Zack A comprehensive list by Faustus Diablo (cute huh!) I'd like to say that if anyone wants to use this with their name on it, Just don't do it! I spent alot of time compiling this. If you would like to use in any other way than reading it I guess I don't care as long as you mention that I am the original author. You can even add things if you want but please do not rip off my work, give me credit for this faq. ============================================================================ You can get this Faq at the following locations.... http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/bay/8204 This is a great FF7 site man! Check it out! http://www.hcis.net/users/oozetube Nothing to do with FF7 but this is a cool site! You won't forgive yourself unless you check it out! ============================================================================ Before I get into this any more than I already have I'd just like to say that this is not something I know is in the game. This is a hunch I have. Several people have sent me mail concerning this and a few have said That they want to more and where he is. Again I stress I don't know. nor do I even know if he's in the game. But what I do know is that it seems very likely. And with that....the good stuff! CLUES POINTING TO ZACK 1.)Zack plays a very important role in the game as far as Cloud's past is concerned and in general yet after Cloud's big flashback in the lifestream we never hear from him again. A little odd don't you think? Without Zack we wouldn't have Cloud as he is now and without that we wouldn't have FF7. Zack indirectly makes this game what it is. He plays to intricate a role in the game to just be left there like nothing ever happened. 2.)During the same flashback sequence if you will remember is several differen versions of Cloud. The one we all know now, Young Cloud, and a dark sillohuette of sorts of him. Cloud and Zack share more than that memory bond or whatever it was that Sephiroth game them. They share the same Tailor! They Look very similar. It is possible that this "Dark Cloud" could be Zack but if it is why would he be there. It is never explained. Again, a little odd don't you think? 3.)Tifa appears to be confused and she has a right to be no doubt but what would make her say this : "Zack....you've been away a long time...." She said this to Cloud at the trainstation of what I believe was the 2nd disc. Hmmm.... 4.)Friends of mine that have played this game through have not gotten a certain sequence I have but I'm sure someone has. It's quite simple to get. All you do is take Aeris into Zack's parents house and she will say "I used to out with someone from Soldier named Zack...". It's a long shot but maybe Zack told Aeris at one point something and she knew where he might be. His parents are upset at this which upsets Aeris in return. Does she know something? It's a little late so you maybe find out something about him in the first disc if you do the right things maybe even get him. 5.)Something else about this sequence bothers me. I would think that if he had dies his parents would have been notified because of his work with a large corrporation . As it stands they are totaly clueless as to what happened to him. That's the way Democracy works people. And since his parents haven't been notified of his death He is more than likley still alive. Sure you may say Sephiroth killed him, but did he really? All he said was "Cloud Go get Sephiroth". He could have gotten up and strolled away or been rescued. Geez maybe Cloud rescued him. Cloud doesn't remember much about his past as it is. 6.)I know you've heard this before but there is an empty space on the PHS screen as well as the ledge at Sephiroth at the end of the game. Also when you split your party up at the end of the game one group would only have 2 people. They make you have three people in your party and yet...you can't? Someone is missing. 3 different oppertunities for another character to be in the game. 7.)It would be convienant for Square to do this seeing as how all would really have to do is swap color pallettes for Cloud. Zack does use the same weapons as Cloud. It's Easy to do. 8.)The mystery town. What!?!? Remember when Cloud was escaping after blowing up the 2nd reactor and trying to meet the group back at Avalanches base? Soldiers will attack you. (it's been awhile so keep me posted for up- dates to this part) If you chose to fight then more and more come and you outnumbered. If you can run away you see a town that you can never see again or enter again on your way back the HQ. Maybe there's a way into this town and maybe Zack is in this town? Maybe.... 9.)Another thing about Tifa. When Sephiroth, Tifa, and Zack are taking that picture in Nibleheim Tifa never notices anything. Ever. The only thing she ever says to the fact that her mind had been manipulated is pertaining to Cloud. She said that he knew stuff that he shouldn't have and didn't know things he should have. Why is that? Tifa knows something but never says what. What could it be that she knows. Maybe she knows something like the location of Zack or what happened to him. She has too. She was there with the whole time. Possible Locations 1.)The reactor near his parents house = They are his parents after all. 2.)Nibleheim or around = That's the last place we heard of him. 3.)Anywgere in Midgar (ouch!) = He did work there. 4.)The Northern Crater = Maybe he heard Sephiroth was there and wanted to exact his revenge for trying to kill him. 5.)The Shinra HQ = Possibly at the very top Since you can't get back near the end of game at the raid on Hojo. 6.)Junon = This appears to be Soldiers HQ and he was a Soldier. 7.)The Ancient City (vauge possibility) = Maybe he loved Aeris so much he found out she was dead and wanted to say goodbye. The problem is getting back in. 8.)Mideal = There was a pathway that you can take near the Doctors office that I never took. Maybe someone did. Hell I'm sure of it. But since I haven't been there I can only think that maybe he's there or around there. 9.)Hojo's Lab = He was a Sephiroth Clone wasn't he? *confused* In Conclusion.... In Conclusion I'd have to say that it is very likely that he is in this game or at least was going to be in the game at one point. He might have pulled due to time restrictions. A note on that.....Many people like myself believe that Aeris was originaly going to be resurectable but was pulled. However Square left somethings in like the flickering image of Aeris in the church whenever you go back to it. Possibly this is true. A friend of mine said that he went back to Midgar to look for Zack and he went near the left edge of the gate in sector 6 or thereabouts and noticed that his playstation started to load something but it never finished. Something might have been there but was pulled at the last moments except for a line or 2 of code that started a load off the cd. Hmmm....Could it be so. Is there a secret character in the game so obscure that it is WAY to hard to find? I'd say so. How many people do you think stumbled onto Gogo in FF3. I wouldn't. GeeZ! He was way to hard to find I thought. Vincent and Yuffie are not Secret characters they are in the Book! Secret means you don't know they are in the game. Vincent would sure be hard to find yes but you know he's there. This game was obviously rushed. We all know that. When you fight Sephiroth in his human form in the end he will attack you and hurt you VERY BAD. But you will Live and apparently kill him or either that or Sephiroth kills himself. It shows his bloody face and you don't even hit him. What the? Also in the 500 years later scene after the credits you see Red XIII and his 2 cubs overlook a jungle or something? Explain this too me how does Red XIII have two cubs when he's the last of their kind. Where did he stumble on a female red? This again proves my theory that this game was unfinished and Zack might have been pulled due to time like so many other things. And if he wasn't then I think he is in this game definatly maybe or maybe not as a playable character but I think you can just talk to him at least. Maybe to clear up a few things. =========================================================Thanx============== 1.)Square for making such a cool game that consumes so much of my time. 2.)IshamaelZ@aol.com for helping me out with so many things on the game 3.)ThomasIII for helping me look for Zack and with completing the game with all items. 4.)Everybody who is helping me distribute this FAQ. 5.) And last but not least everyone who just finished reading this because I did put a lot of time into it. Keep looking and thou shalt find =p I hope.... ============================================================================ =========================================================Special Thanx====== 1.)I'd like to Thank Bakussa and Young Cloud for making this game such an engrossing expirience completly devoid of all physical activities. (haha) 2.)I'd like to thank Aeris for not being resurectable (again haha though I'll believe I'll die if she is) 3.)And the Chocobo's because they're so cute (hahahahahahahaha) ============================================================================ ZackFack(faq)V.1.0