we all know (SPOILER WARNING)

[Harley]

even if you havnt played FF7 (like me) we all know that Aerith dies in the game. what i dont get is that you can find her Ultima weapon. but she dead . so are u left with a useless weapon in your inventory then?

[Delta0175]

Pretty much, it's also why I guess her Princess Guard is the only Ultimate Weapon that has Materia growth as all the other UWs have no growth.

It can also disappear if she's equppied with it as when she leaves your party the weapon and armor you equipped on her disappears, but you gain back all the materia you had on her as well as her accessory.

You can also sell it if you're really bothered by it being in your inventory or all her staffs.

[Skaidrojumi]

Yeah it's useless besides being able to equip her with it while she's alive which takes too much work and isn't worth it. They just had it in there still in case they wanted to bring her back but the translation was so rushed that they didn't get time to decide, also why the dialouge is terrible in some spots. Ex. This guy are sick

[Harley]

oh so originally there was gonna be away you could bring her back to life?

[Delta0175]

Not really, though who knows what happened in development, but she was always intended to die.

http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-final-fantasy-vii/3/

“The main issues of contention for fans worldwide are still Aerith’s death and the ending sequence with Sephiroth. With the plot I wanted people to feel something intense, to understand something. Back at the time we were designing the game I was frustrated with the perennial dramatic cliché where the protagonist loves someone very much and so has to sacrifice himself and die in a dramatic fashion in order to express that love. We found this was the case in both games and movies, both eastern and western. But I wanted to say something different, something realistic. I mean is it right to set such an example to people?”

There was speculation of her being brought back to life because there's a hidden area in North Crater where her theme plays and there's also a theory that she was intended to die there.

http://www.ff7citadel.com/secrets/sa_seen2.shtml

http://www.ff7citadel.com/secrets/sa_seen3.shtml

http://www.ff7citadel.com/secrets/sa_seen4.shtml

[Mabifabi]

Don't think so, no. Aeris's fate is part of the storyline.
The reason you get to have her ultimate weapon is because every single character in the game has an ultimate weapon huntra. You can still use it on her while inside the Temple, that's in fact the only place you can use it, since you cannot backtrack once you enter the Temple of the Ancients unless you progress with the story. By the way, if you haven't played what are you waiting for? Great game and great community waiting for you! ;)

[Hidden Pickle]

I saw a video a long time ago. A guy had been digging up code and found lines from Aeris after she had died. Lines from the crater, end game etc. There wasn't much but it showed at some point she was going to be in it until the end. Again not many lines so it looked like at some point in development she was either never going to die or was revived.

[LilG]

Originally posted by Hidden Pickle:

I saw a video a long time ago. A guy had been digging up code and found lines from Aeris after she had died. Lines from the crater, end game etc. There wasn't much but it showed at some point she was going to be in it until the end. Again not many lines so it looked like at some point in development she was either never going to die or was revived.

She was always going to die but it was rumoured during the development she was going to die in the crater instead of the forgotten capital. SE said they weren't planning on reviving her despite the petition from fans.

I just kept the weapon in my inventory & remembered her death. RIP Aeris.

[Cametokur]

Originally posted by Skaidrojumi:

Yeah it's useless besides being able to equip her with it while she's alive which takes too much work and isn't worth it. They just had it in there still in case they wanted to bring her back but the translation was so rushed that they didn't get time to decide, also why the dialouge is terrible in some spots. Ex. This guy are sick

Yeah, you sure are a respectable critic for language arts judging by this post.

When it was new, this game had a story that captivated me for an entire year. No game has done that since, but I'm old, and I have experience. You guys probably wouldn't understand.

[Hammer Of Evil]

Originally posted by Camux I CAN SPELLING:

Originally posted by Skaidrojumi:

Yeah it's useless besides being able to equip her with it while she's alive which takes too much work and isn't worth it. They just had it in there still in case they wanted to bring her back but the translation was so rushed that they didn't get time to decide, also why the dialouge is terrible in some spots. Ex. This guy are sick

Yeah, you sure are a respectable critic for language arts judging by this post.

When it was new, this game had a story that captivated me for an entire year. No game has done that since, but I'm old, and I have experience. You guys probably wouldn't understand.

its pretty wierd to say we've probably been playing this game longer than some of these people have been alive.

[Chewy102]

Originally posted by Hidden Pickle:

I saw a video a long time ago. A guy had been digging up code and found lines from Aeris after she had died. Lines from the crater, end game etc. There wasn't much but it showed at some point she was going to be in it until the end. Again not many lines so it looked like at some point in development she was either never going to die or was revived.

There's a lot of lines for toons that should be impossible to see in game. For exmple, Yuffie has a line and animation for finding the dead Midgar Zolom but it is impossible to find her till after you clear the caves behind the dead Zolom and only while in a forest.

Don't put to much thought into toons having bits of lines where they shouldn't. They are just text and can reuse animations, both are easy to make.