SPOILERS LTD Remake — It's like New Coke except ... no, it's exactly like New Coke

[Ryushikaze]

Interesting presentation. So apparently they were briefed on the characters, and their relationship, as well as watching clips, etc.

Don't know, but seems they are reinforcing this, a bit, as well it being about Aerith herself and all her loves and cares.

Edit; Well I think Nojima's words are still important


Edit 2- I wonder if the release of this was to coincide with the nominations for the Golden Joysticks and TGA, hmm.

Edit: I truly think they are definitely saying it's definitely both, a love song, about Aerith and Cloud, their bond, AND an Aerith song for everyone, Zack, etc, too

I don't want to put words into Loren's mouth, and say she based her research on what SE/the team briefed/coached her on, but it would be nice if there were some of that in it.

What I don't want to say, or think that this necessarily changes anything, there's still the whole leads to AC thing, and that endgame. Hmm. So for me CT and ZA isn't "destroyed" or anything like that. Just that CA is getting recognition too.

I would take the word of the man who wrote the lyrics over the singer, no offense to Loren.
But it absolutely doesn't change anything. We are winding up with the same post-FF7 world as we always were, the stops along the way there might be in a different order or with different emphasis, but Remake project was always planned to explain and remove ambiguity, not completely rewrite the plot.

 

[aeriths]

What I don't want to say, or think that this necessarily changes anything, there's still the whole leads to AC thing, and that endgame. Hmm. So for me CT and ZA isn't "destroyed" or anything like that. Just that CA is getting recognition too.

As someone who's mostly loved, enjoyed and appreciated CA in Reverse so far above all I want Aerith to be happy, she's my favourite, I can't deny that, but that doesn't mean I want other characters hurt or unhappy or people for that matter. So for me, whatever they do, as long as they do it as well as they've done so far I think I'll enjoy it.

This is a good mentality to have that I wish more people had! Aerith is my favorite character as well but I also realistically don’t think CA will be endgame. It would leave other character arcs unsatisfying/hurt and would have to change too much of the story to happen.

However, CA fans are still a big chunk of their fanbase so they’re not going to be cruel to them or isolate them. Plus, this was Aerith’s final big part of their games so the song is a nice send off.