7 Final Fantasy Facts You Probably Didn't Know
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With over 30 years of history, the Final Fantasy franchise has plenty of interesting stories to tell, and throughout this video we're going to run-through some of the more intriguing stories that influenced the franchise as a whole!
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Yknow .......one of these Final Fantasy Days.......Final Fantasy Union is going to appear as a cameo in a game one day and i cant wait.
That would be all kinds of awesome!
Amen
Maybe like a newspaper stand or something that hands out tidbits of lore pertaining to recent events in story
Or a chocobo farm called union square? Idk. FFU definitely deserves a cameo though.
0:00 Intro
1:16 Ito's Uncredited Role
5:06 The Only Original Developer Remaining
7:09 Final Fantasy IV Led To Chrono Trigger
11:15 Aki Ross Mega Star
14:57 Matsuno Oversaw PlayOnline
18:04 The Staff Merry-Go-Round
21:41 Kingsglaive Leak
On #3 I'm deeply thankful to that Torishima person who pushed for narratives on FF
ultimately it made the studio create FFIV wich then made every FF after that be heavy on its narrative
The FFXV leaks are always hilarious, because there's a lot of them, from the one on 4chan, to the one with the storyboards by Roberto Ferrari before he left, to the Kingsglaive leak, this was a game that had some really bad leaks in general and insane just how many of them ended up being true.
Oh man I totally forgot Sean Bean came in and died early in Kingsglaive
LotR
Beowulf
Kingsglaive
Game of Thrones S1
whenever i see Sean Bean i already know i just know 🤣
Haha, it’s what he does.
the worst part is he phoned the role in so badly jim pirri's incedibly brief turn as the same character in the game absolutely showed him up
It's easy to get all those times mixed up.
This was all kinds of interesting! I learned tons of new stuff from this sassy video. Thank you
You're most welcome, glad to hear you enjoyed the video! ~Darryl
What was sassy about it?
Great video. I didn't know some of this information. I was always surprised that SE continued to make movies for the series after Spirit's Within.
Hiroyuki Ito has been fundamental to the success of the series. His games have all had that fantasy element and i prefer it over the other games.
7 Lights vs 13 Darknessess... Wait, wrong series.
Somehow this is Chaos's fault.
Ohh lighting from ff13 makes so much sense now with her modeling stuffs. Shes Aki's successor
I am always amazed by how much information you gather and out out for us. Thank you so much for this!
I feel like I'm in the minority because I don't dislike VIII. Granted, it was the first FF game I played, so there's bias there, but I really enjoyed it.
Same. It was my entry point into the series as well and is my favorite game in the series.
@@vancegenjorze4902 When I hear people saying 'Its a soppy love story,' all I think is, they've played like an hour or so. Yeah, there is some of that, but not so much that its sappy.
I think the link between 80's and 90's shonen jump and final fantasy is fascinating. I've been watching one piece for the first time at the moment and i'm absolutely loving it.
Its reminding me alot of some classic 90's jrpgs. And i can see the influence the show has had on the Japanese gaming industry. And even ff16.
The alabasta arc reminded me alot of the kingdom of dhalmek,
But the whole show kind of reminds me alot of dragon quest 7 the most. With its reliance on mulitple small stories that all come together to make one big story.
But i just love the structure of how you have a party of characters each with their own fully fleshed out back stories.
Also my favourite thing about one piece is the genius of its story telling and its theming.
The name one piece describes not only the treasure that they are all chasing in the masses of individual treasures that are all kept together in one piece, but the story telling is structured in the same way, with it being made up of hundreds of small arcs of 5 or 6 episodes that all add up to tell one big story. The story telling being the true one piece following the very ideology that is introduced from the very beginning of the show.
Finally a recognition of Spirits Within in this channel! Would love a list solely dedicated to it, as I actually adore it and find it much more faithful to the games than it has been given credit for.
Sorry to keep you waiting for so long! ~Darryl
I love Spirits Within! Still feels like Final Fantasy and the models still look real. To me at least. The attention to detail to the smallest movement makes all the difference.
