Ruby Weapon

Ruby Weapon

Ruby Weapon.

Ruby Weapon

Ruby Weapon.

Roobie Wehponz

Ruby Weapon.

And so that'll be:

Ruby Weapon - 12
Penance - 1

Penance only musters a single vote. Honestly, I was surprised it even made it past the first round. Ruby it is.


Next up:


Omega Weapon - Final Fantasy VIII

vs.

Quale - Final Fantasy IX

Omega Weapon

Omega Weapon

(invincible moon ftw)

Omega Weapon

Omega Weapon

Omega Weapon

Although I love Quale, Omega Weapon.

Omega Weapon is a beast.

omega weapon

Omega weapon

QUALE

Omega Weapon.

Omega Weapon.

Omega Weapon - 11
Quale - 1


Quale, like Penance, only managed a single vote. Omega Weapon goes on to the second round. Final battle of this round:

Ozma - Final Fantasy IX
Tantarian - Final Fantasy IX


So many FFIX choices were voted into this round that there had to be at least one FFIX vs. FFIX battle, and here it is. Cast your votes!

Tantarian

This one is tough. But I'll go for Tantarian.

This one is tough. But I'll go for Tantarian.

Absf'nstain

Tantarian. It's fun getting your ass kicked by a poisonous book.

Ozma

Tantarian. It's fun getting your ass kicked by a poisonous book.

Tantarian. It's fun getting your ass kicked by a poisonous book.

Tantarian.

Ozma

Okay, let's end this round:

Ozma - 2
Tantarian - 7


Which definitely proves that pure power isn't everything. The monster-in-a-book goes on to the semi-finals.


That's the end of the quarter-finals and we've now reached the semi-finals. Still in this:


Ruby Weapon - Final Fantasy VII
Omega Weapon - Final Fantasy VIII
Tantarian - Final Fantasy IX
Hades - Final Fantasy IX

FFIX bosses are still in the majority going into the semi-finals and I've decided that they should both be given a chance to make the final. Of course, that also leaves open the possibility of neither making the final. First hurdle:


Ruby Weapon - Final Fantasy VII

vs.

Tantarian - Final Fantasy IX

Tantarian

At least this one had a bit of characterization.

What a predicament!

I'll vote for Tantarian on this one, because as much as I'd like it to be true, Ruby Weapon is not a Transformer which could turn into the Ragnarok - or something similar; it was all a sham! Plus, I've never seen a book wreak havoc quite like Tantarian has.

Tantarian. And applause for Tyki's consistantly eloquent waxing about Ruby Weapon.

Tantarian deserves my vote.

Ruby Weapon

Ruby Weapon

Because I'm worth it.

Tantarian, I stand by my previous comment.

Ruby Weapon.

:X

Tantarian. And applause for Tyki's consistantly eloquent waxing about Ruby Weapon.

[QUOTE=brzrkrBEAT;834288]Ruby Weapon[QUOTE]

All right, hope everyone enjoyed their holiday, well, for those who it was a holiday. Updating this now:

Ruby Weapon - 4
Tantarian - 6


Ruby Weapon unable to overcome the votes for the early favorite, Tantarian, which makes it into the final! And now, our other semi-final, which will determine whether or not this shall be an all FFIX final:

Omega Weapon - Final Fantasy VIII

vs.

Hades - Final Fantasy IX



Omega Weapon is a tough contender, but FFIX has been pretty dominant so far. So how will this one go? Cast your votes!

Pfft. Omega Weapon

Hades, because I defeated Omega Weapon and all I got were these lousy Three Stars & "Proof of Omega."

Omega Weapon, VIII represent.

Tough choice. Both are equally good, so I ended up making my judgment based on which one was part of the better game. FF IX beats VIII easily so I go for Hades.

Omega Weapon preferably but both are good.

Omega Weapon preferably but both are good.

FFIX beats VIII easily so I go for Hades.

One for Hades.

Omega Weapon.

Hades. I didn't like either a whole lot though tbh.

I'm gonna go ahead and end this one:

Omega Weapon - 5
Hades - 5

Wow, looks like we have a tie. First time in a while we've had that. Well, the rule is that when we have a tie in anything other than the first round, we go to the results from the previous rounds to determine the tie-breaker. That shakes out as follows:

Omega Weapon - 13/16, 11/12 = 81%, 92% = 86%
Hades - 8/10, 6/11 = 80%, 55% = 68%


So our final battle of this edition:

Omega Weapon - Final Fantasy VIII

vs.

Tantarian - Final Fantasy IX


Perhaps not the final anyone would have expected, but we've had some surprising results before, after all. In terms of pure power, Tantarian is definitely the underdog here, but it's managed to beat other tough contenders to make it into the finals.

Omega Weapon 4Life

Tantarian

Dammit. Hard, hard, hard.


Omega Weapon, VIII represent.

Tantarian

Tantarian.

I'm voting for Tantarian for the reason that it's a book; one that could kill you.

I'm sold on that concept alone.

Omega Weapon

Tantarian, because it;s a book.


