One of them in FF7 that I thought was weird even as a kid was Ghirofelgo in the ShinRa Mansion - The dude swinging on a chain that has a huge blade for his lower half body... Maybe it was just the animation of him trying to get back up on the chain when he fell. Made it seem like we're just beating up some handicapped dude that cant even use a can or wheelchair. Poor guy must just be hanging around like a chandalier all day just waiting for Cloud and company to walk by. :-) Random ass enemy...
There was a point where I was playing through FF7 when Pete Yorn's "Life on a Chain" was all over the radio, and every time I ran into one, it would get the song stuck in my head. The swinging being close enough to the tempo of the song and the first line being "I live on a chain" was enough to get me every time.
@@Gigaflare8822FF7 was the first translation work by that specific team. "Allemagne" is actually "Ahriman," a recurring enemy of that appearance in the franchise.
@@davidvasquez08 yep Christopher and Gighee the pony, with their choreographed attacks lmfao…. You can find them in the swampy section of North Crater, where you also find Magic Pots, Movers, Master Tonberry, and Allemagnes
i farmed those two stupid screens for days massacering movers and magic pots for that sweet sweet ap after twenty years i remember the creepy pink skin horse thingy having elixirs to steal for the pots or maybe it was christopher i have a fuzzy memory
"A half naked lady riding atop some sort of reptile" - isn't that a tapir? In Japanese folklore, they're dream eaters - specifically, they eat nightmares, which is why it makes sense for them to appear in the dream world.
Just watched a stream on where they are playing through FF7 for the first time and they were surprised at the Hell House lol. They had no idea he's a boss in the new game.
@@AlexOvTheAbyss You're not wrong, yet it's entirely possible to never have a random encounter on your way out. Plus, the Triceratank isn't on the path, only by the reactor, so easily missable.
@@paulhiggins6433 they will definitely go to Gongaga in the next game. it's tied to Crisis Core after all with Zack; and Gongaga being Zack's hometown, yes! they'll be heading there.
Tankceratops is probably the most memorable enemy outside of the mainline returning enemies. It's like someone's 8 year old son on the dev team came in with their parent for a workday and went around the cubicles showing off their drawing and someone went..."Ya know what...that's not half bad an idea. Put it in."
Not just FATEs and dungeons, Gaelicats appear as field enemies in the Sea of Clouds area of Heavensward. There's even a daily mission where you use catnip to catch one.
FF7 goblin is incredible, by far my favorite goblin design in anything ever (well except ff15, i love that they look like weevils in that gear). Dudes just look so hip and fresh. Beanie, sneakers, the works... its so doofy and unique. Its like if dobby got a soundcloud
Remake cared enough to make Eligor a boss fight. You know, that guy that you can only find in the Train Graveyard at a low encounter rate? A lot of players of the original game never saw him. (meanwhile I played Remake like "it's not the train graveyard without Eligor lol" and then was beyond delighted when he appeared). It's not definite, but I suspect Heavy Tank will show up.
"Military 'Bread' Flan" should be the next itteration of the Flan. A piece of sentient LOAF that has gone moldy and has a sinister Flan like creature growing on it. 🤣
Ragtime Mouse was apparently a mistranslation - it should have been called the Ragtime Mouth, which makes a lot more sense. It doesn't look like a mouse at all. Good list. Another FF IX monster which was pretty unique was the prison cage - did they reappear in another game?
Fighting through the wondrous Cave of Life. Eerie music, strange, gigantic plants, an ancient place unseen by human eyes in thousands of--oh look, a brony. "Hi...I'm Christopher..."
The Demon Paintings in FF6 are also very similar in concept to the demon wall enemies. There’s the boss that’s connected to Relm’s side quests named Chadarnook and the basic enemies named the Still Life. The only difference is that they possessed the items connected to the wall instead of the wall itself.
Not really obscure but the Moombas from FFVIII certainly deserve more love, they have a great design and they're adorable. Even the alien Pupu has more appearances than Moomba in other FF games
the Intangir is a weird enemy. It is from FF6 and is found only in one obscure place where you would never think to go because there is nothing there and nothing in the game hints that you should be there unlike the dinosaur forest. The monster also does not appear all the time. Instead rabbit enemies from the beginning of the game appear most often. Then suddenly you are faced with one of the most powerful monsters in the game. Seriously this thing has more HP than most bosses and many of the end game monsters. It also hits like a truck and is immune to all elemental damage.
As an aside, 'Ragtime Mouse' was actually a minor mistranslation by the localization team. It's supposed to be Ragtime *Mouth*. A minor thing, to be sure, given that it's bizarre even by the deformed standards of the game.
