The Complete Evolution of Alexander
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Out of all the Summons to have been created in relation to the Final Fantasy franchise, Alexander is perhaps the most unique. After being introduced within Final Fantasy VI, Alexander has gone on to become a dominating presence and has had pivotal narrative roles in games like Final Fantasy 9, Final Fantasy 13, Final Fantasy 14 and Type-0.
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XIV's fight is wild because you fight Alexander inside Alexander who then summons Alexander inside Alexander.
I haven't played that game but I feel the stroke in that
"Yo, we heard you like Alexander. So we summoned Alexander in your Alexander, so you can Alexander while you Alexander!"
I've never played FF14 (just not into MMO's), but what kind of Ouroboros crap did I just read?!!
@@davidgeorge1943 basically you enter alexander and fight inside alexander and then you leave alexander to fight alexander still inside alexander which then summons alexander..
To me, Alexander epitomizes Final Fantasy. The anachronistic strangeness of this giant mechanical titan that feels both ancient yet highly advanced, the awesome depth of detail with highly ornate architecture merging into complex engineering, and the sheer spectacle of a walking castle appearing at your command. It exemplifies how Final Fantasy can blur the boarders of genre by incorporating all these wildly eclectic elements and yet still have its own recognizable aesthetic, Alexander is definitely Final Fantasy through and through.
Someone put it into words
Very well written, you deserve a cold one.
This comment is honestly incredible
You legitimately may have just sold me on Alexander over Bahamut.
This comment epitomizes the Final Fantasy Community. Well said and spoken with gusto!
FFIX iteration is my favorite. Even if we can't play with him, the whole scene against bahamut was top tier. When Eiko says to Garnet "Alexander's Holy Judgement has begun" I got hyped to the maximum. I love this aesthetic of being a massive slow moving castle. It hits that fantasy/sci-fi itch where both merge and deliver something many times greater than the sum of it's parts. Back to FFIX, it also helps that we have the scene with Steiner and Beatrix (which IS very awesome and inspiring scene) playing together with "Something to protect" , which is pretty much one of the master pieces of the FFIX OST.
The Alexander scene in 9 is really the climax of the entire game IMO and is one of the single best scenes throughout the entire PSX era of games.
The Epic of Alexander is quite literally the most epic thing about FF14. That raid is legendary.
I'm at lvl 87 MSQ, I gotta head back and do Alexander and eden for maximum effect so the ending lands as it should.
It's been a ride. Not always great, but overall, an absolute achievement of a game.
@@michaeloconnor1281 yes, definitely do eden, it builds on the first so much.
It’s legendary once you figure out what the fuck is going on, at least, lol
The story of Alexander is a beautiful mess
Its the obly Ultimate I have done because I always liked Alexander and his FF14 version was awesome! Banger of a fight with kick ass music!
currently have a static progging UWU, we unlocked TEA just to try it and died in like 20 seconds and we had no idea why. i can’t wait to actually do the fight later
Type-0 Alexander is still my favourite due to how much was required to summon him and how much damage he did in the short time he was present.
That cutscene was AMAZING.
Type 0 Alexander I would say is probably hands down the most powerful summon in all of Final Fantasy.
@@thatoneguy9756 I'm biased towards type 0 because i love it, but i think the espers from Zodiac Age would give alexander a run for his money. Zodiark particularly has the power to end the universe.
Breathtaking cutscene, I had goosebumps damn XD
@@thatoneguy9756The strongest would be adult Zodiark from FF Tactics. Lorewise he was far and above pretty much every summon even as a baby in FF12, with the ability to end the universe in no time
I love the dichotomy between Bahumut and Alexander. One's a superfast dragon, ridiculously powerful and usually associated with dark or neutral damage. The other is a massive, mechanical fortress, impenetrable and slow/unmoving, usually being holy or having a focus on defense.
Yeah it's an irresistable force/immovable object kind of thing.
In ff14 the epic of alexander ultimate raid, he literally puts you in a time stasis prison as his enrage. Its chilling how you get stuck in time.
As a fan of FF9 I always saw Alexander as the most op summon. Sadly the only good thing is it usually deals holy damage, which is a rare damage type.
