The BEST Character From Every Mainline Final Fantasy Game
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- With so many memorable characters throughout the entire Final Fantasy series, choosing just one from each game is no easy task. For this list, we’ll be highlighting our picks for the best character from each mainline Final Fantasy game whether they’re the main character or not. In this video we put the spotlight on the likes of Cecil from Final Fantasy IV, Tifa from Final Fantasy VII, Zidane from Final Fantasy IX and the best of the best from every other numbered title in the Final Fantasy series. Who was your favorite character and what is your favorite Final Fantasy game? Let us know in the comments.
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Sephiroth, and Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Tifa Lockhart and FF7 is my favorite Final fantasy
Final Fantasy VII Remake is my favourite Final Fantasy Game and my favourite Final Fantasy character is Tifa, because she's so powerful and defienitily beautiful! ❤
Final Fantasy 6 is my favorite one and my boy Locke was the best character. He had a serious Han Solo vibe going on.
Cid in 16 was by far the most charismatic Cid I have ever seen. The moment I heard his voice, saw his swagger, and got a glimpse of his attitude, he was one of my faves.
Met his voice actor, genuinely nice guy
I'm still sad about his death
No one thinks Vaan is the best character in 12. No one.
I suspect that was a joke - much as if he'd suggested Hope as the best character in FF13. Come to that, anybody other than Lightning in FF13.
Of of the big things FF7 has going for it is its overflowing roster of unique and interesting characters. It's probably equalled in that regard only by FF9.
Greetings. My name is no one.
Not the best, but not absolutely irrelevant or unimportant as many seem to think.
CIDOLFUS TELAMON! Get your Cids right.
Bro they didn’t get FiriOn
Now do the WORST character from every mainline game.
Vaan from FF12 literally serves no purpose to the plot after bringing the party together. By his own words, he is "just along for the ride" when the party was asked why they were on their journey. Penelo is only there because she's Vaan's best friend.
All the dumbshits from FFXIII...
II: Guy
III: I can't remember, it's been forever since I played the DS version
IV: Edward
V: Krile
VI: Umaro
VII: Cait Sith
VIII: Zell
IX: Amarant
X: Wakka
XII: Vaan, obviously
XIII: Hope
XV: Prompto
XVI: can't pick a playable character since there's only one so I'll go with Anabella
Lightning?
@@greytakerrev7147 Hope 😬
I had some xp with Motion Capture and really admire modern FF titles' seriously fluid, accurate animations and movement and fight choreography - it finally did the cinematic style of the narrative justice. As well as the character's facial likeness and performance capture. Kudos to the devs. Ps. You almost saw me as Leon in these new Resident Evil games :)
Now do a list with the most UNDERRATED character in every FF game.
Here's my vote for the ones I played
Cloud (og) Aerith (remake)
Laguna
Vivi
Yuna (auron's cool but yuna has the best arc)
Balthier
Serah ( xiii -2 counts)
Ignis
Clive
serah is super under rated
"People often think Vaan is the best character but..."
I question your research 😂
Now do a Top 10 Best Cids list. Highwind and Telamon would have to fight for the top spot.
Nothing tops Oglop Cid from FF9. NOTHING.
Thunder God or bust.
FF7 to me is Sephiroth. I think he's one of the best video game villains of all time, and he's the first villain I hated as a kid because of you know what... Plus hes got the most iconic villain theme. Stories that can create a really good villain makes the story worth watching
For me it would be cloud and sephiroth as a close second. They both just have so much depth to them the reason cloud would be mine is he came from all of those problems broke and lost himself and still pieced himself back together again faced and conquered his demons. Definitely agree on sephiroth being the most iconic villajn still is my favorite of all time.
First in the list, you already know there's something wrong when he called Firion "Firian".
