FFVII. Probably the ONLY FF game in which the basic American version was better than the original Japanese version. Nowadays the American versions are quite inferior unless you get the International version of the game (still puts you SOL for FFXII-IZJS).
dude..it's not about whether it's "realistic" or not
it's a game for god-sake, it's an ART-form, and it's supposed to be FUN, cool, whatever!
I honestly am THANKFUL for the US-version Supernova (the 'current' one), rather than this...boring lame shitty super-short animation...make it LESS EPIC!!
This seems way more accurate, rather than the obscured US version. It seems to rely on a real supernova, rather than a fantasy-based doomsday thought, though I liked the US version way more Sephiroth-ish, this would've been a perfect animation to show after the first supernova were summoned, rather than seeing all the planets go by one by one... It looks nice here too!
In the new Super Nova the party actually gets hit/obliterated by the expanding Sun along with Earth. It makes sense that they take a lot of damage.
In this one it's like we see how a couple of planets disappear in a gleaming light. Then it cuts back to the party and they take damage for some reason.
Would've been nice to include this in the other versions so that, if he used it more than once per battle, they could've shown this shorter version the second time onward.
Super Nova is no illusion. It is a demonstration as all attacks in Final Fantasy are. Every attack shows - without the meaning of the stats and all these things - what the characters and enemies can do. And Sephiroth is strong enough to unleash a Super Nova. Just because he uses it in the battle dimension it doesn't mean he does it during the story. It just shows what he can do. These things are fact. That this is an illusion has no proof other than the thing about that attacks are...
...demonstrations of their powers. And for those who ask "Why does he use a Meteor when he really can use a Super Nova?" - it is a video game. Sephiroth can easily kill the whole party while they are sleeping. But he doesn't since the story would be over. He can easily destroy the planet without Meteor since he has absorbed the knowledge of the Cetra in the lifestream. But he doesn't since there would be no plot like this one, et cetera. And it is fact that Sephiroth is the...
...strongest character. It is officialy stated and can always be proved. He has an indestructable and the greatest of all wills and the willpower is important for the power in Final Fantasy VII since only those whose will resists the lifestream can use the knowledge of the lifestream and that's why Sephiroth has already absorbed a great amount of it. Plus he is JENOVA's legacy. It is no wonder that he can destroy planets and unleash a Super Nova.
Totally agree with the "Supernova is an illusion" theories!
Also would've liked if we saw this version after seeing the cinematic one once. The second time is just time to go make a sandwich unless you're planning on using KOTR.
Would it have killed them to include this in the English version so that if he used it more than once in a battle, we could see this shortened version instead? I got a bit tired of seeing multiple Supernovas, even the first time I fought him.
This may sound fanboy-ish, but I took it as another one of his illusions that the party felt was so real. Which is why it didn't kill them, and he could do it over and over. An attack so strong, it was as if the entire system was destroyed.
Granted, the whole game was about Seph summoning Meteor, which was just gonna destroy the planet, yet in the boss fight he simply summons Supernova and destroy the entire system? That would make Meteor completely moot. Video game logic ftw.
@ShinCZ actually it is logical because if it wasn't that way then the solar system, including a part of the earth, would be destroyed before meteor came
Japanese version is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy super duper heaven better cuz it just 5 seconds but the U.S. version is pissed off cuz u gotta wait 2 minutes and pray for your luck to surivve and is impossible to skip and i understand why square do this crap!
Nah, i prefer the Alternate one that one makes you feel like your fucked! this one is like "Uh Oh, Uh Oh, UH OH.... oh? that was it? well.. that was fast" lol
Well true, that. He might as well ressurect Aerith and then kill her again, THEN blow up the universe. Then dance to a 9 minute extended remix of the victory theme and spin around jenova's head whilst pelvic thrusting. Then travel to mars and slice it to pieces with his sword which takes another 4 minutes then when he gets back he pisses all over cloud saying "ISephiroth motherfucker!"
He'll revive Aerith, wait until Cloud cheats on Tifa with her, then kill Aerith again, then destroy the entire solar system 28 times, then cut the sun in half, then hack your memory card and delete your data and make your console and disks explode from pure epic ownage, melt your skin, come out of the tv, kick you grandma in the face, do your mom, and then destroy the real life solar system, that's his true ultimate attack!
This is pretty anticlimatic, but the western one is so over the top that its more of a cutscene than an attack and hard to take seriously. Especially since it shows each individual planet getting pwne'd (except for mars for some reason) But its the ridiculous over-the-topness that makes it awesome.
