WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!
>>738431723watch the skyshe read that creepypasta
>>738431723check-em
>>738431723She's pointing upward to suggest looking towards the future where she becomes Ultimecia where she'll then summon the meteor from FF7.
>>738431723She's constantly reminding Squall how many men she fucked before he met her.
It means she's bisexual
She's trying to save our souls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvbrlq7PAgU
>>738431937
>>738431723>Her finger in VIII logohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa5gcYA8xf8
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>>738431723She's really annoying and by far the worst girl in golden-age FF games
>>738431952It mean Tifa Lockhart is beefy and strong.
>>738432241Rinoa honestly, I can't even describe her character to you. She was so forgettable. She can shoot her dog from her wrist so that's cool.
>>738431981Why are the male characters so oily and dreamy? I can feel the gayness from here.
>>738432296Tifa should lay off the steroids, man.
>>738431723>I can make you cum with just this one finger. Care to find out how?
>>738431723is there a retranslation patch for ff8?
She’s telling Squall she’s seen 14 million timelines, and only in one of them was he the most handsome guy at the ballroom.
>>738432590No, just one really fucking mod that strips the game of the time paradox stuff. Basically fanfic.
>>738431723Clearly she's a Muslim
>>738431723Wow I was just playing FF8 today, coming back to a save right before Lunatic Pandora and now at Ultimecia’s Castle, I completely forgot about the gimmick that all your skills are sealed until you beat a boss and unlock them again. Having fun on my revisit. Got all GFs too.
>>738432590Nope. You WILL eat the hotdogs, whateverman.
>>738432296Really going all out there.
Rinoa affirms Tawhid and one undivisiable nature of Allah (praise be upon his name)
Reminder Nojima and Nomura were obsessed about this dumb bitch for some reason, specially Nomura.>Yoshinori Kitase: In the previous game, there was a hidden "Love Parameter" for the three female characters: Aerith, Tifa, and Yuffie. Depending on how you played, the partner for the date event would change, or the character who showed affection to the protagonist would change. So, this time too, Nomura (Character Designer Tetsuya Nomura) said he wanted to give Rinoa, Selphie, and Quistis that kind of parameter, so that depending on the protagonist's actions, the reactions of those three would change in some way.>However, when I listened closely to what they were saying, in the story Nomura and Nojima (Scenario Writer Kazushige Nojima) wanted to do, only Rinoa was heavily featured. For example, it was Nomura's idea that they wanted a fateful encounter with Rinoa at the SeeD inauguration party. But I asked, "If there's a love parameter, wouldn't some players end up dancing with Selphie or Quistis?" and they said, "No, that's only for Rinoa." Obviously, their emotional investment in Rinoa was entirely different. If that's the case, I said we should drop the love parameter for the three girls and just focus solely on Rinoa. If we pushed that to its absolute limit, we'd probably be able to create something different from what we've done before... so I persuaded Nojima and Nomura to do that. To be honest, it didn't took much persuation at all!
>>738431723Unironically all FF games and a good chunk of JRPG's in generals are just huge oppurunities to communicate Freemasonic and gnostic ideas, stories and symbolism in fiction. The weirdness never had anything to do with Japanese culture itself.
>>738432065S = U
>Accidently got into a Boss Fight with Red Giant>Red Giant Mocks you saying Physical Attacks are worthless >Limit Breaks were my only choice in Ultmecia’s Castle at this point>Have Selphie in my Team>Attack self with Status Atk Junction Pain Magic until yellow health>Keep rolling Selphie’s Slot Limit Break until I get “The End”This is why Selphie is best WaifuHer other spells can even ignore the castle’s sealing skills gimmick
>>738432397She work out naturally.
>>738432896The speech of Allah is co-eternal.
>>738433103With that steroid gut?
>>738432241Agreed Square’s golden Age was in the 90s, barring FF9 (it came out the year 2000)
>>738432034Which game has the best logo? I honestly like the Hiryu Dragon for FF5 the most and Terra in the Magitek Armor for FF6.
>>73843318712 is a bad single player MMORPG autobattler with a bad mc
>>738433310>I honestly like the Hiryu Dragon for FF5FUCKING STUPID A GAY ASS DRAGON BEING THE ULTIMATE BIG BADDIE OF THE FRANCHISE!
>>738433310IV. It's one of the most iconic visuals in the entire franchise.
