The Animation of Final Fantasy
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- How has the animation in Final Fantasy series evolved over time? Join professional animator Dan Floyd on a retrospective journey through the series, starting here with the NES original.
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Watch the whole series! ► • The Animation of Final...
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Retro Game Mechanics Explained ► / retrogamemechanicsexpl...
Interview with Kazuko Shibuya and Yoshitaka Amano ► • Yoshitaka Amano, Kazuk...
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Written and produced by Daniel Floyd
Special thanks to:
-Carrie Floyd
-Soraya Een Hajji
-Alexander Losego
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♪ Featuring selections from the Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy XIV official soundtracks.
#FinalFantasy #animation
I'm ready for the slow descent into "oh boy, I may have bitten off too much"
GAGAGAGAGAGA! I will now count to 3 and then I am still the unprettiest RUclipsr of all time. 1...2...3. GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! Thank you for your attention, dear kai
I think that will take longer to set in. He’s pacing himself so much better than he did with Sonic (though that’s not stopping me from wanting more at once :P )
Same
Like, Dan just committed to like possibly 15 videos here
I could see it if it was split into themed sections but nope, each edition of Final Fantasy
@@makomachine7643 true. Maybe the happy medium is a couple games at a time? Like one video per console for the Nintendo ones, and then I don't know what goes where.
Okay I'm not gonna lie I didn't expect the editing efforts that went into this. That sprite layer section must have been a tonne of work. Keep up the good work, very excited.
Dan is, as always, the man.
To be fair, I think it was easier than it looks. I mean, we have emulation after all.
Yeah, most 8- and 16-bit emulators give you the option to view/hide any layer of the graphics. Isolating the backgrounds would have been quite easy.
You can choose to show and hide many of the layers on an emulator, I've done it before, syncing was the tedious part for me lmao.
Man I do miss just listening to Dan talk about literally any game topic ever
Right? Always a treat, I don't even care what the subject is, I just wanna hear what he has to say on it. And when it's a game I already love? So much the better.
Then, you should watch the playthrough he is doing right now of Psychonauts 2: m.ruclips.net/p/PLvFQJa1XAXzxwZKxxLj5B7JUAgW2RQQSS He is having a good time and his love for the game (and its animation) is clear for anyone to see.
I still remember the two hours worth of quality sonic content that I watched at 2 in the morning, and I've never even played any of the games
Same
Yeah, and the other Dan also...
Cool sprite rendering fact (at least I think so):
Notice how Dan said that the sprite layer could only have 3 distinct colors per 8×8 sprite, but if you look at e.g. the black wizard, you'll notice some characters have 4 distinct colors in the overworld sprite? And actually, all the battle sprites have 4 distinct colors everywhere!
Here's how that's done:
- For the overworld sprites, the head and body are not part of the same 8×8 square, so the head can have a different color palette. You can notice in the black wizard sprite, one of the walking frames puts the yellow hat slightly below the head sprite and into the body sprite, so the closest matching color (the pink-ish color) is used for the lowest line of pixels (see 8:35).
- For the battle sprites another trick is used! The background is black already, so there's no real point in drawing black pixels on top. So actually all the black pixels in the combat sprites are transparent instead of black! That leaves the 3 (non-transparent) pixels for 3 distinct colors. That's why the battle sprites look a little more fancy. You can see this at 7:14 when the black background is replaced by a blue background, and indeed the black pixels of the battle sprites (reused in this screen here) are blue instead. You can also see the black pixels flash yellow when the background of the battle arena flashes yellow later on.
This is correct! It's one of my favorite clever tricks of theirs that I didn't find a good place to mention. :D
@@NewFramePlus I was waiting for you to say it the entire episode, so I just had to comment when the episode was over. 😄
Well spotted, I never noticed that!
I just realized Black Belt's hair also shortens in his walking sprite for the same reason, hats off to Kazuko Shibuya for doing so much with so little!
I thought something was off about how the sprites looked against the blue background, but just attributed it to colors blending together on CRT TVs or some kind of optical illusion. Don't know if I'll be able to unsee that now!
the thing I like about this trick is you may notice the change but never quetion why the sprite does this because of where the transparent pixels are used, pixel art especially '8bit' pixel art looks easy to produce but there is actually a lot of artistry on display here!
