Yep, it's true. You do not have to team up with Cloud. After I defeated him I pretty much rushed through to the end so I didn't look for him nor get him in my party. So I defeated Cerberus and Hades with just Hercules. Phil also acknowledges that I didn't look for Cloud.

CLOUD DIED BECAUSE OF YOU! lol

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^agree! Hahaha! LOL

^agree! Hahaha! LOL

Woah. I didn't even know you could get him. I just kept going

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CLOUD KILLER!!!!!!!!

Yeah, but it's more fun with Cloud.

HOW COULD YOU, CLOUD RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It looks that u don't like Cloud

cloud perished because of u now Zack's sacrifice was for nothing!

*reads everyone's posts*

 

LOL you guys are cracking me up with these posts. You guys make it sound like Sora96 hates Cloud XDDD. Although what if he is a Cloud hater? o.o

well zack was a good person and its not fair that she ruined his sacrifice

Meh, I didn't know how you could get Cloud at first. When I first played a semi-translated Re:Coded on an emulator, I didn't know how to get Cloud, and ended up fighting Cerberus with just Herc. I kept losing and gave up. Then when I got the English version, I accidentally stumbled upon Cloud while exploring the final area before you go on to fight Cerberus.