Thanks, Agent, for approving. ([Agent-- You're welcome!)I noticed that there hasn't been one in this forum for a while, there was one about half a year ago that died while they were doing "Missions".

Also this is my first one, but don't worry guys, I know what I'm doing.

Also, I plan on updating every 2-3 days, and if I don't it means my computer broke down or I'm on vacation, but I rarely ever take vacations. (Agent0042: I'll be updating for the time being...)

But I'll start by letting you guys choose the category, here are some suggestions (but please, not Missions this time)

-Monsters
-Bosses (It's hard to differentiate between Monsters and Bosses because once you're in Via Infinito, monsters like Boris are about as boss-like as a Divebeak. But monsters like Boris, either of the Eaters, Zalamander, etc may be included in Monster AND/OR Boss rumbles. After all, there are some monsters that aren't bosses, and there are some bosses that aren't monsters, like the Experiment or Angra Mainyuu)
-Monster SPECIES. That would solve all the Monster/Boss problems, and there are a whole lot of those, Lizards, Imps, Ruminants, Eaters, Scorpions... and so forth. Plus if it IS a monster rumble it would seem odd including, say, two different Lizards, because one would more likely win. But then again some people vote based on looks, so it would be fair.
-Garment Grids
-Music
-Dresspheres (preferrably not because there are too few and I remember it being done)
-Spheres. As in, the ones on Shinra's viewer-thing. Yeah, there are only 16 or 18 but it's an original idea. I'm sure not everyone remembers what's on each Crimson Sphere, but I'd be saying in the description whenever they're up.
-NPCs. Either that or just characters in general because only three people aren't NPCs and it wouldn't hurt to include them. Yuna probably wouldn't last long anyway, but I can't say for sure.
-Accessories
-Anything else you guys can think of that I haven't suggested. Just throwing out ideas here!



Also, be sure to always bold your votes. It makes it hard to count them. You probably will still be counted if you don't bold, but if an individual user starts developing a habit of not bolding I may start skipping them, or to make things easier be banned from participating. 4-0 is a blowout condition.



Current Edition - Stay tuned...

Nice one Zak. Good job.

I will go for Bosses


Also, i like the idea of spheres. The ones you find on your way through the game could work well. Like, if which ones people found funniest or the most interesting.

I'll go with Bosses

That's pretty cool that Agent let ya have a X-2 Rumble. I always enjoy a good Rumble.

I think Bosses would be a fun one.

Hmm, seems pretty one sided. I know it's only three votes, but I actually changed my mind about waiting 'till tomorrow, don't wanna take too long before the first rumble. I think I'll just go with bosses. Plus this is only the first one. (don't worry, I won't be this impatient in the actual rumble, I will wait two days. Hah.)

I'm gonna go ahead and start compiling the list, but to be fair I'll keep the voting open until the list is ready just in case more people who prefer a different option somehow come. But don't worry for the next rumble I'll give more time to pick the category.

So, it'll start soon, maybe later tonight or tomorrow.

Alright, here's what's going to happen. I'm going to start things a little differently:


I counted 42 things that can qualify for bosses (even in the littlest way, like monsters encounterable in Via as well as some people. Though I didn't have Elder Drake or Mega Tonberry since I wouldn't call them bosses) in this game and made a list. Since that'll already be odd after splitting it in half after the the first round, I'm only gonna cut the list down to 40, because that at least divides by 8 and we won't have to worry about odd-ness until we're down to five, and I have a plan for that.

However, instead of letting some randomizer decide which two I should eliminate, I have a way to let you guys decide.

So, WITHOUT showing you guys the list, I'm gonna give two days, and you guys are gonna name only two bosses in the whole game that you do not want included.

Remember, a boss can be anything from an oversoulable monster fought in an even to a specific character you fight to just a boss in general. So, whatever you name it'll probably be on my list. Just any two you can think of that you don't want included.

~Zak

If you don't show us the list, you're going to get a whole lot less action. I'm having trouble coming up with any that I really wanna see eliminated that quickly off the cuff.

Hmm... okay. It's true that it's probably easier to choose voting FOR one right off the cuff than against. I just kinda thought it would be interesting to see what people would come up with solely from memory.

But anyway, here's the list, in order of game appearance. The order in which they'll fight is another story.

And a note: Bosses like Leblanc, Baralai, etc. are going to be counted once for all the times you fight them.

1. Leblanc
2. Ormi
3. Logos
4. Boris
5. Flame Dragon
6. Guardian Beast
7. YSLS-ZERO
8. Chocobo Eater
9. Elma
10. Georapella
11. Precepts Guard
12. Baralai
13. Dark Bahamut
14. Dark Yojimbo
15. Garik
16. Dark Valefor
17. Dark Ifrit
18. Dark Ixion
19. Zalamander
20. Anything Eater
21. King VERMIN!
22. Aranea
23. Black Elemental
24. Concherer
25. Chac
26. Paragon
27. Trema
28. Lucil
29. Rikku
30. Paine
31. Nooj
32. Gippal
33. Experiment
34. Humbaba
35. Machina Panzer
36. Jumbo Cactuar
37. Angra Mainyu
38. Dark Shiva
39. Magus Sisters
40. Dark Anima
41. Vegnagun
42. Shuyin


Choose 2 to kill. I'll place my vote later.

Alright, now the wheels should get turning.

Right, that's easier. Kill YSLS-ZERO - machina enemies were generally annoying and lame to fight. I'll also put a kill on the Black Elemental, which just got on my nerves.

Jumbo Cactuar I just remember hating the fight with him.

YSLS-ZERO for the same reason as Agent

Alright I will choose to kill Aranea because if there's any speceis of only two we don't need both of it's the Scorpions, and Boris was the FIRST boss fight.
And Dark Valefor just so we'll be one aeon down.

YSLS-ZERO


Baralai

Aranea and Ormi Stupid fat bastard, He annoyed me so much.

