"what if I told you you can buy more than 1 heal potion at a time?" - UCBVG shows you the later versions of the game that allows you to buy 99 potions in 1 go
@@cocodojo turbo controller was the solution back in the day. Today the solution is to play a modified version of the game that fixes all of the bugs and adds some quality of life improvements such as dashing, purchasing multiple items etc..
I bought a crappy flight stick controller with turbo and I used it on festers quest and those 90 potions . Never get 99 youl always find some if your looting everything.
I’ve owned this game for nearly 30 years and have beaten it at least 10 times. You’d think that I would have no interest in these two videos as I know everything about this game. But you’d be wrong- I still think these videos and walkthroughs are fantastic!
I've played it about as many times and it's still one of my favorite final fantasies to play through (right after 4). The lack of any sort of characterization to the light warriors makes it easy to sorta "RP" as you play along. It makes it the most immersive of all the games in the series imo.
@@Prodmullefc - ever read the webcomic 8-bit Theater? It ended in 2010, but it was quite amusing seeing some characterization added to the completely generic characters. All I have to say is one word: Sword-chucks!
Carzy thing is I've played this game since it came out also. But still never knew about the treasures on the water floor in temple if fiends. I bear the game literally 10 times if not more. And never went down there. Haha I even did solo runs with the warrior, thief, black belt, and white mage. Crazy to actually see something I didn't know about!
I love that nintendo power ran a full guide for this game. Kids might not remember, but when this came out RPGs were not really a thing on consoles; it was the land of platformers. Playing this when i was young taught me how to play this type of game, and its carried me for decades. I hope some retro kid comes back to these videos to appreciate some of their forbears.
Except that very early Nintendo Power subscriptions came with Dragon Warrior... and there are actually quite a few old RPGs, including multiple Ultima games, StarTropics, Bardstale, and a host of games on C64 and Atari including D&D games. Sure, the RPG selection grew, but the same can be said for ALL game genres.
@@JazGalaxy Your in luck!there are 2 other games in the series for NES. IMHO de ja vu is my least favorite. Shadowgate and uninvited are both like that, even identical menus. I had shadowgate as a kid, but they are easy to find as roms.
Hi! You were wondering some differences for the Japanese version. The story writing for the most part is the same minus a few key character interaction dialogues which isn't major enough to really warrant explaining,.A few weapons and few character/spell name changes due to phonetics Cure Cur2/3/4 were Cure / Cura / Curda / Curga. Fire Fir2 etc was Fire, Fira, Firda, Rub was "Death", XXXX was "Kill", "Nuke" was "Flare" and "Saber" was "Temper". "Slain...." was "Dead..." when a character was downed and the place they were revived was a church instead of a clinic marked with an extended cross atop the building instead of a heart above the door. Kary was named Marilith (マリリス), Garland was Ga-rando(ガ一ランド), Lich was Rishichi(リシチ) and a plethora of enemy name changes too long to list here. One important monster change was the "Eye" which had its entire sprite changed because it looked exactly like a classic D&D Beholder and was even called ビホルダー (Beholder). The ending was not as long-winded as the American release so it seemed there was some extra dialogue added. The four fiends were called the "Chaos four" and I am sure there's more I am not remembering off the top of my head, I will need to go back and play my FC copy and take some notes. I hope this helps answer some questions! Excellent guide video by the way! I really enjoy your work.
the Medusa is topless in the japanese version, big differenceS. @10:45 "I have 2 arguments. B00B$" "That's 1 argument Barney!" "No, count again ted!" -How I Met Your Mother
I have a feeling a lot of people watched this for the nostalgia, but I'm a bit younger than the typical NES crowd and don't have any so I actually used this guide as intended. I just want to thank you for all the work you put in. I loved the running gags (the item shop's strict 1 item policy, the troll infestation, UCan's attitude, etc.) and your similar turns of phrase ("and we meet again our old friends the........". Listening to you made me realise you're a very intelligent person. Anyway I just wanted to thank you as you really helped me. I don't think I would have had the patience to beat this if it wasn't for these videos. Thanks and best of luck in 2023.
In regards to Darryl the mermaid, I always thought it was the North American localization team referencing the movie Splash where Daryl Hannah plays a mermaid that grows legs and goes to live with Tom Hanks.
These videos are extremely well done. This is the best video guide to Final Fantasy that exists, I think. In fact, it's so good that I'm kind of worried about you... this couldn't have been easy to make, and there's obviously a ton of editing and research, and even more gameplay behind these two videos. But, there's still Dragon Warriors II, III *and* IV out there, all games at least as long as this one. What I'm saying is, please take care of yourself? Don't burn yourself out. Again though, great job!
Just beat the Final Fantasy remake on a Game Boy Advance emulator, all thanks to your guide. The recommended party and secret lvl-up area made the game a breeze. But the final boss was incredibly difficult. Anyway, love the videos. You're the man.
This game has been one of my favorites since I was a kid .... still play it to this day .... I always challenged myself by playing and beating the game with crazy party combos like 4 White Mages or 4 Black Mages or 2 Fighters and 2 Thiefs or 4 Black Belts .... so many memories
Thanks a lot, man. I just finished this gem tonight. Never had the guts to face it since the remaster collection on ps1, and now, as I write this message, I can't help but smile as I hear the credit song. I think this victory, as much on nostalgia and memories of false difficulty, is not mine alone, but ours as you gave me the needed push. Cheers, as I hope you'll keep on helping the youngster in us face their challenges with a smile.
Well after watching 3.5 hours of final fantasy ... my TH-cam feed is now full of final fantasy videos. You have single handedly changed my recommendations
My dad loved this game so much he purchased a dozen copies and numbered them to try a ton of parties at the same time. He said 4 thieves was hard early, but 4 white wizards was way slower in the late game. He probably has them all tucked away somewhere.
Odd thing (Very odd good thing). I'm not gonna lie but your lack of a perfect microphone really helps with making these videos feel like those old school "Game players" VHS tapes I used to watch all the time as a kid. Really takes me back every time lol. Keep up the great content! I'm a big fan!
