Okay, this battle is ended by blowout. I will edit this post with the next battle in approximately 15 minutes to half hour, so watch for that...


X-ATM092 - <font color="red">0</font>
Diablos - 7


Not even a shred of love for the giant mechanical spider. Next battle is...

Edea (Galbadia Garden) (The final battle with possessed Edea. Her best attack is Maelstrom. You have to fight lapdog Seifer to get through to her. She has Alexander for drawing. Other than that, she mainly attacks using high level magic, but if your characters are properly junctioned, it's not too rough.)

vs.

Red Giant (Being a sort of Iron Giant within Ultimecia's Castle. He has high vitality and spirit stats but is vulnerable to Meltdown like most bosses with these. He has a weird speech pattern that he employs when you use certain types of attacks against him. He is weak against Demi, Diablos and Cactuar. Usual Limit Break strategies also work well. He mainly attacks using strong physical attacks, but is surprisingly vulnerable to darkness for a boss.)

Edea (Galbadia Garden)

Edea (Galbadia Garden)

Edea (GG)

Are you combining all the Edea's?

Edea (Galbadia Garden)

Red Giant..... :p jk
Edea

Red Giant..... :p jk
Edea

Tip: Get to the point.

Edea (GG).

Agreed, if you're gonna mention both, bold your choice.

Edea (Galbadia Garden)

Edea for boobz. Okay, not really. I find her prett badass for a female character.

Edea! One of my favourite female characters in the whole FF series.

Okay, yeah, this is a blowout, so let's get the results...

Edea - 10
Red Giant - <font color="red">0</font>


Ifrit (The first boss battle the game throws at you is also a battle for a GF. Ifrit thinks a lot of himself, but it was a rather weak GF. Naturally he uses fire based attacks. He talks a big game, but will wither if you use Shiva on him.)

vs.

Sphinxaur/Sphinxara (Cannon fodder for another blowout? Sphinxaur seems to exist as the easiest boss to get to and to fight in Ultimecia's Castle mainly to grant you a free ability. Only has something like 10,000 HP. The only thing possibly even slightly difficult about this fight is that most people will fight it using nothing but Attack.)

Sphinxaur/Sphinxara

Bonus for unique design ( unlike the red version of Iron Giant... )

Ifrit

Ifrit
Still one of my fav versions of him.

Ifrit. I like his design for this installment and the one for FFX. But I liked his look in FFVIII the best.

Ifrit so cool

Ifrit. RF-AMMO offered Irvine a glimmer of usefulness.

Ifrit FTW!!!

Sphinxaur/Sphinxara. Is it ever possible to use stuff other than Attack, beating one of the others with just Attack?

Ifrit

Ifrit.

Hehe this battle is first boss vs one of the last bosses. Pretty intense.

Ifrit

Ifrit, although I have some doubts: "They have Shiva?! :Panic:" :p

Ifrit - 10
Sphinxaur - 2


Not even close! Does any Ultimecia Castle boss have a chance? Well...

NORG (Black sheep of the Shumi Tribe. He uses lots of powerful magics, but only if his orbs are red. Attack the orbs to change the color. He hides underneath a shell, which you have to damage to try him out. Make sure to draw GF Leviathan from him.)

vs.

Tiamat (A lost GF, twisted to Ultimecia's ends. Some people think this may be the GF that Selphie drew, but forgot the name of. Looks cool, but for many players, it may not be the most intimidating boss. It has one, powerful move, DARK FLARE, which it can only use after it's spelled out every letter.)

NORG
I really enjoyed beating him; pompous ass

NORG

NORG

Tiamat's supposed to be a GF? Where is this said?

Scan description

Okay, that's 4-0, that's enough. Next battle coming soon. Though given the uptick in votes lately, I may consider revising the blowout criterion upwards again.

NORG. Tiamat was boring.

EDIT: Oops sorry for posting...i didnt read Agent's Message above. Sorry about that.

No biggie. I'll count it anyway...

NORG - 5
Tiamat - <font color="red">0</font>


Abadon (Big undead boss at the Great Salt Lake. Often drops 10 Flare Stones. Uses a number of powerful physical attacks, but like most undead monsters, is easily harmed by healing items and magic and can be KOed with an Elixir if it has 9999 HP or less.)

vs.

