VII... over 7 years later

[BG-57]

You're messing with me. Is this supposed to be something Cloud spews at random during one of Cid's visits to Mideel? I don't remember this at all.

See for yourself. I'm sure it's missable.

[Haha_YouAint]

As for the 8 people at Nibelheim, my best guess is that it was originally tied to the plot. Unfortunately, it was later decided that Vincent and Yuffie would be optional, so there's no guarantee you'll have eight people in your group when you reach Nibelheim. Then again, the letter's there to read right when you get into town and there's no one around who could have written it on such short notice. Secondly, Vincent is locked down in the basement of the mansion until after Sephiroth's freakout. And of course, there's the fact the letter mentions the eight people don't notice the town isn't supposed to be here when in fact, the party is flabbergasted that its been rebuilt. I'm back to square one and have no freakin' clue who these eight folk must've been. Seriously though, why say eight? Why not just say a few? Why not say some? For some reason, 8 doesn't seem like an arbitrary number to me. Ya know?

If someone made a juicy fanfic on those 8 ppl I'd gobble it up. Yes...I said gobble.

Seriously though, I'm really curious. I guess because it went under the radar.

[Mercen-X]

You're messing with me. Is this supposed to be something Cloud spews at random during one of Cid's visits to Mideel? I don't remember this at all.

See for yourself. I'm sure it's missable.

Zeno Gias... Zero Geass... coincidence?

[BG-57]

Did you see the link I embedded in my previous post?

[Wolf Kanno]

Almost the whole line is a reference to Xenogears actually.

"Uh...aaaa....? A billion mirror fragments.... small.... light... taken.... angel's... singing voices... zeno... gias...

Mirror Fragments, and small light are reference to Xenogears main theme Small Two of Pieces

Broken mirror, a million shades of light
The old echo fades away
But just you and I Can find the answer
And then, we can run to the end of the world
We can run to the end of the world

Not to mention the angel reference screams Xenogears second Act...

I used to joke with friends that Cloud snapped out of his coma cause he actually saw the world of Xenogears and met Fei Fong Wong and realized that his problems were nothing compared to his, and just snapped out of it.

[BG-57]

All that in addition to his guest apperance in FFT, Cloud sure makes the rounds.

[Mercen-X]

Did you see the link I embedded in my previous post?

I was referencing Code Geass, however. As in Code Geass was a rip-off of Xenogears.

It's not surprising that Cloud can show up in pretty much any Squaresoft universe thanks to the Void being canon. No matter how far removed the universe is, there's a possibility of familiar FF names and faces popping up.

[BG-57]

I kinda figured. I've heard of CG, but never watched it.

The other anime that Xenogears gets compared to is Neon Genesis Evangelion, which also combines giant robots with religious mysticism.

Might be a retcon for some of the earlier Square games. In Tactics the characters actually reactivate what is in effect a stargate that brings Cloud over. Might be a parallel diamension since Ivalice features a virtual duplicate of Aeris down to her name and profession.

[Mercen-X]

I never watch CG? I watch it all the time... oh, wait. Did you mean Code Geass?

I watched the first seasons of Death Note and Code Geass via Comcast OnDemand, but had to give up cable. So I had to wait a few years to find copies on DVD. I watched the last seasons by checking them out from the local library. They have such good taste these days!