Oh don't worry, Uranus and Neptune don't get a look in either, but they were trying WAY WAY WAY too hard. Plus the fact that they had the planets names appear made it seem like a children's education program. It was like thankyou, just in case we confused the massive planet with the red spot with the one thats closest to the sun.
@ZaikuZERO I mean probably like everyone else who saw that attack for the first time - i thought shiiit - how are they gonna recover from this one? I thought it was one of those scripted cutscene attacks that ends up ending the battle, until i saw the numbers in the low thousands at the end and the battle continuing
There should be a timer then if you dont kill him til then he uses super nova and one hit ko everbody then gameover it would be a way more cooler and crazy
It would be nice if there were some way to shorten the sequence like this in the US version. The first time I fought Sephi, I spent the majority of the fight watching the Supernova cut scene because he used it just about every other move
The damage is based on a fraction of your maximum HP.
One thing that disappoints me about this version: Where are all the equations and kabbalistic drawings! Come on, those were epic, and they really fit into his whole symbolic scheme!
I think I'm somewhere between the US & the Japanese. The US version was ridiculously long & kind of a wall-banger, but the Japanese version was a little TOO short, & quite anticlimactic.
Eh, that spell animation was weak sauce. I like the North American release version better. Sure, it's ridiculously over-the-top, but that's why I love it! Who can't love an attack that wipes out (or gives the illusion of wiping out) every planet in the solar system one-by-one? It's amazing and epic and COOL. That's what it's all about! I see two programmers putting the finishing touches on this spell animation, looking at each other, and yelling "AWESOME!" *high five*
Or maybe it was just a summon. What the hell is the point of making an illusionary sun destroying attack? Why stop there? Why not destroy a galaxy in an illusion or the universe.
The destruction of the universe would be difficult to conceptualize. Not very effective way of scaring people, if all you're doing is making them go, "What the fuck was that?"
I also think this was sort of a, "This is what I'm planning to do" thing. He more-or-less comes out & says that he's going to go around, killing planets one by one. Scary shit.
I also don't agree with its categorization as a summon. It fits the bill in every way except that there's no summon monster.
I like this one better. At least it does not blow up the sun, TWICE. Where did the second sun and planets came from? Of course, if the US version is instant kill, that would be ok.
It's a magical illusion. None of that stuff is actually happening but the magic shows you to strike fear into you.
The more fear you feel the stronger the attack is. The spell feeds off your fear pretty much. So it shows you the end of the universe then it comes after YOU.
there are morons complaining about the US version? could only be japophiles..
i'll give you credence for gameplay and length concerns but other than that the US version is a work of Art. Like someone said you'd have to be passionless or lack an appreciation for art to not like it.
Also i still doubt this is the real japanese version..
Esta es mas versatil y veloz,lo q hace q la pelea sea mas fluida,en cambio la Supernova de la version internacional (yo tngo la europea XD)es muy cinematica,y medio como q t aburre un poco
it is just an illusion, it has to be. Because he is still waiting for The Meteor to destroy the planet in actuality. If it were that easy it would have been done by now and you wouldn't survive
Doesn't really make it any less if you follow the the philosophy of the game. Or just look at The Matrix for example.
Not sure what you meant about Gaia and earth. But the name of The Planet was specifically left out for a reason, and confusion of being earth or not adds to the illusion concept
All you people that hate the U.S. version have no passion. Yeah it took for ever, so what, Knights of Round took for ever and I don't see you fruits complaining about it.
The U.S version wasn't overkill. The only real problem is that it was 2 minutes long and couldn't be skipped. If you made the attack shorter or skippable then I bet people wouldn't mind as much.
I like the US verison better, IMO. Not that I don't like this version, it's just that when sephiroth used it on me the first time, it really put a gauge on just how powerful this motherfucker is.
Ok, in reality, the US version should be instant kill, game over. But I don't really think it's over the top. Actually, I thought it was the coolest thing I've ever seen the first time I've seen that attack. The Japanese one just looked like a solar flare. Just a flash of light and everything disappears. The US Super Nova made Sephiroth look a lot stronger, visually anyways...
JPN version came out first, explaining why it's like this. The US version came out later, and they added a few new things.
They released the US version in Japan as "FFVII International", so it has the extra bosses the US version got, and probably the long Supernova move, too.
I love how people are giving thumbs downs to people saying this beats the American version, because it does. The American one is far too overly dramatic and over rated for a move that can't even 1-Hit KO anybody in your party. I mean really now, the move blew up the entire galaxy but a few random people standing on a rock shrug it off, cast some healing magic and go on their merry way? How the hell does THAT make any sense? Really now...
