LogFAQs > #956467550

My personal theory is that FF7 Remake is a literal name. At the end of OG FF7 you see Aerith communing with the mako (much like at the beginning of OG FF7 as well). I think the END of OG where you see Aerith is the same scene as seen at the beginning of FF7 Remake. Aerith knows what happens in the OG. Completely. At the beginning of the OG she already knew she was going to die. Now, she knows far more.

I think this is a time loop. Aerith learns new things every loop and is continuing the loop in order to save the humans of the world. At the end of OG we see an overgrown Midgar and its heavily assumed humanity has died out. In FF7 remake it shows this scene with Red XIII stating, essentially, thats what happens if they fail. They FAILED in FF7. Humanity still ended up dying out.

Now to Zack. Aerith enormously would impact those nearest to her in a time loop. The Zack we see survive at the end of the remake is in a different loop. The logo it shows during it could explain this. I would assume it was an earlier loop where she originally tried to make Zack the hero and he ultimately still failed. Or, its the next loop and this loop failed. Who knows?

Just a theory. Its fun to think about. Sephiroth is trying to remake the timeline at the same time Aerith is. Whos gonna win out?