We’re currently transferring the forums to vBulletin, this post will try to keep you updated on the status. Times will be in my local time since I cba to convert it, but it should get the point across.

16:20 – Closed the forums, started copying it to a subfolder for archive purposes.

16:36 – Whilst the files are downloading, I’m re-installing vB on my local system to transfer the tables.

16:38 – Also downloading the forums database now, fgj.

16:44 – Database download complete (all 70 MB of it), installing it on my local system now using the sexcellent script Bigdump.

16:48 – Database installed locally, 275379 queries executed. Finished vB install (on my local PC), going to import the posts and stuff now.

16:50 – Minor hitch, apparently phpMyAdmin or Bluehost didn’t properly download all tables and stopped short at 80%. Downloading the last remaining tables now, I had the same thing yesterday, so it’s all good.
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The following script contains complete spoilers from Dirge of Cerberus.

This script was translated from the Japanese game by Souya, and any discrepancies between this script and the English game script are likely due to differences in how literally the Japanese was translated by Souya and how literally it was translated by Square-Enix.  This script serves to aid English-speaking fans in understanding the original dialogue of the game and is not meant to be more (or less) “correct” than Square-Enix’s translation, or any other fan translation.  Some visual descriptions were edited by me (Ravynne).

Furthermore, this is a fan translation, and while contentions to its accuracy are welcome, please appreciate the hard work that Souya volunteered for your benefit.  Please also respect said hard work by not stealing this translation for your own use, though you are more than welcome to cite and link to this one.

[Three years before DC, Meteor hangs ominously in a dark sky above Midgar with lightning flashing intermittently. Yuffie and a life rescuing crew are scavenging for people who are still in the city. A helicopter flies in.]

Yuffie: Hurry, hurry! People who are injured are important (in this situation).

[Yuffie faces one of the life rescuing crew.]

Yuffie: Report the situation!
Life rescuing crew: Excavation is finished. All the injured are returned to safety.

[Yuffie waves her arms in the air to the helicopters that are awaiting orders.]

Yuffie: Okay, now go!
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Two new V-Jump scans have appeared online showcasing the new footage of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete and On the Way to a Smile: Case of Denzel. A look at the OVA’s animation style is revealed as well as new scenes from Advent Children Complete showcasing Tseng and Elena in Edge, Denzel being brought to Seventh Heaven by Cloud, and new artwork of Cloud and Sephiroth.

Also, a high quality version of the FFVII Advent Children Complete commercial as appeared on youtube here.

EDIT: Kuradostrife has uploaded the full high quality commercial without compression here. Enjoy!

Source: FFVII AC Reunion

Hitoshura has done some more translations of the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega Early Material Files, this time…looking at the possible scenarios regarding Cloud and the revelation of the truth behind his existence. We’ll look at the first of these scenarios along with another scenario from page 527 of the FFVII Ultimania Omega that involves Barret, Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie. Enjoy!

-=The Truth About Cloud=-

[ Materia Chamber ] (* note: Inside the crater in the finished game)
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Hitoshura has done another set of translations from the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega Early Material Files. This time, we’ll be looking at some of the deleted events and dialogue from Kalm and Nibelheim regarding the infamous Nibelheim Incident that changed the lives of Cloud and Tifa forever. While these events were not included in FFVII, one particular scene shows the possible fate of one of the survivors we never hear from again in FFVII proper….

-=Kalm Flashback=-

[ In the Basement of the Shinra Manor ]
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Today we’ll be looking at some of the scenarios that were left on the design room floor in the production of FFVII. Hitsohura has translated some of the scenarios and scripts from the Early Material File section of the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega and most of these scenarios in today’s post involve Jenova and her role within the story of FFVII. Also some bits regarding Tifa and Johnny are contained as well. Enjoy, and know that there are more deleted scenarios to come. Enjoy the “deleted scenes” of the original FFVII!

The ideas of many staff members went into creating the story for FFVII, and there were a lot of scenario ideas and scripts that ultimately got rejected. Here is a sample from that massive document.

-=Opening=-
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An Advent Children  Complete TV Commercial has surfaced, featuring new footage of the battle between Cloud and Sephiroth, as well from Final Fantasy XIII.

Click here to see the commercial.

Source: FF7AC Reunion

Thanks to our member KuraudoStrife for bringing this up.

Hitoshura has done the next page of profiles from the Early Material Files of the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega. Aerith, Red XIII, and even Cait Sith’s from the next page. The profiles in this update all have accompanying scenarios that examine what their role would’ve been in an earlier version of FFVII. And some of these ideas and game events will definitely surprise you. And don’t forget, there’s much more to come.

Aerith

Job: Geomancer Age: 22 Weapon: Rods
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In the March 21 weekend release of Famitsu , Nomura will talk about FFXIII and FFVII Advent Children Complete. Be sure to stick around and see what details he reveals on two of his prominent projects when we cover that interview here. Thanks Kuradostrife for letting us know to expect it!

Also, the cover for the new On the Way to a Smile book that will be released at the same time of FFVII Advent Children Complete has been revealed. With such an interesting choice of characters for the cover, does it hint that these characters will play prominent roles in each of the stories contained therein?

Source: FFVII AC Reunion

Today we’ll start off with the first page of the Early Material File from the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega, translated by hitoshura. This page will look at the early ideas for Cloud, Barret and Tifa. Enjoy! And be sure to stick around, as there will be more to come.

Cloud

Job: Mystic knight Age: 21 Weapon: Swords, katana
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The FFVII That Never Was….a Look at What Was Left Behind

Fans love what FFVII became, that is true. But what about…a Red XIII…that was blue?

There were quite a few things that never made it to the original game, and that’s where the FFVII Ultimania Omega’s Early Material Files come in. While you await the arrival of AC Complete, Thelifestream.net will take a look at what FFVII could have been by doing translations of the Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega’s EARLY MATERIAL FILES. You may just be surprised at what was left behind.

• Character Files: Page 518
• Character Files: Page 519-520
• Character Files: Page 520-523
• Worldview & Terminology: Page 523-525
• Scenarios & Scripts: Page 525-526
• Scenarios & Scripts: Page 527-528
• Scenarios & Scripts: Page 528-529
• Scenarios & Scripts: Page 528-529 (Part 2)

SQUARE-ENIX will be re-publishing On the Way to a Smile in Japan on the same day of the release of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete on April 16th with the suggested price of ￥ 1,470. It will come with the already published Case of Denzel and Case of Tifa, as well Case of Barret, which was never published at Japan. Along with them, this version will bring four new stories, Case of Nanaki, Case of Yuffie, Case of Shinra and a mysterious one called…Case of Lifestream. I wonder what that one could be about? Big thanks to Kuraudostrife for bringing this to our attention!

Source: FFVII AC Reunion

You can also pre-order it at amazon Japan, here.