[cyberdemon]

Originally Posted by Mad Pierrot

The part about Rebirth that confused me is why

Spoiler for spoiler:

Cloud remembered Zack so early. This is meant to be content for the game's climax when Cloud understands that most of his own memories are fake as a result of Hojo's experiments and how Sephiroth takes advantage of it to obtain the Black Materia. In the original FF7, Zack was killed by Sephiroth in Nibelheim while the Western version added that scene where he is killed by infantrymen once reaching Midgar.

Spoiler for Memories:

Sephiroth is messing with your mind. Zack survived nibelheim and was experimented on by Hojo like Cloud for 5 years. Why he remembered him early I’d play in part to Sephiroth trying to keep Tifa from interfering in his manipulation of Cloud like she did in the OG. He’s clearly worried about her effect on Cloud even more than the ancient Aerith