That can hurt you.

Tantarian ftw!!

Tantarian, because it;s a book.


That can hurt you.

Well, this is it. Time for the final results on the optional bosses edition:

Omega Weapon - 3
Tantarian - 7


Not even that close. The poisonous book from Final Fantasy IX is our grand winner:



Tantarian


What a finish. The Tantarian was an underdog if it ever was one, but it came out on top. Thanks to everyone that voted in this edition! New edition starting promptly in two days, so stay tuned! No suggestions necessary --- I'll have something cooked up by then.

I'm stoked about the next edition, Agent. I wasn't really fond of the optional bosses one, to be honest.

I didn't even get to vote in the final! Boooo!

My vote wouldn't have made a difference, but... >>

It's not everyday you see Omega Weapon gets his ass handed to him by a book...

That was a really hard choice. In the end I had to stay loyal to VIII. I can also justify it by saying while Tantarian is tricky, Omega is the kind of uber I think of when talking about optional bosses.

Tantarian is also my favorite Tetra Master card. That was a hard decision.

ahead on our way for definite but i think you shoulda added FF8 the village next to the school, cant remember the song name nor the village name but it was where you got the boat to do your first seed mission, infact it was the exam at the tower. thats a good one cuz of the sea, i well relxes you.

sorry bout that got confusled lol i was reading page 1

yer ill be ready for the next thread, and i wont get confused =] and i think omega weapon shoulda won it, i didnt last five mins agianst him, i was well close to beating tantarian.

Use the edit button so you wont have to post 3 posts in a row

His name is blinkfag and he's posted nothing but nonsense and Aeris revival gloty. He is not long for this forum, or at the least I hope he isn't.

Hoo boy.


Anyway, here's the deal. The next edition is going to be mini-games. I already have most of the obvious choices worked out, including Chocobo Racing, Triple Triad, Tetra Master, Chocobo Hot and Cold and Blitzball, to name a few. However, if anyone has any favorites they want to nominate, make sure I don't miss out on, go ahead, and then the battles will start tomorrow evening.

VII Snowboarding.

Frog Catching? Just came in mind

This, I like.

All right, here's a few nominations of mine:

Gunner's Gauntlet (X-2)
Sphere Break (X-2)
Motorcycle Chase (VII)

Blank vs Zidane swordfighting duel.
That crappy puzzle square from FFI.

aight roki cheers

fuck you knegative i ony just joined this forum and i only wondered if you could get aeris back cuz i know thats there loadsa secrets in the game and i thought maybe saving her was one of em, and also you know as well as i do that we dont all know every possible secret so can you blame me for askin?

kk cheers agent

The moogle house in gold saucer

The war like strategy games in FF6 was immense, I used to play them over and over and challenge myself to beat under difficult circumstances. They were compulsory though which sucked.

Pirate Olympics FF12

FFVIII's instrument picking thing. The one Selphie was so adamant in getting done.

How could I forget the concert, BEAT? Love that dearly. Though, that really is part of the plot.

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! Definitely some ideas in there that I wouldn't have come up with myself. Don't know if I'm gonna include all of those, but you've given me some good ideas. Last chance for nominations before I start this later this evening!

Well, doesn't look like there's going to be any more nominations. Let's get this party started. Here's the list of what's included:


Slide Puzzle - Final Fantasy I
Kefka Assault - Final Fantasy VI
Motorcycle Chase - Final Fantasy VII
Snowboarding - Final Fantasy VII
Chocobo Racing - Final Fantasy VII
Mog House - Final Fantasy VII
Triple Triad - Final Fantasy VIII
Concert Instrument Selection - Final Fantasy VIII
Tetra Master - Final Fantasy IX
Chocobo Hot and Cold - Final Fantasy IX
Frog Catching - Final Fantasy IX
Blitzball - Final Fantasy X
Sphere Break - Final Fantasy X-2
Gunner's Gauntlet - Final Fantasy X-2
Desert Digging - Final Fantasy X-2
Pirate Olympics - Final Fantasy XII

(Remember, this list is only here for reference as we start the battles --- the current results are kept on the very first post in the thread.)

Well, I think I managed to actually get in all the nominations. Obviously, this is weighted more towards certain games than others, because some of the games just had a lot more mini-games than others, and in particular, the "classics" didn't have much in the way of anything that could be called "mini-games." First battle:

Motorcycle Chase - Final Fantasy VII (The "motorcycle chase" is first played as part of the plot --- escape on a motorcycle with Cloud while protecting the trailing car with your party members from attacking Shinra motorcyclists. Hit points left at the end determines your hit points going into the battle with the Motor Ball boss at the end of the highway. Later on, this can be played as a game for points at the Gold Saucer, and a really high score can get you a "Source" item. But it's really not much help in terms of earning GP.)

vs.