Well, hey it was long, but I remember the first time seeing it. It blew my mind and I was awestruck. Plus it deal a lot statuses to you, and to the average player back then, that was a game over.
Anyways, the fact that he can do it multiple times doesnt make any sense either. My point, its a video game, Final Fantasy at that. Your judging a game where a punch can do more damage that gunshot.
Each has their own merits. The japanese version is more realistic, but the English version will have you thinking "omg wth i'm so screwed" for a good two minute, and then give you quite a bit of time to poke fun at it.
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oh wait i rember back when i used a guide they explain that japan version had 2 bosses we didn't so this is y we got the long one. for the flasher one. im glad to have the flasheir one b/c imma do a capt falcon vid
Jeez. It's Japanese version, but after they released the game worldwide the SuperNova you see in FF7 is International SuperNova. So it applies to Japan version too.
Umm, the reason why this one beats the american version is because FF7 isn't set on earth or the milkyway galaxy. The american one is just prettier. It doesn't make any sense at all. Id take this one over the pretty one simply because its more in line with the game's storyline.
Yeah, that's right, the Japanese one is lame, but I really hate when people use Sephiroth's American Supernova as an evidence to say that he could ACTUALLY wipe out the whole solar system.
Hmmm. The american version was more flashy... But I like this better. The other one took 10 fucking years.
Catdramaticstatic 1 week ago
FFVII. Probably the ONLY FF game in which the basic American version was better than the original Japanese version. Nowadays the American versions are quite inferior unless you get the International version of the game (still puts you SOL for FFXII-IZJS).
YonKitoTaoshibe 1 month ago
dude..it's not about whether it's "realistic" or not
it's a game for god-sake, it's an ART-form, and it's supposed to be FUN, cool, whatever!
I honestly am THANKFUL for the US-version Supernova (the 'current' one), rather than this...boring lame shitty super-short animation...make it LESS EPIC!!
nikiwonoto 2 months ago
I noticed that Sephiroths failed Ex Burst in Dissidia looks alot like this...
also I prefer this Supernova over the ridicoulus solar system destroying Supernova.
MeingroessterFan 5 months ago 2
This seems way more accurate, rather than the obscured US version. It seems to rely on a real supernova, rather than a fantasy-based doomsday thought, though I liked the US version way more Sephiroth-ish, this would've been a perfect animation to show after the first supernova were summoned, rather than seeing all the planets go by one by one... It looks nice here too!
alexstore1 6 months ago
But...but...The Sun can't go supernova!
PhantomSephiroth 6 months ago
@PhantomSephiroth Well only one logical explanation: This is final "FANTASY". The RPG series where you can bring a Sword in a Gun fight and win.
FinalFantasyCenter 6 months ago
In the new Super Nova the party actually gets hit/obliterated by the expanding Sun along with Earth. It makes sense that they take a lot of damage.
In this one it's like we see how a couple of planets disappear in a gleaming light. Then it cuts back to the party and they take damage for some reason.
NeoTStyle 7 months ago
@NeoTStyle But yet that logic is not worth waiting a minute and a half for.
Maca68 7 months ago
Would've been nice to include this in the other versions so that, if he used it more than once per battle, they could've shown this shorter version the second time onward.
ReloadPsi 8 months ago
Super Nova is no illusion. It is a demonstration as all attacks in Final Fantasy are. Every attack shows - without the meaning of the stats and all these things - what the characters and enemies can do. And Sephiroth is strong enough to unleash a Super Nova. Just because he uses it in the battle dimension it doesn't mean he does it during the story. It just shows what he can do. These things are fact. That this is an illusion has no proof other than the thing about that attacks are...
Cetra29 9 months ago
@Cetra29
...demonstrations of their powers. And for those who ask "Why does he use a Meteor when he really can use a Super Nova?" - it is a video game. Sephiroth can easily kill the whole party while they are sleeping. But he doesn't since the story would be over. He can easily destroy the planet without Meteor since he has absorbed the knowledge of the Cetra in the lifestream. But he doesn't since there would be no plot like this one, et cetera. And it is fact that Sephiroth is the...
Cetra29 9 months ago
@Cetra29
...strongest character. It is officialy stated and can always be proved. He has an indestructable and the greatest of all wills and the willpower is important for the power in Final Fantasy VII since only those whose will resists the lifestream can use the knowledge of the lifestream and that's why Sephiroth has already absorbed a great amount of it. Plus he is JENOVA's legacy. It is no wonder that he can destroy planets and unleash a Super Nova.