I love the ko'd pose. The way the characters are completely sprawled out with their legs in the comedic scorpion position... I don't know, it just gets me.
And later on, in upcoming games ...
WHO DROPPED A WHITE RUG???
XD
It looks like they just faceplanted onto the floor! With their small proportions they feel a little like toddlers who tripped or threw themselves onto the ground in a fit.
Same. They’re so comically cute it’s kind of endearing
Peak "oof" energy.
Strap in guys, it’s finally here! Arguably Dan’s magnum opus in animation breakdowns. Until he decides to do another Sonic deep dive, at least.
Or a Kingdom Hearts one.
I WANT TO SEE HIM GO CRAZY CUZ OF SONIC AGAIN HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Or Darkstalkers
@@xiahoupaul19 KH is gonna be magical. Just hearing the disney animation trivia in the LP's is already so engaging.
PLEASE make sure you do an entry on Final Fantasy Tactics. The sprite animation is SO expressive, especially considering the constraints of the art style.
Especially when the sprites themselves don't emote very much at all!
I am curious exactly how many if any of the spinoffs will be included in this.
Fully agree!
@@AkaiAzul the Confusion Dance!
XD
@@shawnheatherly Personally I'm interested in WoFF analysis, and what sorts of challenges the chibi sprites pose for animators.
This is so good - I absolutely adore dives into how extreme technical limitations shape animation, and I can't wait to get to places like FFV and IX especially to hear about those approaches!
Oh man my two actual favorites getting called out at once
Playing games with such limitations and repetition back then *really* made you appreciate and get excited when you saw something new. "WHOA! This sword is red!!!" with not an inkling of sarcasm behind it.
We all know that we're only getting these in a one game per episode format so Dan doesn't end up making a second feature film that ends up longer than the extended editions of Lord of the Rings right?
Oh ye of little faith. I'm betting FF7 & 8 come out to at least one LOTR Extended edition together, and there are a LOT of FF13 games.
Props to Brian Celvinger for making lemonade out of 12 sprites.
I see those KO poses and I immediately think "ah yes, everyone has fallen down because Fighter has made a very dumb joke"
I always get a bit of whiplash at seeing the male White Mage whenever I see the original game in action.
I love me some 8 bit theatre. Good times~
The saga begins! This was super helpful and informative! Thank you for pointing out the absolutely groundbreaking and massive contribution to Kazuko Shibuya. I might never have learned about her without you pointing it out. Great highlight!
Damn Dan, I could feel you getting Louder/Angrier subtly speaking of the outrage of Kazuko Shibuya getting credit for her work. That said, I never knew anything about her until now, and I salute to this wonderful person (salutes).
I love the way they managed to adapt Amano's art style to the bosses' sprites. It's so recognizable.
It's too bad the character sprites varied so much from the designs. I want to know what happened with Faris in particular.
@@BonaparteBardithionFaris has concept art from at least three artists so that is a factor to consider, as is telling Lenna and Faris apart at a glance on a very tiny sprite across a Lot of sprites. Yes making them both blonde wouldn't hurt much in the end, but giving them different hair colors helps make confusion less likely.
At first I read the title as "The Animation of FF" and was like
Dan, my dude, what did you do?! How long have you been working on this?!
This surely took longer than the Sonic video, this will be a looong episode, you don't need to follow the steps of that creator that did a 7 hour retrospective on the whole Resident Evil series
Then I saw that the video is 15 minutes long and the title is about FF I and was much relieved
I would have been down :x
@@ChesireWaltz Honestly, me too but the last Sonic video was an absurd amount of work. I think it makes sense to be split up over *multiple* this time lmaoooo
I misread it at first too and I was like: There's no way he's spending 15 mins on all of FF after doing an hour long breakdown of Sonic.
Breaking it down definitely makes it both more approachable to the average viewer. It's a lot easier to spend an hour watching a series of videos than to deliberately commit to an hour long video.
Woah guys I'm starting to think character animation is important to Dan or something
What an amazing foundation Final Fantasy I made for the series. Ms. Shibuya's work is incredible.
As The Grand Archpriest of The Church of the Algorithm, I bless this video with a comment.
All hail the Grand Arch Priest. May we set yet another algorithm miracle, as we once did in days past.
