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This week, Kaleb and Joe discuss their many adventures within Last Mission. This rogue dungeon crawler was released with the international version of Final Fantasy X-2, and features gameplay unlike any game we've ever seen. We discuss the light amount of story, and the insanely different gameplay present. We top things off with the games design, and touch on the few new musical tracks that the game has to offer. We finish up with the games legacy, and rank it among the rest of the Final Fantasy X saga. Enjoy! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

Join us for the return of the commentaries. This time, we cover Episode 8. Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, Joe and Kaleb discuss the plethora of news that has come out since they did a normal episode. They discuss everything from Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, to new Final Fantasy XV stuff. Enjoy! NEWS FFXII: Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age Nine minutes of gameplay. Heightened visuals, Zodiac Job system. Awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=60&v=rsIyNMenBB4 FFVII 2D ride in Dubai opening soon. Road trip? World of Final Fantasy October 25, Sephiroth Summon as a preorder bonus. The game will be over 100 hours without side quests, there will be 200 minigames. FFXV: Still hinging on the super open world game. Not much linearity present. Prompto takes pics, can be shared on Social Media. FF XV Director answers 16 fan questions at E3:Still going forward with the wait mode option… This completely pauses the gameplay when you're not pressing anything. Gives you more time to strategize. Players can turn off the HUD to create a more immersive experience. Prompto takes photo's himself, but you can stop and take your own. There's a monster-fighting ring in Altissa. There will be an option to grind out levels in order to crush your enemies, but you can also counter high level enemies with skill and prowess in battle. THere will be a t least two control layouts, though they may do a third. 200 hours of gameplay to clear everything. There won't be a lot of Astrals, or summons, in the game. Chocobo's will attack on their own.. FFXV Preorder and Special editions will come with a slew of extra contenct including extra weapons, colorings, and a Lucis Kingdom Suit for Noctis. http://gematsu.com/2016/06/final-fantasy-xv-footage-shows-pre-order-special-edition-dlc Well, they added 10,000 more copies of FFXV Ultimate Collectors Edition, but it's already fucking sold out. So there's that. http://www.siliconera.com/2016/05/19/square-enix-adding-10000-copies-final-fantasy-xv-ultimate-collectors-edition-may-23/ Square released a day and night cycle located at the Hammerhead Gas station. http://www.siliconera.com/2016/05/20/final-fantasy-xv-shows-hammerhead-day-night-cycle-time-lapse-video/ Final Fantasy Disease was infecting members of SE. They couldn't imagine anything other than their vision for FF. Need to be rooted out, and dealt with accordingly!!!!! http://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-disease-infected-square-enix-says-ffxv-1778147458 FFXV VR Mission with Prompto… Thougths? A Kings Tale Side scroller announced as FF XV Preorder bonus. This game will take pace in a ficticious 30 years before FF XV. Features retro graphics, and fast paced combat. Final Fantasy Brotherhood Episode 2: Dogged Runner Kingsglaive Character Bios released- http://gematsu.com/2016/05/kingsglaive-final-fantasy-xv-details-protagonist-supporting-characters Final Fantasy VII Monopoly announced. Players will become Shinra-esque, and try to own all the properties. There haven't been any leaks of the board as of yet. http://www.siliconera.com/2016/06/29/final-fantasy-vii-monopoly-announced-might-make-feel-like-shinra/ Remixes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e09rz6FQkuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yqYa2advT0 Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This time, we finish up our review of Final Fantasy x-2. We discuss the design, music, and legacy of the game. We also move on to read, and discuss some of our listener reviews, and answer their questions about the game. Enjoy the finale! FFX-2 Final Fantasy X-2 was released for the ps2 on March 13th, 2003 in Japan, on November 18th in america, and February 19th, 2004 in Europe. Later, an HD remaster would come for the Ps3 and finally the Ps4 just last year. It was to be the first ever direct sequel to a main-series final Fantasy game. There was no plans for a sequel, but with the short video called Eternal calm (which was released with a special edition of FFX in Japan) was so well received by fans that they decided to continue X's story. Although many people in the company were hesitant about doing a sequel to X (especially Kazushige Nojima), Yoshinori Kitase decided that his team was ready for a challenge. Not only was their challenge to do a sequel, but to attempt to make a game centered entirely around female characters. The game was also attempting to go away from the Macho female characters most hollywood action movies star. This created a light-hearted feel for the entire game. A brain-hurting difference from the more somber Final Fantasy X. There was also a purposeful change in theme for the game, FFX was all about gaining independence, while X2 would be about the consequences of independance. The development time for X2 was very short compared to that of most FF games (according to Tetsuya Nomura), taking an estimated year-and-a-half less time than the development of X. This was due to all of the reuse of many character models, it's not like they had to start from scratch. The music would be composed by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi (composers for the much-maligned game "The Bouncer"). The most famous song from the game (one of 2 pop songs) was the ballad "1000 words" sung by sung by Kuni Koda in Japan, and Jade Villalon for the English edition. X2 would go on to sell 1.94 million copies in Japan (the highest selling game of that year) and 1.85 Million in America. It was also well acclaimed (more so in Japan) for it's departure from the Final Fantasy form, it's focus on side-quests, it's political background, and it's overall uniqueness from anything players had seen before. But I ask you, does unique really mean good? STORY So… The uh story starts out at a fucking terrible pop concert with the "what can I do for you?" song blaring out of our TV speakers. Someone who looks like Yuna is singing terribly and YRP comes to save...Yuna's garment grid from a disgusting looking woman named Lablanc. What is a garment grid? YRP stands for Yuna, Rikku, and a new smoking hot emo chick named "Paine", and they make up the Gullwings (y'know, not enough nicknames for the group). They are a group of sphere hunters searching the world for rare spheres… and stealing them from people who they think shouldn't have them. When Yuna finds a sphere with what looks like Tidus on it, she sphere hunts even harder for the missing pieces. Also on the sphere, a dangerous weapon, the vegnagun, is shown to be hidden somewhere in spira. A weapon powerful enough to destroy Spira, apparently. In the midst of all the sphere hunting and the Leblanc Syndicate (functioning like a lame team rocket) attempting to snatch the spheres from under our heroes noses, are the political factions of the Youth league and New Yevon. The Youth league, young ruffian sphere hunters looking to educate the world about the past; New Yevon, holding onto the teachings of the faith that failed them in FFX. THese two fractions never really do any harm to one another or fight for power in any real world sense, but hey, that's ffx2. With the new threat of Vegnagun, Nooj (leader of the Youth League), sets off to destroy the Vegnagun, but is possessed by Shuyin (the Tidus-looking dude). Chasing after him, Yuna falls into the farplane where the Spirit of Shuyin reunites with whom he thinks is "Lenne", apparently a famous popstar Shuyin was unable to save with the power of Vegnagun from the Zanarkand he belongs to… 1000 years in the past. A quick aside, who is this shuyin guy and why does he look like Tidus? (not actually explained in this game, but we can figure it out) The reason Shuyin mistakes Yuna for Lenne is because Yuna is wearing her dress sphere. Soon Yuna begins to relive Lenne's memories, and eventually uses her singing ability and songwriting skills to bring the people of Spira together for…… a concert. After this, Yuna, The Lablanc syndicate, members of The Youth League, as well as members of New Yevon, team up to finally destroy Vegnagun and the spirit of Shuyin who tries to control it. After all is said and done, Spira is saved, and The Youth League compromises with New Yevon. The end? Taken from neoseeker.com: Good Ending As Yuna is walking in the flower field in the Farplane, press "X" and Yuna will hear a whistle. She looks around to hear w

We have finally completed Final Fantasy X-2. Here are our thoughts on the game. FFX-2 Final Fantasy X-2 was released for the ps2 on March 13th, 2003 in Japan, on November 18th in america, and February 19th, 2004 in Europe. Later, an HD remaster would come for the Ps3 and finally the Ps4 just last year. It was to be the first ever direct sequel to a main-series final Fantasy game. There was no plans for a sequel, but with the short video called Eternal calm (which was released with a special edition of FFX in Japan) was so well received by fans that they decided to continue X's story. Although many people in the company were hesitant about doing a sequel to X (especially Kazushige Nojima), Yoshinori Kitase decided that his team was ready for a challenge. Not only was their challenge to do a sequel, but to attempt to make a game centered entirely around female characters. The game was also attempting to go away from the Macho female characters most hollywood action movies star. This created a light-hearted feel for the entire game. A brain-hurting difference from the more somber Final Fantasy X. There was also a purposeful change in theme for the game, FFX was all about gaining independence, while X2 would be about the consequences of independance. The development time for X2 was very short compared to that of most FF games (according to Tetsuya Nomura), taking an estimated year-and-a-half less time than the development of X. This was due to all of the reuse of many character models, it's not like they had to start from scratch. The music would be composed by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi (composers for the much-maligned game "The Bouncer"). The most famous song from the game (one of 2 pop songs) was the ballad "1000 words" sung by sung by Kuni Koda in Japan, and Jade Villalon for the English edition. X2 would go on to sell 1.94 million copies in Japan (the highest selling game of that year) and 1.85 Million in America. It was also well acclaimed (more so in Japan) for it's departure from the Final Fantasy form, it's focus on side-quests, it's political background, and it's overall uniqueness from anything players had seen before. But I ask you, does unique really mean good? STORY So… The uh story starts out at a fucking terrible pop concert with the "what can I do for you?" song blaring out of our TV speakers. Someone who looks like Yuna is singing terribly and YRP comes to save...Yuna's garment grid from a disgusting looking woman named Lablanc. What is a garment grid? YRP stands for Yuna, Rikku, and a new smoking hot emo chick named "Paine", and they make up the Gullwings (y'know, not enough nicknames for the group). They are a group of sphere hunters searching the world for rare spheres… and stealing them from people who they think shouldn't have them. When Yuna finds a sphere with what looks like Tidus on it, she sphere hunts even harder for the missing pieces. Also on the sphere, a dangerous weapon, the vegnagun, is shown to be hidden somewhere in spira. A weapon powerful enough to destroy Spira, apparently. In the midst of all the sphere hunting and the Leblanc Syndicate (functioning like a lame team rocket) attempting to snatch the spheres from under our heroes noses, are the political factions of the Youth league and New Yevon. The Youth league, young ruffian sphere hunters looking to educate the world about the past; New Yevon, holding onto the teachings of the faith that failed them in FFX. THese two fractions never really do any harm to one another or fight for power in any real world sense, but hey, that's ffx2. With the new threat of Vegnagun, Nooj (leader of the Youth League), sets off to destroy the Vegnagun, but is possessed by Shuyin (the Tidus-looking dude). Chasing after him, Yuna falls into the farplane where the Spirit of Shuyin reunites with whom he thinks is "Lenne", apparently a famous popstar Shuyin was unable to save with the power of Vegnagun from the Zanarkand he belongs to… 1000 years in the past. A quick aside, who is this shuyin guy and why does he look like Tidus? (not actually explained in this game, but we can figure it out) The reason Shuyin mistakes Yuna for Lenne is because Yuna is wearing her dress sphere. Soon Yuna begins to relive Lenne's memories, and eventually uses her singing ability and songwriting skills to bring the people of Spira together for…… a concert. After this, Yuna, The Lablanc syndicate, members of The Youth League, as well as members of New Yevon, team up to finally destroy Vegnagun and the spirit of Shuyin who tries to control it. After all is said and done, Spira is saved, and The Youth League compromises with New Yevon. The end? Taken from neoseeker.com: Good Ending As Yuna is walking in the flower field in the Farplane, press "X" and Yuna will hear a whistle. She looks around to hear where it's coming from. That little Fayth guy will appear and tell you that he's heard your wish to see Tidus again. He will then ask you if you want to see him

