Johnny vs. Final Fantasy II
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In today's episode, the Final Fantasy Marathon continues with the second entry of the NES trilogy. One of the two Final Fantasy's we didn't initially get here in North America, so I certainly hope it's not a Lost Levels sort of deal. Let's talk about Final Fantasy 2!
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FORWARD AND BACK
AND THEN FORWARD AND BACK
AND THEN GO FORWARD AND BACK
EVER ONE FOOT FORWARD
My Favorite song from FF14 heavensward.
That is an _instant_ classic.
Red Mages be like
I died when he started singing that lmfao
@@Zack_Wildfire What the name of the theme please ?
The Emperor is basically Doom Guy, he conquered hell to avenge his Behemoth pet.
I didn’t know a Behemoth was final fantasy equivalent of a bunny
@@zaneheaston8254 Well, Daisy does sound like a good name for a Behemoth.
@@kryptonavenger2024 Sounds just as silly as calling Cerberus Fluffy!
@@jrhamari Actually, I think I heard that, according to some sources, Cerberus' name translates to 'spotted' or 'spotted one'. Meaning that a three-headed hellhound eldritch abomination is practically called "Spots".
John Wick meets DOOM Guy.
Just remember the most important thing about this game: Guy Speak Beaver.
ProJared reference 👌
Truly the greatest of character growth.
I speak Beaver too if you know what I mean 😎
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Also: 14:43
"Anyway the emperor is dead unless he takes over superhell"
DON'T
GIVE
HIM
IDEAS
I mean he took over Heaven as well in the GBA and PSP remakes
Isn't the plot of Dissidia basically? All the characters are in an endless fighting Purgatory and Emperor decides he wants to own that?
Too late, he also took over heaven as well.
I was going to like this but it's at 69 likes currently so
nice
@@deterlanglytone At least limbo is still safe.
"Unless he takes over super hell."
The GBA/PSP ports add *Soul of Rebirth* side story, all the *dead* party members fight through *heaven* to kill the Emperor who over took god.
DAMMIT.
That fucker won’t stay dead!
How did he get up there!?
@@Mobysimo He died? I'm not sure how else.
@@averytubestudios I mean, he went to hell. After that they tend not to go upstairs
I love the story on why the Ultima spell is so weak. It's a "bug," but technically it's so much more. I guess several developers on FF2 noticed the problem, so Sakaguchi (the game's director) went to the coder responsible, who gave him this line about how Ultima was supposed to be weak because it was old, and newer spells would naturally be more powerful due to increases in magical knowledge over the years. Dude refused to fix it. So Sakaguchi decided to go over his head and fix the bug himself, but found the coder had written the game using a cipher (encryption), meaning nobody could edit the code except for him. Ergo, the game shipped with the ultimate magic being "bugged", except it wasn't a bug at all -- it was a stubborn, rebellious programmer.
So the programmer was buged
Presumably, this was during their stint working in the US to accommodate this programmer? Granted, that kind of lore would make sense in an early Western CRPG, but probably flew way over the heads of the Japanese staff who were baffled by his explanation (who came up with Ultima as the "ultimate" spell, also a nod to the Ultima games). Ah poor communication.
Incredibly funny how he was so fond of the lore that he came up with that he didn't want to let anyone challenge that.
Edit: Never mind, that wasn't Nasir.
While I kind of like that idea...was a bad idea to put it into the game. At least without some way to increase its power
All of that is a lie-- on the programmer's end, that is. That's a straight up lie, you're coping, you didn't plan for it to be weak all along, you just fucked it up and for some reason Japanese developers absolutely HATE admitting when they made a mistake and ALWAYS call it intentional. I can't believe he was so prideful that he encrypted the code. What a baby.
Love the idea but hate the execution.
20:15 I honestly love the idea that someone hated the Emperor so much, they created this staff that hits him, and specifically him, with a magic spell
The fact that it was ineffective implies that whoever made it either wasn’t strong enough to hurt the Emperor, or just wanted to annoy him
@@thepriorstone4064 Or it did a ton damage to him, but we don't see it because we're not there to see it.
"Hey... Firion. Come on now. Don't... beat yourself up over it!"
