The COMPLETE Evolution of Final Bosses

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It's time to explore The COMPLETE Evolution of Final Fantasy Final Bosses, from the original Final Fantasy all the way through to Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. Within this super cut, we're also incorporating the numerous Final Bosses associated with Final Fantasy XIV - enjoy!
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:39 Final Fantasy
0:03:15 Final Fantasy II
0:04:43 Final Fantasy III
0:06:21 Final Fantasy IV
0:08:23 Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
0:09:47 Final Fantasy V
0:11:40 Final Fantasy VI
0:14:31 Final Fantasy VII
0:17:27 Final Fantasy Tactics
0:19:00 Final Fantasy VIII
0:21:19 Final Fantasy IX
0:22:31 Final Fantasy X
0:24:26 Final Fantasy XI
0:26:10 Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
0:27:13 Final Fantasy X-2
0:28:38 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
0:29:40 Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII
0:31:35 Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
0:33:51 Final Fantasy XII
0:35:59 Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
0:38:02 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
0:39:59 Final Fantasy Tactics A2
0:41:42 Dissidia Final Fantasy
0:42:51 Final Fantasy The 4 Heroes of Light
0:44:27 Final Fantasy XIII
0:46:59 Final Fantasy Dimensions
0:48:12 Final Fantasy XIV 1.0
0:49:37 Dissidia Duodecim
0:50:15 Final Fantasy Type-0
0:51:36 Final Fantasy XIII-2
0:53:01 Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
0:56:02 Final Fantasy XIV Patch 2.55
0:58:24 Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
1:00:25 Final Fantasy Dimensions II
1:01:43 Mobius Final Fantasy
1:02:26 Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
1:03:48 Final Fantasy XIV Patch 3.3
1:05:25 Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
1:06:29 Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
1:07:23 World of Final Fantasy
1:08:46 Final Fantasy XV
1:10:00 Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood
1:12:44 Final Fantasy XIV: Patch 4.3
1:14:19 Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
1:15:50 Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.3
1:16:53 Final Fantasy 7 Remake
1:19:23 Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
1:21:34 Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
1:23:04 Conclusion
1:23:58 Outro
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  • @FinalFantasyUnion
    @FinalFantasyUnion Жыл бұрын

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  • @seanpope1890

    @seanpope1890

    Жыл бұрын

    you forgot to mention that the fight with shuyin has a secret time limit that gives you a unique game over

  • @fernandozavaletabustos205

    @fernandozavaletabustos205

    3 ай бұрын

    What an amazing video!

  • @georgehouliaras7239
    @georgehouliaras7239 Жыл бұрын

    We started with Chaos and we ended with Chaos. Jack was right. It's not a hope or a dream. It's like a hunger, a thirst.

  • @mightymoosegaming4887

    @mightymoosegaming4887

    Жыл бұрын

    To buy every final fantasy game

  • @newfacepaula

    @newfacepaula

    Жыл бұрын

    CHAOS!!!

  • @Force-Multiplier

    @Force-Multiplier

    Жыл бұрын

    man i love how the community can in a way love Strangers of Paradise despite its flaws i wished some of the other more modern FF games had this treatment too fans mostly just bitch about their flaws endlessly without ever looking at the fun or good parts they bring with them

  • @georgehouliaras7239

    @georgehouliaras7239

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Force-Multiplier They lack Chaos, that's why.

  • @AncestorEmpireGaming

    @AncestorEmpireGaming

    Жыл бұрын

    When you’re still playing the “Chaos” drinking game…. Rules: every time Jack says “Chaos” you take a shot.

  • @Chad_Thundercock
    @Chad_Thundercock4 ай бұрын

    Worth noting - Necron didn't seek to destroy existence out of malice, but in mercy. He viewed the actions of Kuja as distilled despair, and decided to ease the suffering of all life.

  • @TruthAndEssence
    @TruthAndEssence Жыл бұрын

    We all love the additional phases. That’s what we want a final boss to be. An absolute slog. A sense of accomplishment when it’s finally over. Everytime you think it is over, the boss transforms or a new enemy is summoned. Give us more 1 hour final fights!!!

  • @athenaraines

    @athenaraines

    11 ай бұрын

    Take a gander at Xenoblade 3’s final boss for a great example of this. It has (depending on your definition of phases) 7-12 different phases and takes over an hour to beat. It’s a true challenge too. Lots of unique mechanics and the last part is a genuine beast that will smack your ass down if you aren’t prepared.

  • @Fall-oo6mt

    @Fall-oo6mt

    2 ай бұрын

    Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth did it!!!!!

  • @iangoforth6505
    @iangoforth6505 Жыл бұрын

    I want to add a little to Kefka from FF6. The Emperor in the first half is a red herring. The whole game is to defeat the Emperor and it's assumed that he would be the final boss, unless you already knew that Kefka was the final boss. Only for Kefka to surprise everyone by killing the Emperor and turning himself into god and remaking the world.

  • @groudonvert7286

    @groudonvert7286

    11 ай бұрын

    I don't think so. Kefka has a unique encounter theme that is used in both battle and Boss themes. So finding out Kefka is the true villain is not that difficult.

