JENOVA

Wow, it was awesome to wake up and see so many replies to my first thread this morning XD

All in all, I get both sides of the argument, and I will say this. I think it would be an awesome fight/addition to the game, but I definately agree that it would need to be done tastefully and with no direct reference storywise to VII (Heck, even that could probably be done right, since we've already seen instances where different titles take place in the same universe - Final Fatasy VII and X, look it up if you don't beleive me).

NO - We should not add Sephiroth, I think thats going a tad too far.

Regardless of how you feel, I will put money on the fact that if any sort of content like this were added (optional or not), everyone on this thread would still play it and enjoy it like we've enjoyed the rest of the game so far XD

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Originally Posted by JTribal

What about auron, he fights with the team in II.

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Dunno about that. I was so bored about the protagonists in KH 1 and about the obvious lack of lore-wise reason about that all-star thing that I just stopped when sephiroth came in the arena. I ended the storyline only because I don't like to let a game unfinished. ^^


Anyway, on subject : I wouldn't mind, all in all, a fight with a foe reminding us JENOVA. It would just need 2 things.

An other name. Because JENOVA is just *NO*

Few gimmicks and lore which would automatically ring "OMG it's her !" in our minds. Like, dunno, some fusion with regular monsters to create doped beasts which could ressucitate her at some point. Things like that.

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Originally Posted by Kuwagami

Dunno about that. I was so bored about the protagonists in KH 1 and about the obvious lack of lore-wise reason about that all-star thing that I just stopped when sephiroth came in the arena. I ended the storyline only because I don't like to let a game unfinished. ^^


Anyway, on subject : I wouldn't mind, all in all, a fight with a foe reminding us JENOVA. It would just need 2 things.

An other name. Because JENOVA is just *NO*

Few gimmicks and lore which would automatically ring "OMG it's her !" in our minds. Like, dunno, some fusion with regular monsters to create doped beasts which could ressucitate her at some point. Things like that.

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Reason you stopped at sephiroth you couldn't win him.

I thought it was cool as hell sometimes I wish they added more stuff from old games, I would fight some bosses from saga series or secret of mana.

Can't we just let FFXIV be its own game?

Don't get me wrong. I'd love to have a fight against Jecht/Final Aeon, Ultimecia or Sin. But does that mean I want them to be added? Hell no.

I want FFXIV to be its own game. Not some shitty nostalgia trip involving one of the most overrated (in my opinion) games in the series.

I'm all for little snippets of the other games, such as the CT, Tonberries, Biggs & Wedge, mention of Tidus etc, but I don't want major plot areas of previous titles seeping their way into XIV. I want it to be its own game.
The devs can think of their own amazing bosses without having to rely on fanservice to sell them.

Though, I really can't wait to fight Cloud of Darkness...

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Originally Posted by Kuwagami

I wouldn't mind, all in all, a fight with a foe reminding us JENOVA. It would just need 2 things.

An other name. Because JENOVA is just *NO*

Few gimmicks and lore which would automatically ring "OMG it's her !" in our minds. Like, dunno, some fusion with regular monsters to create doped beasts which could ressucitate her at some point. Things like that.

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Yes, I can agree with that, tastefully done, it could work. Maybe they could name it JeBROva, and make it a male version of Jenova :P

Joking aside, I'm not particular to which enemies or references they make in this game, I love almost everything FF has had to offer, as long as it fits in to the lore and doesn't turn the game into a complete nostalgia fest (Not that I would mind because I personally enjoy those things, but it seems like there are a ton of people that are really sensitive to the issue and I'd prefer the entire community to have the same general consensus).

Heck, I'd even take Queen Brahnne riding a Fat Chocobo mount as an optional boss if they made it happen XD

Every time one of these threads pop up, I have this in a text file to end the thread.

There was already a major reference to FFVII made in XIV. Nael van Darnus, the Legatus of the VIIth(Get it?) Legion is essentially Sephiroth. He believed himself to be a descendant of the Allagan(Ancients) and wanted to use Meteor to cleanse the world for his people. In place of silver hair, he had silver armor. There was even a scene in Ver. 1.0 where Nael is walking away in a sea of flames similar to Sephiroth's Nibelheim scene.

So no, no more VII references will be made based solely on the fact that they already used up their VII card. Can we please give this up now?

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Originally Posted by Pyreflye

Though, I really can't wait to fight Cloud of Darkness...

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See? You can't deny that spark of excitement you get when a character or boss you fought years ago is reimagined in an alternate universe XD

Also, when was Tidus referenced, I must have missed that =/

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Originally Posted by Skyhound

So no, no more VII references will be made based solely on the fact that they already used up their VII card. Can we please give this up now?

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Where in the rules does it say they can't reference a title more than once? Is that in the SE employee handbook or something?

It's obvious we each have different expectations of this game, but neither opinion is right or wrong. This was merely an idea, not a petition to the developers to actually add this content, so there is nothing to give up.

If we have to fight a character from FFVII, I wish we could fight Aerith and gut her with our weapons before slapping her in the face with flowers, saying "No I don't want to buy your flowers".