- Warrior of Light
Lol!
That is still funny 😆
Trust the Warrior of Light to see the bright side of a situation.
Which one?
Man that's pretty vintage indeed XDD but i really glad somebody made that reference, also i always imagined other kind of scene where when Warrior of Light ends up saying that he inmediatedly runs away with a shit eating grin on his face while Firion being all pissed off trying to get him but since he is far away from him well......y'know
Doom guy doesn't die though
"Hooray, a corpse!"
I wasn't expecting that to be said.
"No response...it's just a corpse."
Idky but that caught me all the way of guard
Looting bodies in Skyrim.
"Oh, this was THAT final fantasy" my favorite line from the video XD
I'm personally fond of the "FORWARD AND BACK" moments.
Uses lighter, "Fire 1."
Turns on oven flame, "Fire 2."
As he is using a flamethrower "FIRE 16!!! OH, WHY AM I DOING THIS INDOORS?!?!"
@@djoshawott2850 Mine was the Emperor hit with a spell out of nowhere bit
One of my favorites but yeah first time without a guide I was confused af
Continuing the trend set by Mario 2, Zelda 2, Castlevania 2 and Metroid 2, here's a sequel that experiments and changes the gameplay quite significantly before going back to refining the original gameplay style with the third entry
Well technically that's only American Mario 2, which was a different game altogether since it was a re-skin of Doki Doki Panic. The Japanese Mario 2 was closer to the first (unless you count bullshit level design as a change)
As opposed to sequels like Mega Man 2, Donkey Kong Country 2 and Sonic 2 that play it more safe and refine what already worked.
I kinda wish the industry experimented more these days like back then. But at the same time if you make an instant classic people love why change it so drasticaly for the sequel?
@@davidgusquiloor2665 It's the classic "damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenario.
And somehow the third game makes it better. Mario 3 is very popular, Link To The Past is as impactful as you expect, and Final Fantasy 3 is the first FF that sells millions of copies.
21:03
(ignites lighter)
"Fire 1..."
(turns on stove)
"Fire 2..."
(while using flamethrower)
*"...FIRE 16!! OH, WHY AM I DOING THIS INDOORS???"*
_That made me laugh so hard, how did your humour evolve like that so fast?_
I was laughing as well
But can it go even further beyond?
& with how the game plays - it makes so much goddamn sense, lmaoooooooo
Considering he might've actually burned down the house...
Fire 30
“Moltres use Flamethrower!”
The use of "Forward and Back" was a major push for me to eventually start playing through XIV. Under 2 months of waiting and over 2 months of playing, I'm currently in the Stormblood patches. You did this to me, Johnny.
Welcome to Eorzea, my friend! Be warned, you’ll never be able to escape this game.
Soooo how did you like Shadowbringers?
@@spyrospy9941 Iz vry good
Same here. Same.
I took the opposite journey. Looked up the raid music on TH-cam, found people in the comments mentioning Johnny, and now I'm on a binge session.
"But it turns out the princess is not really the princess, it was a lamia queen in disguise and... I'd still be cool with that."
Johnny is a man of culture.
"GUY SPEAK BEAVER" is my favorite moment of this entire game.
The Emperor of Palamecia, the only Final Fantasy villain you can't say "Go to Hell!" to him.
The music of this game is majestic.
Rebel Army's Theme is a piece of art :,)
Cloud of Darkness and Neo-Exdeath: "hell?, try non-existence instead".
@@lynxfresh5214 Hahahahaha!
Good one 😆
@@lynxfresh5214 Void Void Void Void Void
“Temptation of the Princess” is just an odd title, given the scene it plays in, and that it’s an 8 bit version of Tchaikovsky’s Enchanted Lake from Swan Lake...
Pandemonium theme is amazing and one of the best final dungeon themes in the series.
The whole "adoptive family falls in love" thing is actually a pretty big trope in Japan...both in stories and in real life. It is not uncommon for a family to "adopt" another member into their family as sort of a precursor to a not-so-arranged marriage. It's just not weird for them, like it is for us.
@Tom Ffrench What are doing stepbro? ;)
I don't understand the problem with that. I mean, if they are not blood related they are not real siblings.