This special minisode is brought to you by KupoCon! This is the fan event we've all been waiting for. Kaleb will for sure make the event, and we hope many of you are able to join us. We'll see you guys again on Saturday! Check http://kupocon.com/ for up to date news, and tickets. Tickets will go on sale June 21st. Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This time, we talk about the Eternal Calm. This small piece of Final Fantasy lore takes place between Final Fantasy X, and it's sequel Final Fantasy X-2. It shows the transformation of Yuna as a character, and serves as a twenty minute changing of clothes. We also talk FF with one of our longtime Patreon supporters, Kefka Palozza! Enjoy the listen! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we continue with our Spotlight on Nobuo Uematsu. Enjoy! PART II Last week we looked at the beginnings of Nobuo Uematsu's career, from being hired at Square Co. to his first two masterpieces that we can agree on with his soundtracks of FF4 and FF6. As a reminder, this is a special kind of Spotlight, one where you sit back, and enjoy the music. Let's continue from 1995. Chrono Trigger, the one fucking game that we need to play but can't because of the official order of things, was a gigantic project for Square, and is often cited with FF6 as the greatest RPG game ever. Most of the music was composed by veteran composer Yasunori Mitsuda, but Nobuo would leave his mark on the classic game as well, composing 8 of the tracks for the game. Here's the haunting theme "Silent Light": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T4WB2zfmps No, no no no. Silent LIGHT. Not Silent night… Jesus.. That was Josef Mohr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ccv48ZiX1I&index=10&list=PLTHOcnhIuPOvEJd8WJI6kaJbQG0NeKtaY 1996 would be kind-of a dud year for Uematsu. The little known game "Dynami Tracer" would be his only solo work in 1996, and it's definitely not one of his better soundtracks… But we wouldn't wanna keep you wanting! Here's a little piece called...music factory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-T4JU01UoA&list=PL70567EDAFF96BD39&index=3 We're not gonna even bother with his next work, contributing to the album for Front Mission: Gun Hazard with a half a billion of other Square composers. His next game was 1997's fucking Final Fantasy 7. We can't give you just one. Here's his band, the black mages' version of perhaps the most popular FF7 song One Winged Angel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHzEaKFqboI One of the most beautiful pieces from the game, Aerith's theme, taking a cue from Terra's theme in the last game, here's an orchestral version of that song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU0TcnsLop8 We can't forget Kaleb's favorite. This is Cosmo Canyon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBk58XDx5gY His next game would be that of FInal Fantasy 8. Nobuo has stated that with 8's soundtrack, he worked hard to reflect the charcter's emotions at certain parts of the game. It would be one of the more successful FF soundtracks with what is now as of 2016 the second-biggest video game music single ever, Faye Wong's "Eyes on Me" selling over 500,000 copies. Now… Final Fantasy VIII… This is a tough one because neither of us really care for the soundtrack of FF8. There's something about the tone of the instrumentation and the terrible engrish lyrics of "eyes on me" that leaves us with a bad taste in our mouths, but no one can deny the power of the opener, Liberi Fatali!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4MMhY4RyxQ Eh, fuck it, we'll give you "Eyes on Me". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANw53vQFJeM Along this stream of Final Fantasy games, the often-underappreciated Final Fantasy IX would follow. FF9 would take a departure from the previous games with the soundtrack offering a more medieval scottish highlands inspired milieu. Nobuo would do the entire 160 tracks on his own for this game. Here's one of them, "The Place I'll return to someday": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OK29BoxomE We can't forget "Rose of May"... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKw3eJV6XFM Along with these classic pieces, Nobuo wrote yet another J-pop single to go with the game. This the greatest cover of "Melodies of Life" ever made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wffHREGnTiA The same year as FF9, the year 2000, would be Nobuo's first foray into feature films, where he would compose the main theme for the animated film "Ah! My Goddess: The Movie" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2VTbUCek8E The first FInal Fantasy game without a soundtrack composed entirely by Uematsu himself would be the PS2 smash hit…. You guessed it! Final Fantasy X. One would guess that he may have been a bit burned out from FF9. In the end Nobuo ended up composing 51 of the game's 89 tracks, including the Joe favorite "To Zanarkand" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3eQuEm4R10 One of the most commonly performed songs by The Black Mages is the incredibly zany "Fight with Seymour" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87e5qQnVerI Can't forget a Kaleb favorite, "Auron's Theme". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaAhtI1_HU8 Oh, and one of the decent theme songs for a Final Fantasy, probably because it wasn't awkwardly forced into the english language, here's "Suteki Da Ne" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikunVjaG2hw Final Fantasy XI, despite the arguments between Kaleb and I on whether or not he composed the soundtrack for the game, was composed in large part by him. NOT THE EXPANSIONS, but the original release. Here's one of his tracks, "Ronfaure": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ-ZDsFUEP8 Another insanely cool track from FF11 from Uematsu is "Despair" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joxCId9SvAU ...And one of the best-ever FF songs, one that Joe actually likes. This is the epic "Distant Worlds". h

It's time for our Nobuo Uematsu spotlight episode. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the tunes! PART I With the exception of Hironobu Sakaguchi, there really isn't any other name more synonymous with Final Fantasy than that of "Nobuo Uematsu". Composing either all or part of 12 of the 15 main-series final fantasy games, much of the feel and atmosphere, that visceral, unspeakable part of us that sings when we are reminded of a Final Fantasy, may be the melodies that Nobuo Uematsu is responsible for. With numerous remixes, live symphonic performances, and the original scores themselves, fans of Final Fantasy have relived their FF adventures through listening to the plethora of material presented by Nobuo Uematsu through their headphones while they do homework, clean their homes, or drive to work. There is no doubt that without the contribution that Nobuo Uematsu has brought to the series, much of our experiences with these games would be dramatically altered from what they are. Where would Star Wars be if it weren't for John Williams? You could ask the same of Uematsu. Note: You will be hearing a large number of remixes through this two-part Nobuo Uematsu spotlight, as well as some concert performances, and tracks from the games themselves. The youtube links for all of the pieces will be provided in the descriptions, and we ask that if you like a particular piece to consider following the links and supporting the artists that keep the music of Uematsu alive. Let's get to it… [small interlude with the main FF theme] Nobuo Uematsu was born on March 21st, 1959 in Kochi, Japan. Inspired by the music of Elton John, he taught himself how to play the piano at the age of 12. Shortly after graduating from Kanagawa University, Uematsu began writing music for commercials before being hired by Square Co. in 1986 to work on video game scores. For 18 years Uematsu worked at Square, creating over 30 video game and movie soundtracks before separating from square in 2004 to become an independant contracter. We're gonna pay special attention to these years, as that's where most of the Final Fantasy meat is at; but first, let's rewind the clock back to his very first game score, co-written with Takashi Uno, this is a piece from "Cruise Chaser Blassy" called "Space": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcmWisadc9Q 1986 would end up being a very busy year for rookie Nobuo, the next game he'd work on would be his first that he'd compose entirely on his own called "Alpha", although we can't seem to find any tracks for that game, his next would be a NES classic called "King's Knight". Here's the theme from that game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBui5DMZAVs December of 1986 would feature his next soundtrack, that for Suishō no Dragon. Here's the intro track for that game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MIhB2mgcRA The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner would push Square's stereoscopic 3D technology to the limits and with the music of this game, we would see a side of Nobuo we hadn't seen before, you could call it "super pep" here's a cover of the main theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDZhruBVzP4 Another soundtrack was made for a little piece of software called "Apple town story", and he would follow that up with "Mystery Quest" (not to be confused with Mystic Quest, a later game). Here's a taste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_qIcMhmXJ0 With few exceptions, most of the pre-FF games Nobuo Uematsu worked on have been forgotten, with the most notable detail about them being that they had soundtracks created by Uematsu. Nearly forgotten games such as Genesis, Alien 2, and Cleopatra no Maho, which were next up in line, could probably be seen as pot boilers for what was to come, quick cash grabs before Square's impending doom in 1987. Here's a taste from the 26/40-famitsu scored Cleopatra game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGnh3e6wNdo Rad racer would come next, notable for being one of the few racing games on the NES. This is a track called "Grand Canyon": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpzbHphuVrk&index=4&list=PL0D98064E11A94D91 One of the first dating sim games would follow (I sense desperation) with the long-winded mother fucking title of a game called "Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School", that Nobuo would co-score with Toshiaki Imai. And the last game Nobuo would score, a sequel of sorts to 3D worldrunner would be that of "JJ". But ya'll wanna get to the good stuff. I can feel it. Fine. His last effort of 1987 would be the soundtrack for Final Fantasy. This now-legendary soundtrack featured both the arpeggio prelude and main theme that would be staples in the series to come. He remarked once that he felt kind-of embarrassed as he hadn't worked all that hard on pieces that would be hummed by gamers around the world. This is one of the best songs in the game. Here's a cover for "Matoya's theme": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdRMfqWNJok Beginning in 1988, Nobuo would slow down his work to 1 to 2 games per year, primarily being that o