Cetra29 9 months ago
Either way, it destroys the solar system. That's the part that makes no sense whatsoever. Might as well milk it for absurdity, right?
BlueReckless 9 months ago
At least this version doesn't keep you waiting.
Sagemaster00 9 months ago
U.S. version better.
HyperSonicXtreme 9 months ago
So, FF7 is based on Earth? Isn't it based on Gaia or w/e it's called?
kolosssal 9 months ago
@kolosssal
Well Gaia is Greek for Earth so, yeah.
NeoTStyle 9 months ago
Pretty vague, but I would've taken it over the two-minute version. He skipped Neptune and Mars. >_>
Raltzer 10 months ago
Totally agree with the "Supernova is an illusion" theories!
Also would've liked if we saw this version after seeing the cinematic one once. The second time is just time to go make a sandwich unless you're planning on using KOTR.
AseraphsephirothZ 11 months ago
Would it have killed them to include this in the English version so that if he used it more than once in a battle, we could see this shortened version instead? I got a bit tired of seeing multiple Supernovas, even the first time I fought him.
ReloadPsi 11 months ago
Sephiroth: Galaxian... Explosion!
Cypher0120 1 year ago
naa the not japanese supernovas are better XD
K1ngNoctisXIII 1 year ago
Too short? Do you mean it must long 2 min like the other one!?
Licaon97 1 year ago
ours is way cooler
Xinathor 1 year ago
IT'S TOO SHORT! T___T
HgMikeSlayer 1 year ago
This may sound fanboy-ish, but I took it as another one of his illusions that the party felt was so real. Which is why it didn't kill them, and he could do it over and over. An attack so strong, it was as if the entire system was destroyed.
Granted, the whole game was about Seph summoning Meteor, which was just gonna destroy the planet, yet in the boss fight he simply summons Supernova and destroy the entire system? That would make Meteor completely moot. Video game logic ftw.
ShinCZ 1 year ago
@ShinCZ actually it is logical because if it wasn't that way then the solar system, including a part of the earth, would be destroyed before meteor came
Aquaferis 1 year ago
@ShinCZ its probably a fear based illusion. You know, a mental shock that would bring you to the very edge of life and death.
michelrpg 1 year ago
lol. Our version is fucking epic.
Plastic100 1 year ago
the english version supernova is the best !
OXG2221 1 year ago
is this a joke?
shotgunguyy 1 year ago
it has WAY more logic that destroying the entire solar system (sun included) a lot of times AND that in the sequel movie the sun still exists XD
zxscd 1 year ago
I watched this and was like..... that's it?
cobiwanskill 1 year ago
wow this version is a fail compared to the american lol
eperger 1 year ago
Much better than the English Supernova.
FirestormSurtr 1 year ago
This move sucks! The English Version is a million times more badass
ZPokemonfanA 1 year ago
@ZPokemonfanA
yeah but the attack takes as long as it did to get that far into the game
thedarkfiredragon 1 year ago
@thedarkfiredragon
Hey impatient noob, The game is about 10-30 hours long or so, the move is only 2 minutes!
ZPokemonfanA 1 year ago
@ZPokemonfanA
Dude calm down it was just a joke lol,But you gotta admit first time watching it it FELT around 5 or 6 minutes rather than 2
thedarkfiredragon 1 year ago
Well, such a short animation is more fitting for an attack that CAN'T EVEN KILL YOU.
MettanAtem 1 year ago
I blinked and I missed it!
1wingedauron 1 year ago
Wow, this was..not time consuming :))
flipsterj5 1 year ago
Dumb idiot
Clawd87 1 year ago
Supernova is a limit break of sephiroth ???
ARASPIDEREON 1 year ago
@ARASPIDEREON No! IT'S NOT HIS LIMIT BREAK! It's a real move that happened years ago and destroyed the universe... WE ARE DEAD, REMEMBER!?!?!?
SwordSkill2 1 year ago
It certainly saved us about 5 minutes thou.
Sagemaster00 1 year ago
Supernova deserves to look like this, especially since it can't kill you.
Megthefiregoddess 1 year ago
Japanese version is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy super duper heaven better cuz it just 5 seconds but the U.S. version is pissed off cuz u gotta wait 2 minutes and pray for your luck to surivve and is impossible to skip and i understand why square do this crap!
rickengothic 1 year ago
@rickengothic
Actually the attack only does a % of damage to your party so it will never kill you, you don't have to pray you survive, you always will
Azinokin 1 year ago
@rickengothic
Actually Supernova can't kill you. It ALWAYS does 31/32 of y our health. So if you had 1 HP, Supernova woul do 0 damage, I've seen it.
zingodoom 1 year ago
FFV's ALMAGEST > supernova
goauld88 1 year ago
the 2 minutes version is more epic than this. This animation is too short
championofgods 1 year ago 5
Oh god two more minutes! Bathroom break. WHAT? Over already?