Madeen was Alexander's replacement tho as an holy element eidolon. while Ark was optional and the opposite of Alexander.
This is my favorite summon. I think Alexander’s place in FF9’s story solidified that for me. It was so majestic with its white wings and raw mystical power. I love the holy element and how Alexander uses it. Thanks a ton for this video!
FFXIV I think captures summons in a way that makes them seem as bombastically awesome as they deserve. Alexander especially is just so cool in that game
Alexander was literally Zanarkand in FFX. Represented as the great city built in his honor at the edge of the world that he conquered, Samarkand was and is a real city with beautiful architecture, high walls, and stood as a bastion against the horse people of the steppe.
I know Alexander since FF6, but in FF9 is where really shines!
I still have goosebumps seeing alexander spread his wings in FF9.... same goes when patamon finally digivolce to angemon...
Alexander's appearance in FF9 left a lasting impression on me as a young lad. Always thought he was the coolest summon since.
In XII it’s clear that Ultima is in part inspired by Alexander in her mechanical lower half and association with Holy, her attack Redemption also being a logical following on from Judgement. Really interesting video though!
I say without a doubt, the Type-0 depiction of Alexander is the most frightening version.
You guys missed a HUGE Alexander in World of Final Fantasy: Enna Kros, the main god-like character, is in actuality THE Alexander. Like, the prime Alexander. This is why Lanns arm guard turns in to a huge Alexander-like limb. During the bonus fight with her in Maxima she will even use two different types of Holy. So arguably, Alexander plays the biggest role it ever has in WoFF.
true, Enna event talk tho the WOFF Alexander and explains a little of how the multiverse of final fantasy works
11 is even deeper than what was said. Alexander that is the boss battle and Avatar that gets summoned is even still a small part of the True Alexander. He is so large that is actually the ruins you dungeon through in that expansion, if I am remembering correctly. It has been about 10 years+ since I played that expac.
Yeah, technically what you're fighting in FFXI is Alexander's puppet control terminal. The actual Alexander is the entire dungeon region. FF14 is a similar situation.
Alexander is my favorite summon in the franchise, especially FF9's and FF14's variants.
Alexander nuking the Byakko army in Type-0 is very easily one of my favorite summon sequence in the entire series.
I agree with this. Most loved the FF9 iteration and I'm fine with that. In fact, I love it because it stayed to its nature. BUT Type-0 showed what if Alexander is built for offense rather than defense. That thing single-handedly diminished an entire army along with the ground they're standing on. So strong that he created a crater that those poor map maker have to redo the entire map
Alexander has always been my favorite summon, A Holy Badass!
As someone who's only played Final Fantasy X and XII to completion, I had no idea Alexander existed lol, good video to watch!
Loved the Alexander summon ever since my first time playing FF8, it was the first one I ever managed to get a maxed 255% boost on. Hope it keeps coming back in future games in the franchise, in my opinion it definitely deserves it's spot as one of the core group, along with Shiva, Ifrit, Bahamut and Leviathan.
FF8 was my first FF experience and, even though the design isn't as flashy as previous versions, I would get so hyped every time I summoned it. When I saw what they did with it in FF9, it became solidified as a favorite.
FFXIII-2 has a sort of side-counterpart to Alexander. It’s very loose and not at all truly related, I’m sure, but the Adam boss, a false and mechanical Fal’cie has some very similar design elements to Alexander. The name being one, a distinctly human name for a mechanical boss that starts with an A.
It also floats, is given the task to guard an entire city, and even has the distinct floating turret arms that act individually from Alexander. As we see in the XIV iteration, it also has time control elements, but not at all to the same degree, being a living paradox as opposed to actually being able to control the flow of time.
I’m not sure if it was on purpose, but Alexander in XII is also a good callback to IX. They had planned to use it to ram Bahamut to protect Rabanastre from the crash, similar to how Alexander was protecting from Bahamut in IX.
That scene from Agito was some real dark terror...
I’m a history nerd especially for warriors and the story of Alexander The Great is one I enjoy. I didn’t know that Alexander the esper has his origins from him. Very insightful video on the whole!!!
One 9f my biggest achievements in ff11 was beating Alexander. Such a good fight with epic music
I'm so happy you covered my favorite Summon!!