Anyway, here's my list:
FF1 - Garland
FF2 - Minwu
FF3 - Cid Haze
FF4 - Cecil Harvey
FF5 - Faris
FF6 - Celes & Locke (it's a tie for me)
FF7 - Cloud (Remake/Rebirth - Barret)
FF8 - Laguna
FF9 - Vivi (Zidane is too anime)
FF10 - Tidus (true protagonist, just misunderstood by a lot. he was knowingly sacrificing his existence without others knowing yet still keeping a smile on his face)
FF11 - didn't play
FF12 - Gabranth (FF Vader)
FF13 - Lightning
FF14 - Emet Selch
FF15 - Ignis (because of the DLC)
FF16 - Cid
FFT - Delita MF Heiral
Vivi is not only best ff9 character maybe FF character ever, but also one of the best characters ever.
I think Vivi, Clive, and Cloud have the best character journey to be honest
Vivi made me tear up. My thoughts while playing ff9: there's no way anyone would hurt Vivi?!!💔
Steiner way more cooler than vivi
Here’s a list of my favorite Final Fantasy characters
7-Cloud, Tifa, Barrett and Aerith
9-Zidane, Sarah, Vivi, Steiner and Freya
X-Tidus, Yuna, Auron and Lulu
12-Balthier, Ashe and Fran
15-Noct, Promto, Gladiolus and Ignis
16-Dion, Clive and Cis
always listing half the party members isn't really a good list😂
@@NoctLightCloud Sorry. Sometimes it's hard to pick favorites.
Kefka not on this list is criminal
Prob goes for Cloud & Sephiroth too
Kefka is the only villain that actually won
-yeah, he’s defeated later but…at what cost
(Not *your* list-looks like you may not have experienced 6?
Def agree w/Clive & Cid-16 was the only FF for sometime to bring me back
My favorite Final Fantasy character and game are Cloud and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Cid Highwind for the win imo
My God Rebirth was soooooooo fing amazing
And Cloud GOAT Final Fantasy character period
If I have to be honest, Balthier basically carried FF12. Is Vaan really considered the best character in that game? Because the story barely focuses on him…..
That's why Vaan isn't on the list. He serves no purpose beyond being in the right place at the right time to bring the party together. By his own words, he is "Just along for the ride" when the party was asked why they were on their journey.
@@DRCEQ I thought so. Which is all the more confusing that some might say it’s him.
I think basch is the best character in that game personally.
I didn’t really like any of them.
Not that I'm aware of the 3 I usually hear about are Balthier, Basch, and Ashe. Vaan I usually hear about on worst character lists. Maybe stats wise he's one of the better or something?
Picking one from VII is a tough one. Obviously it’s Tifa, but Vincent, Cloud, Yuffie, Sephiroth…it just keeps going.
FFI - Chaos
FFII - Firion
FFIV - Kain
FFV - Faris
FFVI - Sabin
FFVII - Cloud
FFVIII - Laguna
FFIX - Vivi
FFX - Yuna
FFXII - Cid
FFXIII - Sazh
FFXV - Ignus
FFXVI - Clive
Honourable mentions - Cecil, Edgar, Aerith, Tifa, Zell, Freya, Auron, Basch, Fang, 'My boy' Gav
Nah, Cidolfus is the best in FFXVI
@@Mukation should have mentioned him as an honourable mention but Clive is still my favourite character in the game. Cid is the man though
FF10: I agree but Wakka close second.
FF13: Yes Lightning is one of the greatest Final Fantasy characters ever, I thoroughly enjoyed the 13 Trilogy
15: Boyband sim, I would have chosen Promto.
As for Final Fantasy 7, Tifa is great and I've fallen more in love with her in Rebirth but Aerith still tops my FF7 characters
Honestly 7s cast as a whole is just top tier its extremely difficult to pick an absolute best out of the group especially after their characterization in Remake and Rebirth.
I love Tifa like she was my own girl friend, but the best character in FF7 is Barrett. He steals every scene he's in and has all the most memorable lines.