@@yoman8027 Yes but it gets weird if you’re raised like siblings.
@@Mr110074 Still, we don't know what age Firion was when he was adopted by Maria's parents. They probably never saw themselves as siblings.
@Starless but he knows for a fact he's not related to snake lady lol
6:57 Your treading dangerous grounds there Johnny.
He likes Monster Musume.
*HORA HORA INTENSIFIES*
Not really into reptiles myself, but I won't judge. I'm into kleptomaniacal possibly drug addicted short witches with a mini nuclear reactor as her main weapon.
@@jouheikisaragi6075 Let's go
dangerous... for you
I like the increase in gags.
"Warts and all... Warts and all"
And at least to me he's making them sound natural and not forced.
@@GatorRay how was it forced before?!
@@cypher838 I'm referencing how other TH-camrs that try to force in more jokes can end up making there videos more annoying.
Ah the Ultima spell I’m not surprised Johnny was disappointed by it considering that in the original game it’s bugged and does not work properly. It’s supposed to do more damage based on how many proficiency levels you have gained it does not do that at all and instead does pitiful damage. Sakaguchi caught the bug during testing and went to Nasir the main programmer to get him fix it his response was the following:
*”All of that legendary stuff, it dates back to an age that didn’t even have the proper techniques. If you were to look at such things now in the present’s point-of-view, it would be natural that they look inferior. For this reason it’s a given that Ultima’s abilities would be bad.”*
*” As for those who struggled and ultimately acquired it only to find out that it’s useless... well, that’s something that happens often in life. So, I’m not going to fix it!”*
Sakaguchi was furious he demanded Nasir hand over the source code and was going to fix it himself. Only to later realize that the code had been ciphered meaning the only one who could fix it was Nasir making it impossible to correct. It’s truly an ironic story that adds to the flavor of Final Fantasy 2 unique development.
Sounds like a really roundabout way of saying "Nah, I don't feel like it."
What a complete jackass.
This is not that surprising as majority of Square's RPGs during the 80s and 90s had tons of bugs in them due to programming mistakes. Bugs ranging from the function of mechanic, stats, , etc.
Even if it did work, the work required to make Ultima live to its name is just not worth it. Ignoring the fact that its base damage is based on total proficiency levels, the very nature of the game's level-up system makes any late-game spells impractical without a copious amount of grinding when this game is already 70% grinding.
Regardless, if I had been in Sakaguchi's shoes, I would've fired Nasir on the spot. There's having a different opinion - thinking that the ultimate spell actually being terrible teaches a valuable life lesson and that it adds flavor to the game and the narrative, even if in terms of gameplay, it completely invalidates the last few hours plodding through that sidequest and infuriates player who'd rightfully see the whole thing as needless padding - and properly communicating that idea, and then there's being passive-aggressive about it TO YOUR BOSS' FACE and pettily encrypting your code to make sure your idea sticks. The latter usually results in people not respecting or trusting you, both as an employee and as a person in general.
It was later confirmed by john romero in an interview with nasir himself that nasir was not the programmer mentioned in that quote, though. If you dig a little, you can find a tweet from romero himself, where he reiterates that point.
Does anybody have that Source? Also the Romero one?
A Lamia Queen?
Yeah. I’d be cool with that too.
I love that Johnny gave Clement a shoutout for his Final Fantasy retrospective. I’ve been slowly watching those videos as I play the games myself and it’s such a joy to hear Clement’s thoughts on the series.
The real queen was actually just never rescued in the first place.
Not captured again. It was the Lamia that was "rescued" the first time.
Crono want you're location
Right as I gonna go use the bathroom for 30 minutes while contemplating all my life choices, such as why I decided to eat spicy food then immediately do work outside, Johnny puts out another video. Now I can suffer while being entertained!
A kindred soul.
There seems to be a lot of meme potential in this video.
He's making quite a number of short sketches in these first two FF videos, he's really having a lot of fun
Yeah. Reminds me of Green Scorpion's worst Zelda Bosses list where he said in regards to A Link Between Worlds Moldorm "And made him look like a CHEESEBURGER" Which is even funnier to me since that design was lazily reused for the remake of Link's Awakening.