This week, we invite one of our patrons, Minzara, on for an episode! We discuss his history with the Final Fantasy series from the beginning, and discuss his thoughts on the Final Fantasy VII remake, and Final Fantasy XV. There's also another fun Stump the Host segment. Find out who wins! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, Joe goes off on another Joseph Campbell tangent. I think it's in the name. I really do.. Anyways, we discuss the Eastern mythological storytelling methods in the Final Fantasy series. This style of storytelling features a more realistic approach to characters. It doesn't label individuals as good and evil, but rather as agents of both. We talk about when Final Fantasy began adopting this heavier, and when it was a bit on the loose end. We move on to answer some questions, and give a bit o news. If you haven't bought FF X, it's out on Steam now, so go pick it up! Enjoy the episode! REMIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU5nM3eSuac Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we discuss On the Way to a Smile, Episode Tifa. This is part of a short story series set before the events of Advent Children, but after Final Fantasy VII. This story was originally released in a prologue book along with the Complete edition of Advent Children. We discuss what we hope to get from the other episodes in the series. Special thanks to thelifestream.net. Link to the Lifestreams readings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whWA6NZMhhA Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we run through the many retcons of Final Fantasy VII. We found an amazing article from http://www.ff7citadel.com/ that detailed the retcons, and their level of retconification. We briefly discuss each retcon, and decide if we side with Citadel on their ranking of the most to least acceptable changes that were brought on by Dirge of Cerberus, Crisis Core, Before Crisis, Advent Children, Last Order, and beyond! Enjoy the episode guys! EPIC HIP HOP REMIX:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YwWuPUhgTM Super Fucking Awesome Retcon list: http://www.ff7citadel.com/compilation/comp_retcon.shtml Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

Development History: Dirge of Cerberus was born during the development of Advent Children. It was part of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, along with Before Crisis, and Crisis Core. Yoshinori Kitase had decided that Dirge of Cerberus would be a shooter, based on his love for the series. They threw in some role-playing elements, due to the lack of appeal for a pure action game among developers. Square chose Vincent due to the possibilities for expanding his backstory, which we all know was very limited in Final Fantasy VII. Before the team started working on Dirge of Cerberus, they considered using other gun toting characters from Final Fantasy, such as Barret Wallace, Irvine Kinneas or Yuna from X-2.. I feel like we all dodged a bullet there. They eventually settled on Vincent, once they solidified the expansion of the Final Fantasy VII universe. Dirge of Cerberus was anounced in September of 2004, and was scheduled for release in Japan in 2005. The game originally had an online version, but they removed the multiplayer support due to the popularity of PLayOnline, and a lack of PS2 HDD support. The missions that were originally part of the multiplayer mode were turned into secret unlockable missions in our version of the game. There was also an EASY MODE available in Japan that was removed. The game was released on January 26th 2008 in Japan, and August 15th, 2006 in North America. It has sold around 1.5 million copies worldwide, and has a 57% on Metacritic. Story Dirge starts out with Vincent and Yuffie helping to evacuate Midgar, just before it is destroyed by Meteor. We find Hojo unconscious over the controls, stuff blows up, and we move three years in the future where Vincent is chilling in Kalm. Kalm is attacked, and we meet up with Reeve, who is now part of the World Regenesis Organization, whose main goal is recovery after the events of FF VII. The unknown enemies capture and kill some citizens. We later learn that the people who attacked Kalm are part of a covert Shinra organization called Deepground. These are, once again, genetically altered soldiers. Vincent finds out that he's on their chopping block, due to the Protomateria that he carries within himself. He uses this materia to control the Chaos within. Deepground wants the materia to control Omega. Chaos is described as "Omega's squire to the heavens." The Chaos gene was injected into Vincent thirty years prior, by Lucrecia Crescent, a research assistant to Hojo. Vincent had the hots for this one. Searching for more info, Vincent goes to Nibelheim, where Lucrecia studied Omega and Chaos. While checking out the manor, Vincent get's jumped by Rosso, a super hot ruskie chick that rips the Protomateria out of Vincent's chest. She is a member of Deepground, but is in an elite group called the Tsviets. Weiss is the leader, then Nero, Shelke, and Azul are also members. She would have given him a "happy ending", but Yuffie came in and saved him last minute. The two return to the WRO headquarters and find that Deepthroat has launched an assault on the base. The WRO end up capturing Shelke, a member of Deepthroat that is synaptically connected to Lucrecia's memories, which will allow the WRO to complete the research on Omega. Shelkes sister Shalua Rui, high ranking scientist and catastrophic money shot survivor, discovers that Omega is a WEAPON. Omega is supposed to absorb the Lifestream and move to another planet, leaving everyone and everything behind to die. Deepthroat's endgame is to kill a bunch of people in order to trick the planet into activating Omega early. Vincent and the Dubya Arr Oh attack the Deepground headquarters in Midgar. Reeve and friends battle soldiers and attempt to destroy the Mako reactors, currently feeding Omega, Vincent dives straight into the heart of enemy territory to battle Weiss. He finds Weiss dead, but as Omega stirs, so does Weiss. We then find out that Weiss is being possessed by Hojo, who uploaded his consciousness into the Worldwide Network, and then took possession of Weiss' body while he was attempting to find a cure for a virus. Nero, an enemy fought earlier in the game, emerges from the Lifestream and destroys Hojo. He then "merges" with his brother to fuse with Omega. Vincent then transforms into Chaos to destroy Omega Weiss. Shelke finds more info on Lucrecia's Protomateria, and Vincent takes on Omega. Omega sprouts Lifestream wings and tries to leave the planet, but Vincent destroys it. He's seen alter visiting the tomb of Lucrecia, stating that Chaos and Omega have returned to the planet. 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Join us for episode 100 of Ultima Final Fantasy! This week, we go through and discuss our lists of the top ten most underrated moments in Final Fantasy. From the creeping oglop in Final Fantasy IX, to seeing Sephiroth find out about his past in the basement of the Shinra Building, we cover the moments that should be discussed more often in regular Final Fantasy chatter. We also discuss the 7-11 event for Final Fantasy XIV, where soft drinks contain codes that can be redeemed for in game items. We talk about Final Fantasy IX's release on Steam. The game features Steam achievements, no encounter mode, auto save functions, and cleaned up graphics. We then discuss the multi part release for the Final Fantasy VII Remake. Enjoy the memories, and thank you for sticking with us these last hundred episodes! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

Final Fantasy XV Predictions III By Kaleb Schweiss As we all know, Square Enix has sprayed a shoopuff sized load of Final Fantasy XV content onto our eagerly awaiting faces. From a hyper CG film directed by Takeshi Nozue, the man who brought us Advent Children, to a new Final Fantasy XV Demo titled "Final Fantasy XV: Platinum Demo". But first, let's start off with Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV. Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV. As all of us who watched Final Fantasy XV: Uncovered know, Sean Bean, Lena Headey, and Aaron Paul are behind three of the biggest voices of the film. The film will feature King Regis and his Kingsglaive, or Kingsguard…., as they fight off the evil empire of Niflheim, who is advancing ever deeper into the kingdom of Lucis. They are, naturally, after the crystal that is housed here. Regis is essentially forced to secede his lands outside the capital, and send his son to wed the uber hot Lunafreya, a princess of Tenebrae, and captive of the Niflheim. It essentially looks like a little more back story for FF XV, centered around King Regis, rather than Noctis. It is set to take place just after Noctis leaves to wet his whick on ole Lunafreya. Kingsglaive doesn't have an official release date, but it will be available sometime before September 30th. Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV is a five episode, completely original animated short. It delves further into the relationships between Noctis and his friends, and sets up the story for Final Fantasy XV. This will be a free to view series, and the first episode is up on YouTube. It is said that this series will follow Noctis from childhood on. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsVhwsUFaDE Thoughts on episode 1 of brotherhood? Platinum Demo: Final Fantasy XV This demo is a free to download game that features a dream within child Noctis. The "storyline" explored will be unique to Platinum Demo, and players who complete the demo will receive the Carbuncle summon for the full game. The demo essentially showcases the battle system. It shows us young Noctis, with squeaky hammer in hand, as he figures out the important things in life, such as driving, and destroying his enemies… seeing them driven before him, and the lamentation of the women!!!!! Well, sort of. You also unlock magic in this demo, and get to play as adult Noctis to take on the formiddable Iron Giant at the end of the demo. Thoughts on Platinum Demo: Final Fantasy XV? Some final mentions -Still considering PC release -Airship car thing will be fully controllable, and obtained near end of 1game -Square may produce more Ultimate….Editions of FFXV, for the 99 percent of us who couldn't get one. - FF XV will feature Justice Monsters Five, a pinball-style FF monster reference game. There will be various locations to play this game, so you shouldn't have a hard time accessing the minigame. -There are over 200 quests in the game so far, ranging from story missions to chocobo racing. - Weapons can be improved by collecting materials from the world, and battles. Ability points will be obtained once you level up. REMIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=951CjSrLd5M Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