Me: "Dan, I've never played _any_ of the core titles in the FF franchise."
Also Me: "Dan, I am genuinely excited to hear you talk about the limitations and evolution of the animation of the core titles in the FF franchise!"
6:00 - THANK YOU for mentioning Kaziko! Her work is incredible and definitely deserves more recognition!
I'm one of those who, unfortunately, only learned of her relatively recently, and I'm so glad I did, and only wish I had sooner!
Her work absolutely shines even to this day!
I love that Dan named the characters after Carrie and friends, thus (So)raya, Echo, and Lil
I noticed that too! Is Echo meant to be Dan Jones (for Dan reasons) or someone else that I'm just totally blanking on?
YAY MORE NEW FRAME PLUS! I started learning Maya thanks to you
I already wanted to do 2D animation for shows and stuff but then I saw your Guilty Gear video and decided I wanna do both
Same! Dan's Smash Bros videos inspired me to start learning 3D animation in Blender and it's so cool!
@@Evan-rj9xy are you working with IK or FK?
Oh man I am SO excited for this series
Man I could listen to this guy talk about animation forever - I actually got into animation thanks to your youtube work; props!
I loved this video. Would also live to see a similar treatment of the Dragon Quest games, comparing and contrasting Square and Enix, especially how things changed after the merge.
The good ole' days, back when your imagination had to fill in the gaps (including the character's background stories and personalities).
Somewhat back again for FFXIV :P
... playing metroid music, while displaying castelvania.... your going to give some people issues Dan... I love it.
I twitched so hard when I saw/heard that.
I want to say, Dan, that you have such a soothing voice and a clear passion for video game animation (and design in general). I've been following you since the early Extra Credits days and it's been a joy listening to you talk about pretty much anything. I can't wait for the rest of this series
Why we adore Dan, he really was the Soul of Extra Credits, that series may as well be dead to me at this point.
I've always kinda enjoyed the blank-slate cast of FF1 and 3. While yes, they don't have any character of their own, it allows for me to fill in the gaps with my own stuff. It's like my own personal dungeons and dragons party, and I can imagine how different characters would react in certain situations. This is further amplified by how you can name them whatever you want. So I usually name my party after a group of my friends. It's fun to imagine what classes each of them would be, and what they would say or do in the fairly open-ended scenarios the games put you in. While I enjoy the more in-depth stories and characters of the later games, I don't think we give enough appreciation to blank slates and how they can make you interact with the game in a unique way.
Loved how well the writing flows and how well the music was timed for section changes. Hearing battle theme kick in when examining combat sprites made me smile a bit.
wow I had no idea that the character art for the first 6 games was done by one person, that kind of blows my mind. happy she's finally getting the recognition she deserves!
I remember helping my friend with his Final Fantasy I team.. he showed me his level 25 team of Fighter, Bl. Belt, White Mage and Black Mage. Then, to my horror, I found he had his Bl. Belt equipped with Iron Nunchucks.
"Unequip him right now," I said.
The next battle his jaw hit floor when he saw his Bl. Belt do 6 hits for 600 damage.
It's heeeeeere!
I'm glad that the FF1 Wizard circle proves that the franchise has always needed the following disclaimer:
"Several cutscenes will play in sequence. It is recommended you set aside sufficient time to view these scenes in their entirety"
This is why cutscenes galleries are nice, though it obviously wasn't an option in '87.
Brilliant as always! Next series (you know, once you’ve finished FF a year from now) should be Legend Of Zelda!
Oh my! Yes! I am so looking forward to this series! I have very little knowledge of how the limitations of nes systems worked or early ff titles, so this was so informative, excellent.
"You've got this blank slate cast of party members with no ability to speak or even emote" ...how do you know the players from my d&d game?
Oh man, the music in this video is so timeless and nostalgic. I mean, I’m just 17, but I’ve got such an attachment to this game. Great to see this analysis!
amazing how we got some of the most iconic sprite comics on the internet out of twelve poses.
Sprite comics back then were a lot of staring at sprite sheets and going "hmm. what else could this pose represent?"