Blitzball - Final Fantasy X (With Sin constantly on the attack, Spira's rather short on fun, so this was the only real mini-game of consequence in X. It shows up again in X-2, but not a lot of people like that version, so I'm not including that in this rumble. A sport played in a water-filled dome, this game is a big part of the plot, especially early-on, in X. You are required to play it at least once against the Luca Goers. The match isn't that easy to win, but winning it earns a bonus sphere item. After that, it becomes accessible from save spheres for most of the game and playing it can earn some nice bonus items, and is needed for Wakka's ultimate weapon.)

Blitzball I can see this going all the way. The only contender in my mind is Triple Triad. It's my favorite thing about X, period.

Motorcycle Chase

Even though I didn't have much fun with Blitzball, it was a decent mini-game, I suppose. At first, I was excited to play it due to all the hype. Then when the time finally came to take part in the action, I became largely indifferent toward the sport, and haven't played it since the mandatory match in the storyline.

Motorcycle chase

Give me controls over my characters in a damn sport game, FFS!

Motorcycle Chase

Blitzball was fun but man it was fun hacking at other drivers with a huge sword while on a motorcycle. Kind of things you wanna do in real life sometimes.

Blitzball

Blitzball . The game itself is a part of the story. And thats a bonus

Blitzball along with Chocobo Hot and Cold is my favorite in this one.

Motorcycle Chase

The Motorcyle Chase.

Blitzball Watersports in general is awesome. ;)

blitzBall

Hard choice, but Blitzball wins it for me.

I never really got into it in my 2nd run through of the game, but I had tons of fun with it in my first run-through!

Motorcycle Chase 8)

All right, let's do the results on this one:

Motorcycle Chase - 6
Blitzball - 7


Blitzball wins by just one vote. A lot closer than I think some people would have expected. I wonder how that bodes for its future prospects in this edition.

Well, for now, we continue with this battle:

Triple Triad - Final Fantasy VIII (FFVIII's card game. You're never required to play it within the game, but it's very popular among fans. The basic rules for play are pretty simple, but you can mix it up by adding in a variety of rules such as Same, Open, and Random, as well as varying trade rules. Cards that win you can be refined into useful items using Quezacotl's Card-Mod ability. Obviously, rarer cards got you better items, and there were also unique GF and character cards which could be refined into very powerful items, but at the expense of not having a complete collection.)

vs.

Frog Catching - Final Fantasy IX (Takes place at the four Qu's Marshes throughout the world of Gaia. Quina could catch frogs and in exchange, earn weapons/items for catching so many, as well as powering up hir "Frog Drop" ability, one of only a few attacks within the game that could be powered up to do a guaranteed 9999 damage. It was generally best to catch only a few frogs and leave one male and one female so that the frogs would repopulate more quickly. And there was also a golden frog, which was better not to catch, as it was bisexual and could breed with either males or females, allowing them to repopulate that much faster. After catching 99 frogs, you would get to fight Master Quale.)

Triple Triad

Triple Triad, all the way.

Masked within its less than stellar gameplay, what exactly does Frog Catching encourage you to revel in?

Gluttony - that's what. And it's disgusting!

Triple Triad if only for Shuffle or Boogie.

Triple Triad

Frog Catching! Just because you catch Frogs!

Triple Triad but Frog Catching has its charm.

Frog catching.

Frog catching.

Man, I'd be so content if the frog game would win this whole rumble. :D Frog Catching!

... are you people seriously voting that lame game over the greatest mini-game in FF history?!

Triple Triad!

Triple Triad

Triple Triad

Triple Triad

Triple Triad without a doubt. Easily one of the best mini games of all the FF's.

Triple Triad

Triple Triad

All right, looks like that last vote came in just in time. I'm gonna go ahead and update a bit earlier in the evening than usual. Of course, the results on this are pretty clear anyway:

Triple Triad - 11
Frog Catching - 4


The card game from FFVIII wins by a large margin, but there's no doubt Quina's mini-game from FFIX had support.


Gluttony - that's what. And it's disgusting!
One of the Seven Deadly Sins. I happened to enjoy frog-catching, though, though I'm not sure if enjoyed it more than Triple Triad...


Well, enough of my rambling, on with the next battle:

Mog House - Final Fantasy VII (A reasonably cute bit of entertainment in the Gold Saucer, but doesn't necessarily provide any lasting appeal. In the story, you help out a little mog [moogle] named, well, Mog, who lives in Mog Forest on Mt. Mog and is pipapopupo years old [that's about 23 in human years.] He wants to win the heart of a female mog named Mag, but needs to fly in order to do so. You feed him kupo nuts [but not too many!] and once you do so, he's able to fly and they get together and live happily ever after, starting a nice little mog family. For completing it, a guy standing in front of it thanks you for it to him and gives you 30 GP.)

vs.

Desert Digging - Final Fantasy X-2 (A mini-game taking place in the Bikanel Desert. You run around and dig for treasures, hoping to obtain them before your competition. You have 60 seconds in which to do so, and you watch for Xs on the minimap. You can find treasures for your inventory, useful Key Items [including Al Bhed Primers] and components for machina weapon at the Djose Temple. Sometimes, though, you may end up in a battle instead. You have to make sure to get back to the hover before the time runs out in order for it to count as a successful dig. And you need to find a component in order for it to count. In Chapter 5, you can unlock a fun variation on this mini-game --- choco-digging!, in which you ride around on a zippy chocobo while searching for the treasures.)

