JENOVA

[Milmoko_Gemoko]

To be fair Lightning was sent to Eorzea by God to prepair her for Holy Mission or something as I remember from the event cutscenes, still didnt make much sense but makes more sense then Jenova been here.

I personally want them to just leave VII and its characters alone at this point, its been 18 years since it came out and its still regarded as masterpiece so lets just be happy with that before they over do it like they did with XIII. Not that I didnt enjoy XIII (I loved it) but still to much of a good thing and it gets annoying.

[Lord_Zlatan]

If they weaseled it in as like a bio-organism that was like a defense system ala ADS for a Turn in Coil. Each different encounter would be a further evolved form and having a remixed version of the song, I guess I wouldn't mind so much. I still feel I would be more interested in some original material.

I agree, but I also think that it is original usage of pre-existing content within the overall IP. I can tell you this, while I would like to see original content, there is almost no original content they could add that would be more exciting than a well done JENOVA scenario.

[Welsper59]

...And then what? After we defeat JENOVA, Sephiroth comes out pissed that we killed his Mommy. He then goes to summon Meteor. It hits. Then causes another Calamity.... We adventurers cause enough problems. Do we really need to add this to them? @_@

Let us not forget that we will also have to sit through a 5min cutscene (no matter how awesome it was at first) when he does use Meteor. I can just imagine the outrage from my peers...

On a lighter note, a recurring named enemy that alters form/mechanics would be a little interesting as a side story, I guess. Think episodic storyline (like how they release the Hildibrand quests).

[Kaela]

Let us not forget that we will also have to sit through a 5min cutscene (no matter how awesome it was at first) when he does use Meteor. I can just imagine the outrage from my peers...

On a lighter note, a recurring named enemy that alters form/mechanics would be a little interesting as a side story, I guess. Think episodic storyline (like how they release the Hildibrand quests).

Heck of a way to start off for the next expansion wouldn't you think. Just as long as they don't close down the servers for several months.....

[Jinko]

It seems they could easily incorporate JENOVA via the Garlean story line as a biological weapon of some kind, there is nothing to say it has to follow in the same lore as FFVII, but it should probably remain as close as possible graphics and music wise.

They could even have an enhanced hard mode and extreme mode where it is completely reborn as a new model and has different mechanics to its previous forms.

[Kuwagami]

no more thingies unrelated to the lore just to please the fans please. FFXIII crap was enough.

[Vahlnir]

no more thingies unrelated to the lore just to please the fans please. FFXIII crap was enough.

They wouldn't even have to connect it to VII at all. A simple cameo boss fight would be sufficient to please long-time fans, for those who know what Jenova was from originally. Diabolos is a decent example of this.

It seems they could easily incorporate JENOVA via the Garlean story line as a biological weapon of some kind, there is nothing to say it has to follow in the same lore as FFVII, but it should probably remain as close as possible graphics and music wise.

They could even have an enhanced hard mode and extreme mode where it is completely reborn as a new model and has different mechanics to its previous forms.

I like this idea...a lot.

[Welsper59]

Heck of a way to start off for the next expansion wouldn't you think. Just as long as they don't close down the servers for several months.....

Eorzea would seem to have a habit of having gigantic round things bring about its destruction if that happened.

[Orophin]

Considering how other monsters and bosses from previous games have made appearances it wouldn't be out of the question. Lightning from FF 13 made no sense in Eorzea but she still ended up there, albeit briefly. Regardless, Jenova would be a cool addition to this game.

Lightning, Shantotto and Gilgamesh are all characters from previous games who are capable of transporting through different dimensions. JENOVA doesn't have this capability and really doesn't fit into Eorzea/Hydaelyn. I like some of the cameos they've made (Biggs and Wedge) but something as significant to the plot as JENOVA was to FF7 I don't think they really need to make an appearance here.

[JTribal]

It seems they could easily incorporate JENOVA via the Garlean story line as a biological weapon of some kind, there is nothing to say it has to follow in the same lore as FFVII, but it should probably remain as close as possible graphics and music wise.

They could even have an enhanced hard mode and extreme mode where it is completely reborn as a new model and has different mechanics to its previous forms.

That is exactly what I was thinking too! It wouldn't be a stretch in all honesty, alot of the Garlean lore has elements of previous Final Fantasy sprinkled in with a new twist (Ultima, Primals, etc.)

I'm not saying they need to bring in ANYTHING else from VII, just a cameo boss fight with a remixed theme would be awesome.