Big Whale


Lets see the ragnorok fit a fat chocobo on it.

Big Whale - Everything that has a Fat Chocobo in it deserves a vote!

:D Yes!

Ragnarok

Big whale

IT CAN FLY TO THE MOON!

but so can the Ragnarok

Big Whale


Lets see the ragnorok fit a fat chocobo on it.

Ragnarok

So the final total on this battle is...

Big Whale - 5
Ragnarok - 8


The Ragnarok takes it to the second round, but it was hardly a blowout. In fact, it's an exact match of the result for the last battle. Wonder how this fares for the FFVIII airship in future rounds.


Well, that's not for right now. Right now, we've got another first round battle to do, so let's get straight to it:


Tiny Bronco - Final Fantasy VII (A small plane crafted by Cid in this game. It's nothing on the order of any sort of airship and even if it actually flew, you probably wouldn't be able to board it or anything. As it is, though, you can't fly it because when your party tries to take it and keep it away from the Shinra, it ends up crashing and is only usable as a boat, which can traverse coastline areas and rivers. Still, it's enough to access most major areas of the world, with the exception of Mideel, the secret island areas and most of the northern continent. The Tiny Bronco is generally extremely slow to pilot, as you have to navigate your way around various coastlines to get to where you're going. It disappears [presumably seized by the Shinra] once you obtain the Highwind aircraft.)

vs.

Hilda Garde III - Final Fantasy IX (One of two airships that you gain control over in this game. As previously mentioned, the Hilda Garde III is constructed partly of parts from the ship Blue Narciss after Regent Cid regains human form. The original Hilda Garde airship was stolen; the second was constructed by Cid while he was an oglop and thus unstable. The Hilda Garde III can land anywhere on land except desert areas. It's a bit on the slow side, though. AS mentioned with the Ragnarok, it includes the auto-pilot feature.)



Oh, BTW, congrats to Sobye, who managed to obtain the 3000th post in this thread (assuming you don't count all the posts that were lost during the forum hack.) I thank everyone for their continued support. This thread is now nearly as large as original thread (Thread 12615), before it was closed because it was taking forever to load (that issue seems to have been resolved now, so I don't think we'll need to close this one.)

Hilda Garde III

Tiny Bronco

Oh man, I forgot to mention how much I hate that Whale, and the MOON :mad:

[QUOTE=May;881910]Tiny Bronco[QUOTE]

Hilda Garde III

Hilda Garde III

Hilda Garde III

Tiny Bronco

Size does matter in this battle, Hilda Garde III !

Hilda Garde III.

Hilda Garde III

Tiny Bronco

Hilda Garde III

Hilda Garde III

Hilda Garde III

Tiny Bronco.

Hilda Garde III

Tiny Bronco was a colossal pain in the arse to manouvere, and the music on the HG3 was great. So Hilda Garde 3 by a mile.

Hilda Garde III

And this battle ends with these results:

Tiny Bronco - 5
Hilda Garde III - 12


Nice turnout, thanks. The Hilda Garde III moves easily to the next round, but Tiny Bronco, somewhat surprisingly to me, definitely had its supporters.


All right, the next battle is:


Rental Car - Final Fantasy VIII (A rather unique vehicle in the Final Fantasy series and one rather suited to the nature of FFVIII. Rental cars generally require one or more of the Fuel item in your inventory to run. You get to control cars [which I guess aren't so much rental] for free when headed from Balamb Garden to Balamb for the big SeeD mission, and later with Selphie to the Missile Base. Otherwise, cars can be rented in major towns. You don't get into any battles while trundling about in a car, which may not be the best idea if you want to maintain your SeeD rank.)

vs.

Recovered Airship / Fahrenheit - Final Fantasy X (An airship salvaged by the Al Bhed, you visit the ruins of it with Rikku towards the start of the game. Later on, you board this airship when the Al Bhed have to abandon and destroy Home --- and Cid uses some pretty powerful forbidden machina on the ship to do it. You use this ship to search for and find Yuna and go out onto the deck for some major battles, including the one with the Evrae wyrm and later Sin. Once again, the ship's artillery comes in handy. The ship also has a powerful intercom system that is used to pipe the Hymn of the Fayth to the citizens of Spira, who rally to the call to join in. The "Fahrenheit" name, which I just recently learned about, comes from the game's Ultimania translation.)