YSLS-ZERO and King VERMIN.

YSLS-ZERO and Elma

Machina bosses are lame, and Elma went down in like two hits.

i read thee title as yuna is a sex slave

Mmm...

So, it appears as though YSLS-ZERO, despite holding the honor of ending a chapter, is having technical problems functioning and decides to sit this one out.

Just as they're about to start, Aranea gets so excited that it accidentally tangles itself up in it's own string. Clumsy bug, looks like it won't be rumbling today.

So, time to start (my first rumble battle ever):

Round 1 - Battle 1

Guardian Beast

Our first FFX-reincarnated sprite boss, except this time fought near the beginning at a relatively low level. Guards half a sphere in Zanarkand, and has a pretty cool death sequence rather than simply pyreflies later in Via Infinito.
"Do we need a password? How about 'kick it's ass'."

VS.

Concherer

About 10 times the level of Guardian Beast, this fiend is actually good old Grand Maester Mika himself reincarnated. A real challenging fiend, and despite looking like FFX's Neslug, is completely different and way stronger. Can the Guardian Beast take him?

Note: Like in Ceidwad's FFXII rumble, 8-0 will end a round.

Mrm... yeah, Guardian Beast.

Woah you get to fight mika in this game? I don't remember that. Anyway on topic my vote is going for Guardian Beast

Guardian Beast, since I never really could get into FFX-2's plethora of hidden bosses. Expect to see me voting for a lot of the mandatory fights, if they get paired up against an optional battle.

Also, are there no plans for a characters rumble, Zak? (you can wait til the end of the round to answer this, obviously.)

Also, are there no plans for a characters rumble, Zak? (you can wait til the end of the round to answer this, obviously.)

I listed it as one of the options "NPCs" stating that since only three characters are non NPCs might as well use them and do characters.

Guardian Beast

Incredibly powerful monsters that are a pain to kill don't get my vote, I'm afraid.

Guardian Beast

Guardian Beast

I probably should have posted it sooner, but my vote for Guardian Beast makes this 8-0, thus ending the round (besides two days have passed anyway).

Guardian Beast 8-0 Concherer

The majestic Guardian Beast makes escargot out of Lord Mika's reincarnation, thus proving that toughness isn't everything.


Next:

Round 1 - Battle 2

Anything Eater

Chocobo Eater on steroids. Still a pushover, but a pain in the ass to unlock his lair. Holds the Amazing Chocobo captive.

VS

Jumbo Cactuar

A giant Cactuar who's also hidden away in a deep place, and is the second to last hurdle of a long-winded yet fun sidequest. A lot of certain giant species of fiends have it to thank for their existence.


This round will end on Tuesday or earlier.

The cactaur quest is more fun, so Jumbo Cactuar.

Anything Eater

Anything Eater

Anything Eater, though both were pretty meh.

Jumbo Cactuar for me as well, as a fiend and for the quest.

Jumbo Cactuar!

...and two days pass.

Anything Eater 4-3 Jumbo Cactuar

Close match, though the Eater makes a sabra out of the old Cactuar and has it for dinner.

Next battle should be a little interesting:

Round 1 - Battle 3

Logos

Member of the Lablanc syndicate encountered numerous times in the game. The smarter half of the two head-goons. Despite his intelligence he's got a dirty mind.

VS.

Dark Ixion

One of our old aeon friends gone crazy. Also has the honor of ending a chapter, but then again so does YSLS. Somewhat of a fusion of Odin and Ramuh. Can Logos take it?

I will post my vote shortly.

I'm going with Logos. He could be interesting as part of the Leblanc battle group at times, whereas the Dark Ixion doesn't really stand out for me.

Dark Ixion

Logos

Did we really have to fight such watered-down versions of the old Dark Aeons? They didn't really seem to make any sense in the story, either.

I'm gonna also choose Logos for the sake of eliminating at least one aeon.

Logos

Logos is a freaking legend.

His voice actor is truly inspired, and he's probably one of the funniest characters in any FF.

I know this is a boss rumble, but some of Logos' best lines came in the battles with the Leblanc syndicate. And I truly love the No Love Lost attack they all do together the last time you fight them.

I thought Logos was a pretty dull character, and that goes for his battles as well. Dark Ixion gets my vote.

Dark Ixion cause Logos just sucked. At least Ixion sent Yuna to the Farplane.

Dark Ixion cause Logos just sucked. At least Ixion sent Yuna to the Farplane.

Ionic, I'll assume that was an accident but try not to double post. This time I'll count it as one.

Logos 5-4 Dark Ixion

Logos just escapes defeat, turning Ixion to pyreflies.

Next battle should yield some pretty interesting results. Also I'm considering making the wait a little longer due to this forum being a little slower than the rest of them, perhaps two days might be too short to get a good number of votes. Might not make a difference though (This is just a guess, can't think of any other reason, nothing wrong with this forum!). We'll see how things go.

Anyway:

Round 1 - Battle 4


Vegnagun

The big baddie of X-2. Story-wise, a truly fomidable loose-cannon waiting to explode. Game-wise, REALLY heard to defeat/detain...

...Not. But that does depend on who his lucky opponent shall be, and it's...

VS.

Humbaba

Not quite as big a deal or as big a threat to Spira, but to the Thunder Plains he sure is, and Veggy never even touched the plains.
Same sprite and function as Behemoth King in X with the use of Meteor upon dying, except it's a boss this time who unlocks one of the most fun but long-winded cave puzzles (but of course can be fought normally in Via later)
The boss with the honor of fighting the final boss in the first round... can it hold the title of the ONLY one to get to face him?

Ya'ay for Logos -- a deserving win and well-fought.

Zak - you may be right -- it could also have to do with FFX-2 simply not being as a popular as some of the other FFs. In any case, I agree that it's wroth a shot.


