The General Final Fantasy Rumble (Thread 2)

<font color="red">If you’re visiting for the first time, please familiarize yourself with the rules, which appear below the list of current entrants. If you’ve been around for a while, then a refresher couldn’t hurt, but you’re welcome to skip past these:</font>

Current Edition – Character Pairings – Round 2

Firion and Maria – Final Fantasy II – Childhood Friends (Going on to Round 3)
Cecil Harvey and Rosa Joanna Farrell – Final Fantasy IV – Married
Strago Magus and Relm Arrowny – Final Fantasy VI – Grandfather and Granddaughter (Eliminated in Round 1)
Celes Chere and Locke Cole – Final Fantasy VI – Lovers (Going on to Round 3)
Edgar Roni and Sabin Rene Figaro – Final Fantasy VI – Brothers (Going on to Round 3)
Cloud Strife and Tifa Lockhart – Final Fantasy VII – Childhood Friends (Going on to Round 3)
Cloud Strife and Aeris/th Gainsborough – Final Fantasy VII – Romantic
Cloud Strife and Sephiroth – Final Fantasy VII – War Buddies (Eliminated in Round 2)
Aeris/th Gainsborough and Sephiroth – Final Fantasy VII – Antagonists
Barrett Wallace and Marlene – Final Fantasy VII – Father and Adoptive Daughter (Eliminated in Round 2)
Nanaki and Bugenhagen – Final Fantasy VII – Grandfather and Adoptive Grandson (Going on to Round 3)
Reno and Rude – Final Fantasy VII – Partners (Going on to Round 3)
Elena and Tseng – Final Fantasy VII – Lovers
Scarlet and Heidegger – Final Fantasy VII – Coworkers (Going on to Round 3)
Squall Leonhart and Laguna Loire – Final Fantasy VIII – Son and Father (Eliminated in Round 2)
Squall Leonhart and Seifer Almasy – Final Fantasy VIII – Rivals (Eliminated in Round 2)
Zell Dincht and Seifer Almasy – Final Fantasy VIII – Rivals (Eliminated in Round 2)
Rinoa Heartilly and Seifer Almasy – Final Fantasy VIII – Formerly Dating
Laguna and Raine Loire – Final Fantasy VIII – Married (Going on to Round 3)
Fujin and Raijin – Final Fantasy VIII – Friends/Partners (Eliminated in Round 2)
Cid and Edea Kramer – Final Fantasy VIII – Married (Going on to Round 3)
Biggs and Wedge – Final Fantasy VIII – Comrades (Going on to Round 3)
Marcus and Blank – Final Fantasy IX – "Brothers" (Eliminated in Round 2)
Zidane Tribal and Garnet Til Alexandros – Final Fantasy IX – Married (Going on to Round 3)
Queen Brahne and Garnet Til Alexandros – Final Fantasy IX – Mother and Adoptive Daughter
Garland and Kuja – Final Fantasy IX – Creator and Creation (Eliminated in Round 2)
Biran and Yenke – Final Fantasy X – Friends (Eliminated in Round 2)
Wakka and Lulu – Final Fantasy X-2 – Husband and Wife (Eliminated in Round 2)
Brother and Buddy – Final Fantasy X-2 – Best Friends (Eliminated in Round 2)
Basch fon Ronsenburg and Reks – Final Fantasy XII – Captain and Soldier
Balthier and Fran – Final Fantasy XII – Partners (Going on to Round 3)
Snow Villiers and Serah – Final Fantasy XIII – Engaged

<font color="red">Rules:

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<li>In each edition of the Rumble, a list of Final Fantasy things that are related in some way (such as music pieces, FMVs, etc.) is compiled, sometimes by me, sometimes with the help of nominations.
<li>Battles are held one-on-one in a series of round until things get down to one final battle, determining the winner for that edition of the Rumble.
<li>In the first round, ties are broken this way — whichever entrant was winning before the battle ended continues to the next round. In rounds after that, tie-breakers are based on the percentage of votes than an entrant received in past rounds.
<li>Generally, each round is left open for 48 hours, but it might sometimes be more or less. The rumble is usually updated somewhere between 9 P.M. and 1 A.M. eastern time. Usually it won’t go any longer except under special circumstances. If an entrant is winning by a blowout of four votes or more (formerly six votes), I will end that battle as soon as I notice it and a new battle will immediately commence.
<li>Discussion is usually not allowed, however, you are encouraged to post your thoughts with your vote. This helps me to count the vote total without confusion. If you have any questions, please PM (private message) Agent0042.
<li>You are asked to put your vote (only your vote, not any other included discussion) in bold, although this is not required. To bold your vote, put b within < > or [ ] before it and /b within < > or [ ] after it.
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Here are the results from all past editions:

