>>11952575
Is there actually an interview with Square where they explain the Earth thing? I see it all over the internet, but as far as I can tell it's just conjecture. If a Japanese person looks at the word "Aerith" they still pronounce it "Earisu" (Yes, the same could be said about Sephiroth, but that's way less unnatural sounding in English). Square's preferred localized SPELLING of it also seems to mean very little to the very large faction of English speaking fans that prefer the Aeris PRONUNCIATION. Also for Rebirth they went with "Kate Sith" for Cait Sith's pronunciation, so who can trust anything they do after that mess?