My vote is for Vegnagun. It may be one heck of a pansy-ass final boss, but at least it as plot significance, and Humbaba I usually just KOed by using CONGRATS! on it, which isn't possible with Vegnagun. Oh, and Vegangun is multi-part, which does add some coolness factor.

Vegnagun, and same reason as Agent had previously posted.

What the heck, I usually play devil's advocate but I'll also add Vegnagun just for the sake of giving other things a chance to face it. I liked Humbaba and that whole Cave event though.

Anyway yeah I think I'll wait longer unless of course this gets 8-0 as usual, not gonna break that rule.

Vegnagun, despite its complete inability to pose even a mediocre threat to anything bigger than a ladybug.

Vegnagun

Vegnagun

Even though it was a lame final boss, at least it couldn't be killed with 'CONGRATS!'.

If you purposely avoid levelling up in preperation for it, Vegnagun can actually be a moderately interesting battle. Humbaba on the other hand I can barely remember.

Also, it wasn't the last boss, Shuyin was.

Agent, considering you can actually lose to Shuyin, I'd be inclined to count him. It's not like Sephiroth in VII or Yu Yevon in X which are purely symbolic battles in which you have no chance of losing.

Also, we should probably try to stay on-topic considering this is a rumble thread.

Shuyin is a joke -- he doesn't count.

Alright well, I was going to wait longer but here we have an 8-0.

Vegnagun 8-0 Humbaba

Our lead villain makes minced meat out of that Behemoth... but wait! ...

...*sound of loud clanging metal*...

...Vegnagun endures the Meteor trap like a joke. Who's it gonna face in the next round?

Round 1 - Battle 5

Shuyin

...The OTHER and TRUE final boss. The last couple posts clearly indicate his formidability. Shuyin doesn't count, you say? The main reason for the whole story in X-2 to even start, at least Veggy comes in later. In reality a joke of a hurdle... but hey, he IS the only way to get Hero Drinks in the whole game.

VS.

Machina Panzar

This Chapter 5 boss has had little minions working for him since Chapter 3 all for that one battle. Those annoying little watcher things... better stay attacking only if you expect this guy to be a breeze! Dwells in a place guarded by now-defeated Humbaba, but can Shuyin take him? Cid sure couldn't...

Machina Panzar

This is ganna be another blow out

Shuyin, as I never fought the other, and like Vegnagun, if you purposely avoid levelling up (around the 30s should do it) he actually makes for a relatively tense battle. Plus, multiple outcomes ftw.

Sorry, no blow-out this time.

Machina Panzar

Heh, yeah, see what I said just above. :) Machina Panzer -- I have fought it, and it's at least a bit tougher than Shuyin.

Machina Panzer. I believe the only way to learn a certain gunmage move is by having him cast it on you, and of course, surviving. That was...fun. lol

Machina Panzar

Machina Panzer. I believe the only way to learn a certain gunmage move is by having him cast it on you, and of course, surviving. That was...fun. lol

He had a Gun Mage move? I don't think so... what are you thinking of?

But anyway to avoid confusion since I already quoted and all I'll go with Machina Panzer.

Agreed -- Machina Panzer doesn't have any Blue Bullet (that's the name of the Gun Mage special move) abilities. Perhaps Olde was thinking of the Experiment in the Djose Temple? It's the only one that uses Annihilator.

Yeah that was my guess... considering it's a mechanism and it's hard to survive that attack.

Machina Panzer

Shuyin was a pushover, and they basically recycled Tidus' character model for him.

Im gonna be different and say Shuyin

Machina Panzer

Machina Panzer Shuyin was a big joke.

Oh, what the heck, I won't wait this time, we got a fair number of votes.

Machina Panzer 9-2 Shuyin

Machina Panzer is just too clever! Our lead villain may be able to control Vegnagun, but he must have tripped the Watcher trap! Shame on you, Shuyin.


Next up is the battle of the tomboys.

Round 1 - Battle 6


Lucil

Former Chocobo Knight and now co-leader of the Youth League. Something about her has a LOT of charisma, and she's faced at the end of the Mushroom Rock Road tag chase thing in Ch5. She may be very strong and likeable, but her opponent might be a fair match...

VS.

Paine

Uh-oh... a member of the trio. Well, it's clear that when she's on OUR side she'd kill Lucil hands down, but when she's possessed by Shuyin who just lost and limited to only her Warrior Dressphere then she could have another story. Outside of battle, she's also extremely underrated.

I'm gonna go with Paine because she's actually my favorite of the trio. I really couldn't care less for Yuna or Rikku, if it was Rikku against Lucil then I'd have gone with Lucil. But Paine's awesome and deserves to go on.

Lucil I didn't like Paine much.

Lucil -- I like Paine too, but the possessed character battles were lame.

Lucil

Lucil

Lucil

Like Agent said, the possession battles sucked.

Lucil

I never did the Den of Woe sidequest (unfortunately, I would like to do it at some point though) so my vote defaults as Lucil.

Paine.
...Lucil? Please.

Rather unexpected...

Lucil 7-2 Paine

Not at all what I expected, but our Youth League commander is just too fast for Paine. Maybe one day they'll nuke it out when she isn't possessed for more of a challenge!

Next battle may seem like a joke, but people vote in mysterious patterns so it should be interesting.

Round 1 - Battle 7

Flame Dragon

One of the first bosses in the game, guardian of the Sphere in Besaid... which ended up not even being what Wakka was looking for, so all that trouble for nothing. The sphere did have a secret meaning, though! Might I add that this event sorta gave this game many appeal points in my book, loved how it was the same world with new places to explore.
"Grab the sphere, fiends appear!"
Cool dragon and all, but will it last is the question.

VS.