Bahamut (One of the game's many GF battles. Starts at around 10,000 HP, can max at 90,000. Uses Mega Flare and a powerful Claw Swipe attack, but he can be blinded. Mug a Hyper Wrist, drop is another Hyper Wrist and his card.)

Bahamut

Bahamut
Come on....there's really no comparison.

Bahamut
Come on....there's really no comparison.

Bahamut

Okay, that's 4-0 again. I'll update this again sometime later today. Good to get that one out of the way.

Okay, next up..

Elvoret (Boss at the top of the Dollet Communication Tower. Blows away Biggs and Wedge. Has Double for drawing. Make sure also to get Siren from it. Uses Storm Breath [predictably, every three turns] and striking claw physical attacks.)

vs.

Krysta (Does any Ultimecia Castle boss stand a chance, or will this just be a question of whether or not this is a blowout? Anyway, yeah yeah, fight her to regain a sealed power. She uses Cyber Frost as a counterattack. You can draw Holy from her. Uses Ultima as a final move. Threatens that you'll regret fighting her, but her HP maxes at 16,000. You can draw Carbuncle if you missed it before. Commonly drops an Elem Guard item.)

Elvoret

Krysta looked cooler, but the battle with Elvoret was more memorable.

Elvoret

Krysta looked cooler, but the battle with Elvoret was more memorable.

same here

Elvoret

Elvoret

Elvoret

Krysta looked cooler, but the battle with Elvoret was more memorable.

Castle boss = fail, apparently. Another blowout. Watch for the next battle this evening...

Right!

Elvoret - 5
Krysta - <font color="red">0</font>


We're really breezing through things so far. Next up...


Ultimecia (Considering all forms as a whole. She begins with a relatively weak form and selects three characters at random to form your battle party. If you kill off one of them, she will eventually send them to the abyss and replace them with another character, thus you're perfectly free to choose your own party in this way, if you want. Once you have defeated this form, she summons Griever and after you've finished him, she junctions herself unto Griever. But perhaps her most dangerous form is her final form, which uses Hell's Judgment, Apocalypse, and if you let things sit too long, her power attack Great Attractor. On a sidenote, apparently Great Attractor has been adapted for Dissidia.)

vs.

Jumbo Cactuar (Er yeah, it's a giant cactuar. Its best attack is 10,000 Needles, which it uses as a counter and is instant death. Starts at 33,000 HP, maxes at 330,000. Naturally weak against water, but usual standard will probably be Meltdown / Renzokuken-- though as with all large bosses, the timing is different for the trigger. Will run away if you don't kill it quickly when it has critical HP. Defeat to gain the useful Cactuar GF.)

Ultimecia

Ultimecia. Maybe this will be the first Castle boss victory.

There is no real fight here.

Ultimecia is better.

There is no real fight here.

Ultimecia is better.
Still haven't seen her Great Attractor move yet :mad:!

Okay, yet another blowout. Next battle coming this evening.

Since yesterday there were 3 battles and i missed them all... wow :D

Yeah i missed out on 2 battles as well.

Well, let's see how things go with the next battle. But first...

Ultimecia - 4
Jumbo Cactuar - <font color="red">0</font>


Now that's out of the way...


Fujin & Raijin (Final Form) (They take you at Lunatic Pandora. Raijin's best attack is Raijin Special. Fujin is generally considered the more dangerous of the two, with a powerful attack that can reduce all characters' HP to one and other generally strong attacks.)

vs.

Griever (Ultimecia summons him as a sort of GF. His attacks include Shockwave Pulsar as a finale, as well as claw swipe attacks and the ability to blow away stores of your magic. Apparently he, like Ultimecia's first form, is also capable of absorbing a character into time and replacing them with another.)

Griever easily.

Griever

Griever

If Ultimecia could win...

Then so can Griever.

Griever

Griever

it looks like yet another blowout...

Griever

We just keep powering along...


Fujin & Raijin (Final Form) - <font color="red">0</font>
Griever - 7



Okay, this is it already! The final battle of the first round...


