Zack and Aerith on their first date, from Crisis Core FFVII. Classic scene captured in 720p HD with high quality audio. Game running on PPSSPP, a free to download PSP emulator for all platforms. Captured with FRAPS. thevideogameforum.com
@@sk-xg7re Yeah but no one treats Zack like he's the MC of a Harem anime like they do to Cloud in the Remake. The Remake is awesome but I do hate how everyone is always jacking Cloud off.
What I love most about this sequence is how Zack doesn't try to lie or hide who he is to Aerith, he tells her up front that he's a soldier. Considering the fact that he liked her, it showed true character that he's up front with who he is and that clearly defines Zack's character. Someone who's confident and honest but also empathetic and open minded.
Same with me hahahaha, bcuz i dont play this FF series. only FF7 original (after this story). And i want to know what means of Aerith say to cloud at her house "you cant fall in love with me"
@@madeswastika8861 Spoiler Alert, But Read On If You Don't Mind. It's because the Aerith in FF7R is different from the one in the original, and to that extent, from this Aerith here in Crisis Core. The Aerith in FF7R knows what happens in the original timeline. This was hinted throughout the entire game, and definitely at the end, before facing Sephiroth, because she explicitly hinted that she worked her hardest to get the party together, for she knew the true enemy, and that only this party could face against him, being Sephiroth. So during that scene in front of her house, she most probably already knew of Cloud's situation, how his mind and memories are all corrupted and stuff, and mixed in with Zack, so whatever Cloud's feelings for Aerith was, it most probably wasn't his genuine feelings.
@@akerouge3519 Just one problem with that. Aerith died long before Cloud's memonic personality issue came to light. The gang knew cloud had memory issues, but they didn't know that Cloud's persona was mixed up with someone else yet.
One of the things I loved about this game was Zack's character. Usually the heros are some form of brooding edge lord, but Zack was mad Chad energy lol. He was "I'm sexy and I know it" throughout the entire game.
I have been replaying conversations between Zack and Aerith a lot lately as well....it's comforting listening to them talk, seeing perhaps, the 2 of the most sincere people in the world enjoying each other's company. No lies, no malicious intent, no devious plans being made. Reality isn't so kind however, how many of us can say that we have encountered a person like Zack/Aerith while going on about in our daily lives? Unlikely though.
Not really; at the beginning she is scared of fights. She even says to Cloud sometimes: "Running away is always an option, right?" - or something along those lines when engaging in combat.
Just came back to this cutscene in this awesome spin-off after so many years to check if it still holds up, needless to say.. my feelings on Zack remain unchanged. Still a major crush lmao.
If Aerith had a gil for every time a guy falls from the sky through the church's roof in her flower patch she'd have two gils. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened T W I C E.
Depends on which uno card Nomura decides to choose. Aerith/Zack Aerith/Cloud Her farewell story is a recollection of what happened in og. And who she ended up with in the lifestream, prior to ACC.
Gotta say the vibes with them two are better than Yuna and Tidus, they’re a good set but not as live as these two are and what devastates it more is that they both passed
I gotta disagree. Tidus/Yuna is a really well written romance. Even for all games ever. But the energy between each couple is great. T/Y, C/T, Z/A are perfect. I like the idea of Cloud crushing on Aerith a bit, cus how can you not, but his real love is Tifa. I also feel like he may have been influenced by Zack's emotions, potentially, when it comes to her. But it's hard to say.
Roabie Yeah I love the vibes between Cloud and Aerith in the Remake, it’s a great piece showing their growth in character development and I agree with it being with Zack’s emotions especially when she told Cloud that Zack was her first love
THANK YOU! Better words have never been spoken and so far I can see that in the remake. (especially if you have the correct subtitles on and not the English localization that's trying to keep the LTD bs, when in the Japanese version Tifa lives in Cloud's head rent free)
@@Sinbad7S Very likely with that version of Aerith actually. Zack specifically mentioned that he knew somewhere they could crash, but the mom lives there too. crisis core is canon in this timeline. Not to mention that Zack wouldn't dawdle by the train long enough for tifa to show up. It's entirely possible that he would draw attention to himself if he was carrying a catatonic cloud through the city, but my guess is that Zack would go with cloud to sector 6 and try to find Aerith in the church. That may draw attention from avalanche, but not the kind we'd want, especially not from avalanche, or any of it's cells. I don't actually believe Zack would join avalanche since he'd have no reason whatsoever to go to sector 7. Cloud wouldn't know where tifa was, as he wouldn't wind up with his memory problems since Zack didn't die there. Zack would certainly try to lay low, but probably fail miserably. Either that, or he'd set cloud up to be whatever he wants for a job. Cloud by the time they get to midgar would actually be up and about walking on his own most likely given that he woke up within minutes tops of Zack going down in crisis core. Now, the destruction of mako 1 would certainly catch his attention, but he wouldn't act on it until the Turks take the plate down. He'd have no way of knowing that the Turks were behind it, and there's a very good chance any of the avalanche members died much earlier given cloud wasn't there to carry the team. Hell, it's entirely possible they died in reactor one when they run into that robot boss. Barret does not carry any lightning materia or spells at that point in the game, and it's default on cloud. Ah, speculation goes way too far sometimes.