>>738433187For me the "golden age" is FFVI, FFTactics, FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX, FFX and FFX-2 and FFXII are included but evident of the waning of the golden age. Although I consider FFX and FFX-2 the same game and I think they complement each other. And I really like FFXII more than most people do, but it's definitely debatable whether it's a golden age game.
>>738433310XV, VIII and Heavensward
>>738432920for a good reason
>>738433494Really hoping we get to find out what happened to Skuld.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Z03n6-HkE
>>7384333101, 4, 6, and 10 have that aura
>>738433310Kain logo was peak
>3 FF games in a row feature vaguely Asian (Japanese) main heroines with long black hairWhat did they mean by this?
>>738432007Who tf goes "remember a year ago we had sex!"
>>738434207
>>738433050I only had Physical attacks available against the Red Giant, so I just whittled him down with (mostly) Squall.
>>738433050>Get into this situation>Have auto-potion equipped on Selphie so extremely unlike to get a limit break>End up having to reload because otherwise it would take hours to get through the fight
>>738434459>>738434207 yuna mogs
Bump
>>738437762It is kind of incredible and lame that SE never managed to improve the card game.
>>738431723It's a Sonic reference.
>>738433378Hiryuu isn't Shinryuu. I see you've not played V and just Dissidia NT.
>>738433310VII (Striking and embracing iconographic representation) > VI (The magitech is central and Terra is warlike, icon well snuck between the words) > IV (I hate Kain, but him being snuck between the words in a distinctive iconic pose is incredible) > IX (The hue is shared with the number letters, but not the other letters, which is more interesting, and its snuck in-between) > V (The letters having the same blue-purple hue brings it together, the hiryuu are central to the story and its intertwined a bit with the words with its tail) > BCVII (The characters are central and hue coordinated with words, the "O" being struck by a bullet is cool) > VIII (Love story is central, has emotion) > I (WoL looks regal and iconic, but is still just a guy) > X (Yuna and waves are clear, Sin is not) > DoCVII (It's pretty colorful, it's iconic, not to FF, but to edginess in general, the Cerberus isn't very obvious) > X-2 (The girls are central, the colors represent fun, the numbers being a different size is interesting) > LRXIII (Divine power, is iconography, unclear) > XIII (Cocoon is central, it's iconography but it's messy) > II (The Emperor looks odd and the color scheme is bad) > XIII-2 (Lightning is forced on the logo, they intermingle with the letters, Chaos is represented) > XVI (Guess, since I haven't played XVI) > III (Now it's just guy, technically in motion, but the camera angle is bad) > IVTAY (The two moons are just boring spheres) > XII (Too tall, unconnected and crushing the letters, Venat is just a brush stroke) > XI (The opposite of iconography by showing everyone) > XIV (same problems as XI, but at least that one could represent war) > CCVII (It's a sky. Are you kidding me? More hidden you could maybe squint and say its form represents the Digital Mind Wave) > XV (The fraudulent logo, the figure is Bhunivelze repurposed to Lunafreya, who didn't exist when the logo was created, thirdly when the logo is "completed" it becomes even worse)
>>738434247The guy who's trying to fluster the opposition would.
>>738431723>titless Tifa and sloppy secondsAbsolute trash
>>738435776derpy face
Is this a ff waifu thread?
>>738441458Sure go ahead. spam your wife aerithschizo
Selphie best girl
>>738434459>Gross NuTifa trifacekill me now
>>738431723That she's cute and being cutesy. There is no deep meaning.
Peole rehashing R=U with Aerith=Jenova now, lol.Why do people want Squall and Cloud to be villain fuckers?
>>738442784It's brainless retards who can't comprehend simple stories and thus feel like they have to make shit up to try to understand it.
>>738431723did yall even play it? there was a shooting star in the sky
>>738440892It’s fun figuring out which Airship is which, I only recognized the Ragnarok and Falcon as standouts.
>>738442784>Aerith=JenovaWhat?
>>738431723Allah is one and only God.
>>738431723pegging
>>738431723It means Rinoa likes it in the butt
>>738431723Eternal reminder Tiffa's pre-release official bio page outright confirms she's a prostitute. People in-game also say she's "selling manju" which is old Japanese slang for being an affordable prostitute.Plus there are conversations that were cut from the game just before release, and can be easily modded back in, where they don't even play at subtlety and talk about Tifa as a whore.
>>738431723'check these dubs'
>>738443237People are saying Aerith is dead and remake Aerith is actually Jenova.
