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Alright, pretty self-explanatory, who's your favorite?

Mine's Cloud, mostly 'cuz I'm a true Munchkin and Cloud is just uber (*Omnislash*)

well i picked tifa. she was my strongest character physically at the end of the game. there are also a few other things i like about her, but i'm not gonna say.

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- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

I always had an affinity for Yuffie, don't ask me why. Her whole persona was cheery and wily at the same time, and her limit breaks were impressive for the most part (two melee attacks!).

Red XIII would get the close runner-up award.

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I have to say Cid. His plotline was excellent (as it was for all the characters), his character theme was nice, he uses a badass spear, and he's an angry old man (which for some reason always tend to be among my favorite characters, Cid, Strago, Tellah, Haschel, Drachma, you get the idea)

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Although Yuffie was a close second, I would have to go with Vincent. Why, you ask? It all dates back to when I was young and inexperienced (quite some time ago)... I had just done the side quest where you find

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Lucrecia

and received a little thing called "Chaos". I knew what it did because I had read walkthroughs and stuff, but had never actually SEEN what it looked like. Well, after I used it, something inside just made me like Vincent beyond all the other characters. It's strange, but that's why I like him: He's got a really, really cool limit break.


By the way, laszlow. This may seem off topic, but who is Drachma? I recognize all the others you listed, but I don't think I've ever heard of him.

This post has been edited by Random Person on 16th February 2005 13:24

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My favorite character is Red XIII. He had good physical and magic power, so he was my "red mage" of sorts, plus he had some of the coolest and useful limit breaks in the game second only to Cloud, Vincent, and Cid among others. His back story, personality, and character role in general are the main reasons why Red is my fave. I even love his theme music. Cloud is a close runner-up.

This post has been edited by FabulousFreebird on 16th February 2005 13:50

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"Thought I was dead, eh? Not until I fulfill my dream!"
Seifer Almasy


"The most important part of the story is the ending."
Secret Window


"Peace is but a shadow of death."
Kuja

Drachma is the grumpy captain of the Little Jack in Skies of Arcadia, who is forever trying

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slay the giant whale Rakham, captain Ahab style

But yes, I am inexplicably amused by these crochety characters, probably because I'm so cynical and stubborn, but I really don't know.

This post has been edited by Neal on 16th February 2005 15:40

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Drat, I as planning on making this topic... Meh, oh well.

I voted Cait Sith, why you ask? Because I'm probably one of the few people here who finds likes his char. Plus, he had 0 votes so far! All chars have to have some kinda support ^-^

(That, and I figured Cloud would be swarming with votes already)

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Mario: "It's coin, what the hell does it look like?"
Link: "Well.... What do you do with it?"
Mario: "You buy lives with them."
Link: ".... Isn't that slavery?"
~Mario/Link crossover comic~

Vincent. He can turn into the final boss from FF1, dammit!

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Mercy?! I am the sixth phase of your world's destruction! would you like some evil pie?

My name is Fox, I am infinitely great, and I am the author of this comic strip..

Kane makes a good point and i have to agree with him but I also have to add somthing no matter how many times he does his victory pose hes never hit the point of hair on his head yet. I will make it happen aventually.

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Red X,

Good development, great story, useful character, 'nuff said.

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"When I turn the page
The corner bends into the perfect dog ear
As if the words knew I'd need them again
But at the time, I didn't see it."

~"This Ain't a Surfin' Movie" - Minus the Bear

Cid. I liked his plotline, but he also had plenty of characteristics that made him a badass (i.e. his spear, his fluent cursing, the Highwind, etc.) I really liked it (and though it rather hilarious) when

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Cid becomes the leader of the party

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SPEKKIO: "GRRR...That was most embarrassing!"

Who's my favorite character?
The guy without an identity, the damsel who screwed up the previous guy's identity even worse, a foul-mouthed chain-smoker who is with you because of a lack of govt funding, Mr T, the damsel who didn't do anything, the semi-respectable lion-wolf-thing who was told his father was a coward all his life for no reason, the spy, the demon without an origin, or the WWII allegory?

Lion-wolf-thing

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Well, I'm not going to vote yet, since I haven't seen all the characters in plot and in battle yet, but for now I'll pitch in my opinion:

Out of Cloud, Tifa, Barret, Aeris, Red XIII, and Cait Sith, my favorite is Barret Wallace. No, not because of the stereotypicalness that some people complain about, not because he's a terrorist leader, not because he curses the #$%^ out of things, but partly because I'm very sympathetic to his character given all the unnecessary misfortunes and injustices that he's had to deal with throughout his life, and partly because he dares to put up a fight against some entity as massively powerful as Shinra, and he places his dares pretty much only on the hope that he can right the innumerable wrongs of this god-like power.

