15 Facts About One-Winged Angel

1.

One-Winged Angel's name came from the Kabbalah, in which the ten sephirot on the Tree of life represent the ten attributes through which God reveals himself.

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2.

One-Winged Angel's character existed from the earliest stages of development, as originally, Nomura thought that the game's plot would deal exclusively with Cloud Strife pursuing Sephiroth, who was always the game's main antagonist.

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3.

One-Winged Angel was to suffer from Mako addiction, resulting in a semi-conscious state as a result of high level exposure to Mako energy.

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4.

One-Winged Angel's weapon, the "Masamune", which has been featured in numerous Final Fantasy titles, is an elongated nodachi that he learned to use during his days in SOLDIER.

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5.

One-Winged Angel makes several cameo appearances in the Final Fantasy VII prequel, Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, in which he supports Shinra in their battle against the eco-terrorist organization AVALANCHE.

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6.

One-Winged Angel makes a very brief appearance in Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, a game set one year after Advent Children, in which his biological mother, Lucrecia Crescent discusses the experiments which gave birth to him.

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7.

One-Winged Angel is one of the main characters in the Final Fantasy VII prequel game Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, in which he and the protagonist Zack Fair go in the search of two missing SOLDIERs, Genesis Rhapsodos and Angeal Hewley, This game depicts the Nibelheim incident, where Sephiroth appears as a boss.

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8.

One-Winged Angel is featured in his Final Fantasy VII guise, while an alternative outfit features the "Safer Sephiroth" form.

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9.

One-Winged Angel's fight against Cloud in the game was based on their fights from Final Fantasy VII and Advent Children.

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10.

One-Winged Angel is featured in the rhythm game Theatrhythm Final Fantasy and its sequel, Curtain Call, as an unlockable character, representing Final Fantasy VII.

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11.

One-Winged Angel appears in the puzzle-platform game LittleBigPlanet, and its sequel LittleBigPlanet 2 as a character model; Media Molecule's Alex Evans felt "honored" that Sephiroth was allowed to appear in the games.

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12.

One-Winged Angel appeared as a cameo in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate as a weapon, which were designed as a single black wing and referencing Sephiroth's appearance during the last battle of Final Fantasy VII.

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13.

One-Winged Angel has been named the number one villain in an episode of G4's Filter.

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14.

One-Winged Angel would take the same spot in the list of top 25 Final Fantasy characters by the same site.

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15.

One-Winged Angel said "Well, even if it is another sword fighter, it will be fine as long as we balance them properly, " implying that no one should blame him for the inclusion of sword-wielding fighters.

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