I think Mover should get a shout out. They appear in scant few mainline FF games, but they are quite memorable in most of the ones where they show up. Their design and name are bizarre, their battles are gimmicky, and their rewards after battle are often immense. In particular I think the FF9 variation is quite obscure due to only appearing on Terra (which is available only briefly and then becomes inaccessible) and thus not being great for end game grinding like they are in other games
Christopher and Gighee from the Northern Cave in FF7 blew my mind when i first ran into them. I've always wondered who they were and if there was any lore surrounding them
Found this channel recently. I have to say I think you have a great voice, calming but intuitive. I also love the music choices for the videos. Great job 👏
Yan and Friendly Yan from FF9 will always be my favorite mob. The pure hilarity as a child when I found them for the first time and it destroyed me 😂 you find it and go "aww so cute, look at it jump!" Then you get hit by the BAHHHH of doom 😂
I love how this wasn't just a straightforward list of 7 obscure enemies. There was a narrative connecting multiple absurd enemies, even comparing them to others within the same game. It felt more like 20+ obscure enemies, and i loved it.
You can farm power sources very easily from heavy tanks after the temple of the ancients. Load tifa up with hp plus materias and its very easy to activate tifas powersoul. Put her in critical health and death sentence. You can use deathblow along with vincents sniper cr to help get them a little lower. So easy to get 255 str on disc one.
yep. you'll deal about 3-4k damage with the weapons you'll have at that point it takes a HUGE amount of grinding to max everyone, but it makes the next few parts of the game ridiculously easy. I think guard sources are the only other unlimited sources available at that point in the game.
4:44 I believe the Alluring Rider is riding on a Baku, a creature from Japanese folklore that consumes dreams, hence it's appearance in the Dreamscape.
I found wierd that "correct me if I'm wrong" a boss from FF4 was just a simple imp or elf, from what I remember it was on a cave that cuz magnetic properties you couldn't use metal gear until Edward helped you with his music.
That's Dark Elf, and he's a direct reference to Astos in the original Final Fantasy, who was the king of the dark elves that put the Prince of Elfheim under a sleeping curse.
The Alluring Rider rides a baku, a tapir-like monster in the Japanese folklore said to eat dreams and nightmares. It’s also the inspiration behind the Pokémon Drowzee
I remember the ones in FF8 in your space ship where there are 2 of each colour and you have to kill the same colour ones back to back so they dont respawn.
X is a game people love or hate, usually. I'm a fan, personally. I like how you can take time to think about your turns in that game. It's also fun to be a summon, like Ifrit. If you have some time, I suggest giving it a playthrough. The music is excellent, if nothing else.
Loved Rebirth but it's pretty disappointing that they turned Heavy Tank into a regular ole dinosaur. (It's called Maloceros in English. In Japanese it's called Heavy Tank). It's also disappointing that Ghirofelgo isn't in Rebirth either. Shinra Mansion ended up being disappointing overall. But at least they gave us weird Lost Number enemy from the locked safe in the original.
I gotta say, the Heavy Tank isn’t so obscure as it’s the only enemy you face in that area. IMO the most obscure enemy in FF7 HAS to be those multi-colored cubes (I can’t even recall the exact area you encounter them, but I do know I’ve seen them at least once or twice in hundreds of playthroughs over the last 25 years lol
Vlakarados, anyone? Not astonishly unique. But I've always really enjoyed that one. Had they made him just a bit stronger in the strength department and another attack or two, he could have been really special for an overworld enemy.
The creature the Alluring Rider is sitting on is called a Baku which is a dream eating creature. I was fond of the ice hockey monsters in FF8 I used to grind levels on them because they gave heaps of exp and were easy to kill.
'Agree' for the remark that FFVII particularly takes the cake for bizarre enemy design- I think usually-large doses of funny mushrooms were involved 😆. Besides the aforementioned Hell House and Heavy Tank, there's Eligor, Dorky Face, Ghirofelgo, Balba Velamyu, Jayjujayme, Scissors, Ammonite, Christopher, and Magic Pot, and the 3 types of Unknowns. Not sure if it's in X, or X Remaster (or both), but, when fighting the Demonoliths, Rikku sometimes quips "Who actually designs these things?!?". Worth a chuckle. 😄
I thought for sure the ffx weirdest creature was spherimorph. When you talked about demon wall I was like ohh it has to be spherimorph for sure! I didn't find demonolith that obscure.
