Freya

Freya

The tie cinched it!

Freya.

freya

Freya

Yuna :P

Yuna.

Yuna, although it pains me to vote against Freya.

Freya

Yuna

Freya

Yuna

Freya

Freya

Okay, let's run the totals:

Freya - 13
Yuna - 5


Yuna managed to pick up some supporters more towards the end, but Freya is definitely the winner.

Thanks for the picture links Professor Nintendo Head. I don't really have any trouble finding the pictures, it's just taking too much time to design pictures and then post them up here.


Well, on to the next battle. This is another male hairstyle battle. After this, there shall be one more new category (which only person other than me knows at the moment) and then that will be all of the categories for this edition, since they are still starting to build up. But now, on to our current battle:


Cloud Strife - Final Fantasy VII (Well, we have to do it, so let's get it over with and see it goes. As I'm sure everyone knows, Cloud's the dude with the spiky yellow hair.)

vs.

Irvine Kinneas - Final Fantasy VIII (This is sort of a twist --- except during Final Fantasy VIII's closing credits, you don't generally get to see Irvin'es full hairstyle because Irvine opts to wear a hat. However, his hair is brown and he has a ponytail.)

Irvine Kinneas

Cloud Strife

Cloud Strife.

Irvine

Irvine Kinneas
Im sure Prak is going to vote for Cloud :-P

Irvine.

Cloud Strife, cos no one really expected it from me.

Nah, Irvine Kinneas really.

Cloud Strife

Irvine Kinneas

Irvine

Irvine has got the metal head look.

Cloud just looks like a freakin chocobo

irvine

Irvine Kinneas

Irvine

Irvine

Cloud Strife

Cloud Strife

Okay, time to end this battle (yeah, I know, we're running late again):

Cloud - 5
Irvine - 12

Cloud had some support, but Irvine's easily the winner.
Guess the spiky-haired look just doesn't cut it these days.

And now, as promised, one final category, which was suggested to me by OSFM --- overall facial features.

Let's start first with this battle here:


Final Fantasy VIII - Quistis (She wears glasses, has blue eyes and I guess a somewhat large and roundish nose. Her hair is blondish and extends straight down on both sides past her neck.)

vs.

Final Fantasy X - Lulu (Lulu has brown eyes, dark hair that covers her eye on the right and a hair ornament.



http://www.ffshrine.org/ffx/07-lulu's-contempt/00006.jpg

Lulu easily for me.

Lulu had that gothic scene look, but it was still better than Quistis.

<B>Lulu</B>. Her look is more seductive, sexy, and deadly. She'll kick your ass in a heartbeat.

Even though I love Quistis...I'm gonna have to go with Lulu too.

Lulu definitely.

Lulu.

Lulu

Quistis

Lulu definitely.

Quistis

Lulu-One of the few if not only great female FF characters.

Lulu. Quistis is rather soppy.

Lulu

']Lulu had that gothic scene look, but it was still better than Quistis.

Lulu

Lulu

I gotta stay im gonna stick to ff8 and say Quistis

Quistis

Difficult, but I'll go for Lulu.

EDIT:Really sorry OSFM. But still Lulu.

Lulu

Difficult, but I'll go for Lulu. I really liked the belts.


Read what the battle is. Its facial features not the Belts on Lulus Legs. It has nothing to do with this battle.

lulu

Okay, so that's:

Quistis - 4
Lulu - 17


Quistis managed to pick up a few supporters, but that one was pretty much all Lulu. And OSFM does make a good point --- pay attention to what you're voting on, folks.


Our next battle is another outfit battle:

Seifer - Final Fantasy VIII (He wears a white outfit with a sort of red cross thing. His shirt also features a cross.)

vs.

Tidus - Final Fantasy X (Tidus's outfit is rather colorful. Noteable features include the Zanarkand Abes logo on his pants (the right leg of them is shorter than the left one) and as his necklace. The outfit also features various chains and belts.)

Seifer by a landslide.

While both outfit's fit both of these characters peronsality perfectly, Seifer is just so more "dont give a shit."

Haha.

Seifer totally. Tidus's outfit seems to give it that wtf-ish sense...

Seifer

I don't like either. <B>Seifer</B>

Seifer.

Seifer def

Tidus

Seifer, easily.

