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37 . Solemn Gus, aka Mr. Coates

Solemn Gus is voiced by Jonah Scott, not Troy Baker! Not Matthew Mercer! But if Atlus ever needs a new voice for Kanji, call up Jonah, cause he sounds exactly like those dudes here. (No disrespect to Jonah Scott, who's done a lot of great VA work).

Not sure why they decided to rename Coates, but I do approve of the decision. This guy was super hateable. He's also a villain who doesn't get his comeuppance. If you did get rid of Coates/Gus, you'd imagine that Corel Prison would completely fall apart. He's kind of like a Jabba the Hutt type if you think about it. And like Jabba the Hutt, he loves money and loves to kidnap girls and have you fight for his amusement.

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36 . Bugenhagen

You may think that it's a bit early for Bugenhagen to appear on this list, given how he's somewhat of an iconic and important character. I'm surprised too! I won't say they ruined Bugenhagen in this game, but he's certainly different in a way that isn't completely successful.

First of all, he's kind of a jerk! I haven't played the original in a while, but I don't remember him calling Tifa a dumb girl as much in that one. Maybe he was ditzy/weird/a bit kooky, but here he is straight up rude! Rebirth frames this as him being "stuck in his ways," and he does eventually apologize/learn from his mistake. But I don't know. Something is just... off with him.

I think the main reason for this is pretty simple actually. He feels redundant, because a lot of what he communicates in the original game was already covered in Remake by the whole Shinra Theater CG scene. By the time we get to Bugenhagen in this game, we already know all about the lifestream and mako and blah blah. So he doesn't really have anything new or important to say. Instead of making up something new or having him explain the whispers or the lifestream weapons (I was really counting on Bugenhagen explaining this stuff in this game), they just make him kind of a cantankerous old man.

All that being said, there's still something charming about seeing him float into the scene from offscreen. He's still important for Red XIII's storyline, but for the larger narrative his role feels greatly reduced.

Hint for minigame 22: Another open-world thing people complain about