Rental Car, and I'll tell you why: X's airship marked the first time that airships were no longer under your control, and that was heartbreaking to me :(

Rental Car...

Rental Car, and I'll tell you why: X's airship marked the first time that airships were no longer under your control, and that was heartbreaking to me :(

And w00t @ 3000th post!

Didn't care for either but, Rental Car because the concept was pretty cool.

Fahrenheit

Rental Car

Fahrenheit

Rental Car...

Rental Car. I liked the garage in Deling City.

Recovered Airship / Fahrenheit mainly for the reason that I don't like paying for fuel.

Rental Car

If you were to cruise Deling City in that beaut, the usual atmosphere would feel even seedier than if you were to travel on foot. That's an accomplishment in and of itself.

Also:


And LOL @ Yuna's fmv pics.

Haha.

Fahrenheit

Rental Car, and I'll tell you why: X's airship marked the first time that airships were no longer under your control, and that was heartbreaking to me :(

Didn't care for either but, Rental Car because the concept was pretty cool.

Rental Car

Fahrenheit
memories of Bahamut Lagoon....

Rental Car - 11
Fahrenheit - 5


Rental Car wins, but in many cases it seemed to be largely a vote against the first-ever airship that you couldn't take control of to pilot around the map.


Next battle up is:

Submarine - Final Fantasy VII (Another quite unique vehicle within the series and your opportunity to trundle about under the sea. There are actually two different submarines you can get --- a gray one and a red one. You get the gray one if you succeed at the submarine mission, but if you lose, you can go back and get the red one instead. You are required to use the submarine to acquire the Key to the Ancients. The submarine can also be used to access the sunken Gelnika, to get you to Emerald Weapon, to recover Huge Materia [if you succeeded in the sub mission] and to access the secret cave with Lucrecia [though that can also be accessed with a mountain chocobo.])

vs.

Invincible - Final Fantasy IX (You get control of this airship after using it to flee from Terra. You only have command of it on Disc 4, so your time with it is really quite limited, and in fact, the only time some gamers may use it is when they fly to the gateway to Memoria to head off for the final battles. It's someone zippier than the Hilda Garde III, though it's also kinda, um... spooky to some players, being the ship with the giant "eye" that caused such destruction. Unlike the HGIII, the Invincible can land in desert areas, allowing you to access areas such as the island with the Yans, which is otherwise only accessible with a gold chocobo.)

Invincible.

Invincible.

Submarine O.o

That's because I actually liked how to I got to kick so much Shinra ass on the way to getting it. Plus watching Emerald from a distance was always a bit scary but kinda cool. +minigame (although it kinda was lame) and Lucrecia's cave...ramble ramble.

Invincible

Taking control over an airship that slaughtered Madain Sari and turned Alexandria into a pile of rubble

Submarine


That's because I actually liked how to I got to kick so much Shinra ass on the way to getting it. Plus watching Emerald from a distance was always a bit scary but kinda cool. +minigame (although it kinda was lame) and Lucrecia's cave...ramble ramble.

+ nice underwater music.

Invincible

Although the music is probably my least favourite track in the whole FFIX OST

Invincible.

Invincible.

Invincible

Invincible.

I thought the Submarine was a good idea. Whereas the Invincible is just another airship to fly around.

Submarine

Invincible.

Submarine

Invincible.

Invincible

And the results on this one are:

Submarine - 5
Invincible - 11


Pretty typical of the type of results we've been getting so far for this edition. Well, we have two battles left to go before we reach the second round. Here's the first of those two:

Blackjack - Final Fantasy VI (The first airship you attain control of in FFVI. Being Setzer's airship, it's loaded up with card tables. There's also some merchants there who give you options to rest and do some shopping. This airship breaks up in two and is lost when the World of Balance ends. But you need to reach it and wait for Shadow in order to save him.)

vs.