Mobile Type 8 (When you first fight this sucker, it won't give you the time of day other than to kick your party out of Lunatic Pandora. On the return to Lunatic Pandora, though, you get to fight it. It comes equipped with Left and Right Probes that carry stat-boosting items you can steal. Generally drops Laser Cannons. HP starts at about 30,000 and maxes at about 46,000. Attacks include Twin Homing Laser, Corona and Megido Flame.)

vs.

Tri-Point (Ah, here's another one of them castle bosses. Can it break the streak of losing castle bosses, or is it just more cannon fodder? It uses a powerful Mega Spark attack, but only if the character hits it with the wrong element of Fire or Ice because they didn't scan it first. Or just use standard tactics--> Meltdown / Limit. You can draw Siren if you missed it before. Other attacks are a claw swipe and rushing attack. HP starts at a pathetic 2400 and maxes around 22,000.)

Mobile Type 8

Mobile Type 8

TRI-POINT

Tri-Point gets my vote.

There are Castle bosses I'd vote for, but not Tri. At least not against Mobile Type 8.

Lol Robot vs Robot.

Anyways....Mobile Type 8 because its a fun battle...and u dont need 40 Mobile Type 8 cards for one item.

Mobile Type 8

However it's sad that final dungeon bosses are being slaughtered so easilly :/ Maybe Trauma will do better.

Maybe it will, it's going to be castle boss vs. castle boss for the last battle of the first round, which I thought this was, but I see now it isn't.

Yeah, reminds me of like how Aeons got wasted so badly in the first round of X-2's boss edition, and the only one to make it past round one was Aeon vs. Aeon.

Mobile Type 8

Mobile Type 8

Nooooooo :gasp: ooooo! I missed voting for Jumbo Cactuar and Raijin and Fujin ;-( Not that it would change much... Oh well...

Anyway, I guess I'll vote for Mobile Type 8.

Okay, hope everyone enjoyed their holiday. Now let's get the results on this...


Mobile Type 8 - 8 (How appropriate.)
Tri-Point - 2


Castle boss once again equals fail, but at least it wasn't a blowout this time around.


And now, our real final battle of the first round, and it's castle boss vs. castle boss. This should be interesting...


Trauma (It's accompanied by Dromas, which Trauma likes to drain HP from. It uses a "Bonk" physical attack and a Mini Pulse Cannon. If Trauma drains away all of their HP, it will use Mega Pulse Cannon. You can draw Leviathan from Trauma if you missed it before. HP maxes at around 34,000. One strategy is to simply leave the Dromas alone and go for Trauma because that keeps Trauma from being too dangerous.)

vs.

Catoblepas (Behemoth type, maxes at around 38,000 HP. Alexander can be drawn if you missed it. Uses powerfully strong physical attacks, mainly involving his horn, but is weak against water and earth magic. Uses Meteor as a final attack.)

Catoblepas

It's weird that of all castle bosses, these are the two pitted against each other, because these are the only two (yes both) that I believe WOULD have stood a chance against some non-Castle bosses.

Anyhow, hard choice but I vote for Trauma.

Lol looks like we will have at least ONE castle guard winning.

Anyway: Catoblepas.

Catoblepas
How would you pronounce that anyways?

Ca (sound as in "bat") taw blee paws.

Are you sure? I always said Cuh-toe-bull-pahs, probably wrong though.

No, of course not, I think we all just this stuff whichever way feels best to us.

Catoblepas

Trauma - 2
Catoblepas - 4


People just don't care about castle bosses, only six votes. Let's move on to Round 2. Here's what we've got left...


Ifrit
Elvoret
Fake President/Gerogero
BGH251F2 "Iron Clad"
NORG
Edea (Galbadia Garden)
Mobile Type 8
Adel
Catoblepas
Ultimecia
Griever
Diablos
Sacred/Minotaur
Tonberry King
Bahamut
Ultima Weapon


And here's the first battle of the round...