Tidus

Im not a fan of either tbh. But I guess I will go with Seifers As Tidus underwear showing from under his trousers annoyed me beyond belief.

Seifer

Seifer. Simple, but great outfit.

No doubt about it; Seifer.

Seifer. Simple, but great outfit.

Agreed.

I don't particularly like either one, but I'm voting for Tidus just to be different.

Same opinion as Prak Tidus

I don't like either. <B>Seifer</B>

Seifer

Hmm... Seifer.

Seifer

Tidus, I loved his necklace, plus his clothes were lively, Seifers was way to plain.

Seifer - 16
Tidus - 5


That was definitely very lopsided for Seifer --- I guess Tidus's outfit just annoyed some people.

Okay, let's move to another facial features battle, this time featuring two male characters:

Final Fantasy VII - Red XIII/Nanaki (He has hair braids, pointed ears, and slanted eyes. As an animalish/anthropomorphic character, he definitely has some unique facial features.)

vs.

Final Fantasy IX - Vivi Ornitier (Another character that isn't human. He doesn't really have much of a visible face. A hat on top, two large yellow eyes and blackness.)

Vivi, small, innocent, yet very powerful. One of the best FF characters in every way.

Vivi.

I actually like Reds Facial style. I like the hair braid thingy.

Nanaki

Red XIII

Everything that <B>Vivi</B> does is too cute.

Vivi

Vivi

Vivi Ornitier

Red XIII

Vivi, cause I was really (pleasantly!) surprised to see that they didn't try to give the black mages actual faces. It worked amazingly well also!

Also, I'd like to remind everyone that this is a facial features battle, not an overall character battle.

Vivi, cause I was really (pleasantly!) surprised to see that they didn't try to give the black mages actual faces. It worked amazingly well also!

Man, I need to get into this more. :(

OK, this time I'm going for Vivi, really love his *lack of* face. It's great.

Red XIII

Red XIII

Red XIII - 6
Vivi - 9


Not a lot of people voting this time. It's Vivi, though, that goes on to the next round, whenever that is. :)


Well, I think now's as good a time as any for another fighting style battle:


Fists (I believe the approach of simply using the fists for fighting may have originated with FFV's Monk job. Fighters that used this style of fighting in later games included Tifa in Final Fantasy VII and Zell in Final Fantasy VIII)

vs.

Summoners (In some games, anyone could summon, but in other games, summoning was limited to one or two characters. Sometimes summoners also possessed black magic abilities, but in others, they were white mages.)

Fists.

Fists I love doing combos with Zell

<B>Summoners</B>

Summoners

Fists much more powerful

Summoners.

Summoners

Oh lordy, Summoners.

Summoners

Although I like Summoners, I prefer Fists.

Although I like Summoners, I prefer Fists.

Fists

Fists

FFT+Monk=Pwnage

Summons looked cool, but were always too long for me. I'll take Fist's over them anyday.

Although I like Summoners, I prefer Fists.

Summoners, because they're usually better characters.

Summoners

Summoners

Summoners

Fists are good but nothing special so I'll vote for summoners

Fists - 9
Summoners - 11


Summoners it is then --- but it was really close up until the end there, when a whole bunch of votes came in for Summoners.


Okay, we've only had one accessory battle so far, so let's do another one:

Rinoa Heartilly - Final Fantasy VIII - Necklace (Ah, jewelry. Rinoa, like Squall, wears a necklace. It doesn't look like Squall's, although she asks Zell for one like Squall's.)

vs.

Eiko - Final Fantasy IX - Hairbow (I suppose it's technically part of her hairstyle and could be saved for a hairstyle battle, but I'm choosing to call it an accessory anyway.)

Necklace

Hairbow. =)

Hairbow

Necklace

Hairbow

I`ll go for the hairbow but i kind of feel this rumble is really scraping the barrel for new ideas. :(

I`ll go for the hairbow but i kind of feel this rumble is really scraping the barrel for new ideas. :(

hair bow

Necklace

I`ll go for the hairbow but i kind of feel this rumble is really scraping the barrel for new ideas. :(

Double Post.

Eiko's Hairbow

Necklace

I`ll go for the hairbow but i kind of feel this rumble is really scraping the barrel for new ideas.
Well, I had trouble getting this edition started from the beginning and worried from the start that the battles were gonna be kinda hard to come up with.