  • @Yokai_Yuri

    @Yokai_Yuri

    6 ай бұрын

    @@groudonvert7286 Having a unique boss battle theme was a common thing back then in the SNES era. FF4 had Golbez unique theme and he wasn't the final boss. Chrono Trigger had many unique boss themes and they weren't even the final boss (Magus is a perfect example).

  • @groudonvert7286

    @groudonvert7286

    6 ай бұрын

    I mean, a part of Kefka's leitmotiv appears in both the main battle theme and the Boss Battle theme.

  • @soyoucanchangethis

    @soyoucanchangethis

    4 ай бұрын

    @@groudonvert7286 I think you are partially right. I dont remember being surprised Kefka became the real threat, not like I was when Sephiroth brought death from above on Aeris, or when Garland became Chaos tho I was like 8 so its possible my deductive reasoning wasnt really that developed.

  • @Toadaboticus

    @Toadaboticus

    3 ай бұрын

    It's not Kefka or the emperor it's the Idealism the Empire, Vector and all its subjects who are blinded by that nothing will ever be enough, the Empire had gotten its Start after the War of the Magi as they had seen first hand the power that the espers could unleash when challenged and started seizing it for themselves creating the Very Magi who the War is Named After as they started the Process of Embueing humans with the power of espers following 1000 years of endless war and near total decimation of both the races and with the human hosts able to reproduce much faster they chose Defeat fornthe sake of all living things. The espers sealed themselves away with the warring triad after seeing the unsationable lust for power the Forces now Calling themselves the Empire Started Hunting down the Very Magi they helped create during the war to aquire their power as Espers were long since Gone. The real evil of the empire was the complacency of the entirety of all the Emperial Sympathizers and their part in the eradicating of the Magi Humans until they caught them all at the start of the Gestahlian empire building Vector and within the decade Emporor Doggo was born while his father started the beginning of Magitek and Magi they could control through the slave crowns. Kefka was created by Gestahls father to be a brother a protector but his Insanity brought on by the process and crowns not being invented yet Kefka was considered a failure and harmless as he was only capable as a court jester in the royal eyes. That's why another magitek soldier wasn't made for another few decades and only after Cid took over the process and facility. Refining the process about 12 year before we enter the story. There. Now you have it

  • @raedraconis
    @raedraconis11 ай бұрын

    I know that people roll their eyes a bit with how much acclaim FF7 has received, but that transition from 2D to 3D was a HUGE deal. If you were used to 32-bit pixelation and chiptunes, the whirl of the clouds as One Winged Angel started playing and Sephiroth unfurled his wings was nothing short of epic. Gushing aside, I think that the Undying is severely underrated, if for no other reason than the transformation cutscene...and the way he exploded at the end.

  • @Vayne_Solidor

    @Vayne_Solidor

    6 ай бұрын

    "History begins anew." Undying and Caius' Bahamut trio are my favorite FF final bosses.

  • @vigo2669
    @vigo2669 Жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't say Yu Yevon was a surprise. I mean, his design and actual fight were, but we knew about Yu Yevon going into Sin's insides.

  • @WeTheWounded

    @WeTheWounded

    Жыл бұрын

    Not just Yu Yevon either, we knew Jecht was Sin almost from the very beginning of the game.

  • @ArrakisHeir88

    @ArrakisHeir88

    10 ай бұрын

    Even 12 year old me was like "Aw jeez he's just a cute lil spider!"

  • @Adorablybadmemes
    @Adorablybadmemes10 ай бұрын

    One note about the Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker final boss; it was incredibly inpactful as it marked the ending of the story told since 1.0 of the game. All the previous expansion, while having their own stories, told the story of the Ascians and the Ancients. The Endsinger was the culmination of this story which spanned over a decade of content. Its theme is even a mix of the Final Boss themes from the previous expansions (and base game.)

  • @ASNS117Zero

    @ASNS117Zero

    4 ай бұрын

    I'm kind of salty that they're continuing on after Endwalker, tbh. Should have gone for a FF14-2 or some other kind of stand alone new installment. Make it so you can import microtransactions from the first game to be fair to the player base, use the opportunity to clean up and modernize the engine a bit.

  • @sdcard6447
    @sdcard6447 Жыл бұрын

    In FFVIII, if one of your party members has the draw command, you can cast Apocalypse too.😄

  • @SHADOMEGA7569

    @SHADOMEGA7569

    Жыл бұрын

    excuse me WHAT!? I legit did not know that.

  • @sdcard6447

    @sdcard6447

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, if I remember correctly it tends to fail a lot, but does a lot of damage. Either way it’s neat that you can do it at all.

  • @randomcatname7792

    @randomcatname7792

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah you can do it, but it's generally not worth it and weaker than hers (Yes it is stronger than Ultima, but the turns to draw it really hurt the damage... Rhinoa's LB can cast it though, if she has it of course)

  • @sdcard6447

    @sdcard6447

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, if you play right (or wrong) you’ll have more than enough ways to beat her easily by the time you get to the end. It’s really more of a novelty than anything

  • @jerrym1218
    @jerrym1218 Жыл бұрын

    Every moment a final boss is defeated in their final form in almost every Final Fantasy, the moment feels very bittersweet as an array of emotions go flowing through you, joy, excitement, sorrow and relief.