Elvoret (Wedge: "Major Biggs! There has been a report of a monster-shaped shadow on top of the tower. Major Biggs!" Biggs: "Be quiet! I'm busy! This goes like this...and...Geez, what's with these crappy old tools? And...and...Why do I have to make all the repairs!? AHHH!!!")

vs.

Diablos ("Too much sleep...Too weak...")

Diablos

Diablos

Diablos

Elvoret

Diablos.

Diablos

Diablos

Diablos

All right, so that's...

Elvoret - 1
Diablos - 8


Not much a battle there, really. Diablos to the next round, easily. Next up...


BGH251F2 "Iron Clad" (Private 2: "Let's just get outta here!" Captain: "Can't let them seize this MRV! Keep attacking anyway!" Private 1: "Yes, sir! I can't control it!" Captain: "What!!!?? AWWW HOT HOT HOT!!! That piece of crap!")

vs.

Adel (Seifer: "Can't go back now! I can't go anywhere! The sorceresses as one! That is Ultimecia's WISH!")

Adel

Even though she originally angered the hell out of me for three days straight, Adel.

Adel

Adel as well.

Adel

Okay, that's more than enough votes for a blowout. Next battle coming soon...

All right...

BGH251F2 "Iron Clad" - <font color="red">0</font>
Adel - 6


Next up is...


Griever (Ultimecia: "The GF's true power... Allow me... To show you...! Griever! Make them bleed!")

vs.

Bahamut (Squall: "The Great GF...Bahamut." Bahamut: "...GF? I...? Using my powers... ...It is you humans...I fear...")

Griever

Squa....I mean:
Griever

Griever

Griever.

Bahamut

Griever

Griever

Griever - 6
Bahamut - 2


Next up...


NORG ("Fushururu...I'M-DONE-FOR! I'M-AFRAID-OF-YOU! ME-WHY-ME...?")

vs.

Ultima Weapon (Quistis: "They invented so much in this facility...There must be something here." Selphie: "We made it this far! It must be a treasure!")

Ultima Weapon

NORG
It was so nice beating the crap out of him.

Ultima Weapon. That was a great battle.

Ultima Weapon

Ultima Weapon.

Ultima Weapon

NORG

Ultima Weapon

Ultima Weapon

NORG - 2
Ultima Weapon - 8


Next up...


Fake President/Gerogero ("I'm not the president. I'm what they call...a body double. All these rumours about the many resistance groups in Timber... You pass along a little false information and they fall for it... How pathetic... Seems like there are only amateurs around here.")

vs.

Catoblepas ("I am Catoblepas. What do you humans plan to do... Against the likes of me...?")





Yuna: You sound sad.
Tidus: Yeah, maybe.
Yuna: Wanna scream?
Tidus: Nnnn...I really don't think that's going to help this time.

Fake President/Gerogero

Let it be Catoblepas. He seemed more overconfident to me...

Fake President/Gerogero

Okay, so not a lot of votes, but it looks like we have...


Fake President/Gerogero - 2
Catoblepas -4


So it's the castle boss by just a couple votes. I guess Catoblepas really has something, since it was the only castle boss that even made it to this round.


All right, next up...


Ifrit ("They have Shiva!? ... Impudent humans!")

vs.

Tonberry King ("I...I'm sorry.")

Ifrit

Ifrit. Definatley a memorable battle at the start of the game. Plus, you dont have to bore yourself killing 20 monsters first.

Tonberry King

Ifrit only acts tough when there is no Shiva around ;P

Ifrit - That Tonberry battle was so ANNOYING!

Ifrit for coolness factor.

Ifrit

Ifrit

Ifrit

Ifrit - 7
Tonberry King - 1


LOL. The mighty Tonberry King could only muster one vote against one of the weakest bosses in the game.


We have two battles left in this round. Next up...

Mobile Type 8 (Raijin: "We meet again, ya know!? We'll take you on, ya know!?" Fujin: "NOW, NO FIGHT, NEXT TIME." Raijin: "That's right! We have a surprise, ya know!")

vs.

