FF7AC: Marketting the Lion Symbol

Vanit · October 30th, 2005

I was doing some thinking today and I remembered something long forgotton about FFAC. In the early days when everyone was anticipating every last screenshot there was a lot of FFAC merchandise already being exchanged. T-Shirts, necklaces, lighters. wallscrolls... But what was on these merchandise? The Lion Symbol. Some little Lion thing attached to Cloud's shoulder with absolutely no story significance that only had about 3 seconds of screen time in the final pitch. But if you go back and look at some of Square's first official wallpapers for the movie the lion symbol is completely convering it. Was the significance of this symbol cut out before release or was it a symbol of the movie itself, for the marketting of an unreleased product. What do you guys think?

Hairybudda · October 30th, 2005

I figured the Lion symbol was an FF8 thing. To be honest I'm glad it's gone, because it has absolutely no heritage with FF7. They introduced too much to FF7 with AC, and now I have stupid kids arguing with me over semantic bull that is unrelated to FF7 in game context.

i.e. the other day, when the only other 'nerd' in my office insisted you could summon ultimate weapon in FF7, citing AC and fan fiction as a reputable source :/

Gah, anyway, I've offtopic ranted too much, so I'll finish this up:

I have no idea what happened to it, but I'm glad it's gone.

cloudvii · October 31st, 2005

Are u sure it's a lion? I thought it was a wolf. It appeared in the movie twice or triple times.
I think they were referring to Cloud's inner self. Either that or it is Zack (but i don't think so, since Zack didn't have a similar role in FF7, while Cloud's inner self had)

Mako Eyes · October 31st, 2005

It's a wolf, cloudvii got it. There's some underlying meaning to the wolf in the movie, which is why wolves can be seen in short random scenes during the film. What exactly this signifigance is though I'll be damned if I know.

Radix865 · November 1st, 2005

Maybe you think too much, it could be just a some idiot idea of putting it up on the screen...

But to tell you the truth there is much work done in the back and is not shown on film, when movie is made, I remember some star wars document that had explained how they had group of people just figuring out the way how the lightsaber COULD work, though there is no mention about it on the films...

October 30th, 2005	#1 (permalink)
Vanit Heretic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Australia! Posts: 2,755	FF7AC: Marketting the Lion Symbol I was doing some thinking today and I remembered something long forgotton about FFAC. In the early days when everyone was anticipating every last screenshot there was a lot of FFAC merchandise already being exchanged. T-Shirts, necklaces, lighters. wallscrolls... But what was on these merchandise? The Lion Symbol. Some little Lion thing attached to Cloud's shoulder with absolutely no story significance that only had about 3 seconds of screen time in the final pitch. But if you go back and look at some of Square's first official wallpapers for the movie the lion symbol is completely convering it. Was the significance of this symbol cut out before release or was it a symbol of the movie itself, for the marketting of an unreleased product. What do you guys think? __________________ Click here to download my Sin and Punishment English translation.

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cloudvii Emunext fanboy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cairo , Egypt Posts: 4,243	Are u sure it's a lion? I thought it was a wolf. It appeared in the movie twice or triple times. I think they were referring to Cloud's inner self. Either that or it is Zack (but i don't think so, since Zack didn't have a similar role in FF7, while Cloud's inner self had) __________________ Fekra Online magazine Fekra Magazine Fekra Magazine readers Facebook group

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Radix865 Anger leads to sadness... Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Finland, just below arctic circle. Posts: 1,881	Maybe you think too much, it could be just a some idiot idea of putting it up on the screen... But to tell you the truth there is much work done in the back and is not shown on film, when movie is made, I remember some star wars document that had explained how they had group of people just figuring out the way how the lightsaber COULD work, though there is no mention about it on the films... __________________

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October 30th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
Hairybudda st0ned Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Glasgow Posts: 233	I figured the Lion symbol was an FF8 thing. To be honest I'm glad it's gone, because it has absolutely no heritage with FF7. They introduced too much to FF7 with AC, and now I have stupid kids arguing with me over semantic bull that is unrelated to FF7 in game context. i.e. the other day, when the only other 'nerd' in my office insisted you could summon ultimate weapon in FF7, citing AC and fan fiction as a reputable source :/ Gah, anyway, I've offtopic ranted too much, so I'll finish this up: I have no idea what happened to it, but I'm glad it's gone.

October 31st, 2005	#4 (permalink)
Mako Eyes Monkey Sundae Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Newfoundland, Canada. Posts: 1,068	It's a wolf, cloudvii got it. There's some underlying meaning to the wolf in the movie, which is why wolves can be seen in short random scenes during the film. What exactly this signifigance is though I'll be damned if I know.