Making-of Crisis Core began development as a PSP port of the FInal Fantasy VII Mobile Phone Japan-only game "Before Crisis". Hajime Tabata, event Director for Monster Rancher 2, and the creator of "Before Crisis" was chosen as director of the port. It would also be produced by Hideki Imaizumi, the score by Takeharu Ishimoto, written by Kazushige Nojima, and art designed by Yoshihiro Imaizumi. Soon into production of the port, however, when it was decided that the port was going to center around the mythical character of Zack, they opted to create a brand-new game instead. They titled this new project "Before Crisis Core" and eventually shortened it to "Crisis Core", and drew upon the artwork and back story left over from the development of Final Fantasy VII. Despite having plenty of backstory for FF7 filled in with this game, they initially wanted to include more, but were restricted by the size of the PSP's UMD's. Much of Cloud's involvement was cut in order to focus the game on Zack. The game's antagonist, Genesis, was brought over from the development of Dirge of Cerberus, and made the main baddie, in an attempt to cohesively connect the games. That and the Rock Star voice actor, "Gackt", wanted a bigger role, so Producer Hideki Imaizumi gave him one. The team behind Crisis Core had some hurdles to get over in development. With Zack as the main protagonist, the regular "RPG" style of gameplay wasn't going to work, and so they opted for a more fluid Action style of gameplay, with little exploration. There was some fear that such a departure from traditional gameplay and leveling would alienate fans, as well as concern over retconning certain elements of Final Fantasy 7. Square, at this time, was receiving a lot of backlash over the Animated short film, Last Order, and were trying to make up for it. Too late into development, the team realized that the player's inability to skip cutscenes was a huge oversight that they couldn't fix, and the luck-based leveling, meant to keep gameplay from growing stale, had its problems as well. Despite all this, Crisis Core's demo was released in 2006 at Jump festa, and in may of 2007 Tabata stated that the game was 90% complete (Tabata loves his percentages). In september of that year, Crisis Core was released to Japanese audiences, and in the spring of 2008 it made its way to western shores. Note that 2007 would have been the 10th anniversary for FF7, and a lot was made of Crisis Core and other projects of Square's Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, the others being Before Crisis, the shooter Dirge of Cerberus (our next game), and the CGI movie Advent Children. Crisis Core would be released with a bang, well reviewed by most (metacritic has it at 83/100), it ended up being the 6th biggest selling PSP game ever, selling 3.1 million copies worldwide. It's definitely one of the more successful FInal Fantasy Sequels/Prequels, praised for its focus on the Final Fantasy VII backstory, although faulted sometimes for it's DMW or "randomized as hell limit break system" RAHLBS, it remains a beloved addition to the FFVII universe, and has been called one of the most tear-inducing game of all time. Story Crisis core takes place 7 years before the events of FFVII, and focuses the story around a Shinra Soldier named Zack Fair, as he explores the dark roots and experiments of Genetically modified Soldiers like himself. It begins with Zack and his mentor Angeal being dispatched to support the Shinra war against the nation of Wutai, during which Angeal disappeared. Later it's "revealed" that Angeal and another soldier named Genesis, have somehow betrayed shinra, and Zack and Sephiroth are sent to kill him. At this point, Genesis and a dude named Dr. Hollander, throw a clone army Shinra's way. Sephiroth attacks Genesis, and Zack goes off to find Hollander. Angeal, however, stops Zack from killing Hollander by knocking him into the abyss, as Hollander must be kept alive if they are to have any hope in finding a cure from being turned into a monster, something that happens when potential Soldiers are exposed to too much of Jenova's genetic Material, an amount had by both Genesis and Angeal, as well as Sephiroth. Zack wakes up, having fallen into Aerith's church, and they spend some quality time together while Zack heals. When Zack returns to the ever-being-attacked Shinra building, he is convinced to side with his friend Angeal, who has become disillusioned with Genesis. But once again, Angeal disappears, and Zack is ordered somewhere new, Modeoheim, where Genesis was last seen. On route he meets a young Cloud Strife, and their brief friendship begins. Zack does end up fighting Genesis, but Genesis throws himself into a Mako Reactor in the end. On that same trip, Zack finds Angeal is fusing with his own clones, being overtaken by the monster inside of him, and eventually Zack is forced to kill him, inheriting his mentor's sword in the wake of his death. After all of this, despite the fact t

Joe and Kaleb Craig explore the Final Fantasy XV Release event. Join us for all the Sean Bean action! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we discuss what the optimum length for a Final Fantasy game is. This is a subject of much interest as of late, since the creators of Final Fantasy XV have announced that the campaign will take about fifty hours to complete. This dwarfs many of the rest of the main series, at least where the main campaign is concerned within the Final Fantasy series. We compare this fifty hour game time to our Final Fantasy IX playtime, as Final Fantasy IX is the highest rated in the series. We touch base on what we want as far as story, game play, and side quests to be implemented within Final Fantasy as a whole. We then answer a few great questions from our community members. Enjoy the episode! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we discuss Masayoshi Sokens history within Square Enix. Enjoy! Spotlight: Masayoshi Soken By Joseph DeGolyer Look, it's hard to follow up after a huge success. To every first generation of Saturday night live hosts, there's always a second generation. Like Irvine Kershner after George Lucas. Like Jason Newsted after Cliff Burton. Like Andrew Johnson after Abraham Lincoln. Like Commodus after Marcus Aurelius. Some, like Kershner, rise to meet the challenge. Others, like Andrew Johnson, do so terribly their effects sour generations. Even more are just forgotten with time. For Example, Can you name the musical composer for Final Fantasy 12? How about 13? For most of us, these names probably don't pop so easily into our heads… (They are Hitoshi Sakimoto, Hayato Matsuo, Masaharu Iwata for FF12 and Masashi Hamauzu for 13 By the way---and yes, I did have to look those up.) How can you possibly follow a legend like Nobuo Uematsu? With 12 main series Final Fantasy games composed primarily by him. With pieces like "theme of Love" from FF4 being taught to schoolchildren in Japan, and having the second-highest selling video game single ever (Eyes on Me, yes I still hate it, although I won't deny the accomplishment), how can someone possibly fill his shoes. You've heard the rumors… Is the next Uematsu here? HAS THE CHOSEN ONE ARRIVED? On that, who knows? But let's talk about him anyway. This is our special Spotlight on Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn composer, Masayoshi Soken!!! ----------------------------small musical interlude---------------------------------- Masayoshi Soken was born on January 10th, 1975 in La Paz Mexico. His father was a Trumpet Player in the NHK Symphony Orchestra for many years, as well as a professor at the Okinawa Prefectural University of Art. Why was his pregnant mother in mexico at the time of Soken's birth? Who knows! Because he went straight from Mexico to Tokyo, Japan. There he grew to love music, learn piano, learn the guitar, and get into the Tokyo University of Science. Now I've desperately been searching for what he got his degree in at University… There are departments there in Science, engineering, innovation studies, chemical sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, management, fire science, math, technology, and biology…. Basically, no music or sound design school. Students are required to take some liberal arts stuff, according to the university's website. I figured, for fun, I'll list off their principles on liberal arts-supplemented education: "Leaders in science and technology are required to remain motivated to tackle, in cooperation with like minded people from different fields, cross-sectional and complex issues that transcend the borders of specialties, while maintaining a foothold in science and technology. We believe that cultivating such ability and supporting outstanding specialized skills are the role of liberal arts education. For this purpose, organizing a curriculum for liberal arts education should aim to cultivate the following types of ability. Ability to adopt a bird's-eye perspective of nature, people, and society Ability to think logically and critically Communication skills Internationalism (ability to understand different cultures, languages, ethnic groups, and international issues) Self-management ability" ----------------------------small musical interlude------------------------------------- Whatever it was that he learned from University, be it Biology or his skill in "Internationalism", he was able to get an interview at Square in 1998 to work in the sound department. Apparently, his enthusiasm for rock and roll is what got him the job, as well as his sick skills on the guitar. And he put that guitar skill to work with his first video game soundtrack credit for the game "Gekikuukan Pro Yakyuu At the End of the Century" in 1999. The game features his punk rock music tracks, as well as some of his sound design… Let's take a listen to one of his first video game scores…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyj_AjLK7E8 Soken would continue to work on sports games for Square, until Square decided that they were done making them. Before that time, would compose tracks for the games Nichibeikan Pro Baseball: Final League and the soccer simulator World Fantasista… Here's a bit of sound from that game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IphGvVxw9x8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now, Soken stayed quiet after the Sports Team was dissolved at square. My only assumption was that he was just lurking in sound design for various games, and not given any more opportunities to compose any music until 2005. There is some confusion regarding his credits, as Soken often went by pseudonyms during this time. It is believed that he co-created the piece "Endless Love, Endless Road" with Masashi Hamauzu and Tsuyoshi Sekito from a Final Fantasy X Tribute Album called "Feel/Go Dream Yuna & Tidus"i