  • @LiminalMan777
    @LiminalMan777 Жыл бұрын

    You guys are top tier creators and I simply marvel at the quality of your research and presentation.

  • @gregtroyan
    @gregtroyan Жыл бұрын

    I think this is a lovely video, BUT if you're going to include the bosses from XIV's expansions, you guys should really also include the bosses from XI's expansions as well.

  • @gregtroyan

    @gregtroyan

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't want my comment to come off as ungrateful, as I know a video like this is a massive undertaking, but I feel it would be better to only do the base game of XIV (1.0 and ARR) than to do all of it and then ignore the rest of XI's final bosses. Just feels awkward if even the final bosses of XIV patches are included and final boss of full fledged XI expansions were left out. Again, I know the video is a massive undertaking, but it feels kinda weird to me.

  • @Banim

    @Banim

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gregtroyan I agree, the video is very good, but it feels inconsistent to neglect XI, which happens a lot in the fandom in general. Plenty of good final bosses there, like Promathia and Lilith.

  • @familyoftacticaldroids309

    @familyoftacticaldroids309

    Жыл бұрын

    Also FFIV, The After Years sounds like something similar? I'm not really sure, but it's pretty much continued from the OG FFIV, and it is its own game with its own stories (like DFF012, I suppose you could say?) and has a final boss: Ironically also known as The Creator. This guy's also a multi stage boss, maybe 3 stages worth? I never beat him because my team stunk. :P But I agree, to either keep just the base games OR add expansions, etc. Especially since there is another final boss in DFF012 (Feral Chaos), but he's a hidden boss and optional - You have to fight him and win to unlock him and his battle theme, though. He's fun to play as, tbh, but a huge struggle due to his abilities and the cost to learn each one (pretty much double of a normal playable character). Should add that I've honestly no idea what would count in this type of vid, so I could be wrong about TFY being included.

  • @gregtroyan

    @gregtroyan

    Жыл бұрын

    @@familyoftacticaldroids309 I completely missed that TAY wasn't in this video, but yeah, it definitely should have been. I'm a big fan of that game.

  • @WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS

    @WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS

    11 ай бұрын

    No

  • @Kazeshindo
    @Kazeshindo Жыл бұрын

    Easily the best, and most comprehensive evolutionary video yet. This was an amazing watch. Thank you guys, so much, for this.

  • @masquerader101
    @masquerader101 Жыл бұрын

    Turn-based bossfights just hit different, man. Knowing the enemy will most likely wreck you a little after your turn is completed makes it way more engaging

  • @FelixS.

    @FelixS.

    11 ай бұрын

    Found the ATB system way more thrilling than the few turn based iterations, FF has to offer (namely I, II, III and X with the latter being the least demanding FF game in existence).

  • @sweets6259
    @sweets6259 Жыл бұрын

    I like the "small mini series" with the first video being almost an hour and a half long! Love it!

  • @sb6196

    @sb6196

    Жыл бұрын

    The reason he says that is because this video is actually three separate video put together.

  • @BryknerTV
    @BryknerTV Жыл бұрын

    Why we get all these FF14 bosses, but FF11 has to kick rocks?! 😩

  • @CellarDoorx06
    @CellarDoorx06 Жыл бұрын

    Have you guys ever noticed that the original Ultimecia hangs from below the Sorceress in the final battle below her dress? You can even see it in the character artwork done by the Squaresoft artists. Pretty cool...and pretty creepy!

  • @groudonvert7286

    @groudonvert7286

    6 ай бұрын

    Well that's because she's not Ultimecia anymore. Hyne is the real final Boss of FF8.

  • @Predatornc1

    @Predatornc1

    5 ай бұрын

    @@groudonvert7286says who?

  • @groudonvert7286

    @groudonvert7286

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Predatornc1 A few theory in internet that works well with what we know about Hyne.

  • @Eishern

    @Eishern

    4 ай бұрын

    @@groudonvert7286 That theory is just as bonkers as the whole "Squall died after fighting Edea in Galbadia and everything afterwards is a fever dream / the limbo" imho.

  • @LordQuintix
    @LordQuintix Жыл бұрын

    This is the ultimate "This isn't even my final form!" Montage! Thank you for this!

  • @AzureRoxe
    @AzureRoxe Жыл бұрын

    Bit sad that you didn't do XI's expansions like you did for XIV. Eald'narche, Promathia, Lilith Ascendant and, of course, Shantotto could've been mentioned.

  • @grouchgaming1033

    @grouchgaming1033

    Жыл бұрын

    *Trembles with flashbacks of the Shantotto fight*

  • @DakudoragonX

    @DakudoragonX

    Жыл бұрын

    include Cloud of Darkness final boss from The Vana'diel of Rhapsody but there call The Voracious Resurgence I feel mifght be final boss is terrestrial avatar Chaos or Maelstrom Mage, Garazu-Horeizu

  • @pikajew9455
    @pikajew9455 Жыл бұрын

    Neo Ex-Death killed me more than any other final boss. He was a big jump up in difficulty.

  • @totalpartykill999
    @totalpartykill999 Жыл бұрын

    i think Kefka really set the pace for bosses to come. he was the first true 'megaboss'.