This is a trip down memory lane for me as a 90s kid I played a good amount of these games!
Oh man this is gonna piss people off hahahaha
How is Laguna not the best character in 8?! He is the only flushed out/likeable character in the entire game. Seifer has a cool concept behind him (Squall's nemesis and all that) but is so misused and poorly implemented that he barely leaves any impact on the player (and other characters, for that matter). He's cool and him cutting Odin in half was pretty awesome, but that's it
I agree. The whole list was about what I expected, but Seifer barely ever comes off as anything more than a one-note "Rival Blue to Trainer Red" antagonist. Even Zell had a better character arc.
Honestly, I think Final Fantasy 8 is too convoluted and often ambiguous to have great characters. But I think Squall is the best just because of his character development.
@@ThomasWalsh-kn9di definitely agree on the first part, but wholeheartedly disagree on Squall. His development and relationship with Rinoa is so forced and Squall himself goes from being an asshole loner to a slightly-less-assholish-slightly-less-of-a-loner. And I just didn't feel his "becoming a leader" arc. Like, at all.
Laguna's arc on the contrary is well structured, emotional, has good chemistry and Laguna himself, as I already mentioned, is a very likeable fellow. I also really liked how Laguna's rather eventful life story, had an impact on the entire storyline and some characters (including Seifer). The conclusion to his arc is the only one in the game I've actually cared for.
@@jerrysmith8814 Laguna was just not really given enough time in the story, and I don't think it was really made clear who he was. Was he Squalls father? It wasn't even mentioned
@@ThomasWalsh-kn9di no, he was just a Galbadian soldier. He was in love with Rinoa's mother during his service and later a sort of adoptive father to Ellone.
The original concept for FF8 was to have both Squall and Laguna to be fully fledged protagonists, but Laguna's segments were eventually drastically minimized. And even so, his 3-5 hour story manages to have more depth and cohesion than the main story line.
I do agree that he definitely deserved more time throughout the story, but considering the type of character writing of the rest of the cast, he definitely shines the brightest and somehow his briefly shown relationship with Raine is much more touching than Squall and Rinoa's (THE LEITMOTIF OF THE ENTIRE GAME)
I am surprised that FFXV's entry wasn't Ignis
Just wanted to confirm Balthier was the best one from FF12. Main or supporting character, he is the GOAT.
Good start to the video, putting Firian instead of Firion, really makes it seem professional
Each to their own, and everyone has their own opinion. But I got to say, Zidane over Vivi? Seifer over anyone in 8? Noctis over Ignis? Why? I would say Vivi for 9, Squall, Zell or Quistis for 8, and Ignis for 15. (He literally goes against Ardyn, and is blinded because of him, still manages to fight through to help Noctis)
Zidane is a very likeable rogue, and his dynamic with Kuja is interesting. I'd say Vivi has a better character journey, though. And Seifer is a pretty complex villain so I wouldn't disagree there. But I'd choose Tidus over auron
You got my favorite on this from Final Fantasy XII!
How could you not put Torgal as the best character from FF 16. He is the best boy
Vivi is literally the poster child of Final Fantasy series. Tattoos, shirts, artwork. And you choose Zidane. Who is awesome. But that goes to Master Vivi
Cloud is the poster child of final fantasy
I’ve not even watched the whole thing and already annoyed it’s Firion not Firian
Tifa for the win.
Maybe consider doing a list of the “Best Cid Characters in FInal Fantasy series”!? Just a thought. 😅
My faves from each game
6 - Terra, Celes, Shadow, Locke, Edgar, & Sabin
7 - Aerith, Tifa, Cloud, Zack, Sephiroth, & Vincent
8 - Rinoa, Squall, Laguna, Irvin, & Quistis
9 - Vivi, Freya, Zidane, Steiner, Garnet, & Eiko
10 - Auron, Yuna, Lulu, Rikku, & Jecht
13 - Lightning
Have some disagreements with a few but I was surprised by V. I enjoyed Galuf, Faris, Bartz but found Lenna less interesting
I would choose Gilgamesh in V. He's a fan favorite and absolutely iconic.