Yeah, demonolith are same as demon wall and they appear in loads of dif areas. Not sure spherimorph would count as it a story boss. I thought Barbatos (inside Sin) was obscure. What is it? How does it eat with those shields coming out its arms and where does it get the bombs from and where are they fired from?
@cloudvii7777 to he fair it was 7 obscure monsters so for that reason I'd stick to spherimorph even if it is a story boss it's still just the most bizarre monster I reckon in terms of "wtf is this?" 🤣 like a ball of water that turns solid and crushes you 🤣 agree with you too thag MF looked like a hand grenade mixed with a lychee 🤣 though I reckon 10 had some of the strangest creatures it's hard to pick just one but it's definitely not demonolith
I had to look up the name, but my vote would be the YKT-63. It's a kickboxing robot-looking thing. FFX does a lot of recolors, so its hard to pick something obscure, but I don't believe this thing has been anywhere else.
I think the Ragtime Mouse would be a perfect addition to FFXIV’s Gold Saucer. Pit 3 players against each other or NPCs in a Jeopardy style true or false game and winner takes big moneys.
FF7 Christopher and Gighee FF7 Brain Pod FF7 that anchor man swinging in the house in nibelheim FF6 Wart Puck FF6 Hazer FF8 Turtapod FF8 Geezard FF8 Wendigo FFXII Rogue Tomato FFX Unsent Flamethrower Soldier FFIX the mirror foe
@@genkaiba15 oh I remember that! It was called Phase on the old SNES version! That one was creepy and weird too!!! So many obscure ones in that game! 😂😂😂
I got to attend the dear friends final fantasy symphony tour in 2004 I believe, nobuo uematsu was in attendance and it was by far the coolest thing I have ever seen in my life.
Considering its relevance to the story (Zack), as well as having some decent shops, finding the Titan summon, and fighting & stealing from Rude & Reno, and also being a grinding spot for those Power Sources, it's certainly not something you SHOULD skip, unless you're a speedrunner.
@@Nanobot1989 Yeah. I completely skipped it the first time I played the game except for right after Temple of the Ancients. I just didn't know it was even there until then.
Final Fantasy IX has two enemies that appear in only one screen each. The Lamia in Gizamaluke Grotto and one in the screen right before entering the Black Mage Village. You may actually not even fight them if no random encounter is triggered. Stuff like this just doesn't happen anymore. Yes we get unique enemies that appear in only one place but usually they are recycled texture swaps with altered stats, some special boss or hunt or whatever. FFIX just had so many unique enemies some you might not even find. FF 8 and 9 have very very few texture/palette swapped enemies. I think maybe 3 or 4 in VIII and I guess only 1 in IX. Nowadays lots of RPGs take the same enemies and palette swap them. This isn't the end of the world but it also makes encounters less surprising. You find yet another wolf monster, you kinda know how wolf monsters fight by now even if they have slightly different stats and abilities. From I'd say FF6 to 9 you'd get so many unique and weird monsters that you really had no idea what to expect and that made random encounters more fun. VI had a ton of palette swaps but also so so many unique enemies, 7 had few palette swaps but rare. From FFX and onwards is palette swaps all the way.
Alluring Rider seems like shes on a stuffed animal Baku, and with being naked from the waist down...you do the math 😅 The Ragtime Mouse seems like it should have been localized as Ragtime Mouth, right? Also the Elvoret cameo on the Demonolith I cant find a single screenshot confirming, just the one design doc picture
>"Alluring rider" >No clothes covering her lower half >Uses Sap Seed So weird. Can't imagine why such a thing would be found in a dream. What she represents must be a mystery.
If you're looking for another, I strongly suggest FF6. People love FF7, and it is fun using the materia system, but FF6 has an amazing story, excellent music, and wonderful characters. It is more than a game, it is an experience. With the Pixel remaster out now, you can get it on pretty much any console. I strongly suggest it if you enjoy RPGs. 😁
Gotta talk about my boy FFV more: Gilgame / Gil Turtle: preys on the greedy Level Checker: so, levels are lore friendly? Jackanapes: Final Fantasy’s only early game superboss with no reward?
Agreeing with all but the Gaeli cat. I mean if it's in FF14 it's not that obscure, right? I know that's said too. I am surprised the weird metal flans aren't in FF14 though yet... there's a lot of FF14 enemies that were basically ripped straight from 12 and 13.
![The Complete Unabridged Timeline of Final Fantasy VIII [The Legend of Hyne]](/img/1.gif)
One of them in FF7 that I thought was weird even as a kid was Ghirofelgo in the ShinRa Mansion - The dude swinging on a chain that has a huge blade for his lower half body... Maybe it was just the animation of him trying to get back up on the chain when he fell. Made it seem like we're just beating up some handicapped dude that cant even use a can or wheelchair. Poor guy must just be hanging around like a chandalier all day just waiting for Cloud and company to walk by. :-) Random ass enemy...