This is almost an abstain. Though, seeing as I love anything about Gold Saucer that isn't Cait Sith, I'll say Mog House

Mog House

I hated Mog House myself, so my vote goes to Desert Digging, even though I didn't really like that either.

Desert Digging. Mog House was boring to me.

Desert Digging, because you could earn pretty neat items for participating, not to mention the Al Bhed pay you for your excitement. The only things they're interested in, in regards to the excavation, are machina parts... and perhaps your safety - the parts take precedence, though; that much I'm sure of.

Anyway, the Al Bhed's true purpose, which was somewhat implied, was to create an experimental weapon, aptly named "Experiment," that they could use to rule over Spira with an iron fist, possibly due to being snubbed by the masses not too long ago.

The Gullwings, seeing as how they're Al Bhed themselves, were down with that.
______

I didn't like the Mog House mini-game at all; it's one of the low points in VII, in my opinion. Strangely enough, I love the track on the FFXI OST entitled "Mog House." It has this...

All right, now I'm rambling.

Mog House

Not a fan of either of those, so I'll go with Desert Digging.

Just to let everyone know --- this will be updated between 3-4 P.M. tomorrow, so if anyone else has a vote, make sure to get it in before then. Tomorrow evening, I'll be attending an event --- well, who doesn't know what's happening tomorrow evening, so I'm sure you can figure it out. :)

So I won't be on tomorrow evening.

Desert Digging

Desert Digging. Mog house was pointless and boring.

Desert Digging

As promised, let's get our results on this one:

Mog House - 3
Desert Digging - 7


Digging game it is then.


Our next battle:

Kefka Assault - Final Fantasy VI (The closest thing FFVI has to a "mini-game," I suppose, so I'm including it. You have to make your way through groups of soldiers and guard-dogs to a final battle with Kefka. With Cyan, Gau, Locke, Terra, Celes, Sabin and Edgar, you have some leeway as to how you split up your three parties. You can switch parties when you're not in battle, but you have to be careful, and you can't let the soldiers break through and reach the top, or it's game over.)

vs.

Tetra Master - Final Fantasy IX (FFIX's card game. Somewhat more complex in terms of basic gameplay than FFVIII's Triple Triad. Unlike FFVIII's Triple Triad, you are required to play it as part of the plot in the game, though winning or losing only determines whether or not you get a certain bonus item. Also, unlike FFVIII's Triple Triad, cards can't be refined into items.)

Love everything about VI, but Tetra Master is a more fully developed mini-game.

Absolutely adored Tetra Master once I got the hang of it.

Tetra Master was a lot deeper and was very fun once you got the hang of it.

Tetra Master was a lot deeper and was very fun once you got the hang of it.

Tetra Master

It's an enjoyable mini-game accompanied by a catchy tune.

Tetra Master

Kefka Assault wins by default for me since I hated Tetra Master. Maybe I just never gave it enough of a chance, but FF8's triple triad was SO much better, in every single way imo.

Kefka Assault simply ftw

Warfare vs. a card game? Kefka Assault FTW!

All right, results on this are:

Kefka Assault - 3
Tetra Master - 6


Few votes at the end there for the FFVI mini-game-of-sorts, but it's FFIX's card game that makes it to the second round. All right, next battle is:


Snowboarding - Final Fantasy VII (First comes up towards the start of Disc 2 at Icicle Inn. You borrow the snowboard of a little injured boy and use it to make your way to the Great Glacier. The path is winding and tricky at times. What path you take ultimately determines where you end up at the Great Glacier. Once you go back to the Gold Saucer, this is available to play there at Wonder Square. You can gain access to several courses and collect balloons to earn points out of 100.)

vs.

Sphere Break - Final Fantasy X-2 (A new game that is gaining a growing following in the world of Spira in Final Fantasy X-2. Popularized by Rin, a tournament for this game is held in Luca in Chapter 3. Basically, it's a game of numerics. You select five "coins" to play with and they have numerical values 1-9. Within the game, you try to get the 'sphere break' by selecting coins until you get a multiple of the core sphere. You lose if you're unable to make that because it isn't possible with what you have left, or if you run out of time. And you can get bonuses for continuously doing it using the same multiple or with the same number of coins. Depending on the various requirements placed on the game, it can get quite tricky. But you can also win items or even rare items or Sphere Grids, and in the big tournament, winning the whole thing [with Shinra as the final opponent] earns the extremely valuable Lady Luck dressphere [but if you miss out, you can play him again in Chapter 5 to make him give it up.])

Snowboarding

I hated Sphere Break with a fucking passion.

Easy. Snowboarding.

Wow. This is a very difficult choice to make.

I'm equally a fan of both Snowboarding and Sphere Break, so I'll have to resort to nonsensical reasoning.

