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@andrewrules231

4 ай бұрын

merry christmASSSSSSSSS

@earthsuyom4966

4 ай бұрын

Please review Famicon and Advance wars series games as AVGN

@1984Phalanx

4 ай бұрын

Dear AVGN, I love you! That is all. (been watching since 2006)

@DeanClean42069

4 ай бұрын

James I wanted to say I've been a fan for years and I wanted to say man thank you for taking control back of your IP - you listened to your fans and completely redeemed yourself IMHO - Merry Christmas Nerd!

@TheRealGuyWithTheGreenHat

4 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas, Nerd 🫂🫂

I cant wait till 2024 to hear about Chrono Trigger 😄

@MaisDennis

4 ай бұрын

like he said... the other big one

@gameshock2916

4 ай бұрын

​@@MaisDennis Let's not forget Chrono Cross, the sequel to Chrono Trigger.

@cryssnail

4 ай бұрын

@@gameshock2916 No, please do forget. Chrono Cross should be erased from history considering how poorly it continues the series. Like the Matrix sequels.

@_GeneralMechanics_

4 ай бұрын

Come back in 2045 for XENOGEARS.

@bigbirdmusic8199

4 ай бұрын

Chrono cross pales in comparison to its predecessor

No matter what age, or how many responsibilities you have. A 60 hour save being corrupted would make anyone freak out.

@DantonH.B

4 ай бұрын

Specially for cartridge battery...

@lastofmygeneration

4 ай бұрын

Had it happen to me with FFVIII!

@ariwl1

4 ай бұрын

Had that happened to me when I was playing an RPG on my GameBoy Advance. Batteries died and completely wiped everything. I still have the game but haven't touched it again over ten years later...

@cubefreak123

4 ай бұрын

I think a lot of gamers, at least older ones, have had that happen at least once. It just destroys you as a kid.

@Someinsanegenuis

4 ай бұрын

I dont feel so bad about my glitch now. I had just killed Kefka, and the game froze. So i completed the game, but never saw end credits.

I don't care if he's supposed to be the ANGRY video game nerd. The episodes where James talks about games he likes are always the best

@jonnymmac

4 ай бұрын

Yes they are.

@viczvapo

4 ай бұрын

I felt a lot of anger. I also felt a lot of healing lol.

@opalyasu7159

4 ай бұрын

Even the angriest of nerds still have joy in them

@julioagiri3354

4 ай бұрын

Angry nerds are humans after all, even them can love ❤

@whatismyname5151

4 ай бұрын

I agree, the bad games are funny but we have seen them so much I like just hearing him do his old video game memories and stories

For those wondering, the glitch happens in the SNES version randomly from using Realm's sketch ability.

@Narrator007

4 ай бұрын

Thank goodness I rarely used Realm, then!

@Nerdynate253

4 ай бұрын

@@Narrator007, same. I never used her or Gau.

@ianswift3521

4 ай бұрын

...sketchy

@MarioSanchez-os3fv

4 ай бұрын

It wasn't random. It happened if you tried to sketch someone that was invisible. On certain carts you could actually use the glitch to get more items. I once used it to get 99 Atma Weapon swords and other unique items. The glitch was later fixed in an updated version of the cart.

@RaceBandit

4 ай бұрын

​@@MarioSanchez-os3fv| If I read correctly, Relm's Sketch could occaionally miss against regular foes, and the glitch was because the game did not know how to handle Sketch missing.

When I was 14, 1996, I spent the summer with my grandmother. One day when at Albertson's she allowed me to rent a video game. Not knowing what this game was about or even having ever played an rpg up to that point in life, we left the story with this in it's little rental case with the box art cut and fit into a vhs box. This is the game that I played nonstop that entire summer, renting it over and over again to try and finish it before I had to go home. I didn't beat it that summer and for a whole year and a half all I could think about was this game. So to my shock and awe for christmas that year I opened a present and inside was a vhs box with cut up artwork of Final Fantasy 3. She had bought the game from the rental store for me. I spent the next month or so just playing that and grinding every esper to completion for every character, finally beating it without much resistance from Kefka. Thank you nerd for bring back memories of my Nana, she passed in 2019. What I wouldn't give to go back and spend the summer with her instead of this game, but at least when I think back upon this game it gets me to think about my Nana.

@giovannipiamonte170

4 ай бұрын

Magic times, beautiful memories...

@Katiriaa84

4 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about your loss... And I did the same, grinded every character with every spell/dance/enemy move/99 level

@clockworkengine

4 ай бұрын

Don't regret what you did with that Summer. Your nana probably loved every second of watching you enjoy the game she rented for you.

@eyeofefil

4 ай бұрын

oh man, now I miss my grandma too

@justacrewchief4561

4 ай бұрын

That was a beautiful story. I’m not crying, I’m cutting up onions for my gumbo.

Uematsu composing the FFVI sountrack on a 16-bit chip is like finding out that Michelangelo did the Sistine Chapel with crayons

@highrofellos6721

4 ай бұрын

100%. I still pull up the sound-track when playing Survival games and use it as my gaming musical score. Almost every song is a masterpiece.

@jakebaggio4368

4 ай бұрын

Well said

@yourgameisstupid

4 ай бұрын

No it's not. Great OST though.

