And here is the 10th Anniversary Ultimania profile translation of the man behind the cat, Cait Sith. Reeve Tuesti. Enjoy!

Reeve Tuesti
Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC – DC

Character Profile

Gender: Male
Ages: FFVII (35), AC (37), BC (31-35), DC (38)
Height: 180cm
First Person Pronoun: 私 [Watashi] (polite, non-gender-specific)
Voice Actor: AC, DC – Banjō Ginga

The man who controls Cait Sith, and the peace-loving head of the WRO.

The head of the Urban Development Department. Involved in the construction of Midgar from the very beginning, he watches over the town’s development like that of a child. By utilizing his special ability, “Inspire”, he is able to cause inorganic things to emit life; his “child”, the “cat”-shaped robot, Cait Sith can be controlled from a great distance. After Meteorfall, he became the director of the World Regenesis Organization (WRO), which is devoted to the purpose of restoring life to the planet.

「President! Are you really gonna do this?! 」
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Barret Wallace’s character profile translation from the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania rounds off our releases for the day. Enjoy!

Barret Wallace

Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC – DC

Character Profile

Sex: Male
Height: 197cm
Blood Type: O
Date of Birth: 12/15
Birthplace: Corel Village
Weapon: Gimmick Arm
First Person Pronoun: オレ [Ore] (male-only, coarse-sounding.)
Voice Actor: AC, DC – Masahiro Kobayashi

A muscular soldier who fights for the planet, Barret comes from the coal mining town of Corel. As a result of the Mako Reactor explosion, the ShinRa army burned the town to the ground. Because he lost his right arm, he now has a prosthetic. The surgical operation performed changed his arm into a literal gun. He is fighting against ShinRa because both his wife and his hometown were taken away by them. He is raising his best friend, Dyne’s daughter, Marlene, as his own child, and is surprisingly doting.

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Tonight we’re featuring two character profile translations from the FVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania, starting with Cid Highwind. Now drink your goddamn tea and read it.

Cid Highwind

Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC – DC

Character Profile

Sex: Male
Height: 178cm
Blood Type: B
Date of Birth: 2/22
Birthplace: Rocket Town
Weapon: Lance
First Person Pronoun: オレ [Ore-sama]
Voice Actor: AC, DC – Kazuhiro Yamaji

A famous pilot, who possesses exceptional piloting skills. Recognized for his abilities, he was selected as the pilot for the world’s first space flight. His conduct can be coarse and rude, but he is single-minded in his dislike of wrongdoings, and has a child-like innocence in his pursuit of his dream of going into space. While he continually claims to be bad at leading people, he is in fact very attentive to people and well-liked by many.

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The Tsviets of Dirge of Cerberus and Shalua Rui are the focus in these translations from the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania. Enjoy!

Shelke Rui

Appears in: DC
Gender: Female
Height: 137cm
Age: 19
First Person Pronoun: 私 [Watashi]
Voice Actress: DC – Fumiko Orikasa

One of the Tsviets, the elite group of DG SOLDIERs. Among the Tsviets, who take colors as their name themes, hers represents “colorless”, and she is named “Shelke the Colorless”. Showing SOLDIER aptitude at the young age of 9, she was whisked away by ShinRa and lost all of her emotions in the ensuing experiments and training. However, in the company of Vincent and his companions, they have started to return, bit by bit.

Shelke’s special ability [Synaptic Net Drive]. Because of this Shelke obtained Lucrecia’s memories and incorporated them into herself.	She appears to look like she’s still in her teens although this was caused by the severe treatments she received that also caused a harmful influence on her life. She requires Mako to be injected into her body everyday otherwise she cannot go on living.

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Here are translations from the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania on the new locations introduced in the Compilation of FFVII.

Edge
「 AC – DC 」
A city built on the outskirts of Midgar following the Meteor disaster. It is built using the rubble left in Midgar, and at the city center stands a monument to the Meteor disaster.

Healin
「 AC 」
A sanatorium located in the mountains close to Midgar. Inside the lodge hangs the corporate logo of the ShinRa Company. Rufus recuperates here from his injuries sustained during the WEAPON attack, and after the Meteor disaster the remnants of the ShinRa Company use it as their base of operations.
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And rounding off our release of translations from the Crisis Core Ultimania today, is the character profile for Genesis Rhapsodos, the mysterious 1st Class SOLDIER of Crisis Core.

Genesis Rhapsodos
The young man who compared himself to a hero of an epic poem and revolted
against the world.

Age: Around 25
Weapon: Rapier
Hometown: Banora Village
Voice Actor: Gackt Camui

A SOLDIER 1st Class who possesses combat abilities that rank equal to Sephiroth’s, and who adheres to his own personal aesthetic. He takes pride in the handsome figure he cuts, his magnificent fighting style and the enthusiastic popularity it garners him, however he does not like mingling directly with people, and only opens himself up to his companions Sephiroth and Angeal. But after the day he suddenly disappeared with a large number of 2nd and 3rd Class SOLDIERs, he is at the forefront of a rebellion against ShinRa.

