Zidane >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cecil

I like funny characters, Zidane had the humor, a good backstory, heroic nature and a god damn tail! He wins. 

I think a lot of the hatred towards FF7 stems from the fact that it was originally supposed to be an N64 game and many Nintendo fans saw it as a major betrayal when it was moved to the PS1. I'm not going to get into if the game is better or worse than FF6 (it really comes to to personal preference) but I think no matter how FF7 turned out some of the people who couldn't get over the fact that it switched consoles would still have bashed it.

 I know man, I can't wait until Nintendo releases that beast.  Geno shall return!

FF7 is nowhere near the best in the series, but I love it, so I couldnt care less if people hate it.

You're absolutely right. I hate FF7 because it makes me cool.

Actually, I don't really hate FF7. I hate that the music is crap quality in the game (ps1's fault). I hate the Cloud and Sephiroth storyline (Almost anything involving them is so god damn retarded). I hate load times. I hate the bad translation. That's about it. Otherwise, the game is actually quite enjoyable and was made good use of more disc space with more in game things to do.

But you're right. I hate FF7 because it's cool, or as Montana said, because It's a West Vs. East thing. Though it's understandable that as your first RPG, you'll enjoy it more. It just wasn't my first RPG. If it was remade, I'd buy it because likely music and load times would be better, and I would pretend that the cloud and sephiroth storyline didn't happen, and it would be a great game.

 Actually, none of my hate comes from the fact SE moved from Nintendo to Sony or the game was supposed to be n N64 game.  One of the things that I hate most is when people just assume that (not meaning to pick on you Legend).  I hate it that people think I'm so simple that I hate a game just because it's on whatever console.

I know there are people that actually do hate FFVII because of that but i really don't think they are the majority.  That's just something people seem to throw around all the time for whatever reason but I have actually yet to meet anyone that hates FFVII for that reason.  

I don't care if people assume I'm a fanboy or whatever but people assuming I don't think FFVI is the shit and Sephiroth isn't the most awesomest villain ever because FFVII was a PS game and not a Nintendo game just bother the piss out of me. 

Here is a brief history of the early FF series in North America as perceived by those who experienced it, to explain the significance of whether FFVII was a player's first JRPG:

FFI(1990): Good
FFII(1991): Amazing
FFIII(1994): zOMGE BEST GAME EVAR
FFVII(1997): WTF?

And for those who started the series at VII:

FFVII(1997): zOMGE BEST GAME EVAR

This concludes our scientific exhibition.

I know you're not picking on me... I used the words "many" and "some" which obviously means "not all".