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This design reminds me of the design of Aerith's Radiant Ward and the design on the floor where she danced in ToTA.

Great video. I really love the attention they've put into every detail of these games. I will be fun once it's all over to look back and see how much was hiding in plain sight.

Yes, the explanation regarding how lifestream looks like matches the consciousness it symbolizes in Yogachara. In the sense that if we observe it from outside, it's like the stream of non-stop water, with realities, life, mental events rising like waves. But if we are actually in the water itself, then it stands still, limitless, equivalent everywhere. Just like a fish in the water, no waves. It's all white because it's where all lights converge, whereas rainbow colors represent the spectrums of that white light. Aerith and Sephiroth represent the pure and tainted waters / consciousnesses within the Lifestream. What makes Sephiroth even more than just a disaster / calamity is that black represents absence of all light - signifying that Sephiroth's goal is to annihilate all but him, contented with the eternal loneliness as per Aerith said. The rainbow effect can be seen in the white tunnel where Cloud fell into before Sephiroth showed up and told him to witness the true reality. Then we can see the rainbow effect when Aerith saw her mother in her past memories, then when Zack decides to go to ShinRa tower to find a cure, then when Cloud blocks Sephiroth attacks. Rainbow effect symbolizes hope like the rainbow after the rain. And hope can be used to create realities because the Lifestream doesn't distinguish the seeds dream, experience, memory, hope, etc.

Man that was amazing details, maybe that aerith at the end of the game isn't real, maybe it's from cloud's head, reminds me of how Sephiroth described Jenova when she messes with people's heads

This is the video weve been waiting for and never knew it

wow, we are going galaxy brain in this one.

Really compelling stuff. Thank you for this!

Coming back to my previous post, I really am liking the idea of having a Rocket Town Region DLC. We'd likely get a glimpse of Cid's combat too if the devs want to go that route. May as well do that then the story for Part 3 can actually hit the ground running from Icicle Inn or wherever. Lucrecia's Cave may as well be inaccessible though unless they wanted to create a sole DLC for Vincent. Having two DLC's linked to Rebirth may be a lot but hey, the more lore the better I say!

or "Reign"

"Reloaded"

very good points, this how you make a theory. however, i think the worlds seph control in rebirth is hinted at in physical form so it can be directly defined but for part 3 time/space related themes might is where they might going.

I personally love the theories you're throwing forward here. I also love that they added all these specifics (shapes/rainbows) to the menu, then looked at Zack's menu and said it needs to be different in very specific ways. From my pov it just shows how the devs have planned everything out even down to these minor details.

Really interesting analysis! Didn't notice the black saving menu when playing Zack, this is wild :) With the last part about the Yin & Yang I keep asking myself: What's the white inside of the Black and the other way around?

Very interesting video. I noticed that every time we see a rainbow, it seems to appear when something goes off the road the story would have gone in OG. Maybe the translucide materia will be filled by hopes from the party to summon something really strong (like for the creation of the black materia, born from dark wishes of the Gi's)...

Fun fact: in the OG FF7 Cloud was actually the first to say, "White as far as the eye can see." But instead of white he said, "Snow as far as the eye can see". This is shown and said if you take a different route in the snow stage. If you wnd up in the snowy forest he will say it. I was shocked because I thought it was a Zack line from Rebirth.

I can just picture an FF Rebirthh graphics designer sitting watching this like.... niceeee, but I just liked the pretty pictures.

Hopefully they keep the ATB system, but create it closer to Final Fantasy X-2. Whether you like the game or not, that bsttle system was 🔥!

I'm loving this "red string" analysis. It never occurred to me to analyze the symbolism of the Save/Load menu. Not that I would have gotten far into such an analysis. I wouldn't have known where to start looking.

Great video as always!

Only you could turn what felt for me only as very cool designs into such an interesting theory, I love it. Also, congrats con the edit, the shots that were playing while you were explaining were perfect, constant goosebumps during the whole second half of the video. I'm finishing BG3 and my instinct is to go play ME legendary edition again, but I'm feeling I gotta replay Rebirth first after this video.

Pretty interesting Take . Well explained and illustrated also

So freaking happy that FF7 Rebirth is such a content rich game that deep analysis videos like this will be with us for years until Part 3 arrives...

