What are the romantic couples of the Final Fantasy series?

The Final Fantasy series tell emotional adventures filled with drama, hatred, and of course, love! The compatibility between certain characters is a fan-favorite topic, but select couples have become particularly iconic. Out of the mainline games, here are the romantic couples that are at the forefront of the series, with official (or near-official) status. Final … Continue reading What are the romantic couples of the Final Fantasy series? →

“Underneath the Rotting Pizza” – Cities in the Sky and a Desolate Earth Beneath

The cities of Final Fantasy VII operate somewhere within the aesthetic realm between cyberpunk and 80's grunge. Sci-fi but not quite, we see a human population with flying airships but no successful human launch into space, chunky computers and PHS phones and a distinct lack of high-speed travel. While Final Fantasy VII: Remake injects a … Continue reading “Underneath the Rotting Pizza” – Cities in the Sky and a Desolate Earth Beneath →

Did Aeris Know the “Real” Cloud?

A major argument against Cloud and Aeris's romantic relationship is that Cloud and Aeris only interacted in disc 1 of the game - a period in which Cloud was knee-deep in his identity crisis, which was not resolved until the game's second disc. Auxiliary claims allege that Cloud is actually role-playing Zack in disc 1, … Continue reading Did Aeris Know the “Real” Cloud? →

On First Love (And Second): A Final Fantasy Tradition

Final Fantasy VII has confounded its fanbase for decades with its notoriously messy romance threads. The infamous love triangle between Cloud, Aeris, and Tifa is further confounded by Aeris's own alleged love triangle between Cloud and her "first love," Zack. To some fans, this simplified the story: rather than accept an ambiguous love story between … Continue reading On First Love (And Second): A Final Fantasy Tradition →

The Perfect Girl For Cloud, According to Cloud’s Mom (Hint: It’s Aerith)

After Aeris contracts Cloud to be her bodyguard (in exchange for one date), she brings him to her house in Sector 5, where she lives with her mother, Elmyra. It's a quaint, homey cottage surrounded by flower gardens - a sharp visual contrast from the rest of the cyberpunk junkyard of Midgar's slums that Cloud … Continue reading The Perfect Girl For Cloud, According to Cloud’s Mom (Hint: It’s Aerith) →

All the times Cloud and Aerith are called a couple in Chapter 9

Cloud and Aerith have one major purpose in Chapter 9 of Final Fantasy VII Remake, and it isn't to rescue Tifa from Don Corneo's mansion - it's to convince everyone around them that they are in a romantic relationship. Which they do - without even trying. [Bandit] Hold it right there, lovebirds! [Barker] Welcome to … Continue reading All the times Cloud and Aerith are called a couple in Chapter 9 →

HOLLOW: Cloud’s Ballad to Aerith

Final Fantasy VII Remake's soundtrack flaunted clever rearrangements and medleys of beloved tracks from the original game, but the game's end credits theme song was something completely new. Legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu returned to compose the piece, which featured vocals performed by Yosh of Survive Said The Prophet. FF7 lead writer Kazushige Nojima … Continue reading HOLLOW: Cloud’s Ballad to Aerith →

30th Anniversary “Farewell” Exhibit Featured Clerith

In honor of the Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary in 2018, from January 22 to February 28, Square Enix held a “Farewell Stories Exhibition” at the Mori Arts Center Gallery in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. As the title implies, the exhibits were focused on the sad "farewell" stories of the Final Fantasy series, exploring tragic good-byes and … Continue reading 30th Anniversary “Farewell” Exhibit Featured Clerith →