I have a question! *raises hand*
Why so many npcs had walking animation when idle in this retro rpg games? Who started it? Why was popular? Why not spend two frames on other animation instead of walking in place? hAlp
It's probably because it would be ugly to see a character move without walking
A lot of NPC idle sprites (and even some of the player's walk animations!) are just flipped horizontally, sometimes with a symmetric face to make it less obvious. You could do that for free on the NES, it'd just read the graphics data backwards, so it added zero extra workload and didn't consume more memory.
@@GameDevYal oh, I see, it makes sense. Thanks! :)
My favourite Dan telling me stuff about animation. Amazing.
Whenever Dan mentions the party members lack characterization, my mind flashes back to an old webcomic called 8-bit Theatre where the original FF cast had *very clear* personalities.
Mostly through edited versions of the sprites and text.
Ohh yeah I remember that
One thing I think is fair to say was there from the very beggining is that the monster pixel art, particularly for bosses, was always spectacular 😙👌
Kinda surreal to think this series is finally releasing, after all those years. And all I've done is hear about it - can't imagine what's it's like for you making it!
YES, you've been talking about this series for so long and it's finally here! I'm so excited! This episode was really nice and I learned a lot about 8-bit limitations, I'm definitely gonna go check out Retro Game Mechanics now too!
We're gonna get one if these for each FF game?
The hype is real!
Shows castlevania footage, plays metroid music.
I see what you did there ;)
I think I just realized I've been misreading the White Mage's casting sprite for decades now. He's not opening his arms, he's clutching a holy symbol (or otherwise touching his chest/heart) and raising his hand.
Excellent start! It's funny because as much as the party lacked in designed character they actually often did end up taking on "characters" of their own during gameplay. Through things like having to choose from a limited selection of spells or randomized stats and dice rolls just always seeming to succeed or fail, your own party really did become special with each play through. The thief who was terrible at running away. The black belt who despite all his training couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. The white mage who always got targeted but was somehow amazing at not getting hit. Etc.
Great video! I can't wait for the 00s decade! keep it up!
Also I just wanted to point out something I've not read in the comments: the up and down walking animation is just one sprite each flipped, not two! That's a trick you see all the time in NES.
Oh boy, can't wait for Dan to cover the hit MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV with the award winning Heavensward expansion
loved the video, but what i wish he would have covered is how much of a leap FF1's animations were from other jrpgs at the time. actually having the characters on the battle screen, seeing them actually swing weapons or cast magic was a big step up from something like dragon quest 1
Man, though, hearing you explains just what lives on which layer in the battle was *incredible* - just imagining the sheer hoops a developer had to jump through to re-envision each layer and how the different effects would interact is pretty fascinating. Thank you for that.
That audio transition at about the 2 minute mark! *chef's kiss*
Also, I am excited for this series. :D
I love how you break this down and explain it and thanks for the heads up regarding Shibuya-san. She is an unsung genius who deserves waaay more recognition than she's ever gotten.
dragonquest 1, from around the same time. it was the same console, same limitations, still iconic!
also, there were computer-based rpg's from that time period that inspired these games, so the origin of most of what you looked at in this video, is from there and not on nintendo consoles.
Speaking of old FF animations, would you compare it to another game to see how they differ like Dragon Quest or Suikoden?
i love the project that u are embarking on, considering the recent boom of FFXIV, going through the animations of the FF franchise sounds DOPE. Supporting you all the way great vids!
If you play the video at 1.5x speed, it reminds me of when Extra Credits was good.
the knocked out sprite looks utterly adorable
Ok, in the party - I get the references to Soraya and Carrie, but Echo and Lil?
The K. O. sprites don't look like they're dead or knocked out to me. They look like they're sliding into home plate.
This video just talked me down from a breakdown, thank you for continuing to make brilliant educational content and thank you for continuing to be brilliant yourself!
I can't see those battle sprites without immediately thinking of 8 Bit Theatre.
Awesome video, Dan!
when you get to FF6 you've GOT to make a comparison with the ios demake
I get the feeling Dan wanted to do every final fantasy animation but didnt want a sonic the animation the movie repeated again.
It's... here? It's actually here? The Final Fantasy series is here! I'm so excited! I'm happy for you Dan, to be in the releasing videos phase of this project!
LETS GOOOO love me a New Frame Plus vid in the afternoon!
So fascinating. Loved the balance of details about everything in this video, I think you struck just the right balance.
