Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post

The timeline as I remember it might be a bit off, and I don't know exactly how much time has passed since he got to Midgar until he joined the mission, but it's not that long ago that he escaped from the basement of the shinra mansion. It takes time to build big muscles, and he's basically fresh out of a test tube.
"How long has it been?"
"It's been... five years."

The Niblheim incident was 5 years ago. He was unconscious for 4. So... yeah. It's only been about a year since Crisis Core.