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years By Kaleb Schweiss Development History: Final Fantasy IV: The After Years was initially announced prior to the release of the DS Remake of Final Fantasy IV. Takashi Tokida, the game's executive producer, discussed there being talk of creating an after story, and a discussion began about working on mobile titles. Tokida may seem to be jumping in and changing things, but he had become quite attached to the characters, due to being a scenario writer for Final Fantasy IV. They decided that releasing the game in a mobile format would be beneficial, so it would allow players to play after completing the DS remake. This would effectively give you time to refresh your knowledge of FFIV before moving on to the After Years. The decision to have an episodic release came from a desire to have players anticipate the new chapters in the same way manga readers do. The Japanese mobile phones got the game on February 18th, 2008. The Prologue section Return of the Moon and Ceodore's Tale were the initial releases, and the succeeding chapters came out in one month intervals. Just before the Lunarians Tale was released, Square Enix announced that the game had reached one million downloads, not including the free prologue chapter. As of March 2009, it has exceeded three million paid downloads. The game has a generally positive rate of review, with IGN giving it an 8/10. Storyline: The game takes place after the moon leaves the Blue Planets orbit. Peace ensues in the kingdoms, Mist is rebuilt. Civility reigns. Seventeen years later, the unimaginable happens. A second moon appears. FOR THE SECOND TIME!! We are then introduced to the product of Cecil's powerful loins; Ceodore. Yes. His FUCKING GAME IS CEODORE!!! He is being initiated into the Red Wings, Baron's famous air force fleet. He is introduced as a character who fears he'll never step out of the shadow of his famous parents. He later finds out that he has what it takes, yada yada yada. We then head back to Baron, where we see Cecil, Rosa, and Cid fighting the endless onslaught of enemies, who seemingly appeared out of nowhere. We are then introduced to the Mysterious Girl. Cecil sees the imminent threat, and has Cid relocate with Rosa while he confronts this little bitch. The woman summons the legendary beast of ruin, Bahamut, and rips Cecil about a hundred new assholes. While these events take place, the airship carrying Ceodore is attacked. Everyone but Ceodore is killed, and he begins his journey home. While on the way, he gets ambushed by monsters, and is rescued by the Hooded Man. They head towards Mysidia, and we intercut to Mt. Ordeals, where Kain is heading towards Baron with a raging boner for Cecil's sweet ass. On the way, Kain teams up with the aforementioned Mysterious Girl to steal the crystals. He also kidnaps Rosa, stating that he plans to kill Cecil and take Rosa for his own. Ceodore, the Hooded man, and everyone's "favorite" Spoony Bard Edward, intercept Kain in front of Cecil's throneroom. This is when the Hooded Man finally reveals himself as the real Kain. The Kain we had been seeing up to this point was in fact a manifestation of his dark half. Kain fights his dark half, much like Cecil did seventeen years prior, and wins. He then becomes a Holy Dragoon. We then get some of that sweet, sweet Rydia. She, Luca, and Edge are on an airship in the underworld. Suddenly, or not so much if you played the Lunarians Tale, the Man in Black appears and takes over the airship, taking it towards Baron. Upon approach, the party sees meteors falling from the second moon. They get to Baron, and find it sealed by magic. They then travel the world looking for their lost friends. This part of the game really reminded me of the Planet of Ruin in Final Fantasy VI. You eventually run into Rydia, and proceed to hunt down each of her missing Eidolons. Once the control of the summons via the Mysterious Girl are broken, the party is finally able to enter Baron. Once the party frees Cecil from the Mysterious Girl, the Man in Black reveals himself as Golbez. Cecil, while freed from the girl's grasp, is a little off. The party realizes that the second moon is going to crash into their planet, reducing everything to a molten ball of pain, and try to come up with ways to stop it. Enter the Lunar Whale! Baawwwwooooooaaapppp!!!! The party takes the Lunar Whale to, you guessed it, the new moon. You descend the hours long dungeons, fighting your way through enemies from the original Final Fantasy IV, and then throws us a curveball. We fight bosses from Final Fantasy I through VI!! WTF!!!!!!! You eventually encounter Cecil's evil side, fight it, and Cecil returns to the light. Once you reach floor 1,000,000,000,000,000 of the dungeon, the party comes across a really freaky, FFIX esque room filled with multiple models of the Mysterious Girl being infused with what I can only assume is either Mako, or Mt. Dew. The Mysterious Girl comes from a race called the

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years By Kaleb Schweiss Development History: Final Fantasy IV: The After Years was initially announced prior to the release of the DS Remake of Final Fantasy IV. Takashi Tokida, the game's executive producer, discussed there being talk of creating an after story, and a discussion began about working on mobile titles. Tokida may seem to be jumping in and changing things, but he had become quite attached to the characters, due to being a scenario writer for Final Fantasy IV. They decided that releasing the game in a mobile format would be beneficial, so it would allow players to play after completing the DS remake. This would effectively give you time to refresh your knowledge of FFIV before moving on to the After Years. The decision to have an episodic release came from a desire to have players anticipate the new chapters in the same way manga readers do. The Japanese mobile phones got the game on February 18th, 2008. The Prologue section Return of the Moon and Ceodore's Tale were the initial releases, and the succeeding chapters came out in one month intervals. Just before the Lunarians Tale was released, Square Enix announced that the game had reached one million downloads, not including the free prologue chapter. As of March 2009, it has exceeded three million paid downloads. The game has a generally positive rate of review, with IGN giving it an 8/10. Storyline: The game takes place after the moon leaves the Blue Planets orbit. Peace ensues in the kingdoms, Mist is rebuilt. Civility reigns. Seventeen years later, the unimaginable happens. A second moon appears. FOR THE SECOND TIME!! We are then introduced to the product of Cecil's powerful loins; Ceodore. Yes. His FUCKING GAME IS CEODORE!!! He is being initiated into the Red Wings, Baron's famous air force fleet. He is introduced as a character who fears he'll never step out of the shadow of his famous parents. He later finds out that he has what it takes, yada yada yada. We then head back to Baron, where we see Cecil, Rosa, and Cid fighting the endless onslaught of enemies, who seemingly appeared out of nowhere. We are then introduced to the Mysterious Girl. Cecil sees the imminent threat, and has Cid relocate with Rosa while he confronts this little bitch. The woman summons the legendary beast of ruin, Bahamut, and rips Cecil about a hundred new assholes. While these events take place, the airship carrying Ceodore is attacked. Everyone but Ceodore is killed, and he begins his journey home. While on the way, he gets ambushed by monsters, and is rescued by the Hooded Man. They head towards Mysidia, and we intercut to Mt. Ordeals, where Kain is heading towards Baron with a raging boner for Cecil's sweet ass. On the way, Kain teams up with the aforementioned Mysterious Girl to steal the crystals. He also kidnaps Rosa, stating that he plans to kill Cecil and take Rosa for his own. Ceodore, the Hooded man, and everyone's "favorite" Spoony Bard Edward, intercept Kain in front of Cecil's throneroom. This is when the Hooded Man finally reveals himself as the real Kain. The Kain we had been seeing up to this point was in fact a manifestation of his dark half. Kain fights his dark half, much like Cecil did seventeen years prior, and wins. He then becomes a Holy Dragoon. We then get some of that sweet, sweet Rydia. She, Luca, and Edge are on an airship in the underworld. Suddenly, or not so much if you played the Lunarians Tale, the Man in Black appears and takes over the airship, taking it towards Baron. Upon approach, the party sees meteors falling from the second moon. They get to Baron, and find it sealed by magic. They then travel the world looking for their lost friends. This part of the game really reminded me of the Planet of Ruin in Final Fantasy VI. You eventually run into Rydia, and proceed to hunt down each of her missing Eidolons. Once the control of the summons via the Mysterious Girl are broken, the party is finally able to enter Baron. Once the party frees Cecil from the Mysterious Girl, the Man in Black reveals himself as Golbez. Cecil, while freed from the girl's grasp, is a little off. The party realizes that the second moon is going to crash into their planet, reducing everything to a molten ball of pain, and try to come up with ways to stop it. Enter the Lunar Whale! Baawwwwooooooaaapppp!!!! The party takes the Lunar Whale to, you guessed it, the new moon. You descend the hours long dungeons, fighting your way through enemies from the original Final Fantasy IV, and then throws us a curveball. We fight bosses from Final Fantasy I through VI!! WTF!!!!!!! You eventually encounter Cecil's evil side, fight it, and Cecil returns to the light. Once you reach floor 1,000,000,000,000,000 of the dungeon, the party comes across a really freaky, FFIX esque room filled with multiple models of the Mysterious Girl being infused with what I can only assume is either Mako, or Mt. Dew. The Mysterious Girl comes from a race called the