Trema

Quite possibly the toughest boss in the game. Founder of New Yevon, but destroyed every bit of history.
Still, the only boss in this game who actually had an epic battle and was remotely challenging. No Oversoul or CONGRATS trick can save anyone. Worst of all, you must always enter the fight with Paragon's wounds and always go through Paragon every time you wish to challenge him. Generally the Flame Dragon is an ant next to this guy, but will it be able to roast him?

Yeah... Trema.

Trema since it was an actual fight

Trema for now, though hopefully he doesn't win this whole thing...

Flame Dragon

Flame Dragon, on principle.

Trema, I suppose.

Flame Dragon

Trema was an old man. Granted one with disturbing speed and strength, but still an old man. The Flame Dragon at least felt like a boss. Plus, I hate ultra-tough superbosses.

Appears as though me being away for an extra day hasn't made much of a difference... oh well, might as well go on and accept there being a total of 7 votes.

Trema 4-3 Flame Dragon

Unbelievably close call, it appears people really DO have their patterns of voting. But reality returns and Flame Dragon is an ant next to FFX-2's only ultimate superboss.

Round 1 - Battle 8

Garik

The main Ronso-rebel. Probably the angriest Ronso you'll ever meet and angry Ronsos are dangerous. Not much of a fight itself (aside from being able to learn Mighty Guard), BUT a huge impact on the story to fight. One of those "This is where it all happens" kind of things. Also a great X-2 introduced character.

VS.

Dark Magus Sisters

Another aeon. Ixion's already been defeated... and they prefer to fight together because they're just practically nothing alone in X-2. Unfortunately without having a more interesting sidequest for this, they stuck these ladies on the way to the Farplane since there was no where else to put them. But they're still a pretty popular aeon.

I'm gonna go with Garik since as much as I love the Magus Sisters, I found putting their fight it the "aeon-battle-holding-bin" to be a waste of good potential to what could have been an excellent sidequest or storyline.

Garik

Garik he really was always a challenge for me as I never knew about being able to turn him in to wimp by saying the right things to people.

You know... Dark Magus Sisters, simply because they seem to be the one boss that gets more question threads started about them than any other, so there must be something about them.

Dark Magus Sisters

Garik

Never really liked the aeon battles...

Garik

Garik, on principle once again.

Dark Aeons. Why?

Dark Magus Sisters.

I quite enjoyed the battle against Garik, but Dark Magus Sisters arguably constitute the toughest compulsory boss in the game. Not that that's saying much.

Wow, solid number of votes this time! And a close battle at that!

Garik 6-4 Dark Magus Sisters

Another aeon falls, simply because the Magus Sisters just happen to be no match for Garik. Maybe they just said the wrong things which happened to get him angry. I'm just gonna hazard a blame at Sandy for being the one to mess things up.

The next battle might come across like a certain other one, but again, people have their patterns.

Round 1 - Battle 9

Paragon

Lord Zaon (Yunalesca's husband) in disguise. I guess he got tired of being a fayth and decided to give up and become a fiend, but this time a replica of FFX's hardest superboss. This bastard is arguably the toughest boss of X-2. Battle consists of some of the catchiest chase music.

VS.

Boris

Probably seems like an ant as well. Despite hanging out in the snowy mountains, I still can't figure out how it got it's Russian origin. This is not the hardest boss, but the FIRST boss of the game. His cousin Aranea backed out of the competition, so I can't really decide what to say about him. Does he deserve a win for him? Or is this just a fantasy?

I guess I'll go with Paragon.

Boris because it's the best name for a boss :)

Paragon because of my usual reason: Music FTW.

Boris because it was one of the few fiends that weren't in FFX.

Paragon

Boris

Boris

I've said it before but...I hate superbosses.

Boris was a pretty fun battle, and I generally prefer those to lengthy uberbosses.

Boris gotta love the boris

Boris.

Whew, finally the name change.

And... no way.

Boris 7-4 Paragon

Unbelievable, hardly what I expected, it appears levels aren't everything. Aranea's Russian cousin triumphs and somehow manages to ward off Paragon. Three of six Via guardians/ex-maesters down! I guess Paragon must have been suffering from Oversoul Fever. That was unexpected for it to conk out so quickly.

Just so you know, I wasn't purposely trying to sabotage Boris or Flame Dragon, it's been completely randomized from the start for now.

Anyway, next up:

Round 1 - Battle 10

It's the Battle of the G's!

Gippal

Our second Crimson Squad member (if you count Paine). Possibly the most charismatic guy, personality wise. He does hang around Nooj and Baralai who have rather sketchy personalities, but with that trait, he's the complete opposite and is always open for anything. Is only faced once in the Den of Woe being possessed, and although it seems a quick easy battle, it is actually a very important battle as he has a Blue Magic that's exclusive to only him, Mortar. Yep, must go through all that trouble of getting him possessed to fight you so that you can learn it. Forget Nooj and Baralai, this is the battle to look out for (well, Baralai has one but you have a chance to get it earlier from him). Who would have ever guessed such a short quick battle held an exclusive Blue Magic... it's also hidden in how to get him to use it. Geez.

VS.

Georapella

The sprite clone of one of the most memorable FFX bosses which is mandatory to encounter, and optional to beat. Fought while arranging the Bevelle platforms, and one of the only two Oversoul bosses not found in Via Infinito. Except this time he doesn't petrify you or suck you inside him and you can fight him on land. Or whatever such a place is called.


This is a tough one, I'll cast my vote later.

Gippal was the coolest of the Spira-leading threesome and the coolest to battle.

Georapella

Gippal was the coolest of the Spira-leading threesome and the coolest to battle.

qft

Georapella to even it. I like them both.

Geoparella

The possessed battles sucked, and it took me forever to get that Blue Magic.

Hmm... well, it's been a day over the usual time I give these, and only 5 votes. Oh well, I guess I'll consider the fact that most people probably didn't notice I updated, rather than the forum being dead. I was debating whether to keep this round going for one more day or to end it now to be fair (especially since they're so close together). A coin toss says I will leave it open one more day...