CrimsonVermillioneye 1 year ago
where is my calclus?!
supershadow125 2 years ago 11
@supershadow125
without calculus he can't summon the commet to destroy the planets in the galaxy lol
OrcWyvern 1 year ago 5
@OrcWyvern Remember kids, always learn Calculus if you want to rule the world.
Ciuperciuc 1 year ago 7
Boring....
DiamondFang 2 years ago
Better than a two minute animation for one attack.
FatalKitsune 2 years ago 3
Nah, i prefer the Alternate one that one makes you feel like your fucked! this one is like "Uh Oh, Uh Oh, UH OH.... oh? that was it? well.. that was fast" lol
DiamondFang 2 years ago 11
That's EXACTLY what I think.
The long version had me praying to the heavens for luck to survive. And that SLOOOOOW aproach of the ball-flame to the characters...
"HE'S GOING TO OWN ME!!!"
But this one is too short...
LadyTeefStrife 1 year ago 7
Well true, that. He might as well ressurect Aerith and then kill her again, THEN blow up the universe. Then dance to a 9 minute extended remix of the victory theme and spin around jenova's head whilst pelvic thrusting. Then travel to mars and slice it to pieces with his sword which takes another 4 minutes then when he gets back he pisses all over cloud saying "ISephiroth motherfucker!"
ZaikuZERO 2 years ago 8
He'll revive Aerith, wait until Cloud cheats on Tifa with her, then kill Aerith again, then destroy the entire solar system 28 times, then cut the sun in half, then hack your memory card and delete your data and make your console and disks explode from pure epic ownage, melt your skin, come out of the tv, kick you grandma in the face, do your mom, and then destroy the real life solar system, that's his true ultimate attack!
XD
this should become a sport.
LostKitsuneRonin 2 years ago 69
Kefka already did it XD
sora100100 2 years ago 5
Hahaha!!!
Kefka's an entirely new level of freakin wierd pwnage
LostKitsuneRonin 2 years ago 3
Cloud wouldn't do that...I think...yeah he most likely would...
lol1143 2 years ago
@LostKitsuneRonin OMG hes really that fricken epic best comment ever bro
tmaine510 1 year ago
@LostKitsuneRonin Your comment is just lol! Couldn't stop laughing.. my eyes hurtt11.!>!!!
SwordSkill2 1 year ago
@SwordSkill2
Thank ya kindly, I have a tendency for epic comments xD
LostKitsuneRonin 1 year ago
@LostKitsuneRonin lmao! that's hilarious =]
jitu757 1 year ago
@LostKitsuneRonin This is horrible, makes no sense, and I don't understand how people can thumbs up it.
valkyrio 9 months ago
@valkyrio
Well it was a completely random com-WHA-HUH-WHA!?!!?!?! THAT many thumbs up!?
LostKitsuneRonin 9 months ago
This is pretty anticlimatic, but the western one is so over the top that its more of a cutscene than an attack and hard to take seriously. Especially since it shows each individual planet getting pwne'd (except for mars for some reason) But its the ridiculous over-the-topness that makes it awesome.
ZaikuZERO 2 years ago 66
Oh don't worry, Uranus and Neptune don't get a look in either, but they were trying WAY WAY WAY too hard. Plus the fact that they had the planets names appear made it seem like a children's education program. It was like thankyou, just in case we confused the massive planet with the red spot with the one thats closest to the sun.
CinnabonChan 2 years ago 7
@ZaikuZERO Dont forget uranus and neptune.
MrDisciple234 1 year ago
@ZaikuZERO I think it would have been cool if at a certain hit point range, he called super nova and it would have been an instant game over
so say.. seph has 100,000 hp
if you ever knocked it down to either 77777,7777,777,77,7
he would call super nova and the game would be over...
eiffuy 1 year ago
@ZaikuZERO True and that is why we love it, right?
schwasha000 1 year ago
@ZaikuZERO
Same with Neptune and Uranus
gaararox1108 1 year ago
@ZaikuZERO I mean probably like everyone else who saw that attack for the first time - i thought shiiit - how are they gonna recover from this one? I thought it was one of those scripted cutscene attacks that ends up ending the battle, until i saw the numbers in the low thousands at the end and the battle continuing
Invertedzero 6 months ago
I prefere this version of Super Nova, it's much quicker.
widdow66 2 years ago 2
What happened? I blinked & all I saw were the credits. ^_-
capnjonas 2 years ago
It looks better in Dissidia.
