Nomura has stated that Cloud's left arm was inspired by Vincent Valentine, noting that, in this game, the character was supposed to illustrate a " demon-like " appearance due to his ties to the " dark side.

When Nojima was appointed to write the scenario, Cloud's false persona was already determined, with Nojima inspired by the character's first appearance.

Cloud's appearance is also marked in Final Fantasy VII by his dark blue SOLDIER outfit and his blue eyes.

AnimeFringe stated Cloud's appearance in Kingdom Hearts was one of the things that excited the Final Fantasy VII fans the most.

Cloud's redesign was a combination of eight different designs, from his super deformed appearance in the game to his more realistic appearance in the film.

In the director's cut version, Advent Children Complete, his role is expanded, and he makes an appearance during Cloud's battle with Sephiroth.

" Although Eurogamer's Simon Parkin found Zack's physical appearance to be highly similar to Cloud's, he added that " This fan service doesn't put a foot wrong until he reaches into his pocket, pulls out a mobile phone and speaks.

Cloud's Orphanage, where their child is born and named Angel.

Above and to the northeast of Half Dome is Cloud's Rest ; at 9926 feet ( 3025 m ), the highest point around Yosemite Valley.

In interacting with Aerith, a flower girl wanted by Shinra because she is sole survivor of an ancient race known as the Cetra, Cloud's character is further expanded upon.

Cloud and Tifa are the only Final Fantasy VII characters with a third costume or a story mode title ; Cloud's depicts him in his Shinra infantryman attire, and his title is ' Guardian '.

Cloud's main outfit is based on Yoshitaka Amano's original artwork concept, while his Kingdom Hearts outfit serves as a downloadable content.

In expanding Cloud's individuality, the staff wanted him to be interesting to players, and focused on working in all his mannerisms and his phrase " Not interested ," which is repeated various times in the game.

Nojima has explained that the dynamic of the relationship between the player and the main character in a Final Fantasy title is something he always puts thought into, and with Final Fantasy VII, Cloud's subdued nature led him to write scenes with the character in such a way that the players would be placed in the position of deciding for themselves what the character was thinking.

Cloud's design in the film is a combination of a total of eight designs which moved from a super deformed style to a more realistic design.

During the recording, Sakurai had in mind that silence is more expressive than dialogue and that because of Cloud's burdens, he comes across as a weak person.

" Kurt Kalata of Gamasutra praised certain aspects of Cloud's characterization, noting that he is " neither hero nor anti-hero " but rather " somewhat of a weakling " with grandiose delusions and psychological issues, and one of the first unreliable narrators in a role-playing video game.

Regarding the character's appearances outside Final Fantasy VII, Arnold Katayev from PSXextreme praised Cloud's redesign in Kingdom Hearts as one of best in the game, noting how it is a " hybrid " of his and Vincent Valentine's designs.

" Joystiq's Andrew Yoon stated that the director's cut version of the film is better than the original in giving more depth to Cloud's development to the point of " humanizing.

After his defeat, Sephiroth reappears in Cloud's mind, but is once again defeated.

Cloud escapes from the men, and when he arrives at the meeting, he discovers that the president of Shinra, Rufus, is still alive Rufus attempts to enlist Cloud's help to stop the three men, but Cloud refuses.

After a fight between Loz and Tifa, Loz is able to capture Marlene and confiscate Cloud's stock of materia, whilst Yazoo begins rounding up children infected with Geostigma, including Denzel, promising them they will be healed.

For the game, Nomura redesigned Vincent's gun in the same way that Cloud's Buster Sword was redesigned for Advent Children, so as to demonstrate that Vincent is the protagonist of the game.

While Zack's and Cloud's flashback escape is optional in the North American and European releases of Final Fantasy VII and the Japanese International version, it was originally planned to be shown once Cloud discovered the results of Shinra's experiments.

The game is a platform adventure where Dizzy must search the fairy tale land of Katmandu for a Leprechaun's Wig, a Cloud's Silver Lining, a Vampire Dux Feather, and a Troll Brew and deposit them in a cauldron to make a potion to defeat the evil wizard Zaks.

When Eddie ( Rick Schroder ) returns to town with the rodeo and wants to rekindle his relationship with Black Cloud's girlfriend, Sammi ( Julia Jones ), Black Cloud confronts him and runs into trouble with the sheriff ( Tim McGraw ) after beating up Eddie who is Sammi's ex-boyfriend and the father of her child, as well as the Sheriff's nephew ).

Fortunately, Cloud is found by helpful villagers, one of whom donates his arm to replace Cloud's loss.

Cloud's Student Section ) is one of the most intimidating in all of college hockey ( Wisconsin's Connelly Discusses Playing in St.

Red Cloud's War ( 1866 – 1868 ) was a challenge by the Lakota Sioux to the United States military presence on the Bozeman Trail, a route along the eastern edge of the Big Horn Mountains to the Montana gold fields.

Originally named Cloud's Town in 1829 by its founder, William Cloud, it was incorporated in 1832 under the name of Vienna.

Red Cloud's War was led by the Lakota chief Red Cloud against the military who were erecting forts along the Bozeman trail.

In fact, these events did not occur as Cloud describes ; rather, they are an amalgamation of Cloud's actual past ( as a member of the Shinra army who failed to enter SOLDIER ) along with his friend Zack's own past, mixed with memories gleaned from Tifa's mind, created out of a combination of shame, Jenova cells and manipulation by Sephiroth.

Conceptualized by Sakaguchi as one of only three playable characters in early planning stages for the game, Cloud's character saw greater input by Nomura than with other characters in previous Final Fantasy projects, when he was called upon to supervise Cloud's personality traits.

When first reading Nojima's scenario, Kitase was surprised by Cloud's persona as he was not simple-minded, but instead felt fresh.

" Cloud's feelings of guilt and regret for not being able to save Zack and Aerith are symbolized by a grey wolf that appears in scenes in which Cloud thinks about them.

His new weaponry was based on jokes by fans who had commented that because Cloud's weapon in the original game had an enormous height, in the sequel, he goes with sheer numbers.

Cloud's new motorcycle,, was designed by Takayuki Takeya, who was asked by the staff to design an upgraded version of Cloud's " Hardy-Daytona " motorcycle from Final Fantasy VII.

Red Cloud's War ( 1866 to 1868 ) was a challenge by the Lakota to the military presence on the Bozeman Trail, which went to the Montana gold fields along the eastern edge of the Big Horn Mountains.

In April 2012, Lightning Medicine Cloud's father was killed by a lightning strike.

Script writer Kazushige Nojima described her role in the film as " very much like any woman who's been left behind by a man ," stating that while they didn't want her to appear clingy, they also wanted to portray that she was emotionally hurt by Cloud's departure.

In 1866, during Red Cloud's War, he and his army of exactly 80 men ( including two volunteering civilians ) were massacred to the last man by the Sioux.