I'm going with Sphere Break on this one, because I absolutely loved the Lady Luck dressphere (Paine), which is only obtained by way of the irritating yet fun match against Shinra during the tournament in Luca.

Sphere Break sharpens your arithmetic skills! Sphere Break is for the children!

Snowboarding. I never got into any of the games in FFX-2.

Sphere Break

I'm giving my vote to Sphere Break, because I managed to understand the system after a while and it was more fun from that point.

Snowboarding. I never got into any of the games in FFX-2.

Snowboading

I spent so many hours with this mini game, even my mom would try it out sometimes lol

Snowboarding. I never got into any of the games in FFX-2.

Easy. Snowboarding.

Any mini game that makes me do math is teh garbage.

I'm going to go with snowboarding, I didn't care for a lot of the music in X-2

Snowboarding. Yes, Tifa, you can have a turn ;)

The results for this battle are:

Snowboarding - 9
Sphere Break - 3


The FFVII mini-game picks up a fairly easy win there. Sphere Break had its fans, but FFVII finally gets a win in this edition.

And next, we have:

Slide Puzzle - Final Fantasy I (A small unlockable mini-game you can play after defeating the pirates and getting their ship. You can win money, potions, gold needles and antidotes from this game. You have to arrange the numbers 1-8 within a time limit. I can't imagine this being too popular, but it was nominated, so here we go.)

vs.

Chocobo Hot and Cold - Final Fantasy IX (A mini-game available in three different locations in FFIX --- the Chocobo Forest, Lagoon and Air Garden. You ride around on the chocobo, searching around for hidden treasures within a set time limit. You have to pay to play, but generally the prizes are so good that you more than make up the price of admission. In addition to the prizes, you can earn points to buy more prizes, and also dig up valuable chocographs and chocograph pieces. After digging up a certain amount of chocographs within the time limit, you can get time added and start earning bonuses. A key point to remember is that there is only chocograph hidden at any given time.)

Chocobo Hot & Cold, easily.

Chocobo Hot and Cold

Chocobo Hot and Cold.

Chocobo Hot and Cold

Chocobos

Chocobo hot and cold there is no other choice, and there never will be.

Chocobo Hot & Cold.

Chocobo Hot & Cold, easily.

Chocobo Hot & Cold, as I mentioned it's my favorite.

Chocobo Hot and Cold

Slide Puzzle - <font color="red">0</font>
Chocobo Hot and Cold - 10


That's a blowout condition, we can end this. The chocobo mini-game rockets through to the next round.

Our next battle is:

Chocobo Racing - Final Fantasy VII (Place your bets! Chocobo racing takes place in the Chocobo Square in the Gold Saucer. When you first visit, you're welcome to place bets on C Class races featuring other racers for the potential to win prizes. But the game really takes off once you get the Highwind and can return to the Chocobo Ranch near Midgar to start breeding your own chocobos from chocobos you've caught in battle. Then, entering in the races, you can race them up to as far as S Class and win exciting prizes as well. However, it can take a long time to train chocobos, and the racing can get somewhat monotonous at times.)

vs.

Pirate Olympics - Final Fantasy XII (A foot-racing game that I suppose it somewhat similar to FFIX's Hippaul race. You race using "circle" and "X" to turn right and left. You initiate the race by talking to Rikken in Balfonheim Port. There are a total of 100 levels with escalating prizes, the best being 10,000 gil, 2 elixirs and an unpurified ether.)

Chocobo Racing

Chocobo Racing

It's a lovely mini-game which I've played on mute. Always.

Chocobo Racing.

Chocobo Racing

It's a lovely mini-game which I've played on mute.

Pirate Olympics

Chocobo racing

I never really got that much into the chocobo racing but it was fun the few times I did play it. On the other hand I did like the foot racing in final fantasy IX but thefinal fantasy XII version seems harder and not as fun for some reason.

I never saw the Pirate Olympics, so I guess my vote goes to Chocobo Racing.

Chocobo Racing

Seems like FFVII is king of mini-games.

chocobo racing

Chocobo Racing

It's a lovely mini-game which I've played on mute. Always.

Chocobo Racing

Chocobo Racing.

Chocobo Racing

Seems like FFVII is king of mini-games.
Well, could be. :) I suppose we'll find out as the rumble progresses. In any case...

Chocobo Racing - 12
Pirate Olympics - 1


Seems people liked chocobo racing, though perhaps not some of the sound / music that goes with it.


Oh, lookie, we've reached the final battle of the first round. Which is this:

Concert Instrument Selection - Final Fantasy VIII (This is another one of those sort-of mini-game things. The deal is this --- Selphie's been organizing a concert as part of the Garden Festival for Balamb Garden. When Squall is declared to be the new leader, she and the others decide to go ahead with it to try to cheer him up. Thing is, Selphie has this great composition [an instrumental version of "Eyes on Me"] that was recommended to her by the last producer. But when the Garden started moving, the four scores got mixed up with four from another composition [an Irish jig]. You take on the role of Irvine to select who should play what instruments. You're also actually free to leave the stage area as Irvine, and go exploring FH and the Garden for some dialogue you wouldn't normally get. Your choices here influence the outcome of a later scene between Squall and Rinoa.)

vs.