For real, what kind of phases did Hojo go through when making all these different experiments? 😅
Another enemy that comes to mind is the 2 headed enemy Yin & Yang. Even stranger were its random mumblings like "Yang's happy/excited"
Excellent call
There was a point where I was playing through FF7 when Pete Yorn's "Life on a Chain" was all over the radio, and every time I ran into one, it would get the song stuck in my head. The swinging being close enough to the tempo of the song and the first line being "I live on a chain" was enough to get me every time.
@@darknessmatinee Funny coincidence. :-)
Heavy Tank? YOU MEAN TANKCERATOPS!!!!
Tankceratops: I SHOULD BE A ACTION FIGURE!!!! 😂😂😂
I AM AN ACTION FIGUUUUUURE
“Harold! I’m sorry! I didn’t know the Tankceratops cereal had so much lead!”
“PART OF A BALANCED BREAKFAAAST!”
TANKCERATOPS 2: THE RETANKENING!!
Giuseppe you're on my good list.
Thank you for that. I came on here to comment something similar and I didn't have to.
I’ll never get over the enemy simply named “Christopher” found in the Northern Crater.
Is there?
FF7 had a lot of strangely named enemies. There was one named "Allemagne" in the Crater, which means "Germany" in French.
@@Gigaflare8822FF7 was the first translation work by that specific team. "Allemagne" is actually "Ahriman," a recurring enemy of that appearance in the franchise.
@@davidvasquez08 yep Christopher and Gighee the pony, with their choreographed attacks lmfao….
You can find them in the swampy section of North Crater, where you also find Magic Pots, Movers, Master Tonberry, and Allemagnes
i farmed those two stupid screens for days massacering movers and magic pots for that sweet sweet ap
after twenty years i remember the creepy pink skin horse thingy having elixirs to steal for the pots
or maybe it was christopher i have a fuzzy memory
"A half naked lady riding atop some sort of reptile" - isn't that a tapir? In Japanese folklore, they're dream eaters - specifically, they eat nightmares, which is why it makes sense for them to appear in the dream world.
Sure is, that's what the pokemon Drowzee is based on as well
Actually, the Alluring Rider's mount isn't a reptile. It's a baku: a tapir-like monster from Japanese folklore said to eat nightmares.
Baku sounds familiar.
Am i the only one who wishes they made this a mount if ffxiv?
@@WittyCorvianThe tapir or the girl? 😏
That must be the inspiration for Drowzee as well
The name "Slappers" was accidentally hilarious for those living in the UK.
oh no does it mean something funny and embarrassing
@@whilstdumpingIt's slang for a promiscuous lady.
@@whilstdumping Let's just say: A slapper is referred to as a woman who has had a lot of partners.
Yeah it made me giggle!
Slappers only!
She’s riding a tapir which is based on a yokai that looks like a tapir that eats dreams
The yokai in question is called a Baku.
Love it
Which is what Drowzee from Pokemon is modeled after. It's also depicted as "Baku" in Naruto as Danzo's summon animal.
@@Animebryan2 also Bakumon in digimon
I really hope the Dinotank returns in Rebirth - maybe even as a boss, like they did with Hell House
Just watched a stream on where they are playing through FF7 for the first time and they were surprised at the Hell House lol. They had no idea he's a boss in the new game.
That's assuming that they go to Gongaga in Rebirth. It was a completely optional area after all.
@@paulhiggins6433 I mean, you do wake up there after Temple of the Ancients, but yeah, not required to do anything there.
@@AlexOvTheAbyss You're not wrong, yet it's entirely possible to never have a random encounter on your way out. Plus, the Triceratank isn't on the path, only by the reactor, so easily missable.
@@paulhiggins6433 they will definitely go to Gongaga in the next game. it's tied to Crisis Core after all with Zack; and Gongaga being Zack's hometown, yes! they'll be heading there.
Tankceratops is probably the most memorable enemy outside of the mainline returning enemies. It's like someone's 8 year old son on the dev team came in with their parent for a workday and went around the cubicles showing off their drawing and someone went..."Ya know what...that's not half bad an idea. Put it in."
I want this to be true so badly.
This is probably the closest theory to the actual origin story of that monster design.
It looks like some Chinese toy
Not just FATEs and dungeons, Gaelicats appear as field enemies in the Sea of Clouds area of Heavensward. There's even a daily mission where you use catnip to catch one.
