FF7 ENDING! .............spoilers

[viet-cong111]

Red XIII has the tattoo on its actully a tattoo of the 13 sign but maybe just maybe red XIII produces babies A sexually so therfore he would not need a partner so they are probably not clones

[limallama]

well seeing as red refers to hohohoooooo as grandpa, and his mothers never seen, it seems to me that his kind can crossbreed with humans.
would also give a possible explanation as to why he can talk, but then, thats just my theory

[Weimar Pluto Knight VII]

Even though I have not played the Japanese version, "Grandpa" could be a mistranslation. If you say the Japanese word that usually means "Grandpa" in English, it doesn't always literally mean Grandpa. That's even true in English, but under different circumstances, like adoption. The game doesn't say if he was adopted or someone crossbreeded, so the player can believe what he wants. Unless of course my translation idea is valid. If it's valid, then something along the lines of adoption would be the case.

Also, if they did indeed interbreed, can you cite me other examples of this? In FFIX, Zidane is attracted to a rat-woman, Freya, but can you find an example of this in FFVII? Its civilzation does not strike me as savage enough to practice bestiality.

[limallama]

you're probably right, i was just trying to sound clever really.

[Squall of SeeD]

Also, if they did indeed interbreed, can you cite me other examples of this? In FFIX, Zidane is attracted to a rat-woman, Freya, but can you find an example of this in FFVII? Its civilzation does not strike me as savage enough to practice bestiality.

Hojo attempts to interbreed Aerith with Nanaki. Whether this means it was possible or not, though, isn't known. It's not implied that Hojo had ever initiated such experiments in the past, but he seemed to believe that it would work.

[Weimar Pluto Knight VII]

Oh yeah. Okay, so maybe Shinra or Hojo cross-breeded a canine animal with a human before, and that's how we get Nanaki. Well, hmmmm. Nanaki is 48. If that was Hojo's doing, shouldn't he be retiring about now? Gast was his predecessor, and he doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who would subject humans to crossbreeding in the name of his experiments.

[Squall of SeeD]

Oh yeah. Okay, so maybe Shinra or Hojo cross-breeded a canine animal with a human before, and that's how we get Nanaki. Well, hmmmm. Nanaki is 48. If that was Hojo's doing, shouldn't he be retiring about now? Gast was his predecessor, and he doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who would subject humans to crossbreeding in the name of his experiments.

Well, you're forgetting that Nanaki wasn't the only kind of his species. His father Seto looked very much like him and it's not implied that there was any differences in them genetically, nor was it implied that Seto was incapable of speech. As far as the implications go, he sounded every bit as intelligent as Nanaki.

Personally, I imagine that "Grandfather" was either just a term of endearment in regard to Bugenhagen, or -- perhaps more likely -- possibly a title he bore the same way Japanese folks -- or Native American folks, which there seems to have possibly been a basis for in regard to the people of Cosmo Canyon -- would refer to their village's elder as such.

[GibsonGoth131]

they couldnt of died if red is still alive and the upcoming advent children shows they couldnt of died.what i want to know is where did the otheir two reds come from if he was the only one of his species?

In the ending scene everyones dead EXCEPT for Red XIII, because AC takes place 2 years after like the scene where the planet destroys meteor and Midger. Although, there's a chance Vincent would still be alive. In AC Vincent hasn't aged at all, he's still 27, while everyone else has aged two years.