It's Aeris . . . I don't care what the Credits said

[Mercen-X]

Her name is pronounced Aeris so it only makes sense it should be spelled that way. Do you go around calling Sephiroth "Sephiros"? Because the rule applies to his name. Sephiroth, unlike sephiros, is actually a word. Look it up. Taking your cue from that, you should be able to figure out what's going on with Aeris' name. I don't care that they "corrected" it for the Advent Children credits. It doesn't make sense to spell it with a TH.

If Sephiroth = Sephiros,
Cloud Strife = Clutz Trifle
Tifa = Typhoid
Barret = Ballet
Cait Sith = Kite Zit
and
Cid = Seat

[Zeromus_X]

It's spelled Aerith in roman letters. That was her original name created by Square, not a mistake. Aeris is a mistranslation.

Similarly, Sephiroth is only pronounced 'Sephiros' by the Japanese. They don't have a 'th' sound, so they have to replace it with an 's' sound.

[rubah]

Aeris is more pleasing aurally. Aerith looks prettier, but she's gone down in videogame history as aeris. Leave good enough alone.

[~SapphireStar~]

Aeris is more pleasing aurally. Aerith looks prettier, but she's gone down in videogame history as aeris. Leave good enough alone.

Hear hear!

[Ryushikaze]

It's Aerith. It's official. Deal. Don't make topics about it.

[Zeromus_X]

Yeah,

Poorly translated (though still not as bad as FFT) North American localization of FFVII

vs.

Kingdom Hearts
Advent Children
*all other compilation titles featuring Aerith*
Square's original name

I mean, they even went as far as to correct themselves in later games featuring her. Which name is prettier is up to personal opinion, but one name will always be the name the creators of the game gave to her, and not someone who got a big scare.

Though, I still don't understand the whole 'Aries' thing. What localization is she named that in? That confuses the heck out of me.

[LunarWeaver]

Seems everybody knows more about Square's property than Square does these days. You don't care that it's in the credits, it's still what you say it is? :O_O:

Anyway, neither one bothers me. I guess the official non-mistranslation would be more accurate, but I just accept either name as being fine.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

She wasn't named Aries in any official localization. It just takes a certain kind of person to make a mistake that atrocious. It starts with an H.

[Orophin]

but she's gone down in videogame history as aeris.

She died as Aeris in the english version of the game only. It's not like english speakers are the kings of the world.

Oh and by the way, they took Aerith because it's the *don't remember what it's called* of Earth. If you add a 'i' to Earth and replace the letters in another order, it gives Aerith. They took Earth because she is very important to the planet in the storyline.

[ValkyrieWing]

Aerith always felt...I dunno, lispy to me.

[vorpal blade]

Actually, I also read that "Aeris" has meaning because she is the "heiress" (sound similar) to the Earth (palindrome? Anagram?).
And as for Sephiroth being a word, I read another spelling: Sefirot.
And i would like to agree that FFT had an atrocious translation.

[PhoenixAsh]

If we're gonna talk official, how is it actually pronounced in Japanese? It can't be Aerith.

In all this time I still haven't worked out where she actually IS called Aerith apart from outside of the game itself.

[Sefie1999AD]

The official translation seems to be Aerith, with Aeris being just a mistranslation. AC and KH games also called her Aerith. However, the Finnish subtitles in the AC DVD called her Aeris during the Reminiscence of FFVII for some reason. Maybe because the Reminiscence had video clips from FFVII and the English version called her Aeris there? That's still quite weird since the Finnish subtitles only work with the Japanese version of the Reminiscence, not the English version.

[Rainecloud]

It's Aeris.

I don't care what any other sources say.

[Ryushikaze]

If we're gonna talk official, how is it actually pronounced in Japanese? It can't be Aerith.

Course it can. Or at least close to, like Sephiroth.

In all this time I still haven't worked out where she actually IS called Aerith apart from outside of the game itself.

You mean 'Aeris' in the above, right?

Actually, I also read that "Aeris" has meaning because she is the "heiress" (sound similar) to the Earth (palindrome? Anagram?).

I think that's nothing more than post hoc rationalization from the people who want to keep it Aeris. The Anagram bit comes from SE themselves.

And as for Sephiroth being a word, I read another spelling: Sefirot.
And i would like to agree that FFT had an atrocious translation.

It's the paths of the trees of Sephirot/h, a kabbalist/gnostic image. It's basically a way to god/ becoming god (as in joining, as opposed to usurping).

It's Aeris.

I don't care what any other sources say.

Seems everybody knows more about Square's property than Square does these days. You don't care that it's in the credits, it's still what you say it is?

Not only that, but FF7 itself has her name listed as Aerith in several thousand (or so) american copies. So now not only do we have The game in Japanese version, the creator, the sequel, the spin offs, the company, and all other official materials to bring against your one badly translated game, we have that selfsame game as well.

It's like we're arguing Neitzche.