I'm glad someone is talking about him. I'm hopeful yet disappointed that hes not in 16 while still wishing theyre keeping him a secret. But realizing that the summon a in combat with each other I understand it'll be hard animate a castle throwing hands. So I don't blame them because the will need to get really creative of how he would play
I'll never forget those cutscenes in FF9 as a kid. Damn.
Hmm... I guess it's a bit less obvious but-
In the original artwork of FF IV, the Giant of Babil strongly resembles the later artwork that would be associated with Alexander. In the 3D Final Fantasy 4 remake an optional superboss "Proto-Babil" can be fought. Its signature attack involves firing rays of light called "Judgement" at the character.
It may not have been the Alexander we're familiar with, but its seeds were planted even earlier than some people may think ;)
FFXI Trivia:
11 is of course as usual, my favorite iteration - for one thing, and sorry if this spoils it for anyone but there were 2 major inspirations used for Treasures of Aht Urghan - 1001 Arabian Nights, and The Ragnarok.
Specifically as it pertains to Alex, he and Odin almost caused Ragnarok once before during their previous clash, and is the main crux of ToAU - preventing a 2nd (and likely final) confrontation between the 2 Prime Avatars (it should be noted that Odin in general is one of if not THE primary antagonist of FFXI and the source of most oft he world's woes)
The really cool thing is how they implemented the Alzadaal Undersea Ruins, which were used as a kind of bridge between all the different zones as well as the primary area for Salvage and the 100-floor dungeon. That ENTRIE ZONE is Alexander's previous body, just to give a scale of how insanely massive he was (and how powerful Odin is to have felled him). A big part of why these 2 are such a problem for Vana'diel (11's world) is their respective Protocrystals - basically a pocket dimension where they are supposed to remain in slumber - were shattered at some point freeing them. They never do explain how/why either crystal broke, only that Prishe carries a part of Odin's within her chest.
FFXIV recently paid tribute to this by implementing the area almost identically in the latest MSQ dungeon.
My hope is that Alex will appear either as one of the final bosses or a hidden boss in 16.
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The only one that's actually taken on Bahamut to stalemate. Legendary.
Bahamut is the supposed to be the strongest summon
It wasn't a stalemate--Alexander won.
Might wanna relisten to that portion. Alexander WON, it wasnt a stalemate. Only cements Alexander as my favorite.
@@madambutterfly1997 actually, Bahamut isn't always the strongest. In 7 the strongest was Nights of the Round for example
@@yesopenthedoor1179 when it comes to the OG summons
I find weird the fact that you forgot to mention that Alexander in FF13 also has Divine Judgment as its final attack. In this case it doesn't deal holy damage, but weakness-specific damage to all enemies.
Awesome video!!! Great work! Alexander has always been my fave summon, i even started playing ff because i saw his animation from ff9
The Alexander summon scene in FFIX is still amazing
I remember finding out Alexander was the Holy summon before actually seeing him. I expected him to be an angel of sorts, he definitely surprised me.
My most favorite summon, next to Ramuh. I remember creating a super soldier character, in a sci-fi RPG I made with friends in school..
He fought with a massive shield, and was the tank.. He was totally inspired by Alexander.. I thought, what would or could he look like, if he was human lol.
Since he was of a Templar Knight, kind of organization called, The Brotherhood of Light. All of his attacks were holy themed.. Fast forward to 2018, I used FFXV Comrades to make him, based on his drawings I did lol
I love how ff can inspire such awesome shit like this, I'd love to see it(:
@@taylon5200 Hey thanks! It's pretty fun, and FF has always been my most favorite RPG. We had ours set up like Chrono Trigger though, but you traveled different planets (5 at the time).
The main character was modeled quite a bit after a young version of Roy Batty from Blade Runner, mixed with a young Thouzer from Fist of the North Star. I had felt bad for those characters as a kid, so it was like they were getting a second chance lol.
A bit of Billy Idol was thrown in, because the character was also a musician, lead vocalist/guitarist of a "Strife Metal Band", we called "Ragnarok". We were working on creating a new sound of metal music, since my friend does that. The character's secondary weapon was his guitar as well, you'd play riffs to do these harmonic attacks..
