Bringing Aeris/Aerith Back to Life

[imported_Shadow]

Here's an infamous one.

Who here has heard the stories about the ability/option to bring Aeris/Aerith back to life in FFVII?

Let's see some of the stories on this one.

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

I actually have heard something about this... but it turns out to be a load of bullcrap.

According to some magazine I read, if you "Beat the game 7 times on your 8th time and up Aerith will have a scene where she wakes up from death and kisses Cloud"

...ok... question though: How would the game know you beat it 7 times? There's no option to save your game after the ending for a New Game + type thing...

[imported_Shadow]

I heard a different tale if you're interested?

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

I'm always interested in new rumors/info/just about anything game/anime related

So lemme have it XP

[matt1912]

ya they played the pc version and played around with the .dat files posted an image at end game and said see you can kep her. rofl XDDD

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

lol wow... that's sorta cheap isn't it? Those cheaters XP

[JediMaster]

Lol well death in the game is a funny thing because in the movie she was still able to communicate with Cloud so she would have never technically 'died'. Therefore in the game she is always there like a spirit:P

[imported_Shadow]

Ok,

Things I'm Assuming you know:

-About Revive materia
-About the Ancient City (where Aeris dies)
-That you still have the buster sword
-That you know how to level up materia
-That you have gotten at least 4 tissues from the golden saucer
-That you have the Sector 5 key.
-That you have a lot of time.

Every player of the game is familiar with the revive materia, the one that contains the spells life and life2. Supposedly, this materia can gain AP even after it has been mastered, with an interesting result. Revive can be leveled up to level four, even though it only has three visible levels.

To obtain the extra level, you must first accumulate 800,000 AP after revive has been mastered (Depending on how you played the game, you may have to get up to 1,500,000 AP. The only way to do so is to use the Buster Sword, Cloud's first weapon(as far as is known, no other weapon works), and fasten the mastered revive materia to it. You should then go to a place where you can get lots of AP, such as the North Cave. Fight the Magic Pots (the ones that ask for elixirs) until you have accumulated the required AP. You should then have received another spell for revive, Resurrect.

The next place that you must go is to Aeris' house in Midgar. If you have not already obtained the Sector 5 key, you must go to the Bone Village and have the diggers dig next to the airplane. Once you have the key, proceed to Midgar, and visit Aeris' house. Go to her room.

Nothing will happen at first, but you can spur on an important series of events if you use four tissues (lose or win fights in the battle arena) next to Aeris' bed. After you do this, Cloud will be overcome with grief, and will yell, "Why did you have to die?." Once he composes himself, the other people in your party will come out, and Cloud will discuss with them his desire to bring Aeris back to life. They will question you at first, but will soon be brought to agreement.

Your group will suggest that you visit the church in Midgar, where you may find some insight on how to get Aeris back.

On the way to the church, use the savepoint to access your PHS. Make sure that your party includes Cait Sith. Then enter the church (if this is your first time in it after disk one, you will see a ghost of Aeris). The two children who appear next to the flower bed will ask where the flower girl is, but will then notice the cat (Cait Sith) in your group. They will ask to play with the cat, and Cait will agree to it and leave the church with the children. The ghost of Aeris will then appear before you. She will mention the resurrect spell (which you should already have), and will tell you to go to the Ancient City, which is your next destination. Retrieve Cait Sith from the children and proceed.

At the city, go to the spot where Bugenhagen inserted the key (the waterfall with the crystal in the middle of it) and enter the waterfall. Here, Cloud will remember what Aeris told him, and will take the Revive materia out of his pocket (or wherever it was at the time). He will mutter, "I never got to tell you...," and begin to cry. Composing himself, Cloud will place the materia on the pedestal in the center of the waterfall and kneel before it in prayer. The materia glows brightly and begins to shimmer with a green light. It then turns into a ball of light and shatters. In front of Cloud, the crystal glows so brightly that he must hide his eyes from it. When the light goes down again, Cloud looks up and sees a ghostly image of Aeris, which tells him to go back to Midgar and enter the Church.

At the church, the image of Aeris will appear again, but this time it will not vanish. Your group inspects the flower bed, and Aeris gets up and walks towards you. It is then that you notice that she is not a ghost. As if to answer your unspoken question, Aeris looks at Cloud and says, "Don't worry, Cloud, it really is me.

I have not tried this but it seems to make sense.

I've also heard stories that it can't be done in the US version but you can in the Japanese.

There was also another rumor in regards to this that was way more in depth that involved making sure you buy a flower from her and give it to marlene, making sure she's your date at the Golden Saucer helping the guy with the dieing friend in that large pipe in the slums by getting him the medicine he needs, using the underwater materia, killing emerald weapon and using the sub to go under the Ancient City to pick up the materia Aeris drops and bringing it back to Red XIII's grandfather so that he revives her.

Some interesting rumors. Don't know the validity of any of them. Interesting to try though.

[rufus-shinra]

there was also a rumour that you can make tifa die instead of aerith

i'll try look for the source

[imported_Shadow]

Yea there was a rumor on that one too. I read that if you play your cards right the scene where aeris gets stabbed will go a different way. Tifa will shover her out of the way and get stabbed instead. Don't remember where I heard it from or how to supposedly do it but it's out there. Most of these rumors have been debunked by now but I'm still gonna give the revive materia one a shot.