Now we're just talking bullshit. Saying he didn't exert himself wasn't the only thing they said about that fight. They also said the fight was meant to show that Cloud was "atleast" having as much trouble with Sephiroth as Kadaj had with cloud. "Atleast." And we all know how that fight turned out.
It was also said Sephiroth's goal throughout that fight was simply to make Cloud suffer. As in prolonged agony. You know how if you were torturing someone, you wouldn't just kill them right a way, cause there would be no suffering.
Furthermore, that still doesn't look like he stabbed him in the heart to me. I don't see how you could tell that unless we see a front view of cloud instead of a dark silouette.
Going by that image, it's definitely not in the chest, because Sephiroth is looking straight at cloud, but his sword is to the right of him going at a slight angle out. If Sephiroth's looking right at Cloud, the sword should be aligned straight with the picture, cause Cloud's chest would be just below were Sephiroth is looking. It's not just that shot either, his sword's facing that direction throughout the entire scene of him picking him up. I also noticed cloud made the exact same face of pain that he did when he got stabbed in the shoulder, which is odd cause I figure you'd look a little different if you got stabbed in the heart.
Now if when the movie comes out, it is in the chest, that's fine, but it just doesn't look like that to me right now.
Did Nomura say he changed it in ACC, or that he just wanted to when they first made the original movie? I also don't see how blood's going to make a difference, it's not like they're going to have some big spray of it. There was blood in the original movie when he got stabbed in the shoulder.