Gunner's Gauntlet - Final Fantasy X-2 (A game that you're first challenged to by Beclem in Chapter 2. You make your way through Besaid as Yuna, gunning down enemies and picking up ammo along the way. You don't want to be attacked, because you'll lose your chain and could eventually lose the game. Advance to earn prizes, and upgraded abilities, such as special types of ammo like Dual Shot and Volley. Prizes include, among others, a couple of Garment Grids, and the best prize is Adamantite. This is a powerful and unique accessory --- truly unique, because your Gunner's Gauntlet score carries over into New Game Plus, so you can only ever earn it once. There's a way to "cheat" at this game --- a "blind spot" area where you can fire from without fear of attack. Oh --- and there's a second version available inside Besaid Temple, but the prizes aren't very good.)

Gunner's Gauntlet. It was pretty fun once ya got the hang of it.

Concert. Only thing cuter than short spunky girls with short spunky hair, is short-haired short spunky girls with guitars.

Say that 3 times fast.

Gunner's Gauntlet

While both entries are highly entertaining, I don't consider Concert Instrument Selection a mini-game; it's too fixed to be classified as such, in my opinion.

In any case, I still enjoyed Gunner's Gauntlet more than the other one.

How can you not vote for a mini-game where you could:

- Humiliate Beclem.
- Earn prizes.
- Euthanize rabid animals!

Concert Instrument Selection. Not very entertaining but I love the melodies of the instruments, especially the flute.

Concert Instrument Selection (:D I totally forgot about that game.)

Concert

I never knew you could leave and explore...

Gunner's Gauntlet was fun. I enjoyed playing it and improving to win better prizes.

The concert was freaking boring as hell just like FFVIII in general.

edit: lol it's been almost 2 years since I made a post

Concert Instrument Selection

Because of the forum outage, I'm going to give this an extra day --- in case there was still anyone that wanted to vote but got messed up because of the outage and hasn't had a chance since then. So this will be updated tomorrow evening.

Concert Instrument Selection. Not very entertaining but I love the melodies of the instruments, especially the flute.

Well, looks like only one more voter took advantage of the extra time, and just under the wire. Let's get those results, then:

Concert Instrument Selection - 6
Gunner's Gauntlet - 3


And so the "mini-game" that isn't even so much a mini-game manages to make it as the final entrant into the second round. And here we go with it. Let's take a look at what's left:

Snowboarding - Final Fantasy VII
Chocobo Racing - Final Fantasy VII
Triple Triad - Final Fantasy VIII
Concert Instrument Selection - Final Fantasy VIII
Tetra Master - Final Fantasy IX
Chocobo Hot and Cold - Final Fantasy IX
Blitzball - Final Fantasy X
Desert Digging - Final Fantasy X-2


Well, looks like we have a fairly varied selection here. A mix of some quite popular choices and a couple that are a bit more surprising. Time to start thinning out that herd, so let's get going on the second round with this battle:

Triple Triad - Final Fantasy VIII ("Hey, have you heard? There is a card club here, AKA the CC Group. They're bunch of card maniacs looking for worthy opponents day and night. Consider it an honor to be challenged to a game by one of the CC Group members.")

vs.

Tetra Master - Final Fantasy IX (Regent Cid: "Since when am I your pet!? <Gwok!>" Erin: "Well, you ARE an oglop right now, after all..." Regent Cid: "Silence! <Gwok!> I'm the champion! <Gwok-gwok...> No one understands..." Father: "I heard the champion is a master of winning games with oglop cards... Her name is... 'Erin the Oglop Master'...")



Only one of the two card games will grab a spot in the semi-finals! Cast your votes! (And remember, you can always check the updated standings in the first post in the thread.)

O-ho. Excellent. I like them both, but it is no secret that Triple Triad wins hands down.

Triple Triad. I thought it was funner than Tetra Master.

I enjoy Triple Triad more so than Tetra Master.

Tetra Master was easier and therefort better imo.

I ALWAYS enjoyed Tetra Master more than Triple Triad.

Tetra Master.

Triple Triad = amazing

I ALWAYS enjoyed Tetra Master more than Triple Triad.

Triple Triad was much more engaging, and at times, rather useful, in my opinion. However, I did favor the theme for Tetra Master over the one for Triple Triad.

I'm going with Tetra Master, I've played over a hundred games of it (and won) and I am only missing about 4 or 5 cards. Collecting the cards was probably my favorite sidequest of the game and then beating everybody who plays. Triple triad is also great put except for combos it seems pretty simple to understand. I never understood the point system for the Tetra Master card game but I still almost always won.

Although that I don't fucking fully understand of how Tetra Master works, I still enjoy playing it, but I do still prefer Triple Triad.

Tetra Master.

I enjoy Triple Triad more so than Tetra Master.