Sacred/Minotaur (Sacred: "Y-YO BRO, THESE GUYS CRASHED THE TOMB! P-PLUS, THEY ATTACKED ME!" Minotaur: "oh, really...they attacked you? not bad for a human..." Selphie: "Tee-hee! The older brother is so cute!" Rinoa: "Wow, so the Elder is smaller..." Sacred: "Y-YO, BRO! T-THEY'RE MAKIN' FUN OF US!")

Sacred/Minotaur

Sacred/Minotaur

Sacred/Minotaur
While a pain to get to, it was a fun battle.

Sacred/Minotaur

Sacred/Minotaur

Sacred/Minotaur. Simply a hilarious team.

Mobile Type 8.

Sacred/Minotaur

Mobile Type 8 - 2
Sacred/Minotaur - 7


And now, the final battle of Round 2:


Edea (Galbadia Garden) (Sorceress Edea: "I must say that I am impressed. ...An impressive nuisance. Your life ends here, SeeD. Seifer enters. Worthless fool." Squall: (You're not our 'Matron'.) Sorceress Edea: "All SeeDs must perish!")

vs.

Ultimecia ("The price for your meddling is death beyond death. I shall send you to a dimension beyond your imagining. There, I will reign, and you will be my slaves for eternity. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.")

Edea
Her battles were just more fun and memorable.

Holy Crap! This is THE hardest rumble round ive had to deal with.

Ultimecia.

Edea

Edea

Ultimecia

Ultimecia

Ultimecia!

Hmm... Ultimecia.

Edea - 4
Ultimecia - 5


For a while there, it looked like Edea was going to run away with it, but then Ultimecia ended up taking the victory by one vote.


That's the end of the second round! Here's what's left for the quarter-finals...


Ifrit
Adel
Catoblepas
Ultimecia
Griever
Diablos
Sacred/Minotaur
Ultima Weapon


And here's the first battle of the Quarter-Finals


Ifrit (Quistis: "You haven't been to the [Fire Cavern] yet, have you? You won't be able to take part in today's SeeD exam if you don't pass the prerequisite." Squall: (...I was gonna go this morning, but Seifer...) Quistis: "Hm? Do you have a good excuse?" Squall: "...Not really.")

vs.

Griever (Squal: "That's my favorite ring. You'd better give it back." Rinoa: "I'm sure it is. It's a cool-looking ring. What's this monster on it anyway?" Squall: "It's not a monster. It's a lion. Lions are known for their great strength and pride." Rinoa: "Hmm...great strength...pride......Kinda like you, Squall." Squall: "I wish..." Rinoa "Hmm... so this L I O N of yours. Does it have a name?" Squall: "Of course. ... Griever." Rinoa: "So that's what you call it.")

Griever
This is a hard one, but this was just more fun.

OMG First Boss vs Near-Last Boss

Anyway Ifrit, just cuz its a nice memorable GF battle at the beginning at the game.

Ifrit was memorable, Griever's the start of something epic, but Ifrit's battle was more fun, and memorable..

IFRIT

Griever easily

Ifrit

Griever is just more brutal.

Griever

Griever is just more brutal.

Okay, so that's...


Ifrit - 3
Griever - 5


Ifrit has his fans, but Griever is just more well-liked.


Next up...


Catoblepas ("Uses magic as well as physical attacks. Its skill with Thunder magic allows it to increase damage.")

vs.

Ultima Weapon (Selphie: "WHOOO-HOOOO! AWESOME!" Zell: "Looks like it has multiple levels...Is there something at the bottom?" "Yo...What the hell is that...?")


By being put up against another castle boss, Catoblepas managed to survive to the second round and then managed to beat its opponent for that round too. Will it be a surprise semi-finalist, or is this the end of the line for it? Cast your votes!

Ultima Weapon

Ultima Weapon

Ultima Weapon. Its better than any castle boss.

Ultima Weapon of course~

Ultima Weapon

All right, let's keep this moving...

Catoblepas - <font color="red">0</font>
Ultima Weapon - 5


Next up...


Ultimecia ("I am Ultimecia. Time shall compress... ...All existence denied.")

vs.

Diablos (Headmaster Cid: "Oh, and Squall, I forgot to give you this. It's a cursed item, but if one with enough power uses it, it should be of great help.")

