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Aerith's fate in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and the trouble with remakes

This piece contains major spoilers for the original Final Fantasy 7 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Please do not read unl…

Shocking because a key character players have grown to love is stripped away; simple because it's shown with stark clarity, the music halts like an in-take of breath until she slumps and sombre piano plays. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Theme Song Announcement Trailer Watch on YouTube So, in the spirit of maintaining the shock of the original, the developers' big twist is to create a multiverse to keep us guessing. It serves multiple purposes: it provides a structure to step back and incorporate elements from across various spin-offs; it gives a narrative get-out for Aerith's fate to keep us guessing; and it allows for comment on the very nature of what a remake can be, twisting the familiar into something fresh.

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