  • @space3703

    @space3703

    2 ай бұрын

    Kefka was always my favorite

  • @bahamut191180
    @bahamut191180 Жыл бұрын

    DAM THIS WAS A TIME TRAVEL FOR ME THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH NOSTALGIA

  • @aaron.biketrials
    @aaron.biketrials Жыл бұрын

    New sub. Really enjoyed that. You guys are clearly passionate about what you do!

  • @MrRMD32
    @MrRMD329 ай бұрын

    I was excited by Super Mario RPG, but then I found out about the Star Ocean remake and I was like “OMG!”. The updates they have included are fantastic and gives it such a modern take but still feels like it possesses the spirit of the original.

  • @SwordHMX
    @SwordHMX Жыл бұрын

    22:02 - Necron's HP (54,100) is actually the second lowest of Disc 4 bosses. His defense, though, is higher in addition to him constantly using Protect and Shell. Consequently, he only seemed to have the highest HP.

  • @rich1051414

    @rich1051414

    Жыл бұрын

    Bird Killer, Holy, Wind. Def-less and dispel can also be used, or you can use true damage abilities instead.

  • @steakdriven
    @steakdriven11 ай бұрын

    You forgot to mention that you fight the battle with the Endsinger on the back of the final boss of stormblood after having been given a chance to reunite with your companions thanks for the final boss of shadowbringers, and you didn't even mention the music! The second phase theme contains an epic downtempo version of the makers ruin which is the defacto leitmotif of the warrior of light

  • @Ahrpigi

    @Ahrpigi

    4 ай бұрын

    I've never played FF14 and that description is genuinely awesome enough to make me consider it

  • @rextyron7137
    @rextyron7137 Жыл бұрын

    Gladly dropping another hour into this channel.

  • @NaturalEntertainer85
    @NaturalEntertainer85 Жыл бұрын

    What an amazing video, thank you very much for creating it

  • @newfacepaula
    @newfacepaula Жыл бұрын

    I think the "true final boss" of SoP is Jack himself... if going by full dlc

  • @Nihilna
    @Nihilna Жыл бұрын

    very impressive!!! thank you for your contribution

  • @Vinnini
    @Vinnini Жыл бұрын

    Idk that I'd call Seat of Sacrifice mechanically derivative. It's pretty widely regarded as one of the best trials, and one of the most mechanically diverse EX trials for its difficulty and it mixing up attack patterns

  • @DashingDavid
    @DashingDavid10 ай бұрын

    An hour plus of Final Fantasy Union? That’s just good stuff.

  • @remnantryku7112
    @remnantryku7112 Жыл бұрын

    Quite the list, I enjoyed it all. Thanks for delving into this topic.

  • @lrod312
    @lrod31211 ай бұрын

    This was outstanding work! I would like to see a secret bosses follow up to this though.

  • @zaydraco
    @zaydraco10 ай бұрын

    For FFXI the base scenario it was the shadow lord, then for Rise of the zilart it was Ealdarnache, for Chains of Promathia, was Promathia, for the Treasures of Aht Urgan it was Alexander with Rauban, for the Wings of the Goddess it was Lilith, for the Adoulin it was Hades, for Rhapsody of Vanadiel it was Clod of Darkness, and for the Voracious Resurgence it was Chaos with the Voracious Beast

  • @Spookybluelights
    @Spookybluelights Жыл бұрын

    "For the MMO's we're only doing the base game." _Proceeds to do every XIV expansion and final boss for the patches._ I mean, look, I get it. XI's time has passed and it would be a lot of work to do two MMO's for a list like this but maybe state that more clearly at the outset.

  • @vladimirmlotschek3265

    @vladimirmlotschek3265

    Жыл бұрын

    Editor-man here! This is an artifact of the super-cut: originally, we were not going to go past 1.0 and 2.0 for XIV, but the demand for a XIV-specific video was so large that we made it, then rolled everything together: that comment at the beginning of the video is an artifact of the old plan. - Vlad :)

  • @YHUNIIQ
    @YHUNIIQ Жыл бұрын

    amazing as always ! Thank You

  • @lando-z4534
    @lando-z4534Ай бұрын

    Something I just realized with Chaos Elgo in FF Dimensions: it shares the trait of mid-battle transformation/moveset changes with another Square Enix final boss, being none other than King Smithy from Super Mario RPG.

  • @termocaos2812
    @termocaos28128 ай бұрын

    The Endsinger fight was probably the most memorable final boss to any FF game I've played, with incredibly crafted music by Masayoshi Soken and incredibly subtle hints to what's happening both in-game with the boss' move set and music itself, ie. the final day is for a lack of better words, a throwback to your adventure till that point, including music from A Realm Reborn, Heavensword, Stormblood and Shadowbringer, culminating into the track that plays after the fake out Oblivion, "With Hearts Aligned", which to most players is considered as "The Warrior Of Light's Boss theme" - a truly incredible boss narrative both in-game and music wise.

  • @fernandozavaletabustos205
    @fernandozavaletabustos2053 ай бұрын

    What an amazing video!

  • @allanpardogarrido9064
    @allanpardogarrido9064 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing review! what makes amazing FF final bosses is that most of them have srong personalities.