**gasp** I know Kung Fu

Excellent video!

Let the man cook 🤌🏼

Great theory and presentation. Thank you!

My guy brings us high-level symbolism deep dives right along side Ace Ventura and Bob Ross references. That "Titanium hWhaht" line was so unexpected, man. Lol It's been a couple of years since I read On the Way to a Smile, I'd almost forgotten about the Liftestream: White and Lifestream: Black chapters. Quality content as usual. Keep up the good work!

Amazing find, this must of have felt so good, given how you felt about Zack and Aerith at the end 😅

Nice vid ace. Thanks for your time.

Never picked up on any of this, brilliant video!

🔥

I had your same exact sentiments at the 8-minute mark, when I first played 9 since 7 then 8 was my first introduction

Excellent

The ideas sound good but none of them seem realistic considering time constraints and budget

I messaged you on discord.

Is there anyway to do a mod like this? Id love to play the game like this.

I'm hoping Square Enix uses the action gameplay of the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy for Final Fantasy IX Remake with aspects of Kingdom Hearts to make the combat more engaging. As much as it's a slap in the face to old fans it would bring in new consumers to the table to grow the franchise financially and make more cash. Other things they could do to make more money is making it multi platform day one, be 60$, and actually promote the hell out of it to get more eyes on it.

I really liked ATB, added some excitement and stress to a battle while keeping that turn-based RPG feel. I hope the remake keeps it around

I think FFIX remake will be the perfect game for old school fans and people who have never played FF before. as much as I love FFs experimentations and evolution over the years, it will be nice to get something thats a return to roots. I guess in the same way that OG FFIX served to be a return to form, so to will the remake. I think a modern turn based battle system should work to keep the level of strategy , but try to be more cinematic , and maybe make the menu navigating more organised. it can be quite stressful in turn based RPGs when you have to quickly scroll through a long menu to find an item or a spell . I wonder if they can make it a smoother experience.

great video. I go back and forth on my feelings about final fantasy IX. I think its a great game with loveable characters and art style, but for some reason I dont have the emotional tie with IX as I do with other final fantasy games. and I can't quite figure out why! I think maybe I prefer the worlds like FF8 or FF10, where you can't quite describe whether its fantasy or sci fi or a bit of both. I like the worlds with aesthetics that are bizarre. maybe the world of FF9 is a bit too typical for my taste, with it being more about wizards and knights etc. I also remember losing interest in the ending. it felt like they were trying to make Zidane go through the whole existential crisis I already saw cloud go through. the reason im most excited for FFIX remake is because I think I will probably like it more than I did the original. fingers crossed

Yes that's 1 of the many reasons I'll never play the FF7 remake that and part 2 of the FF7 remake is PS5 only and I still can't AFFORD one so a FF9 remake BETTER be PS4/Switch and NOT PS5 only.

Take my money!

I'm glad you're back making content, brother! I've missed your videos. I'm looking forward to seeing how SE innovates on the ATB system for this Remake/Remaster. Especially after seeing those Expedition 33 trailers!

Good ideas! As long as Trance is no longer random then that's a huge step forward lol. CC Reunion fixed the randomness in that battle system so I imagine Trance would be fixed here. I also loved what others said about having more team attacks as well as character switching in battle, it's a natural expansion to 9's battle system that makes sense.

No I like the action style

I love your suggestion, an expedition 33 like battle, with the proportions tamed to FFIX atyle would be perfect... fingers crossed

I think FF9 should be turn-based ATB and probably will be. I would see it as very good strategic move to do so for a couple of reasons. two of which being to appease all the passionate and die hard turn-based fans of the series and also to test the waters to see how a return to turn-based will be received in terms of sales and reception worldwide. Also for others who like to correlate BG3 success to it being turn-based. BG3 was not just successful because it was turn-based, it had multitude of reasons why it was successful outside of that. It could have been straight up party action game and would still have sold just as well and maybe even better.

Ilif remade like the rumors say it is, they better leave it turn based if only for the sake what 9 was developed as. A giant tribute to what their rpgs were. I honestly only played the final fantasy remakes only because I wanted to see the story, the gameplay made it a slog to me.