Edit: voted for Barret anyways.

This post has been edited by Glenn Magus Harvey on 5th May 2005 00:31

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Who's my favorite character?
The guy without an identity, the damsel who screwed up the previous guy's identity even worse, a foul-mouthed chain-smoker who is with you because of a lack of govt funding, Mr T, the damsel who didn't do anything, the semi-respectable lion-wolf-thing who was told his father was a coward all his life for no reason, the spy, the demon without an origin, or the WWII allego

Awesome list. Though I favor the profane chain-smoker. Oh, and GMH, I imagine you're somewhere around the Golden Saucer visit by now (maybe soon afterwards?) if you've gotten deep in to Barret's storyline, so you'd best be on the lookout for the WWII allegory and the demon with a sleep disorder.

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I Voted Cid, He was my Favorite because he made me laugh Alot!

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I'm the first person to vote for Barret, second to voice support for him.

Barret, like everyone else in the game, has his past troubles and whatnot, though I DO like his story the most. However, what I find more refreshing is his "cut the crap and let's just shoot them" attitude. While sometimes that's not the smartest thing to do in some circumstances, Barrett always walks forward towards the future. Heck...

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...even in Corel, he went off alone from the party and was trying to find Dyne. It seemed like he was trying to quickly resolve the matter without getting the party involved. Most people would mope around until the rest of the party kicked them in the ass and told them to get moving and confront the problem.

I would have voted for Zack, hands down, if he was there.

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Red got my vote. Why? No reason other than I think he's cool. *Shrug*

Cait Sith. Though he wasn't the deepest character, he was quite funny and had some touching moments. I also feel he did alot to make Shin-Ra more realistic, showing that not everyone associated with them was a power-hungry evil guy.

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Drachma is the grumpy captain of the Little Jack in Skies of Arcadia, who is forever trying

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slay the giant whale Rakham, captain Ahab style

Drachma rules.

My favorite is probably Aerith, with a close second to Vincent. I really love her contribution the plot, and Vincent is just badass.

Cloud, Cid & Barret are a close second. I just think Cloud is cool thats alll and them limit breaks as well.

CLOUD!

He's probably the coolest of FF's leading blokes. The rest of them (besides, maybe Locke of FFVI) are weenies, Zidane the monkey-tailed Locke clone. And what's-his-name from FFX can be annoying.

Cloud is enigmatic, indifferent (at first) and has a much groovier background than anyone else. Yep, that's why he's my pick.

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"Yet another 'use your sword to magically deliver death from above' character comes in somewhere between the Living Cabbage and Milkmaid character options." -red_beard_neo

I picked Red XIII. I liked how they set you up to thinking he was a mindless beast when you first encounter him, and then all of a sudden, you realize he's an inteligent being. Plus he just looked awsome.

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My favorite is Tifa, with Vincent as a close second. Though I feel that Final Fantasy VII's main weakness was an unspectacular cast, these two were both very well-done. Tifa's cheerful outlook and relatively normal behavior distanced her from the collectively boring angst-machine that formed the core of the party. Meanwhile, Vincent's story was neither overbearing or unnecessarily complex, but intelligent and surprisingly poignant.

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~ Bruce Lee

Cid. His story, the spear and his attitude made him the coolest one out of the bunch.

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Cait Sith is a great character, even though he is a Shinra Employee, but how can anyone stay so mad at such a fluffy and heartwarming character such as himself

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Say, can you hear that? It's the sound of the Reaper...
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Vincent. Awesomeness lurking beneath an even more awesome exterior, plus an incredible back story to boot. Oh yeah. The first time through I neglected to find him as I could not do the safe, but once i figured the safe out It was easy, and my second playthrough saw me meeting a character which would never leave my party. Fox also makes the point that he turns into the final boss of FF1, which is also friggin badass and a cool easteregg to boot.

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If you've been mod-o-fied,
It's an illusion, and you're in-between.
Don't you be tarot-fied,
It's just alot of nothing, so what can it mean?
~Frank Zappa

Sins exist only for people who are on the Way or approaching the Way

For me is Tifa, because is very strong and I like her limit break and also for two "big" reasons..

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Tifa's pretty hot for a video game but I'm going with Vincent. He's just badass, period.

i can't choose, they're all simply so brilliant. but i'd probably have to vote for a bad guy because i'm so impressed with the fact the story goes quite a lot into their characters as well. turks or seph for me.

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