Ultimecia

Ultimecia battle is surely more epic, but when it goes to pure fun Diablos gets on the top IMO (especially when you fight him at low level)

Diablos is just 'cooler'.

Diablos :D

Ultimecia. Even though i always enjoy the battle with Diablos.

Ultimecia... so nyahhh

Ultimecia

Diablos

Okay...

Ultimecia - 4
Diablos - 4


Ah shoot, now I have to break a tie. Okays...

Ultimecia - 4/4, 5/9
Diablos - 7/7, 8/9



That tie clearly breaks Diablos's way.


And now, the final battle of the quarter-finals...


Adel (Laguna: "Huh?......Hmm...Okay, fine! We'll accept your help. In return, we'll help you Anti-'Azel' movement or whatever." Ward: "......" Kiros: "It's 'ADEL'. Start listening more closely, 'cause it's getting embarrassing... ...is what Ward would say. Can't you see it in his eyes?" Laguna: "Yeah, sure, I always see it! But...who cares!? I speak with passion, from the heart! That's what matters most.")

vs.

Sacred/Minotaur (Minotau: "the brothers, defeated...? mighty ones... may we join you?")

Sacred/Minotaur. I like the end of the first disc.

Sacred/Minotaur

Sacred/Minotaur

Sacred/Minotaur

I expected more of Adel instead of just one boss battle actually. She didn't really seem as powerful as everyone was going on about in the game if she was able to be beaten by a group of teenagers.

Adel.

Sacred/Minotaur

Adel

Adel

Sacred/Minotaur

Adel - 3
Sacred/Minotaur - 7


Adel just doesn't have what it takes. The pairing of Brothers makes it to the semi-finals! And here they are!


Griever
Diablos
Sacred/Minotaur
Ultima Weapon


It's a GF-heavy lineup for our semi-finals. The first battle...


Sacred/Minotaur (Sacred: "THE BROTHERS, DEFEATED... I GUESS WE'LL JOIN YA.")

vs.

Ultima Weapon (Zell: "Basically, they were tryin' to develop a draw system like ours. They probably traveled all over the world to gather different energy and materials for their research." Squall: "......" Zell: "I dunno how the heck it ended up here. I heard they did some hardcore research here. They even used GF for experiments. To science geeks, it was treasure island." Squall: "......Hmm." Zell: "What? You think I'm BS-ing?" Squall: "No..." (Maybe I should give this guy more credit.))

Sacred/Minotaur

Sacred/Minotaur

Yeah I'd say Sacred/Minotaur for the win, really. :]

Sacred/Minotaur

Ultima Weapon

Ultima Weapon

Ultima Weapon.

Ultima Weapon

Brothers has nothing on him.

Ultima Weapon

And we have...


Sacred/Minotaur - 4
Ultima Weapon - 6


Most interesting. Sacred/Minotaur picked up enough votes for what could have been counted as a blowout had I been on and stopped it, but then Ultima Weapon came on like gangbusters and is head into the final. It might have a tough time in that final based on that, but let's see. What will be its opponent? Our second semi-final battle is...


Griever ("In Squall's mind, the strongest GF. Through Ultimecia's power, continues fighting without vanishing.")

vs.

Diablos ("A mysterious GF living in another dimension. Uses a powerful gravity attack called Gravija.")

Diablos

Griever. Epic way of changing the music at Shockwave Pulsar. I also think it's cool how Blue Magic is generally an Enemy skill and in this case it's only the final boss's.

O shi...like my top two. Damn you!


I guess I'd have to go for...
Diablos
...not the easiest to say, but it was a fun fight no matter the level & he just 'looks' cooler.

Jeez, I don't really know D:! They're both pretty awesome, but if I must choose just one, I would probably have to go with Diablos.

Diablos because its so funny when Selphie is on low health and you try to look for a good spell to use from her limit break. Also its always challenging.

Diablos 8)

Diablos

Clocked up over 300+ hours, most of them being just getting to see Diablos.

Griever - 1
Diablos - 7


Well, bit of a runaway there. Diablos looks strong heading into the final. And here it is...


Diablos (Diablos: "Who dares disturb my sleep?")

vs.

