for that long, but it was changed up in the final cut to be less morbid).
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*** A moment later on builds on this: when the group realises what Aerith was trying to do with the Holy Materia, there's a moment where you can talk to the group and they will all talk about their memories of Aerith. Special note goes to Red XIII, who talks about how Aerith used to scratch his nose, and Cait Sith/Reeve, who says he told Elmyra what happened to Aerith and how upset she was. There's also Aerith's bond with Marlene, who was fond of her despite having only really met her once.
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* While Tifa and Barret argue about whether they were responsible for Shinra dropping the plate, Cloud just walks off - from this point on he's laser focused on rescuing Aerith from Shinra and being her bodyguard, as promised.
** The conversation the two have when locked up in Shinra HQ - despite not being able to rescue her, Aerith is just grateful Cloud came to help her at all.
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* Aerith being the last member of the team to give Cloud a power up boost during the battle with Bahamut, and them locking hands being a deliberate call back to the original game.
* Another Aerith moment: when she uses her power to cure Cloud's geostigma, she tells him, 'Let's go, Cloud'. As Tifa later comments, she's still [[BigGood helping the team from the Lifestream]], even if she isn't with them physically.


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** Another Vincent example - watch closely in the scene where Denzel's Geostigma gets cured - he's giving a small but distinct smile at the whole scene.
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** The scene becomes even more heartwarming in light of [[https://thelifestream.net/reviews-analysis/dilly-dally-shilly-shally-an-ltd-analysis/a-puppet-who-can-see-the-strings/ these extensive]] [[https://thelifestream.net/lifestream-projects/analysis/4698/the-love-triangle-of-ffvii-an-analysis-by-squall_of_seed/3/ analyses by thelifestream.net]], revealing that Cloud and Tifa did more than just huddle up together, at least in the version where players have a high affinity with Tifa. To contextualize, these are two young people who have known and even harboured feelings for each other since they were pre-teens, have never had any other romantic partners at any point in their lives as far as we know, yet have never been able to express that affection due to mutual shyness (and a LoveTriangle). Now, after having made it so far and having fought their way through so many challenges--one of which involved Tifa literally entering Cloud's mind and learning that the affection is mutual--the two finally confess their true feelings and [[PreClimaxClimax make love]], knowing that it might very well be the last and in-fact, ''only'' intimate moment they'll have together before they die. And to top it off, the scene takes place under the night sky which is full of stars, just as it was on the night that they met at the watertower, when Cloud first made his promise to Tifa.

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** The scene becomes even more heartwarming in light of [[https://thelifestream.net/reviews-analysis/dilly-dally-shilly-shally-an-ltd-analysis/a-puppet-who-can-see-the-strings/ these extensive]] [[https://thelifestream.net/lifestream-projects/analysis/4698/the-love-triangle-of-ffvii-an-analysis-by-squall_of_seed/3/ analyses by thelifestream.net]], revealing that Cloud and Tifa did more than just huddle up together, at least in the version where players have a high affinity with Tifa. To contextualize, these are two young people who have known and even harboured feelings for each other since they were pre-teens, have never had any other romantic partners at any point in their lives as far as we know, yet have never been able to express that affection due to mutual shyness (and a LoveTriangle). Now, after having made it so far and having fought their way through so many challenges--one of which involved Tifa literally entering Cloud's mind and learning that the affection is mutual--the two finally confess their true feelings to each other and [[PreClimaxClimax make love]], knowing that it might very well be the last and in-fact, ''only'' intimate moment they'll have together before they die. And to top it off, the scene takes place under the night sky which is full of stars, just as it was on the night that they met at the watertower, when Cloud first made his promise to Tifa.
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![[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake The Remake]]
* This exchange between Cloud and Tifa while the two of them are holed up together in the Shinra prison cell, as seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHdaWMP7D2s the Game Awards trailer]]. Also counts as a {{Meta}} example, since fans the world-over rejoiced at the moment that the Remake was announced after Square Enix had been teasing it for years:
-->'''Tifa:''' You...weren't thinking of leaving Midgar anytime soon, were you?
-->'''Cloud:''' Well, it seems [that] this old friend of mine's in a tight spot. A long time ago I made [[ThePromise a promise]]...so...
-->'''Tifa:''' I'm really glad to have you back Cloud. [beat] Really glad.
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!''Advent Children''

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!''Advent Children''![[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]
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-->'''Tifa:''' You...weren't thinking of leaving Midgar anytime soon were you?

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-->'''Tifa:''' You...weren't thinking of leaving Midgar anytime soon soon, were you?



![[Literature/OneTheWayToASmile On the Way to a Smile]]

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