It begins! Been looking forward to this series for years. So glad for it to finally reach our eyeballs!
A part of me is a tiny bit disappointed that you didn't one up Noah Caldwell Gervais and dump a 9 hour video of all the FF games ever on us, but I am excited to see the finished results!
Man learned his lesson after the near 2 hour sonic video it seems lmao
What an undertaking, I wish you luck
after the sonic video a series is probably better than a mega project.
Love it. I'm old enough that this was my first FF. I've got a picture of a FF diorama I made in Nintendo Power, haha
Pretty ambitious series! I'm excited to see you go forward, especially when you get to the SNES era especially 6 where the sprite work really took off as well as the transition to 3D.
"Didn't have much faith" - Wasn't this the game that they assumed was going to be the last game the studio ever made, due to financial trouble? Hence the name? Even if they had faith this roll of the dice would work they still didn't really have money to spend on it from my understanding.
I've been looking forward to this series since you mentioned capturing footage for it back when you first took a break from capturing footage for Sonic games several years ago to capture footage for it :) And definitely agree that retro video game mechanics explained is a fun channel.
I've heard that's the myth. They called it Final Fantasy because they actually wanted "Fighting Fantasy" but they couldn't get the rights to the name. If they had their first choice this wouldn't have been called "Final" at all, so the 'last chance' thing seems questionable.
The "It's called Final Fantasy because it was Square's last game" is kind of an urban legend. In actuality, according to Sakaguchi himself, the original title of the game was supposed to be "Fighting Fantasy" but then got changed over trademark concernes. Since they still wanted a nice catchy "FF" abreviation, they settled on Final Fantasy instead.
That being said, it was a make-or-break situation for both Sakaguchi (he would've gone back to university if FF1 hadn't been successful) and the company, but according to the man himself, the "Final" part of the title was not chosen to reflect that, literally any word starting with F could've fit.
@@GeminiTasiri Ah, yeah, that makes sense - I seem to recall hearing that the Fighting Fantasy game books were popular in Japan (complete with I think Puffin shipping Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson (the British Steve Jackson) to Japan to promote the line on at least one occasion?)
Something pretty cool I noticed
The walking frames, specifically down and up, only have the legs and arms move. What I think they did is draw the one walking pose, and then flip the bottom 4 tiles to give off the impression of walking. This reusage of tiles can be seen in the battle frames too, only the forward arm tile is changed when attacking, the walking pose just draws 2 tiles for the legs, etc
Love old school tricks like that, so clever!
Excellent presentation, I'm so excited for more Final Fantasy analysis.
Great video! Liked your analysis of the game visuals, and the limitations of the system. I'm grateful you introduced me to Retro Game Mechanics Explained.
My only complain is that you didn't mention that the game art was design to work in a CRT monitor. Using modern displays remove the extra detail that CRT gives. I would like to see that mentioned in the next videos.
Loved the video! It’s amazing how much the Pixel Remaster has made FF1 legitimately enjoyable and fun to play. Looking forward to the rest of the series!
Oh, I thought the title was meant to be about for the FF series, not just FF1. The animation of FF seven or eight? (The one with Cloud Strife) convinced me to start playing the remade FF games. Damn it looks soooo good! Best stylized animation I've ever seen in a video game!
RPGs that let you pick your own custom party of job classes and create all your own characters are honestly an underrated subgenre. They're obviously not for everyone, ya can't blame someone for wanting more *character* from their characters, but I feel that these blank slates can really spark the imagination.
Maybe you base the characters on your family/friends, or your favorite characters from other media, or new original characters. Even if they're just names and simple 8-bit sprites on the screen, that story is now *your* story... as long as your imagination is willing to do some of the heavy lifting, of course.
Does anyone know how the shaft of light animation at 13:25 works? Looks like some kind of transparency effect that should be well beyond the capabilities of the NES. I'm assuming it's using all the sprites to form the beam (hence the characters disappearing during the effect) and setting the priority flag to appear behind the tiles.
I am truly fascinated how the 8-Bit era is the definition of Less is More. The developers and artists managed to make this much by so little.