@@GatorRay define lazily
@@captainmega6310 As in they could've come up with a new design based on the original but instead they used an already existing redsign.
@@GatorRay i wouldn't call it lazy. Putting that redesign to use rather then just that game
These gags MUST become a regular thing. This episode was great.
The FIRE spell, the little singing bit, and the "Hooray a corpse!" thing are great examples of this.
Johnny: _uploads_
Everyone: *REV UP THOSE FAMICOMS!*
EDIT: Of all the things I would except Johnny to reference in FF2, Super 17 was probably the _last_ thing.
Get those Chocobos saddled!
Why Kairi got da strap when we both know she ain't gonna do anything with it?
I know you played KH3
@@natoriousthehopeful2786 and I know _you_ haven't played Re Mind
@@Super_Suchi How'd you manage to italicize your comment?
@@natoriousthehopeful2786 _be actually funny and I'll tell you_
"The princess turns out to be a lamia queen and.. I'd still be cool with that."
Johnny, quarantine has been rough, but hang in there! You don't need to bang the snake woman!
Al-Sedexus begs to differ.
@Quinn McDonnell Nevermind, she is a demon from D&D, not a snake, my brain just farted inside itself.
So instead I'm gonna be a weeb and suggest Eunectes from Arknights.
I guess you can say he wanted a taste of her lips because he knew she was toxic... :P
I'd say he has a refined, cultured taste.
@@dragonknight1k161 bruh
i love how in the Psp remake there's a side story focusing on the fallen heroes as they fight the Emporer as this time HALF OF HIS SOUL TAKES OVER HEAVEN!
“Hooray! A corpse!”
Busted a gut there
‘(edited)’
Nah. It’s okay if you’re into that.
@@Marsuru1 would you rather I bust a guy?
@@ZeroRoyale I don’t care what you bust, I just don’t want anything to do with it.
Yep. That song will be stuck in my head.
Forward and back...23:58, 29:11, and my personal favorite 30:21
23:59 I can’t stop laughing at that Forward and Backward song. XD
It's called exponential entropy if you want the full thing.
Neither can I.
I fell in Love with it I never seen Johnny Sing before!
So is this confirmation that Johnny is actually doing a Final Fantasy marathon and I'm not just hallucinating.
I'm not even all that into FF, and I'm still hyped for this.
same here
I started to play FF13 but lost interest in it. I'm waiting for FF7 to come to PC.
@@bee-beargaming are you talking about vii remake because the classic version is on steam
Is it bad that I only like 1-6? But 4 and 6 are great the rest of the series not so much
Same. Next one is the first entry in this marathon that I own (But not the first Final Fantasy I got, though. That honor belongs to VII).
14:39 "HOORAY A CORPSE!!! :D" 😂
I hope doing this marathon doesn't burn Johnny out of his favorite series.
He did multiple sonic marathons. He'll be fine.
@@thunderthebright8469 But sonic games are no where near as long FF games
@@darkcloak100 Johnny said he's gonna tackle these games in chunks. He's gonna do 1-3 first, then 4-6, 7-9, and so on.
Is Johnny just sticking to the main numbered games or is going to play the sequels/prequels too?
Cause if it's the latter he'll have a lot on his plate with the FFVII, FFXII and FFXIII world's let alone the MMOs.
Nah, he won't be burned out of Sonic.
Emperor Mateus...
Out of original nes Final Fantasies, He’s my favorite.
He does heinous acts, Gets killed at the middle of the game, Goes to hell and takes over it, and If you’re playing the remake versions, his Soul goes to heaven and takes over the heaven....
What i’m understand, he is only one who does this......
(Feel free to correct.)
Also.... his Boss theme sounds like it’s Laughing at your feeble attempt to beat him... (or is it just me?)
I also think he has one of the coolest names, Emperor Mateus Palamecia.
in the manga, Mateus Palamecia apparently belongs to a bloodline that apparently does get into contact with the underworld of some sort in their life and that they are basically cursed about it, hence this conquer the underworld stuff, and in some other releases the conquer heaven stuff too. I find it interesting, tho no remake or port or whatever ever fixed the original issues with the game from a gamedesign, characterization, balancing or dungeon designing standpoint, sadly.