OgnarPliskin 2 years ago
DIssidia uses the Western version
AutumnCrusader 2 years ago 4
It's more like a mix of the two. Unsurprising, really.
Bloodlyshiva 2 years ago
LOL BRB
ok im back
MadThad0890 2 years ago
By the way, extremely lame animation. Very anticlimactic for the last boss's supermagic.
reiuss23 2 years ago 3
Well, that's why they improved it in the rerelease, isn't it? LOL
Nekorin 2 years ago 2
...yes.
reiuss23 2 years ago
There should be a timer then if you dont kill him til then he uses super nova and one hit ko everbody then gameover it would be a way more cooler and crazy
hoylguy11 2 years ago 3
It would be nice if there were some way to shorten the sequence like this in the US version. The first time I fought Sephi, I spent the majority of the fight watching the Supernova cut scene because he used it just about every other move
gaxxag 2 years ago 2
Except I never get tired of that version...
Nekorin 2 years ago 2
Is it me or is the non-Japanese version twelve times longer?
ParadoxNG 2 years ago 10
it suits the amount of damage it gives you seriously he destroys the earth to deal 6000dmg
kouyung 2 years ago 3
The damage is based on a fraction of your maximum HP.
One thing that disappoints me about this version: Where are all the equations and kabbalistic drawings! Come on, those were epic, and they really fit into his whole symbolic scheme!
TheLithp 2 years ago 3
Calculus. It was there because it had to do with space and calculations for the comet destroying the solar system.
reiuss23 2 years ago
I'm not so sure about that.
The only thing I'm absolutely certain about was that the tree of the sephirot was depicted.
TheLithp 2 years ago
It's calculus lol.
reiuss23 2 years ago
I like the US version of Supernova a lot better. It has so much more of an "oh shi-" factor than this version.
TheUnpromisedOne 2 years ago 6
I think I'm somewhere between the US & the Japanese. The US version was ridiculously long & kind of a wall-banger, but the Japanese version was a little TOO short, & quite anticlimactic.
TheLithp 2 years ago 9
I could make myself a sandwich, eat it and be back in time for the US version of Supernova to end.
Gamemasta14 2 years ago 5
Slurp instead of boom. xD
PenguinsRuleThaWorld 2 years ago
Eh, that spell animation was weak sauce. I like the North American release version better. Sure, it's ridiculously over-the-top, but that's why I love it! Who can't love an attack that wipes out (or gives the illusion of wiping out) every planet in the solar system one-by-one? It's amazing and epic and COOL. That's what it's all about! I see two programmers putting the finishing touches on this spell animation, looking at each other, and yelling "AWESOME!" *high five*
FurryPurryKee 2 years ago 7
Or maybe it was just a summon. What the hell is the point of making an illusionary sun destroying attack? Why stop there? Why not destroy a galaxy in an illusion or the universe.
KurtDonaldCobain1994 2 years ago
The destruction of the universe would be difficult to conceptualize. Not very effective way of scaring people, if all you're doing is making them go, "What the fuck was that?"
I also think this was sort of a, "This is what I'm planning to do" thing. He more-or-less comes out & says that he's going to go around, killing planets one by one. Scary shit.
I also don't agree with its categorization as a summon. It fits the bill in every way except that there's no summon monster.
TheLithp 2 years ago
Another thing that differs from a summon spell is that he is there when the attack hits.
MillionSword 2 years ago
Ooh, good catch. To me, it seems to have characteristics more indicative of a really strong magic spell, such as Comet or Ultima.
TheLithp 2 years ago
If they kept this, it would have made the fight a lot shorter...
But no, we're stuck with the ridiculously epic animation instead. Better go make a sandwich, this'll go on for a while...
IYellalot 2 years ago
If that did the damage that the US Supernova caused, then that'd be the perfect supernova.
FelixTheSlayer 3 years ago
This is better imo, just because it's shorter...but it's kinda hard to tell wtf is going on.
EricToTheScionti 3 years ago
I like this one better. At least it does not blow up the sun, TWICE. Where did the second sun and planets came from? Of course, if the US version is instant kill, that would be ok.
achan1058 3 years ago
lol and if your weaker it happens like 5 times. lol
killakadafi77 2 years ago
It's a magical illusion. None of that stuff is actually happening but the magic shows you to strike fear into you.