Yeah, I love Spirits within, too!! It was so inspiring at the time. Wish toonami would do it some love... I've genually enjoyed it and Advent Children and think Square make great 3D film overall❤. Wish that maybe 17 could have a tie-in movie. But I'm not holding my breath. Between 6s', 7s' and 9s' and later [12s']story sequences Ito is a master as well. Now we just need that [hopefully Netflix?] live action FF series, or maybe another anime like based off of the Lost Stranger manga. Also, 16 [and 15, in its main story] was missing much of the levity of previous entries, especially with the bummer of an original ending to 15. It would be nice to see Square utilize some form of real-time job progression system, preferably where both equipment and major achievements/subquests unlock new skill, trait, and story access during game progress. I'd like a game that has a form of floral/horticultural theme entwined with one of industrial design and push them together with a dark turn toward fighting a nigh-omniscient digital autocracy.
How on earth was the spirits within true to the games. There's nothing final fantasy about it. It actually did that bad it almost made square enix go bankrupt because they lost millions over it. The only reason they are still going after that is because Yoshi p completely revamped ff14 which has been keeping them afloat ever since
@@majorasspain5341 Well that's your opinion of the movie. I felt it was in line with the spirit of Final Fantasy. I mean, if you look at VII, XIII, XV, they're more sci-fi than fantasy. But they have both elements to it. It felt the same with Spirits Within.
Well now I really want to know what the original famicom ff4 was about
FF12 was a great game, but I feel like the story reached the climax too late. I kept expecting some intense moment to happen. When it finally came, it turned out to be the final battle. 😢
The english voice actor for Roche in FF7 remake used to be a friend of mine. He confirmed the IX remake is real and that the voice acting work has begun
As cool as that is to read leaks like this undermine the hard work of many people and set expectations for things that may have not been fully realised (financially or creatively)
Roche is a sweet character addition glad that he made the cut
For those of you wondering why you should or shouldn't buy this, the actor would be tied down by a strict NDA.
Anyway I'd love to hear him in more FF games, because he easily made Roche my favourite FF7R OC.
@@reloadpsi Oh he is, he also threw away my friendship over something stupid so I don’t care if he gets in trouble with his NDA. He told me stuff all the time, I knew about the Intergrade DLC several months before announcement and the Demon’s Souls remake because he did additional background voices
@@christopherrobbins2600Me, when I seek clout on the internet.
I'm glad to see 'The Spirits Within' referenced. I really enjoyed that film!
New FF Union video! Been looking forward to it!
Im only a fairly new fan to the final fantasy series and i have jumped around with which gmaes i have played and beaten and i gotta say its a real shame Spirits Within flopped. Its actually pretty unique and a stoey told in a very loving way. I went into it expecting to have large fundemental flaws but it's shoetcomings arent really that important.
130million is ambitious though, its a shame it didnt at least get a good look in from a worldwide audience because warching it in 2022 it still felt very fresh
Pretty cool video. Love these kind of facts, specially those 'linking' how things came to be based on previous experiences. I recently re-watched Spirits Within and I'd though it would be a nice topic for a FF Union video at some point. Maybe not just 1 for the movie but a compilation of curious facts regarding FF movies or FF animation projects?
Cheers!
Thank you for another great video!!
Wanting Aki as a digital actress shows they were into NFTs before NFTs were a thing! Although I kid. I actually really liked The Spirits Within.
I would really like to see Hiroyuki Ito return to direct another mainline Final Fantasy game.
I think ff7 could easily been about several people that are suffering from schizophrenia especially the remake, a few of the characters show potential signs of it, arieth who can see the ghost, cloud who keeps seeing sephiroth and getting headaches etc
Cloud can see sephiroth because cloud is a sephiroth clone and sephiroth can manifest through clouds jenova cells. Cloud and sephiroth are 2 sides of the same coin. And aerith is an ancient who can talk to the planet and the whispers of fate are the physical manifestation of Those Voices trying to make sure the planets plan plays out because In the original we were not supposed to stop meteor. The planet created the weapons for one purpose and that was to wipe out all remaining life so their spirit would return to the Life stream then omega weapon would gather the lifestream in one location and shoot it into the cosmos to find a New planet to start life anew This planet would be known as the promised land and when This happens jenova would be purged from the lifestream
Growing up in the 80s 90s you learn a lot reading gaming magazines
The original plot is what I've just explained. This can be found online if you look deep enough. It was all explained decades ago in gaming Magazine articles
Man i am loving these informative videos 📹 👏 😊
Love the ultemecia castle variation
great video, thank you!