@@2O73O40 oh boy, the Dissidia series!
It made me like all 12 antagonists, and rediscover few main FF games.
But yes, Gatland was just knight who wanted to fight eternally (i think?), and Cloud Of Darkness wanted.....
....
What did she want? Everything to return to the Void? Sleep time? S**** boy action?
(And i know next to nothing about Xande.)
@@KostyaComm forgot the last part. But yeah! 😸👍😄👍
It’s funny how quickly i can drop everything the second Johnny drops a new video
Ah yes, the one where Jareth from Labyrinth decided to split his soul in half and conquer both Heaven and Hell. If there's anyone who could've done it, it probably would've been him.
My woman named her 2nd son that. So the kid I adopted is the goblin king
Honestly the psp version is worth it bc it really adds more character and dialogue throughout the game, the ost is fire, and the grind is reduced by a lot. Plus the bonus dungeon is kinda fun
The graphic is also beautiful.
I request a 10-hour "FORWARD AND BACK" music video
If they've done it for Bacon Pancakes and There Goes Hawaii, it's only a matter of time...
The song is called exponential entropy if you want the full thing.
th-cam.com/video/gePFGKWgqRE/w-d-xo.html
I hope I’m not the only one thinking this is one of your funniest reviews, the jokes were firing on all cylinders & had a lot of variety especially sense they had laughing so hard!
Thank You So Much Johnny!
I want a 10 hour version of the forward and back song. It’ll be perfect for 10 hours of grinding to make the party absolutely broken.
Roses are red, Violets are blue, hey look, SomecallmeJohnny reviewing Final Fantasy II.
the fact that he mentioned dragon ball GT makes me respect him that much more
I need a one hour version of Johnny singing "Forward and Back" 😂
" man those dungeons were long ...OK time to play ff3" *passes Johnny a beer* this is for Tower of light. Great video man 😁
Watch Johnny somehow catch up to Clement lol
Personally, I have never played this game but the theme for Castle Pandaemonium in the PSP version is one of my favorite tracks in RPG’s period and I think that says a lot
What would be the biggest flex since Sonic Generations.
25:54 WHEN THE WIND IS SLOW
AND THE FIRES HOT
THE VULTURE WAITS TO SEE WHAT ROTS
Local rebels claim to be 'fckin invincible'
Last time I was this early, Johnny was still laughing about Cole Phelps - Houdini
...wow that is old
I don't even think I remember that
That was years ago
Johnny’s face at 15:17 nearly made me spit out my drink
He was on top of his game with the expressions in this review. Lots of meme potential.
@@PaceBreaker Has anyone made a gif of it yet? XD
Wow youtube actually notified me the video was up instead of just leaving it in my recommended a week later
"So it turns out the princess wasn't actually the princess and was a lamia queen in disguise and... I'd still be okay with that"
Mood
But *adopted* siblings getting together? Now that's too far ;)
@@VonFirflirch I still dont get why he got (or some ppl in general) disgusted by that. Unrelated people who grew up tend to become partners in a relationship with each other, and besides, there is no harm done if they would breed :/
I guess Monster Musume changed some people’s look on lamia
@@Evilriku13 I know this is late but it is still kinda weird that you grew up in the same family only to fall in love.
23:58-24:06 Why does this sound so good lmao. Johnny might have to start doing mixes.
24:00 That Alexander reference hit just right. Top shelf, lad.
Johnny: FIRE 16!!!!
Me: *is dead from laughing too hard*
Damn Johnny, it's only been two weeks since the last FF video. You sure do work hard, and we are all the more appreciative for it.
FF2 is my favorite game of the NES trilogy, anybody wanting to play this should either pick up the PSP version or the mobile ports. They cut down on the encounter rate, generously give more stat gains, remove stat lowering when not using said stat, and the charges to level up magic are drastically reduced (getting a lvl 1 to a lvl2 spell takes 5-10 casts as oppose to 50-100 casts in the original.)
