Final Fantasy VI - Opera Scene (Original SNES version)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- I've only seen one other video of the opera scene from the original FF6 (FF3 in the U.S.) on the SNES, and the audio is out of sync with the video on that one. So, I'm uploading a new recording of one of my favorite moments in gaming, ever.
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We all had a reserved save slot just before this scene so we could play it whenever we wanted.
No, no we didn't
Yes me, I had
@@Cyzure Yes we did. I could live with only 2 save slots.
Still have it
You know who else reserved a save slot at this point? MY MOM!
One of the best moments in gaming history. The fact that after this scene Celes uses the song as her own theme is just fucking genius
Really?
@@MarioMasterProductions Spoilers btw
You can hear it during her conversation with Locke on the Port and her suicide attempt
Always loved celes's character.
@@hairglowingkyle4572 Also at the end! You can hear Locke and Celes themes combined together in their part of the ending escaping scene ❤️
@@MarioMasterProductions Yes, this song is used as Celes's personal leitmotif, but the opera sequence is in fact the first time in the game you hear it.
This scene is a masterpiece.
only on snes it is
Seems like an understatement
@@steve122288
Shut up.
THE masterpiece
they put vocals in the pixel remaster
OHH OHH OHH OHH OH OH OH OHHH!! Those are the original 16 bit lyrics
If Tidus watched this he’d be like,
HAHA
@@bloodraider9591 You mean HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
What’s brilliant about this whole motif is that the opera is just a silly stunt but the tune lingers sentimentally in her head and becomes her theme as a character. Many of the things we grow to love most seem frivolous or embarrassing at first. I think that’s why this scene is so relatable and such good storytelling
That's a great point and I'm SO HAPPY someone else noticed this! The opera is the first instance we hear this song... and I love that it's recalled later in her theme. It seems like the character was emotionally touched enough to remember the music, as a way to sooth her worries in troubled times... I can imagine Celes alone on the island in the World of Ruin rocking herself back and forth in despair, her only source of hope being this little frivolous song. It's so sad.
They revamped it for Aerith for FF VII.
That feeling when this is the character your parents named you after. Truly honored to share her name
Wholesome comment.
Celes or Maria?
@@griever4053 Celes 💖
@@TurtleCakesArts your parents are legends
I've always thought of naming my future daughter Celes ❤
Everyone talking about the FF7 remake. Can you imagine just a current gen remaster for this? It would be the most emotional FF game. Terra's parents, her birth, The Phantom Train... Just about every character had a depressing backstory.
It'll always be a top 3 of all time.
i have always said the remake's we need are those before psx...
The thing is, ff7 doesn't hold up on the ps1. It is, well, ugly. And this is coming from someone who purchased an original PlayStation the day Final Fantasy 7 came out.
The graphics on six still hold up today. It is a beautiful game with beautiful sounds and you don't need rose colored glasses to remember it fondly like you do ff7.
And the destruction of the world...
when FF3 and FF4 got DS releases. i really hoped they would go up to 6 with that....sadly they didnt... FF6 DS - that was all i was asking for. because i highly doubt they would ever remake one of the 16bit games in nextgen tech.
@@pandacapre9302 five and six are on PlayStation 1, it's called ff anthology.
It's probably the worst way to play those games though. Four is on ps1 as well, with chronotrigger on ff chronicals, and again, it's probably the worst version of those games.
They added cutscenes that just weren't needed. Five, six and Chrono trigger have perfect graphics the way they are. I've not spent a lot of time with four.
I really fucking love that the translation team probably worked their asses off to make the lyrics both beautiful and fitting (almost?) perfectly with the music.
Pure masterpiece.
All hail the translation team
The french translation team also did that
The lyrics doesn't match the song at all, though.
The spanish team also did an effort. As the french, like Martin Auvré points out. In fact, the lyrics were beautiful and fitting in every language I can read, haha. Kudos for them. It was worth it.
That's where the gba translation shines 🤩 Ted Woolsey's ( I think ) original version was lacking (probably due to character limitations) in this scene sadly
one of the greatest scenes in video game history!!!
+MasterRave33 Don't get carried away now..
One of the nostalgic ones sure, I'll give it that much.
i played it when i was older since i never had a snes, and it stuck with me.
Though it is really my own rendition that i fantasize in my head that makes it great.
yes
@@germa9090 who are you to say what is or isn't his favorite moment in gaming history? fuck off swine.
