Vincent's age in FFVII:AC?

[Nova Briar]

Hey, guys! Here's my question--I hope this is the right thread to put this in. I noticed in one AC character profile thing that Vincent's age was listed as 27...same as it was in the VII booklet. (Of course, this is undoubtedly how old he was when Hojo shot him and then experimented on him, and I can kind of see how one wouldn't count all those years spent doing nothing but sleeping in the basement of the Shinra mansion, but...)

Let me try to rephrase this. If he's still 27, two years later, and he evidently didn't age any while he was in the basement of the mansion--does he age at all? And if he doesn't actually age, does that mean he won't die by natural causes? (And if the answer to both of those questions is yes, than Hojo must've seriously messed his genome up...)

Just curious. Any thoughts, anyone? Or, more specifically, has anyone seen a webpage (preferably an official one) that has Vincent's correct age in FFVII:AC?

(I'm not an obsessed Vincent fangirl. I'm not, I'm not, I'm not... :riiight: I love Cloud and Sephy, too! (*hugs FFVII plushies* )

Anyway. Ta!
Nova Briar

[Destai]

I've heard several suggestions that the J-cells in his body make him imortal assuming no one murders him by force. I dont honestly know. Maybe it just slows the aging process. But you're definitely right in saying all those years in the Shinra mansion didnt add to his age at all which now that I think about it, Yeah that probably proves hes immortal.

(29 in AC, 30 in DOC)

[Mirage]

Immortal or not, his age still increases. Even if this casserole right next to me is going to last forever, it's still one day older tomorrow.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Lucrecia is the one who can't die because of the Jenova cells in her. Vincent was experimented upon, but not with Jenova cells.

Considering his age given for AC is the same as his age given for FFVII, I'd say, yes, he apparently doesn't age.

[Mirage]

Well, I don't deny that he doesn't age biologically (or whatever the professional term for that is), but someones age is the current date minus their birthdate, so his age will increase no matter what. If his age in AC is the same as in the game, then I'll just say S-E messed up :P.

[Destai]

Lucrecia is the one who can't die because of the Jenova cells in her. Vincent was experimented upon, but not with Jenova cells.

Considering his age given for AC is the same as his age given for FFVII, I'd say, yes, he apparently doesn't age.

No J-cells? Then what exactly is happening during his limit breaks?

[Cloud72789]

I don't know if Vincent has Jenova's cells in him or not.. I mean, it's possible that Hojo found some other way to make Vincent imortal. Anyways, Vincent will age but his body will not show any affects of time. Got that? Ummmm... I didn't pay much attention on how Hojo made Vincent.. so I can't say all that much about him. Well, if Vincent has Jenova's cells then he'll obviously have GeoStigma in AC.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Well, I don't deny that he doesn't age biologically (or whatever the professional term for that is), but someones age is the current date minus their birthdate, so his age will increase no matter what. If his age in AC is the same as in the game, then I'll just say S-E messed up :P.

Vincent's age is given as 27 in FFVII, yet he was placed in stasis 30 years prior to the game's setting. Technically, he should be 57 in FFVII and 59 in AC, but his age is still given as 27.

[Destai]

Are you sure he doesnt have J-cells in him?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

• Nowhere in the game does it say that Hojo used Jenova cells in his experiments on Vincent.
• Vincent wasn't affected at all by the Jenova Reunion.

[Destai]

Vincent was optional wasnt he so maybe to still fuction as an optional character, well it would have been a hard task for Square. If its not Jenova then what is it?

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

It could be anything. Hojo's a mad scientist. He wanted to breed a wolf-thing with a woman, for god's sake.

[amratis]

Mmm, Hojo was pretty screwed up. He could have done anything to Vincent really. But it does seem like he doesnt age very fast, possibly not atall.

[Nova Briar]

So...let me see if I have this straight--he's physically still 27 (presumably, or at least bloody close to it if he is slowly aging) but his actual age is 57 during VII. Is that it?

Also, if Vincent's transformations were due to J-cells, then wouldn't Cloud, Sephy and anyone else with J-cells undergo transformations under moments of extreme stress? (Although Sephiroth did have different forms during VII--case in point his imitation of Tifa, as well as his multiple forms during the last battles.) But still--Vincent's transformations seemed pretty involuntary (at least, you had to wait for them)--unlike Seph, who seemed to pretty much transform at will.

I'm guessing that Vincent's "unique talents" were due to something else besides J-cells. (What else? Who knows? Kawaii has a good point about Hojo.) Unless there was maybe some way that Hojo could modify the J-cells in Vincent's case, and the modifications resulted in the transformations...? I know we don't know much about AC yet, but it would help a lot if we knew if Vincent had Geostigma. He doesn't show signs of it in the trailers, the way Cloud does (ie, the holding-arm-and-wincing thing). Wish I could read Japanese--maybe the character profiles on the official AC site give away some clues?

Nova Briar

[amratis]

Vincent could have Geostigma and just not show it because he's really hard, unlike Cloud...wussy! Nah, only joking, Cloud isn't a wuss...well he doesnt look like one in AC at any rate. Vincent could have Geostigma, easily, remember we havent seen that much of him in the trailers, so he could have, it just hasnt been mentioned yet.

As for Cloud, Seph and Vincent undergoing transformations .etc. Well, arent the J-cells pretty unpredictable as to what they actually do? Its effects could simply differ from individual to individual. Hojo's experimentation on Vincent looks to be pretty slap-dash in the game. I mean isnt he lying on a desk??? Not surprising his limit break transformations were so screwed up looking, - he wasnt carefully planned like Seph, and to a lesser extent Cloud.