  • @DrNatemiester
    @DrNatemiester Жыл бұрын

    Wonderfully done

  • @n00bc0de7
    @n00bc0de7 Жыл бұрын

    This was a great video. I would really like to see a part 2 covering the rest of the final bosses in final fantasy games that weren't in this one like thearythm, opera omnia, "all the bravest", X-2 final mission, etc. Maybe even include the final boss encounters in the final fantasy animes.

  • @treefroggy
    @treefroggy Жыл бұрын

    What you call Ceremony, I call a Victory Lap!

  • @Mighto
    @Mighto Жыл бұрын

    Great Video. But its strange that you mention every Final Boss from FF14 Expansions but only one Boss of FFXI. Since that games has so many final bosses too.

  • @vladimirmlotschek3265

    @vladimirmlotschek3265

    Жыл бұрын

    Editor-man here! Totally understand. When we started this mini-series, we were only going to do the 1.0 and 2.0 bosses, but the demand for a complete video for just 14 was huge, so we made it afterwards and rolled it into this giant supercut with part 1 and 2 as well. That is probably why it feels a bit unbalanced! :) - Vlad

  • @BlakeAustin2011

    @BlakeAustin2011

    Жыл бұрын

    @@vladimirmlotschek3265 That’s well and good, but why did you not give the actual final boss of Endwalker 6.0? Zenos comes after Endsinger just as Lahabrea comes after Ultima Weapon. Seems they should be treated the same.

  • @marcos.6088
    @marcos.6088 Жыл бұрын

    I'm a tiny bit conflicted about the way this video is structured. I love this idea and what it does altogether, it's very interesting and informative to get a "tour" throughout the (mostly) complete history of a series of games I have loved ever since I was old enough to comprehend what a video game is but never experienced from the very beginning. Not only the transformation these final bosses went through in terms of gameplay but also how they changed narratively. It's cool to see it done like this! That being said, though, I feel like for a runtime of one and a half hours, there's a surprising amount of semi-pointless redundant repetition here. At *some* points it feels like someone noticed certain similarities shared between some / most final bosses and made it their mission to point them out in video form... but instead of just clearly and concisely pointing it out in the beginning, saying "These bosses fit those descriptors, others don't but overall it's a recurring theme so feel free to look out for that while we explore them one by one", we get this weirdly checklist-style redundant structure of pointing it out for every single boss individually. Maybe it's a minor nitpick but it feels very off when it happens this frequently, to me at least. Feels like we're missing out on more relevant trivia / information in favour of constant "Boss 1 turns into an otherworldly being after undergoing a massive physical transformation. They have powerful unique attacks." "Boss 2 undergoes a massive physical transformation that does make him look otherworldly in nature and their attacks are powerful, with one of theim being unique. Also this time, the final boss comes is not the central antagonist." "Boss 3 can not be described as otherworldly and they hit our heroes with attacks that are more powerful than attacks of other enemies in the game. Like with Boss 2, they are not the central antagonist for most of the game." "Boss 4's transformation can indeed be described as massive and is physical in nature. Their appearance is that of something otherworldly. This time a round, they're the central antagonist and their attacks are powerful."

  • @vicenarian340
    @vicenarian340 Жыл бұрын

    Please do a video for FFXI final bosses. There are a lot of great villains in that game.

  • @BlakeAustin2011

    @BlakeAustin2011

    Жыл бұрын

    I don’t understand why they bailed on 11 but not 14.

  • @vicenarian340

    @vicenarian340

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BlakeAustin2011 You're talking about FF union?

  • @xbon1

    @xbon1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BlakeAustin2011 because xiv is leagues better. Don’t matter if you don’t see it, it just is.

  • @darkmage102

    @darkmage102

    Жыл бұрын

    @xbon1 Well first, you are wrong. Plain and simple. But more importantly this isn't a tier list regarding every game and deciding which is better. This is a list that is meant to showcase the final bosses of every game. The fact that the XI final bosses were not shown other than the base games final boss is both disingenuous to the video and lazy.

  • @MaadMiike
    @MaadMiike Жыл бұрын

    What was the very first game featured in the video? Looks dope! Great video as always!

  • @SpaceCat1111
    @SpaceCat1111 Жыл бұрын

    Gameplay footage from our boy HCBailly. Best Final Fantasy LPer of all time.

  • @writerblocks9553
    @writerblocks9553 Жыл бұрын

    I remember listening to you guys before ff13 came out, kingdom hearts Union too, so cool you guys have come so far

  • @luxcatalina6638
    @luxcatalina6638 Жыл бұрын

    this video was insane!

  • @axlefoley6330
    @axlefoley633014 күн бұрын

    I think it's all fine and dandy to cover final bosses from a mechanical perspective, but I think it's also important to remember the drama going into it. In quite a few cases there wasn't any, because the final boss just wasn't present or generally even known about until the boss appeared. With Ardyn there was a very real human drama there, a scorned and betrayed (some would say rightful) king and in his mind and many others a healer, locked away for 2000 years with nothing but his memory of events and his "betrayal" alive in his mind, not only this all that daemonic energy coursing through him, it's enough to drive a person mad. Then who should find him but the twisted Verstael, who really only saw him as an experiment well that does something to a mind, something in Ardyn snapped, of course we really only got a more complete picture with the release of episode Ardyn, but being the most senior member of the Lucis Caelum family (quite literally I think he is his great x 150? uncle) and his misshapen view of the events and such that led to his incarceration and the death of his beloved, wants revenge on the line of Lucis that ended up being, and not his line which he felt he should have been. Then you have the hanging of all the people that stood in his way of attaining the power of kings, most of which were loved by Noctis, in effigy, nearly killing Noct's best friends, his brothers, and even the drama throughout the fight showing that Ardyn and Noct were really 2 sides of the same coin, but with one key difference Noct was the king of light sent to cleanse the star of darkness and Ardyn was that self-same darkness personified. That's why to this day Ardyn is my favourite boss, it is by no means a hard boss or anything but the story that gets told it is storytelling at it's finest. At least IMO.

