World of Warcraft has long paid homage to Final Fantasy 7's sweetheart Aerith Gainsborough with an in-game character called Aerith Primrose, who happens to wear the same reddish-purpley clothes ...

In the original Final Fantasy 7, Aerith represents the idea that no world can be saved from calamity without cost. In FF7 Rebirth, that message is a lot muddier.

Read More: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Best Swords For Cloud That may not sound like a lot, but if you’re quick, it can be what ends up saving you from a Game Over screen. This is where the ...

Revisit Aerith’s big Final Fantasy 7 scene before playing FF7 Rebirth We dig into the Polygon archives to try to figure out what Square Enix has planned by Matt Leone ...

Briana White recalls one of Aerith's biggest scenes in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and why she didn't sing in the game. By Blair Marnell on June 4, 2024 at 6:55AM PDT 5 Comments ...

Here Aerith's death is only significant in its relation to the original game. Adding ambiguity to that feels more like a business decision than a narrative one. I honestly love Final Fantasy 7 ...

Aerith also served as a metaphor for Cloud’s hope, said the game designer Thierry Boulanger, who first played Final Fantasy VII when he was 12. Fluent only in French at the time, ...

It is possible that the remake trilogy is some kind of alternate timeline that has been messed with by Sephiroth’s consciousness in the Lifestream attempting to rewrite the past, and Aerith’s ...