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"Final Fantsy 7 - REVIVED AERIS!"

hi all,

Ok, so pretty much everyone who's played FF7 knows of the 4 million romoured ways to revive Aeris, despite each and every single one of them being a massive lie... or are they??

apparantly, the first 500 - 1000 (or thereabouts) shipped copies of the translated version of FF7 contained code (intentional or otherwise) that allowed Aeris to return at the Great Crater. There are several locations where you can see a flickering "ghost" of Aeris (like the church in midgar where you first meet her). If you visit them all then when you're in the Great Crater, when you auto-jump across the stome platforms to get the mega-all (i think) materia,if you hit X on the platform that you usually auto-jump straight off, you can stay on it. walk towards the green mako/lifestream "waterfall" in the background and Aeris will reappear and rejoin the party.. the only catch is you can't take her back OUT of the north crater.

Now, i'f i'd just read all that i'd be thinking "bah, sounds like too much work for what's probably a hoax", which is probably what you're thinking right now.. fair enough! :)
but here's the thing, it's absolutely true. i was reluctant to believe it when a mate told me he'd done it (he's an ff nut who bought 7 as soon as it was out), but yesterday i saw it with my own eyes; Aeris, in the Great Crater, in PHS and battle sequences, at level 95.

Of course there's no reason to believe me, but as soon as i can figure out a way of grabbing a Playstation greenshot onto my PC i'll upload one (at which of course, most people will scream "PHOTOSHOP!", there really is no convincing some people ;) , unless i can grab some video from the playstation.. hmmm.... ), or, if you're trusting enough, send me your memory card and i'll copy the game on for you (and no, this isn't an elaborate scam to get a load of memory cards, nor do i actually expect anyone to care enough to send one, but if that's what it takes.... :) )

so there you have it! it is indeed possible, but only on a rare amount of the games apparantly.

maybe it's the same kind of reason that means no matter how hard i try, the "turltes paradise" flyers thing never works for me :)

make of this information what you will, and if i find out that any of the details i gave on how to do it are incorrect, i'll correct them straight away (i have to recheck with my mate)

ok, so it may not have been 500-1000, i don't know. and i see your point about production runs.
hmmm, maybe it was changed for the Platinum release or something?

i'll check with him about the action replay actually, to be honest that never crossed my mind, it's not his style.. hmmm.. now you've made me suspicious! :)

i'm seeing him tomorrow to get a copy of the saved game so i'll try and post the pic before i go on holiday on wednesday...

Isn't it a few days late for Aprils fools?

Come off it, the first 500-1000 copies were different.. SURE. Have you any idea what would be involved in changing the production run to press different code? Just to remove a really obscure secret that enables you to get Aeris back (like the accountants would care about that).

Your mate probably used action replay and told you he did it this other way. It's either in every copy (barring regional differences) or it's in none, and it's certainly not in the strategy book.

fair enough mate
like i said, it certainly sounds like every other hoax...

until that day comes i still don't wanna believe it pigs fly and elvis lives indeed rofl

shiningfreak wrote:
> ure kiddin right ?
> i still have to see it before i believe it i know im not convinced
> that quickly so where's that screenshot ???? :D

it may take a while as i may just have to photograph the screen or something but as soon as i get one i'll post it here. if i can get one of those ones that records video then i'll get some battle footage from the crater too...

ok, no i'm not kidding, yes you CAN use a cheat cartridge but from what i've heard it causes the game to crash (especially when you're using sephiroth and a battle sequence begins), besides, it IS ultimately a cheat, this way we'll never know if it's a glitch or intentional.
and pigs don't fly, nor does elvis live on the moon but i promise you this is true.

i didn't believe it until i saw it either though (especially after reading some of the other ridiculous ways people claim to have used to revive her, "i walked through the whole game backwards, molested a gopher and sent $15 to amnesty international.. and then she came back") so i can't blaim Blank for being sceptical.

Yes, pigs fly and Elvis lives on the moon.

yeah you can also just use a cheat cartridge to have her in your party and you can use it to get Sephiroth in your party as well. i did it for some fun its not hard. and whats good about this way is that you can take them anwhere you want.

ure kiddin right ?
i still have to see it before i believe it i know im not convinced that quickly so where's that screenshot ???? :D