Georapella

Ah well... gave this a fair shot, I guess just these two days weren't the most active. Need some life here, people!

Georapella 4-2 Gippal

Close enough, but Gippal becomes Georapella's dinner... he must have not made it to the meeting when trying to get the platforms right! Another Crimson guy down.

Halfway done with the first round - 10 more to go!

Next up is the battle of the perky blondes.

Round 1 - Battle 11

Rikku

Our other fellow Gullwing. Also probably can beat anyone by regular standards, but when possessed by Shuyin, she's limited to the Thief Dressphere. Good thing she doesn't Steal anything, but you'd get it back anyway. Paine suffered a defeat to Lucil... can Rikku carry on the name of the Gullwings?

VS.

LaBlanc

So Rikku also has to face a young lady... the leader of a syndicate who somehow managed to gain possession of an ex-Maester's household. You'd think that even though the Guado stopped caring they'd think a bit before giving his manor to some pop-idol sphere hunter. It's like Spira has no City Council or something. Logos made it further... will she get to join him?

Rikku..cus *swoon*...even when she was trying to kill me.



Also, I hated LaBlanc

Le Blanc

"Remember the name well, loves."

Another possessed battle?

It'll be a thousand years before one of those can take on the mighty Leblanc!

Rikku

I hated Leblanc so much.... so annoying it hurt.

Leblanc was annoying as a character but hilarious to battle, especially with the other members of her syndicate. No Love Lost ftw!

Rikku because Leblanc really could have been more interesting to battle.

LeBlanc cause she was a memorable character (aside from the physics-defying dress).

Rikku

Leblanc

Hated them both, but anything'll beat another one of those damn possessed battles.

Leblanc

"It'll take a thousand years before you can take on the MIGHTY Leblanc."

LaBlanc 7-4 Rikku

Another Gullwing down! Ah well, at least they were all just Shuyin, who's gone anyway. We still have a couple more Crimsons, though.

Next, let's see... ah, yes, we've got a non-elemental Aeon battle!

Round 1 - Battle 12


Dark Anima

One of novice FFX players' worst enemies. The LAST Dark Aeon you fight (unless you skip the optional Yojimbo), at the bottom of the Farplane Abyss. You know, the place where they put Aeons that their respective places based on X are inaccessible in the game.

VS.

Dark Valefor

Our good old friend from Besaid Temple. Because of this guy, Beclem planned to burn down the temple... what a lunatic. Also FFX's first aeon, and um... the only one with more than one Overdrive, both of which it uses in this game!

None of the Aeons have made it so far... this time one will have to, it seems. So, who's gonna be the first Aeon to advance?

My vote is for Dark Valefor because I didn't like how they dumped three of the Aeon battles in the Farplane right after each other when they could have had more interesting circumstances... especially Anima. Besides I was disappointed in how easy Anima was, the only remotely challenging Aeon in this game was Yojimbo, whose battle is coming up soon.

Dark Anima

Oooh, bitch fight.

Dark Valefor cause Dark Anima has Semyour points.

Dark Valefor -- plot significance, Yuna: "That was my very first aeon."

Dark Anima........Dark Velefor was too easy.

Dark Valefor -- plot significance, Yuna: "That was my very first aeon."

Dark Valefor

Dark Valefor

Why put two aeon battles together? They both sucked, but Valefor for plot significance.

Why put two aeon battles together? They both sucked, but Valefor for plot significance.

Up to the randomizer, not me. But I actually kind of like how two aeons ended up together.

...And the time's up.

Dark Valefor 6-3 Dark Anima

First aeon deserves some recognition... congrats Valefor on being the first aeon to advance!


Round 1 - Battle 13

Precepts Guard

A clone of FFX's Spectral Keeper from Zanarkand Cloister, this time it's Georapella's guard-buddy. No Glyph tricks or Berserking, just some slashing here and there. Also one of the only two Oversoul bosses NOT found in Via Infinito. Will it join Georapella in the next round?

VS.

Elma

Lucil's assistant, also high ranking officer in the Youth League. However, only if you choose New Yevon do you get to fight her twice. Otherwise you have to wait until chapter 5. She's pretty fast... Lucil was able to beat Paine, can Elma join her? This should be a walk in the park for her... shouldn't it?

Elma

Elma

Elma as well. For some reason her voice always had a certain charm to it in my book. Don't get me wrong, I always thought it was weird to find video game and anime characters attractive, but at least voices are real.


BTW, how do you do the strikethru tag? I wanted to edit the first post...

The strikethrough is HTML and the word to use is "strike." Elma, I guess. And yeah, her voice is cool.

EEYAHHHHHHHH! was priceless. XD Elma ftw

Elma, I suppose.

Elma

Thanks Agent but I guess I'll just say fuck it since I don't know html, ha

Looks like we have ourselves a washout. And that was quite fast.

Elma 8-0 Precepts Guard

Elma strength and charm are enough to turn this big mantis to pyreflies. Ah well, wonder if she would have done the same to the X version of this bastard.

Round 1 - Battle 14

Zalamander

Another one of the same species as the Flame Dragon. This battle takes place in the shorter of the two Thunder Plains caves right before the concert (the one with the entrance where Kimahri's Spirit Lance used to be). The battle itself is nothing exciting or special, but the awesome thing about this fight is that it's in the ever-unique chapter 4, where you barely get any action-time to battle or explore and it's all planning and cutscenes and watching Commspheres. This seemed kind of like a filler boss that they put as a hurdle before starting the concert, but still, the fact that it's among one of the few action-sessions in he chapter... I guess also a filler boss since a boss-less chapter would seem odd even if there isn't any battling.

VS.