Buggy - Final Fantasy VII (Once you win the chocobo race and free yourself from the Desert Prison, Aeris/th calls up on the PHS and announces that Dio gave your party a buggy. The buggy can cross desert areas and shallow rivers. Also, you can even drive into Costa del Sol and then stowaway on the Cargo Ship and it'll come along with you. You get into battles while riding the buggy, but not as many as you would if you were hoofing it, since you move around so much more quickly. If you try to drive the buggy past Cosmo Canyon before completing the events there, it breaks down. You can't take the buggy past Nibelheim, but you can come back to it once you get the Tiny Bronco. Like the Bronco, it disappears [presumably seized by the Shinra] once you get the Highwind.)

Blackjack. VI airships, yes, yes, yes.

Buggy damn it.

Blackjack

Blackjack.

Blackjack

Blackjack.

Buggy

Blackjack.

The buggy can't fly so it doesn't get my vote. But I do give it credit for being able to cross over shallow rivers. I don't know of any other vehicles that can do that.

The Amish Buggy

wha

Blackjack

blackjack

Has to be the Blackjack.

Blackjack.

So we have:

Blackjack - 10
Buggy - 5


"The Amish" Buggy goes down, though not by a huge margin. We've reached the final battle of the first round:

Balamb Garden - Final Fantasy VIII (This "vehicle" gave you an unusual amount of access for something that wasn't an airship. Balamb Garden is the school Squall + Co attend, which trains SeeDs. They didn't have any idea it had mobile capabilities, but when Sorceress Edea sends missiles at it, they have to do something to save it. So Cid sends Squall and his party to check into something he had heard about and they discover it used to be a mobile shelter. Balamb Garden can travel land and sea --- basically as long as there's a coastline then you can access it. Nida is the pilot. Eventually, you get into a thrilling confrontation with Galbadia Garden. After you get the Raganarok, you can still go back to Balamb Garden if you want --- it'll still be docked at Fisherman's Horizon.)

vs.

Strahl - Final Fantasy XII (Balthier's airship. You first use it early in the game, though you don't actually take command of it. Towards the very end of the game, you gain access to it and a series of Anchors are set up which can be used in conjunction with the Gate Crystals. But you don't actually ever get to go aboard it.)

Balamb Garden. Home, sweet, home.

Balamb Garden: Card Club, Joggers, Hot Dogs, Selphie's Home Page, Norg, Oilboyles, Infirmary, CAN YOU FIGHT DINOSAURS ON THE STRAHL? WELL CAN YOU?!

Balamb Garden...for many reasons...but It's the music that makes it so special.

Balamb Garden

While I liked the Strahl's design, I have to give my vote to Balamb Garden

Balamb Garden

it's not a fair fight for Strahl...

Balamb Garden...for many reasons...but It's the music that makes it so special.

Edit oh bollocks I made a rookie mistake sorry.

Balamb Garden No question at all.

Balamb Garden, what truly made FF8 different from the others. ^.^

Balamb Garden CAN YOU FIGHT DINOSAURS ON THE STRAHL? WELL CAN YOU?!

Balamb Garden

it's not a fair fight for Strahl...
But would it have been a fair fight against anything? I kinda had the feeling Strahl was going to be cannon-fodder no matter what. Now we can end this blowout and get moving with the second round.

Balamb Garden - 11
Strahl - <font color="red">0</font>


So it's Balamb Garden by a landslide. Let's take a look at what's left for the second round:



Blackjack - Final Fantasy VI
Falcon - Final Fantasy VI
Highwind - Final Fantasy VII
Rental Car - Final Fantasy VIII
Balamb Garden - Final Fantasy VIII
Ragnarok - Final Fantasy VIII[
Hilda Garde III - Final Fantasy IX
Invincible - Final Fantasy IX


This list is only for reference --- you can find the current results on the first post in the thread. All right, first battle, second round:


Highwind - Final Fantasy VII (Tifa: "My cheeks hurt a bit. Forget about that, what's this all about?" Cait Sith: "Well, I'll catch the details later. In any case, the Airship, Highwind, is now yours.")

vs.