The rebel army theme is my favorite final fantasy theme of all time. I love that song because it helped me cheer up in down times during the pandemic
I'm surprised you didn't mention the Soul of Rebirth mode in later versions of the game, where you play as the dead playable characters (Minwu, Josef and Ricard) plus Scott, and you end up facing the Emperor of Heaven (because this douche actually split himself into two to rule both heaven and hell).
That mode was a lot more fun than I expected it to be, to the point that I didn’t try it until picking up the mobile port of II in 2012.
I’ve heard people claim that the Dragons’ Den in VI Advance is some ungodly abomination of an extra dungeon, but it was also a lot of fun to me, to the point that these two bonuses are the best added modes I’ve seen yet in the series.
I kind of wish Johnny was playing the remakes for this reason. He's missing out on some substantial content and I doubt most people experiencing the franchise nowadays are going to start with the NES versions.
@@KostyaComm that would make the marathon longer.
Damn Johnny! It’s only been a week, take your time my man!
Eh NES era are comparatively short.
wth...that how the chocobos looked like
thank god they got better
And METAL!
@@smashmaster521 Metal legs chocobo in FF adventure!!!
@@rezterralico4369 Oh, I was referring to the Metal remix of the Chocobo theme in XIII-2
@@rezterralico4369 CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR CHOCOBO EVOLVED INTO CHOCOBOT (Couldn't resist an SCXCR Seiken Densestsu Retrospective reference cause that one is so funny)
That NES Jank of targeting the emperor reminds me of a favorite homebrew spell among DnD fans. “Screw that one guy in particular” it targets anyone on the plane of existence RANDOMLY and hits them with a bolt of lightning. Thing is, if the same spell is used again by ANYONE in the world before a full minute passes, that SAME person will get struck by lightning again.
Dang it Johnny, now that forward and backwards song is stuck in my head. It's so good! XD
It's called exponential entropy if you want the full thing and really turn it into an earworm.
2:28 For some reason, those boxes look like they should contain fancy chocolate. Or maybe I'm just hungry.
"it was a Lamia Queen in disguise and i... I would still be cool with that"
*Grooseward Gourd intensifies*
Glad to see Johnny is a man that can _hora hora_ with the best of 'em.
One thing this game does that I love but really isn’t explained at all is that enemies actually do give different “experience” rewards. I think it’s labeled ranks in later versions but you actually get more poin for your stat increase based on how strong an enemy is and how strong you are. So attacking beginner enemies as an endgame party is gonna give minimum or nothing but attacking higher level enemies when you’re weaker will give you a higher experience gain and can make leveling much faster, on top of spells having their own basic point total they gain per use. Cure getting 2 per use, fire getting 3 etc
"Who punches themselves to get stronger?"
>brings up the part in DBZ where they realise they can punch themselves to get stronger
They honestly don't rely on that too much, besides just a bunch of sparring matches. The only time that really comes to mind when Freeza shows up and Vegeta tells Krillin to blast him and get healed by Dende. It's probably happened somewhere else, but the returns would likely end up being diminishing especially considering it didn't even work to begin with.
Saiyans can't get zenkais by hurting themselves
@@randomboys1000 Except Goku getting stronger by continually blasting himself on the spaceship to Namek.
The rules aren't exactly consistent, it's fine.
There's only one thing I've learned from this review....
We need Johnny to release a full version of his cover of the Cruise Chaser Theme
I know that the video is going to be excellent, but may I just say Johnny is looking nice and slim? Hell of a job on the weight loss my man, I might need to get into DDP Yoga myself.
Great video! I wasn't sure if you were only going to do the FF's originally released in America (1, 4, 6, etc) or all of them. Really cool seeing somebody cover the ones not talked about as much!
Also, that's a nice hoodie!
It’s always nice to hear you talk about Final Fantasy, great video man and good luck with the other entries in the series.
I'd hate to see what FIRE 35 would look like. 21:06
A nuke
@@DirectorOfChaos9292 A nuke or NUKE? ;P
Flame Hyenard dancing in Johnny's house with his clones while constantly shouting "BURN TO THE GROUND"
6:58 So, Johnny is a man of culture.
The slapping yourself bit from Twitter lived up to expectation! ♪ Forward and back and forward and back and forward and back and forward and back ♪
According to the novel, The Emperor's name is Mateus. I just call him that because there's entirely too many emperors in fiction just titled "The Emperor".
