Aerith Gainsborough

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Aerith Gainsborough
Aerith Gainsborough's artwork from Dissidia Final Fantasy 012.
Universe	Final Fantasy
Debut	Final Fantasy VII (1997)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020)
Console/platform of origin	PlayStation
Species	Cetra-Human Hybrid
Gender	Female
Created by	Yoshinori Kitase Hironobu Sakaguchi
Designed by	Tetsuya Nomura
Article on Wikipedia	Aerith Gainsborough

Aerith Gainsborough is a character from the video game Final Fantasy VII.

Origin

Aerith (formerly translated as "Aeris" in the North American release of Final Fantasy VII for PlayStation) first appears in Final Fantasy VII as a girl selling flowers in the slums of Midgar. Initially encountering Cloud after his first mission with AVALANCHE, Aerith offers him a flower before he goes on his way. Cloud next meets Aerith when he falls through the roof of the church where she gets her flowers from. Learning that she is menaced by Reno of the Turks, Cloud becomes Aerith's "bodyguard" with his payment being the offer of a date. From then on, Aerith and Cloud flee Shinra's pursuit, and ultimately leave Midgar to pursue Sephiroth.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

File:AerithMiiCostumeAnn.png

The Aerith Mii costume in Ultimate.

Aerith appears in Round 8 of DLC as a paid Mii Swordfighter costume. In said costume, she uses both her design and her weapon from Final Fantasy VII, wielding her initial weapon, the Guard Stick. She was revealed during the Mr. Sakurai Presents "Sephiroth" presentation on December 17, 2020. She is planned to be released alongside the other Round 8 Mii Fighter costumes on December 22nd, 2020.