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As Last Fantasy VII Rebirth’s February 29 launch date grows ever nearer of us are getting antsy about seeing beloved characters like Cait Sith (pronounced “Kate Sihth,” apparently) Vincent Valentine, and Cid get together up with Cloud. Though inventive director Tetsuya Nomura has already confirmed that the aforementioned characters will be a part of Cloud in fight equally to how Purple XIII did in Last Fantasy VII Remake, that doesn’t essentially imply they’ll be launched in the identical order as within the unique sport. We don’t even know the place Rebirth will finish given the remake trilogy’s altered timeline. However one fan believes their wild concept pinpoints the place Rebirth will finish, and it includes FFVII’s cigarette-smoking scientist, Cid.
In 1997’s Last Fantasy VII, Cid joins the crew lengthy earlier than they make their strategy to the Metropolis of Ancients, a spot we’ve seen the Rebirth solid discover in the newest trailer. However for no matter motive the Rebirth trailers nonetheless haven’t proven off Cid, regardless of revealing different, arguably greater, characters just like the vampire-coded Vincent Valentine. And this Reddit consumer believes they know why.
Yesterday, nikokow59 shared a screenshot from the Last Fantasy VII Trivia Twitter account to the FFVIIRemake subreddit a few scrapped story beat of the traditional sport that will have prevented Cid from becoming a member of Cloud and crew till a fair later level within the sport. Based on the FF7_Trivia tweet, Cid wouldn’t have joined the get together till after Sephiroth summoned Meteor. Discuss chopping issues near the buzzer beater. One other tidbit of this scrapped idea concerned Shinra sending Cid out on a suicide mission to offset the celestial physique with a rocket of his personal making, as if he was in some online game model of the 1998 Bruce Willis movie, Armageddon.
“Within the OG [Cid] didn’t really want to comply with the get together, so this time that might be a superb motive,” Nikokow59 wrote.
Nikokow59’s concept would additionally counsel that Cid’s well-known rocket experiment, which initially occurred earlier than the occasions of FFVII, would as a substitute be part of Rebirth’s story and function the sport’s cliffhanger. That might make loads of sense contemplating there’s nonetheless a complete third sport to come back to finish the Last Fantasy VII remake trilogy. Do you assume Nikokow59’s concept holds water, or will Sq. Enix finish Rebirth on a distinct notice?
Both means, we’ll have to attend some time to seek out out, as Last Fantasy VII Rebirth doesn’t launch till February 29 on PlayStation 5.