I hope this series won't be too much of an undertaking since that's a lot of mainline FFs to cover, but I'm excited for this! That visualization of the background and sprite layers was really slick
Congrats on 300k! Loved your stuff for years and I absolutely love your in depth look on Animation. Can't wait for the rest of the series!
something that people say a lot about old game protagonists, particularly silent protagonists, is that they're there to project personalities onto. i'm sure kids did quite a lot of that back in the day, and it's how i enjoyed my ff1 (gba) playthrough.
It may be simple, but I still adore this game, more so than a lot of the later entries into the series, even. It may never be as good as a lot of the more character-driven stuff, but the lack of detail leaves a lot of room for imagination, so you wind up with the exact story and character personalities that suit you. A lot of the newer stuff loses me because, despite the gorgeous animation, I just can't connect with the characters they've given me.
Thank you kindly Dan for the easily digestible information of my one of my favourite game series, I learned lots of great little trivia and gain new found appreciations for Final Fantasy I . The fond name for the NES , nostalgia box, was very endearing and thank you for the shout out recognition for spirit and pixel artist Shibuya Kazuko-san. Despite the limitation of the spirits, the key animation that Final Fantasy I had gave birth the very fun comic "8-bit theater"! Look forward to the next episode of New Frame Plus!
Wait, is 1:50 intentionally mirroring the pose of the shadowed characters in the Final Fantasy opening screen? That's AMAZING if so.
Nice! Wasn't expecting this, can't wait to see the rest :) Though I wouldn't be surprised if there's relatively little difference between 1-3, having just played through them all recently.. Unless of course you go through all the versions (NES, GBA, PSX, etc.)
Woah! First the Sonic video, and now we finally get the beginning of the long-awaited Final Fantasy series? Dan and Carrie have are on fire
️🔥 You're spoiling us guys, I'm going to be expecting the first Kingdom Hearts video as well now!
So. . . If he's gonna to review FF7R that means that he's gonna review EVERY FF? If so, I would love to see Tactics get some love
Oh! I love hearing about two random RUclipsrs i happen to watch work together, really warms the heart doesn't it?
Man, I could watch this video for the music alone, Nobuo Uematsu is a wizard.
Edit: That being said, it was a great video in its own right.
Fuck yeah let’s do this baby let’s fuckin gooooooooooooooooo
At this point, it's hardly fair to call this FF series anything other than mythical. I can't remember the first time I heard about it or how many times I've heard about it since. Very excited
this video/series came at a perfect time for me!! i got into ffxiv last year and in the fast few months have been starting to explore the rest of the ff series! i've been watching a playthrough of ff1 for the past few days because i wanted to see how the franchise started :- D the art and animation in ff really interests me, so i'm so glad you're making these videos!
Final Fantasy XIII characters:
"According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Ooh, black and yellow! Let's shake it up a little. Barry! Breakfast is ready! Ooming! Hang on a second. Hello? - Barry? - Adam? - Oan you believe this is happening? - I can't. I'll pick you up. Looking sharp. Use the stairs. Your father paid good money for those. Sorry. I'm excited. Here's the graduate. We're very proud of you, son. A perfect report card, all B's. Very proud. Ma! I got a thing going here. - You got lint on your fuzz. - Ow! That's me! - Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000. - Bye! Barry, I told you, stop flying in the house! - Hey, Adam. - Hey, Barry. - Is that fuzz gel? - A little. Special day, graduation. Never thought I'd make it. Three days grade school, three days high school. Those were awkward. Three days college. I'm glad I took a day and hitchhiked around the hive. You did come back different. - Hi, Barry. - Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good."
Final Fantasy 1 characters: "I am a farmer"
Really appreciating the technical explanation of the start, and I just wanted to say that I’m super excited for this series and I wish RUclips hadn’t hidden it from me for days.
Also, mildly curious if or when you will discuss things like the various remakes and re-releases. But I’m not at the end of the video yet so who knows?
"When we come back next time, we're talking about Final Fantasy 2."
You mean 4? Or the actual 2 that took forever to come out in the West....I remember playing the GBA Final Fantasy 1 & 2 Dawn of Souls.... I think I beat 2 once...I beat 1 multiple times...and i could get NOWHERE in Dawn of Souls...because you were either grinding against things that gave so little EXP, or things that would kill your entire party in one hit until you got strong enough and good enough equipment to survive...