THE greatest
The moment the song swells at 1:05 into the second verse was a life-changing moment for me as a young man. I had always enjoyed music, but this was the first time the power of music absolutely paralyzed me with its beauty and making a deep connection within my soul.
I will never forget playing this game at just past midnight when this song started to play... I was in the basement so I was glad no one could see (or hear!) me weeping; with a good speaker system, you can feel this song's power resonate in your chest. I never would have guessed that a late summer night in 1998 would be one of my most lasting memories. Thank you Nobuo Uematsu for crafting your magic for gamers everywhere.
AJR 1986 absolutely agree. I play this on the piano and that swell is my favorite bar. I always pause and take a deep breath right there so I can try to play it with the conviction it deserves.
@@arkay238 gay
thank you for this comment
@@Nathan-oe8ut 💀
this game makes you wish the world would be a magical place like in final fantasy lol
This scene breaks my heart every time. This was my first final fantasy game.
What do you think of it in the Pixel Remaster?
@Martynde I personally don't like the look of the pixel remasters, feel like the games lose their charm/authenticity.
I will confess.. 20 years on, I hear the opening and the tears come.
Nobuo Uematsu is my favorite composer for a reason.
I knew this song the past year and when a masterpiece is created you can still be surprised for that renovated version the creators gave to a classical piece of art. They transformed it in such unexpected miracle, taking into consideration the actual games that are being released.
30 years now, nearly.
Hello I’m from the future! It’s 30 years now :)
Hd remake for this would bang
Never played FF6, have no idea about a story behind this - and yet this is one of the most touching and awesome video game scenes i ever witnessed.
this is in my opinion the best final fantasy game because of the richness of the story, from 14 playable characters all (except 1) have lovely intertwined stories not just some side quest and one heck of a villain... it's a very long game tho, and graphic is definitely outdated.
and thats y ff6 is one of the greatest games ever made
the second half of ffvi was horse shit though
it is one of the best moments in gaming history.
It has literally nothing to do with the main plot. It's a filler episode but that's what makes the game amazing.
I thought I was the sexiest gamer girl back in high school because I had every word of this song memorized by heart. Almost a decade later, and I still remember it clearly. It's become my daughter's favorite bedtime lullaby.
Oh gee, bedtime lullaby...? Oh, that touched me...
You are awesome!
+Rotsuoy
That's so beautiful! :D
Good to know I am not the only one. Same thing with my little boy!
Yeah, very beautiful!
Maria:
Oh my hero, so far away now.
Will I ever see your smile?
Love goes away, like night into day.
It's just a fading dream.
I'm the darkness, you're the stars.
Our love is brighter than the sun.
For eternity, for me there can be,
Only you, my chosen one...
Must I forget you? Our solemn promise?
Will autumn take the place of spring?
What shall I do? I'm lost without you.
Speak to me once more!
Maria:
We must part now, my life goes on.
But my heart won't give you up.
Ere I walk away, let me hear you say
I meant as much to you....
So gently, you touched my heart.
I will be forever yours.
Come what may, I won't age a day,
I'll wait for you, always...
Ladies and gentlemen, this is what 16 bits and much love can do.
still one of the most memorable scenes of the videogames.
I literally just got passed this part just now and my first time playing ff6 im 34 and that was beautiful scene im really loving this game
Reding the comments, I am glad I'm not the only one who gets choked up when this scene comes to life. I can picture everything and hear what she sings. That's a lot to bring out from a game without voice. Bravo
Still sends chills down my spine 30 years later.
This goes so well with Celes jumping off the Cliff in the dark timeline.
And she survived tho
When the song starts playing later on the island, it's a punch in the gut. To me at least. Makes me tear up every time
I didn't play this game until I (recently) hit 40, and damn. It's a beautiful moment in gaming no matter how old you are or what year it is.
One of the most impressive scenes I have ever seen in a videogame in my entire life...
This was my first Final Fantasy game. This is the most powerful scene in the game without question. This game is a masterpiece
I'm 33, almost 34. Didn't get to play FF3 (or 6, depending on how you know it) until I got myself a Mini Classic SNES. FF3 (6) is one of 20 games programmed into it. I loved my original SNES as a kid, but I never got to play FF3 (6,) because my parents wouldn't buy it for me. Playing it now as an adult, when I got to this scene......ohhhhh MAN. I actually teared up and got misty eyed....over a 16-bit primitive graphics game from the early '90s. I actually shed a tear or two.