This was a great video
I haven't viewed all videos but I'd like to see something along the lines of the various movies and a few of the books out there. There was an old Final Fantasy movie/anime series that talked about crystals. Reminded me a lot of Studio Ghibli. Recently reading the newer Final Fantasy manga which is getting me to play older games and A Turks story that takes place just before/during? Advent Children. Just a thought.
I'm ashamed to say I wasn't aware of all the contributions Kazuko Shibuya made for the series, I mean, those sprites are a huge part of the essence of Final Fantasy, that's awesome
Glad they were able to make a victory lap recently with the pixel remasters, being a relatively new fan to the series I would've loved to have some nostalgic connections to the classic look. Pixel remasters are beautiful games and even though before I played VI I would've liked for it to be more like Octopath, I'm actually glad that it's a lot more faithful so I could feel like a child playing these games for the first time without the old game jank with getting the tech working as intended.
I gotta give props where props are due: I didn't know these 7 things. :)
Has Square ever mentioned/referenced Spirits Within since its abysmal release? It kinda seems like something they want to pretend never existed.
Yes actually, for example even in FF16, there’s a few enemies attacks called “Spirits Without” a relatively clear reference I’d say
They reference it with attacks here in there.
One of the Paladin's abilities in FFXIV is called Spirits Within, for example.
That movie ultimately bankrupted them. I can see why lol
@@Saucyandrew Yeah, but even Nintendo has included easter eggs referring to the Virtual Boy in some of their games.
Horrible movie TBH i would have loved something more akin to Kingsglaive or Advent Children on any of the mainline titles
or at least something that resembled them but out of all possible things they choose to do a random Si-Fi movie that had 0% FF DNA in it
Keep tricking me with that 7 in the front 😭😭😭
That's funny about Kingsglaive. No one believed that it was true turned out to be one of my all-time favorite films I have
Unrelated question at 10:43 what type of iPhone is Sakaguchi san holding in his hands??? Looks like a weird iPhone 6…
I actually saw Spirits Within as a kid in the theatre. I had recently discovered FF7. Needless to say, I was disappointed when I realized it wasn't the same characters from FF7. I had a similar experience when FF8 came out. 😂 I didn't give FF a chance again until FFX.
Hehe, Dawntrail on the "Horizon"
Gimme that FF9 remake. Please
Clout chasing leakers, is something I’d never hear Darryl say 😂! Another fantastic video.
Damn, this is the exact comment I was about to post.
I still think The Spirits Within is a great movie. I love the story, the animation/graphics, the cast, the soundtrack, and the Easter eggs relating to Final Fantasy.
The only criticism I have is the name Final Fantasy being in the title. The plot and references may have been in line with Final Fantasy as a franchise, but the setting and aesthetic just didn’t match, especially for an American Nintendo fan like me who had spent hundreds of hours playing 1, 4, and 6, with very limited access to 7 and tactics and nothing else beyond.
If 5 became 4... I can't remember if you said what became of the original FF4
12 was the best. You can't convince me otherwise.
AkiRose as a digital celebrity, this makes me think that maybe the name of the Hololive Vtuber Aki Rosenthal could be a little nod.
that ff9 remake hint at the end😁👌
FYI the first FFXI expansion was “Rise of Zilart” there is no the in it’s title
Sees number 1… man this channel be calling me out lol… I love all those games…
I always wanted to know why sakaguchi decided to leave square. It makes sense. The spirits within wasn’t a great movie. I would have preferred a more fantasy movie with magic being at the center of the plot. Something relative to lord of the rings.
What are you talking about? You always wanted to know why Sakaguchi left Square? This information was well known 20 years ago when they were merging with Enix.