When I was a kid, I used to try different kinds of parties. One party was 4 blackbelts! Of course, I had to gain a crazy number of levels, but I can remember doing upwards to 1500 damage to Chaos. Another favourite was either 4 fighters or 4 black mages. A lot of fun because of the mixture of party members. Brilliant game!
use Black Belt, Knight, Red Mage, White Mage. Unstoppable. I completed the game, Twin Galaxies rules style with that party No reset, no team death, no game stopping. Through it in one go. Not running. Slaying everything
I once did an All Monks run, thinking that it'd be super tough. Actually, it was kinda like the super-secret easy mode of the game! No weapons, no magic, just fists of fury and a crap ton of potions. Even when I got the Masamune, my guys were still dealing more damage WITHOUT IT!!! 🤯 Chaos went down like a chump! Been meaning to attempt All White Mages and All Black Mages runs, just to see which would be tougher. Actually starting to think an All Thieves run would be the toughest, since you only have crap weapons at the start of the game, and no magic until the class change. Lemme know what crazy stunts you guys have done. 👍
@@TopsideCrisis346, I would say the 4 WM party is harder by far. Much harder, I'd say. The reason is 2 fold: offensive magic access, and weapons access. Black Mages get access to the Silver Knife, before their promotion, and that's not a bad weapon to work with. Additionally, they get access to the Catclaw, which can do decent melee damage. As for magic access, one spell that they do get access to is Warp, which lets you travel back to the previous dungeon level. In theory, a person could use the Warp spell multiple times to exit out of the Temple Of Fiends Revisted, after going back to the past. I will mention though: Fighting Lich in the past will be a pain in the ass, due to Nuke, and the lack of HP progression for the class.
Coming here after watching the world record of the Any% No Reset/No RNG Manipulation speedrun haha...UCBVG should have gotten Gyre to be a special guest on this episode, that dude knows EVERYTHING about this game.
I like how you incorporate the Nintendo power guide and stats and other strategies on the screen with the game play. Going to need to take time to watch Part 2 in segments. I've never really been into RPGs, but I can appreciate the work that goes into them. These games take a lot of patience, appreciation, and interest to play. Like I said, I've had a hard time getting into this genre of gaming. I think the last RPG I ever completed was Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. I tried Final Fantasy VII back in the day, but kept getting stuck at the same point and couldn't figure out how to advance. Kudos for putting in the time and effort on these videos. 👏🏻
My one bit of advice, when clearing a group of enemies out, and you have 2 or less remaining, I'd personally use the Heal staff to help top off some party members, saving a few heal potions (as well as time) in the post fight recovery phase.
I've been chomping at the bit for this one. I've watched another guy do a playthrough months ago and it was miserable long and boring. Homie didn't know what he was doing. Just endless grinding. This on the other hand is the best quality video game content on youtube. Thanks
Early Castle of Ordeals (and grinding the Zombie Dragons, my prefered grind spot), and un-equipping weapons on the Black Belt........both rocked my world back then. Still can feel the effect of those discoveries even now.
I once made an RPG Maker game that followed the Light Warriors after they returned to the future, but, the world they returned to never needed Light Warriors, as such no one knew them. Also, the Black Mage was corrupted in the battle of Chaos and became the villain of the new story :)
Another great video. Thank you for entertaining us. I think you missed a reference when talking to the mermaids. The mermaid named Daryl is a reference to Daryl Hanna, the actress who played the mermaid in the Tom Hanks 80s movie Splash
Greetings from Japan! :) Daryl is a refrence to Daryl Hannah, the actress who played a Mermaid in the movie Splash. Nice play through some differences to the JP version, notable being all the monsters in the Japanese version had Dungeons and Dragons names for the monsters they represented.. As far as the tomb Stone I remember Link was mentioned as "link, rest in peace" if I remember correctly translated. and the Tomb said Loto who is I think Erdricks name in Japan. It's been a few years since I played through it so I may be remembering it wrond and I was younger but I think that was what it was.
This is frickin awesome man! 3hrs and 30 mins of content! This is like 2 movies! And that's not even including part 1! Im going to make a playlist just for these 2 vids and watch em on loop!
Excellent playthrough!! Tremendously informative and nostalgic! I also really appreciate all the detailed editing, where you show the relevant town or enemy etc. data in the moment of where you are. Looks like a lot of effort, and it paid off totally!
One thing I can say about pixel, is is it just me, or is it easier than previous versions? I mean, Astos is the only one who tried an instant death spell, and it missed.
@@PhoenixAlaris93 with the Q button and auto battle it seemed that I was naturally over leveled since I fought way more and almost never ran away. So it would seem much easier being over leveled.
WarMech is one of those enemies that shows up when you're woefully underpowered (lv 40 average with a Kn RW WW BW) but won't show up at all if you're overpowered (lv 50 average with Ma (x2) WW BW.) Might have been a change they did on the GBA version, so maybe?
1:34:43 The mermaid Daryl is most likely a reference to the movie _Splash_ where Daryl Hannah played a mermaid who magically acquires a pretty good set of legs. Also, the young woman with the dancer sprite who is so proud of her legs in the town of Onrac is the missing mermaid being spoken of. 🧜♀️
One tip you didn't mention in the video, when you get to the end of the ice cave. In a lot of versions of FF1, the Eye boss can be repeatedly killed for extremely fast XP. Once you beat it, just walk 1 space off the boss tile and then back onto it, and the encounter will start again. Since the eye is fairly easy to kill in a single round, this can be a great way to grind levels if you want to become stupidly overpowered.
@@gilessaint-loup2426 There's no rule saying you can't come back to the ice cave after you get the airship. You don't have to do the grinding the first time you show up, and it's an extremely fast and safe way to level up.
and all the graphics editing to incorporate images from the nintendo power guide! these videos mustve taken forever to put together! this is quickly becoming one of my favorite retro gaming channels. i also appreciate how he (sorry, do we know his name?) doesnt try to be a "zany character" or anything. kinda reminds me of snesdrunk before he started adding too many one liners and other nonsense.
@@danielreynolds7458 agreed! Do you have any other retro channels to recommend? I'm always down for a retro deep dive. AVGN is keeping the retro titles alive, of course, but any other good ones out there?
@@sceneitallwithjeffandjon6984 really depends on what kind of content youre looking for. all of my subs are public, so feel free to look. Oni Black Mage is cool in how he sort of "novelizes" game plots. Gaming Broductions covers topics i dont see anybody else making videos on. Mr Gentleman dives pretty deep into jrpgs. and if you like technical stuff, Displaced Gamers digs into game code.
Nice Job! I played along with you on the pixel remaster! After seeing your care of this game I can't wait for your coverage of FF6! I often get to the world of ruin, putz about trying to do stuff not sure where to go and what to do, then loose interest and never end up finishing the game. This game reminded me of that game and exactly why I need this channel for some games!