>>738431723It takes real effort to be the worst girl in the worst game in the franchise
>>738443678But enough about Lightning and FF13-2/LR.
>>738443562But... how?If anything, the remakes are doubling down on the idea first introduced in the compilation spin-offs that Sephiroth was always in control. Now, you have future Sephiroth manipulating the events of the remake games, along with Aerith’s ghost trying to outsmart him. There’s no room for Jenova in this version.
>>738431723she's quoting her grandma
Give me Aerithyuna now square enix! It's X 25th anniversary!
Aerithnoa too
>>738442784>rehashing"Aerith" being Jenova makes sense from the standpoint of Sephiroth trying to convince Cloud to help him "defy destiny" in the same way he used Jenova to make Cloud give him the black materia. Rinoa being Ultimecia only makes sense if Rinoa abuses using GFs to give herself a lobotomy, lives hundreds of years into the future and then re-learn that Ellone has psuedo time-hopping powers which she attempts to co-opt so she can compress time and kill the guy she had the hots for.
>>738443801idk man, people are crazy
>>738445145>Rinoa being Ultimecia only makes sense if It’s something that’s easy to miss, especially since it was only fleshed out in the Ultimania guide, but Time Compression actually erases memories. In the opening FMV, we see a version of Rinoa who’s lost all recollection of her past, watching fragments of those memories play out right before her eyes. There’s even a hint that she’s wandering, lost, in the strange landscape of Time Compression.
Aerishitters still mad their fav is an irrelevant flattie dead whore that nobody likes and inferior to Tifa since the OG.
>>738445382>Rinoa remembers Squall well enough to find him and drag him out of time compression>uhh actually that's a different Rinoa that finds him
>>738445542Just for the record for me she canonically has E-cups. (Tifa has J-cups.)
>>738446148Exactly. The ending FMV shows two different Rinoas, just check the number of rings tied to their necklaces, and you’ll see.
>>738446205Where did she come from then? Time Compression clone? You can see why people don't take this stuff seriously anymore, right?
>>738446284I can’t say where she came from, only that a different version of the character exists in the game. To claim otherwise, you’d have to overlook the opening FMV and the text from the Ultimania guide by Nojima, which expands on that scene.
>>738445145>"Aerith" being Jenova makes senseare u serious? lmao
>>738446379We've had this discussion before, that prologue text doesn't claim there's a singular ring, it simply mentions the ring that's important which is Squall's ring signifying it's the same Rinoa you'd expect at that point.
>>738446489If you were serious about debunking that you'd have actually put forth an argument
>>738446530The key detail in that text isn’t whether it mentions one or two rings, but how it shows Rinoa lost in a place that feels like both eternity and an instant, with no memories of her own past or who she is even waiting for. Instead of finding Squall on her own, all she can do is send a feather into the sky. Coincidentally, that very feather is the one Squall discovers in the ending FMV, and what comes right after that moment?
>>738446570nta but you don't need to "debunk" obvious retardationI'm sick of people making vidya theories for the sake of making theories while comoletely ignoring stuff presented in-game that doesn't fit their headcanon
>>738446530>that prologue text doesn't claim there's a singular ringDoes it need to? The text is about the opening cinematic, where we are able to see how many rings Rinoa is wearing in that scene.
>>738446706>The key detail in that text isn’t whether it mentions one or two rings, but how it shows Rinoa lost in a place that feels like both eternity and an instantIt's almost as if time compression was explained to be exactly that and the way to escape it was to hold on to an important memory or even a promise that was made to service that end. Either Squall finally remembered or Rinoa's persistence paid off, which makes more sense in the context of the cutscene and if neither do explain why.
what's up with the current of rinoa love? not that i'm complaining
>>738446738>you don't need to "debunk" obvious retardationIf that were true there wouldn't be any of these threads to begin with.
>>738435776She's even more asian than they are, in game.
>>738446862Ah yes the opening cinematic where we're seeing clips of Seifer and Squall dueling at the beginning of the game, Rinoa encountering Edea in the middle of the game and Squall and Rinoa's dialog with each other that's near the end of the game. It's almost as if these are things that happen at different times in the game and don't represent the same time throughout.
>>738446902You’re still overlooking that the opening FMV shows a version of Rinoa completely lost, carrying a single ring, while the ending FMV features two versions of her, one with a single ring and one with two rings. The version with two rings is the one who ends up finding Squall, while the other one simply disappears. The two FMVs are clearly connected, and even the Nojima text confirms this.The game keeps deliberately focusing on her chest, almost as if trying to imply something.
