Dof they give Aeris such a likeable personality so the gamers would feel a great loss

[darkchrono]

when she died. Or did they just give her that likeable personality because they felt it fit the damsel in distress type of character.

So do you think they decided to make her so likeable only after they decided to have her die in the game in order to make the gamers shed a tear or two possibly. Or do you think the personality didn't have anything to do with the fact that she was going to die. And if they didn't have her die she still would have been given the same likeable personality.

[Armisael]

Personally i don't find the character of Aeris that likeable..In fact i find Tifa's personality better in a lot of ways..

Anyway i do believe that Square did want to show that Aeris' death was a great loss to the game(the music,the whole background,Cloud's monologue etc..)to touch us emotionally but that's it..Life still goes on,there are two discs more and in fact,in a way Aeris make "invicible" appearances to some parts of the game after her death..

[Squall of SeeD]

Aerith's death was certainly intended to make the players feel loss and was designed accordingly. That was what the Director, Yoshinori Kitase, said in an interview in EDGE magazine in April of 2003.

Honestly, however, I can't stand Aerith. I don't find her likable at all and wouldn't want to be around her. Tifa, however, is extremely likable in my opinion.

[Sephitachi7]

Honestly I liked Aeris a lot more than Tifa and when she died it did feel like a great loss. Oh and somewhere I read that cloud was first meant to fall in love with Aeris but then after they decided to make her die. But then again I also read the article in EDGE magazine where he states that the purpose of this was to make the person feel this great loss.

[boys from the dwarf]

tifa kicks ass compared to aeris and for half the game she was better than cloud until he got ultima weopon and omnislash.aerises death is important to the story line and in fact it was vital to defeat sephiroth so i dont feel loss because she helps in a lot more important way later on.when i first saw her die i didnt care much anyway because here personality(espicially when she first meets cloud after the fight with airbuster (the huge robot).)is damn annoying and she sucks in battle.

[MAS82587]

Aerith's death was certainly intended to make the players feel loss and was designed accordingly.

bingo. couldnt have said it any better.

[The Man]

I'm pretty sure part of the reason Aeris died was because Sakaguchi was so damned depressed when they started making the game. Can't remember why he was depressed, though.

But yeah, no doubt part of the reason she was given such a likable personality was so gamers would feel a great loss when she died. No great addition to the story otherwise.

[boys from the dwarf]

she didnt have much of a likeable personality.at the start of the game whe she joins your party she acts realy annoying and pisses me off.

[Levian]

Have you seen how she attacks? It's impossible to jump that high, and long, in a skirt like that. She had to die.

[Slade]

I thought Aeris had a much nicer personality than Tifa. I guess i just found Tifa boring. When Aeris died it came no shock (mainly cos a few years earlier i had seen my friend get up to that part) but even so it was pretty emotional. But not as emotional as when Barrets friends are killed in the sector 7 collapse, or when Red XIII finds out the truth bout his dad.....those parts were great

[Squall of SeeD]

I'm pretty sure part of the reason Aeris died was because Sakaguchi was so damned depressed when they started making the game. Can't remember why he was depressed, though.

That's a misconception, actually. It's often believed that Sakaguchi's mother had died during the production of the game, but it's not at all true. She died in 1988 during the production of Final Fantasy III. Go here for more information: "Did the death of Hironobu Sakaguchi's mother inspire Aerith's death?".

[The Man]

bah, and I thought I remembered hearing that from 'kishi, too. 'Course, my memory's probably failing me again and it was some random peon, but as BOU noted in that one thread the damage is already done and I've already lost respect for him.

my guess is someone interpreted "Final Fantasy III" as the U.S. Final Fantasy III (i.e. what was really FFVI) and the rumour took off from there. Your link doesn't address the possibility of that interpretation, just thought I'd point it out.

[Ultima Shadow]

Tragedies makes storylines better.

[Squall of SeeD]

my guess is someone interpreted "Final Fantasy III" as the U.S. Final Fantasy III (i.e. what was really FFVI) and the rumour took off from there. Your link doesn't address the possibility of that interpretation, just thought I'd point it out.

Yeah, I thought about that but didn't think it was entirely necessary to mention, as the "either intentinonally or accidentally" line covered it, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to explain how it could have accidentally occurred.

[Dragoon-Master]

when she died. Or did they just give her that likeable personality because they felt it fit the damsel in distress type of character.

So do you think they decided to make her so likeable only after they decided to have her die in the game in order to make the gamers shed a tear or two possibly. Or do you think the personality didn't have anything to do with the fact that she was going to die. And if they didn't have her die she still would have been given the same likeable personality.

personally i think it is every thing said here as when i saw aeris die i felt sad (not to mention angry as she was my second best character and had spent lost of cash for her weapons and that) and i think she is the first playable dudes to die in ff (except for FF4 and FF5)