The young man who idolizes “Loveless.”

A researcher of the classical epic poem “Loveless” – this is another face of Genesis. The protagonists of the poem are a trio of young men searching for the enigma of “The gift of the Goddess,” and Genesis wishes to continue this quest. Readers are divided over the mystery of the “gift” which he wishes to solve not only to deepen his understanding of the poem, but also to find the answer to questions he has about his own life…….

Genesis believes that the protagonists of the story correlate with himself and his two friends.

His disagreement with Sephiroth

As for how Genesis regards Sephiroth, it is more than they are friends who get along well, outstripping that feeling is the idea that they are worthy rivals. Originally for Genesis, it was the heroic actions of Sephiroth – a SOLDIER who is around the same age of him – that inspired him to join the organization. However, after he defects from ShinRa, Genesis tells Sephiroth, “I should have received your fame.” For Genesis and Sephiroth, it seems that there is something connecting them from before either joined SOLDIER.

He challenges Sephiroth to a fight in the Training Room due to the antagonism he feels, but gets hurt. As his wound is being treated, he learns the secret of Sephiroth and himself.

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And today we round off our batch of translations from the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania today, with Vincent Valentine. Enjoy!

Vincent Valentine

Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC – DC

Character Profile

Sex: Male
Height: 184cm
Blood Type: A
Date of Birth: 11/13
Birthplace: Unknown
Weapon: Gun
First Person Pronoun: 私 [Watashi] (polite, non-gender specific.)
Voice Actor: AC, DC – Shougo Suzuki

A nihilistic, reticent, former member of the Turks. While he was a bodyguard for ShinRa scientists, Hojo used him as a test subject in experiments that caused him to change into monsters (“Metamorphize”). The legendary demon “Chaos”, which resides in Vincent’s body gives him near immortality, and his appearance remains youthful, as if he is still in his 20′s from long ago. His marksmanship skills were unparalleled in his days as a Turk.

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Yuffie Kisaragi is the next translated profile from the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania today. Enjoy the reading!

Yuffie Kisaragi

Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC – CC – DC

Character Profile

Sex: Female
Height: 160cm
Blood Type: A
Date of Birth: 11/20
Birthplace: Wutai
Weapon: Shuriken
First Person Pronoun: アタシ [Atashi]
Voice Actor: AC, DC – Yumi Kakazu

A young girl born in Wutai. Skilled as a “Ninja,” she freely uses a unique type of martial arts. In order to revive her hometown, which had lost its spirit after having lost in the war with ShinRa, she rushed out of Wutai in a bid to collect Materia, the source of energy. Her tenacity towards money and goods are stronger than anyone else, and she has caused trouble on many an occasion by taking action without reflecting on her surroundings.

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And along with Aerith, Tifa Lockhart’s translated character profile from the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania is up!

Tifa Lockhart
Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC – CC – DC – LO

Character Profile

Sex: Female
Height: 167cm
Blood Type: B
Date of Birth: 5/3
Birthplace: Nibelheim
Weapon: Glove
First Person Pronoun: 私 [Watashi]
Voice Actor: AC, CC, DC, LO – Ito Ayumi

The fighter who hides a surprising amount of power behind her beautiful, well-featured appearance. Apart from being Cloud’s childhood friend, she is also the woman who understands him all too well and devotedly supports the mentally-weak side of him. Although she seems spirited and cheerful, she actually has a family-oriented and modest personality, often paying attention to her surroundings. Filled with hatred for ShinRa, which had snatched her hometown away from her, she was once a member of the anti-ShinRa organization AVALANCHE led by Barret and immersed herself in their radical activities.
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Today we feature translations from the Crisis Core Complete Guide, specifically, from the Keyword Collection which explains and defines certain plot points and terms from the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. Enjoy!

Angeal Copy

Subjects of the copy technique where Angeal’s cells were used. Within the game, this includes a variety of monsters and Lazard. When using monsters as the subjects, they were unable to take on Angeal’s form, and instead an image of Angeal’s face appeared to be grafted to a part of their body. Incidentally, though not all of the Angeal Copies that appear in the game are monsters, Angeal’s cells were used primary to make copies from monsters while Genesis’ cells where never used to make copies from monsters.

Furthermore, Angeal Copies do have an ability to call to one another, but they can only have a general understanding of each other’s situations. An example of this ability is how Lazard was able to coax the Angeal Copy living in Aerith’s church to come help him in Banora.

Biorhythm-Testing Materia Equipment

Designed to work in the Virtual Reality System’s cyberspace, this materia works in tandem with the examination equipment. To facilitate Hojo’s observations, a compatible Fusion Chamber had to be built. As it is full of highly specialized equipment, the amount of money needed to repair it after it was damaged by Sephiroth, Genesis and Angeal would cost an amount equal to 24 months worth of Zack’s SOLDIER 1st Class salary.

Chocobo Racing

Competitions, both professional and amateur, that allow people to race their chocobos. In FFVII and BC, the Gold Saucer professional races pit six riders and their chocobos against each other.