I love that you include pics straight from the strategy guide. I don't think I've seen those since I was like 13 so it's a trip seeing them decades later
Something that always stood out to me with the ending was the mention of Jane and Sara, the Queen of Corneria and the Princess you rescued at the very beginning. It had me thinking that maybe, after their grand adventure, the Light Warriors went back to Corneria and settled down to live there as an honored part of the community. Maybe one of them even married the princess.
I'm pretty sure that Darryl, the mermaid's friend, is referencing Daryl Hannah, the actress that played the mermaid Madison in Splash. (released in 1984)
I can't believe I've watched almost 7 hours of Final Fantasy walk-through. Mind you, I played this game when it was new and have played it every few years since. I last played the redone version on my iPad a few years ago. The nostalgia I have for this game is epic. Also, narrator, whoever you are, you sound like a nerd after my own heart, with a great narrating voice. I love the nerdy references. I was going to mention the Darryl reference, but others have already chimed in mentioning it's a reference to the movie Splash.
What if I told you, the biggest hidden gem on the NES is Guardian Legend? I am notorious now for positing this every week until it happens!!! Final Fantasy is one of my favorite games on the NES and your video as always is outstanding.
What's up guardian legend guy! I've seen all your posts and agree with you 100% Its an amazing game and would love to see it covered. I have a retro console so as soon as he covers it, imma play it again!
I found the heal staff and also the heal helmets to be far more valuable than any other magic casting item. By the nature of melee you have unlimited damage but with no way to refill magic outside of towns and 99 max potions heal items are the only source of, albeit grindy, infinite HP for long dives exploring the last dungeon ect
It's a viable if tedious strategy to conserve healing magic and heal potions - good to have as an option in the final dungeon if you get a few really bad battles (gas dragons) that could chew through a ton of your potions and leave you vulnerable toward the end. Harder to keep open slots with characters who use a lot of armor. I usually pair with the wizard staff to confuse the last 1-2 enemies and get a few free rounds of healing in.
@@ChumblesMumbles good strategy Mumbles, I usually weaken the last enemy, then have everyone NOT using healing items, go into defense mode so they just block damage until everyone's back to near full before finishing the poor wretch off. Slow? Yes, but its quite the life saver when you run into weaker enemies that don't have 1 hit kill moves or something nasty.
This is an awesome series of 2 parts sir! Mega thanks to you for hitting up one of the most awesomest looooong games in exietence, and letting us enjoy it in back to back weeks (without leaving us hanging). Strongly appreciate it! And your coverage, pre-game and through game, flawless as always. Esp loved your use of the Nintendo Power "chapters" and art. Reeally fun watch. You rock, sir!
Having never played this on any of the various iterations, this playthrough was indeed a ride. Thanks for uploading this, great work. I felt like I was playing as I watched.
I remember going to Castle of Ordeals when I was younger after I got the canoe because of how hard the ice cave was, and eventually discovering what the Zeus gauntlets did by accident. Totally broke through the difficulty wall to have reusable infinite LIT2 so my White Mage could do actual damage to stuff that wasn't undead. Any time I've replayed the game through my adulthood, first stop with the canoe is always the castle of ordeals now to get those wonderful gauntlets and heal staff.
I've watched some bits of randomizer tournaments of this game, and a few TAS shenanigans, but I think this and your last video were the first where I actually learned anything at all about this game. I'm still just amazed that they fit this all into 144Kb, especially considering my first FF game was VII which came in at 1,317Mb and has about the same amount of gameplay in it. You did a phenomenal job covering this one, and so thoroughly too. Bravo!
In castle ordeals, you can walk to the left to avoid the Nitemare spiked square after getting the Heal Staff. You also can avoid the MudGol fight for the Zeus Gauntlet if you don't mind getting it on the next floor. One of the "empty" chests is actually tied to the Zeus G chest, so opening one will make the other empty.
Also, the Caravan that sells the BOTTLE fairy is the only desert square that the airship can land on. That way, you only need two steps in order to buy the BOTTLE. Less chance of a fight.
Been watching this channel for over a year and have enjoyed all the videos however the playthrough of FF has been even better somehow. Thanks for all the hard work!
I started replaying this game on my retro console as soon as you posted last week, and binge played all week. I'm at the sea shrine now and my whole party is at level 31 lol
Not sure if anyone has pointed this out but In the Castle of Ordeal when if you go for the Heal Staff you do not have to hit the guarded space with the Nightmare enemies as you can step one more space to the left and down avoiding the guarded space by one step.
I started playing this game for the first time about three months ago. I went to the volcano first and died pretty quickly. That was the first time I stocked up and bought 99 heel potion. I ended up using every one of them. My party was a fighter, black belt, black mage, and white mage
You only have to fight those Nitemares on the trap tile once. After picking up the Heal Staff, you can avoid them and their trap tile by walking on the tile just one up from them and go around them.
The Heal Helmet casts a stronger Heal than the Staff. Also in the Waterfall Cave at 2:22:30, you go on for quite some time about Perilisks, when they're actually Coctrices 😛 Love your videos though. I've seen them all, and when I'm finished watching them, I play them to help me sleep. Your calm and clear presentation is relaxing.
In the sea shrine, there is mention of a mermaid named Darryl who leaves the sea. This is a 80s pop reference to Darryl Hannah who plays a mermaid in the movie Splash with Tom Hanks.
Im new to your channel, but youve covered 2 of my absolute FAVORITES! Zelda and Final Fantasy! The nostalgia is wonderful! Wish i knew about that the 2 square lvl spot when i was younger😅 I hunted those ogres!😂😂 and then used the "hall of giants" to grind xp. I had it all fogured up when i was 10; 'how many battles i could do, how much gil id make, the cost for houses to save walking back. Your ways are better!😅 So glad you knew the ship ababababab...trick, i lobed my nes max controller for that. I could solve those puzzles in about the same amount of time it took me to activate it. I must say, you got poisoned alot more than i did! Maybe cuz i had a white mage??? Dont think i learned that spell tho. I did learn the soft spell tho. The Castle of Ordeals! Oh man!!! I still remembered the route thru there!🤯 FANTASTIC WORK! THANK YOU!
Bravo, sir. Bravo. A very well-done two-parter. You've made me want to go back and play the game again. This time via the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster~
I remember grabbing the life spell with a white wizard and coming back to farm the eye for EXP in the ice cave, very quick kills and by that point you had a ton of strength so the chances of it actually killing anyone before it dies were very low.