This game is SO amazing, and I wish I had the opportunity to play it as a child. I can't help but feel like Molly Grue, finally seeing a Unicorn after so many decades of wishing to see one, and being sad that she didn't see one sooner when she was younger, when she needed it most.
This is surprisingly very beautiful and majestic for a Super Nintendo game!
When I first played through this scene, I actually cried a bit. No other game has done that to me to this day.
And this ladies and gentlemen is what got me hooked on FF6 forever
I recently played and finished this game for the first time and when I got to this scene I was blown away! It doesn't just have nostalgia value, it truly is an amazing scene and I'm so glad I got to experience it without spoilers this late into its existence 😅
i wish i play it again like it was the first time
And this is why nostalgia is a common misconception
This song came close to making me cry... so much emotion put into a song during the Snes Era
This is the best moment in video game history
This game is a true masterpiece. The best Final Fantasy and one of the greatest games of all time.
No matter how many times I watch this, I will end up wailing like a banshee, like all love is being squeezed out of my heart, leaving nothing but despair.
This just blew my mind as a kid. I was like “what is happening...”
If only I'd see the 3d remake of this, I'd die happy...
just play the game, and you will understand the context. to most of the harcore FF players this is one of those moments where its hard not to hold back a tear or 2. And thats not the only instance in this game where it happens.
This scene gets me every time. Classic story-driven moments like this are the reason I wanted to start playing Final Fantasy in the first place. Squaresoft truly hired some of the best people in the business to create such a masterpiece. The translation for the English language came out so much better than what we are accustomed to seeing nowadays with most Final Fantasies. We really got a gist of who the characters were and what they were personally going through, and sometimes inexperienced voice actors can ruin the overall experience of the journey if it's not as good as we expect. Even though the technology back in those days wasn't very good, they still managed to tell the best stories.
Stole the words right from my mouth honestly after your comment there's nothing anyone can say lol
Proof that you don't need good graphics to make a truly powerful and emotional game. I cry every time. 😭
Ah, who am I kidding!? The graphics in this scene are superb and leave just enough room for our hearts to fill in all the magic! 🥰
When she said "I'm the darkness you're the starlight" when i was 12 i felt that. When i was 18 i felt that. At 29 I break down and cry.
This scene never gets old !
What can you say about this... There is simply no need for it, yet there it was, adding so much color to the world, the characters, the melody is so fitting and memorable. It shows the love and passion and great team working to tell that story with snes limitations. Just beautiful.
I just started playing this game a week ago, I cried 2 times already.
Enjoy it, games like this are really unique :)
Tuchulu Oh yes! This game always gets me in the feels! I was so sad about Cyan's wife and son being dead when the castle's rivers were poisoned & then seen later again getting in the phantom train 😢
Bernardo Bahena And Cid, who died of illness, Celes, who tried suicide....
Celes, Locke, and Cyan's stories all made me get teary eyed. Even Gau's made me sad to a lesser extent.
This is such a beautiful moment in the game... I love it!
This scene was ahead of its time. Surprised it didnt have vocals
The feels came back
The lines were changed in the GBA version 'cause it's a "better translation". However, after playing through most of the game, I've noticed that it's a "dumbed down translation for children, because the original translation was too hard for them to read and understand". The GBA version has less impact on you than the SNES one, 'cause of the new translation. Still, I do love this song best from any FF game. Iconic.
I just played this and I like how you can read the lyrics in time with the music. I also like how you have to remember the lines just as Celes does so you feel the same performance pressure she does.
And also the lyrics somewhat allude to the relationship between Celes and Locke besides Maria and Draco.
Favorite scene from any video game ever made
oh one true love
This and the phoenix scene, still gets to me even after all this time.... Am in my mid 40s but still.. Never a dry eye listening to this
Can you imagine they remake this game and the trailer to it is this melancholy song. I'd die from happiness.
I can’t believe I didn’t play this as a child.
i just cried watching this!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
This makes me cry every time. Games just can't really do that nowadays.
In all the years I played video games as a kid, I was never as emotionally invested as I was when I played this. This scene is among my favorites in the entire game. Given the limitations of the Super Nintendo systems capabilities, this was freaking genius! Not just the scene, but the stories of most of the characters as well. I especially loved the stories of Terra, Cyan, and Gau. Of all the characters, I always felt identified most with Gau, because he was a total loner and outcasts, even by his own that was one of the other very emotional cut scenes from this game, when he goes back and confronts his father. But I think the biggest tear-jerker sing for me in the game was when Locke had his last conversation with Rachel. Man oh man that was awesome, and so powerful!