@@tabbofii I never knew because the info never got to me. For one reason or another.
Shame you didn't like Spirits Within.
It would've made more sense to have made a setting more akin to the series high fantasy elements, but I'm kinda glad that it was pushed creatively and thematically and personally found it to have been a really enjoyable experience (I'm not a longtime fan though so my contextual opinion is probably very different)
@@ProjectMATHEWThat's okay - neither did anybody else.
@@reloadpsi I'm a fan from before the movie was ever announced and I liked it.
This is a first: got the discord notification while watching the video.
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I love this channel but your way of voicing the videos makes it difficult for me to finish them sometimes. Your tone of voice is soporific and the background music doesn't help either, it literally makes me sleepy when a video is a bit long hahaha. Anyway thanks for all the content, you do a great job.
Well I'll be damned! So much I didn't know.
I thought the Spirits Within was a beautiful movie. I loved it! I don’t know why it flopped.
I read this as final fantasy 7 facts instead of 7 final fantasy facts lol
On the topic of leaks Fallout 76 was leaked nearly a year before release on 4chan but everyone dismissed it as outlandish and preposterous.
Tactics is still the best
Pretty sure I know all of them
Did you?
i knew plenty of them, but certainly not all. the first one sure was a gimme though.
I have such a weird relationship or feeling toward ff rn I didn’t like XVI very much at all after having been fully aboard the hype train for the entire release cycle right up until I started the game and got to the point after benedickta. The pacing from that point on was all over the place and other things, but it’s weird XVI has been the first ff title I’ve ever played that I didn’t like.
Ugh. That FF9 guide made me swear off strategy guides. I used to get guides for almost every game I got. Since then I only got them for certain RPGs like KH 1 & 2, Star Ocean III and Radiata Stories.
First hour crew
Cool
I miss the a.t.b battle system
😃😁👍🏻
You know with Nomura leaving Versus XIII/XV was because, Nomura had little progress with the story and most of Versus was nothing but a bunch of visual concept which frustrated the people who were involved and many of them left the project for so directionless. Roberto Ferrari the character designer for Ardyn and Gentianna even said the project kept changing every 3 month's and it apperent when you look at the early trailers of Versus Nomura priorities Visual and Style and figuring the story later, which left Tabata with a bunch of stuff that needed to be glue together even if it didn't make sense. Plus XV being heavily censored and re-written for the chinese market since the original story concept of Versus/XV was "a death worshiper kingdom that acted like Yakuza with a Romeo and Juliet story" and being tied to the Fabula Nova Crystallis.
As they years went by im glad Nomura is less in charge of project and relegated only on the producers role, because the guy can't managed thing and write things I mean look at Kingdom Hearts the story feel like a parody of shounen anime with how it absurdity with comes to the writing and basically trying to look cool, which probably Nomura biggest priorities in his games.
I like your videos but they're just so long.
This is so off topic and petty, but whatever. This is not an indictment of people from the UK, but I don't understand how they get so many things wrong with that language developed by your own ancestors. "Sakaguchi" is NOT said with a short "a" at the beginning, like "sack." English people almost always use the ä pronunciation in this instance - they pronounce most "a"s as "ah"s. It's an annoying, definitive feature of the dialect, but often consistent.
So WHY, when you get to a point when it's blatently pronounced "Säkaguchi", do you use the short "a"? It's maddening to me. You do the same with Italian, which is my own heritage, and it's garbage. Learn how to speak your own language for Christ's sake.
Are you saying that Sakaguchi is an English name and should be said following English pronunciation?
@@chaseredmoon407 I'm not at all. I'm saying it should be pronounced with Japanese in mind, meaning the emphasis would be on the first syllable.
That previous comment does not portray your intent. You may want to consider rewording it.
the #1 fact: Final Fantasy is no longer a RPG series
All of the mainline games are all RPGs
@@driftwoods2229 FFXVI slightly makes me doubt.
@@AzureRoxe it's more of an action RPG but it's still an RPG
i understand what you mean tho
@@AzureRoxe you’re Playing the Role of someone in a Game
@driftwoods2229 guess nearly every game is a RPG by that definition