@Salomon_Andrade

4 ай бұрын

It’s fairly well known that the chemicals used to make the paints back then are well known now to cause brain damage. So part of the “inspiration” back then was from the brain damaging exposure to their paints.

@JadeKerr-bd5tg

4 ай бұрын

Jeremy jahns 😊

Where I grew up it was accepted that anyone could take the week of thanksgiving off from school to go deer hunting. One year back then I did all the paper work to get out of school to go deer hunting, but instead just sat in my bedroom and binged this game for three days. No regerts

@crispyjuice2110

2 ай бұрын

Man I'm jealous. If my parents would have let me take the week off school to do play games I would have 100%

@user-vf3ey6ej4k

24 күн бұрын

You grew up in Wisconsin, didn't you.

@PolkaCowboy

23 күн бұрын

@@user-vf3ey6ej4k Busted. :D

If you read the 25th anniversary developer interview, it turns out the World of Ruin wasn't in the original plan. The devs were ahead of schedule when they got to the intended ending on the floating contiennt, and one of them was like 'haha but what if kefka wins'.

@nbHawkeye

15 күн бұрын

The original ending actually sounds kinda...bland, especially after Final Fantasy V.

90's Squaresoft games had such amazing soundtracks.

@mattsnider2667

4 ай бұрын

Chrono Trigger is my favorite, but they're all fantastic.

@EidoEndy

4 ай бұрын

Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Yoko Shimomura are all goated.

@C0ttageChees

4 ай бұрын

Can I throw Terranigma in here since it's by Enix? Future Square =]

@chrisrj9871

4 ай бұрын

@@C0ttageChees - nobody called Squaresoft "Square and Enix" back then. It was just "Squaresoft" and "Enix". Just like you can't tell the 60s generation that Spider-Man was a Disney character in the 60s back then or the 80s generation that Fox's "Predator" was a Disney movie back then, either. By that lkogic, anything could be a Disney property after it's been bougth out 250 years into the future.

@Merknilash

4 ай бұрын

Ff6 was better than them all in sheer quantity of S tier tracks Chrono trigger had amazing music too but ff6 just had more of it We lived in a golden age

An AVGN based on one of the greatest games ever. Thanks for the Christmas present, James

@Healthy_Toki

4 ай бұрын

when based meets based we all win

@soul-vatzu

4 ай бұрын

copiar y pegar comentario Thank you @Dayman90

@Brandonweifu

4 ай бұрын

One of the greatest and I would say undercooked by casuals This game was faaaar superior to 7 in my opinion Because it's from the bit age,most "fans" overlook it

@Sparrows1121

4 ай бұрын

I think FF6 is the least best game in the series. FF7-FF10 is the only one worth playing.

@earlymorninstonedpimp

4 ай бұрын

@@Sparrows1121have you even played 6

I can't believe 12 years later, I'm still rewatching this guy's videos. The best friend I've never met.

The step counter is useful. Strago has a lore spell called "step mine" that does damage based on the number of steps you take in the game

@thejessycho

3 ай бұрын

thank you for saying something. i was so triggered by that

@littlebigcommentary

2 ай бұрын

@@thejessycho I figured it was a holdover from the ultima games which is what Final fantasy was based on. Did the Nes final fantasies also keep track of your steps? Ultima btw was this old westen rpg on pc that inspired hironobu sakuguchi to make final fantasy and also inspired the guy who made dragon quest yuji hori.

@lionneko

Ай бұрын

@@littlebigcommentary I can't say for 2 and 3 NES(ogs were Japan only)but 1 and 4(SNES,) didn't do that. I have played the pixel remaster versions of 2 and 3 and I don't remember a step counter in those

This game got me through my parent's divorce and major depression in 1994. I became this game. I poured my sorrow into the game. Even now the Terra theme makes me cry...but a little happier everytime. And the world of ruin...yeh that hit me. I knew i had to mend this world somehow even if..."forever changed"...

@joejacobson7393

4 ай бұрын

My parents also divorced in 1994 and I also put my heart into it as a result.

@thedavidalopez

4 ай бұрын

the opera song still gets me

@cahlendavidson2921

4 ай бұрын

Sympathies.. mine for divorced in 96. Ahh, the 90s

@TheEarthRealm

4 ай бұрын

So sorry to hear that, but glad you got through it. 🙏🏿 Brothers in FFVI.

@Geospasmic

4 ай бұрын

Oof, I feel you. My parents split up in '93, and my drug of choice was Secret Of Mana.

I genuinely can't believe that AVGN is 20 years old next year😵‍💫

@pepuletrz.9276

4 ай бұрын

i can..i am 40 now...

@infjmale91

4 ай бұрын

It's crazy; he can nearly drink, legally!

@jacob9538

4 ай бұрын

Should bring Mike back for a 20th anniversary special video. And keep him there.

@althaf198

4 ай бұрын

Does avgn existed before KZread??

@guynamedstevo6581

4 ай бұрын

Yes, way before actually

This entire game. Kefka's theme. The opera scene... this game is, SO nostalgia. Thank you for doing it justice.

It's hard to explain the feeling of awe from that game back then, how amazing and special it was, but you did it perfectly.