Anyway:

Rinoa's Necklace - 4
Eiko's Hairbow - 8


Well, next up, another facial features battle:

Barret Wallace - Final Fantasy VII (He has a mustache and something of a beard. Very large forehead. He also sports an earring.)

vs.

Jecht - Final Fantasy X (Jecht also a mustache and other facial hair. He has a rather large nose and some scarring. His forehead, though, is covered by a bandana.)

Jecht, he fits his role of personality perfectly.

Another for Jecht.

Another for Jecht.

Jecht

Jecht, cos he actually had some facial features.

Jecht

Barret Wallace-By a long shot


Well, I had trouble getting this edition started from the beginning and worried from the start that the battles were gonna be kinda hard to come up with.


I totaly understand. The rumble has been going on for quite some time now so i`d imagine it`s hard to keep it new and fresh but you do a cracking job. ;)

Jecht for me too.

Barret Wallace

Jecht

Jecht

Jecht

Jecht, cos he actually had some facial features.
And the fact that Barrett is just another nigger from the streets.

Jecht

Jecht

Jecht.

Alll right, that's the end of that one:

Barret - 2
Jecht - 14


That was very lopsided, but not quite a blowout. Jecht moves overwhelmingly to the second round, though.


Let's do another female clothing battle:

Aeris/th Gainsborough - Final Fantasy VII (Aeris wears a pink dress with red at the top. She also has these sort-of yellow cuff things on her arms.)

vs.

Rikku - Final Fantasy X (In Final Fantasy X, her outfit is mainly orange. The googles that she wore when with the Al Bhed now hang around her neck. she also wears gloves.)

Aeris

Rikku anything is better than Aeris

Rikku

Rikku

Rikku

Rikku

Rikku

Rikku

Rikku's outfit is so much better.

Aeris-Not being a spunky teen girl, Rikku doesn`t appeal to me.

Rikku. Got more spunk to it. :P

Although I far prefer Aeris in almost all respects, clothings is not one of them. Easily Rikku.

Rikku

Rikku

Rikku

Results:

Aeris/th - 2
Rikku - 13


Aeris/th grabbed the first vote, but only managed to muster one more after that. Rikku easily slides onto Round 2. Speaking of results, a couple of battles back, I finally put together a list of the current results. The record is on, page 6 (Thread 27567) with the first battle of this edition.


Let's do another fighting-style battle:

White Magic (In some Final Fantasies, such as VI and VII, anyone could use white magic abilities, although sometimes some were better at it than others. At other times, white magic was only accessible through a job, or only certain characters can use it. In those cases, white mages had the power to heal the party by using a certain amount of their MP, thus minimizing the need to use healing items. However, someone specialized as a white mage didn't generally have very much battle attacking power, unless they were also a summoner. Other useful white magic abilities included being able to erect certain protective barriers and magic that could cause party members to regenerate HP over time. Occasionally, white magic users also had access to abilities that determined the time flow of battle, such as Slow and Haste.)

vs.

Guns (Guns were a method of fighting in Final Fantasy that I believe didn't appear until Final Fantasy VII, when some of the more modern elements started to work their way in. Final Fantasy VII featured both Barret with his gun-arm and Vincent, who used an actual gun. Then there was Irvine in Final Fantasy VIII and a couple of different options for gun-fighting in Final Fantasy X-2. Guns attacked quickly and in games with the row setting, were effective long-range weapons. However, some may feel that it doesn't really fit into the Final Fantasy style, overall. Some may also consider it a rather simple method of fighting.)

White Magic

Guns

White Magic

Guns

Guns, White Magic pissed me off more than it helped me.

Guns

White Magic

White Magic because guns just destroy the balance of fighting. Whats the point of squall's and cloud's swords when next to them there is irvine/barret holding a gun?

White Magic though swords are still really cool.

Guns

Although white magic is very helpful, I prefer the nice damage dealing of guns.

Guns

I usually prefer normal attacks to any kind of magic, but White Magic is always useful.

White Magic

If you are a real Final Fantasy Fan,go to www.gamefaqs.com there's a vote everyday,and today is the final day!!!Final Fantasy vs The Legend of Zelda!!!
VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FF is losing by around 2000votes i think we can handle that...Final Fantasy Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All right, the forums were kinda goofing up last night, but now it's finally time to end this:

White Magic - 7
Guns - 7


Wow. That's the first tie I think we've seen in a while. Well, in a tie situation, we go to whatever was winning before the tieing vote(s) came in. And that would be Guns in this case.