Invincible - Final Fantasy IX (Freya: "Hold it! Where is Quina!?" Eiko: "Aaargh! Is s/he late again!?" Quina: "Ho ho ho! I arrive! I warp inside from bottom of ship!" Vivi: "Why were you underneath the ship in the first place...?" Freya: "Save it for later! We must get the ship moving!")

ill have to go with the highwind on this one

Ah, I missed the last match! Oh well, I guess I will go with the Invincible, didn't care much for any of the Final Fantasy VII vehicles.

Invincible.

That's a tough one...

Invincible - the first blood tainted airship in FF history
or
Highwind - the first FF airship in my history sob.. ^_T

Damn, this one was tough but I have to go Invincible because:


Freya: "Hold it! Where is Quina!?" Eiko: "Aaargh! Is s/he late again!?" Quina: "Ho ho ho! I arrive! I warp inside from bottom of ship!" Vivi: "Why were you underneath the ship in the first place...?" Freya: "Save it for later! We must get the ship moving!"

Invincible.

Invincible.

I have to give my vote to the Invincible

Invincible

Invincible.

...Highwind.

Invicible Simply for that one scene where Quina gets transported on to it. Plus as a ship it looks a lot better.

Highwind

Highwind

Highwind

And the results on this one are:

Highwind - 6
Invincible - 9


A string of late votes there wasn't enough to save the Highwind, but that's teh best battle we've had in a while here. Invincible it is to the semi-finals.


Next battle:

Falcon - Final Fantasy VI (Daryl: "If something should happen to me, the Falcon's yours!" Setzer: "Nonsense! I'll win the Falcon from you when I whip you in a race. You'd better clear outta my way!" Daryl: "Big talk, buster!")

vs.

Rental Car - Final Fantasy VIII ("When you rent a car, we offer a full tank, free of charge. You can buy extra fuel at item shops. We charge a flat rate for our rentals. As soon as you drive back into the city, your rental period ends, so make sure you can get the most out of it.")

Falcon

Falcon

Falcon

Never used the rental cars.

Falcon

a fully operational airship recovered from a grave

Rental Car. This time for the garage at Balamb, just as you enter town. Their business suffered during the Galbadian occupation. Compensate them.

Falcon

You never really need to use the rental cars at all.

Rental Car

Make it interesting, RENTAL CAR

Falcon

Falcon

Falcon - 7
Rental Car - 3


The Rental Car only manages to scrape three votes, so it's FFVI's Falcon airship to the semi-finals. Next battle:


Ragnarok - Final Fantasy VIII (Airstation: "Congratulations. You're home free, Ragnarok. And... There's one more thing we need to tell you. From all of us at Ground Control, we wish you godspeed.")

vs.

Hilda Garde III - Final Fantasy IX (Crew Member: "Excuse me! Please let me know if you'd like to switch out your party members! I shall assist you in any way that I can during your journey." Zidane: "You don't have to be so formal. Let's just relax and enjoy our flight.")


Well, here we are again with the Ragnarok. How will it fare this time? Cast your votes!

Ragnarok

Ragnarok

Aww man Rental Car =[

I vote for Ragnarok this round :sad:

Hilda Garde III !

Ragnarok and I wanted the rental car to win:(

Hilda garde III

Do you guys feel I'm not giving you enough time to vote? I've usually kept it at about 48 hours (two days) most of the time (except when I've just been lazy or whatever and didn't feel like updating it) because I felt like it kept things moving nicely and voting seemed to drop off after that time period. But I can try moving it to 72 hours (three days) instead, particularly on weekend periods, if people feel it would give them a better opportunity to vote.

Hilda Garde III and no, I think 48 hours is plenty of time. 24 hours would be even better in my opinion.

on weekends i cant vote... Hilda Garde III

Ragnarok

72 hours? Ok, I don't see a problem.

