Tseng and Turk Vincent don't have battle animations. Reno, Rufus, Rude and Elena do.
I think putting the 4 who have battle animations up for a mod would be a good idea. When I get a hold of an FF7 for PC I'd download it. But here's who I'd replace with who and who I would leave alone:
Tseng and Turk Vincent should be left alone (no battle animations, although it would have been lolarious to see Tseng get killed by Sephy in City Of The Ancients!) as should Cid, Yuffie and Aerith.
I'd replace Barret with Reno, just purely for the slang similarities. You wouldn't have to change much at all. Just slap 'yo' onto some sentances.
I'd also replace Tifa with Elena, for the obvious reason of them both being girls and would suit the switch.
I think switching Vincent with Rude might be a good idea, considering Rude's tendancy to be quiet.
Obvious change here, switch Cloud with Rufus. An easy solution to how the hell ShinRa are the heroes in this could be that Rufus sees the damage his fathers company is doing and plans to stop it...but there are bastards in SOLDIER who want to take over ShinRa and make it into some kind of military-based weapon producer...or a chocolate factory. I forgot which one my sister suggested.
Anyway, when Prez. ShinRa gets knifed by Sephiroth and dies, Cloud (being the best SOLDIER in the world) takes poition as the head of ShinRa after claiming Rufus is dead.
So Rufus sets out on the same quest as Cloud would have in FF7, only he has no control over ShinRa anymore.
It's probably an impossible project, but it is still fun to think about it. And what I wouldn't give to have Reno in my party! Rufus would just be a bonus!
