Walkthroughs not doing the research.

[MJN SEIFER]

That's right! It was the same one! I remember mentioning it as Jenova (I think Jenova Specimen?) to my friends and they were like "Uh, no...?" I was always confused as to why it didn't have the Jenova music.

Yeah, it was "Jenova Specimen" which is what Red XIII refers to Jenova as sometime you escape from the cells. I'm guessing they just thought it was that based on that line. Man, I really wish i still had it - I'm getting kinda nostalgia.

I used to think that maybe they didn't know about the "Help Window" until after Midgar, as "Armored Tank" seemed to be the last mistake they made, but like you say Carry Armor was missnamed, and I think one of the Hojos was called something stupid as well, so I dunno...

Also because I missed this:

thats weak- why would you want the coolest looking sword as a toy item that you can't see or use?

I think it was to make the FFVII world more real by allowing the player to have collectors items. I'm in to minds of the idea really.