My least favorite enemy to have to handle too, because the sound design team did TOO good a job with its noises. Sad Kitty Crying! Wah!
The "mew mew *purr*" when you give them gaelicatnip is adorably funny.
The Gaelicat also appears as a common enemy in Opera Omnia.
@@Beryllahawk
Yeah, it never felt right beating the little thing senseless.
@@RagnarokiaNG
Yeah, that easily made it one of my favorite daily quests.
Never expected to have a pop quiz in any FF game... FF9 pulled out a few nice tricks even with the friendly monsters
"TANKCERATOPS AND THE VEHICULARSAURS!"
"I BAKED COOKIES!!!"
@@truetakofame4112 "THE TANKCERAPHONE!!! "
Hiphopapotamus and rhymenocerous?
Reminds me of some of the chimera creatures Mother 3 did, there was some goofy stuff, not always but frequently involving machinery.
Triceratank, Velocicopter, Trainosaurus Rex, Brachioboat
Ps1 Era had the best enemy design. When I think of 7-9, there were a lot of unique enemies and very few straight up palette swaps.
FF7 goblin is incredible, by far my favorite goblin design in anything ever (well except ff15, i love that they look like weevils in that gear). Dudes just look so hip and fresh. Beanie, sneakers, the works... its so doofy and unique. Its like if dobby got a soundcloud
damn u right that goblin looking like a cracked dobby fly as f@%k
Remake cared enough to make Eligor a boss fight. You know, that guy that you can only find in the Train Graveyard at a low encounter rate? A lot of players of the original game never saw him. (meanwhile I played Remake like "it's not the train graveyard without Eligor lol" and then was beyond delighted when he appeared).
It's not definite, but I suspect Heavy Tank will show up.
I always Grinded the Train Graveyard for Eligors, as that's how you get the Striking Staff real early! 😉
"Military 'Bread' Flan" should be the next itteration of the Flan.
A piece of sentient LOAF that has gone moldy and has a sinister Flan like creature growing on it.
🤣
Ffxiii-2 had tomatoes Flan and even a boss version.
Nonono. What it should be is a military bread ration that soldiers prefer to feed the bread to flans and then eat the flan
Like it 'augments' the taste of the Flan? 🤣@@dethkruzer
@@feverpyretic oh no, the flan tastes horrible, but the bread is worse. Feeding the bread to the flan adds nutritional value to the flan.
If they ever add a bread-based monster, expect endless TF2 jokes because something something Expiration Date.
I saw the thumbnail and knew the comments were gonna be a whole bunch of Tankceratops quotes.
I am so proud of everyone.
I’m glad ffxiv brought back Gaelicats. They made them super cute!
A list of cutest enemies might be fun 😊
Maybe most important missable moments?
They brought the Demon Wall back in FF12 too! Hated that boss lol
Both of them sucked, but at least one of them was optional.
I really hope they give heavy tank the hell house treatment and make it a badass boss
I’d be really surprised if it didn’t
Ragtime Mouse was apparently a mistranslation - it should have been called the Ragtime Mouth, which makes a lot more sense. It doesn't look like a mouse at all.
Good list. Another FF IX monster which was pretty unique was the prison cage - did they reappear in another game?
The best obscure nonsense enemy is FFVII's Christopher, it's just some dude named Christopher.
And his pet goat?
Absolutely!
Ghirofelgo too, that thing is odd, but I suppose in the location of the Shinra mansion, perhaps it makes sense.
Fighting through the wondrous Cave of Life. Eerie music, strange, gigantic plants, an ancient place unseen by human eyes in thousands of--oh look, a brony.
"Hi...I'm Christopher..."
Being ambushed by the Mighty Ducks took me off guard when playing FFVIII 😅
Triceratops + tank. The devs knew their target audience well!!
The Demon Paintings in FF6 are also very similar in concept to the demon wall enemies. There’s the boss that’s connected to Relm’s side quests named Chadarnook and the basic enemies named the Still Life. The only difference is that they possessed the items connected to the wall instead of the wall itself.
Not really obscure but the Moombas from FFVIII certainly deserve more love, they have a great design and they're adorable. Even the alien Pupu has more appearances than Moomba in other FF games
Agreed. Moombas were awesome looking and have such interesting lore.
the Intangir is a weird enemy. It is from FF6 and is found only in one obscure place where you would never think to go because there is nothing there and nothing in the game hints that you should be there unlike the dinosaur forest. The monster also does not appear all the time. Instead rabbit enemies from the beginning of the game appear most often. Then suddenly you are faced with one of the most powerful monsters in the game. Seriously this thing has more HP than most bosses and many of the end game monsters. It also hits like a truck and is immune to all elemental damage.
