> Trunks:

> some things that i havnt seen mentioned that also seem to be final
> fantasy threads...
>
> *airships* i think they are in at least most if not all of the ff games.

True...airships are in all 7 ff games.

> *summon spells* was in most ff games(espers from ff3 were basically
> summon spells).

summon spells weren't present in ff 1 or 2, and as far as i am in ff3, they aint in
that one either.

> *ultima weapon* one in both ff3 and ff7.

Hmm...i don't think two games really makes it a recurring thing... And ultima in ff6
was a spell. The
sword that allowed you to learn it was the ragnarok sword (or paladin shield). There
was also the
illumina sword and the atma weapon, but as far as an ultima weapon? I'm not sure,
but i don't think
it's in ff6.

> CLOUD- Cloud is your overall good character. he is strong, he has some
> very powerful limit breaks, and his character design was nice (nice only
> though because it seemed very typical of the heroic rouge character
> personna of types, without much detail. all and all cloud was a worthy
> character and fit nicely into the realms of ff7.

Yeah, otehr than the fact that he's an a**hole.

> BARRET- Extremly powerful and also talks in ebonics! a first for the ff
> series^_^ barrets further level breaks hold extreme power and so do his
> attacks- the gun arm is interesting also. his character designed could
> have been a bit more detailed though- he was a nice supporting character
> and a strong fighter.

If I recall correctly, he didn't speak in stereotypical black fashion in the japanese
version. I've
read several angry letters from readers at his portrayal, and teh response from magazines
is always
mentioning that he wasn't like that in the original.

> TIFA- Pretty weak and annoying. i must admit i did not take time to
> level her up personally, but her higher limit breaks didnt seem to be
> that great anyways. also she has a typical cutesyish anime design- she
> lacks a lot of detail- i guess they decided to focus all that detail to
> her chest^_^ one of her best qualities. she does seem to be a bit to
> whiney and her weapon is one of the worst ever in ff- come on its a
> glove!

Yeah, her chest...her victory pose seems to stress that part too ("Hmm...let me put
my arms over my
head and stick out my rack!"). As for being weak...I wouldn't say that. When you egt
her to a high
enough level, her chained limits can do severe damage. As for her weapon being bad...she's
a
hand-to-hand fighter. She can't use anything other than gloves. And if you look carefully,
some of
the gloves have spikes coming out of them, thereby likening them to yangs 'claws'
in ff4. I see
nothing wrong with the gloves, and i think tifa is a good character. And she's pretty
cute too.

> AERIS- A strong healing character reminisent of Terra just a bit. she is
> also a lot more loveable than tifa and has a personality not just a
> bustline that rivals newyorks skyline. her healing skills are extremly
> usefull in battle and her design is a very simplistic, but beatiful one.

And her limit breaks put everyone else's to shame. The one where she uses her limit
to max out
everyone else's limit meters is very cool.

> CID- He is nessisary for all ff games^_^ nuff said.

And he smokes! Lighting dynamite off a cigarette! How cool is that?! YES! And he curses!
He reminds
me of me!

> VINCIENT- Visual impressive and darkly skillful. vincient was a very
> interesting character, but his weapons and limit breaks were too weak to
> fit his character- the idea of a limit break where someone can transform
> was an extremly unique idea i must admit. vinceint was somewhat of a
> typicaloptional character- and also had one of the best character
> designs in the game.

his limit breaks, while being fairly cool (Hellmask springs to mind), are incredibly
worthless in big
battles. Let's say somehow two characters get wiped out, and only vinnie's left. And
he's stuck in
one of his monster forms. Ya can't heal him, and he'll keep fighting until he DIES.
Ouch. I do like
how his final weapon gets stronger depending on the number of enemies he's killed.
And it's called
the Death Sentence. that's rad.

> .as you can see in the whole the characters were to unbalanced, and
> there wasnt enough of them. this is all IMO btw so no one get made at me
> if i said something that wasnt flattering about their favorite
> character- my favorite was actually sephiroth, oh well. also i found the
> musical score to be extremly dissapointing after the beauty and
> precission that the ff3 musical score was executed in. it is true though
> that the composer didnt have as much time to do it in- oh well again.

Yeah, but putting in too many characters sacrifices character development. I mean,
look at how much
we learned about the chacters in ff6. They had so many people running around that
they didn't have a
chance to have them interact very much.