Quote Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryűkishi View Post
I think they were a good way to justify revisiting previous locations and bringing closure to several dangling sub-plots. The Huge Materia themselves are also a welcome homage to the four elemental Crystals of early Final Fantasy.
My thoughts exactly.

That was the era where they had to get rid of the crystals, but they really didnt want to.

Sort of like a homeage to the old series.