@noahkrause2835

4 ай бұрын

bot

@pedroanitelli

4 ай бұрын

Troll

@Sirfinchyyy

4 ай бұрын

He's a master at breaking down the flood of emotion brought on by bad and great games.

When A Link to the Past was new I was playing it in my bedroom on the final boss battle with Gannon. My mother walked into the room with laundry, attempted to step over the SNES and kicked the cartridge. It shut off, when it came back on all of my saves were erased. Afterwards I couldn't even look at the game. To dedicate those hundreds of hours to get back there... it took me 25 years for the feeling to fade and finally go back and beat it. So I feel the story behind this.

@sor3999

4 ай бұрын

Closest thing to the same thing for me was Final Fantasy Tactics when I got to Velius's room. The game asks you to save just before the fight with him and well, I couldn't beat him and my only save was right before the fight so I couldn't go back out to grind. I grit my teeth and just started over right away and speed ran to get back to where I was.

AVGN needs to cover more RPG genres in video games. He did it with Earthbound, but now he covered Final Fantasy and I feels like Super Mario RPG or Chrono Trigger shall be next.

@JunTheAnimeLoverEst

4 ай бұрын

And I'll say Paper Mario, Next

@danielkeslerjr4407

4 ай бұрын

Actraiser and Soul Blazer! Especially Soul Blazer! That was one of my absolute favorite hidden gem. More so than actraiser, but that gets talked about more often..

@clowkero

4 ай бұрын

Megami Tensei for the Famicom. I need his groin going through his jaw from the sheer assholery crammed in an RPG cartridge

@NoobGamer64-gj4ic

4 ай бұрын

I HATE TOXIC FANDOM!!!!!!!😠😡😤

@alexandertelson3713

4 ай бұрын

Chrono Trigger....

It was an extra rainy year when FFVI came out. I remember being at a friend's house and the rainy weather of the town Zozo matching the outside perfectly. It's 30 years too late, but one thing to do is to make multiple saves in the hope that 1 of your saves survives an erase. I starting saving before entering a big area, like Kefka's castle, in case I needed that backup.

That cracking sound that starts when you defeat a boss is such a relief

Interesting thing about "dancing mad" which is the title of Kefka's theme music, is the fact that it changes with the battle, as his health wears down, tell eventually sounding less triumphant and more mournful. The game is truly a masterpiece.

@benjaminzipperlen7962

4 ай бұрын

Dancing mad Is one of the best songs ever made for a video game

@user-uz2lh8wi5i

3 ай бұрын

@@benjaminzipperlen7962 Yes!Yes!Yes!

@arthursnyder6935

Ай бұрын

Some people even call it the Final Fantasy equivalent of Dance Of Illusions from Castlevania

What an incredible episode. Definitely felt the love in this one. I think James should do a couple more of these where the Nerd plays a game he loves, because the passion really came through. Best episode in a long while.

@supermariofan03

4 ай бұрын

I agree, but I think it should be once in a while, to make that concept feel fresh.

@Mephianse81

4 ай бұрын

Except Mike Matei played this not James. It's all Mikes passion.

My favourite thing in this game is uncursing the Cursed Shield. You have to fight 255 battles with the Shield equipped. Before the internet this sounded like a troll. I was amazed when I found out it was true. It becomes the Paladin Shield, the best in the game and it teaches Ultima when equipped.

@eddy5097

21 күн бұрын

I remember doing a lot of things in this games based on rumors and this one was indeed true

“Nothing is over” Dude, this uplifted my spirits so much. So amazing how III/VI is still giving lessons today. Thank you!

Possibly one of the greatest intros in gaming history with the mechs walking through the snow

@law35penn

4 ай бұрын

Mode 7

@krele14

4 ай бұрын

@@law35penn Mode 7 has little to do with the scene's atmosphere, it's the music that pushes it.

@shadowlinkbds

4 ай бұрын

Can't forget the excellent music too.

@robbyrobot3303

4 ай бұрын

As great as the music is, Mode 7 has a lot to do with it also

@DeskoDev

4 ай бұрын

The credits themselves are an understated touch, too. The lack of them in the PC and mobile Pixel Remaster hurts the atmosphere a lot

James I've been watching you for years. Back at the dawn of the PS3, back before I had kids. Now, at 50, with 2 children in their teens, I cannot thank you enough for all the laughs, and enjoyment you have brought me. Thank you from every piece of my heart. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

@plasmaastronaut

4 ай бұрын

a bit ott but ok.

@propheinx2250

4 ай бұрын

How many pieces of heart did you collect? lol

@TheFiftyQuid

4 ай бұрын

@@plasmaastronaut I appreciate your positivity and poor spelling. ;)

@TheFiftyQuid

4 ай бұрын

@@propheinx2250 Nicely played.

@Evilriku13

4 ай бұрын

@@ess2478 Do you got proof that this is Mike's footage? I know there have been two seperate recordings done for this video, as seen in the graphics quality, but I don't think we know if he did truely replayed the game.

I love the way James broke down the plot of this game, Celes’ despair and Kefka’s madness. It brought back my fondest memories 🥰

This game is so... perfect If a nihilistic can become a final boss, is this... the battle is SO EPIC even with the flaws, you feel like every moment jumps into a new whole level of clusterf**k Bravo!