Picking Seifer instead of Laguna or Squall is a tragedy😂
Auron is the coolest guy to ever fake a broken arm injury.
Not picking Vivi is a crime…
Agree!!
In the OG Ff7, it’s cloud. However, Tifa takes it in the new versions. Her added depth puts her over Cloud just barely
Cecil?!?! Argument started.
Cid's visuals in FF16 are way more appropriate to his voice than the actual actor himself.
Not picking Vivi is the absolute worse take I've ever seen in a video
Right?!
Tifa and Seifer were worse takes imo
@@Havenfallalso picking Firion over Minwu was bullshit as well.
1:18 Ok,so that’s a lie
Also, Ignis is the best FF15 character. Like, come on, did you not play his DLC? He literally created an alternate timeline where neither Noctis nor his brother-in-law would have died. Plus, he’s actually able to beat Noctis at full power. Not to mention he’s the guy who keeps the entire group in line, but isn’t above cracking jokes with them
The journey that Noctis takes and his sacrifice make him the best character in ff15 imo
@@ThomasWalsh-kn9di Dude, Ignis was there with him almost the entire time. And Ignis quite literally also sacrificed his life in the parallel universe, seriously, you had to select the option to win. He was just rawdogging death at that point and couldn’t have cared less, he solo‘d Ardyn like it was nothing. Also, he (technically) killed a Malboro all by himself while being blinded not too long ago, that’s a whole other level of skill
For FFXII, this would be the place to put an NPC. Larsa. Larsa Solider is only seen from time to time, but he is my favorite character of that game.
Balthier constantly saying he's the leading man, but being stuck with Vaan was a slap on the face
I've haven't played much of Final Fantasy Games, but I have Final Fantasy XIV and XV on PC and I've been thinking buying and playing Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth to PS5 defienitily Rebirth The Newiest One. Final Fantasy Characters what I know and like are Cloud, Sepiroth and Tifa (Final Fantasy VII), Noctis Lucis Caelum, I remember when I've watched someon'es Tqwitch stream about of FF XV, the Streamer and Chat said he looks like a Live Action version of Sasuke from Naruto, Cindy and Gentiana (Final Fantasy XV). I've been interested and excited for Final Fantasy XVI for a long time since it's launch, and I have PS5. Should I buy XVI on PS5 and play XV on PC before that? Square Enix Final Fantasy is easily 1 of The Best Video Game Series of All Time! 😊❤
buy and play them all. enjoy!
Putting zidane as best ff9 character over vivi might warrant time inside
List was going so well until FFIX. The Vivi and Steiner brigade will have you strung up by your toes for this one! LMAO
The MMOs are both numbered AND mainline Final Fantasy games, but I can see why they were left off of this list.
Surely this means you are going to do a Top Ten from each of those two games, right?
Right?
My Seifer figurine stands very proud.
I'm sorry, but for final fantasy 16 it is Clive. Cid is great, but Clive had much better character development. He's a top 5 FF character.
MOJO plays means side characters
Sorry, but Cid is for me. Literally the best character in FF since Auron
@@kevingame3198 well they chose noctis and lightning, so they're including mains too
Clive's character arc is finished before act 1 even is finished. The game skips over most development Clive has with timeskips. Cid steals every scene he is in with far less screen time than Clive. I'd argue Joshua and Dion are more interesting than Clive.
I'm pretty sure even the devs hated Vaan.
The best character from 15 and 16 was my blender that I put the discs in after I finished the games.
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FF2: Firion
FF3: Luneth
FF4: Cecil
FF5: gilgamesh!!!