Dark Shiva

Yeah... another aeon. Valefor's the only one that made it so far. Not much to say about this one except for the fact that since Square was either lazy or wanted to have a non-sequitor, they shoved Macalania Temple under the lake and instead of tying Shiva in importantly like the rest of the storyline aeons from X, they put her in the aeon-holding-bin, AKA the Farplane. If there's any of the three down there that should be somewhere else, it's her. I don't know about you guys but from my experience Shiva goes down in about three hits.
Not to say that Shiva isn't a cool aeon, though.

HTML's not bad, it's just like the BBCode here, except you gotta use greater than and less than signs instead of using the brackets. Oh, Zalamander, simply for the attached scan description. Priceless.

Zalamander

Zalamander was pretty cool. Shiva was a reasonable challenge, but pretty boring considering she basically used the same attacks as she did as an ally in X.

Zalamander

Still really hate the aeon battles.

Zalamander

Zalamander

Zalamander

Zalamander

Still really hate the aeon battles.

Wow... two washouts in a single day! Sorry to end this early. BTW Agent, what did the scan thing say?

Zalamander 8-0 Dark Shiva

These aeons just have no luck! Well, Zalamander does have a reputation to uphold and the game decimated Shiva especially, so no surprise.


Round 1 - Battle 15

Chocobo Eater

It's brother won the second round, and this guy has even more of a legacy. Besides a boss, also a suspect in the Mi'hen case. It seems to have stayed the same thing as in X, story wise, and is the center for a lot of this game's humor. But, despite having all that, it's got a pretty notoriously formidable opponent...

VS.

Angra Mainyuu

Arguably the toughest boss in the game outside Via Infinito. It's also, for once, and original in this game. This is Bikanel's main antagonist, and all the sidequests leading up to are happen to be among the sidequests that make X-2 good. It's also encounterable earlier in the game but made intentionally impossible to defeat because of it's "Unnatural Selection".
Whether Eater's stomach can handle this thing is questionable. Even CONGRATS won't help this time!


I choose Angra Mainyuu because, aside from the sidequests, every reason I can think of NOT to vote for bosses like Paragon and Trema doesn't apply to Angra. It might have been a hard battle, but it was more of a long epic one.
Also the fact that "Under Bevelle" plays for it is more of a reason.

Chocobo Eater

Angra Mainyuu

Angra Mainyu


Oh, and re, the Zalamander, I was thinking of the Hypello-style description on the Oversouled Zalamander -- "The Zalamamander gathers itsh shtrength and then attacks, giving yoo a shtinky time?"

Angra Mainyuu

Angra Mainyu. I liked that prior to Chapter 5, if you encountered it on a dig, you could steal Megalixirs from it and keep them even if you flee.

Chocobo Eater

I know I'm probably fighting a losing battle here, but I really hate superbosses.

Angra Mainyuu

I had forgotten that there was an actual monster that wasnt in X. Therefore it gets my vote for being an original

Angra Mainyuu

Angra Mainyuu

Chocobo Eater Cannt stand to see it be white washed like this.

Angra Mainyuu 9-3 Chocobo Eater

Yeah... the Chocobo Eater is practically a runt next to this guy. No worries, though, we still have the Anything Eater moving on!
Anyway I expect to see Angra progress far...


5 more battles to go in the first round!

Round 1 - Battle 16

Nooj

Meyvn of the Youth League. So far, not a single Crimson member has won... Paine has fallen, Gippal's down as well. But anyway, seeing as this guy is the REAL challenge of the Den of Woe, Noojie-Woojie may quite possible have what it takes to pull it off.

VS.

King VERMIN!!

This giant bug from the secret Mi'hen Cave has a name that's actually a hidden reference to FFVII. Wow, Square really loves FFVII... but anyway, he has a bit of an interesting puzzle to get to, so hey.
Also a note, he's the only "Boss" that you can get away with getting 100% in one shot without defeating, probably because of the lack of cutscene. But I'd say the S/M/L Bomb cave is worth it for the items, and you get a pretty sick GG for winning here!


I will have to say... Nooj.

Time for a Crimson/DoW boss to win.

Let's see, really large bug vs. the second-coolest of the Crimson Squad... Nooj, I guess.

King Vermin

King VERMIN

Let's see, really large bug vs. the second-coolest of the Crimson Squad... Nooj, I guess.

I agree, Noojie-Woojie all the way.

I agree, Noojie-Woojie all the way.

Ah well, not a whole myriad of votes this time, but gotta play by the time rules... just for the record, 5 votes maximum (like in the Gippal-Georapella fight) will make me prolong a battle, any more than that and it'll continue.

Nooj 4-3 King VERMIN!

At last, the most badass and mysterious Crimson Squad member gets a win by squashing this giant bug. Score THREE for the Youth League! (Lucil and Elma I mean).

Four more!

Round 1 - Battle 17

Dark Yojimbo

Another aeon, this time in it's rightful place, and concluding the rather fun tourist trap sidequest. This is the one and only Aeon battle which is optional, which is no surprise as it's actually challenging. Unlike the other aeons Yojimbo has an attack that actually threatens you, that being Zanmato which in this game makes everyone's HP at 1. All the other aeons, even Anima and the Magus Sisters, are runts compared to Yojimbo in this game.

VS.

Black Elemental

This is actually a reincarnation of good old Lord Jyscal Guado. I guess this tells us Seymour never sent him... but anyway, another Via Infinito boss. Surprisingly these have all been dropping like flies, Aranea, Concherer, and even Paragon.
Anyway this guy can be a real jerk if you don't prepare well, and that is for Ultima. But then again it becomes a joke when you learn he has only 9999 HP (Cat Nip), and that CONGRATS works as well.

I choose Dark Yojimbo because like I said, it's different from all the other aeon fights. And I never cared for Yojimbo in X.

Damn, I hate the aeons and the superbosses...Black Elemental, I guess.

Was gonna vote Dark Elemental, posted it actually, changed my mind. Dark Yojimbo. I remember it actually giving me a challenge once.