My second fav grinding spot. The Eye is great. Once you can get out of cave alive easily. heh (I had a long term grind run on the Eye that was erased from existance by a squad of Sorcerer. They literally *rubbed* hours of effort out of existence. ugh)
I believe this is technically the "best" grinding spot to max out your characters due to how quickly you can trigger and win the encounter. At least it was that way on the NES if you wanted a party of all 50s
Now that this video exists, I am finally confident enough to say that I can beat Final Fantasy 1. I'm still not going to do it, but now at least I have the confidence I didn't before. Thanks, U Can Beat Video Games! Totally necessary emotions are now being felt by me because of your talent!
Oh by the way, when one of the mermaids says her name is Daryl, it is a reference to the movie "Splash" where Daryl Hannah plays a mermaid with Tom Hanks
I didn't expect you to go straight into part 2. I was expecting a couple of other games first but I'll take an immediate two part release for one of my favorite NES games. Though this does raise the question if you'll cover the other less well known RPG's that were released, especially the ones that have official translations on the Nintendo store now. I hear you can actually play the NES version of FF2 now. Just make sure I get a notification when you do Sweet Home. Love that game and it's spiritual successor on the SNES Demon of Laplace.
1:34:44 I think that reference to Darryl (and a female at that) is a reference to the movie Splash (made in 1984, Final Fantasy was made in 1987) in which actress Darryl Hannah plays a mermaid.
Thank you.. took me 3 days to get the time to watch both videos.. but it was worth.. I absolutely love this game and still consider it my favorite nes game.
Awesome! Your vids have inspired yet another playthrough of FF1 on my Wii VC. Love your stuff! Small thing: you do not have to rematch the Nitemares in the Castle of Ordeal if you get the Heal Staff. You can actually move around the space, despite it appearing that you can't. ;)
Whoa Part 2 already? I haven't even finished buying 99 Heal Potions!
"what if I told you you can buy more than 1 heal potion at a time?" - UCBVG shows you the later versions of the game that allows you to buy 99 potions in 1 go
@@cocodojo turbo controller was the solution back in the day. Today the solution is to play a modified version of the game that fixes all of the bugs and adds some quality of life improvements such as dashing, purchasing multiple items etc..
@@Spazilton1 LMAO that was the only good use for my school books back when I played this...placing them on that turbo A button.
I bought a crappy flight stick controller with turbo and I used it on festers quest and those 90 potions .
Never get 99 youl always find some if your looting everything.
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I’ve owned this game for nearly 30 years and have beaten it at least 10 times. You’d think that I would have no interest in these two videos as I know everything about this game. But you’d be wrong- I still think these videos and walkthroughs are fantastic!
@Daniel - if you haven't seen it, you should check out the Single White Mage TAS, it shows just how much this game can be broken when you know how.
I've played it about as many times and it's still one of my favorite final fantasies to play through (right after 4). The lack of any sort of characterization to the light warriors makes it easy to sorta "RP" as you play along. It makes it the most immersive of all the games in the series imo.
@@Prodmullefc - ever read the webcomic 8-bit Theater? It ended in 2010, but it was quite amusing seeing some characterization added to the completely generic characters.
All I have to say is one word: Sword-chucks!
I guess we can all spend our time the way we want to
Carzy thing is I've played this game since it came out also. But still never knew about the treasures on the water floor in temple if fiends. I bear the game literally 10 times if not more. And never went down there. Haha
I even did solo runs with the warrior, thief, black belt, and white mage. Crazy to actually see something I didn't know about!
The editing in this is perfect. Everything moves right along, repetitive battles are sped up, no down time. Very high quality video.
I love that nintendo power ran a full guide for this game. Kids might not remember, but when this came out RPGs were not really a thing on consoles; it was the land of platformers. Playing this when i was young taught me how to play this type of game, and its carried me for decades. I hope some retro kid comes back to these videos to appreciate some of their forbears.
Man I wonder how much it would cost to buy some old Nintendo Power mags. I used to love flipping through those
Except that very early Nintendo Power subscriptions came with Dragon Warrior... and there are actually quite a few old RPGs, including multiple Ultima games, StarTropics, Bardstale, and a host of games on C64 and Atari including D&D games. Sure, the RPG selection grew, but the same can be said for ALL game genres.
I remember I bought this game all those years ago specifically because Nintendo Power covered it.
@@salyernuts not all that much really
I was so young and was used to platforms as well. I got to level 2 and didnt understand, nothing happened. I didnt go to a new level lol!!!.
The length of these last 2 videos is insane and really says a lot about how in depth this game was back then. You're a maniac UCBVG's!!! 👍🤘
Ikr , honestly its my most enjoyable episode....well it might be tied with Faxanadu and festers quest but definitely awesome.
@@chrisgoetz544 I beat this and Faxanadu when I was a kid and I also loved watching him play both on his channel.
@@chrisgoetz544 Deja Vu is my favorite episode. I hate that there aren’t any other games like that which means no more videos like that.
@@JazGalaxy Your in luck!there are 2 other games in the series for NES. IMHO de ja vu is my least favorite. Shadowgate and uninvited are both like that, even identical menus.
I had shadowgate as a kid, but they are easy to find as roms.
@@JazGalaxy Also De ja vu has a sequel, but I think its only on PC or something. It's de ja vu lost in las Vegas.
Hi! You were wondering some differences for the Japanese version. The story writing for the most part is the same minus a few key character interaction dialogues which isn't major enough to really warrant explaining,.A few weapons and few character/spell name changes due to phonetics Cure Cur2/3/4 were Cure / Cura / Curda / Curga. Fire Fir2 etc was Fire, Fira, Firda, Rub was "Death", XXXX was "Kill", "Nuke" was "Flare" and "Saber" was "Temper". "Slain...." was "Dead..." when a character was downed and the place they were revived was a church instead of a clinic marked with an extended cross atop the building instead of a heart above the door. Kary was named Marilith (マリリス), Garland was Ga-rando(ガ一ランド), Lich was Rishichi(リシチ) and a plethora of enemy name changes too long to list here. One important monster change was the "Eye" which had its entire sprite changed because it looked exactly like a classic D&D Beholder and was even called ビホルダー (Beholder). The ending was not as long-winded as the American release so it seemed there was some extra dialogue added. The four fiends were called the "Chaos four" and I am sure there's more I am not remembering off the top of my head, I will need to go back and play my FC copy and take some notes. I hope this helps answer some questions! Excellent guide video by the way! I really enjoy your work.
the Medusa is topless in the japanese version,
big differenceS. @10:45
"I have 2 arguments. B00B$"
"That's 1 argument Barney!"
"No, count again ted!"