As an aside, 'Ragtime Mouse' was actually a minor mistranslation by the localization team. It's supposed to be Ragtime *Mouth*. A minor thing, to be sure, given that it's bizarre even by the deformed standards of the game.
That makes so much more sense now!
2:23 for these things, they appeared in a dungeon in FF14 called the Anamnesis Anyder. it was the first boss.
Great catch, thanks for showing me this
I think Mover should get a shout out. They appear in scant few mainline FF games, but they are quite memorable in most of the ones where they show up. Their design and name are bizarre, their battles are gimmicky, and their rewards after battle are often immense. In particular I think the FF9 variation is quite obscure due to only appearing on Terra (which is available only briefly and then becomes inaccessible) and thus not being great for end game grinding like they are in other games
These videos are like late night comfort food for me thanks for making them ❤
The save crystal mimics in FFXII.
I'd argue that FFVIII's 'PuPu' is pretty obscure, then again, its conditions for encountering are unlike standard enemies.
Christopher and Gighee from the Northern Cave in FF7 blew my mind when i first ran into them. I've always wondered who they were and if there was any lore surrounding them
Found this channel recently. I have to say I think you have a great voice, calming but intuitive. I also love the music choices for the videos. Great job 👏
Thank you so much Lewis, that's very kind of you to say. ~Darryl
Let's never forget that FF3 has an enemy called Kum Kum
FFVIII mentioned! Squall is dead 😌
I love games with super obscure mobs like this.
Not sure why Demonolith is here. It's in no way obscure.
Yan and Friendly Yan from FF9 will always be my favorite mob. The pure hilarity as a child when I found them for the first time and it destroyed me 😂 you find it and go "aww so cute, look at it jump!" Then you get hit by the BAHHHH of doom 😂
I love how this wasn't just a straightforward list of 7 obscure enemies. There was a narrative connecting multiple absurd enemies, even comparing them to others within the same game.
It felt more like 20+ obscure enemies, and i loved it.
Always thought the Heavy Tank/Tankceratops was a parody of the Dinosaur Tank from Ultraseven.
I'd always use the ice hockey team to grind a few levels on ff8.
You can farm power sources very easily from heavy tanks after the temple of the ancients. Load tifa up with hp plus materias and its very easy to activate tifas powersoul. Put her in critical health and death sentence. You can use deathblow along with vincents sniper cr to help get them a little lower. So easy to get 255 str on disc one.
yep. you'll deal about 3-4k damage with the weapons you'll have at that point it takes a HUGE amount of grinding to max everyone, but it makes the next few parts of the game ridiculously easy.
I think guard sources are the only other unlimited sources available at that point in the game.
@@NeroLordofChaos yes the roly-polies by mideel morph into guard sources
4:44 I believe the Alluring Rider is riding on a Baku, a creature from Japanese folklore that consumes dreams, hence it's appearance in the Dreamscape.
I found wierd that "correct me if I'm wrong" a boss from FF4 was just a simple imp or elf, from what I remember it was on a cave that cuz magnetic properties you couldn't use metal gear until Edward helped you with his music.
That's Dark Elf, and he's a direct reference to Astos in the original Final Fantasy, who was the king of the dark elves that put the Prince of Elfheim under a sleeping curse.
The Alluring Rider rides a baku, a tapir-like monster in the Japanese folklore said to eat dreams and nightmares. It’s also the inspiration behind the Pokémon Drowzee
I would love to see a video for strange enemies in any 1 game
I vote for the literal door with teeth for a FF IV version. And if there are any strange bosses, Baigan has got to be up there.
I remember the ones in FF8 in your space ship where there are 2 of each colour and you have to kill the same colour ones back to back so they dont respawn.
Propagators.
When I was a child I couldn’t figure it out and got stuck and thought my game had glitched and made the aliens immortal 😂
would be hilarious if Heavy Tank was called Tankceratops and shilled it's merchandise in battle
These recent videos have been THE BOMB guys 🤘
SE looked at us Canadians and juste went " HOCKEY PLAYERS AS ENEMIES"
I haven't played X so it's my first time seeing the demonolith, what a sick monster and such a great name.
The game over potential these guys have is insane! Make sure to have Stoneproof when fighting these assholes
X is a game people love or hate, usually. I'm a fan, personally. I like how you can take time to think about your turns in that game. It's also fun to be a summon, like Ifrit. If you have some time, I suggest giving it a playthrough. The music is excellent, if nothing else.