Hilda Garde III !

Ragnarok, and 48 hours is definitely enough.

Hilda Garde III anything is cool with me

Ragnarok

Ragnarok

Hilda Garde III for the win!

The good ship Ragnarok.

Wonderful flying Ragnarok.

Ragnarok - 10
Hilda Garde III - 7

The Ragnarok does it again, zipping on the semi-finals. But it was definitely a competitive battle. Will the HGIII be the toughest competition the Ragnarok had to face, or might it still go down. We'll see...

Regarding the time issue, I haven't yet heard back from the two people I most wanted to hear back about it from --- beat and Xandy, so I think I'll hold off until at least the end of this next battle before making any solid decisions about it.

Final battle of the second round:

Blackjack - Final Fantasy VI (Celes: "Setzer, we need your help. We have to go to Vector. We need this ship to get there." Setzer: "Look, if you're not Maria, I don't want you aboard." Celes: "Wait! We were told your ship is the finest vessel in the world." Locke: "And that you were the world's most notorious gambler..." Edgar: "I'm King Edgar of Figaro. If you cooperate, you'll be well-rewarded.")

vs.

Balamb Garden - Final Fantasy VIII (Master Fisherman: "Will you look at this? Lots of places I've been fishin' for years, all gone. Terrible." Squall: "I'm sorry...We were responsible." Master Fisherman: "Oh yeah...Well, don't worry about it, boy. Darn near killed me... Just kiddin'!")

Balamb Garden

Balamb Garden

Balamb Garden

Oh, and do whatever the majority says, Agent. I'm always here anyway.

Sorry Agent for the late reply but I guess the current system is fine although I wouldn't mind a 3 day deadline over the weekends, but I suppose whatever is fine with me.

As for this round: Balamb Garden. I really don't see how this one could lose to tell you the truth.

Id say 48 hours is probably enough to be fair agent. People know they have that window of time to vote.

Balamb Garden

Balamb Garden

It seems that Blackjack is going to be eaten alive just like poor Strahl...
Don't mess with Balamb Garden!!!

Like the rest, Balamb Garden.

Balamb Garden

Blackjack - <font color="red">0</font>
Balamb Garden - 8


Battle ended by blowout. And based the overall thoughts, it looks like we'll be sticking with the 48 hour deadline. Except, in cases like this, where there's a blowout.

Semi-finals!

Here's what's left:


Falcon - Final Fantasy VI
Balamb Garden - Final Fantasy VIII
Ragnarok - Final Fantasy VIII
Invincible - Final Fantasy IX


First battle:

Balamb Garden - Final Fantasy VIII (Nida: "Squall! Get back to the [bridge] right away!" Squall: "Zell, I'm counting on you. Good luck, everyone." Zell: "Time to get it ON!")

vs.

Ragnarok - Final Fantasy VIII (Quistis: "I wonder if we can get through." Irvine: "Ahh, don't worry about it." Quistis: "Are the machine guns and main cannon ready?" Selphie: "Rrready! Let's just fire like crazy and make a big hole, BOOM!")


The clash of FFVIII. This should be an interesting one indeed. Both of these have had great support, but which actually comes out on top?

Balamb Garden

Ragnarok

Ragnarok

Ragnarok for me. I really hated that your travel was restricted so much with the Garden.

Ragnarok

Ragnarok for me. I really hated that your travel was restricted so much with the Garden.


What he said!

Balamb Garden. Zell's library girl.

Sorry it has to go up against the Ragnarok though: I love you Wong Ching-Man but...

Ragnarok

Tough choice to make. Ragnarok.

Balamb Garden

Balamb Garden

Balamb Garden

The surreal Balamb Garden has: attractive female coeds, impeccable architecture, overrated hot dogs, otherworldly music round-the-clock, and Xu (she could've been easily grouped with "attractive female coeds," but personally, I believe she merits special mention).

Vote for it.

Now from a technical standpoint, the Ragnarok is clearly the superior mode of transportation; however, in order to acquire that sunuvabitch, you had to battle with a color-based, husband/wife team of Propagators (one after the other, mind you) - 4 times overs, and sustain through a mind-numbingly bad tune (fucking Nobuo).