The more fear you feel the stronger the attack is. The spell feeds off your fear pretty much. So it shows you the end of the universe then it comes after YOU.
glowyrm 2 years ago 4
what a shit
MattXGamboy 3 years ago
there are morons complaining about the US version? could only be japophiles..
i'll give you credence for gameplay and length concerns but other than that the US version is a work of Art. Like someone said you'd have to be passionless or lack an appreciation for art to not like it.
Also i still doubt this is the real japanese version..
thettruest 3 years ago
Or people who like attacks that don't go on for-fucking-ever with no way of skipping. :P
Knights of the Round annoyed the piss out of me too.
maikutx 3 years ago
yeah the english one was more... well Epic
thehivemind456 3 years ago 2
Uhh. . .I like the English a bit better
LisaMarie216 3 years ago 4
wow... much more simpler. and the damage seems to be lighter. or is it because of their high magic defense?
gdastray 3 years ago
Esta es mas versatil y veloz,lo q hace q la pelea sea mas fluida,en cambio la Supernova de la version internacional (yo tngo la europea XD)es muy cinematica,y medio como q t aburre un poco
LordDolor1989 3 years ago
The Western version in superior by miles. When I first saw it, I remember thinking...
"this fucker is scary."
And for those of you who say it's just an illusion, you're wrong, you have no proof. And Gaia is not Earth.
Necroscope93 3 years ago
it is just an illusion, it has to be. Because he is still waiting for The Meteor to destroy the planet in actuality. If it were that easy it would have been done by now and you wouldn't survive
Doesn't really make it any less if you follow the the philosophy of the game. Or just look at The Matrix for example.
Not sure what you meant about Gaia and earth. But the name of The Planet was specifically left out for a reason, and confusion of being earth or not adds to the illusion concept
thettruest 3 years ago
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lol this sux
MaximumPayne12 3 years ago
All you people that hate the U.S. version have no passion. Yeah it took for ever, so what, Knights of Round took for ever and I don't see you fruits complaining about it.
MexicanTuber 3 years ago
Actually, many people do also complain about KOTR.
259 3 years ago 4
this version is fucked up
toox 3 years ago
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I hate this game. What kind of moron actually has fond memories of it?
Just more proof that everything that comes out of the shithole called Japan sucks.
Mogakai 3 years ago
The U.S version wasn't overkill. The only real problem is that it was 2 minutes long and couldn't be skipped. If you made the attack shorter or skippable then I bet people wouldn't mind as much.
scapegoat978 3 years ago
The only thing I minded was the fact that he blows up the solar system in our version, and somehow everything turns out okay.
Well, that and the summon itself being so long you can grab some Burger King and be back before you regained control of your characters. :P
SilentHunter7 3 years ago 6
I like the US verison better, IMO. Not that I don't like this version, it's just that when sephiroth used it on me the first time, it really put a gauge on just how powerful this motherfucker is.
Teeb15 3 years ago 4
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No, it just shows how much of a dick Squaresoft can be.
Fucking 2 minute animation every goddamn turn that nearly party wipes me? fuck that shit
i8246i 3 years ago
Looks like you need to level up.
Teeb15 3 years ago 2
No, it should nearly wipe you out because it's a percentage-based attack. There's no need to level up.
259 3 years ago 3
lol u can kill sephiroth before he do this attk so yeah u NEED to lvl up idk atleast get KOR or lvl 4 limits
limitable1 3 years ago 2
Yeah... I like this version better. The U.S./International one was too dramatic for no reason.
SolarCrimson10 3 years ago
u.s. version is much better!!! it was the best summon of the game!
jayelowell 3 years ago
Ok, in reality, the US version should be instant kill, game over. But I don't really think it's over the top. Actually, I thought it was the coolest thing I've ever seen the first time I've seen that attack. The Japanese one just looked like a solar flare. Just a flash of light and everything disappears. The US Super Nova made Sephiroth look a lot stronger, visually anyways...
Denji2006 3 years ago 2
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U all know the American version is much better, u all just hate America cuz ur country sucks
stryfe1000 3 years ago
This is one of the dumbest responses on here.
Of course, since this is YouTube, that doesn't surprise me.
SolarCrimson10 3 years ago
JPN version came out first, explaining why it's like this. The US version came out later, and they added a few new things.
They released the US version in Japan as "FFVII International", so it has the extra bosses the US version got, and probably the long Supernova move, too.
elektr1k 3 years ago 2
I love how people are giving thumbs downs to people saying this beats the American version, because it does. The American one is far too overly dramatic and over rated for a move that can't even 1-Hit KO anybody in your party. I mean really now, the move blew up the entire galaxy but a few random people standing on a rock shrug it off, cast some healing magic and go on their merry way? How the hell does THAT make any sense? Really now...