  • @Chippydip
    @Chippydip11 ай бұрын

    an hour and a half of final fantasy lore? COUNT ME IN.

  • @xxXDrManhattanXxx
    @xxXDrManhattanXxx Жыл бұрын

    tbh the last final boss of dissdia could also be the soilders, which was not also heartbreaking af but is kinda unique. im not sure but i guess its the only ff game where your last enemies are ur former allies

  • @DoortoTwilight777
    @DoortoTwilight7773 ай бұрын

    Enjoyable video, although you did skip over the final bosses of FF11 expansions. If anyone reading this is curious about them, Rise of the Zilart - Eald'narche Chains of Promathia - Promathia (These two expansions had an epilogue fight as well that tied up the story of the two expansions) Treasures of Aht Urhgan - Alexander Wings of the Goddess - Lilith Seekers of Adoulin - Hades Rhapsodies of Vana’diel - Cloud of Darkness There were also mini-expansions that included their own final bosses. The first three, A Crystalline Prophecy was a battle against an entity referred to as Seed Crystal. A Moogle Kupo d’Etat was against a moogle mafia boss (I’m not joking) named Riko Kupenreich. A Shantotto Ascension was a two-boss fight against a alternative reality Shantottos. Finally, the Abyssea add-on packs culminated into a boss fight against Shinryu. There are also stories tied to endgame content within Final Fantasy XI that feature final bosses of their own, but since these endgame events can be considered “optional” in terms to the story of each expansion, it could be argued that they are more akin to optional (or in some cases super) bosses.

  • @de_life_stream6044
    @de_life_stream6044 Жыл бұрын

    Exceptional effort, well done guys 👊🏼

  • @jamesestelle7260
    @jamesestelle7260 Жыл бұрын

    I love how the Black Mage in FF1 was renamed Vivi. Lol.

  • @monopoman
    @monopoman Жыл бұрын

    When you meant every final boss in any Final Fantasy game, you really did it wow.

  • @hizaki86
    @hizaki866 ай бұрын

    Final Fantasy Brave Exvius - War of The Visions might be worth mentioning since it has adopted the FFT systems and even doing a collab with FFT units as its first main appeal.

  • @TheBonkleFox
    @TheBonkleFox7 ай бұрын

    And we've now seen a new incarnation of Zeromus return as the final boss of patch 6.5. probably one of the most frantic trials I've done, especially getting to the final phase which is literally a soft enrage that WILL wipe you if you can't kill Zeromus fast enough.

  • @Virante_games
    @Virante_games7 ай бұрын

    Loved this. Love seeing all the connections that each boss made by the same director had similarities. One question though. Wouldn't the 1v1 against Zenos be the final boss of Endwalker even though it was a solo instance?

  • @godknightomega
    @godknightomega Жыл бұрын

    One thing about The Dark King in Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest was his true form was hinted at in his boss room. Felt bad for my cousin though. He was doing great against the Dark King until he showed his true form and my cousin's arachnophobia kicked in.

  • @marystone860
    @marystone8604 ай бұрын

    Around the 1:20:00 mark, reminded me of the hardest ending to get in Drakengard 3, Queen Beast vibes! Parts of that you had to get exactly right, or, you're screwed! That ending kicked off one of the coolest franchises, EVER! Funny thing is, at first, wasn't taken seriously or even canon, until it BLEW UP in popularity! The Endsinger part of the vid, reminded me of that!

  • @SWA81
    @SWA81 Жыл бұрын

    Wtf this was really well done

  • @geofff.3343
    @geofff.3343 Жыл бұрын

    It kind of always amazes me that the fundamental big pillar themes of Final Fantasy (at least across the single-player games as I've not played the MMOs) manage to stay the same despite being different narratives sometimes with entirely different writers and directors, and it's basically an anti-Nihilist (or at least a post-Nihilist/Enlightened Nihilist stance if you're an Orthodox Nihilist) stance that values the universe and life even if it has no meaning. The villains are aways foils to that idea. Chaos thinks that chaos is the natural order. Emperor seeks immortality Xande and Kuja both rail at the concept of having to die, thinking it was bestowed upon them as an unfair end. Kefka is just a malignant nihilist. Seymour is a negative utilitarian (ie no one can suffer if everyone is dead). Sephiroth sees life as nothing more than undeserving of its place when it should serve his mother and himself. Ultimecia sees life as a curse that has tormented her and her kind and she actually only seeks to escape it, but that goal has taken on destructive cosmically nihilistic elements I could go on.

