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While I don't see any issue about expanding on Jenova's nature, I think there are issues with trying to play Jenova off as being in control, or as an equal party to Sephiroth in terms of the original. After all, Jenova dying has no impact on Sephiroth's plans or anything else for that matter...

We had to make due with the English one. I don't know how the market is these days, having lived in Japan for a while and not having stayed on top of the Norwegian gaming market, but for as long as I remember, there has never been a single Norwegian localization of any major U.S or Japanese game...

The localizer for FFVII however, did not do a splendid job =P Just sayin', that job was a botched one of there ever was. There are so many outright amateurish mistakes in the translation it's a wonder nobody caught it before release and went "WTF mate! Were you drinking on the job or what?"

I would just like to reiterate, even as a Norwegian, that non of these are actually issues to me. I'm fine with the use of the term "Zolom" - I just happen to prefer the accurate translation. "Zolom" does not offend me, nor do I see it as "wrong for being nonsense". I simply personally find...

Figure of speech my friend, figure of speech. Point is that "protecting Tifa" is far from some sort of compassionate motivation when we're talking about a small boy in puppy-love and when the girl he dreams of "protecting" isn't in any type of danger what so ever. Clearly, he's just in love...

I wasn't claiming Cloud is weak - in fact I said the exact opposite. Cloud is super strong, but only when he's motivated out of compassion for others. You really think young Cloud's interest in "protecting people" had anything to do with actually compassion and not a young delinquent wanting...

If we're going to play that game : X, you know as well as I that ALL words are made up. That's how language works. However, there is a distinction between making a new word that is derivative to another that already exists, and making one up from nothing. If you want to be pedantic about the...

Cactuar clearly comes from the word Cactus, Chocobo comes from a Japanese snack, Malboro from the cigarettes, Nerosuferoth from Nosferatu, Tonberry is a word etc. Some of these might be entirely invented words, but generally speaking, FF monsters carry derivative names from real things in the...

Great. I'll hit you up with a PM with what I've got thus far - thoughts on setting/state of the world, plot and characters. I'm sorta lost on themes, because unlike most writers (and indeed people) as a moral and existential nihilist, I really don't have any themes I want to preach to people...

Sorry. I hate correcting people, because I feel like douche doing it, even when I often feel compelled to do it. Still working on better ways to go about it. Yeah, I'm fine with creative license being taken when translating, because sometimes it's necessary to capture the essence/spirit of what...

Except that as a Norwegian, and as such, a person who's covered Norse in my education, I can tell you that you're wrong. The Norse for serpent is "ormr" not "smorm". So no. Just no. http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Mi%C3%B0gar%C3%B0sormr http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Ormr The technical correct...

Without delving back into the topic of psychology, I'll say this : Some of you are fundamentally confused about the distinction between the conscious and unconscious mind, and what would distinguish manipulation of the two. It's worth reading up on, because it is interesting. As for Hojo : As...

It gave no indication either way. But, unless Sephiroth/Jenova is literally a few feet ahead of you, the snake went around you and attacked him first, and then he throws the snake on the tree a couple of minutes before you get there only to rush on ahead... then no, there has to be at least two...

Okay. Got it wrong. And, I agree with your observation =P I don't think it should be removed even if you kill one. I definitely think killing one if you get the strategy right should still be possible like in the original though, because it's one of those layers of depth that makes a game...

EDIT : I made a major screw-up writing this post - I intended to, and should have, included the possessive ['s], which in Japanese is also written and pronounced with the ズ (zu), since "Midgar's [w]Orm" here is not the plural s, but the possessive. I'm sorry for that. Point still stands...

No, I think it's obvious that Jenova does both. The point is that your strength of will, in terms of real world psychology, is only relevant to explicit and overt, and since a large part of Jenova's manipulation also happens sub-consciously and indeed Cloud essentially heading to the Reunion was...

1.) We're not talking about the bearing on the purpose of the Jenova project, we're talking about the fact that depending on whether or not the project happened prior to, or after the fact of SOLDIER determines whether or not Shinra would know that Jenova cells increased a person's combative...

I would reply at length to the points, but due to time constraints I'll just ask this - When in the time-line were the novellas released? Before or after AC? I'll grant that as a hole they might fix the issue. I still feel that landing the blame on geostigma is a cop-out from a writers...

That's what I thought too, but then I also remember Sephiroth going on about how he was just like them or something like that. Yeah, if we follow the time-line that Soldier began with Sephiroth it makes sense because then every Soldier injected with Jenova cells would follow the results of the...