FF7 riddles

[one_winged_angel]

So I'm guessing I wasn't right then.... Could you at least say if one of them is on the right track? pweeeeeaaazzeee!

[Skogs]

I'll say that you need to look at the whole riddle.

[PhoenixAsh]

Hmmm, this may be a good guess or a stupid guess, it depends if the first reactor is the highest numbered one in Midgar, if it is it's my guess.

I draw strength from your life, (Power taken from the lifestream)
But this strength is not free, (Shinra use it commercially, also it harms the planet)
You will know me as the last, (If it's the highest numbered sector this makes sense)
But it's the first that you seek. (It's the first goal you have)

[Skogs]

Good idea, but no.

[zacks_clone]

I draw strength from your life,(spirits going to the lifestream/aeris going to the planet through lifestream as spirit)
But this strength is not free,(having to kill her,not keep her alive)
You will know me as the last,(a clone)
But it's the first that you seek.(the original)

Sephiroths Plan to become a god,by having metor hit the planet,killing all the people,and thus having the planet heal itself.

[Skogs]

Nope. Miles off track. I'm looking for something very specific.

(SPOILER)o_w_a had a good idea...

[PhoenixAsh]

Well if one of his answers was right then I was gonna say Ultima Weapon with a full (though abstract) explanation.

[Maxico]

the shrouded clones in nibleheim.

They get strength from the jenova cells
but they have to go back to the crater where they are absorbed by jenova
they are numbered
and sephiroth who you are chasing is the first.

[Skogs]

PhoenixAsh: I said one of his answers was on the right track - I didn't say it was right. Read the last two lines of the riddle...

[PhoenixAsh]

Oh I know, I didn't think you'd be that harsh, that's why I didn't give my explanation for it being Ultima Weapon.

[Iceglow]

it's the guy in the entrance to the golden square place who changes the gil for gp the easiest way to earn the cash.

[Skogs]

Err... nope.

(SPOILER)Ultima Weapon is part of the riddle, but its not the answer. Look at the last two lines.

[-N-]

I'll go with Buster Sword.

I draw strength from your life, (Ultima Weapon depends on HP)
But this strength is not free, (as HP down, strength down, MP/items spent to build it up again... etc.)
You will know me as the last, (It is an ULTIMATE weapon - so it is the last)
But it's the first that you seek. (First - initial equipment => Buster Sword)

So, Buster Sword.

If this is indeed the answer, I'd say you drew a close line there - it could easily be construed to mean Yuffie or Cait Sith's initial equipment as well. Fortunately, Buster Sword's description is "initial equiping [sic]", so that works as well.

[zacks_clone]

i certainly would never have thought of that for a guess

[Skogs]

BINGO. Buster Sword it is. Your go!

(The site I checked said that Conformer got a powerup if the enemy was strong, and that Cait Sith's weapon was MP-based. It may well have been wrong. But yeah, I'll cover my ass by saying that Buster Sword is the first weapon in the game. So there. )