Sure wasn't expecting a new AVGN this late at night, but I'll take it!

@RabbitShirak

4 ай бұрын

It's morning here

@jooei2810

4 ай бұрын

It’s early in the morning here! 🙂

@abysmalvsmarcus

4 ай бұрын

IKR?

@JimDuggan-tq2lv

4 ай бұрын

Welcome to the world of timezones!

@crackinlackin9105

4 ай бұрын

Just take it and love it

What a way to cap off the end of the year by playing my favorite Final Fantasy games of all time. Thank you, Nerd

@thenightmare9368

4 ай бұрын

Same here.

@rebekahcalcote8308

4 ай бұрын

Final Fantasy VI has always been my favorite of the Final Fantasy series ever since I grabbed it by mistake from the video rental place. (I was meaning to grab a different Final Fantasy game and mistook VI for it.)

@chadharger9323

4 ай бұрын

VI needs the full remake treatment.

@Sean-fi3ks

4 ай бұрын

One of my favorites too. I got it on Christmas Eve back in the day, so this is perfect.

@Julius413

4 ай бұрын

Best game

"Passion always comes through in spite of limitations" is one of the best things I've heard

Final Fantasy 3 was an epic game, and revisiting it every once and a while is just definitely worth it just for the nostalgia! Awesome to see the Nerd play it! And he totally needs to do Chrono trigger, oh and Super Mario RPG since they nailed the remake!

@edgarramos1499

3 ай бұрын

Don't forget Secret of Mana!

@joesnuffer

2 ай бұрын

FF3 imo is the best game ever made.❤

@duncanskippers3130

2 ай бұрын

True

So basically, that was the catalyst to years of being the Angry Video Game Nerd, thank you Final Fantasy "III", thank you.

I still remember watching my cousin beating this as a 4 year old and thinking this has to be the best game I have ever seen. I remember forcing myself to learn how to read when FF 7 came out just so I could play it.

@KingC89

4 ай бұрын

🙄

@hnorrstrom

4 ай бұрын

Well, I pretty much learned English to be able to understand everything FFVI as a teen back in the days and it was totally worth it.

@ncapone87

4 ай бұрын

​@@KingC89 lame

@sydus81599

4 ай бұрын

​@ncapone87 because FF7 was absolute dogshit compared to FF6, and yet people praise it all day long as the best FF, those whom never played 6

I remember beating this game as a kid on a cold winter day and that end boss battle was so epic its been permanently etched into my core memory. FF7 couldn't even top it, even though it was close. FF4 was my bucket list game I beat last year finally that I remembered as a kid, and its ending was similarly epic. Would love to see you cover FF4 as well.

Thank you nerd for still going. It means so much to so many. We love you

As usual, the best Cinemassacre content comes from James talking about the stuff that's really important to him.

@symmetricalpattern3335

4 ай бұрын

Yes, I love hearing Mike's thoughts and seeing his gameplay

@RonixEnclave

4 ай бұрын

Come on guys..Mike literally played this on Twitch last month lol

@froglifes6829

4 ай бұрын

ofcourse he did...​@@RonixEnclave

@The_Garage_Band

4 ай бұрын

That's an OOF

@hardtymz2517

4 ай бұрын

He ain’t angry. It’s in the name!? Pass.

AVGN is aging like fine wine after watching for almost 17 years. This episode in tandem with the Contra episode brought me back to my childhood in the best way possible. Thank you for this gift James.

Losing a save file that you put 60, 70, 80+ hours out of nowhere is an experience I can unfortunately relate to all too well...

6:24-6:29 That part aged a little too well. RIP Yeti, James Rolfe's white cat (2008-2024)

Kefka's laugh is the epitome of villainy of the 16-bit era.

@RPGtourguide

4 ай бұрын

An iconic SNES sound, for sure.

@andrethegiant6969

4 ай бұрын

he called the opera scene tedious.

@quag311

4 ай бұрын

It’s my buddy’s text notification chime.

@SamtasticOnline

4 ай бұрын

Hearing his laugh still induces a trauma response.

@pain3236

4 ай бұрын

I'm more scared of the Lavos scream

I’ll always love listening to older gamers talking about their experiences with various games such as Final Fantasy back in the day as well as the reactions to the uniqueness of said games, their stories, characters, and music that would later become iconic and helped create the world of gaming. It’s so fascinating and insightful. It gives you a good reason why retro games should always be respected and preserved no matter how much time passes by and how much society and the world at large changes.

@dankuya

4 ай бұрын

well said

@Boss_Fight_Wiki_muki_twitch

4 ай бұрын

hear hear

back in the SNES cartridge days. I equipped Celes with Force armour and White Cape and zephyr cape. Made her have 99 magic blk/eva (cant recall which it was back then) it was a broken stat. basically made your character immune to almost everything. By kefka, she was blocking everything he threw at her.

Personally this is my favorite video game ever. It's why I've bought it many times including the pixel remaster. I also play it yearly and it always brings a smile to my face. Even Terra's theme is my ringtone. I can play it in so many ways as well even though I've played it a lot of times so it's always fun for me. I'm glad you finally finished it and hope you enjoyed your Christmas.