-How I Met Your Mother
I have a feeling a lot of people watched this for the nostalgia, but I'm a bit younger than the typical NES crowd and don't have any so I actually used this guide as intended. I just want to thank you for all the work you put in. I loved the running gags (the item shop's strict 1 item policy, the troll infestation, UCan's attitude, etc.) and your similar turns of phrase ("and we meet again our old friends the........". Listening to you made me realise you're a very intelligent person. Anyway I just wanted to thank you as you really helped me. I don't think I would have had the patience to beat this if it wasn't for these videos. Thanks and best of luck in 2023.
In regards to Darryl the mermaid, I always thought it was the North American localization team referencing the movie Splash where Daryl Hannah plays a mermaid that grows legs and goes to live with Tom Hanks.
EXACTLY!! i got that reference as soon as i saw it.
Damn, I'm one year late!
haha me too @@giovannozuglian5179
Damn, I'm two years late!
These videos are extremely well done. This is the best video guide to Final Fantasy that exists, I think. In fact, it's so good that I'm kind of worried about you... this couldn't have been easy to make, and there's obviously a ton of editing and research, and even more gameplay behind these two videos. But, there's still Dragon Warriors II, III *and* IV out there, all games at least as long as this one.
What I'm saying is, please take care of yourself? Don't burn yourself out. Again though, great job!
The tombstone in the Japanese version of the game actually says "Here lies Link". I think some of the remakes changed it back to this as well.
Came to the comments for this!
I was confused, I had a version that said this for the NES.
GBA version changes it to 'Here Lies Link', but the PS version in FF Origins still has it referencing Erdrick.
Seems more like a dig rather than homage. Like "We buried that elf."
PSP and Pixel Remasters have it as Link
Was 100% expecting part 2 to come in a few months, and I would have happily waited that long. What a pleasant surprise! Watching tonight.
It should have been out the very next day. These channels always make their fans wait to stretch out the ad revenue as much as possible.
@@NikkiTaLance yikes
@@NikkiTaLance yeah he should have used snap potion, which with the snap of your fingers allows you to record, edit and voice over 3 hour videos!
Just beat the Final Fantasy remake on a Game Boy Advance emulator, all thanks to your guide. The recommended party and secret lvl-up area made the game a breeze. But the final boss was incredibly difficult. Anyway, love the videos. You're the man.
This game has been one of my favorites since I was a kid .... still play it to this day .... I always challenged myself by playing and beating the game with crazy party combos like 4 White Mages or 4 Black Mages or 2 Fighters and 2 Thiefs or 4 Black Belts .... so many memories
I was stuck in a bit of a rut last week, and having the Final Fantasy upload being a real highlight so am so thankful for this!
44:44 "Now we're just left with Shrek and Donkey here." 🤣 🤣 🤣
Thanks a lot, man. I just finished this gem tonight. Never had the guts to face it since the remaster collection on ps1, and now, as I write this message, I can't help but smile as I hear the credit song.
I think this victory, as much on nostalgia and memories of false difficulty, is not mine alone, but ours as you gave me the needed push.
Cheers, as I hope you'll keep on helping the youngster in us face their challenges with a smile.
This is impressive. Thanks for putting all of the graphics and maps in. We can tell that you put so much love into your work.
Well after watching 3.5 hours of final fantasy ... my TH-cam feed is now full of final fantasy videos. You have single handedly changed my recommendations
3+ hours that's a behemoth of an upload. Thank you! always great to see a new episode!
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My dad loved this game so much he purchased a dozen copies and numbered them to try a ton of parties at the same time. He said 4 thieves was hard early, but 4 white wizards was way slower in the late game.
He probably has them all tucked away somewhere.
That's awesome! A party of 4 dads would probably be a fun run, too.
I can’t tell you how much I’ve been looking forward to this!!
Odd thing (Very odd good thing). I'm not gonna lie but your lack of a perfect microphone really helps with making these videos feel like those old school "Game players" VHS tapes I used to watch all the time as a kid. Really takes me back every time lol. Keep up the great content! I'm a big fan!
When I was a kid, I used to try different kinds of parties. One party was 4 blackbelts! Of course, I had to gain a crazy number of levels, but I can remember doing upwards to 1500 damage to Chaos. Another favourite was either 4 fighters or 4 black mages. A lot of fun because of the mixture of party members. Brilliant game!
3 B.Belts/Masters and a Red Mage is one of the least expensive and most overpowered parties I've played.
@@thegreen8172 I will have to try that one!
4x white mage is better than you would think too, 4x thief is pretty bad though lol
use Black Belt, Knight, Red Mage, White Mage.
Unstoppable. I completed the game, Twin Galaxies rules style with that party
No reset, no team death, no game stopping. Through it in one go. Not running. Slaying everything
The iocane powder reference was brilliant, especially since Final Fantasy 1 and the Princess Bride both came out in 1987.
You inspired me to replay this game with my own challenge run: one red mage and 3 white mages. I call it the pimp run.
I've done that run before. Not easy to pull off.
I called it "The Godfather Run", after the WWE wrestler 'The Godfather'.
I once did an All Monks run, thinking that it'd be super tough. Actually, it was kinda like the super-secret easy mode of the game! No weapons, no magic, just fists of fury and a crap ton of potions. Even when I got the Masamune, my guys were still dealing more damage WITHOUT IT!!! 🤯 Chaos went down like a chump!
Been meaning to attempt All White Mages and All Black Mages runs, just to see which would be tougher. Actually starting to think an All Thieves run would be the toughest, since you only have crap weapons at the start of the game, and no magic until the class change. Lemme know what crazy stunts you guys have done. 👍
@@TopsideCrisis346, I would say the 4 WM party is harder by far. Much harder, I'd say.
The reason is 2 fold: offensive magic access, and weapons access.
Black Mages get access to the Silver Knife, before their promotion, and that's not a bad weapon to work with. Additionally, they get access to the Catclaw, which can do decent melee damage.
As for magic access, one spell that they do get access to is Warp, which lets you travel back to the previous dungeon level. In theory, a person could use the Warp spell multiple times to exit out of the Temple Of Fiends Revisted, after going back to the past.
I will mention though: Fighting Lich in the past will be a pain in the ass, due to Nuke, and the lack of HP progression for the class.
Coming here after watching the world record of the Any% No Reset/No RNG Manipulation speedrun haha...UCBVG should have gotten Gyre to be a special guest on this episode, that dude knows EVERYTHING about this game.