Now for another facial features battle, this time another female facial features battle:


Queen Brahne - Final Fantasy IX ("That's right Your gonna kidnap the fat-ass, butt-ugly Queen..." --- That's what Baku has to say about Queen Brahne, and it's true her face is one that soon won't be forgotten. Queen Brahne wears a sort of mask surrounding her eyes. She has an ugly purple nose and a perfectly wicked smile. Sitting atop her head is a massive crown / headdress thing.)

vs.

Lucil - Final Fantasy X/X-2 (Lucil is a pretty tough woman, but that's not say she doesn't have a certain aspect of beauty to her as well. I'd say her facial features convey the appropriate toughness and strength of spirit, though. She wears a blue bandana and her hair is fiery-red.)

Lucil

Queen Brahne coz I don't remember Lucil as much. You got the Final Fantasy wrong for Brahne though.

Fixed --- must have still had X-2 on the mind.

Lucil

Queen Brahne somehow a perefect villian.

Queen Brahne

Queen Brahne. I can't remember who Lucil is.

I vote for the fat-ass, butt-ugly Queen Brahne

I vote for the fat-ass, butt-ugly Queen Brahne

Lucil, obviously.

Queen Brahne-Great character ;(

I cant stand even thinking about Brahne, I hated everything about her. Lucil

I vote for the fat-ass, butt-ugly Queen Brahne

Queen Brahne

Queen Brahne - beauty (or in Lucil's case, blandness) is overrated.

I vote for the fat-ass, butt-ugly Queen Brahne

Lucil.

Lucil

Lucil

Okay, let's check out the results of this one:

Queen Brahne - 11
Lucil - 7


Good battle, but butt-ugly wins this one. Queen Brahne and her god-awful face are on to Round 2.


Okay, now for another accessory battle:


Locke - Bandana (Or Cele's bandana, as she eventually gets a hold of it. I'm going to quote from the ending for Final Fantasy VI if Celes in the party but not Locke --- SETZER: "Don't fall! Remember, you promised me you'd do your Maria act again! What a woman. Your life hanging by a bandana." CELES: "This is my good luck charm. When I found this, my life took a turn for the better.")

vs.

Squall - Necklace (The major necklace of this game. Squall's necklace features a lion, which he calls "Griever.")

Locke

Squall

Locke's Bandana

Locke - Bandana

Locke's Bandana.

No doubt about it, Locke's Bandana.

Squall

No doubt about it, Locke's Bandana.

Locke by far

Bandana, by Locke

Locke's Bandana.

Squall's necklace does seem to weigh heavier on the actual game it's present in (for example, you'll never even see Locke's bandana on its own if you save Cid, while the name you give to Squall's necklace determines the name of one of the game's final Bosses).

That aside, though...Locke would not look right without a bandana. Squall without a necklace is much easier to imagine, so the Bandana for me. Maybe Rinoa should've been the one wearing the necklace from the beginning...

Squall's Necklace

Locke's Bandana

Locke's bandana

Squall

Locke's Bandana.

Squall's necklace does seem to weigh heavier on the actual game it's present in (for example, you'll never even see Locke's bandana on its own if you save Cid, while the name you give to Squall's necklace determines the name of one of the game's final Bosses).

That aside, though...Locke would not look right without a bandana. Squall without a necklace is much easier to imagine, so the Bandana for me. Maybe Rinoa should've been the one wearing the necklace from the beginning...
Yes lockes bandana for the reasons so excellently laid out above.

Okay, so that's:

Locke's Bandana - 12
Squall's Necklace - 4


Definitely clear-cut there --- Locke's Bandana wins by a wide margin. So long for necklaces.

Okay, how about another fighting style battle:

Lancers (Lancer is a pretty standard fighting class. It's fair to say that most Final Fantasies have at least one Lancer. It was a job class in Final Fantasy V. Lancers include Kain, Cid Highwind and Freya. Lancers often utilize the power of the "dragon" / "dragoon." Generally, they can jump to boost power to their attacks. They may also possess certain special skills. However, they may not be the greatest when it comes to standard melee fighting, or magic.)

vs.