This week, we discuss the post Golden 2D RPG Era within Square, and Enix. History of Square-Enix - Part V by Joseph DeGolyer Last time we talked about the golden era of the 2D RPG, but it's 1996 now in our timeline, and that can only mean one thing… 3 dimensions. But how exactly did we get to 3 dimensions? Well, we're gonna have to spin back the clock another 10 years. The Playstation began its life in 1986 as a joint venture between Nintendo and Sony (weird right? But this was before they were competitors). Nintendo wanted Sony to develop a CD ROM add-on for their SNES console that they would call the SNES-CD. No one's quite sure why, but the joint project never panned out. Some people cite behind-the-scenes drama between Ken Kutaragi (who some dub "the father of the playstation") and some back-channel dealings with Nintendo. EIther way, Sony and Nintendo's partnership would be over for now, and Sony would take the technology used on the SNES-CD, and use it to develop their own gaming console. Sony briefly went to Sega to help develop the CD-centered technology, but Sega refused (mistake!!!!!!), and Sony was left to their own devices. Sony's Play Station (two words) was announced in 1991, still made for SNES quality technology. At this, Nintendo filed a lawsuit on the claim that Nintendo still had the rights to the name "Play Station", but as all the tech used was Sony's, the judge refused Nintendo's injunction. Following the lawsuit, various deals with Nintendo were made and broken, and Sony, wanting to be free of Mario's litigious grasp, did the only thing they could to get Nintendo off their backs: they changed the console from having the name "Play Station" (two words) to "Playstation" (one word). At this point, Sony decided to beef up the system for a new generation of home consoles, focusing on the ability of the console to render 3D Polygons as opposed to 2D sprites. In December of 1994 the Playstation console was released, selling 2 million units on launch and officially kicking the 5th generation of video game consoles into high gear (Sega's system, the Sega Saturn sold 1/10th that of the Playstation only 2 months earlier). With this, CD's were "in", Sega was out, and a new console juggernaut was on the scene. Of course, Nintendo would be back with a vengeance with their own 5th gen gaming console: The Nintendo 64. The N64 was released in June of 1996 and would prove to be the defining system of the late-90's. Sure, Sony had their fancy new CD tech, but Nintendo had the brand, and was already the publisher for many iconic games and game developers, including Square Co. Many companies, including that of Enix, decided to begin publishing games for a variety of consoles, ostensibly to see what "stuck", and initially published games for all 3 major systems at the time. They gave Saturn the games Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari and Nin Pen Man Maru in 1997, as well as Riven (the japanese version of the Sequel to the hit game "Myst") and Nihondaihyō Chiimu no Kantoku ni Narou! in 1998. Enix also gave a go on the N64 with the games Wonder Project J2: Koruro no Mori no Josette (1996)--a weird, culty, anime story "life-simulation" game-- and Mischief Makers (1997)--a side-scrolling platform game developed by "Treasure", often seen as a forgotten N64 Classic--. My only assumption is that the games didn't sell all that well on either system, and after 1998, Enix would publish exclusively on the playstation (but we'll get more into that next time). Square's transition into the 5th generation of consoles would be much more tumultuous, as we will see with the development of their next game: Final Fantasy VII. Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we humbly welcome one of our Patrons to the show! We discuss Brad's Final Fantasy origins, and his ranking within the Final Fantasy series. We discuss the series through his eyes, since he's been playing the series since Final Fantasy VI. He takes a very different approach to Final Fantasy VII, citing it around mid quality as a game. The main reasons for this is from coming off of Final Fantasy VI, he felt slightly disappointed. Brad has played his fair share of Final Fantasy XI, and Final Fantasy XIV as well, even being a legacy player in the latter title. Once we review his history with the Final Fantasy series, we play a round of Stump the Host, with Joe finally securing a well fought win over Brad. We then turn to the questions segment, discussing the Final Fantasy VII remake. Brad was quite skeptical of the remake, Joe was as well. Kaleb, on the other hand, has become soft on the idea of a Final Fantasy VII remake. Enjoy the grind!! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we bring back the popular Mythic Origins segment. We feature Mythic Origins of the Summons, Part Three. We dig into the origins of Yojimbo, Phoenix, and Golem. We then reminisce about the usefulness of each summon throughout the Final Fantasy series, and discuss what we hope the summons in Final Fantasy XV will turn out to be. We also discuss the rebirth of common summons throughout the series, and talk about ones lost, and how we would be interested in their resurrection. We then answer some great user submitted questions, and read a few stellar reviews. Enjoy the episode! Yojimbo- Translates into Bodyguard. Appears in Final Fantasy X. The usage of this name for the summon is fairly effective, as you have to buy Yojimbo's service from the get go, and then continue to pay him for each of his four moves. Diagoro, the dog of Yojimbo, will attack during the weakest of the attacks. Kozuka is the attack where Yojimbo throws multiple knives at enemies, where Wakizashi is the air slicing atttack. Then the Zanmato. The ultimate of the attacks. This is an attack that is borrowed from Odin. Odin's was called Zantetsuken, but they're essentially the same attack. Phoenix- A Greek fire creature that is said to rise from it's own ashes of demise around every 500 years. Phoenix is arguably one of the most useful summons in the series, yet I found myself rarely using the epic resrrection ability associated with summoning the creature. Golem- From Jewish mythology. A Golem is a mud creature that is brought to life when a righteous person writes "emet", or truth, onto its body. The most popular Golem was supposedly created by Rabbi Judah Loew in order to defend the Jews of the Prague Ghetto from antisemitic attacks, mainly for the Blood Libel. The blood libel is an accusation that Jews kidnap and murder christian Children to use their blood as part of their religious rituals during their holidays. REMIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gbRe2AFbVQ Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, Kaleb and Joe discuss their altered rankings for the Final Fantasy series. Rather than ranking the games in terms of what makes Final Fantasy great, they break it down even further. They discuss in depth which Final Fantasy games have the best story, combat, overall cast, music, and art. The results are quite different than one would expect, given the difference between this Final Fantasy list, and the one produced after the completion of Final Fantasy XIV. We then move on to revisit an old question from us to you, and move into this weeks, which deals with ranking the spinoff games in their own rite. Jump on the forums and vote! Enjoy the episode everyone! REMIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU7OKUnRxHc&feature=youtu.be Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, Kaleb and Joe review Final Fantasy IV: Interlude, in all of it's two hour glory. We discuss the beauty of the Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection PSP port, and talk about how it nicely sets up the story for Final Fantasy IV: The After years. We release some nostalgia seed when it comes to the soundtrack, and gameplay that we've come to miss, and praise the entry on it's look. We will be setting up a stream for Final Fantasy IV: The After Years on Sunday, January 31st. Enjoy the episode, and welcome to season two of Ultima Final Fantasy, the ultimate.... Final Fantasy Podcast. REMIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brwp2rnRZcA Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we bring you our retrospective episode on the Final Fantasy series as a whole. We go through each game, highlighting our overall experience of each Final Fantasy. We discuss the evolution of the series as a whole, covering which Final Fantasies naturally led into another, and which ones were one offs. We discuss the outstanding audio, visual, and storytelling elements of the series, and also discuss the leap to online Final Fantasy games, and whether or not they should have been numbered entries into the series. Enjoy the episode, and here's to the new season of Ultima Final Fantasy! REMIX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUtJJLcQigw Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we discuss the victors in the 2015 UFF Final Fantasy Podcast Awards. The categories were: Best Rant Best Impersonation Best 2015 Final Fantasy Release Best Ultima Final Fantasy Podcast Episode Worst Ultima Final Fantasy Episode Best Non-Wiki Final Fantasy Fan-Site Best Competing Final Fantasy Show Best Final Fantasy Parody Song It was almost a Kaleb sweep, winning in Best Impersonation, Best Ultima Final Fantasy Podcast episode, not winning in Worst Ultima Final Fantasy episode. Joe pulled a victory in the Best Rant category, and the Best Final Fantasy Parody Song. We also would like to congratulate TheLifestream.net for sweeping the competing categories, winning both the Best Non-Wiki Final Fantasy Site, and Best Competing Final Fantasy show. We then move to weigh in on some user submitted questions. Enjoy the Grind!!! REMIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8IBoFIFE-E Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

Join us for the finale of our review of Final Fantasy XIV. This time, we cover the Gameplay elements leading up to the patch. We get Krinital and Judge Cloudprod to reveal their lists. We discuss the integration of the job systems, discuss the disconnect associated with the cut scenes, when you click through the dialogue material. We move on to cover the design of the game, comparing it to it's predecessor Final Fantasy XIII. We discuss the ups and downs of the games look, generally praising it's appearance, even if the quality is technically lessened. Now, comes the music. We highly praise his work with Final Fantasy XIV's soundtrack. It's both atmospheric, and memorable. We get our guests opinions on Final Fantasy XIV's place in the series as a whole. Then the list, and final ranking! We're also doing our 2015 UFF Podcast awards! Check out our site and vote! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