If you were to literally immerse yourself into the game, which would you choose?

Superficiality is the way to go!

Tyki I couldn't have said it any better myself. :D

Balamb Garden

Balamb Garden

Military academy as a mean of transport beats even Ruby Weapon as a spaceship

Ragnorak

Balamb Garden

Balamb Garden - 8
Ragnarok - 8

Whoo! Tie situation! Who could have predicted this? All right, this battle is ended, I'm on a break for work right now and I'm not sure I have time to process the tie and start the next battle. So watch for an edit to this post --- either in a few minutes, or a few hours...


Ragnarok - 8/13, 10/17 = Whatever, not calculating, obviously too low...
Balamb Garden - 11/11, 8/8 = 100%


All right, the results are obvious, looks like you guys gave lots of love to Balamb Garden in previous rounds. And so in of our biggest upsets to date, the Ragnarok is out.


Falcon - Final Fantasy VI (Edgar: "This is THE Falcon?" Setzer: "I put it in storage. I couldn't bear to look at it. But now it just may save us... The Falcon.")

vs.

Invincible - Final Fantasy IX (Kuja: "It's so beautiful... Alexander...the legendary eidolon... So, you wish to defend the castle with your brilliant wings...? How admirable... Your powers even transcend Bahamut's... Alexander, I've been waiting for you. I've called a magic carriage for you. I'm sure you'll like it. Invincible, come forth! You're mine, Alexander!")

Invincible, I'm hoping it wins in the end but Balamb garden might win if it does already have that 100 % win percentage in previous matches.

Holy Schnikes (I saw the official spelling, whoo!), Ragnarok is gone :(

Falcon.

Falcon.

Invincible

Invincible

Playing the long game here... Falcon.

Uh, okay, Falcon.

Captain America

Falcon

Invincible, I'm hoping it wins in the end but Balamb garden might win if it does already have that 100 % win percentage in previous matches.

Invincible

Invincible

Invincible

Falcon , old style 2D kick ass airship

Invincible

All right, time to get back to a normal schedule. Let's get the results on this one:

Falcon - 6
Invincible - 10
Captain America - 1


Good battle, Invincible goes on to the next round. Oh, and that's the Final! Well, let's take a look at it:

Balamb Garden - Final Fantasy VIII (Squall: "We're moving!?" Headmaster Cid: "I see...So this is the secret..." Rinoa: "...Wow!" Irvine "...This is amazing..." Zell: "Oh man...! This is awesome!")

vs.

Invincible - Final Fantasy IX (Kuja: "Hahahahaha! This is too easy! The Invincible is mine! Now, I have the power to control all souls! Garland gave me everything without a fight. The old fool was too busy dealing with him. Now, only death awaits him. Poor Garland... Bitten by his own dog... This is no accident. Fate has chosen me to become the new ruler of Terra! Time for me to put on the finishing touches.")


Airships have generally been favored in this edition, but Balamb Garden has pulled off some big wins and has been this edition's "Cinderella story." What will be the final results here? Cast your votes!

Balamb Garden

Invincible.

No doubt, Balamb Garden.

Balamb Garden

Balamb Garden, for reasons I've stated on the previous page, and and and, the sheer irony of the Invincible's subjugation to Balamb Garden would be quite awesome (I suppose).

INVINCIBLE

ffviii sucked

Balamb Garden

ffviii rulz.

Balamb Garden

When it goes to vehicles FFVIII is peerless

INVINCIBLE

ffviii sucked

Balamb Garden

Balamb Garden again.

Balamb Garden

invincible...i dont care if i voted already...i can already see that balamb garden has the upper hand...

Sorry, but Balamb Garden as well.

Invincible

Ba-ba-ba-Balamb Garden plz.

Invincible! Come on, aptly chosen name for a splendid airship!

Balmb Garden

Yeah, good try Hawk_Eye. I'll allow it this time (though I'm not counting that extra vote, of course!), but just don't do it again or I'll have to start disqualifying.

