If you could change one thing about FF7, what would it be?

[Vincent, Thunder God]

This is my third recent thread that I originally did on another forum, but thought your responses on here would be more interesting. So...

IMPORTANT: This is assuming that the original PSX version was changed, not that this is a remake.

There are several things about Final Fantasy 7 which were excellent, but there were also some elements to it which should have been different. I have several things I would change, but what about you? Post some of the things you would change about FF7 here.
I would:
-Fix the few glitches in the game.
-Put better character graphics for the world map and locations.
-Make materia slightly easier to level up.
-Add some more minigames and side quests, even though there are
already lots.
-Change the Chocobuckle Enemy skill to its Japanese function
instead of it's North American function.
-Make Ultima Weapon easier to find on the world map.
-Make all non-CG cutscenes into CG cutscenes

Please post your thoughts here.

[Goldenboko]

Basically spell check, and edit sentences throughout the entire game...
Like this!

-Fix the few glithces glitches in the game.

[LunarWeaver]

Analog control so I can run without holding a button, make Cloud's sword twice as large as it already is, have Barret say the lines "I pity the foo'!" and "Jibba-jabba!", unsynthesized music, just make Cloud get with Tifa and save us lotsa threads and debates, and let me rename Sephiroth so I can call him Sephy-popo.

[Levian]

-Change the Chocobuckle Enemy skill to its Japanese function
instead of it's North American function.

Huh, haven't heard of this. What does it do in Japan?

And I don't know what I'd change except some more fun sidequests. Maybe make the chocobo sidequest more enjoyable, like the FFIX one.

[Bart's Friend Milhouse]

Replace Tonberries with Mobiletypes
and kill Tifa off in place of Aerith

[Peter_20]

Definitely NOT change the script!
The mistranslations have a very special charm, and changing them would rob FF7 of a lot of its personality.

"Attack while it's tail's up! It's gonna counter-attack with its laser!"
"This guy are sick."
"Hmmmmm, that's how you'll fool them. Hmmmmmm, so that's how you fooled them."
"Poo, I, uh, mean, this way, sir..."
"Off course! No, way!"

Do we really wanna change these lines?
They rock!

I would probably change the amount of missable items in the game, because I always hated missable items.

[Vincent, Thunder God]

Basically spell check, and edit sentences throughout the entire game...
Like this!

-Fix the few glithces glitches in the game.

Damn. I just copied and pasted it from the other forum, so I didn't proof-read it. *edits*

-Change the Chocobuckle Enemy skill to its Japanese function
instead of it's North American function.

Huh, haven't heard of this. What does it do in Japan?

In the American version the damage you can incur with Chocobuckle equals how many times you've run from battle. In the Japanese version the damage equals how many times you've run from battle multiplied by 100.

For such a difficult enemy skill to get, it should have more reward like in the Japanese version.

I completely forget where I found this information. Maybe it was in a FAQ/Walkthrough.

[Levian]

Ah, so that's why it sucked. You'd only have to run 100 times for it do to max damage in Japan, then. That's pretty nifty.

[TheSpoonyBard]

The Japanese Chocobuckle deals damage equal to the number of times the party has escaped multiplied by the user's level. So at Lv99 you'd need 101 escapes to deal 9,999 damage.

[Peter_20]

Ah, so that's why it sucked. You'd only have to run 100 times for it do to max damage in Japan, then. That's pretty nifty.

I fail to understand why the hell the Japanese guys always have to make weird changes in all their releases outside of their country.

"Let's release FF7 in America! And LET'S change the Chocobuckle damage calculation, mvehehe!" :rolleyes2

[TheSpoonyBard]

It's too overpowered. I know, they left in other overpowered things like KotR and Mime, but it's up to them really.

[Peter_20]

It's too overpowered. I know, they left in other overpowered things like KotR and Mime, but it's up to them really.

Then why did they create things like FF4 Easy Type?
That version seemed to encourage over-power. :rolleyes2

[Goldenboko]

It's too overpowered. I know, they left in other overpowered things like KotR and Mime, but it's up to them really.

Then why did they create things like FF4 Easy Type?
That version seemed to encourage over-power. :rolleyes2

So n00bs can beat it.

[Dr. Acula]

I would:
-Fix the few glitches in the game.
-Put better character graphics for the world map and locations.
-Make materia slightly easier to level up.
-Add some more minigames and side quests, even though there are
already lots.
-Change the Chocobuckle Enemy skill to its Japanese function
instead of it's North American function.
-Make Ultima Weapon easier to find on the world map.

I'd do all of these things. Also, I'd change Aerith's death scene so that there's actually blood. Then she wouldn't seem like such a supernatural freak with no blood.

[Zeromus_X]

Well, for one thing, a new (preferable better) translation would be nice.