>>738432298She’s the maniac dream pixie girl + the naive princess.
>>738431723Sex
>>738447012It’s almost as if the opening is unfolding within Time Compression, where past, present, and future merge into a single moment, and the past plays out right before one’s eyes.Not to mention that the opening is showing you locations that you can only visit during Time Compression.
>>738447110>the opening FMV shows a version of Rinoa completely lost, carrying a single ringlink a vid and a time stamp
>>738447212>It’s almost as if the opening is unfolding within Time Compression, where past, present, and future merge into a single momentwhich would explain why you're seeing one ring Rinoa when she meets Edea
>>738447269How about watching the entire video? Just pay attention to her necklace, as the FMV intentionally focuses on her neck to draw your eyes it. Then re-read the Nojima text that is entirely about giving said video more context. https://youtu.be/lUzepZ0X1Pg
>>738447304>which would explain why you're seeing one ring Rinoa when she meets EdeaBut that doesn’t explain why you’re seeing one ring in this scene when, at this point in the game, she had two.
>>738447372>How about watching the entire video?How about you give me a time stamp so there's no question about what you're trying to claim? Or are you that afraid of getting caught claiming something that isn't true?
>>738447472Just see >>738447446. Explain that away.
>>738447446Easy explanation. Either spoiler prevention, fear of people thinking they messed up the FMV with an extra ring or they actually did mess up the FMV by using the wrong model>S-Squaresoft never fucked up FMVs though!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETnJ0SjIlF4#t=121
>>738447519Just see >>738447579
>>738447579>>738447616Why did they repeat this exact moment in the ending as well? Here's the timestamped video: https://youtu.be/JnkoghhSLFQ?list=RDJnkoghhSLFQ&t=261This refers to the opening cinematic, specifically showing Rinoa carrying a single ring, and not the in-game cinematic where she is seen with two rings.And your argument is to attribute it to error or oversight? Really? >Interviewer: The scene in the opening where Squall and Rinoa are about to embrace also has different backgrounds and movements compared to the same cut in the actual game, doesn't it?>Sakakibara: There are various secrets in the opening, but when you watch it again after finishing the game once, it serves as a bit of a tease that makes you go, "Oh, so that's what that meant." The scene of Squall and Rinoa hugging is one of those. When you first see that movie, you have no idea what kind of scene it is, right? As you progress through the game, you finally understand its meaning. But we thought it would be boring to just use the movie from the scenario as-is, so we completely remade it specifically for the opening, adding twists.
Here’s the moment from the game itself, and even the way she falls and the way they hug feels different.
>>738447868>Why did they repeat this exact moment in the ending as wellI slowed down the video and you can't even see how many rings is on her necklace during that shot so how do we even know it's the same FMV, especially since everything gets distorted?As for the Sakakibara quote not only does that reinforce my point but it could easily mean that seeing it at the beginning of the game gives you zero context while seeing it in game means you've experienced it after seeing Squall have closed his heart to everyone, had his meltdown when Rinoa goes into a coma and then opens his heart to Rinoa when she regains consciousness.
>>738448202Yeah, but why change the number of rings on her necklace? And why keep focusing on her neck and chest to draw attention to it? You can’t argue that they don’t focus on it or that they didn’t change things deliberately.Or you can, by saying that they just made a woopsie, which seems to be your only recourse.
>>738448202>>738448346Better yet, explain the black feathers that surround her.
>>738448346>Yeah, but why change the number of rings on her necklace?see >>738447579>why keep focusing on her neck and chest to draw attention to it?Because Squall's ring is important in the context of being representative of their bond
>>738448406That video isn't the save you think it is.
>>738448376>explain the black feathers that surround her>Sakakibara: There are various secrets in the opening, but when you watch it again after finishing the game once, it serves as a bit of a tease that makes you go, "Oh, so that's what that meant." The scene of Squall and Rinoa hugging is one of those. When you first see that movie, you have no idea what kind of scene it is, right? As you progress through the game, you finally understand its meaning. But we thought it would be boring to just use the movie from the scenario as-is, so we completely remade it specifically for the opening, adding twists.
>>738448435The video isn't what I'm pointing out here, It's the explanation as to why there would be a different amount of rings. If the claim is that the discrepancy is on purpose then you need to post a dev outright saying it was otherwise it's speculation at best.