29:26 Johnny I'm from the future, and I'm hear to tell you not to bet any money on that
He uploaded this video almost as fast as I ran away from FF8 when I figured out how drawing magic worked
Thank you SO MUCH for giving Clement's FF retrospective a shootout, love those videos
I love that you're doing this marathon, right in the middle of me playing through the entire series myself. makes me excited to see the rest of the episodes in this series. also the ancient sword solves the issue of mobs taking almost no damage towards the end of the game, Curse makes the mob take full dmg from your attacks.
Meanwhile, I've gotten my hands on III (DS), IV (PlayStation and DS), V (PlayStation), VI (PlayStation), VII (PlayStation and Switch), VIII (PlayStation), and IX (PlayStation). All I'm missing are the first two games, because I don't think my Switch has room for X-2 Remaster AND the remaining DLC fighters for Smash.
I've had a shitty evening so this JUST what I need to start feeling better, thanks Johnny :D
The forward and back reference LOL. Man i can't wait for the 14 expansion reviews
Dude if videos like these are what's in store for the channel I'm fuckin HYPE
What a wonderful video! I'm so happy you're reviewing the Final Fantasy series.
And also love the shirt skits in between.
Psp version must be a lot easier. I only grinded once the whole game, never hit myself either. Tho at times my HP went up and I had full health, so idk if they re-tuned it or not
Seems that the FF14 WoL wasn't the only one that learned the language of the beaver.
I got two words for you: “Snae ling.”
I got three more words for you: “NOT THE BEAVERS!!”
Learn? No. They just have a magical universal translator in the Echo.
23:58 "Forward and back and then forward and back and then go forward and back" man, I like this brand new Johnny's hit song
The usage of "Exponential Entropy" was brilliant! Well done!
Can we all just take a moment to remember Paul the Ninja?
Damn, Johnny uploading a video a week after his last video? Always great to see more Johnny content
Right just exactly when I have finally gotten back around to proceed finishing off your last previous start of the Final Fantasy marathon too that this got uploaded right after... xD
Looking forward to that next review. I ended up playing the DS version, so to hear that you'll be doing something with that version peaks my attention further.
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From what I remember, the guy who programmed the Ultima spell thought it would be funny to make it severely underpowered despite how lore relevant and overly powerful it's supposed to be. And to make matters worse, the dude was the only one who could decipher the source code, so nobody could figure out how to fix it in time for the release.
Or so they say.
just in time! I was currently searching TH-cam for something to watch only for a Johnny video to pop up
Okay the 'Forward and Back' jam is now in my head. i was like 'Whats John referencing?' and then the outro still has me like "WHAT IS THIS MASTERPIECE" lol. Been a while but as always loved the vid
This was straight up my first Final Fantasy. I loved it so much, it really got me into the series
Darn, looks like John didn't find Mini and Toad. It completely trivializes the game, but the fact you can make most anything a Frog has always amused me.
Does it work properly in the Famicom original? I know it works all the way up to the first Emperor fight in the PSP version anyway.
@@DavCube Yep, you just need to keep in mind the Int/Soul Penalties of Equipment. You basically just run a naked Firion/Maria in the Back Row and have them Spam Mini/Toad + Berserk all game. It's the most convenient way to beat the game, even if it's disgustingly cheap.
I feel the biggest problem with final fantasy 2 is that the game doesn't tell you about some of it's more subtle, hidden mechanics. This is a major issue since ff2 is a mechanically complex game especially for the famicom, and since most players don't completely understand all of the mechanics, they end up hating the game. I highly recommend watching HCBailly's recent let's play of ff2 if you have the time, he does a very good job of informing you on how exactly the game works. when you fully understand all of it's mechanics, ff2 actually becomes really fun and is one of my personal favorite games in the series, if only the actual game gave you more information than it does so you wouldn't have to watch a let's play to learn it all. Great vid as always, John.
Only played this on my phone a few years ago. It was a port of the PSP version I think. I liked it enough, though I knew exactly what I was getting into and knew how to level up the party. An interesting step in the series' evolution.