I had a friend as a kid named Ransom. His Dad was a lawyer, and they lived in a mansion. I remember he had this game, and we, over the course of many months, played this game until the very end. I will never forget those hot summer days. This game is among my most wonderful childhood memories. I even played this one with more than one friend, but I never owned it. I should play it with my son. ❤

@Se0ultrain

4 ай бұрын

DEFINITELY PLAY THIS WITH YOUR SON! What a great idea!!!

@bryansansone3301

4 ай бұрын

Was this friend's middle name "River City?" 😂

@EverydaysinceMay

4 ай бұрын

@@bryansansone3301 lol that's exactly what I used to think of when hearing his name..he had no idea about river city ransom.

@joehayes9767

4 ай бұрын

Totes thought was going to keep rhyming! Lol

So happy to see Mike back on an Avgn episode! 🤩

@josejuanandrade4439

4 ай бұрын

This realy felt like one of the ogs. Beating Mike in a costume will never get old! Edit: Oh and the mandatory Zelda comparisons! FUCK YEAH!

@benbob4038

4 ай бұрын

Was Mike Santa?

@zeejay4458

4 ай бұрын

@@benbob4038for sure

@Ainnem

4 ай бұрын

​@@benbob4038Really?

I felt the same way as the nerd when I owned, played, didnt understand, put it down, picked it back up and finally beat final fantasy one. Sadly in those times the naming of subsequent titles and the difficulty finding them (pre-internet) kept me from playing any others to this very day. I remember when 7-8 came out, I played 8 to completion and just never played 2-6 nor did i know where or what system to find them on... the closest I came to recapturing the feeling of Final Fantasy one during the 90s era was Earthbound and Mario RPG. Other subsequent notable mentions: Rogue Galaxy on PS2 and Lost Odyssey on XBOX 360.

The last few episodes have been really entertaining. I guess it's as everyone said, the new producer really brought the show back to its roots. I get that same feeling I used to get when I watched the older episodes. There was certainly a period when the episodes just felt really different and just didn't have that same enjoyment factor as they did before.

@ArtisticQuinn3095

2 ай бұрын

Umm... who is this new producer?

I loved this game so much. I got my HS orchestra teacher to play Kefka's theme at one of their concerts.

@burningtheworld

4 ай бұрын

Dancing Mad... classic

@bigbirdmusic8199

4 ай бұрын

Dancing mad isn't kefkas theme, although kefkas theme is featured in it

@ehouse33householder74

4 ай бұрын

wow! amazing

@leob4403

4 ай бұрын

Who did you have to blow to make that happen?

@ehouse33householder74

4 ай бұрын

@@leob4403 eeww

Nobuo Uematsu is the John Williams of video games!!! I still cry watching the end....just perfection.

@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews

4 ай бұрын

You hit the nail on the head. The amount of tracks he created is insane.

@omegaweapon116

4 ай бұрын

The music in the pixel remaster makes it even better

@Heinz-bx8sd

4 ай бұрын

Stoo crying you possy

@Nekomancer1983

4 ай бұрын

Aerith's Theme is a real tearjerker as well. Never fails.

Thanks for sharing this video, and especially that horror story! Whatever happened to your Final Fantasy III SNES cartridge and save games sounds a lot like what happened to me with Secret of Mana…except my save games weren’t erased completely; rather, to this day, the characters’ info is unviewable, and their names are scrambled (e.g. the boy became “is”, with lowercase letters, which you can’t even choose when naming, only uppercase). I’ve always assumed it was some sort of a power surge that caused this, but I guess we will never know for sure…

FF6 was truly groundbreaking. True magitek. And one of the best game OSTs ever.

I'll never forget begging my mom to go to my friends place to see what happens next in the story. Best memories ever.

@Mephianse81

4 ай бұрын

Except Mike Matei is the one who played this. James isn't a gamer.

@alex75000

4 ай бұрын

@@Mephianse81cool

@MugiwaraTed

4 ай бұрын

@@Mephianse81who cares?

The Nerd deserves a win every now and then, and there's no better way than with this masterpiece of the 16-bit era. Awesome episode!

15:40 considering how often you got blocked in the overworld, having your party snake around would probably be a nightmare.

My older brothers rented the game (that was a thing in Brazilian 90s), but didn’t finish it, when I was like 8 years old. I remember looking at the manual and be mesmerized by the amazing artwork. Didn’t know a word of English or Japanese, but just by watching it I got hooked. As a teenager, I was able to finally play (and finish, mind you) on my own and it has been, since then, my favorite game ever. You watch ceres scene on the island and you understand that pixels can make you emote just as hard as any 3d realistic image, if not more.

I will never forget this game for two reasons, my best friend introduce me to it back in de 90s. It made the RPG genre my favorite ever since. Sadly my friend passed away in 2018.

@Spellbound_93

4 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss.

@tristanvleut5712

4 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss

@razorbackroar

4 ай бұрын

How did he pass

@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS

4 ай бұрын

They will always live on in your memory, carry them with you always.

@Heinz-bx8sd

4 ай бұрын

Corona

The game keeps track of the number of steps you've taken because some spells (blue magic or rages I believe) calculate damage based on it. If you have a high number of steps, those attacks will do considerably more damage.