@@realislit8064 Considering that SE has repeatedly appeared in games such as kingdom hearts, which is primarily a Disney production if I'm not mistaken. It also gave that impression given that Aerith, Jessie, wedge, and Biggs all died in episode 1 originally, and only 1 of them did possibly just to be brought back in the new timeline. That's some Disney style writing if I've ever seen it
I remember when I wanted to bring back Zack and Aerith so badly... But I finally understood why bringing them back would ruin the story... an amazing story.
I find Aerith more mature when she was with Cloud than when she was with Zach. She seems a lot more naive, girlish and childish in this scene. More innocent, vulnerable, more prone to saying things then regretting them. The Aerith who was with Cloud is so much more in control. Yes, she does have little "accidents" that make Cloud's heart skip a beat here and there. But emotionally speaking, it felt like she was fully in control. It felt like she knew exactly what was going on, even when Cloud didn't. It felt like, in a sense, though Cloud was her bodyguard, she was the one looking after him emotionally, like some sort of a big sister. Here, she very much feels like a younger sibling. Someone who looks up to Zach. Someone who needs Zach more than he needs her. She's got more of a fan girl kind of energy. When she was with Cloud, this energy was more of less reversed, and it was Cloud who was insecure, even if he didn't want to show it.
It's even weirder when you realize they both met Aerith in the exact same way. If I'm not mistaken, they both fell from mako 5. And SOLDIER didn't even TRY to find Zack when that happened. Especially considering that sephiroth didn't even notice him missing I think? They would've known where he fell from, considering sephiroth was only a few rooms away and would've heard that.
Wait, when does Crisis Core take place? She mentioned a guy fell from the sky so that sounds like Cloud. Doesn't Zack dying happen before FF7 cause of the whole "I'm Zack now" mentality that Cloud has from seeing Zack die in front of him?
@@justanotherfs8631 haha Aerith has luck with SOLDIER guys falling 😂 I see why Aerith realizes that Cloud is from SOLDIER based on his sword right before he fights Reno. It all makes sense now.
To put it simply, Crisis Core is a prequel to the events of FF7 that take place about 4-5 years before the main game. Zack fell while cornering a rouge scientist from mako reactor 5 on a bridge I think. Ironically enough, cloud also fell from a bridge in the exact same reactor years later. However, after the events of nibelheim, Zack and cloud vanish and get experimented on for 5 years given they were able to take down the single biggest monster shinra had. Of course they had no idea about Cloud's latent ability yet, as Zack was just a regular soldier. They get experimented on for 4-5 years, try to get to midgar, and Zack died covering for cloud. Ironically enough, the Turks confiscated all the letters to Zack as he was a guinea big when they were sent.
Aerith: If I had a nickel for every time a guy fell out of the sky and ended up on a date with them, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice. (Honestly though... she had three guys falling out of the sky on her but the last one was bad news lol)
Aerith is such a girlfriend material. She's so lovable, like- IDK, SHE'S SO SUITABLE FOR ANY GUY SHE'S WITH- I CAN'T CHOOSE IF I SHOULD SHIP HIM WITH ZACK OR CLOUD-
I like aeriths voice and character in here better than the remake 🤧 this is where i first know her. When zack flirts with her she flirts back a bit too! Unlike cloud, just staying silent 😏
@@abss20 She did though She loved Zack too. And She never dated Zack, okay? The original had many English translation issues. In the original dialogue she told cloud"the first guy I ever loved"....that means the second one was Cloud.
Nilima Debbarma ok maybe she loved Cloud but in a platonic way like very light romantic not deep. In the original they had cute dates and all but the way I see it she’s just fond of Cloud especially bc he reminds her of Zack. She tried to know the real Cloud w/o the Zack delusion but didn’t happen cos we all know what happened to her. Cloud on the other hand is in love w her (who doesn’t). On CC they had few dates. Zack was very eager. Aerith even wrote love letters to Zack everyday for 5 years but the Turks just kept them all. And on AC Aerith and Zack can be seen together again in the end. A lot changed since the original even the remake is making changes too I love them together so yeah who knows
I always thought that this period (the 00s) really misses aerith's personality big time (her demeanor shouldn't be similar to yuna ffx). But now that I think of it, aerith in the original ff7 might got her spunkiness from zack 🤔 She's still ooc in all KH series and advent children tho
The resolution scenes all happen anyway...theoretically there's no choice but to just unblock one. The scene with Barret happens in the evening, the one with Tifa during the night and the one with Aerith in the morning, they are all canon.
@@rapidfire9999 HE DID! How did you like the game? I was so surprised when I saw her date, but honestly I knew Cloud would have done something about it sooner or later.
Right? I don’t think Aerith would be the type to cuss, but for some odd reason they made her be that way in the Remake. It doesn’t go with her personality at all. Not to mention the game as a whole is filled with a bunch of sailors. It wasn’t like that in FF15 so I’m really confused.