Prankmeister1990 3 years ago
Well, hey it was long, but I remember the first time seeing it. It blew my mind and I was awestruck. Plus it deal a lot statuses to you, and to the average player back then, that was a game over.
Anyways, the fact that he can do it multiple times doesnt make any sense either. My point, its a video game, Final Fantasy at that. Your judging a game where a punch can do more damage that gunshot.
Flohomie 3 years ago 2
Point taken. It's still pretty silly though. :P
Prankmeister1990 3 years ago
Each has their own merits. The japanese version is more realistic, but the English version will have you thinking "omg wth i'm so screwed" for a good two minute, and then give you quite a bit of time to poke fun at it.
regalstar 3 years ago
Well, glad that ones not two minutes long.
JinEfreet 3 years ago
This beats the American version just because its so short.
EvilBookMan 3 years ago
This one's pretty cool
EneDanFoo 3 years ago 3
Much better than the American version.
AkioChild 3 years ago
i think that gaia in ff7 is basically an alternative earth, so there isn't a plot hole there. earth has been called gaia before
bluecheesefever 3 years ago 4
Revive Aeris FFV International
Cloudstrife01235 3 years ago
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oh wait i rember back when i used a guide they explain that japan version had 2 bosses we didn't so this is y we got the long one. for the flasher one. im glad to have the flasheir one b/c imma do a capt falcon vid
kaiji 3 years ago
Wow. I wonder why the two versions are so different.
dusthillguy 3 years ago 2
wow, i like our version way better
MasterGoshinki 3 years ago
agree much kooler looking i thiought the jap one would be more destructive
kaiji 3 years ago
Jeez. It's Japanese version, but after they released the game worldwide the SuperNova you see in FF7 is International SuperNova. So it applies to Japan version too.
Maxi93 3 years ago
Americans put so many plotholes in that attack
v01cen268 3 years ago
Huh!? Thank Goodness we got the long "WTF?! HELP ME GOD!!!" version. Thanks for the video.
ClassicToonFan64 3 years ago
so here in america we watch everytging blow up and there in japan you see that
HIjbob 3 years ago 2
Umm, the reason why this one beats the american version is because FF7 isn't set on earth or the milkyway galaxy. The american one is just prettier. It doesn't make any sense at all. Id take this one over the pretty one simply because its more in line with the game's storyline.
Tacred 3 years ago
Uh, you do know that Jupiter's right there, right?
Although the Great Red Spot (or whatever it's called, I forget), is in an odd place.
Colddirector 3 years ago
Jupiter doesn't own the orange/reddish gas giant look >.>
Tacred 3 years ago
*quietness...*
*slowly claps once*
*silence*
pwner560 3 years ago
ya that wasnt anywere near as good as the american version was
killeing 3 years ago
Damn, that was, unimpressive, glad we got the better version/
Shintai123 3 years ago
Dammit, why did they extend it in The SCEA and SCEE versions, that almost wasted 2 minutes of my life seeing that, wish they left it the same.
SicksTeaPhoar 3 years ago
To give us geeks a chance to refill our coca cola glass, watch some porn and have a nap after 17 hours of playing
mickrovbush 3 years ago 16
Best answer ever. xD
As for me, I got up and ate cookies.
agcourtney 3 years ago 6
Dammit, why did they extend it in The SCEA and SCEE versions, that almost wasted 2 minutes of my life seeing that, wish they left it the same.
SicksTeaPhoar 3 years ago
Yeah, that's right, the Japanese one is lame, but I really hate when people use Sephiroth's American Supernova as an evidence to say that he could ACTUALLY wipe out the whole solar system.
sephiuson 4 years ago
it's just an illusion created by Jenova...
RhXz47rc 4 years ago
An illusion that hurts.
Colddirector 3 years ago
Wooo..So this looked like it just blasted a galexy to hell
ImmortalNaraku 4 years ago
first time i see something that in the american version is better that the japanese
jose17gl 4 years ago 2
wow im glad they changed that
7m1a0x 4 years ago
poor one... I like the longer version, it's a lot cooler. that japanese version sucks
Unle4sh 4 years ago
Just a stupid Big Bang theory.
The Supernova in NA version is somewhat friggin' hell as enlarging the sun!
YHKD 4 years ago
Man, the US version is so much better! I like seeing Sephiroth having Super Nova destroy the solar system, it's cooler and somewhat funny too!
Lechery 4 years ago
not mars!
nagromgreen 4 years ago