I’m not crying, you’re crying... 😢
tears flow every dang time
i had a save-point on the snes and later playstation memory-card just before this scene, so i could see it again and again. my snes and playstation are in the game-console-heaven by now, but thanks to youtube this overwhelming game-scene will exist forever and i can see it again and again
This song has me tearing up while taking an online exam😢
Best 5 minutes in all videogame history? Not 100% sure but... what can beat this, really?
There were so many things worrying me until I heard this song...I couldn't eat, sleep, any of that. And I listened and saw the lyrics and found the solution...
Squaresoft, Nobuo Uematsu, I'm so grateful you came up with this masterpiece. Everyone always goes on about One Winged Angel, Aerith's Theme, Zanarkand and all that, when really this deserves to be in all of those lists.
"What shall I do? I'm lost without you" - I could never find this scene with those words, and it was driving me insane. Turns out I was looking at all of the wrong ports, which have different translations. The original SNES version is the correct one I was looking for - this is very satisfying.
I had the privilege of meeting the most brilliant composer of my time - Nobuo Uematsu. I shook his hand, he hand signed my 4xLP picture vinyl of Final Fantasy 8, the CD album for FF9, and his piano pieces on CD as well. He officially announced after the fact that was his last live performance he was going to do. I said growing up, if there was one composer I wanted to meet more than any other musician across all of human history, it would be him. It was a literal dream come true and I have some memorabilia that it worth money, sure, but the experience and the signed pieces are worth more than any dollar amount I could ever ask for them. He truly is a genius and a gift to humanity.
I am incredibly jealous you got to meet him. He's my hero and the reason I wanted to start making music
@@user-qs2gr5oh2i I'm glad he inspired you brother. He's a genius just as much as Mozart was in my opinion. His music will always have a special place in the hearts of you, me, and everyone else touched by his music. If you aren't familiar with the band he founded, The Black Mages, you *have* to check out their albums. They're winners for sure.
@@YukonJack I did a cover of Aeris Theme which is on RUclips. Search Mike Heskett - Aeris Theme If you would like to give it a listen 👍
Celes' theme... Great memories 👌🏼
"So, what you're saying is, you want ten more years of FF7 remakes and spin-offs? You got it!" - SE
Its crazy how this one scene wasnt needed but was needed more than we knew. I never finished ff6. Never could bring myself to do it. Maybe before my physical body dies i will.
Amazing music. Even more so when you can feel like you're singing the lyrics as the scene plays out.
They put actual singing in the Pixel Remaster but I don't know if I like that more than 'wa wah waa waa...'
I get chills every time. Love it.
Taylor Cox, wherever you are out there, this song’s for you!
Just love it!
Im trying to remember this scene... I think I was attacked by a purple gangster octopus?
Correct... Just like the other 10 times the jerk showed up!
@@atheismisamentaldisorder1839 I dont remember that. I thought I fought him at a train yard again or on a moving train I forget its been a while.
@@NoxLegend1 You fight him first in the river. When you are on a raft with Banon, I believe his name was.
You fight him again at the Opera House.
Again, when you're trying to get the helm that allows you to go under water.
Again, when you are trying to get to the floating island.
Again, in the coliseum.
I feel like I missing one of two other times.
dam it’s crazy having a pixel remaster version of this exact play just amazing remember this from childhood lol
...Holy shit, dude...
I've never even played the game, and this shit choked me up. This is why everyone who worked at Squaresoft are masters of the craft.
Watching this while drunk. Why won't these tears stop??? It's an opera play in a game ffs!!!
Updated English lyrics (as used in the remakes) to sing along by:
Oh my hero, my beloved
Shall we still be made to part?
Though promises of perennial love
Yet sing here in my heart
I'm the darkness, you're the starlight
Shining brightly from afar
Through hours of despair, I offer this prayer
To you, my evening star
Must my final vows exchange-d
be with him and not with you?
Were you only here to quiet my fear
Oh, speak! Guide me anew!
_(atop the balcony)_
I am thankful, my beloved
For your tenderness and grace
I see in your eyes, so gentle and wise
All doubts and fears erased
Though the hours take no notice
Of what fate might have in store
Our love, come what may, will ne'er age a day
I'll wait forevermore!
I always thought this scene was so beautiful but now when I watch it my brain is just like....”mettaton”
Fin fact this scene inspired the metaton opra scene so thats probably why
@@helliagaming6255 i knew it i wasnt sure at first but now i definetly am
This cutscene, Celes' suicide, and "Frog Opens the Way" from Chrono Trigger are my favourite SNES cutscenes. All of them are gangstaliciously awesome.