When I had first drawn him, I thought he looked too mean, so I actually mixed him with a Chocobo, Flammie from Seiken Densetsu 2, was also an influence to make him look less mean lmao🤣🤣
We had the game looking like Guilty Gear (PS1), it was called "Armament of Volition". About 7 years ago I heard kids still played the game, which was nice. It's all currently being redone, even the comic. I decided to basically make the main character, my Gunbreaker from XIV, we've been having fun with that. Designed a nice Gun-blade for him, he calls "Violent Grace", it goes with his guitar "Violent Resonance".
i.imgur.com/mk8jeiI.jpg This was a portrait sketch of the main character, Einar. I have to do more of them. I had also made him in FFXV ^_^
always thought it was pretty cool how one of the only ways to do holy damage in ff7 was to equip Alexander on your weapon paired with added effect materia.
Everyone says that Alexander in FF9 is the strongest because it easily defeated Bahamut. I say that FF Type-0 Alexander is the strongest. Why? Because in Type-0 the Verboten Eidolons were considered crimes against humanity to summon. They required incredibly heavy sacrifices to bring out, including the L’cie that summoned them, and brought even heavier casualties to whoever they were used against. Considering it took the lives of 100 Academia students, 1 teacher, and put the L’cie Lady Setuna into crystallized hibernation (where a L’cie runs out of all but the tiniest bit of life force and their soul is housed in a large crystalline form for much later resurrection so long as the crystal stays mostly intact), as well as almost 200,000 White Tiger soldiers with one attack, I’d say it’s the strongest version of Alexander. Not to mention even with all those students and the L’cie sacrificing themselves to summon it, it was only capable of holding material form for less than 20 minutes before it crumbled away due to running out of life energy to sustain itself. Keep in mind too, Setuna was a fully realized L’cie who had been alive for hundreds of years. She had made up the bulk of the life force required to summon Alexander for that long.
This. Type-0 is an underrated game, not many discuss it. But its iteration of Alexander is just godly. In the less-than-a-minute it were summoned, it vaporizes an entire army full of advanced artillery and bases, creating a crater along the way that the map have to be redone. After seeing all Alexander iteration, I can safely say, Type-0 depiction of Alexander is the most destructive depiction in the whole franchise up to now. At least, until idk when they'll make Type-0 continuation
FF9 intro of Alexander was an absolute epic moment and then that happend....
Althought his form has been slightly alter the main idea has never left his design, really an iconic representantion of the fantasy.
Alexander has always been a favorite summon of mine since i was a kid. I used to imagine what it would be like to live inside Alexander since its like a huge building like summon. And then i thought, would be kinda inconvenient, especially when getting into battle. Cause all your stuff would shift and fall. Imagine having to replace all your dishes over and over again if you got into battle lol
Seeing Alexander stand on his feet in Ultimate still one my fav cutscenes in XIV ^^ loved seeing him activate in XI story too was so badass witness his reveal happen over months. Odin Vs Alexander in XI was badass Cutscene too
Alexander has always been my favorite summon. There is something so majestic, and graceful about it. A shining example of justice and conviction.
Woohooo!! Since IX is my fave FF and I'm one of the few people to not hate Hope for being a literal child, this got me so happy to see how the big guy appeared so frequently since it's inception! Cool!!
As an IRL Alexander...I love having a summon named after me. ;)
I always loved how in several depictions of Alexander he of course seemed robotic and mechanical but still haf those divine pair of angelic wings! I just dig that design
People talk about Eldridge horror like Cthulhu, giant creatures with tentacles or lots of eyes, provoking such intense fear that it causes the onlookers to become mad. But like, if I were to see what amounts to a 1000 story tall living cathedral appear over the skyline, I’d probably revert to a gibberish madman and begin to worship it more than the other things. Alexander is a whole new genre of Eldridge horror.
In FFXI, the entire map where you fight your way to Alexander boss fight is actually the ruins of the original Alexander the ancient Aht Urghans summoned in their bid to conquer the Far East, the map is gigantic and consists of several zones.
The Alexander boss fight/summon is a tiny fragment of Alexander's soul.