We made it! We finally finished Final Fantasy XIV up to Heavensward. Join us, Krinital, and Judge Cloudprod as we discuss the storyline associated with the four patches leading up to Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion, Heavensward. We also get Krinital's expert opinion on the game as a whole. We have also started up the voting for the UFF 2015 Podcast awards, so get on our forums and nominate your favorite moments! Enjoy the episode! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This time we discuss the design, music, legacy, and ranking of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. We discuss how we felt about the toned down anime elements of the character designs. We talk about the look of the areas, and praise the added number of NPC character models. We move on to discuss the musical score. We were quite impressed with the score, composed mainly by Masayoshi Soken. Only a few pieces composed by Nobou Uematsu survived the relaunch process. Once we've sufficiently blown the score, we discuss the legacy of the game. It will forever live in infamy due to it's initial 1.0 release, but much of it was revitalized by the re release. We discuss the game's place in the series, as well as it's place among other MMORPG's. We answer a few questions, and move on to our recap. We then place it forever in the ranking alongside it's 13 other brethren before it. Enjoy! REMIXES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=871j8LtqrtY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4yD8VUvEcQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTOPBvbKWFE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc3k89vMOIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDAO1UwqFnc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA0tS_0CzrE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arplRYwHy_o Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we discuss the final numbered game in the series, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. We invited Banedrom, Bill Martigan, Emilee Mentos, and Anthony Walker onto the episode. These guys were extremely helpful during our playthrough of the game. We do a quick rundown of the games storyline, from the death of our fellow Scions of the Seventh Dawn, to the invasion of the Garlean base to rescue Minfilia and company. Once we do a rundown of the story, we move on to discuss the most important element of an MMORPG, the gameplay. We discuss the importance of fates, levequests, dungeons, primals, hunting logs, etc. We move on to talk about the multiplayer aspect of the game, from the primal fights, to the group dungeons. We offer a little criticism for the lack of multiplayer elements to the games main story missions, and specific class quests. Join us next time for our discussion of the design, music, legacy and overall statements for the games 2.0 storyline. REMIXES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=871j8LtqrtY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4yD8VUvEcQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTOPBvbKWFE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc3k89vMOIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDAO1UwqFnc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA0tS_0CzrE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arplRYwHy_o Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, Kaleb and Joe cover the Final Fantasy VII remakes Gameplay trailer. This, of course, came out shortly after last weeks early episode. They discuss their feelings on the battle system, and talk about the episodic approach to the release, and how Midgar, the most boring portion of Final Fantasy VII, would be a terrible beginning portion. We then move on to discuss the release of the PS4 port to Final Fantasy VII. We discuss the excellent theme that came with the game, and touch on the cheats. These cheats, interestingly, do not disable the game's trophies. We then move on to answer user submitted questions. Enjoy the episode! REMIX - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60SKsZukXk0 Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we read part four of Joe's Epic Enjoy! History of Square-Enix - Part 4: The Golden age of the 2D RPG Enix could have floated on Dragon Quest V mega-release for the next 10 years, but they were well on their way with publishing multiple I.P.'s for the rest of the early 90's., although this wasn't without a few setbacks. Enix released "The 7th Saga" in 1992, which had both mediocre reviews, as well as middling sales, and King Arthur and the Knights of Justice was apparently a hunk of Junk. And in 1993, Enix released E.V.O: Search for Eden (A prehistoric RPG filled with dinosaurs) to similar results as the 7th Saga. Square, however, was on top of the world. Secret of Mana in 1992 would go on to sell 1.83 million copies worldwide. It was praised as for it's gameplay, music, and graphics, and would later be called "one of the high points of the 16 bit era" by Edge Magazine, as well as one of the greatest games of all time by famitsu, Nintendo Power, and IGN. Although not nearly as well regarded, Square released Romancing Saga 2 to similar commercial results. These games would kick off the golden age of 2 Dimensional JRPG's. Enix, in this SNES era, released a slew of games from '93 to '95, mostly in Japan due to the middling sales of Dragon Quest. One of these was puzzle filled action RPG called "Brain Lord", which was well reviewed, though didn't exactly set the world on fire. "Robotrek" would follow: a sci-fi precursor to pokemon in a sci-fi universe, that unfortunately tanked on released. "Terranigma", which told the story of a boy named "Ark" trying to resurrect Earth, would later be hailed as a forgotten classic, but went nowhere near Square's sales at 200,000 copies. An RPG/Sim/War game called Ogre Battle (one of Enix's most important games) was released to rave reviews, and would set the stage for it's more famous sequel: Tactics Ogre. Little is known about Enix's game "Jyutei Senki", except that it was only ever released in Japan, and that it's a science fiction RPG game. "Mystic Ark" was another little-known RPG game put out by Enix, although it was successful enough to spawn a playstation sequel in 1999. The biggest game of 1995 (Sorry Square) was Dragon Quest 6. It sold a whopping 3.2 Million copies, and this was only in Japan! By this time Enix had given up on selling games outside of Japan, and before 1996's game "Star Ocean" was released, they had closed their offices in North America. The game did alright for itself, selling about as much as "Terranigma" did before it, but as with a couple of these games it's now looked upon as a forgotten gem in the west, Nintendo Life eventually praising it as one of the best-looking games on the Super Nintendo. In contrast, Square was doing quite well in North America, while still doing good business in Japan. For Square, almost everything they touched turned to gold. In 1994, Square would release one of it's most well known RPG classics, "Breath of Fire" to good reviews and financial success. But that was nothing compared to Final Fantasy VI, now seen as one of the greatest games of all time by most sources, eventually selling almost 4 million copies worldwide. That game is f--king awesome. Last in '94, the forgotten game "Live a Live" would also be followed by another big success in early '95: "Front Mission" a sci-fi tacticle RPG game would sell half a million copies in the first week of release. That same year we would see what some have called "The greatest RPG game of all time", Chrono Trigger, a ground-breaking (I think, I haven't played it) RPG praised for it's gameplay and non-linear story filled with optional endings that have kept people coming back to the game over and over for the last 20 years. Square would round of 1995 with hits that included the 3rd mana game, Secret of Evermore, and Romancing Saga 3. Square was on a role. Kazushige Nojima would direct a game called "Bahamut Lagoon" in 1996, and they'd follow that up with the famous and well-regarded Super Mario RPG. By the end of 1996 Square was setting it's sights on the 3rd dimension, and it's last 2 games on the SNES: "Treasure of the Rudras" and "Treasure Hunter G", would be overshadowed by the new consoles that were gaining some steam: Sony's Playstation and the Nintendo 64. REMIX - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgw1mfvBI8I Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. 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This week, Kaleb and Joe tackle the remaining cutscenes in Final Fantasy XIV 1.0. This time, we discuss the empire's plan to use Meteo to wreak destruction upon Eorzia. We discuss the similarities in the Garuda primal, and also discuss how it leads directly into A Realm Reborn. We also discuss where we are in Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn, and move on to answer a few tough questions including what games we've beaten by the skin of our teeth, and what we would feel about a possible Final Fantasy X sequel or prequel. Enjoy the grind! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we listen to a review of Crystal Defenders. This game takes place in the world of Ivalice. Once we finish up listening to the well put together, and drop heavy hilarity, we move on to discuss the influx in news regarding the Dissidia arcade game. Squall, Cloud, Bartz, Terra, Cecil, Tidus, and Zidane have all been added to the games roster. We then touch on Final Fantasy Explorers and their jobs, and finish up with the announcement that Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is coming to Steam in December. We then move on to listen to some questions from our Skype line. Enjoy the episode! REMIX- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNJyqlFrLiI Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we discuss the cutscenes from the 1.0 version of Final Fantasy XIV. We watched a video of all the cutscenes before hand, and discussed the differences between 1.0 and 2.0. We also ran through the story line, and discussed the events thereof. We also discuss the Final Fantasy XI crossover event in Final Fantasy XIV. We also answer some questions from the forums. Enjoy the grind! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we discuss what staples in the Final Fantasy series we feel are necessary in the fifteenth installment. We cover the need for cactaur, moogles, chocobos, hunts, and overall a good story. It's also important to us that the game is enjoyable; obviously. We also discuss a news piece about Nobou Uematsu not composing anything for the Final Fantasy VII remake. Enjoy the episode! REMIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBASm1nugc0 Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, Kaleb gives a rundown on the lore behind a few of the weapons from the Final Fantasy series. We discuss Masamune, who is revered as the greatest swordsman in the history of Japan. We then touch base with Ragnarok, which is essentially the Norse version of the rapture. It involves the destruction of the world, and results in only one man and one woman left. We then move on to answer a few user submitted questions, and talk a little bit about our progress in Final Fantasy XIV. Enjoy the grind. REMIX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaAhtI1_HU8 Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, Joe and Kaleb discuss the similarities between passages from Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces. We talk about our progress within Final Fantasy XIV, and discuss the All Saints Wake quest announcement. We also touch on breaking the show up into different seasons. We ask you listeners to let us know what Final Fantasy that should have been we should play in between XIV and The After years. Enjoy the episode! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

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Join us for an even bigger, girthier part two! As we know, Final Fantasy XIII is the start of the Fabula Nova Crystallis collection of Final Fantasy games, and was the first game Square used their internally developed Crystal Tools game engine with. This tool was created to further unify the game's development, and bring the originally PlayStation 3 exclusive to the Xbox 360 and Wii consoles. This system was conceived by the success of the Final Fantasy VII Tech Demo, which also spurred Square Enix to release Final Fantasy XIII on the PlayStation 3, instead of the originally planned release on Playstation 2. The game received received mostly positive reviews from video game publications, praising the graphics, presentation, and battle system. The story received mixed reviews, but the linearity would be the centerpiece of most criticisms for Final Fantasy XIII, especially when compared to the rest of the series. Development for Final Fantasy XIII began in 2004, just after the Release of Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission in Japan. Director Motomu Toriyama and Kazushige Nojima conceived ideas for the stories plotline over the first year. It was Nojima that thought up the crystal mythology that is the basis of the series, and the roles of the fal'Cie and l'Cie. Toriyama then created the story around the mythology. His goal was to show the characters at the mercy of a predetermined, unjust fate. He also wanted to create a group who belonged together, but clashed heavily. To go about this, they designed each of the sory's thirteen chapters to focus on different members of the party. The structure of the narrative started to come together in 2006, when Daisuke Watanabe joined the team. Watanabe, as you may recall, filled in for Matsuno left the Final Fantasy XII development team due to sickness. Watanabe was given a rough outline of the first eight chapters, including necessary scenes that had to stay, and was told to strengthen Toriyama's script. An example of what this entailed, is he would get a document that simply said "Snow and Hope reconcile", and would decide how the scene would play out, and write his scenario accordingly. Watanabe also did some adjusting for characters. He felt that Lightning shouldn't be a reliable and calm leader, and went with the more irritable, enraged Lightning we know. This was done to capture the confusion and unease that the characters no doubt would feel in light of their situations. Toriyama felt that the Sazh suicide scene was too dark, so elements such as the Chocobo chick helped maintain a good balance within the games overall scope. The developers of Final Fantasy XIII were divided into multiple teams, where each team would be assigned with a specific area of the game. XIII's staff included many members who worked on previous entries in the series. The games Director, Motomu Toriyama worked on X and X-2, Kitase, as we know, worked on V through VIII, and Nomura was back as the main character designer. Since XIII was the first Final Fantasy game for the PlayStation 3, the crew wanted the game to have the same impact that VII and X had upon their release. Their sales goal was to hit 5 million copies sold, and Toriyami wanted the game to be the "ultimate single player RPG." Although I can't say that XIII is the Ultimate………..single palyer RPG, It did meet, and exceed, their sales goal. As of now, Final Fantasy XIII has sold 6.71 million copies between the Ps3 and Xbox 360, making it the fourth biggest game in the series. It sold 1.7 Million copies in Japan, making it the fastest selling game in the franchise. The games budget would top out at Number 22 on the most expensive games to make list at 65+ million. Final Fantasy XIII was released in December 2009 in Japan, and March of 2010 for the rest of the world. The game includes a very quick paced battle system, and an upgrading system similar to the Sphere Grid called Crystalarium. Players also customize paradigms, a sort of class assignment for your three person party, and the outcome of the battles heavily rely on the player "staggering" their opponents. This is essentially finding out what weakens them, and getting them into a critical state where more damage is dealt. The character is controlled via a third person perspective. The character is also given a 360 degree camera movement. The entirety of the game is scaled relative to the characters, rather than a massive version of the character roaming a miniature terrain. Square brought back the Bestiary from Final Fatnasy XII, and also provided a way to level up ones weapons through components obtained, or bought at a save kiosk. Interestingly enough, the Final Fantasy XIII Ultimate Hits International version of the game, released in Japan, has an easy mode. This is interesting, because the company has talked about being concerned that their games are too difficult for us North Americans. The battle system is similar to Final Fantasy XII in some ways. Most notic