  • @pandemoniasiblings
    @pandemoniasiblings5 ай бұрын

    Celes from ff6 - with the enhancer, aegis shield and the Minerva, she's pretty much unhittable. Paired with a ribbon, she's untouchable. Some of those are late game gets, but a character that can't be hit or scratched is pretty broken

  • @Beeyo176
    @Beeyo176 Жыл бұрын

    I can't finish this right now. Saved

  • @Vayne_Solidor
    @Vayne_Solidor Жыл бұрын

    FF12 has an optional Esper named Chaos like the FF1 boss and one named Zeromus like in 4. And Mateus is also an Esper.

  • @SuzakuX

    @SuzakuX

    Жыл бұрын

    Chaos, Mateus, Famfrit, Zeromus, and Exodus are based on the final bosses of FF1-5. Mateus is Emperor Palamecia's given name in the original novelization, Famfrit's title is "The Dark Cloud,' and Exodus is an alternate translation of Exdeath.

  • @mattandrews2594

    @mattandrews2594

    11 ай бұрын

    @@SuzakuX Also also, Ultima the High Seraph (another Esper) has been namedropped at least once in FFXIV recently, hopefully teasing a future appearance there like with Yiazmat. And if that wasn't enough, famous FFXIV names like Fandaniel, Lahabrea and Emet-Selch are all mentioned in FFXII's bestiary, although whether that was their first namedrop in the series I'm unsure of. Regardless, there's clearly alot of respect for FFXII among the XIV development team.

  • @Vayne_Solidor

    @Vayne_Solidor

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@SuzakuXFamfrit is actually called Darkening Cloud, but yes you are right. The name Mateus never appeared in the FF2 PR but Stranger of Paradise uses it. And I actually learned about Exodus being an Exdeath reference just months ago.

  • @theironfox2756
    @theironfox2756 Жыл бұрын

    Use the Samurai on Neo Exdeath. You no longer need coins and it decimates all parts.

  • @gribthor
    @gribthor Жыл бұрын

    final fantasy 1 was the first game i ever beat on the nes..i killed chaos in one hit

  • @andrex1456
    @andrex1456 Жыл бұрын

    Can’t wait to see what kind of final boss XVI has!

  • @FelixS.

    @FelixS.

    11 ай бұрын

    And? Do you rike it?

  • @hanselbarlowe2575
    @hanselbarlowe2575 Жыл бұрын

    My favorite final boss is Kefka always

  • @daehan8227
    @daehan8227 Жыл бұрын

    It's kind of surprising that you guys didn't up Jegran, Larkeicus or Galdes from Crystal Chronicles spin off series

  • @LONEWOLFXPG
    @LONEWOLFXPG Жыл бұрын

    Awesome as always guys! just one thing though, why is FF4 after years not included? :)

  • @SHADOMEGA7569

    @SHADOMEGA7569

    Жыл бұрын

    its technichally an expansion despite being its own game

  • @TorManiak

    @TorManiak

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SHADOMEGA7569 yet despite that, FFXIV's expansions are also shown. Kind of weird they didn't put it in there.

  • @tlakzilla
    @tlakzilla Жыл бұрын

    Great video, but I must disagree with the original Final Fantasy on the nes. While not everyone encountered it, the War Mech had much more health than Chaos. Doom having more than Kefka wasn't the first time :)

  • @ckingch
    @ckingch9 ай бұрын

    Second phase of Chaos in FF The 4 Heroes of Light reminds me of Typhon with how it looks.

  • @Neo_X90X
    @Neo_X90X Жыл бұрын

    Who would win the fight, Sin or Vegnagun? Something I had always thought about since beating both games.

  • @jonathanlong4660
    @jonathanlong46607 ай бұрын

    Yeah i got everything across multiple playthroughs on ps1 the land near mideel village i mastered most of my materia across two to three days doing the same thing

  • @YukitoOnline
    @YukitoOnline Жыл бұрын

    Lore 👈 Origins 👈 Golbez 👈 GOLBEZ 👈 All 👈

  • @beegborg3303
    @beegborg3303 Жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU

  • @beegborg3303

    @beegborg3303

    Жыл бұрын

    Had to make a new account it's 47 1776

  • @Karuvitomsk
    @Karuvitomsk Жыл бұрын

    saying the endsinger’s method was singing (in a weirdly dismissive tone??), while accurate, is doing it a disservice. It feels like saying Sephiroth’s plan was just to hurl a big rock at everyone

  • @aaro1268
    @aaro126811 ай бұрын

    The Vishap battle is effectively one of the boss battles from Monster Hunter

  • @brianjohnson5272
    @brianjohnson52723 ай бұрын

    17:15, stay where you belong........ in my memories.

  • @melaniebiberger2191
    @melaniebiberger2191 Жыл бұрын

    Endsinger is such a beautiful Boss. The design itself is a love letter to the franchise

  • @rashid2898

    @rashid2898

    9 ай бұрын

    wat

  • @melaniebiberger2191

    @melaniebiberger2191

    9 ай бұрын

    @@rashid2898 what wat?

