They were one of the most controversial elements of the 2020 remake.
In 2020, after years of waiting, we could see how the long-awaited finally reached the market. final fantasy 7 remakethereby giving rise to this coming as a surprise, since, far from adapting the complete original title, we could see how only the Midgar arc reached our consoles, which in a certain sense was a significant setback for a part of the community, but also allowed focus more on fighting Shinra and in the characters of Avalanche.
Be that as it may, since this title is one of Square Enix’s PlayStation exclusives, it cannot be said that it left no one indifferent, since one of the additions that led to various debates and discussions on social networks was the appearance of the Echoeswhich were shown as entities that were in charge of maintaining the story as in the original title, but without much success.
Characters can see the Echoes after coming into contact with others who could.
Now, it must be said that one of the peculiarities of these characters who have the function of both enemies and allies depending on the moment, is the fact that only certain people can see themthus giving rise to the fact that in the first chapters of Final Fantasy VII Remake it is Aerith who can observe them, while it is not until this flower girl touches Cloud that this one also begins to see themwhich has generated a debate around the reason why Some can see them and others can’t. in this universe. And it looks like we finally have an answer.
This comes directly from the official Japanese account of Final Fantasy VII Remake, thereby giving rise to the development team having revealed interesting information about the Echoes that we see in the game, more specifically the reason why they are only seen by some characters. Therefore, according to the translation that has been made from Japanese, the reason Cloud can see them is because he had contact with Aerith, the only one he could. Also, later, Barret and Rufus were able to do the same when they came into contact with Cloud himself.
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Aerith is a descendant of an ancient race from the Final Fantasy VII universe: the Cetra.
Now, the reason why Aerith can see them is something that has not been fully explained, since, after all, we know that this girl is actually a descendant of the Cetraan ancient race that is of great importance in the Final Fantasy VII universe, thus giving rise to the fact that this ability probably derives from there.
However, the curious thing here is that Aerith seems learn about future events, this being something that should not surprise us if we take into account that Final Fantasy VII Remake has hinted that it is a sequel to the original title, as if it were a parallel universe in which the characters already knew what was going to happen to them. . Or at least those are the theories found on social networks.
For the rest, we will have to see what ends up happening with the Ecos in the future, since for the moment we know that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will be released later this year unless there is a delay, in the same way that this universe seems to be expanding by Square Enix in view of the plans for the NFTs of Final Fantasy VII, this being something that has been carried out quite a few negative reviews.
For the rest, remember that Final Fantasy VII Remake is available for PC, PS4 and PS5 while Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will arrive only for PS5, with the PC version to be expected later.