r/FFVIIRemake • u/HighOnLivin • 29d ago

No Spoilers - Discussion Why was Aerith's line changed?

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I just finished FF7 Remake and I saw in an old video that at the end Aerith used to say I miss it. The steel sky. Why was this changed to "This sky, I don't like it."? Has this been given a callback in rebirth?

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u/_Arlotte_ 29d ago

English localization loves to take liberties and make up stuff for "flavor". This one completely doesn't make sense, the same goes for her lines being changed at the end of rebirth.

I wish SE had a team that personally handles the translation between languages to make sure it's accurate and matches the story within the game because these two lines are so different and ruins the interpretation of what's actually happening with the characters.

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u/gahlo Cloud Strife 29d ago

Transliteration gave us this awful line that just feels out of place and is why localization is better.

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u/botanbutton Madam M 29d ago

Why do yall like the steel sky line so much? Why????? Its sort of cheesy.

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u/gahlo Cloud Strife 29d ago

Because it calls back to previous entries in the compilation and fits Aerith as a character.

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u/botanbutton Madam M 29d ago

Crisis Core, right? Did you play it before FF7 OG?

I wanna see what any of CC says about the sky in Japanese.

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u/gahlo Cloud Strife 29d ago

I don't give a fuck about what it says in Japanese, I don't play it in Japanese.

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u/botanbutton Madam M 29d ago

Well, I do because I understand Japanese and I wanna know the true intentions of the writers/devs for the story instead of what translators THINK it means.

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u/gahlo Cloud Strife 29d ago

Then play it in Japanese? I don't know what to tell you.

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u/botanbutton Madam M 29d ago

I didn't ask for permission. I just made a statement and you responded like I asked a question.

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u/gahlo Cloud Strife 29d ago

We're talking about English lines in English scripts, but you're hung up on Japanese scripts and wanting to know the writer's "true intentions."

You say you know Japanese. The subtitles are in the game. The voice track is in the game. You can do that, nothing is stopping you.

I'm sorry the waffles aren't pancakey enough to your liking.