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Just putting this in here for posterity: In Chapter 8 when you first get to the Sector 5 Slums, after the news segments with Scarlett, the monitor defaults to a loop of a TV reporter commenting on the blast and Shinra's response to it. In the English localization, the reporter mentions that...

This is such a fantastic set of writeups, @MelodicEnigma! Incredibly comprehensive and satisfyingly circumspect. I repeatedly found myself preparing some sort of observation only for you to make it in the next paragraph. And the number of examples you provide in the last paper is really...

I've learned an awful lot from everyone in this thread about Dismantled, Maiden, Benny Matsuyama, and BentStuff in general. Would it be fair to say that the contents of Dismantled (including the blurbs on the character pages that aren't direct staff quotes) can be considered reliable or "canon"...

On the one hand I like how "fixated [on Cloud]" sounds, but on the other maybe I should keep it in to preserve the time capsule of the writers' approach to characters. As @frosty noted above, Nomura later says that "clingy" is exactly how he doesn't want Tifa to come off. Also, @eleamaya , I'm...

I'm pretty certain this is correct considering there are calls for ad-libbing in the scripts and lines that were omitted or changed in the final product.

I don't have any special knowledge about this, but my impression is that Square knew the "Mind" stuff was going to be in the book and didn't have any problems with it. Especially back then, the game was what it was and pretty much spoke for itself. The "Mind" sections are introduced as...

Okay @Odysseus I've come to the main scenario pages. The pages are separated into "Mind" and "Action" columns. The "Action" column contains practical information like route information, strategies, and collectibles, while the "Mind" column contains a first-person narrative account for each...

I can take a look at these. I haven't even glanced at the contents of the book aside from the interviews, but now in literally the first pages I'm seeing that there are plenty of other "canon" remarks from staff. For instance, this wild snippet about Cloud's armlet from Nomura that I've never...

Okay thanks, let me change it

Do the chocobos you catch have multi-part names or at least names the have to be at least two characters? I'm wondering if what Adachi is implying is that the automated chocobo names carry the father's name and the mother's name, and you can use each to predict the racer's potential. In other...

Absolutely, I'd be honored! Imo there are just two things I'd like eyes on: the sentence about the Chocobo name/ability connection, and the bit about Tifa being ベタベタ, which I translated as "clingy" for lack of a more generous term. Don't want to ruffle any shipper feathers. Also, what is...

Thanks, @Shademp! A lot of credit goes also to @Obsidian Fire and @Cae Lumis, who turned me on to a great OCR image-to-text extractor and helped answer questions about the content.

PROFILE '90年4月1日、スクウェアに入社。『FFVII』のすべてを統括するディレクター。代表作は、『FFV』以降とゲームボーイ版『聖剣伝説』。 「ゲームと映画のそれぞれのおもしろさを融合させた作品を作ることが目標なんです」 「ストーリーとシステムの追求、演出面の強化—『FFVIII』はさらにプレイヤーの感情を揺さぶる作品になるでしょう」 Q:　これまでの『FF』は、作品ナンバーが奇数のときはシステム、偶数のときはストーリーをそれぞれ重視していると言われていますが？...

Yoshinori Kitase (Director) Profile: Joined Square on April 1, 1990. Oversaw all aspects of Final Fantasy VII as director. Noteworthy works include Final Fantasy V and onward, as well as the Game Boy version of Seiken Densetsu [Final Fantasy Adventure]. “My goal is to create a product that...

Nobuo Uematsu (Music Composer) Profile: Joined Square on April 1, 1986. Has headed the soundtracks for many hit games, including the Final Fantasy series. “I think the measure of a game’s music lies in whether it fits the scene.” Q: With the change from cartridge to disc, Final Fantasy has...

Yūsuke Naora (Art Director) Profile: Joined Square on June 1, 1993. Noteworthy works include Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger. Took charge of CG maps during the development of Final Fantasy VII. “We were determined not to fail because the cutscene team was working so hard.” Q: Why did you...

Cutscene Team Yūko Akiyama (Lead for Bike Escape Scene and Others) Hiroyuki Honda (Lead for Junon Scene and Others) Yoshinori Moriizumi (Jumping onto Train Scene and Others) Shun Moriya (Lead Cutscene Programmer) “The ending cutscene took a lot of work, so we hope you’ll take the time to watch...

Minigame Team Tadamichi Obinata (Snow Game Programmer) Shin’ichi Tanaka (Submarine Game Programmer) Ryū Mutо̄ (Condor War Programmer) Tatsuya Yoshinari (Shooting Coaster and G Bike Programmer) Keitarо̄ Adachi (Chocobo Racing Programmer) “We've hidden a number of ‘secrets’ to keep you from...

Event Team Hiroki Chiba (Lead Event Planner) Kazuhiko Yoshioka (Lead Event Programmer) Keisuke Matsuhara (Lead Event Planner) Motomu Toriyama (Lead Event Planner) Kazushige Nojima (Scenario Writer) Jun Akiyama (Lead Event Planner) “All of the characters this time are hiding their true faces.”...

Battle Team Masahiro Kataoka (Lead Battle Planner) Takayoshi Nakazato (Lead Battle Designer) Akira Fujii (Battle Scenery Lead) Tatsuya Kando (Lead Animator) Tomohiro Kayano (Lead Character Modeler) “We hope you enjoy the modeling and animations to their fullest.” Q: The battle system has...