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{{Infobox Character General | {{Infobox Character General | ||
|universe | |universe = {{uv|Final Fantasy}} | ||
|name | |name = Aerith Gainsborough | ||
|image | |image = [[File:Aerith.png|220px]] | ||
|caption | |caption = {{symbol|FinalFantasy|50px}} | ||
|firstgame | Aerith Gainsborough's artwork from ''Final Fantasy VII''. | ||
|lastappearance = '' | |firstgame = ''{{s|wikipedia|Final Fantasy VII}}'' (1997) | ||
|games | |lastappearance= ''[[wikipedia:Final Fantasy VII Remake|Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade]]'' (2021) | ||
|console | |games = ''[[Ultimate]]'' | ||
|species | |console = PlayStation | ||
|gender | |species = Cetra/Human hybrid | ||
|placeoforigin | |gender = Female | ||
|creator | |placeoforigin= Icicle Inn (birthplace)<br>Midgar (hometown) | ||
|artist | |creator = {{s|wikipedia|Yoshinori Kitase}}<br>{{s|wikipedia|Hironobu Sakaguchi}} | ||
|interwiki | |artist = {{s|wikipedia|Tetsuya Nomura}} | ||
|interwikiname | |interwiki = wikipedia | ||
|interwikipage | |interwikiname= Wikipedia | ||
|interwikipage= Aerith Gainsborough | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Aerith Gainsborough''' ({{ja|エアリス・ゲインズブール|Earisu Geinzubūru}}, ''Aerith Gainsborough''; formerly translated as '''Aeris''' prior to | '''Aerith Gainsborough''' ({{ja|エアリス・ゲインズブール|Earisu Geinzubūru}}, ''Aerith Gainsborough''; formerly translated as '''Aeris''' prior to ''Kingdom Hearts'') is a character from the video game ''Final Fantasy VII''. | ||
==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
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The reason that Shinra is hunting Aerith is that she is the last known descendant of the Cetra, a race of ancient humanoids that had the ability to interact directly with the planet's Lifestream. Aerith is shown "talking to the planet" like this several times. During her early childhood, Aerith and her birth mother Ifalna were subject to various experiments by Shinra to test what a Cetra was capable of. Both eventually escaped, but Ifalna did not make it far. Before her death, she asked a bystander named Elmyra Gainsborough to take care of Aerith, to which she agreed. | The reason that Shinra is hunting Aerith is that she is the last known descendant of the Cetra, a race of ancient humanoids that had the ability to interact directly with the planet's Lifestream. Aerith is shown "talking to the planet" like this several times. During her early childhood, Aerith and her birth mother Ifalna were subject to various experiments by Shinra to test what a Cetra was capable of. Both eventually escaped, but Ifalna did not make it far. Before her death, she asked a bystander named Elmyra Gainsborough to take care of Aerith, to which she agreed. | ||
After a failed attempt to foil Sephiroth's theft of the Black Materia, Aerith ventures alone into the Forgotten City in order to summon Holy, the only force capable of repelling the ultimate destructive magic, Meteor, which has been summoned by Sephiroth. Cloud and his companions give chase, eventually finding her. As Aerith looks up to smile at Cloud, Sephiroth appears and kills her by impaling her through the torso. Cloud carries Aerith's body out into a lake in the Forgotten City. Although Aerith successfully cast Holy before her death, it is held back by the power of Sephiroth's will. When Sephiroth is finally defeated, Holy is released, though Meteor had fallen too close and Holy's energy was unfocused by its gravity. Within the lifestream, Aerith commanded the lifestream itself to emerge from the planet and push Meteor back, allowing Holy to focus its energy and finally destroy the meteor. Cloud pays tribute to Aerith in later installments by tying her hair ribbon around his left arm. | After a failed attempt to foil Sephiroth's theft of the Black Materia, Aerith ventures alone into the Forgotten City in order to summon Holy, the only force capable of repelling the ultimate destructive magic, Meteor, which has been summoned by Sephiroth. Cloud and his companions give chase, eventually finding her. As Aerith looks up to smile at Cloud, Sephiroth appears and kills her by impaling her through the torso. Cloud carries Aerith's body out into a lake in the Forgotten City. Although Aerith successfully cast Holy before her death, it is held back by the power of Sephiroth's will. When Sephiroth is finally defeated, Holy is released, though Meteor had fallen too close and Holy's energy was unfocused by its gravity. Within the lifestream, Aerith commanded the lifestream itself to emerge from the planet and push Meteor back, allowing Holy to focus its energy and finally destroy the meteor. Cloud pays tribute to Aerith in later installments by tying her hair ribbon around his left arm. | ||
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==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''== | ==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''== | ||
[[File:MiiCostumeAerithSSBU.jpg|thumb|left|240px|The Aerith Mii costume in ''Ultimate''.]] | [[File:MiiCostumeAerithSSBU.jpg|thumb|left|240px|The Aerith Mii costume in ''Ultimate''.]] | ||
Aerith | Aerith appears in {{h2|Downloadable content (SSBU)|Round 8}} of DLC as a paid {{SSBU|Mii Swordfighter}} costume. In said costume, she uses both her design and her weapon from ''Final Fantasy VII'', wielding her initial weapon, the Guard Stick. She was revealed during the ''{{h2|Mr. Sakurai Presents|Mr. Sakurai Presents "Sephiroth"}}'' presentation on December 17, 2020. In the video introducing her costume, the Aerith Mii Fighter is first seen holding a [[Fire Flower]] next to a green-glowing {{SSBU|R.O.B.}} in reference to the intro of ''Final Fantasy VII'', where Aerith is seen staring into the glow of Lifestream while out selling flowers. The Mii Fighter and {{SSBU|Cloud}} proceed to re-enact the escape from the Sector 5 church, with {{SSBU|Roy}} standing in for Reno, Cloud dropping a [[Barrel]] from the roof, and [[Temple]] and [[Garreg Mach Monastery]] serving as the church. She was released alongside the other Round 8 Mii Fighter costumes on December 22nd, 2020. | ||
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=== | ===As a spirit=== | ||
Aerith | Aerith acts as one of the spirits featured on {{SSBU|Sephiroth}}'s [[Spirit Board]], first added in [[List of updates (SSBU)#10.1.0_2|version 10.1.0]]. Like the other party members from ''Final Fantasy VII'', her spirit uses the original art for that game created by Tetsuya Nomura. She is represented by a Mii Swordfighter with her costume and general appearance when the costume is purchased, with {{SSBU|Zelda}} filling in instead if the costume is unavailable. In both cases, she is accompanied by {{SSBU|Cloud}} acting as her bodyguard, though only the fighter representing Aerith needs to be [[KO]]'d to win. The Spirit Battle takes place on [[Fountain of Dreams]], referencing the temple in the Forgotten City in which Aerith summons Holy before meeting her demise. Her spirit gives the player autoheal in reference to her healing magic in ''Final Fantasy VII''. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*Article on the [https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Aerith_Gainsborough Final Fantasy Wiki] | *Article on the [https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Aerith_Gainsborough Final Fantasy Wiki] | ||
*Aerith's official Mii on the [https://sites.google.com/view/miilibrary/NX/SmashUltimate/Aerith Mii Library] | |||
*Aerith's official Mii on the [https:// | |||
{{Mii costumes (SSBU)}} | {{Mii costumes (SSBU)}} | ||
{{Final Fantasy universe}} | {{Final Fantasy universe}} | ||
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[[Category:Square Enix]] | [[Category:Square Enix]] | ||