Cloud and Tifa

Cloud and Tifa are childhood friends, both born in Nibelheim. When Cloud leaves the village, he calls Tifa out to the water tower and promises that he will become a SOLDIER. At the same time, he is also made by Tifa to promise that he will come to rescue her if she is ever in trouble.

Following this, the pair experience many hardships, such as the Nibelheim incident which also appears in CC, and the Jenova War in FFVII, and through these the distance between them shortens. And in AC they live together, with Barret’s daughter Marlene and a boy named Denzel. Though there was also a period later where Cloud lived away from them after having contracted Geostigma, they finally reach a commune with each over and return to living together once again. In DC, they rush together to Vincent’s aid, in his battle against Deep Ground SOLDIER.

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And here are more translations from the Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania, this time on the plot and FFVII world concepts. Enjoy!

AVALANCHE

「 FFVII – BC – CC 」

An organization formed by scholars of planetary life in Cosmo Canyon, who opposed ShinRa’s mako usage. They were headquartered in Wutai. At one time they were a massive organization who posed a threat to ShinRa, but internal rifts and the assassination of the leader lead them, for all practical purposes, destoryed. Impressed by AVALANCHE’s ideas and actions, Barret took the name of ‘AVALANCHE’ and formed a new anti-ShinRa organization.

WEAPON

「 FFVII – BC 」

For the sake of planetary self defense, “Things The Planet Deems Evil” are removed from existence. After Jenova, the “Calamity from the Sky” was successfully sealed, they slept stretched along the Northern Crater. However, when Sephiroth summoned Meteor, the crisis awakened the planet’s judgment of danger. Humans were “Deemed Evil by the Planet”, and various places were attacked.

· Sapphire WEAPON:
Swimming in the sea, the WEAPON in lapis lazul. Once it has found its mark it opens its mouth, it releases a concentrated beam of radiation.

· Diamond
WEAPON:
Slowly advancing over the ground, the shimmering silver WEAPON. From its shoulders it can free an infinite number of flares.

· Ultima WEAPON:
Wandering the heavens at amazing speeds, the jet black WEAPON. When it departs, it fills the air with high-density energy.

-=Supplemental Info on Ultima WEAPON from p. 386 of the FFVII UO=-

Where is the Ultima WEAPON?!
After the Crater’s barrier disappeared, Ultima WEAPON, which was previously fought in Mideel, materializes on the World Map and continues to be engaged in further combat from here. However, apart from the final battle stage being set in the Cosmo area, it cannot be defeated and will fly away and escape halfway through each fight. After being hit many times, it is necessary for Ultima WEAPON, which has been flying in the sky, to stay still in a location it decides on. Hence, if you’re asking what can be done if the main/important opponent cannot be found, the only option is to wander the World randomly searching for it.

· Ruby WEAPON:
The Ruby-colored WEAPON lives in the desert area. It lies in wait, and attacks with its extremely hard shell and its two huge, body-length tentacle hands.

·Emerald WEAPON:
With the appearance of a suit of armor, the blue-green WEAPON moves unseen through the deep sea. [In the Battle] It shoots beams from the eyes on both of its shoulders.
-=Supplemental Info on Emerald WEAPON from p.385 of the FFVII UO=-

Pay Special Attention to the Green Body
In the International version, stalking the seas is an enormous green object. They approach thinking that it is ShinRa’s submarine . . . . . and suddenly you’re thrown into battle, and realize that its true form is actually Emerald WEAPON. Thankfully, escape is possible. However, for this moment/situation, wanting to explore this situation and selecting to battle it is just the true nature of the situation.

Making a sound like ‘puchi’ [while attacking in battle], the image of Cloud and his party being heavily smashed comes to mind.

· Jade WEAPON:
A WEAPON that looks like a fighter plane. It flies throughout the world, calling upon its Clusters to bomb its targets.

-=Supplemental Information on the WEAPON Mode=-

WEAPON Mode officially takes place between the two months between the release of Zirconaide and the start of FFVII (0007/10/05 – 0007/12/09). The playable Turk is informed by Verdot that the Jade WEAPON is attacking members of the renegade Turks. Because the organization eliminated Zirconiade and thus upset part of the Planet’s ecology, Jade seeks them out since it considers them “bad for the planet.” In this way, the playable Turks are essentially fighting for their lives against the WEAPON.

The location of the fight with Jade WEAPON is determined by the player’s location in Japan:

Midgar – Tokyo
Junon – Kanto area, other than Tokyo
Costa del Sol – Southern Honshu, Shikoku island, Kyushu island.
Cosmo Canyon – Central Honshu
Wutai – Kinki Area (Osaka and Kyoto area)
Icicle Lodge – Northern Honshu and Hokkaido

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This is the complete timeline of the entire Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, as provided by the FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania, and the Crisis Core Ultimania.

[ Approximately 2000 years before FFVII ]

· Jenova crashes into the planet riding a meteor. This location becomes known as the Great Northern Crater. The Cetra gather at this location to heal the planet and are confronted by Jenova. Jenova nearly wipes out the entire Cetra race before it is defeated and sealed in a geological stratum.

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