Battle of the card games, let's do the results:

Triple Triad - 7
Tetra Master - 6


O-ho! What a great battle. Triple Triad wins, but only by one vote and continues to the semi-final battles.

And next is:


Snowboarding - Final Fantasy VII (Elena: "Looks like talking alone won't cut it. You're going to have to feel some pain!" Guard: "Just you... and me!!" Elena: "No, I can handle him! There's no way he can avoid my punch. What? Yeah......" Guard: "Ele... Elena!?" Lookout: "What the...? They sure were weak for Shinras. Sorry I just took off a while ago... It looked like there was going to be trouble. Anyhow, you'll need a snowboard to get down that hill. Want me to teach you to ride one?")

vs.

Blitzball - Final Fantasy X (Tidus: "Wakka..." Wakka: "Hm?" Tidus: "Praying for victory's all good...but is this right?" Wakka: "Something wrong with enjoying blitzball?" Tidus: "Is this really the time?" Wakka: "This is the only time! The players fight with all their strength; the fans cheer for their favorite team. They forget pain, suffering... Only the game matters! That's why blitz has been around for so long. Least that's what I think." Tidus: "Whatever you say." Wakka: "Let's play...and win! Right?" Tidus: "Right!")

Oh my, once again an EPIC INTERNET BATTLE :D I like so many of the mini-games and seeing them up against one another is rather disconcerting.

Nevertheless, Blitzball. I adore Snowboarding, but Blitzball is just more thoroughly developed.

Blitzball

Blitzball

Man...snowboarding...you were dealt a terrible card.

Blitzball Closest to soccer FF will ever get.

Blitzball

Blitzball.

Man...snowboarding...you were dealt a terrible card.

Blitzball Closest to soccer FF will ever get.

It's football you fucknuggit.

Damns yanks.

Whutchatalkinabout, barret? It's the same sport and even I wouldn't use 'football'. I would have used Futbol instead. And I'm definitely not a yank. I used to play the sport in my home country on the beach all the time =P

Blitzball, without the slightest doubt.

Blitzball

Snowboarding - <font color="red">0</font>
Blitzball - 9


Woulda ended yesterday, but I require eight votes to end it early, and I didn't want to start changing things up --- easy habit to get in if you start with it.

Blitzball is the winner, though --- quite surprising to me --- the snowboarding seemed so popular in the first round. All right, we continue with this next battle:

Chocobo Hot and Cold - Final Fantasy IX (Mene: "Wow, that's amazing that you found so many, kupo! But you need to stop! I'll go out of business if you keep going, kupo! I'll give you a special bonus if you just quit now!")

vs.

Desert Digging - Final Fantasy X-2 (Gippal: "You sure you wanna dig? 'Cause we're talking about the desert, ladies. Not exactly a picnic." Yuna: "We're sure." Gippal: "All right, you're hired. Welcome." Yuna: "Huh?" Gippal: "You. Are. Hired. Don't know why a superstar like you would want to play in the sand. Well, do what you gotta do. Anyways, I've done what I can. Dig to
your heart's content." Yuna: Um, thanks." Gippal: "Show this letter to a woman named Nhadala. You'll find her in the Bikanel Desert.")

Chocobo Hot and Cold, of course, of course.

Chocobo Hot and Cold.

Chocobo Hot & Cold

Chocobo Hot and Cold, of course, of course.

Chococbo hot and cold for sure this game at times can seem very addictive, especially when trying to get all the Chocograph pieces.

Chocobo Hot and Cold

Chocobo Hot and Cold

Chocobo Hot & Cold

Chocobo Hot and Cold

Chocobo Hot and Cold

Chocobo Hot and Cold - 10
Desert Digging - <font color="red">0</font>


Well, there you have it. Another one-sided victory. Well, Chocobo Hot and Cold it is, then.

So after a very close battle to start the round, we've had two complete wipeouts. Looks like things could be very interesting for the semi-finals. We have one battle left, though, before we do those. Will it be another blowout, or a fierce battle? Let's see the contenders:

Chocobo Racing - Final Fantasy VII (Ester: "Hmm, so that's what happened. I'll talk to Dio directly. You just concentrate on the race. Oh yeah, getting back to the other thing, there are many different types of Chocobo jockeys. It's not only for criminals. Some people compete for the fame, some people compete for the money, some only for glory... And then there are people like you.")

vs.

Concert Instrument Selection - Final Fantasy VIII (Selphie: "Let's just give it a try. We have everything ready and all we need is 4 people." Rinoa: "This is gonna be fun!" Selphie: "Oh, sorry, Rinoa, but you're not gonna be a member." Rinoa: "You're leaving me out?" Selphie: "Uh-uh. We have something more important for you to do." Zell: "So what are we gonna do? I mean basically, we're all amateurs, right? Even if you do hand us instruments, we won't be able to do anything.")

Concert Instrument Selection. You know why.

Chocobo Racing

Sorry, Kneg. Chocobo Racing

Concert Instrument Selection

Chocobo Racing.

Chocobo Racing.