Part of me wanted this to just be a retrospective about some dude named Alexander
Lemme just summon my house to shoot laser beams really quick
Alexander is beloved. He is a shield and and a sword in many ways.
Awesome vid again
I know it doesn’t appear directly in FFX, but I always liked to think that Zanarkand was modeled after Alexander.
As a kid, I spent countless hours trying to figure out how to summon Alexander in Final Fantasy IX, not realizing it wasn’t even possible. The battle between Bahamut and Alexander is imo one of the most epic scenes in the Final Fantasy franchise. It always stuck with me. Alexander’s design in FFIX is perfect, the sheer size of him, the blend of rugged mechanical features and massive ethereal angel wings… masterpiece.
It would be amazing if they could incorporate FFIX Alexander as a summon in future games, perhaps as a rare summon or to summon for a final boss. Imagine summoning this colossal divine machine that broods over the battle unleashing Holy Judgement. Yessssss.
Maybe in the FFIX remake? 👀
My favorite thing about Alexander is how it has just such a normal sounding name for being the most out there summon
Loved this video! As a huge Final Fantasy fanboi this summon is by far my favorite ever since FF6. Liked him in 7 and 8 but its when i played thru FF9 that my jaw dropped to the floor when i saw that amazing cutscene of Alexander vs Bahamut! i remember as a kid replaying the part of the game just before that cutscene so many times just to see it over and over again! It was so well designed in FF9 its my favortie iteration of the thing!
also, In Opera Omnia, it serves as Garnets Burst attack, using Divine Judgement, a new attack called Immaculate Judgement, along with a powerful(OP) offensive buff of the same name.
I like the Alexander in Final Fantasy XIII the most
Wow that Chocobo Dungeon Alexander really looks creepy, almost like Penance from FF10!
My fav summon in the series, really hope he comes back for the rest of 7 remake
Alexander is in Theatrhythm as both a boss and as a summon! I love how boss Alexander just bulldozes you.
I wonder what influence Alexander the Final Boss in Bahamut Lagoon received from/had on Final Fantasy's iterations. They are completely different, but it also seems very likely that Bahamut Lagoon contained a lot of ideas and archetypes that got reused in FFIX.
Alexander is one of the Espers in Brave Exvius. He's a light/lightning elemental, SPR and HP buffer that looks like a castle with wings. Also, wwhen you challenge him, he has a robot butler that acts as his voice...
I always loved Alexander since I saw him in FF9 but the massacre that Alexander did to the empire in FF Type-0 really solidified it as a true powerhouse summon.
I thought the real world "Location" was called Alexandria (not Alexander) Alexander was indeed the man it was named for.
Giant, living mechanical castle. Badass af
Considering how much of a "Science vs Religion" theme FFX has, I'm kinda surprised Alexander isn't an Aeon in the game
I love your vids mate
Am i the only one who gets massive Imperator class Titan vibes from Alexander?
Surprisingly tho that losing Alexander in FF9 ends up giving you an optional summon that is also a mechanical but an airship with an opposite element as Alexander.
No comment on the A-Worlds reveal in WOFF? The lore that implies that Alexander is the creator of every Final Fantasy game world?
Alexander is my favourite summon of all time due to its evolution in the series and the mechanical form. He well be my esper for sure!
If Mike the Evil Living Building had a redemption arc.
You missed a lot for the FFXIV version of Alexander, including not even a single mention of his time-stopping, or time-manipulation, powers. And while more minor, you missed how earlier bosses in the Alexander raid series were directly inspired by previous iterations of Alexander. Such as the Onslaughter being a stationary judgement-casting robot where you had to break its legs before you could damage the body, or Brute Justice taking direct inspiration from FFXIII's humanoid Alexander and his rocket punches and more physical attacks. Alexander Prime himself also sprouting wings halfway through the fight in a FF9 reference, and this being a unique instance of *Alexander summoning himself* as he summons his full version to assist him during his fight with you. It also requires the players to go back in time to stop him from killing their past selves, along with a unique mechanic where he goes invisible and there are no telegraphs to warn you where he's attacking from, unless certain players handled earlier mechanics correctly for you to predict where he will reappear.
