Hang on a sec, just because I appreciate a good villan and his/her plans, means I need help? That's gotta be one of the most hilarious things I've heard. Thanks for the laugh. Meh, yeah, kinda sckrewed up on the useless part, so I'll explain. Her stats were better then Cloud's when it came to using magic, so I used her for that. However, there was only a slight difference between Cloud and Aerith's magic. The problem is, her mp was draining pretty quickly and unless if I had alot of ethers and tents (which I didn't), her usefulness drops by alot. She can't do decent physical damage, so she doesn't have any alternetive to casting spells. Heck, in the long run, she becomes totally useless. Yuffie has the same healing limit break, has decent spell casting stats (er..Spirit and something else..forgot that one), and can do some pretty good damage. Really, if you want to keep this conversation up, then by all means PM me. Don't think others want to worry about this getting closed. Or, if you think I'm that messed up, ban me.

Oh, one more question, kinda out of topic: Can you explain the whole Aerith/Aeris thing? I mean, is it just faulty translation or what? Kinda curious about that.

I think you're kind of missing the point here. First off, Aerith's Limit Breaks were essentially the strongest healing techniques in the game. Great Gospel was just broken, not to mention beautiful to watch. She was incredibly useful if you know how to properly utilize her, not to mention the differences in statistics between the characters in this game are virtually unnoticeable. Second, the real impact from Aerith's death came not from losing her as a Playable Character, but from the effect it had on Cloud and Co., not to mention the circumstances surrounding the whole ordeal. Just look at what it did to Cloud, especially in Advent Children. You're not really looking at it from the perspective of the characters. They had just lost one of their dearest friends to their nemesis. That, in itself, is going to have a huge impact on them.

Though I do agree that it was part of what made Sephiroth so popular as a villain. It was a teriffic performance on his end as well, and really helped to define him as a force of pure evil that was to be feared by the player. I don't think it's fair to fault you for appreciating that.


And yes, "Aeris" was just a translation error. One of many, I might add ("This guy are sick," anyone?). Her real name is, in fact, Aerith.

i really didn't care. in fact, i was happy because i hate her :P
and Yuffie's a good female character, unlike Tifa or Aeris.
(i have my reasons, but if you're having problem with that, feel free to PM me and we'll discuss about it.)
that's my opinion anyway

I was insanely angry when that happened. I used her from the moment I got her until the end. She had to be my most important character. And when it came time to finally kill Sephiroth I murdered him with a smile on my face.

At first I said "Huh?" then I expected to be able to use a Pheonix down on her, or the game to do so automatically.

Hey it made sense... it was my first RPG...

In the end it wasn't that big of a deal for me. I didn't use her anyway. Cloud, Tifa, and Barret was my team at that point and time.

that actually brings up a consideration that very few people make which is to remember that having 0HP is merely KO, not dead, a Phoenix Down can lift KO status, not death.

But at 0HP sometimes it seems that you get killed. I mean with the ways some enemies attack. Like when you get shot, blown up, stabbed and have magic casted on you. You would think that you'd be dead.

So a stab wound from Sephiroths blade should have seemed like a normal attack.

I had thought there would be a way to bring her back and I was insanely sad when the credits started rolling and she was still dead.

Well...you have to remember, your characters don't actually get hit with a lot of those attacks. It's all just a Gameplay element. Just look at Advent Children, Last Order, or Crisis Core. When a character gets hit with an incredibly hard-hitting attack, they're usually down for the count. If they get shot, impaled, sliced open, stabbed, or otherwise mutilated in any way, they're definitely not getting up. Notice how, in a battle, machine guns only do about 30 points of damage, whereas I believe a single bullet did Zack in. Granted, he'd just been through the fight of his life, but...still. Sephiroth seems to be the exception to this rule due to his being made almost entirely out of Jenova Cells and, thus, able to withstand multiple attacks with bladed weapons.

well when she died i imagined all jenovas all monsters after that were seph i killed them all then after thatt i nearly through the disk out but i thought if i kill seph justice revenge heheheheheh i wish tifa died