I like how you incorporate the Nintendo power guide and stats and other strategies on the screen with the game play. Going to need to take time to watch Part 2 in segments. I've never really been into RPGs, but I can appreciate the work that goes into them. These games take a lot of patience, appreciation, and interest to play. Like I said, I've had a hard time getting into this genre of gaming. I think the last RPG I ever completed was Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. I tried Final Fantasy VII back in the day, but kept getting stuck at the same point and couldn't figure out how to advance. Kudos for putting in the time and effort on these videos. 👏🏻
I was trying to think of where you might have gotten lost in ff7. The game pretty much always tells you what to do next.
@@NikkiTaLance It's been so long since I've played, I can remember. 😕
My one bit of advice, when clearing a group of enemies out, and you have 2 or less remaining, I'd personally use the Heal staff to help top off some party members, saving a few heal potions (as well as time) in the post fight recovery phase.
I used to do the same thing all the time. Saved a lot of potions and spell slots on my WM/WW
He does say that.
I had no idea you could get so much game on one cartridge. And what detailed story telling
The "Darryl" that the mermaid mentioned was a reference to the movie Splash with Darryl Hannah.
Two weeks over 50 hours turned into two awesome videos. Well done.
I've been chomping at the bit for this one. I've watched another guy do a playthrough months ago and it was miserable long and boring. Homie didn't know what he was doing. Just endless grinding. This on the other hand is the best quality video game content on youtube. Thanks
All these years and I never realized you could get to castle ordeals early with the canoe. That just blew my mind.
It’s very worthwhile to do so as well. Ice sword for your fighter, and the Zeus gauntlet really help in the ice cave.
Early Castle of Ordeals (and grinding the Zombie Dragons, my prefered grind spot), and un-equipping weapons on the Black Belt........both rocked my world back then. Still can feel the effect of those discoveries even now.
I pretty much always complete the game in this order, caste of ordeals and ice cave before volcano
@@andrewmoluf4299 I usually do volcano last. There really isn’t anything in it that’s useful in later parts of the game.
@@sickofitall8486 Usually my strat too unless I have more than 1 ninja. Knight is a little too op so I rarely use it in my groups
Darryl is a reference to the movie "Splash" about a mermaid who grew legs and moved to New York. It starred Daryl Hannah.
I once made an RPG Maker game that followed the Light Warriors after they returned to the future, but, the world they returned to never needed Light Warriors, as such no one knew them. Also, the Black Mage was corrupted in the battle of Chaos and became the villain of the new story :)
I'm running a D&D campaign in which the party basically goes through FF1. The future they're gonna return to however...
Got a link to it?
I would love to play that D&D game! Or even DM it! Got any notes , maps or anything else?
Funny you should say that, as I made a RPG Maker game about the Light Warriors coming together before they showed up outside Corneria!
Daryl is a reference to Daryl Hannah from "Splash!"
16:50 to 17:10. An Iocane Powder/Princess Bride reference in a FF game? Inconceivable!
The Silky Johnston/Red mage joke had me dying. I love your dry wit my man
Another great video. Thank you for entertaining us. I think you missed a reference when talking to the mermaids. The mermaid named Daryl is a reference to Daryl Hanna, the actress who played the mermaid in the Tom Hanks 80s movie Splash
Can't wait! Been watching episode 1 all day. Thanks so much for your great work!
Greetings from Japan! :)
Daryl is a refrence to Daryl Hannah, the actress who played a Mermaid in the movie Splash. Nice play through some differences to the JP version, notable being all the monsters in the Japanese version had Dungeons and Dragons names for the monsters they represented.. As far as the tomb Stone I remember Link was mentioned as "link, rest in peace" if I remember correctly translated. and the Tomb said Loto who is I think Erdricks name in Japan. It's been a few years since I played through it so I may be remembering it wrond and I was younger but I think that was what it was.
This is frickin awesome man! 3hrs and 30 mins of content! This is like 2 movies! And that's not even including part 1! Im going to make a playlist just for these 2 vids and watch em on loop!
Excellent playthrough!! Tremendously informative and nostalgic! I also really appreciate all the detailed editing, where you show the relevant town or enemy etc. data in the moment of where you are. Looks like a lot of effort, and it paid off totally!
I bought the pixel remaster because of this series and beat it on the same weekend! Thank you for the excellent experience!
I really want it on Playstation, so I guess I have to wait a bit longer. :)
One thing I can say about pixel, is is it just me, or is it easier than previous versions? I mean, Astos is the only one who tried an instant death spell, and it missed.
@@PhoenixAlaris93 with the Q button and auto battle it seemed that I was naturally over leveled since I fought way more and almost never ran away. So it would seem much easier being over leveled.
It is easier in my opinion I gained like 4 lvls in the marsh cave
You actually found warmech pretty quickly. When I was playing this game back as a kid it took me almost an hour.
WarMech is one of those enemies that shows up when you're woefully underpowered (lv 40 average with a Kn RW WW BW) but won't show up at all if you're overpowered (lv 50 average with Ma (x2) WW BW.) Might have been a change they did on the GBA version, so maybe?
@@NotABot55 It's a straight 3/64 chance. Naturally that means bad luck is involved.
I use to farm warmechs for levels, but I ran with a useless priest lol.
@@erich6860 Did you also have a NUKE obsessed wizard and a knight that couldn't hit water if they fell into the ocean?
@@NotABot55 I like swords.
This is epic! Two 3+ hour videos!?! Definitely some of your best work! Final Fantasy brings me back. Thanks for the little bit of nostalgia!
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The mermaid Daryl is most likely a reference to the movie _Splash_ where Daryl Hannah played a mermaid who magically acquires a pretty good set of legs.
Also, the young woman with the dancer sprite who is so proud of her legs in the town of Onrac is the missing mermaid being spoken of. 🧜♀️
One tip you didn't mention in the video, when you get to the end of the ice cave. In a lot of versions of FF1, the Eye boss can be repeatedly killed for extremely fast XP. Once you beat it, just walk 1 space off the boss tile and then back onto it, and the encounter will start again. Since the eye is fairly easy to kill in a single round, this can be a great way to grind levels if you want to become stupidly overpowered.
Risky move since it can cast Rub
@@Spazilton1 Rub can't hit you with prorings on.
@@-Keith- Only rub there (pun intended) is getting the ProRings, you need the Airship to get to the town that sells them.
@@gilessaint-loup2426 There's no rule saying you can't come back to the ice cave after you get the airship. You don't have to do the grinding the first time you show up, and it's an extremely fast and safe way to level up.
@@-Keith- Which he did do.