Concert Instrument Selection

All right! Results time, final battle of the second round:

Chocobo Racing - 4
Concert Instrument Selection - 3


Not a great turnout for this matchup, but the chocobo racing game squeaks through by just one vote.

Well, here we are --- the semi-finals! Let's take a look at the four mini-games left:


Chocobo Racing - Final Fantasy VII
Triple Triad - Final Fantasy VIII
Chocobo Hot and Cold - Final Fantasy IX
Blitzball - Final Fantasy X


Remember, the list above is just to update what's left --- you can find the updated record on the first page in the thread. First battle to determine our finalists:


Triple Triad - Final Fantasy VIII ("Hey, heard you've been playing some good games. Sure, you wanna play? What? The CC Group? Yeah, I'm a member. I'm Card Magician 'Joker'. As my name says, I'm the black sheep of the group.")


vs.

Blitzball - Final Fantasy X (Mika: "Today, on this glorious day, players from all over Spira have assembled here...to participate in this great contest of bravery, skill, and strength. All of these fine teams, equally renowned, deserve to win the cup today. Such is the nature of this contest. Let us, the spectators, play our role accordingly: Let us sing to the glory of the winners, and applaud equally the valor of the defeated. Contestants, may Yevon be with you.")

What are you apologizing to me for, beat? :p

This is the hardest round. I was hoping it was going to be the final, but alas.

Ummmmmm........Blitzball. Made an entire game for me.

Kneg: Well Selphie's Festival is in the dumps now. I guess that's why :P

Hmm what a predicament. I spent many hours challenging people at Triple Triad in FFVIII...but Blitzball it is. Too goddamn fun.

Blitzball.

Triple Triad after all, since I slightly got more into that game than the Blitzball. :o

Blitzball.

Blitzball

Blitzball

Blitzball

Triple Triad - 1
Blitzball - 7


Well, if this was the final, it wouldn't have been much of a final. The FFVIII card game gets a trouncing, while blitzball makes it the final matchup. Perhaps it'll face better competition from one of these two contenders:

Chocobo Racing - Final Fantasy VII (Joe: "Nice to meet you, Cloud. If you're with Ester, then..." Ester: "Right! He's an up and coming jockey. He's only been down here for a day and already he made it up here!!" Joe: "What!? Oh, I see... So what did you do down there? Sorry... you're not supposed to ask about the past here... Pretty interesting.... I have a feeling that we'll meet again. Then, until we meet again, Cloud.")

vs.

Chocobo Hot and Cold - Final Fantasy IX ( Mene: "...You look kind of dirty, kupo." Choco: "Kwehhh..." Mene: "Did I hurt your feelings? I'm sorry, kupo. Well, it doesn't matter what color you are, kupo. You're still my Choco!")


Battle of the chocobo mini-games, begin!

Hot and Cold.

Oh, I know specifically why, beat, I just meant that you don't have to feel bad about voting against it. It made it much farther than I thought it would to begin with, so I am perfectly pleased.

Kneg: Oh i see. Well it definitely did make it farther than I thought as well.

Chocobo Hot and Cold

Chocobo Hot and Cold. :D Much more fun.

Chocobo Hot and Cold. :D Much more fun.

Chocobo Hot and Cold.

Chocobo Hot and Cold Racing was very dull IMO.

Chocobo Hot and Cold

Chocobo Hot and Cold

Chocobo Hot and Cold

Wow. Well, certainly a clear vote there. Chocobo Racing, which had been doing rather well up till now, gets blown out:

Chocobo Racing - <font color="red">0</font>
Chocobo Hot and Cold - 9


Well, we've reached the final battle and both of these two have been awesome contenders up to this point, so I'd be quite surprised if there was a lopsided victory in this case. Here we go then:

Chocobo Hot and Cold - Final Fantasy IX (Fat Chocobo: "Only chocobos can live here." Mene: "...No exceptions?" Fat Chocobo: "No exceptions..." Mene: "...Choco..." Fat Chocobo: "Have you finished your goodbyes?" Mene: "Not yet, kupo! Choco still needs to find more treasures!" Fat Chocobo: "Choco, were you not looking for peace and companionship? Are there things you must take care of?" Choco: "...Kweh." Fat Chocobo: "Then come back when you finish what you must do." Mene: "...I'm goin' home, kupo. I'll be waiting at the usual location, kupo!")

vs.

Blitzball - Final Fantasy X (Tidus: "The best? Yeah, right." Wakka: "Whoa! What's that called?" Tidus: "Doesn't have a name. Anyone can do it if they try." Wakka: "Show us one more time, ya?" Yuna: "That was the Jecht Shot, wasn't it?" Tidus: "How do you know that?" Yuna: "Sir Jecht showed it to me when I was a child. He called it the 'Sublimely Magnificent Jecht Shot Mark III.'" Tidus: "Stupid name, huh? You know what? There is no Mark I or Mark II, you know? My old crowd said the name Mark III was just something to hook the crowd. He said they'd come back every night expecting to see Mark I and Mark II. And, they really did come back. I used to get so mad. Is he alive, you think?")