Sorry, short post - Am I the only one who noticed that the character Snow -
Prior to becoming a l'Cie, Snow is the head of Team Nora, a resistance group against Cocoon.[22] He is a big character and is capable of running while carrying two people.[23] (Wikipedia)
Is a reference to Barret and AVALANCHE? Haha this kinda struck me while I was reading GameInformer today.