@mmoarchives2542

4 ай бұрын

incorrect, steps is how you regain magic power and limit breaks

@betweenmyself4971

4 ай бұрын

Strago’s Step Mine Lore spell.

@Hawkenwhacker

4 ай бұрын

@@mmoarchives2542 Stick with your MMO's. You're out of your depth in this conversation.

@yozarian86

4 ай бұрын

After all these years, there’s still things I didn’t know about FFIII. Wow. I even recently watched a “10 things you didn’t know about FF6” video.

@3ngag3

4 ай бұрын

@@mmoarchives2542 Limit Breaks game in this can only occur when a character is at critical HP and only when they use the attack command and even then, they are pretty rare. Step counter has nothing to do with it.

3:00 Biggs and wedge?!? Where have a heard those names. Hmmmmm 🤔 my mind is up in the CLOUD with this one.

@VoyagerGaming417

Ай бұрын

They were also in FF8.

@nbHawkeye

15 күн бұрын

​@@VoyagerGaming417They're practically a running gag like Cid.

well this wasn't a regular AVGN episode, but I liked it.. btw: "kefka" in my language means "toothbrush" or very small "brush" : )

@grantorino2325

3 ай бұрын

Slovak? 🇸🇰

Terra’s Theme is the single greatest video game piece ever composed. No other melody has ever sounded so hauntingly nostalgic

@huskerbusker

4 ай бұрын

I love this song so much.

@Rakka5

4 ай бұрын

Theme of Love from Final Fantasy 4 is up there as well.

@VidiverseExplorer

4 ай бұрын

So is Shadows and Celes's theme, but honestly every track in this game is amazin!

@ChunkyPhattz

4 ай бұрын

What about dancing mad?

@Creslin321

4 ай бұрын

The crazy thing is you could say that about SEVERAL pieces of music in this game. Uematsu truly is a genius.

You know what I love about AVGN? After 20 years, James still finds ways to keep it fresh. A review of a great game in an awesome storytelling fashion. The nostalgia! I love it! Merry Christmas james!

@ninjaturtle8444

4 ай бұрын

James didn't even play the game. All the footage is from when Miike streamed it about a month ago.

@xellios

4 ай бұрын

@@ninjaturtle8444 Go touch some grass.

@Valoelify

4 ай бұрын

@@ninjaturtle8444 How can you know that for sure? You can't.

@ThrowbackDrummer

4 ай бұрын

@@ninjaturtle8444 I know Mike does a lot of the gameplay, he’s admitted that before and even credits him at the end. That’s not the point. The point is his commentary and storytelling making us nostalgic. We remember the fun times playing these games. When James makes videos of good games scattered in between the shitty ones is a great way to keep the series going after all these years

@galmorzu

4 ай бұрын

@@ValoelifyJames has said in the past he usually has Mike do the gameplay videos because he’s either just not good enough at these games to use his own gameplay, or because he’s focusing on putting the video and editing together so they’re saving time by splitting duties.

The "winter break type of game" hit me right in the childhood. I remember my winter breaks and summer vacations playing memorable games like this.

Kefka’s theme song “dancing mad” so perfectly fits how psychotic he is and being the GOAT FF boss

Every year for Christmas my old man would ask the guy at the video game store for the longest, most difficult game they had and on one got me this gem, greatest game ever!!

@rokko_hates_japan

4 ай бұрын

That's great! My father said we had to beat whichever game we had, 3 times, before we could get a new one. Took us forever to beat Mario Bros. three times, but we finally did it! The next game we got was Tetris... still playing it to this day.

@deepadeepa4279

4 ай бұрын

​@@rokko_hates_japanwhen you have a savage parent but growing things turn different

The "christmas episode" of AVGN is now a tradition every year for me. Thank you for that

@B3Band

4 ай бұрын

"Now?" He's been doing them for almost 20 years lol

So great to have a positive episode around Christmas. On one of my absolute favorites, too! Merry Christmas James!

I'm loving the return to the classic style of AVGN video. Feels more genuine and real. Awesome video, James.

What a great episode. Another freaking classic. It was cool to see Mike back in a skit. It makes it feel even more nostalgic.

@ninjaturtle8444

4 ай бұрын

James didn't even play the game. All the footage is from when Miike streamed it about a month ago. The more you know!

@NoelG702

4 ай бұрын

@ninjaturtle8444 Yes, and? Mike always recorded lots of the game footage in the past for certain episodes. That's nothing new and doesn't take away anything from the episode. Was that supposed to be some kind of gotcha moment or insult to James? lol

@CodyLee94

4 ай бұрын

@@ninjaturtle8444OMG

I love when James says "I've never seen anything like it before, and I've never seen it since", it's like he's an old wizard telling us of his journeys that we barely comprehend, but he is my hero, so I continue to listen

Great review! I've always been more partial to Final Fantasy 7 myself, but there's no denying what an incredible, epic experience 6 is. It really does feel like Square was trying to go beyond just making a game and to make a piece of art, to the point where it was straining the limits of what the hardware itself could manage. I think that's a big part of why they wound up backing the PlayStation over the N64; the constraints of a cartridge were holding them back from where they wanted to go with their flagship franchise. The fact that it continues to be so beloved in spite of those limitations--and a fairly large number of bugs, if we're being honest--is a testament to how successful they were at their goal.