Ultima Weapon ("The strongest, ultimate monster. It's said to be impossible to defeat.")

Im going for Ultima Weapon. While he was har, he was also more challenging than diablos making him more fun.

Diablos.

Diablos
Better looking, more fun.

Diablos FTW

Diablos

Ultima Weapon. He had the best GF on him.

Diablos
Better looking, more fun.

Ultima Weapon

Diablos

Diablos - 6
Ultima Weapon - 3


And so the winner of this edition, the chosen favorite boss is

Diablos





I guess there's just a certain intrigue and coolness about him. Well, that's it for this battle. I think I'd like a few days break before starting the next edition, but in the meantime, feel free to toss around ideas for what should be done next. Remember, the previous edition was Location Music Themes.

Okay, I think I want to do Most Exciting/Interesting Moment, unless somebody has a better idea. So if anyone has any thoughts on their favorite moments, post them here. It can be anything you want-- I'm looking for what's interesting to you, so even if it's not something most people would think of, feel free to suggest it.

How about:

-The assassination mission at the end of disc 1, ive always liked that bit.
-Or, the part where the team attempts to make Garden move. I mean, it is pretty exciting how it happens.
-Or, the time your FIRST meet Laguna in esthar. Thats pretty interesting meeting someone youve been seeing throughout the whole game.
-The confrontation with Ultimecia. Come on, its nearly the whole point of the game.

Thats, all I can think of right now....I hope you find some use of it...If not,well thats ok 2.

The battle of the Gardens (I loved that part)
When they go off into space
Understanding the whole Time Compression thing
The whole missile launch part

...and last but not least, trying to find the White SeeD ship.

The best part of the game was the end of disc 2. where the gardens clash. i just love it
All the laguna parts were fun.
The Castle in the end was interesting. trying to find all the bosses was interesting even though not necessary.
and escaping the prison was pretty fun too. going so many floors up and down and up again...

I liked the Dance Scene, was pretty neat.
Also, being chased by that huge spider in that town for that SeeD Mission. Exhilarating.
Hearing the track "Breezy" whenever you go to fisherman's point/Balamb.. Just makes me want to doze off.

:|

Okay, thanks everyone. I'll add in some more of my own and I think we'll try for 32. I'll get that posted later today-- until then, if anyone wants to post any others, go ahead.

The moment when Riona & Squall are alone in space before her capture.

When Squall saves Riona from falling off the Garden.

Finding out Edna is Cids' wife.

When the Pandora thing is activated and that whole cutscene of the monsters descending from the moon.

-OMG...you have to add the part in space when you go through Rinoa's mind. Then you see Ultimecia for the first time.

-Going through the the time compression itself.

-The first time you meet Edea when she isnt possessed anymore and you learn about ?Ultimecia and Adel and all that.

You know what-- I don't think I'm quite ready to do this yet. Let's give it until two days from now. To those of you who mentioned large portions of the game, could you try to narrow it down a bit? Something like "the whole missile launch" scene is a bit too wide-- try to go more specific.

@ The end of the missile launch scene, when everyone 'dies'.

The first time I saw 'Diablo' was pretty big for me.

Seifer's betrayal and subsequent explanation as to why.

Finding out Riona is Julia daughter.

Didn't read the whole list just skimmed it so sorry if someone said this, but the explanation of the train mission. If I must narrow it down, the explanation of the train mission, not the mission itself.

That part made me start liking the game a lot because it showed how missions were actually choreographed in this game which make them all the more exciting to anticipate, where as in the other games you just go along and take what's thrown at you.

I don't know if anyone mentioned these, but add the explanation of the Deling mission.

AND, Laguna's step-by-step process of how to get to Ultimecia (that might be the same as "understanding the whole time-compression thing" as someone said).

With that, I'd like to also add just Squall's crew and Laguna's crew meeting face to face. That was also one of my favorite parts, until then I was under the impression that Laguna was dead or something, but he's alive and well and the president of Esthar!

With that, I'd like to also add just Squall's crew and Laguna's crew meeting face to face. That was also one of my favorite parts, until then I was under the impression that Laguna was dead or something, but he's alive and well and the president of Esthar!