FF6: Sabin
FF7: Barret/ cloud
FF8: Squall
FF9: Vivi
FF10: Tidus
FF12: Basch
FF13: Fang
FF15: Ardyn
I - None lol
II - Firion
III - None again lol
IV - Cecil
V - Gilgamesh
VI - Celes
VII - Tifa
VIII - Laguna
IX - Zidane
X - Auron
XI - Never played it
XII - Balthier
XIII - Fang
XIII-2 - Caius
LR - Caius again I guess
XIV - Still haven’t played
XV - Ardyn
XVI - Cid
Its tifa lockhart not lockheart
Rydia in FF IV (FF II in the US) has always been one of my favorite characters.
You did good with the votes for VI, VII, and X, but I'm gonna have to confess the rest of my personal list is very different.
I: Red Mage
II: Maria
III: Arc
IV: Rydia
V: Faris
VI: Celes
VII: Tifa (in both continuities)
VIII: Haven't played yet. :(
IX: Vivi
X: Auron
XI: Mihli Aliapoh
XII: Fran
XIII: Haven't played this either. =/
XIV: Estinian
XV: Gladiolis
XVI: Aaaand haven't played this one either. >.>'
Final Fantasy 1) Warrior/Knight
Final Fantasy 2) Minwu
Final Fantasy 3) Luneth
Final Fantasy 4) Cecil Harvey
Final Fantasy 5) Faris Scherwiz
Final Fantasy 6) Terra Bradford
Final Fantasy 7) Tifa Lockhart
Final Fantasy 8) Selphie Tilmitt
Final Fantasy 9) Vivi Ornitier
Final Fantasy 10) Yuna
Final Fantasy 12) Balthier
Final Fantasy 13) Everyone pretty much sucks in the original, but Lightning did get redemption in sequels so she wins by process of elimination.
Final Fantasy 15) Noctus Lucis Caelum
Final Fantasy 16) Cid
I love Auron from Final Fantasy X. His nonchalant demeanor and misanthropic wisdom makes him my favourite as well. Also, he is a beast in battle.
I knew Auron would be chosen.
I've played every FF since FF6. My vote for the best (not neccesarily always my favourite) characters is: Celes, Cloud, Laguna, Vivi, Yuna, Balthier, Lightning, Ignis, and Clive.
Cid was the best about the hole ff16 exp.😅
Ardyn ff15
Fang ff13
Bash ff12
Auron ffx
Vivi ff9
Rinoa ff8
Vincent ff7
Terra ff6
And you could say that ardyn was the best thing about 15, and fang was the best thing about 13.
We can argue for days over this, and some are debatable : I would definitely pick Yuna for FFX (most compelling character with the best story ark) and Ashe for FFXII (yeah yeah, Balthier's is cool but the whole story revolves around Ashe and she is one of the most fleshed out female protagonist of the entire series (much better than broody Lightning!)).
But who on earth thought there could be a better character in ANY Final Fantasy game than Vivi Ornitier??? I like Zidane but he's not even close second best!
Auron is an absolute badass and someone you can really look up to.
Well each have their own best. I mean in some for me are Villains like Golbez, Gilgamesh, Kefka and Sephiroth.
Auron, Balthier and Cid 100% agree.
Luneth would not have 'faded into obscurity' without the DS version, he would not have existed - the original Famicom version reverted to the original game's 'nameless, almost entirely uncharacterised PCs'.
I 100% thought they were gonna pick Ignis for FFXV
lol at the bizarre praise for Lightning.
well, 6 is extremely suggestible in its "best character" my fave has always been edgar, come on, he comes in clutch at just the right times
Celes and Tifa over Terra and Cloud? No disrespect I like both characters, but not better or as important in their respective story lines then Terra and Cloud, but I guess this was voted more as a popularity contest 😅
Celes is the protagonist of FFVI's second half, and Terra is kind of a false protagonist.
And no, Tifa is easily the best FFVII character.