That opening walking 3 meks was super atmospheric... cheers man

This game blew me away. So much better than any game I had played to date. Beautiful and with an amazing score.

@lldjslim

4 ай бұрын

Final fantasy II, better

@Jmjmhmjmh

4 ай бұрын

This game is trash that’s why it’s on SNES and not ps5

@Fartylipjuice

4 ай бұрын

THIS GAME JUST BLEW ME TOO 👅 😛 😝 😜 😋 🤑 👅

@hitkid2456

4 ай бұрын

Eh there were a few 16-bitters I preferred. But this one was still pretty up there.

It’s been decades since I played this game, yet hearing the music again still instantly brings me to the verge of tears.

@Nuisance_Bear

4 ай бұрын

Terra’s Theme 😭

@Blernster

4 ай бұрын

Wimp

@Blernster

4 ай бұрын

Ok nevermind now I'm crying too

@Creslin321

4 ай бұрын

@@Blernster 😂

@psfanboy79

4 ай бұрын

Hits you right in the feels, when times were so much simpler

Some of my greatest memories with my childhood best friend are this game. The music, the story, the characters, EVERYTHING was just unlike any game I'd ever played. The whole SNES era of my early teens was something I'll always remember, and this game was THE one to rule them all. Thanks for this great nostalgia refresh

My friend renamed the characters names as his friends names, I was over watching him play after-school and was like YO you named (blank) Jason after me that is sooo cool. Made it so much more personal when anything happened to that character.

Easily the best episode in years, if not ever. Thanks for everything, James.

@stalhandske9649

4 ай бұрын

Seconded! This was truly something else, and not having played FF6 (or any other of the series, for that matter) I'm feeling the magic through the screen.

@laszlozsurka8991

4 ай бұрын

Why because he went soft and did casual game review?

@syok4929

4 ай бұрын

what? i mean its fine but what makes this the best? ..you seriously think this tops it all?

@hgyuuuuhj098

4 ай бұрын

​@@syok4929he had too much coffee that day.

@isol8id

4 ай бұрын

Agreed! I liked the wholesomeness and what felt like true nostalgia from James. And it's been a while since I actually laughed at any nerd stuff, "I finally beat final fantasy 3... or 6!"

"Passion always comes through, in spite of limitations." Well put.

This and Chrono Trigger set the bar for RPG stories going forward. Great video. I'm so sorry for your childhood trauma of the erased save files. Glad you got to finish it!

A bumbling Santa tripping over the power cord was great lol

I remember crying legit tears after the opera scene back in the day. It's still a top 5 gaming moment of mine.

@Evilriku13

4 ай бұрын

I still get emotional hearing Forever Rachel and Celes' Theme, alongside the part at the end where Relm's theme goes into Shadow's and him choosing to stay because he thinks he has "gone too far to become her dad again".

@cpt_bill366

4 ай бұрын

I cried legit tears watching this video. The music hits as hard as the character development.

He talked about it 17 years ago, now he’s reviewing it. Man, does this have a new meaning of “take you back to the past”!

@Evilriku13

4 ай бұрын

he did? In what episode? I remember he mentioned in a podcast his emotions he felt when playing that game and losing his savefile which was likely happening due to the infamous Vanish Sketch Bug but that wasn't that long ago in compare.

@d.t.simonbelmont

3 ай бұрын

@@Evilriku13 Chronologically Confused episode 15

Great video nerd! This is definitely my favorite RPG! Suikdoen 1/2, BoF 2, and CT right behind it. I’m surprised you didn’t talk about the limit brakes or whatever they’re called, when the characters are low health, and they randomly do their crazy signature attacks. Thank you for the awesome video! I just started playing Final Fantasy one through nine again, I’m currently on two. I can’t wait for six (our 3) hehe! I hope you have a blessed year friend!

One of the best RPG's out there. I was able to bork the game with Lock using genji glove and offering for my relics and the weapons used were Illumina and valent knife.

I didn't play this game until after FF7. As much as I enjoyed 7 I enjoyed this game even more. It's a work of art.

@user2125

4 ай бұрын

FFVI always better than ff7, but u not rdy for this conversation...

@gamersinger5118

4 ай бұрын

@georgiots1409 Final Fantasy 6 was the true pinnacle of the series in my opinion. The only old school JRPG that is still going very strong is Dragon Quest which I consider the #1 JRPG franchise at this point.

so many firsts.... this game. It was an inflection point in gaming where we got a glimpse into the future of the art-form and it looked amazingly bright. cinematic cutscenes, character growth expressed through dialogue, adult themes of loss and even mature themes like suicide and nihilism were explored and all for the better. One of the few SNES games I go back and replay on occasion.

Hands down this is my top favorite game in the history of ever. Even now in my forties I still play this through once every couple of years. And I know it's six, but it'll always be three to me.

My absolute favorite final fantasy game, 7 being a close second.

Greatest soundtrack of any game. “Forever Rachel,” “Spinach Rag,” “Dancing Mad,” and the list goes on. Masterful stuff.

