FF7 based on a book?

[WhiteMateria]

I was playing through FF7 (again) and I noticed that the credits said "written by _____ and ______ ", But it was followed by a segment that said "based on the story by _____ and _____" . Does this mean that FF7 was based on another story? I mean Parasite Eve was, and they came out within a year or two of each other. Does anyone know the name of this book?

[Weimar Pluto Knight VII]

I think it says based on the story by Hironobu Sakaguchi, who made FFI. That's the 'story' they are alluding to.

You're right; Parasite Eve was based on a book, and they also made a movie. I wanna get those!

[tls]

The Parasite Eve movie is available in the U.S. with English subtitles, but don't expect it to be much like the game. It has a couple things in common but it's really a totally different story. amazon carries copies of it.

I believe the movie is more closely based on the book than the game was, but as the book is to the best of my knowledge only available in Japanese, I can't say for sure. (Whereas I do own the movie.)

[Weimar Pluto Knight VII]

I think the movie is about what Maeda talks about, the incident that happened in Japan. The game takes place after the movie.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

It says it's based on a story by Hironobu Sakaguchi and Tetsuya Nomura. Nomura had nothing to do with FFI.

[The Dude Abides]

The Parasite Eve movie is available in the U.S. with English subtitles,

The americans spoke the english language last time i checked

[Shoeberto]

Exactly why there would be an English subtitled version of a Japanese-spoken movie.

[Weimar Pluto Knight VII]

You can search it on amazon.com, and you don't have to be in amazon japan. I think it's on DVD, so naturally English subtitles would be on it. Exactly why there would NOT be?

[-N-]

It says it's based on a story by Hironobu Sakaguchi and Tetsuya Nomura. Nomura had nothing to do with FFI.

Also, just because these two made the story doesn't mean it was originally a book. It's just another way of saying "envisioned by" or "conceived by", really. Nothing more.

[Cless]

Exactly why there would be an English subtitled version of a Japanese-spoken movie.

Because people who do not speak japanese may want to watch a japanese movie without having to learn the language.

The Parasite Eve movie is available in the U.S. with English subtitles,

The americans spoke the english language last time i checked

I don't understand what you're saying. Are you insinuating that they should have said "American subtitles" instead of "English subtitles"?

[Captain Maxx Power]

I think he was making a point that the large majority of americans, when asked what language they speak, would answer "American". There is no such language as American. There are many coloquialisms based within America, but America's only unique languages is that of the Native Americans, many now lost.

[-N-]

Really? I'd imagine they'd answer English. But then again, I live in America, so what do I know?

[Raistlin]

I think he was making a point that the large majority of americans, when asked what language they speak, would answer "American".

I've lived all over the US and talked to thousands and thousands of Americans and not one has ever said "American" instead of English. That's just not true.

Anyway, a good distinction was made when someone pointed out the difference between "story" and "book"(too lazy to look up who).

[Weimar Pluto Knight VII]

(Americans speak English.)

I think it's just based on the story/game FF1. But if it also says Nomura, maybe he had the story in his head before he joined the team. Don't know for sure.

[DJZen]

The story of FFI and the story of FFVII are so dissimilar it makes one wonder how these two games are related. Really the credit just means that Nomura and Sakaguchi came up with the story to FFVII.