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| - | As stated in the footnotes, it served to reason that after the fall of Midgar, public transport would be fewer and further between. The train systems of old Midgar would likely be damaged beyond | + | As stated in the footnotes, it served to reason that after the fall of Midgar, public transport would be fewer and further between. The train systems of old Midgar would likely be damaged beyond fiscally reasonable repair and, with the president of the only major corporate power having fallen ill with geostigma, it's unlikely anyone had the means with which to recreate the mass transit systems Midgar once had at its disposal. This leaves the refugees and survivors of Meteor with few options for getting around. They would either have to have personal vehicles (such as motorcycles or small buggies) or use chocobos. There are a few car or van-type vehicles in Edge--we see them in the opening scenes of Advent Children--and Cloud has his Fenrir, however given the general state Edge seems to be in, it seems unlikely that very many people can afford personal vehicles.<br><br> |
Which was probably music to the chocobo-breeders' ears. If mass transit has come to a screeching halt because there is no longer a place for trains to dock near Midgar, then the chocobo industry will suddenly be in high demand. When racing chocobos, the fastest speed the best chocobo can attain is 187kph (116.2 mph), almost as fast as [we presume] a high-grade racing bike can go. And with the various types of chocobos that can be bred (to cross water, mountains, etc), chocobos are actually a more versatile and widely useful mode of transport than a bike or a car, which would be confined to relatively flat-land-travel.<br><br> | Which was probably music to the chocobo-breeders' ears. If mass transit has come to a screeching halt because there is no longer a place for trains to dock near Midgar, then the chocobo industry will suddenly be in high demand. When racing chocobos, the fastest speed the best chocobo can attain is 187kph (116.2 mph), almost as fast as [we presume] a high-grade racing bike can go. And with the various types of chocobos that can be bred (to cross water, mountains, etc), chocobos are actually a more versatile and widely useful mode of transport than a bike or a car, which would be confined to relatively flat-land-travel.<br><br> | ||
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Chocobown'd!
As stated in the footnotes, it served to reason that after the fall of Midgar, public transport would be fewer and further between. The train systems of old Midgar would likely be damaged beyond fiscally reasonable repair and, with the president of the only major corporate power having fallen ill with geostigma, it's unlikely anyone had the means with which to recreate the mass transit systems Midgar once had at its disposal. This leaves the refugees and survivors of Meteor with few options for getting around. They would either have to have personal vehicles (such as motorcycles or small buggies) or use chocobos. There are a few car or van-type vehicles in Edge--we see them in the opening scenes of Advent Children--and Cloud has his Fenrir, however given the general state Edge seems to be in, it seems unlikely that very many people can afford personal vehicles.
Which was probably music to the chocobo-breeders' ears. If mass transit has come to a screeching halt because there is no longer a place for trains to dock near Midgar, then the chocobo industry will suddenly be in high demand. When racing chocobos, the fastest speed the best chocobo can attain is 187kph (116.2 mph), almost as fast as [we presume] a high-grade racing bike can go. And with the various types of chocobos that can be bred (to cross water, mountains, etc), chocobos are actually a more versatile and widely useful mode of transport than a bike or a car, which would be confined to relatively flat-land-travel.
In the original game, the Chocobo Farm on the eastern continent was the only place where chocobos could be bred and kept. While normal yellow chocobos could be caught in the wild in several locations all across the landmasses, one could only get special types of chocobos by breeding them at the Chocobo Farm. So after the fall of Midgar, as the demand for chocobos would increase, it serves to reason that the farm would expand into sattelite franchises all over the continent to get people to and from what was once the largest most industrial city on the landmass. These sattelite locations would not breed or keep chocobos on-hand at all times, but would rather serve as a place where chocobos could be sent and retrieved in a more convenient location.