@@txgoldrush False protagonist? She was mentally enslaved by the evil Gestahlian Empire, who used her gifted powers to wage war on the empire's neighboring countries. I like Tifa my top 3 FF character ever, but in terms of story importance she’s not important to FF7 lore than Cloud or Aerith, sorry, and again i’m a Tifa fanboy but I keep it 100 when it comes to the lore of FF7
@@Dove0faction Terra is the false protagonist because she isn't the hero of the story. In fact, the Returners trying to make her the hero led to Kefka destroying the world.
So glad you added Tifa. She's so beloved worldwide... Even Italians love her.
If you know, you know. 😏
She's definitely not the best character though
Gosh.. her being treated like a p***star is a best character though? I feel like her character quality is somehow drowned by the fact that she is extremely over sexualised by the fans.
@alimichalkan8046 Exactly no one actually cares about her character it's kinda sad she's popular but for all the wrong reasons 😅
@@alimichalkan8046 I mean, your not wrong. But we can all agree that the internet only made things worse for her.
@@DaenerysUchiha Valid points you just spitted out. Pretty valid indeed.
I agree with almost everything in your list, i would just add Seltheus in 11 and emet selch in 14, also prefer squall before seifer despite his emo behaviour and i really like steiner goofy vibe in ff9
Vivi is the Best
As a FF6 fan, I respect your decision 👏 👏 👏
cid from FF16 is one of my favorite characters in FF games and him die in the game was so powerful and so sad
Everyone loves Titfa!
You could have added the mmos easily. XI Shanttoto and XIV Emet Selch. Both these games have amazing stories and casts too. A shame not to include them in a list like this.
Wait so is the the best character or best protagonist in every mainline final fantasy
Missed two mainline games? Just cause 11 and 14 are online it doesn’t mean they aren’t mainline or don’t have great characters
So this isn't an actual list of every mainline Final Fantasy. The two MMOs are mainline games. As for the best characters from each game, what did you do? Set up a dart board with character names on it?
I agree with most of these! I'm impartial to 8, so I have no favorite. I would change 6 to Locke. Celes is a worthy candidate and great choice, though! I never played 2 or 3 but they're on my to do list.
Reminder that ff11 and ff14 ARE mainline FFs. Although you do need to play the games to pick your fav characters, which is a big time investment.
So he's up to the Final Fantasy IV already and he's only picked the main characters?!
Stranger of Paradise retroactively makes (Jack) Garland the best character in FFI
People can say whatever they want about Balthier, but he will always be a Mid character, 😂. I swear that joke never gets old, lol.
id like to see one about the most hated Final Fantasy character
Cid is great, but Dion is my favorite from 16
2. Firion
4. Kain or Cecil
5. Faris or Bartz
6. Locke or Celes
7. Tifa or Cloud
8. Zell, Seifer or Laguna
9. Zidane, Vivi, Steiner or Dagger
10. Tidus, Yuna or Auron
12. Balthier or Basch
13. Sazh, Lightning or Fang
15. Ignis or Promto
16. Clive or Cid
Do from side games and spin-offs.
a new mojoplays list, best cids, and you could include the ffxiv cid
Mmm i dont agree with 15... well at least for me, best character is Ignis, he keeps everybody sane!! And for 16... i could argue Dion... i mean that character steals every scene he is in... but Cid..oh Cid... i adore him
Seifer is the best from FFVIII. Nice call out.
Noctis over Ardyn is BLASPHEMOUS
Well at least you guys got 6 and 7 right.
Everybody talking about zidane or vivi but secretly we all know steiner is the best character from ff9
X and XV are my favourite games in the series, and you got those 2 right, so I'll give you a pass on some of the other games, which you did not get right....I mean, Celes??? Really??? Wouldn't even make my top 5 for FF VI.
Aerith really stole the show in Rebirth imo. But I never played the original. 😅
If this included non-mainline FF games, Ramza Beoulve would win, easily.