When I first played Final Fantasy VII at the ripe young age of about 10, I had no grasp on “meta-gaming” or what “stats” were. So rather than use the best party (Cloud-Tifa-Barret/Cid/Yuffie), I instead opted for the vampire dude and the cool talking cat. It wasn’t until a few years later that my feline fascination grew with the discovery of Yoshitaka Amano’s stunning FF7 concept art in a magazine. Aside from a noticeable Romeo & Juliet aesthetic in the presentation of Cloud and Aerith, Red XIII pops up the most as Cloud’s closest companion in Amano’s work. And yet, in the game, Red XIII’s importance to the overall plot is middling at best. What if Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2 fixed that?
