There is also a recurrent metaphor mentioned by several of the characters at several times in the game, in the phrase "There is no getting off this train we're on, until we reach the end of the line", to represent the reasons for continuing their journey.įinal Fantasy VII ~ Before Crisis: apparently a stage of this Japan-only prequel to FFVII features a mission to protect one of Midgar's trains, showing the Sector 7 Slums station from the original FFVII. Gold Saucer also has a rollercaster shooting game, and a more leisurely monorail car to tour the park, where a key scene takes place on. Additionally, much later in the game, a coal train is ridden, with the objective to stop it crashing into the shanty town of North Corel, with spectacular results if you fail to stop in time.įinally, there's a cable car that runs from North Corel to the giant amusement park/casino Gold Saucer, that curiously, runs on rails on the ground and uses propellers for propulsion. Passenger trains in Midgar City are later shown and ridden on at various times in the game, especially the area known as 'The Train Graveyard', which is somewhat like a rail scrapyard. The scene is also repeated later in the game during the Cyan's Nightmare stage.įinal Fantasy VII: A steam locomotive hauling what appears to be a train load of tank wagons features in the opening move, as Cloud and the AVALANCHE resistance group jump off it onto a platform at the start.
Some of the characters travel on it, and have to battle against the locomotive (which attacks, amongst other things, by throwing it's wheels at them!) in order to alight from it.
The FF series is full of trains, but FFVII wasn't the first time that trains featured in the series:įinal Fantasy: The Dawn of Souls (GBA) and FF Anniversary (PSP) re-releases of the original FF include the Phantom Train enemy from FFVI as an optional boss enemy to fight in one of the bonus secret areas.įinal Fantasy VI: Features The Phantom Train, which is a ghostly apparition of a railway destroyed during a war, and now transports the departed to the afterlife.