You also got basic details wrong, like saying Radiant Sacrament only exists in Perfect Alexander when it was a thing in the normal and savage versions of the original Alex raid. What it did add, and this relates to the earlier exclusion of time-manipulation powers, was being a rare example in gaming of a boss actually predicting the player's movements before they even input anything. He reads the future and sees what mechanic is going to get you killed, and the players have to (p)react accordingly to defy their fate, which is a really amazing concept for a boss whose original theme was passing judgement.
All in all, after how much it felt like the FFXIV version was being delayed to cause hype in the video, it really was an understatement on how much FFXIV did to expand on almost all iterations of Alexander. The tribute there was real, and it felt unappreciated here... in a video that's also trying to give tribute to Alexander.
Alexander was always my fave and his iteration in 13 "saved" Hope for me (not saying I had a problem with him but everyone else and their mother seems to)
not sure if done already but would be interesting to see a video on the unpopular summons
Again, no mention of FFRK magicite! At the 6* level, all the magicite fights were classic summons, so the holy fight was of course Alexander. He had a gimmick where you couldn't use too many (or too few!) dark-elemental attacks in the first phase that did more than 20k damage, and would judge you as Careless, Tempered, or Violent depending on how many you do. If you're judged Careless or Violent, he'll wipe your whole party, but only at the beginning of phase 3, so if you weren't paying attention to the judgement, you could still be fighting through a whole third of his health bar in futility, despite having already lost. He also picks up an add in phase 2 that piles a debuff onto whichever character it has targeted, and will wipe you if you let too many stacks of that debuff accumulate, but it will change targets to any character who attacks it if you can't finish phase 2 quickly enough.
Also, Enna Kros from World of Final Fantasy is _heavily_ implied to be another aspect of Alexander in a conversation she has with the Big Bridge, so not necessarily a diminished role there.
I am sorry but Perfect Alexander peaked so damn hard it literally stopped time
Yes! One of the coolest summons ever!
I just realized something how many times has Alexander gone up against Bahamut in the Final Fantasy Franchised because in 9 he takes down Bahamut to protect Alexandrea and in the finale of 12 Judge Zargabaath intend to sacrifice the Alexander to stop a runaway Bahamut from destroying Rabanastre? that's 2 times I am pretty sure I have heard of another game that did that too
I remember seeing the Alexander scene in FFIX when I was a kid. I think it's so awesome but disappointed it couldn't be acquired. Ah yes, the Kuja scene later too. That really shocked me. That moment was so impactful to me. Maybe it's the nostalgia thing.
Thinking about it, I think having Alexander in X would've been interesting. A Holy Machina, probably linked to Rikku's Godhand. The naming even fits!
Or even replace Penance with Alexander.
I always thought he was the Library at Alexandria. Hence the oddity of a Japanese character having an English name. Plus holy element? It's a Library... just makes sense.
As a fan of final fantasy I loved Alexander reason being it cool and I actually named Alexander
Maybe Alexander exist in FF X, remember the building in Sin's head? Maybe sin defeated the Alexander (as the Final Summon that the fayt is not exist anymore) and wear its head as a trophy crown.
Hmmm. Just had this thought. What if there was a FF game where you had to fight the summons, but they are corrupted to be their opposite element and cause havoc across the world. When you beat them they are purified and join you.
In a way, Ruin from Dragon Quest VIII can gives you an idea how a corrupted Alexander would look.
A giant, crumbling, humanoid castle. A mindless, evil, beast that possess formidable strength and defense, but not much else.
My main takeaway from this video was just how many dang spinoffs FF actually has.
I don't remember if I've ever obtained Alexander in FF8! With how much I've played that game, one would think that's something I'd remember lol.
Bahamut may be the strongest and most iconic...
But Alexander is definitely the coolest design!
He and Odin are my top 2 fave summons.
Alexander might be my second favorite summon behind Bahamut. When they release the FF9 Remake, I want it to be a summon for Eiko or some kind of superboss.
My favorite summon!!
My favorite summon in the FF franchise.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT ON REBIRTH
A clarification on Record Keeper - you don't get the Alexander Rank 4 summon for beating it in battle, you get the Alexander *Magicite*. Totally different thing.
Alexander is so awesome. Would be great to have a giant fortress with holy laser beams protecting me.