  • @rashid2898

    @rashid2898

    9 ай бұрын

    Endsinger is an ok boss it just did not fit to me lore wise that she is the final boss.@@melaniebiberger2191

  • @funkmasterhexbyte1684
    @funkmasterhexbyte1684 Жыл бұрын

    I always knew you were into anime demon waifus, just like the rest of us...

  • @brianrosado2333
    @brianrosado2333 Жыл бұрын

    this videos was wonderful but if you could do a FFXI antagonist or bosses video would be great !!!

  • @AzureRoxe
    @AzureRoxe Жыл бұрын

    Ah the original Steps of Faith, good times before power creep happened and you could do the fight with no issue without doing a single one of the mechanics.

  • @Xadov
    @XadovАй бұрын

    Kefka is iconic

  • @futurespin
    @futurespin Жыл бұрын

    I heard that ability as genitorial wrath! Lol! Then I realised there was more to it. I'm deaf to certain pitches so all it takes is a slight dip in my hearing one bit and I hear some weird shit😂 I got lost on ffviii for 3 years before I finally worked out where I was supposed to go. KZread was my friend, kept missing the entrance to where I needed to be while on the map and sailed around for hours checking everywhere I thought could be an entrance 😐. Very difficult for me to pick a fave ff. I really love all of them for totally different reasons but between ff7 and ff x-2 I have some proper nostalgia feelings. I played the first ffs after I had completed ff7 -ffX-2 and crisis core. I loved FF online, it was brutal but back then it was easier to get groups and work together, now it's so quiet and I got locked out of my account years ago so I've not been able to get back into it since🥺. FF xiv I played in beta and I was so confused, just trying to work out how to target something was complicated to the point I was attacking myself or was dead before I managed. The first big reboot they did was much welcomed and it made it feel like a FF game again🤣. FF 7 remake I love it, such nostalgia and new at the same time. Can't wait for part 2 🥳🤪💥

  • @randomcatname7792

    @randomcatname7792

    Жыл бұрын

    FFVIII got me when I was supposed to be searching for "a small inlet" That island place felt impossible to find for some reason

  • @futurespin

    @futurespin

    Жыл бұрын

    @@randomcatname7792 probably the exact same thing I was looking for🤣

  • @irvingmunoz3889
    @irvingmunoz388911 ай бұрын

    And next final boss is Última from Final fantasy xvi

  • @SMNtenshinoneko
    @SMNtenshinoneko Жыл бұрын

    Was sad to see FFXI not get the same love as FFXIV =( Shadow Lord is not the last boss. it's cloud of darkness

  • @shinchimax8609

    @shinchimax8609

    Жыл бұрын

    Seriously. he didnt even get the right boss. It's NOT shadow lord... The last boss is Cloud of Darkness

  • @MEAD3MAYNE
    @MEAD3MAYNE9 ай бұрын

    You're going to say that Lahabrea was the final boss of ARR and not Ultima weapon, but then say Endsinger is the final boss of Endwalker and not Zenos? Have some consistency! also Ultima weapon IS the final boss of ARR.

  • @ssaiyyrissssuzzuyyaa
    @ssaiyyrissssuzzuyyaa Жыл бұрын

    I've loved the entire final fantasy franchise since I was a kid, and i've still never played a single game💀

  • @DonShotta24

    @DonShotta24

    Жыл бұрын

    You need to change that immediately

  • @FelixS.
    @FelixS.11 ай бұрын

    "otherworldly" The word of the day.

  • @AlienSensei
    @AlienSensei9 ай бұрын

    I just thought about a final boss whose HP is the total amount of all the enemies' HP you've defeated before you reach them.

  • @gundampharmacist7348
    @gundampharmacist7348 Жыл бұрын

    Okay some notes on 14’s bosses, specifically Elidibus: Ardbert was not absorbed to be a power up; Elidibus puppeted his corpse because without a physical body to inhabit, Elidibus like Emet Selch and Lahabrea were wholly incorporeal and intangible. What Elidibus _did_ absorb was several souls of Warriors of Light into himself, along with being fueled by the hopes and prayers of many people to take on the form of the original Warrior of Light. Furthermore, his ultimate move is a direct reference to Dissidia, a Limit Break 4 exclusive to him dubbed “Ultimate Crossover.” Another interesting note about that fight is that beyond simply using Radiant versions of some player Limit Breaks (melee’s LB1 Braver, ranged physical’s LB2 Desperado, and Black Mage’s LB3 Meteor), at certain points during the fight, Elidibus could make himself _invulnerable_ to the player’s own Limit Breaks, forcing the party to adapt accordingly. While he was perhaps not the most original fight in FF or in XIV, the boy is far from derivative.

  • @marlonthomas8042
    @marlonthomas8042 Жыл бұрын

    Me realising there’s about 20 ff games I’ve never heard of until now

  • @RedfishCarolina
    @RedfishCarolina9 ай бұрын

    Wasn't "Safer Sephiroth" supposed to be "Seraph Sephiroth"? Since Seraph is basically the angel his final form is based off?

  • @ramon6783
    @ramon67833 ай бұрын

    Shame to see that the list didn't include FFXIVs final instanced boss fight given that Lahabrea was able to make this list. But--that's fine as well, I guess with how cool that one is.

  • @cesarhernandez6861
    @cesarhernandez6861 Жыл бұрын

    Take a drink everything time he says "the most HP".

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