Black Elemental

Dark Yojimbo, cause Black Elemental was piss easy with Charon+Damage Limit Break. If only i had those two when I fought Yojimbo. -.-

Dark Yojimbo

Dark Yojimbo 4-2 Black Elemental

Well, it seems like nearly all the reincated Via Infinto fiends are dropping, with the exception of Trema, but he doesn't quite count. But then again, Yojimbo's Zanmato... Jyscal's no match for it. Another aeon victory, more deserved this time. If there's any aeon that should be among the last standing, Yojimbo's a worthy candidate. Kozuka would have finished BE's purpose anyway.

Now, we have another wandering soul versus yet another aeon.

Round 1 - Battle 18

Chac

This is it... the last of the Via five to be standing. This giant snake is actually Yunalesca's reincarnation, which is actually a good choice of fiend considering her mutated forms in FFX. And, as Chac she's the only thing that IGNORES Stoneproof completely for some reason. Not only is status protection obsolete, but in her case you almost always get shattered immediately after, no chance to use a Soft or a Remedy. Like with Paragon, Oversoul is practically the only average strategy unless you want a real challenge. Oh, and CONGRATS works too... if you get a chance to do it.

VS.

Dark Ifrit

Another aeon... also, along with Shiva and Bahamut has been an icon summon mandatory in every game since IV for some reason. Wonder if Chac's bypassing Stoneproof includes aeons. Again, this aeon may be not much of a fight, but at least it's appropriately placed in Kilika Temple and has some degree of plot significance. But aside from that, it's just another aeon fight... but hey, it's Ifrit!


I have to say Chac because it was more of a challenge and it's the only Via fiend left. Plus, I'm happy with the aeons that have moved on so far... though there's still another one after this.

Dark Ifrit

Dark Ifrit

Chac, its ability to ignore Stoneproof was quite something.

Aeons and superbosses again?! I guess I'll go with Chac, seeing as Dark Ifrit wasn't even a challenge.

Dark Ifrit

Chac

Dark Ifrit

Chac

Chac 5-4 Dark Ifrit

Really close battle, but it appears as though for once, realistically, Dark Ifrit is no match for Yunalesca's reincarnation. Yay for Chac, the only one of the Via-Five to move on to the next round.

Two more battles in this round!!

Looks like it's time to give these aeons and superbosses a break...

Round 1 - Battle 19

Ormi

The third member of the main Lablanc Syndicate trio. While Logos was the genius, this guy is the complete antithesis, you might say he's a few feathers short of a Chocobo... but he still adds a lot of comic relief in the game. He's probably the one who you get to fight the most times. Let's see... Gagazet, Gagazet Springs, Djose, under Guadosalam and probably somewhere else. Both of the other trio members already made it past this round... can Ormi join them or will he be the one from the tri to get the shaft?

VS.

Baralai

Another Crimson Squad guy, praetor of New Yevon. Supposedly he was the one meant to marry Yuna rather than Seymour... but that's ancient history. He basically frees Nooj from Shuyin and then goes nuts himself, and he's a pretty interesting fight at that. In fact, the only Den of Woe boss you get to fight elsewhere where it's mandatory at the end of Chapter 2. The fun part about his fight is trying to learn Drill Shot which you get two chances for. But he's not at all one to be toyed with, considering he can nullify your MP pretty fast as well. So far, Nooj is the only one that's managed to make it further... will Baralai join him?


I say yes Baralai will move on, give Ormi the shaft since we have Logos and Lablanc already. He was a much more interesting character and battle anyway.

Baralai

I say Ormi only because Baralai was the least interesting of three Crimson Squad and wasn't all that exciting to fight. Whereas Leblanc and her squad are always good for comedy, if not always much else.

Yeah, I agree with Agent. Ormi.

Baralai

Ormi's just...irritating.

Baralai because he's so dreamy..

Baralai

Baralai

Baralai 6-2 Ormi

Easy win for the crimson squad and New Yevon this time, looks like of the Syndicate Ormi will be getting the shaft, but we still have the other two! Sorry, Ormi!

Alright, last battle of round 1! And these were probably anticipated bosses... I may let this one go on a day longer, but we'll see...

Round 1 - Battle 20

Dark Bahamut

Another core aeon for the series, Dark Bahamut is probably the most unique aeon battle, being the first one and all here... It couldn't have been more conveniently placed, and a beautiful piano piece plays when you fight it under Bevelle at the end of Chapter 2 instead of the usual aeon theme, but this is probably the most important aeon battle as it marks a turning point in the game. Nothing like X's Dark Bahamut, but still something.

VS.

Experiment

Ah yes, the Machine Faction's Experiment. The boss with the most complex ever, and it's connected to three other sidequests as well! And you only get six chances to fight it. Must be fought both before AND after it reaches max stats to get Episode Complete, and must max it's "Special" at least if you want to learn a secret Blue Magic (that's all "Special" is for). Also has repair manuals which are creatively hidden with a variety of ways to get.


I would hate to see either not get past the first round... but really I have to go with the Experiment. I liked the way the manuals were hidden (like the monkey one and the one where you need a password that you find out only by watching CommSpheres and knowing Al Bhed), and also liked the sneaky way they gave it an exclusive Blue Magic (Annihilator) and how you needed certain circumstances for it. And it was challenging. Bahamut's just an aeon. An important aeon, but next to this just an aeon.

Experiment was a reasonably cool battle, or series of battles.

Dark Bahamut only because its an aeon...

Experiment

I still think the dark aeon battles sucked, and the Experiment was, overall, an entertaining sidequest, unlike some others I could mention...

Experiment was relatively interesting. The only really good thing about the Dark Bahamut battle is the music that plays during it.

Dark Bahamut was more fun to battle imo.

Dark Bahamut

Experiment, by default.

Experiment. Dark Bahamut was just another dark aeon you had to fight although it was a slightly more memorable fight.