All right, so the results on the final battle of this edition are:

Balamb Garden - 12
Invincible - 5


Our winner, then, by a large margin:


Balamb Garden




Well, there you have it. In the edition where many thought the airship Ragnarok seemed sure to win, it didn't even make the finals. Instead, congratulations to the winner --- a completely different vehicle from that game - Balamb Garden --- the mobile school whose rediscovered capabilities saved it from a devastating missile attack.


Stay tuned in a couple days for the next edition!

NO F U FREAKING JOHN CENA YOU SUCK BALAMB GARDEN SUCKS YOU CAN ALL GO TO

Hi Agent0042 you are one of my favorite members ever!

I suggest we all fire up our final savefiles and watch the ending again.

Because Selphie in Irvine's hat is mad cute and stuff.

Now what? The Junction system or the Sphere Grid? joke, joke.

death to both of them

We already did that rumble, Mierna. The one right before this one, iirc.

What about favourite Final Fantasy spin-off games? (me trying to be original)

Don't think there's enough material for that. But don't worry about it. I'll come up with something this time.

All right, I said before when I first did the categorized music that if it was popular enough, I might do it with the same themes. The record for most of that edition got lost to the forum hack, still, I'd like to do it again. Though not with the original entrants, 'cause even though the record was lost I still feel it would feel like a rehash. So just to refresh, the original categories were Most Joyful, Most Relaxing, Most Emotional, and Most Intense. The original entrants are listed on the first page of the thread --- nominate me anything that isn't on that list if you want to see it included. New edition will start in about 24 hours from nominations and what I add in to fill out the remaining entrants.

Most Relaxing--Kids Run Through the City (VI)

Most Joyful--Johnny C Bad (VI)

Most Emotional: Loss of Me(IX), Revealed Truth (X), To Zanarkand (X), Opening Theme (VI)

Most Intense:Otherworld (X), Hunter's Chance (IX), The Decisive Battle (VI)

Most Relaxing: Eiko's Theme (IX), Flowers Blooming In The Church (VII), Roses and Wine (VIII)

Most Intense: Liberi Fatali (VIII),

Most Emotional: Kindom of Burmecia (VIII)

Most Emotional: Kingdom of Burmecia (IX)

Fixed :smrt:

Emotional: Forgotten Face (IX)

Most Relaxing: Vamo`alla Flamenco (IX) Love grows (VIII)
Most Intense: Liberi Fatali (VIII) One Winged Angel (VII) Battle Theme (VI)
Most Emotional: Terra`s theme (VI) To Zanarkand (X) Ami (VIII) Theme of Crisis Core "Succession" (CC:FFVII) You Are not Alone (IX)

All right, here's the lineup by category:


Most Joyful

Ahead on Our Way - Final Fantasy V
Johnny C Bad - Final Fantasy VI
Relm - Final Fantasy VI
Cid's Theme - Final Fantasy VII
The Winner - Final Fantasy VIII
Zidane's Theme - Final Fantasy IX
We Are Thieves! - Final Fantasy IX
The Splendid Performance - Final Fantasy X


Most Relaxing

Kids Run Through the City Corner - Final Fantasy VI
The Serpent Trench - Final Fantasy VI
Flowers Blooming in the Church - Final Fantasy VII
Farm Boy - Final Fantasy VII
Roses and Wine - Final Fantasy VIII
Love Grows - Final Fantasy VIII
Eiko's Theme - Final Fantasy IX
Vamo 'alla Flamenco - Final Fantasy IX


Most Emotional

Opening Theme - Final Fantasy VI
Terra - Final Fantasy VI
Succession - Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (Theme)
Ami - Final Fantasy VIII
Loss of Me / Rose of May - Final Fantasy IX
Forgotten Face / A Face Unforgotten - Final Fantasy IX
To Zanarkand - Final Fantasy X
Revealed Truth - Final Fantasy X


Most Intense

The Decisive Battle - Final Fantasy VI
Battle Theme - Final Fantasy VI
One Winged Angel - Final Fantasy VII
Liberi Fatali - Final Fantasy VIII
Maybe I'm a Lion - Final Fantasy VIII
Hunter's Chance - Final Fantasy IX
Otherworld - Final Fantasy X
Summoned Beast Battle - Final Fantasy X


As always, the list above is for reference and the updated results are on the first page of the thread. First battle:


The Winner - Final Fantasy VIII (FFVIII's victory theme. Played, obviously, win you win a battle.)

vs.

