Much as i'd rather cloud end up with aeris happily ever after, i think the story becomes completely lost without her journey with the team to the temple and her eventual death. Before playing it properly on pc, i never got beyond a certain point on my PS so many years ago. But once i got serious and got to the part where she dies, I can easily understand why wikipedia said that at the time, it was known as one of the most shocking moments in video game history. Sad, disappointing to the optimist, yes. But it truly was epic and gave the story a huge boost that couldn't help but spur me on to finish the game with a good relationship points with Tifa[which leads to the possible implication of their doing "it" on the night before they journeyed to the northern cave with everyone else]....if someone want's to know what i'm talking about, check out the forums. That thread was started by someone else somewhere.....
But point is i don see the point in "resurrecting" aeris and playing. She wont have any lines or roles post the death scene anyway.