Fact 8: There are 3 Full Motion Video shots of Ultimecia in the game, all are at the ending, and last less than 1/10th of a second each, barely visible (did you notice them?). Why would square go to all the trouble of making the fmv if no one were to see it? Square aren't stupid, they wouldn't waste time and money for nothing.
OMG...not another thread about this... Anyway, back to Fact 8 ...I have recorded the begining and end (some other cool parts too) of Final Fantasy VIII on a DVD and watch it every once in while. I put it on yesterday to watch for fun with my sister, and decided (for the 1st time) to watch the ending in slow motion cause it goes by so fast. And you get to see a lot of things you can't really notice watching it regular, including Ultimecia at the end, and they show her a few times in different positions, and then right after that it goes back to Rinoa. While I think it would be very interesting for them to be the same person, but they aren't. My views are basically the same from what everyone else said about Rinoa not being Ulti. Square might have just put it in there to either: A: trick us or B: put a FMV of her just cause we really never got to see her up close. And don't forget, Squall was going crazy, and a lot of random scenes were popping through his mind, and it would make sense for Ulti to be there cause he just fought her, and cause she's the effin' villian in the game!!! But they did put it there intentionally. If it were anyone in the game, I believe it would be Edea. Here's my theory from the other thread:

1st of all: Ultimecia looks nothing like Rinoa (my weakest reason)
If Sorceresses are immortal (as mentioned previously in other threads) then their appearence really wouldn't change that much. We see Edea at the orphanage 17 years before with Laguna, and during the credits. Even when she's pocessed she looks similar.

2nd: Her castle is also convenietly right next to the orphanage. Hmm...

3rd: There are all of those White SeeDs lying dead on the ground. Wouldn't it be ironic if she killed them? Edea, the one who took care of them and suddenly be the one who takes their lives...

4th: At the end of the game, when Squall is in the past with Matron, Ultimecia appears and gives her powers to Edea/Matron. If she was indeed Rinoa, she would have gone to a period in time where Rinoa was, and give her powers to Rinoa to power up her past self. But no, she gives them to Edea, which will give her stronger power.

5th: At the end of disc 2 Edea (being pocessed by Ultimecia) says to Squall something like, "So you are the SeeD destined to face me." We don't know at this point that she isn't Ultimecia, so we believe Edea is talking about herself, and that we're destined to face Edea, and that Edea is the ultimate villian in the game, until we find out about Ultimecia.

Alright...beddy bye time for me...:kaosleep: