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Ok, so I read that collection of articles. They seem to be written by a rather die-hard Cloud/Aeris fan, rather bluntly misinterpreting and misrepresenting things. My favorite being his comments on the Ultimania interviews, where the interview specifically discusses not only the risque nature of the scene, but also that they had to tone down the original version, which is something that he quotes, but completely forgets about when it comes to his analysis.

I also find it odd that despite the talk of the various requirements for the differing versions, there are no concrete requirements listed. No specific discussion points for the revealing of the information he says is needed, nor any required affection value to reach the "High Affection" ending.

Of course, there are screenshots that don't look altered, but even that doesn't tell if this is final game code or dummied out script. I'd prefer a source a little less biased and a little more scientific, thanks.

Also, this all belongs in the love triangle thread.
Whatever woman this fan wants Cloud to bed is irrelevant to the point I was making, if you want a different view all you have to do is type in the scene into google and a ton of information comes up. I chose this one because it had everything Wolf needed to know all in a handy location.

I don't understand why you think it's a fake scene? Unless you're a CloudxTifa guy and hate to think there's a possibility that they don't bump uglies.
True, and I wasn't trying to denigrate your point. I just found it amusing how far the author was trying to go to split the two up even in the "high affection" version's analysis.

As to my skepticism, a scene which Wolf hasn't found in game scripts and which has no definitive "this is how you obtain it" requirements just tickles my cynical nature. Considering raising Aeris's affection higher than Tifa is neither difficult, nor uncommon, I would think that the "low affection" scene would, if anything, be more common than the "high affection" scene, which has specific conditions to fulfill if the article is to be believed. Thus, it should be more likely to be in the game scripts than the "high affection" version, making me curious as to how Wolf missed it.

As to why I don't check myself, well, I'm too lazy to do research into an issue I don't really care about. I don't disbelieve the screenshots, I'm merely skeptical of their source. And if the game gives you the choice, then good. My opinion is that pretty much any issue the game gives the player a choice in is always the player's choice. Even if, as I believe from the interview, a certain path was intended by the developers (at least, for the high affection route), when they gave you the choice, it became up to the players.

So whether Tifa and Cloud got together or not is up to the players. As such, whatever happens is canon for your story, and the argument doesn't really matter, in my mind.