I was under the same impression as well about Laguna. Ellone kept saying she was trying to change the past and I thought it was weird that the past she was trying to change had to deal with Laguna. I assumed he was dead and she was trying to bring him back to life. I can't remember if she ever said what exactly she was trying to change if she did at all.

I haven't played this game in a long time. I need to :(.

All right, let's do this.


Seifer Calls Zell a "Chicken Wuss"
Chased Out by X-ATM092
The Waltz for the Moon
Explanation of Train Mission
Squall Says He Doesn't Believe in Evil
The "True Mission" of SeeD
Selphie and Co. "Killed" in Missile Base Explosion
The Garden Takes Flight
Revelation of Edea's Identity as Cid's Wife
Meeting Edea as Herself
Search for the White SeeD Ship
Launched Into Space
Activation of Lunatic Pandora
The Party Discovers Laguna is Alive/President of Esthar
Understanding the Time Compression Process
The Party Confronts Ultimecia


I decided to go with just sixteen, using a mixture of most of the ideas suggested and just a few of my own. I think I got all of the best, but sorry if I missed out on anybody's absolute favorite. Let's get started!


Chased Out by X-ATM092 (The party is chased out of Deling City by a gigantic mechanical spider called X-ATM092, culminating with a fantastic FMV in which Quistis shoots it down with a massive gun.)

vs.

Understanding the Time Compression Process (Doc Odine, with the help of Laguna, provides a detailed mission briefing explaining how the party can travel through time compression to reach Ultimecia's time, giving them a shot at defeating her.)




Oh, BTW...


I assumed he was dead and she was trying to bring him back to life. I can't remember if she ever said what exactly she was trying to change if she did at all.
Ellone's objective was actually to prevent Laguna from leaving to go look for her and thereby abandoning Raine in Winhill when she was dying.


"Elle wanted to tell me not to leave Winhill, no matter what happened by sending you inside my head. That way I could've stayed beside Raine in her death bed...To hold her when she called my name."

Chased Out by X-ATM092

Understanding the Time Compression Process.

Time Compression Process

Oh, BTW...


Ellone's objective was actually to prevent Laguna from leaving to go look for her and thereby abandoning Raine in Winhill when she was dying.


"Elle wanted to tell me not to leave Winhill, no matter what happened by sending you inside my head. That way I could've stayed beside Raine in her death bed...To hold her when she called my name."

Ah, okay....did he in the end?


Chased Out by X-ATM092

Understanding the Time Compression Process
While the other was a nice FMV, the TCP really made the plot make more sense and added to the overall story.

Chased Out by X-ATM092

Chased Out by X-ATM092

I actually really liked the time gates from the chain leading to Ultimicia's castle, it was so interesting to just randomly appear, alone in the middle of nowhere, then you found a chocobo forest and thought, hmm not so bad.

After riding around for ages you find the path all the way down, and whats there, the ragnorak! and inside is the card club!

I really enjoyed tha bit, felt like a real exploration with a real discovery at the end.

I'm assuming you don't know how to rumble, do you?

LOL, obviously someone who didn't read the first post of the thread or anything else in the thread for that matter and thought they'd just pop in and post some general thoughts about FFVIII.


Anyways...

Chased Out by X-ATM092 - 4
Understanding the Time Compression Process - 4


Well, it seems we have a tie. I really don't want to just flip a coin this early, so I think will try Zak's message and a send a PM to someone who has voted regularly in the past but hasn't yet posted a vote in the current battle. That will be Solaris. Hopefully he'll respond. But if there is anybody else reading who hasn't voted yet and wants to cast a vote, go ahead and your vote will be the tiebreaker instead. If Solaris doesn't come through and nobody else votes, then I guess it'll just have to be left to fate...



Oh, and mellifluous tupperware (I know you told me not to call you that, but I think it's actually one of the best ones that Sarah came up with.)-- the answer to your question about Laguna is no. Ellone realized that it wasn't actually possible for her to change the past. "You're the one that changes. Not the past." She and Squall both realized that "What's important is right now."

Understanding the Time Compression Process


Also, Solaris is a girl :)