>>738447579The guy in the video has no idea what he’s talking about. There’s nothing wrong with that FMV. She turns her face toward the back of the float, and when the bullet comes, she blocks it. You can tell because the details of the float’s rear aren’t visible behind her at that moment—she’s turned her back to the front, but the feathers from the rear are still visible, peeking out from the right corner.
>>738448686Check out these giant feathers that form the back of the float.
>>738448758Look, there aren’t any giant feathers at the front of the float.
>>738448819Once again. See the giant feathers. They're all decorating the back of the float.
>>738433050If VIII DID have a romance system like it was originally planned to, I would have went for Selphie, since she’s perfect wife material. However, I do respect them for cutting that feature so the romance between Squall and Rinoa could be more tightly focused.
>>7384333108, 12 and 6 are the peaks in that regard.
>>738448880One last time.To the left, gates block the front of the float. To the right, giant feathers from the back of the float peek out. In the FMV, she turns from facing forward to facing the back of the float the moment the gates trap her float. That gives her time to block the shot.So the FMV was fine, but the clueless YouTube content creator just couldn’t understand what was going on.
>>738448686>She turns her face toward the back of the floatYou should take a look at what the back of the float looks like earlier in the FMV. There's no way to even see her with that huge backing in the way.
>>738449069Yeah, I can see the huge feathers making up the back of the float, the same ones peeking out in this image >>738449057. She turned her body, facing toward the back of the float.Now, if you're wondering how Irvine managed to hit her despite all that clutter in the back, I have no idea. Maybe he's some kind of expert marksman.
>>738446932People realise she’s the most underrated FF girl. I don’t see why people complain about her. My guess is maybe because Selphie is the loud genki girl and Quistis appeals to femdom/mommyfags, so Rinoa being the middle ground between the two stands out less in comparison.
>>738449168>She turned her body, facing toward the back of the floatWhich is completely blocked by the backing section of the throne. Here's what it looks like from the front, it's effectively three times taller than Edea.
>>738449069Here you see Irvine’s bullet cutting through all the clutter at the back of the float, then comes the giant feathers, and finally Edea, who blocks it.
>>738449321>cutting through all the clutterSo Irvine can see through the back of the throne now?
>>738449309I drew it for you, pal. Added a bee and everything.
I think it’s pretty obvious that Rinoa ISN’T Ultimecia, but a deliberate parallel between the two exists. I feel like a lot of people who insist on R=U don’t understand the concept of parallels. A bit like how Squall is dead fags don’t understand surrealism and the fact that Squall being dead would undercut the entire narrative.
>>738449475I guess Galbadia Garden sent him for a reason?
>>738449498see >>738449475
>>738449529Parallel these nuts.
>>738449569Yes. Otherwise you'll have to explain how the float's feathers jumped from its back to its front in the span of seconds.
>>738449532How did Squall know his shot was on target then? Do all SeeDs have x-ray vision when it comes to sniper shots?
>>738449617Didn't Squall say he didn't even need to hit her, that they'd treat it as a signal of sorts?
It doesn’t matter how Irvine managed to shoot at Edea despite all the clutter at the back of her float. The point is, he clearly aimed at its rear, not the front as the video claims. The video is wrong.
>>738449606I'm not even arguing that, my argument is the backing of the throne is in the way of anyone looking at Edea.
>>738449737Weren't they on a vantage point, in a high area, where they could see the parade bellow them?
>>738449652The goal was for Irvine to assassinate her, Squall going in to fight her was plan B and an attempt to calm Irvine down so he'd take the shot
>>738431723It means she's an awful character.
>>738449792It's a relatively far distance from the building they were in to where gates were, the further away it is the less likely they'd have a steep enough angle for a good shot
>>738431723She's going to stick her finger up Squall's ass during sex.
>>738431723SHE ACKNOWLEDGES THE OTC
>>738431723It means squall can't handle those sloppy seconds
>>738432241You Quistisfags don’t even remember what Quistis was like. Hint: the very opposite of the sexy teacher stereotype.
>>738442784>R=U Genuine conspiracytards who want to feel special and superior for having “hidden knowledge” that others (read: people who aren’t mentally ill) don’t.>Aerith=JenovaDesperate Tifashitters who need Aerith to be dead and replaced by Jenova, because they know their ship is never happening otherwise.
>>738446943spamming doesn't make your shit theory right
>>738452106Not a counter argument
>>738431723IT STARTS WITH ONE THING
Every thread finds a way to survive into the next day I suppose.