Loved Rebirth but it's pretty disappointing that they turned Heavy Tank into a regular ole dinosaur. (It's called Maloceros in English. In Japanese it's called Heavy Tank).
It's also disappointing that Ghirofelgo isn't in Rebirth either. Shinra Mansion ended up being disappointing overall. But at least they gave us weird Lost Number enemy from the locked safe in the original.
Wasn't there also a demon wall, or something like it, in FF12?
One optional and one story, yes
Yep, in the Tomb of Raithwall, I believe
It's at the end of the video
Lmao I think I've never seen those ice skaters in FF8
I gotta say, the Heavy Tank isn’t so obscure as it’s the only enemy you face in that area.
IMO the most obscure enemy in FF7 HAS to be those multi-colored cubes (I can’t even recall the exact area you encounter them, but I do know I’ve seen them at least once or twice in hundreds of playthroughs over the last 25 years lol
Vlakarados, anyone?
Not astonishly unique. But I've always really enjoyed that one.
Had they made him just a bit stronger in the strength department and another attack or two, he could have been really special for an overworld enemy.
The creature the Alluring Rider is sitting on is called a Baku which is a dream eating creature.
I was fond of the ice hockey monsters in FF8 I used to grind levels on them because they gave heaps of exp and were easy to kill.
Flashbacks to 10 year old me going Haniwa hunting in FF Legend 2.
That SE executive in FFXV
'Agree' for the remark that FFVII particularly takes the cake for bizarre enemy design- I think usually-large doses of funny mushrooms were involved 😆. Besides the aforementioned Hell House and Heavy Tank, there's Eligor, Dorky Face, Ghirofelgo, Balba Velamyu, Jayjujayme, Scissors, Ammonite, Christopher, and Magic Pot, and the 3 types of Unknowns.
Not sure if it's in X, or X Remaster (or both), but, when fighting the Demonoliths, Rikku sometimes quips "Who actually designs these things?!?". Worth a chuckle. 😄
You definitely did not play final fantasy 12... as many of thoses monsters apear... some in their most glorious shapes...
I thought for sure the ffx weirdest creature was spherimorph. When you talked about demon wall I was like ohh it has to be spherimorph for sure! I didn't find demonolith that obscure.
Yeah, demonolith are same as demon wall and they appear in loads of dif areas. Not sure spherimorph would count as it a story boss.
I thought Barbatos (inside Sin) was obscure. What is it? How does it eat with those shields coming out its arms and where does it get the bombs from and where are they fired from?
@cloudvii7777 to he fair it was 7 obscure monsters so for that reason I'd stick to spherimorph even if it is a story boss it's still just the most bizarre monster I reckon in terms of "wtf is this?" 🤣 like a ball of water that turns solid and crushes you 🤣 agree with you too thag MF looked like a hand grenade mixed with a lychee 🤣 though I reckon 10 had some of the strangest creatures it's hard to pick just one but it's definitely not demonolith
I had to look up the name, but my vote would be the YKT-63. It's a kickboxing robot-looking thing. FFX does a lot of recolors, so its hard to pick something obscure, but I don't believe this thing has been anywhere else.
Nah, the water heater is far more obscure than Tankceratops.
I think Heavy Tank was supposed to be a boss originally. One of Shinra's experiments to guard the reactor.
My favourite are from 5. One of the early enemies is just a regular domestic cat with fake wings 😂
I think the Rider's beast is a tapir or a Baku. It does look reptile like though.
Who's the redhead when he's talking about interviews at the beginning I feel like I recognize her
It's Hollie Bennett she used to be on PS Access
I was expecting to see the incredibly rare T-REX from the very first FF
Alluring rider could be a nod to Heavy Metal
I think the Ragtime Mouse would be a perfect addition to FFXIV’s Gold Saucer. Pit 3 players against each other or NPCs in a Jeopardy style true or false game and winner takes big moneys.
I think FF7 is a little played out, but I LOVE this idea. Well said!
FF7 Christopher and Gighee
FF7 Brain Pod
FF7 that anchor man swinging in the house in nibelheim
FF6 Wart Puck
FF6 Hazer
FF8 Turtapod
FF8 Geezard
FF8 Wendigo
FFXII Rogue Tomato
FFX Unsent Flamethrower Soldier
FFIX the mirror foe
FF6 Face
Check it out. Literally what it's named.