I'm amazed you recorded 6 hours of gameplay in two weeks. What a lad
And the editing to put it all together has to take at least double that.
and all the graphics editing to incorporate images from the nintendo power guide! these videos mustve taken forever to put together!
this is quickly becoming one of my favorite retro gaming channels. i also appreciate how he (sorry, do we know his name?) doesnt try to be a "zany character" or anything. kinda reminds me of snesdrunk before he started adding too many one liners and other nonsense.
@@danielreynolds7458 agreed! Do you have any other retro channels to recommend? I'm always down for a retro deep dive. AVGN is keeping the retro titles alive, of course, but any other good ones out there?
@@sceneitallwithjeffandjon6984 really depends on what kind of content youre looking for. all of my subs are public, so feel free to look.
Oni Black Mage is cool in how he sort of "novelizes" game plots.
Gaming Broductions covers topics i dont see anybody else making videos on.
Mr Gentleman dives pretty deep into jrpgs.
and if you like technical stuff, Displaced Gamers digs into game code.
@@danielreynolds7458 thanks!
Nice Job! I played along with you on the pixel remaster! After seeing your care of this game I can't wait for your coverage of FF6! I often get to the world of ruin, putz about trying to do stuff not sure where to go and what to do, then loose interest and never end up finishing the game. This game reminded me of that game and exactly why I need this channel for some games!
The Sunday night drop is God Tier timing.
I love that you include pics straight from the strategy guide. I don't think I've seen those since I was like 13 so it's a trip seeing them decades later
Outstanding job narrating your dog's playthrough of this classic:)
Something that always stood out to me with the ending was the mention of Jane and Sara, the Queen of Corneria and the Princess you rescued at the very beginning. It had me thinking that maybe, after their grand adventure, the Light Warriors went back to Corneria and settled down to live there as an honored part of the community. Maybe one of them even married the princess.
I'm pretty sure that Darryl, the mermaid's friend, is referencing Daryl Hannah, the actress that played the mermaid Madison in Splash. (released in 1984)
Absolutely rushed here to post it, but after a year I'm laughably late.
I can't believe I've watched almost 7 hours of Final Fantasy walk-through. Mind you, I played this game when it was new and have played it every few years since. I last played the redone version on my iPad a few years ago. The nostalgia I have for this game is epic. Also, narrator, whoever you are, you sound like a nerd after my own heart, with a great narrating voice. I love the nerdy references. I was going to mention the Darryl reference, but others have already chimed in mentioning it's a reference to the movie Splash.
What if I told you, the biggest hidden gem on the NES is Guardian Legend? I am notorious now for positing this every week until it happens!!! Final Fantasy is one of my favorite games on the NES and your video as always is outstanding.
Keep posting it
Guardian legend is so bad. Like power glove bad
What's up guardian legend guy! I've seen all your posts and agree with you 100% Its an amazing game and would love to see it covered. I have a retro console so as soon as he covers it, imma play it again!
Favorite nes game since I was 5
Agreed! I love guardian legend 👍🏼
The mermaid "Daryll" is a nod to Daryll Hannah, who played a mermaid in the movie 'Splash' back in the day. :-) Nice little tribute/Easter egg!
I found the heal staff and also the heal helmets to be far more valuable than any other magic casting item. By the nature of melee you have unlimited damage but with no way to refill magic outside of towns and 99 max potions heal items are the only source of, albeit grindy, infinite HP for long dives exploring the last dungeon ect
Indeed, the heal staff and 2 heal helms on a weakened last enemy before you finish it off ensures you can keep going around in near full health.
It's an effective strategy to use, especially if you don't select a white mage.
It's a viable if tedious strategy to conserve healing magic and heal potions - good to have as an option in the final dungeon if you get a few really bad battles (gas dragons) that could chew through a ton of your potions and leave you vulnerable toward the end. Harder to keep open slots with characters who use a lot of armor. I usually pair with the wizard staff to confuse the last 1-2 enemies and get a few free rounds of healing in.
@@ChumblesMumbles good strategy Mumbles, I usually weaken the last enemy, then have everyone NOT using healing items, go into defense mode so they just block damage until everyone's back to near full before finishing the poor wretch off.
Slow? Yes, but its quite the life saver when you run into weaker enemies that don't have 1 hit kill moves or something nasty.
This is an awesome series of 2 parts sir! Mega thanks to you for hitting up one of the most awesomest looooong games in exietence, and letting us enjoy it in back to back weeks (without leaving us hanging). Strongly appreciate it! And your coverage, pre-game and through game, flawless as always. Esp loved your use of the Nintendo Power "chapters" and art. Reeally fun watch. You rock, sir!
The hard work you put into these videos is definitely appreciated! Was worried we were not going to get part 2 today. Better late than never, though!
Having never played this on any of the various iterations, this playthrough was indeed a ride. Thanks for uploading this, great work. I felt like I was playing as I watched.
That's the real genius of U Can Beat Video Games--you feel like you're playing along.
"Which has surprisingly clean rooms for a place that advertises hourly rates"
I'm dying
I had to rewind at that part! LOL!
Timestamp? I must have fallen asleep and missed it lol
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@@joshuasears4566 thanks
I remember going to Castle of Ordeals when I was younger after I got the canoe because of how hard the ice cave was, and eventually discovering what the Zeus gauntlets did by accident. Totally broke through the difficulty wall to have reusable infinite LIT2 so my White Mage could do actual damage to stuff that wasn't undead. Any time I've replayed the game through my adulthood, first stop with the canoe is always the castle of ordeals now to get those wonderful gauntlets and heal staff.
I've watched some bits of randomizer tournaments of this game, and a few TAS shenanigans, but I think this and your last video were the first where I actually learned anything at all about this game. I'm still just amazed that they fit this all into 144Kb, especially considering my first FF game was VII which came in at 1,317Mb and has about the same amount of gameplay in it.
You did a phenomenal job covering this one, and so thoroughly too. Bravo!
Best video game channel I’ve subscribed to in the last year by far. Thanks for the awesome content.
I love how thorough you are with your guides, some of the best old school gaming content.
The mermaid talking about her friend “Darryl” is a reference to the movie _Splash,_ in which Darryl Hannah played a mermaid lost in New York.
The Darryl name for the Mermaid is a reference to Daryl Hannah and Splash
In castle ordeals, you can walk to the left to avoid the Nitemare spiked square after getting the Heal Staff. You also can avoid the MudGol fight for the Zeus Gauntlet if you don't mind getting it on the next floor. One of the "empty" chests is actually tied to the Zeus G chest, so opening one will make the other empty.