Mimes (Ah! Mimes! They say people hate mimes, but in Final Fantasy, using mimicry could often be an effective way to duplicate some powerful attacks with expending MP. Gogo was a mime in Final Fantasy VI and in some other FF games, you can utilize that game's ability system to gain this function. But many consider it to be a rather "cheap" method of combat.)

Lancers for so many reasons.

I absolutely loved Freya, and Cid Highwind was my favorite character in FFVII.
Using the jump ability can really turn a battle around.

']Lancers

Using the jump ability can really turn a battle around.

Lancers

Mimes

Lancers

Mimics please

Mimics

Lancers-Anything with a point on the end usually does the job. ;(

Mimics :)

Mimics > all.

Lancers

Lancers/Dragoons are certainly in seniority (FF III, versus the original Mime's appearance in FF V). Game by game...
FF III: Lancers, obviously
FF IV: Kain owns you all, and besides there is no Mime to speak of.
FF V: You can swap abilities here, but Mimics have more customization potential and also inherit ability scores from the other jobs, so the Mime wins here.
FF VI: Anybody can Jump, just put on some Dragoon Boots. There is only one Gogo. Mime wins here.
FF VII: Opposite effect, anybody can strap on a Mime materia, but there's only one Cid Highwind. Lancer wins.
FF VIII: Uhh...where the hell'd they go? LOL...tie?
FF IX: Mimes are still absent, and Freya is a great character. Lancers.
FF X: Anyone can use Copycat, but only Kimahri behaves like a Lancer (and a Blue Mage, to boot). Lancers again.
FF X-2: See FF VIII
FF XI: see FF III, there are no Mimes

6 for Lancers, 2 for Mimes. The Lancer wins in my opinion.

Okay, that's:

Lancers - 6
Mimes/Mimics - 5


That was actually way close, which was something of a surprise to me. But Lancers it is, but only by a one-vote margin.


Well, how about we do another outfits battle?


SeeD Uniform - Final Fantasy VIII (In Final Fantasy VIII, several of the characters don official CD uniforms. They're very stylish looking and provide an interesting break from the clothes you normally see them in.)

vs.

Eiko's Outfit - Final Fantasy IX (From the FFIX section description --- "Eiko's state of pantslessness has already been discussed. Repeatedly." So sure, Eiko's outfit has been the butt of some jokes, but is it really all that bad? I guess we'll find out.)

SeeD Uniform, Eiko's ankles creep me out @_@. Look at her shoes, and then those...stilts coming out of them. SERIOUS support hose, right there.

I like the SeeD Uniform.

The SeeD uniform was neat I liked it

Eiko's Outfit-A far more interesting design than the Seed uniform.

SeeD Uniform for me.

Eiko's Outfit, because it's not horribly generic like the SeeD uniforms. Also, the discussions about it have been pretty funny.

SeeD Uniform

SeeD Uniform.

SeeD Uniform.

SeeD Uniform

SeeD Uniform

Eiko's Outfit, because it's not horribly generic like the SeeD uniforms. Also, the discussions about it have been pretty funny.

Eiko's Outfit-A far more interesting design than the Seed uniform.

Okay, final results on this one are:

SeeD Uniform - 9
Eiko's Outfit - 4


Eiko's outfit is out, but it got a bit more support than I suspect most probably expected.


Next up, another accessories battle, because we need to get rolling on those:


Gau - "Shiny Thing" (Underwater Breathing Helmet) - Final Fantasy VI (When Sabin and Cyan are trying to get to Narshe, Gau announces that he has a "shiny thing" stored at Crescent Mountain that can help them out. This "shiny thing" is a helmet that lets them breathe underwater that he took from Mobliz. The game only shows one, but apparently it's enough to let them all breathe underwater.)

vs.

Vincent Valentine - Bandana (Vincent Valentine also has a bandana --- a red one.)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vincent_Valentine_art.jpg

Gau's Shiny Thing

I like bandana's and I haven't played FFVI so I'll vote for Vincent Valentine's Bandana

Gau's Shiny Thing. Mr. Thou :)

Enya you should try ffvi

Gau's Shiny Thing

Gau's Shiny Thing. Mr. Thou :)

Shiny Thing

I dont particularly care for vincent, but still, i vote for his headband.

Vincent's Band!

Gau's Shiny Thing