The Splendid Performance - Final Fantasy X (This plays in Luca after the blitzball tournament, but I believe only if the Aurochs win.)


First battle, from the first category, most joyful. Cast your votes.

The Splendid Performance. For Wakka!

The Splendid Performance. For Wakka!

I have to go with the Splendid Performance as well.

The Splendid Performance

The Splendid Performance

Yeah, The Splendid Performance.

I have to go with the Splendid Performance as well.

The Splendid Performance

The Winner

The Splendid Performance. Blitz ftw!

The Splendid Performance

The Splendid Performance.

The Splendid Performance

Very, very tough choice to make; however, The Splendid Performance clenches the 'W' over my second favorite fanfare of the series by a whisker.

And that's all for this one. Looks like the results are pretty clear, so I'll just post the total for the record:

The Winner - 1
The Splendid Performance - 13


FFVIII's "The Winner" only manages to grab one vote and so it's "The Splendid Performance" on to the second round. Next up, from the Most Relaxing Category:


Farm Boy - Final Fantasy VII (This tune is heard in the Chocobo Ranch. It's also used during the portion of the flashback sequence with Zack and Cloud while they're on the road to Midgar. A vocal version of this tune is featured on Uematsu's Final Fantasy Songbook album.)

vs.

Eiko's Theme - Final Fantasy IX (Eiko's theme music is used at several points throughout the game. It's heard throughout the various Eiko ATE scenes in Madain Sari. A version of it that also includes elements of "Melodies of Life" is heard during her sequences at the start of Disc 3 in Alexandria Castle.)

Eiko's Theme

Eiko's Theme

Eiko's Theme

For the most part, I've never been a fan of "country music," and "Farm Boy" was hardly a tune that served as an incentive for me to venture into that musical genre. In other words, I just thought it sucked, to be honest.

Farm Boy.

I dislike both, but Eiko's Theme I guess.

♫Potato, potato
Pumpkin bomb
Lots and lots of nuts♪

♪Get the water goin'
A good shake o' salt♫

Eiko's Theme.

dammmit.. missed round 1... The Winner


For This Round:Eiko's Theme

Eiko's theme

Eiko's Theme

Whoa, I missed a lot...Eiko's Theme.

Eiko's Theme.

Farm Boy

I don't really remember the tune to Eiko's Theme, which means it obviously wasn't interesting enough to work its way into the vast area of my memory devoted to gaming. On the other hand, I remember Farm Boy well.

Eiko's theme

And that's a wrap on this battle. Let's get the results:

Farm Boy - 2
Eiko's Theme - 10


Eiko's Theme the clear favorite, though Farm Boy manages to scrape a couple votes. Cute quote, Lin_Dai_Yu, thanks!


All right, next battle, from the Most Emotional category:

Opening Theme - Final Fantasy VI (The Opening Theme of FFVI. Plays when you first start a new game. A somewhat ominous, atmospheric theme to start out. As it continues, and you transition into the opening credits, a version of "Terra / Tina" plays.)

vs.

To Zanarkand - Final Fantasy X ("Listen to my story. This may be our last chance." This theme plays during the game's opening intro and is also used when the sequence is reprised when you actually reach the ruins of Zanarkand.)

To Zanarkand

Opening Theme plz.

Tough, but To Zanarkand.

To Zanarkand

To Zanarkand

"Listen to my story. This may be our last chance."

By far one of the best intros in a FF game for me. And an important reason is the musc ;)

To Zanarkand

my vote goes to To Zanarkand

To Zanarkand