Also, the Caravan that sells the BOTTLE fairy is the only desert square that the airship can land on. That way, you only need two steps in order to buy the BOTTLE. Less chance of a fight.
yes i have been literally checking your channel all day long for the entire weekend for this!!!
Glad it wasn’t just me
Me too
Been watching this channel for over a year and have enjoyed all the videos however the playthrough of FF has been even better somehow. Thanks for all the hard work!
I started replaying this game on my retro console as soon as you posted last week, and binge played all week. I'm at the sea shrine now and my whole party is at level 31 lol
Unless you have 4 thieves, you're good to go haha
Lean on that Zeus gauntlet or even Thor hammer if you did a minor sequence break
Not sure if anyone has pointed this out but In the Castle of Ordeal when if you go for the Heal Staff you do not have to hit the guarded space with the Nightmare enemies as you can step one more space to the left and down avoiding the guarded space by one step.
Oh I’m PSYCHED for this!
Edit: One of my subscribers told me that Tiamat means "Aunt Mat" in Spanish.
Jeez, 6 1/2 hour guide. The dedication is real. Keep it up man
I was wondering if you'd go after Castle of Ordeals and the Airship before the Fire Cave. You didn't disappoint, lad. 😎👍
i love these comments. I'm seeing a lot of people mention doing things that I do too haha
I started playing this game for the first time about three months ago. I went to the volcano first and died pretty quickly. That was the first time I stocked up and bought 99 heel potion. I ended up using every one of them. My party was a fighter, black belt, black mage, and white mage
You only have to fight those Nitemares on the trap tile once. After picking up the Heal Staff, you can avoid them and their trap tile by walking on the tile just one up from them and go around them.
Yeah I thought that, there is that gap.
Anyone else buying the games after these amazing videos? Truly feeling confident that I can beat these video games with Kylo's help!
i wishlisted them on steam
The Heal Helmet casts a stronger Heal than the Staff. Also in the Waterfall Cave at 2:22:30, you go on for quite some time about Perilisks, when they're actually Coctrices 😛
Love your videos though. I've seen them all, and when I'm finished watching them, I play them to help me sleep. Your calm and clear presentation is relaxing.
In the sea shrine, there is mention of a mermaid named Darryl who leaves the sea. This is a 80s pop reference to Darryl Hannah who plays a mermaid in the movie Splash with Tom Hanks.
So glad you made this. It was a definite high point from my childhood!
Im new to your channel, but youve covered 2 of my absolute FAVORITES! Zelda and Final Fantasy! The nostalgia is wonderful! Wish i knew about that the 2 square lvl spot when i was younger😅 I hunted those ogres!😂😂 and then used the "hall of giants" to grind xp. I had it all fogured up when i was 10; 'how many battles i could do, how much gil id make, the cost for houses to save walking back. Your ways are better!😅 So glad you knew the ship ababababab...trick, i lobed my nes max controller for that. I could solve those puzzles in about the same amount of time it took me to activate it. I must say, you got poisoned alot more than i did! Maybe cuz i had a white mage??? Dont think i learned that spell tho. I did learn the soft spell tho. The Castle of Ordeals! Oh man!!! I still remembered the route thru there!🤯 FANTASTIC WORK! THANK YOU!
I went Fighter, Red Mage (pimp, as you mentioned😅), White Mage, Black Mage for my very first run thru.
If I recall correctly, you can land the airship right on the caravan space... you could have saved like 1 minute off this three-hour masterpiece!
I was looking through the comments to see if anyone else pointed this out
Bravo, sir. Bravo. A very well-done two-parter. You've made me want to go back and play the game again. This time via the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster~
I remember grabbing the life spell with a white wizard and coming back to farm the eye for EXP in the ice cave, very quick kills and by that point you had a ton of strength so the chances of it actually killing anyone before it dies were very low.
My second fav grinding spot. The Eye is great. Once you can get out of cave alive easily. heh (I had a long term grind run on the Eye that was erased from existance by a squad of Sorcerer. They literally *rubbed* hours of effort out of existence. ugh)
i usually grind to level 50 on the penninsula before i even get the ship (im insane).
I believe this is technically the "best" grinding spot to max out your characters due to how quickly you can trigger and win the encounter. At least it was that way on the NES if you wanted a party of all 50s
Now that this video exists, I am finally confident enough to say that I can beat Final Fantasy 1. I'm still not going to do it, but now at least I have the confidence I didn't before. Thanks, U Can Beat Video Games! Totally necessary emotions are now being felt by me because of your talent!
I always thought that the Darryl reference was to Daryl Hannah in the movie Splash.
The mermaid named Darryl was about Darryl Hannah who was in the movie Splash! She was a mermaid who grew legs. Pretty good 80s movie.
Oh by the way, when one of the mermaids says her name is Daryl, it is a reference to the movie "Splash" where Daryl Hannah plays a mermaid with Tom Hanks
U Can Beat is the next best gaming channel on TH-cam. This easily could have been a 4 parter, and I would have watched it.
I suspect Darryl is an allusion to Darryl Hanna who starred in a movie in the 80's as a mermaid who grew legs when she got dry.
Regarding the mermaid named Darryl, there was an 80's movie called Splash that has a main character who is a mermaid played by... Daryl Hannah
I didn't expect you to go straight into part 2. I was expecting a couple of other games first but I'll take an immediate two part release for one of my favorite NES games. Though this does raise the question if you'll cover the other less well known RPG's that were released, especially the ones that have official translations on the Nintendo store now. I hear you can actually play the NES version of FF2 now. Just make sure I get a notification when you do Sweet Home. Love that game and it's spiritual successor on the SNES Demon of Laplace.
1:34:44 I think that reference to Darryl (and a female at that) is a reference to the movie Splash (made in 1984, Final Fantasy was made in 1987) in which actress Darryl Hannah plays a mermaid.
The mermaid named Daryl. I'm thinking that is an easter egg about Daryl Hannah who played a mermaid in the movie "Splash" in 1984.
Thank you.. took me 3 days to get the time to watch both videos.. but it was worth.. I absolutely love this game and still consider it my favorite nes game.
Awesome! Your vids have inspired yet another playthrough of FF1 on my Wii VC. Love your stuff!
Small thing: you do not have to rematch the Nitemares in the Castle of Ordeal if you get the Heal Staff. You can actually move around the space, despite it appearing that you can't. ;)
Wasn't expecting this today! I just happened to call from work today because I wasn't feeling well. How delightful!