@@genkaiba15 oh I remember that! It was called Phase on the old SNES version! That one was creepy and weird too!!! So many obscure ones in that game! 😂😂😂
Love Tankceratops. He should be an action figure
Great video. Surely most the mainline games need their own lists
I got to attend the dear friends final fantasy symphony tour in 2004 I believe, nobuo uematsu was in attendance and it was by far the coolest thing I have ever seen in my life.
Suplexing a train makes FF6 the best Final Fantasy.
Reminder that 7 also had a dude in the final dungeon who was just a dude, literally, it was just a guy in a mask named Christopher
I was bummed to not see the heavy tank in FF7 Rebirth
Slapper's name in the French translation is Jason.
Tankceratop need to be given the Hellhouse treatment in Rebirth
It just needs to be called Tankceratops
@@arbetor12 Did i miss it? I completed everything in Gongagaga and never found a monster like it.
FF12 also kind of had a demon wall boss? I remember being stuck on it for ages
Yup. 2 Demon Walls, an OP optional one you can run from or beat if you've power leveled, and a mandatory one that's much easier to beat.
Magic pot is definitely one of the more interesting enemies. Usually have to feed it an elixir in exchange for someghing extremely valuable.
Galbadia Garden Canonically Canadian Confirmed!
A full FFVII rundown would be great
Tapirs are mammals, not reptiles.
I never knew Gongaga was an optional area
Only kinda. No matter what after temple of ancients you get sent there. But besides that yea it’s optional.
@@Nanobot1989 i see
Considering its relevance to the story (Zack), as well as having some decent shops, finding the Titan summon, and fighting & stealing from Rude & Reno, and also being a grinding spot for those Power Sources, it's certainly not something you SHOULD skip, unless you're a speedrunner.
@@Nanobot1989 Yeah. I completely skipped it the first time I played the game except for right after Temple of the Ancients. I just didn't know it was even there until then.
Heavy tank is needed for power sources makes it so easy
Final Fantasy IX has two enemies that appear in only one screen each. The Lamia in Gizamaluke Grotto and one in the screen right before entering the Black Mage Village. You may actually not even fight them if no random encounter is triggered.
Stuff like this just doesn't happen anymore. Yes we get unique enemies that appear in only one place but usually they are recycled texture swaps with altered stats, some special boss or hunt or whatever. FFIX just had so many unique enemies some you might not even find.
FF 8 and 9 have very very few texture/palette swapped enemies. I think maybe 3 or 4 in VIII and I guess only 1 in IX.
Nowadays lots of RPGs take the same enemies and palette swap them. This isn't the end of the world but it also makes encounters less surprising. You find yet another wolf monster, you kinda know how wolf monsters fight by now even if they have slightly different stats and abilities.
From I'd say FF6 to 9 you'd get so many unique and weird monsters that you really had no idea what to expect and that made random encounters more fun. VI had a ton of palette swaps but also so so many unique enemies, 7 had few palette swaps but rare. From FFX and onwards is palette swaps all the way.
Gremlins in FF7 doing BAD MOUTH. Where it literally throw out curse words at you and it'll make you sad.
Alluring Rider seems like shes on a stuffed animal Baku, and with being naked from the waist down...you do the math 😅
The Ragtime Mouse seems like it should have been localized as Ragtime Mouth, right?
Also the Elvoret cameo on the Demonolith I cant find a single screenshot confirming, just the one design doc picture
>"Alluring rider"
>No clothes covering her lower half
>Uses Sap Seed
So weird. Can't imagine why such a thing would be found in a dream. What she represents must be a mystery.
Gaelicat....a mythological Gaelic Cat, a Cat-sith?
Exactly. These are Cait Siths
*sees Tomberry
*screams in terror
Congrats on 300k! This was cool to see all the different ones since I've only played Final Fantasy X and XII
If you're looking for another, I strongly suggest FF6. People love FF7, and it is fun using the materia system, but FF6 has an amazing story, excellent music, and wonderful characters. It is more than a game, it is an experience. With the Pixel remaster out now, you can get it on pretty much any console. I strongly suggest it if you enjoy RPGs. 😁
Gotta talk about my boy FFV more:
Gilgame / Gil Turtle: preys on the greedy
Level Checker: so, levels are lore friendly?
Jackanapes: Final Fantasy’s only early game superboss with no reward?
FF7 has many obscure enemies, a couple in Midgar alone.
I think demon wall would better be suited to hells gate, cuz what you bring forth with the black materia is nothing short of hell itself
Agreeing with all but the Gaeli cat. I mean if it's in FF14 it's not that obscure, right? I know that's said too. I am surprised the weird metal flans aren't in FF14 though yet... there's a lot of FF14 enemies that were basically ripped straight from 12 and 13.
The house is just a mimic