My favorite moment in a Final Fantasy ever.
I would trade all the graphics of today's games for this level of story telling
Coming back to this after playing the remaster. It's amazing how much depth they gave Celes. Such a beautiful character.
I learned to love. Thank you for this Well composed script
this scene/song has some kind of staying power, it lived in my head for like a month after i finished it, to the point where i taught myself how to play it on violin cause it just wouldn't leave my head
For me it's inarguably the greatest scene in FF history.
It is so many things in one scene: multiple major character developments, emotional music, romantic undertones for more than just the opera itself, and it comes very early in the game while you're searching for Terra in her witch mode.
I know saying this is the best scene in the series can be a stretch. It leaves out a lot of great ones.
Galuf fighting exdeath with 0 hp
Cecil becoming a paladin
Squall and Rinoa on the Ragnarok
The entire You're Not Alone scene in ff9
The Tidus and Yuna kiss
And Aerith being shish kebabed as well as Cloud omnislashing Sephiroth
But for me it's this scene. This single scene is why I wish ff6 would get a proper remake before all the other games. Ff7 has plenty of lore building. Ff6 has the remaster and that's it.
Alternative lyrics (easier to sing in rythm of the melody):
You’re my hero
He who saves me
You’re the one I long to see
Though time goes away
and nights turn to days
your presence still remains
In the darkness
you’re the starlight
shining brightly from afar
for eternity
For me there can be
just you here in my heart
Must I leave you?
Must I wonder?
From here on where you might be?
Say what shall I do? How will I get through?
Please come, guide me to you
We must part now
but I promise
I will never let you go
As I walk alone
a voice in your tone
I’ll hear as clear as my own
In my heart now
lives so gently
the remembrance of your touch
So let come what may
I won’t age a day
I’ll wait for you always
@Trevor Mota It is better yes, but for a singer it is difficult to sing it rhythmically and this is an alternative for those who want to do that. I am not a professional lyricists, just a fan who like the song and the fact that I edited it so that it can more easily be sung is because I like it, not the other way around. It made it easier for me to sing it and I thought, "hey why not share it in case someone else out there would like that too?"
Arrived here out of curiosity, was listening to 'Distant Worlds' cover of this song and realized I haven't heard the orginal. The scene in its m simplicity.. the sprites, chip-tune works well. Know it was due to technical limitations back then however I'm glad I gave it a view.
This was seriously one of my proudest video game moments.
I am playing though this game right now for my first time and just got to this part and well… I now firmly understand why this game is beloved so much. Its just. Wow.
I’m still fairly young in the grand scheme of things and I’m glad I got to experience this wile still in the age group most people were when fist playing this back when it came out. (at least I assume that they were around my age)
Remember to be careful what fish to eat....
Salim Rabah NO!! CID!!
Whenever someone says FF7 is better then 6,Point them to this scene
If they surviv3 this scene then point farer at the mountain
Its so sad, me and my wife are also apart due to circumstances not entirely in our control. I havent played this game in years but thinking about her tonight I started to hear this tune. Rewatching the scene has me in tears, I miss you so much My Lovely Wife.
This. Is. Incredible and hearttaking.
It makes you actually sing to the song and lyrics.
Thank you Squaresoft, for gifting world this masterpiece of art.
Best game ever. Enough said !
One of the most beautiful scene in the history of gaming
Still brings a tear to my eye. Great video.
The first time i played this game, this scene came from out of nowhere and absolutely floored me. Easily my favorite ff moment. 😭😭😭
This song hurts my heart with nostalgia so strong.
First RPG I ever beat.
My favorite lyrics: "URRR ERRR URRRR ERR! URRF ERR URR ERR!"
I STILL cry all these years later.
This game pushed the SNES to its limits in so many ways. I remember playing this with my friend and it felt like we could hear the words even though the SNES sound obviously couldn't reproduce actual singing. This was an incredibly touching scene in a game that was just fantastic. I truly wish it got the attention that FF7 does because for my money, this is probably the best Final Fantasy game.
18 years have past and i remember it clearly.... dear old times back with friends bringing such an unforgettable spirit... the magic of ff stories...
Haha I love you for posting this, and I totally agree about it being one of the best moments in gaming history ever. So nostalgiac, even when it was brand new, so heartfelt and deep.