@Senteri

4 ай бұрын

Dancing Mad is the best song ever made. It always brings shivers down my spine and evoke deep emotion.

@SomeRPGFan

4 ай бұрын

It wasn't played in entire series of fully orchestrated live concerts for nothing.

You absolutely nailed this game. I live in Denmark and imported these games from the US because they weren't available in Europe. I spent the best days of my life with my older brother shedding tears to the soundtracks. He and I shared all the ups an downs and epic adventures of a ton of games - But the best ones were Zelda, Chrono Trigger and the masterpiece; FF6(3). I learned English on a level that was waaay beyond the norm for a 9-year-old just to play and understand the games. I covered most of the soundtrack as guitar-arrangements, simply because the music was something so special. My brother committed suicide recently - but I still persevere, with a heavy core memory and lesson that this game taught. Thank you for this Christmas present James - If you would ever let me, maaan I would love to be a guest on the couch and chew the fat on retro games :)

@caradenino289

4 ай бұрын

My condolences 🙏

@kagemusha77

4 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you found strength despite such a loss. 😢

@robertcollins7034

4 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss 😢

@jon_deluxe

4 ай бұрын

Sorry for you loss 😢

@BrianBoruish

4 ай бұрын

Sorry man

The save data being erased almost brought me to tears, both empathetic and memorial. And also, wow what a game that was (and still is). Totally blew me away as a kid

If you think about it, it is absolutely crazy that The Nerd drops a video for Xmas that tells the story about how his game froze, saves lost and the ANGRY Video Game Nerd was essentially born this day in his early childhood. It’s almost biblical.

One of my strongest Christmas memories was getting FFIII, and going upstairs to my bedroom to play it. I was called to dinner during that epic epic opening and man was it hard to put that down to go get something to eat.

@callmezeldaonemoartime

4 ай бұрын

You got FF6, not 3

@anonamatron

4 ай бұрын

@@callmezeldaonemoartime It was III

These are, by far, my favorite videos of James. Where he goes back and relives these memories and shares them with us. These reviews always make me smile.

@lian2rozen

4 ай бұрын

I just noticed that not only did Mike stream this (in six parts), but James directly ripped off the story about how he saved up and bought the game for 80 bucks from part one of Mike’s stream of this game. The only difference is that Mike said he bought it at Toys R Us and James claims he bought it at Kaybee Toys. This is unbelievable.

@Absquatula

4 ай бұрын

Would be nice if these were James's memories and not Mikes

@siavashsohrabi4221

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@Absquatulayou mean these are Mike's memories??

@ThePureSynergist

4 ай бұрын

@@Absquatula actually? Podcast info? Still, it’s a nice story.

@josuearbizu7406

4 ай бұрын

james is a movie fan not a games fan, all of the gaming anecdotes and stories are from mike you can tell that none of this happen to him because he tell the stories without details or very minimun details these are just generic gaming tales

Love this game I turned it over three times. Nostalgia hitting hard.❤

That intro, what a thing of beauty.

the step tracker thing is neat because Strago has an ability that is based on how many steps you have. I forget which one, but another has a sword whose atk is tethered to the amount of times you've escaped a battle. and ffvii has a guy that gives you a certain item based on the total sum of battles you've had that game. i love little features like that, you don't see it too often anymore tho

@dowiet6929

4 ай бұрын

it's stepmine

@kumbandit

4 ай бұрын

You mean the chicken knife, and it's FF5 not 3/6

@frozenaorta

4 ай бұрын

Step Mine!!!

@teecakes

4 ай бұрын

"and ffvii has a guy that gives you a certain item based on the total sum of battles you've had that game. i love little features like that, you don't see it too often anymore tho" This is the only way you can get the Level 4 Limit Break item for Aerith on Disc 1, and it's probably the hardest thing to accomplish in the game (the limit break is pretty OverPowered too)

@Evilriku13

4 ай бұрын

@@teecakes she was too strong to be left alive xD

James I think we all want these kind of reviews for the future of the channel. Go through the masterpiece games that we all love and give your take.

@aylictal

4 ай бұрын

unfortunately theres only a few masterpieces like this one. chrono trigger and link to the past are definitely in top 10 with this gem. the other final fantasies dont compare to this one in my opinion either (even with as much glory and hype 7 created, it still didnt live up to 6).

@wraith313

4 ай бұрын

As much as I'd like to agree with you at this point I think a lot of us question whether James even played any of these games at all to begin with or just binged them for video content

@Madagon367

4 ай бұрын

Why not. Across all systems from the last millennium there are easily 25 games which are absolutely amazing.

@hellrazor6868

4 ай бұрын

@@aylictal I'd have to disagree FF14 is one of the best told stories I have ever played. The end of Heavensword, Shadowbringer, and Endwalker had me in tears. I know it is an MMORPG that takes hundreds of hours to complete but the story is on point.

@HydefHyde

4 ай бұрын

@@wraith313 He's mentioned his love of FF6 many times over the years in multiple videos.

I feel this way about Final Fantasy 7, although my save game data never got deleted. Bought it on release day back in 1997 and spent 4 months or so devoted to 100% completion. Serious childhood nostalgia. Bought the Chrono Trigger / FF6 re-releases for the PS1 too but didn't get into them as much as 7.