This week, Kaleb and Joe begin their review of Final Fantasy XIII. Enjoy! As we know, Final Fantasy XIII is the start of the Fabula Nova Crystallis collection of Final Fantasy games, and was the first game Square used their internally developed Crystal Tools game engine with. This tool was created to further unify the game's development, and bring the originally PlayStation 3 exclusive to the Xbox 360 and Wii consoles. This system was conceived by the success of the Final Fantasy VII Tech Demo, which also spurred Square Enix to release Final Fantasy XIII on the PlayStation 3, instead of the originally planned release on Playstation 2. The game received received mostly positive reviews from video game publications, praising the graphics, presentation, and battle system. The story received mixed reviews, but the linearity would be the centerpiece of most criticisms for Final Fantasy XIII, especially when compared to the rest of the series. Development for Final Fantasy XIII began in 2004, just after the Release of Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission in Japan. Director Motomu Toriyama and Kazushige Nojima conceived ideas for the stories plotline over the first year. It was Nojima that thought up the crystal mythology that is the basis of the series, and the roles of the fal'Cie and l'Cie. Toriyama then created the story around the mythology. His goal was to show the characters at the mercy of a predetermined, unjust fate. He also wanted to create a group who belonged together, but clashed heavily. To go about this, they designed each of the sory's thirteen chapters to focus on different members of the party. The structure of the narrative started to come together in 2006, when Daisuke Watanabe joined the team. Watanabe, as you may recall, filled in for Matsuno left the Final Fantasy XII development team due to sickness. Watanabe was given a rough outline of the first eight chapters, including necessary scenes that had to stay, and was told to strengthen Toriyama's script. An example of what this entailed, is he would get a document that simply said "Snow and Hope reconcile", and would decide how the scene would play out, and write his scenario accordingly. Watanabe also did some adjusting for characters. He felt that Lightning shouldn't be a reliable and calm leader, and went with the more irritable, enraged Lightning we know. This was done to capture the confusion and unease that the characters no doubt would feel in light of their situations. Toriyama felt that the Sazh suicide scene was too dark, so elements such as the Chocobo chick helped maintain a good balance within the games overall scope. The developers of Final Fantasy XIII were divided into multiple teams, where each team would be assigned with a specific area of the game. XIII's staff included many members who worked on previous entries in the series. The games Director, Motomu Toriyama worked on X and X-2, Kitase, as we know, worked on V through VIII, and Nomura was back as the main character designer. Since XIII was the first Final Fantasy game for the PlayStation 3, the crew wanted the game to have the same impact that VII and X had upon their release. Their sales goal was to hit 5 million copies sold, and Toriyami wanted the game to be the "ultimate single player RPG." Although I can't say that XIII is the Ultimate………..single palyer RPG, It did meet, and exceed, their sales goal. As of now, Final Fantasy XIII has sold 6.71 million copies between the Ps3 and Xbox 360, making it the fourth biggest game in the series. It sold 1.7 Million copies in Japan, making it the fastest selling game in the franchise. The games budget would top out at Number 22 on the most expensive games to make list at 65+ million. Final Fantasy XIII was released in December 2009 in Japan, and March of 2010 for the rest of the world. The game includes a very quick paced battle system, and an upgrading system similar to the Sphere Grid called Crystalarium. Players also customize paradigms, a sort of class assignment for your three person party, and the outcome of the battles heavily rely on the player "staggering" their opponents. This is essentially finding out what weakens them, and getting them into a critical state where more damage is dealt. The character is controlled via a third person perspective. The character is also given a 360 degree camera movement. The entirety of the game is scaled relative to the characters, rather than a massive version of the character roaming a miniature terrain. Square brought back the Bestiary from Final Fatnasy XII, and also provided a way to level up ones weapons through components obtained, or bought at a save kiosk. Interestingly enough, the Final Fantasy XIII Ultimate Hits International version of the game, released in Japan, has an easy mode. This is interesting, because the company has talked about being concerned that their games are too difficult for us North Americans. The battle system is similar to Final Fantasy X

Join us as we go further into the history of Limit Break Radio. This time, we cover the reason behind the lacking of closure to the Final Fantasy XI days, and what went into reviving the show for Final Fantasy XIV. Aniero also gives us a breakdown of the reunion of the crew for A Radio Reborn. This launched just before our Podcast was conceived. Enjoy the episode, and thanks again to Aniero for coming on as a guest. REMIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCxX60g-5Kk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GeyUETPAjU Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we're honored to have Aniero Grigori, frontman for Limit Break Radio on the show. We talk about the original Final Fantasy XI program that was launched in 2006. Aniero goes into depth on what got him into the series, the Legend of Dragoon, and discusses the formation of the powerhouse that is Limit Break Radio. He also goes a little behind the scenes with his personal hurdles throughout the show, and discusses various line up changes. Enjoy the episode, and thanks again for guest hosting! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

Nasir Gebelli By Kaleb Schweiss Nasir Gebelli was a programmer for Square Enix. He was part of Square's A-Team, along with Nobou Uematsu and Yoshitaka Amano to create Final Fantasy. But that's not the first project Nasir took on at Square, nor was it his first programming job. Nasir was born in Iran, and later moved to the US to study computer science. In 1980, he started a company called Sirius Software with a guy named Jerry Jewell. Gebelli made numerous strides within Sirius, including creating advanced graphics techniques for the Apple II. His first project was a program called EasyDraw; a logo and character creation program that he would use for his later games. It was with Sirius that Gibelli developed a reputation for quickly producing games. He would program as many as twelve games a year. One in particular, Gorgo, ended up selling around 23,000 copies; making it one of the best selling computer games in the early 80's. In 1981, Gebelli left Sirius to establish his own software company named Gebelli Software. He released a few successful games, but by 1983, his games were becoming notoriously bad according to Softalk, a magazine focusing on computers and games. The Video Game Crash of 1983 would lead Gebelli's company in shambles, and he closed his doors. After Gebelli Software went belly up, Nasir did what any sensible businessman would do. He traveled the world for a few years. He would eventually resurface in 1986 when he went to visit a friend, Doug Carlston who owns Broderbund. This was the company who originally did the Carmen Sandiego games. Calrlston told Gebelli about the rising power of the NES, and suggested that Nasir should program for it. Gebelli was interested, and travelled with Doug to Japan; where he would meet with Nintendo and Square. Nintendo would ultimately be uninterested in Gebelli, but Square, and especially The Gutch, were aware of his reputation and excited to have him join the team. His joining of Square eventually let to the separation of Square from the parent company Denyuusha. Gebelli's first game with Square would be 3-D WorldRunner for the NES. THis was a forward scrolling third person action game. It was one of the first stereoscopic 3D games, which gives the game a more 3D feel. Gibelli would then program Rad Racer, and it's sequel later in 1990. And now, now that he has a few games under his belt, Gebelli, Sakaguchi, Uematsu, and Amano began to produce Final Fantasy, which would later be released in 1987. Final Fantasy featured numerous unique features such as the character creation system, classes, and the ever famous battle system. Gebelli and team didn't miss a beat, and went on to create Final Fantasy II. This game introduced emotional story lines, and much more tragic events. The game also replaced traditional leveling with the activity based progression system, which would later go on to influence the SaGa and Grandia series, FF IV, and The Elder Scrolls series. Final Fantasy II also introduced an innovative dialogue system where key words would be memorized and used during conversations with NPC's. Next comes Final Fantasy III, which came out in 1990. This game introduced the ever beloved job class system. Midway through the development of both Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy III, Gebelli was forced to return to Sacramento, California due to an expired work visa. The rest of the staff followed him to Sacramento to finish producing the games. Gibelli would take another long break before returning to work on Secret of Mana, which is the second in the Mana series, released in 1993. Secret of Mana was more of an action role playing game, and included a cooperative multiplayer mode. The game was initially going to be one of the launching titles on the SNES CD, but was later altered to a cartridge due to the SNES CD being dropped. This game received critical acclaim, mainly for its real time battle system, innovative co op gameplay, in which second and third players could join in and drop out of the game at any time, and the customizable AI settings for computer controlled allies…. GAMBITS!!!! After Secret of Mana, Gibelli basically retired from royalties from Square and, you guessed it, traveled the world. He would later attend John Romero's, co founder of ID Software, Apple II reunion in Dallas. Romero credited Gebelli as a major influence on his career. Gebelli lives in Sacramento, and remains good friends with Hironobu Sakaguchi. REMIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uarsKpKN68A Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaF

This week, Joe prepares another excellent information segment on the History of Square Enix. This time, we learn about how Enix was stomping Square in Japan. This is in regards to the sales numbers between the first four Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games. We discover how long it took Square to come out with a game that nearly matched Enix's sales in Japan, and discuss the difference in sales for North America. We also decide to play Final Fantasy XIV on. We decided on Brinhildr server for now, due to bribes from Dr. Rockso. Enjoy the episode! REMIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ8QiTd2Baw By HighwindIV Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, we return to the stovetop for a cooking episode. This time, we cook the Tsenoble Pork tenderloin. This recipe was submitted by Gabranth on the forums, and is found on ffrecipes.wordpress.com. We also decided to bring a little alcohol into the mix. This was brought in the form of the Chocobo Cocktail. This drink consisted of some pineapple rum, lime juice, and a slice of lemon. We finally get to read some iTunes reviews, and give the questions segment some well deserved love. Enjoy the episode! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix

This week, Kaleb and Joe discuss their newly formed theories behind the release date for Final Fantasy XV. We also answer a few questions, and gave a timeframe for beginning Final Fantasy XIV. Enjoy the grind! Much of our older content references sites that no longer exist. If you would like to contact Ultima Final Fantasy, check out the links below: Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ultimafinalfantasy Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy Podcast RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UltimaFinalFantasy Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2 Check Out Our other gaming show, [Nude]Clan: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss #finalfantasy #jrpg #gaming #squareenix