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Quote Originally Posted by Skyblade View Post
The only one I wish remained was the first one. I understand that they don't want to give away too much too soon, but that scene would have really helped the game. I would just cut the words "Nibelheim, our hometown", and leave it at "5 years ago, he...". It leaves out exactly what happens, but it leaves clues to Sephiroth's existence, Cloud's desire to go after him, and, most importantly of all, more clues about Cloud's true past, with Tifa's unease about his memories of the Nibelheim events.

Now that I think about it, that probably would have worked. Nice thinking.

Quote Originally Posted by silentenigma View Post
The blank might have been an explanation, spoken by a crew member, that Cloud was made from essentially the same procedure as a SOLDIER, but that Cloud was the only one adversely affected by the process. That's the only thing i think would fit in context.
That's a distinct possibility.
The line still exists in the JP version, actually, and IIRC says something to the effect of 'so he has all these horrible things done to him' but that's going entirely from memory, so grain of salt.