Dark Bahamut because I love the piano piece that played during that battle.

Experiment 6-4 Dark Bahamut

And the MF's Experiment is just way too much for even Bahamut. Looks like unfortunately it won't be joining the lucky aeons to move on. Ah well... we've got two, so let's wish them luck as this concludes the first round!

Round two will be starting shortly as soon as I have it all set up. I'm gonna go edit the first post with details and start the new round later today. Or maybe in the next hour! Watch this space... and that space. I'm also waiting for the first round to end in the X rumble so I can edit the first post.

Alright, Round 2 starts now! Everyone in there positions... check. It'll consist of 10 battles.

Round 2 - Battle 1

Chac

Yunalesca and her ability to petrify even while ignoring Stoneproof, managed to petrify Dark Ifrit to pieces in the last round. Will she continue?

VS.

Logos

Ormi may have suffered an unfortunate defeat, but this guy, like Chac, also slayed an aeon in the past round, Dark Ixion. So, it's the battle of the aeonslayers... can he take Chac without getting shattered himself?

Chac

Logos -- the most interesting of the Leblanc clan and most interesting to fight as a boss.

Logos by the full length of an English country mile.

Logos -- the most interesting of the Leblanc clan and most interesting to fight as a boss.

Logos

Superbosses suck (I only voted for Chac because it was up against an aeon), and I actually found Logos interesting to battle.

Logos. By far more interesting and more fun.

Logos cause he was an interesting character.

Obviously, Logos.

Logos

Chac

Logos

Logos 9-2 Chac

Logos is on a roll! Beating both an aeon and the last to stand of the Via-Five... ah well, bye bye Yunalesca! Wait... there's still Trema.

Next we have an aeon and superboss free battle.

Round 2 - Battle 2

Georapella

This weird thing swallowed Gippal for breakfast in the last round. He's nowhere near as tough as his FFX-self, but considering his semi-important role he just had to be included.

VS.

Anything Eater

This is interesting... so our participants are gonna try to swallow each other, it seems. Anything Eater seems to be ahead in the swallowing department since in the last round in made a sabra out of Jumbo Cactuar. Chocobo Eater is gone so... will this guy hold up the legacy?

Anything Eater

I also say Anything Eater. The last round Georapella was in had to be extended cause of only five votes and even after it had only six. Georapella was ahead both times... but meh, I also liked the sidequest for AE better.

I think this an easy win for Anything Eater. Never had much interest in Georapella.

Anything Eater

Anything Eater

I only voted for the Geoparella last round because I hated the possessed fights - an easy victory for the Anything Eater.

Anything Eater

Anything Eater

Georapella, just to be contrary.

Anything Eater 7-1 Georapella

The Eater once again gets lucky, finishing Georapella for dinner. That was one crunchy cage. Let's see if it'll have room for more!
Round 2 - Battle 3

Experiment

This highly interesting boss got the honor of annihilating Dark Bahamut in the last battle of the last round. Time for it to face yet another aeon...

VS.

Dark Yojimbo

Considered by most to be the toughest aeon in the game, and being one of the few aeons to advance in the last round, Yojimbo sliced up Black Elemental pretty bad...


Really hard choice here, Yojimbo's the only aeon I remotely enjoyed fighting. I'm gonna go with the Experiment though, but almost any other boss and it would have been Yojimbo.

Yojimbo was a moderately challenging fight, but I have to go for Experiment here.

Experiment

Experiment

Experiment was an interesting and sometimes (depending on its level) challenging fight, whilst Yojimbo was just another aeon.

Experiment

Experiment

Experiment

Are blowouts/washouts done here? I'll also go with Experiment.

Are blowouts/washouts done here? I'll also go with Experiment.

Yep, they sure are, they're 8-0 and you're the 8th. Aw, but now this means I won't be able to update something every day (for a while I was doing a day X, a day X-2, alternating), oh well, guess I'll have to wait for another washout before I get back into that pattern again.

Anyway.

Experiment 8-0 Dark Yojimbo

Dark Yojimbo may have been a tough bastard of an aeon, but it's no match for the creations of the Machine Faction. This leaves one more aeon!

Round 2 - Battle 4

Nooj

The meyvn of the Youth League squashed "King VERMIN!"'s guts out in the last round, but considering how far his charisma and strength goes many would say this is just the beginning. But for now, looks like he'll just be fighting another normal fiend. But...

VS.

Zalamander

This gigantic reptile may be just a fiend and should seem like no more than a bump in the path for Nooj, but it beat Dark Shiva in the last round in an 8-0 washout! This should be pretty interesting, but then again Shiva's an aeon. This giant lizard (who signifies the only few moments of action in Chapter 4) might be that much of a joke next to Nooj...

Zalamander

Nooj

Nooj I guess.

Zalamander

Tough, but I'm going with Nooj.

Zalamander

Zalmander. Nooj is a cunt.

Zalamander

I hated Nooj both in and out of battle.

Zalamander

Zalamander 6-3 Nooj

Looks like this is it for Noojster, I actually had no idea he was so hated, wonder where the animosity comes from... oh well, this leaves one crimson guy standing! Somehow, Nooj is no match for the concert-holder-upper Zalamander.
But, for a sole boss in a chapter, Zalamander was indeed a strong entity.


Round 2 - Battle 5

Dark Valefor

The last aeon standing, now that Yojimbo's gone. But then again, the only reason it's standing apparently is because in the last round it got to blast another aeon, Dark Anima. Is it a match for non-aeons, as the other ones don't seem to be?

VS.

Guardian Beast

Zanarkand's half-sphere's guardian was the first to carry out any victory in this rumble, and it was a washout against Mika the Concherer. Now it has a chance to take out the last aeon... will that happen?


Okay, well if Guardian Beast does win, I can assure that it certainly won't be a washout this time, as I'm going with Dark Valefor because it's the last aeon standing.

Guardian Beast