Character Themes – Tifa’s Theme (Tifa’s Seventh Heaven) (Final Fantasy VII)
Summons – Knights of the Round (Final Fantasy VII)
Weapons – Masamune (Sephiroth) (Final Fantasy VII)
Outfits – Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)
Overdrives/Limits – Renzokuken Special Lionheart (Squall) (Final Fantasy VIII)
Most Overrated Character – Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)
FMVs – Ending (Back to the New Present / Ending and Credits / Together at Last) (Final Fantasy VIII)
NPCs – Regent Cid Fabool (Final Fantasy IX)
Best Final Fantasy Scene – Zidane’s Big Reveal (Final Fantasy IX)
Battle Themes – One Winged Angel (Final Fantasy VII)
Bosses – Ultros (Final Fantasy VI)
Character Themes 2 – Red XIII’s Theme (Final Fantasy VII)
Most Underrated Character – Jessie (Final Fantasy VII)
"Create-a-Character" – Lulu’s Hairstyle (Final Fantasy X/X-2), Quina Quen’s Facial Features, Auron’s Sunglasses (Final Fantasy X), Freya Crescent’s Outfit (Final Fantasy IX), Black Mage
Categorized Music Themes 2 – Mystery Sword (Final Fantasy IX)
Greatest Quotes – Kuja’s First Act: The End of Ugly Desire (Final Fantasy IX)
Coolest Monster Design – Malboro
Coolest Monster Design, Special Class – Mega Tonberry
Best Optional Boss – Tantarian (Final Fantasy IX)
Mini-Games – Blitzball (Final Fantasy X)
Best Gameplay Innovation – FMVs / Full Motion Videos (Final Fantasy VII and onwards)
Best Vehicle – Balamb Garden (Final Fantasy VIII)
Categorized Music Themes, Original Themes (But Different Tunes) – Cid’s Theme (Final Fantasy VII)
Abilities – Mug/Steal (Most Final Fantasies)
Most Boring/Annoying Subplot/Sidequest – Thunder Dodging (Final Fantasy X — dodge 200 lightning bolts in the Thunder Plains)
Character Themes 3 – Kefka (Final Fantasy VI)
Bosses 2 – Gilgamesh (Final Fantasy V)
Blue Magic / Enemy Skills – Blowfish / 1000 Needles (Several FFs)
Categorized Locations – Lindblum (Final Fantasy IX)
Subvillains – The Turks (Final Fantasy VII)
Missions – Sorceress Assassination Mission (Final Fantasy VIII)
Battle/Chase Themes – Dancing Mad (Final Fantasy VI)
Most Annoying / Earworm Music – Chocobo (Final Fantasy X-2)
Command Abilities – Mug (Many FFs)
Support Abilities – Auto Life (Many FFs)

Okay, now for the new edition! We’re going to be doing something a bit different here. My idea is to have a series of battles in brackets. There will be four brackets, with eight music pieces in each bracket, all fitting a certain category. In the first round, two pieces from each each bracket will battle each in turn, then there’ll be three more goes at that at until there are sixteen pieces left. At that point, Round 2 will begin and things will be held like a normal rumble. No underrated/overrated stuff this time, you’re voting for which ones you like, plain and simple.

Most Joyful

Main Theme – Final Fantasy IV
The Dragon Spreads Its Wings – Final Fantasy V (Going on to Round 2)
Locke – Final Fantasy VI (Eliminated in Round 1)
Descendant of the Shenobi (Yuffie’s Theme) – Final Fantasy VII
Ride On (Ragnarok Theme) – Final Fantasy VIII (Going on to Round 2)
Rikku’s Theme – Final Fantasy X
Epilogue ~ Good Ending – Final Fantasy X-2 (Eliminated in Round 1)
Nomination Spot 1

Most Relaxing

Samba de Chocobo – Final Fantasy V
A Secret, Sleeping Beneath the Deep Blue Sea – Final Fantasy VII (Eliminated in Round 1)
Ahead on Our Way – Final Fantasy VII (Going on to Round 2)
Buried in the Snow – Final Fantasy VII
Balamb Garden – Final Fantasy VIII
Besaid Island – Final Fantasy X (Eliminated in Round 1)
To the End of the Abyss – Final Fantasy X
Frontier Village ~Dali – Final Fantasy IX (Going on to Round 2)

Most Emotional

Aeris’s Theme – Final Fantasy VII
On the Other Side of the Mountain – Final Fantasy VII (Eliminated in Round 1)
Ami – Final Fantasy VIII (Eliminated in Round 1)
Melodies of Life – Final Fantasy IX (Going on to Round 2)
Suteki da Ne – Final Fantasy X
1000 Words (Orchestra) – Final Fantasy X-2
Yuna’s Ballad – Final Fantasy X-2 (Going on to Round 2)
Nomination Spot 3

Most Intense

Battle with Gilgamesh – Final Fantasy V (Eliminated in Round 1)
The Fierce Battle – Final Fantasy VI
Weapon Raid – Final Fantasy VII
The Landing – Final Fantasy VIII
Retaliation – Final Fantasy VIII
Feel My Blade – Final Fantasy IX (Going on to Round 2)
The Skirmish of the Silver Dragons – Final Fantasy IX
Nomination Spot 4

And our first battle is —

The Dragon Spreads Its Wings – Final Fantasy V (Oh, I love this one! It plays when you’re riding the dragon in Final Fantasy V. Very joyful and fun to listen to.)

vs.

Epilogue ~ Good Ending – Final Fantasy X-2 (A very joyful and triumphant piece that plays when you get the Good Ending for Final Fantasy X-2. Well, I wouldn’t say that the entirety of the piece can be called joyful, but for the most part, it is. This is another one I really like, but then again, I’m a big fan of most of the pieces in this edition.)

(For this battle only, I’m putting the battle in bold to draw attention to it, since there’s a lot of info in this first post.)

Not sure you remember what a particular piece sounds like? There are MIDIs available at the main FFShrine site, but be aware that the quality of them varies greatly from piece to piece and for some games, not all songs are available. You might do better to check the game if you have it, or get an MP3, I suppose. Also, note that sometimes the names on the MIDIs don’t quite match the names I use.

Do notice that there are four nomination spots, one for each bracket. Please, please, if you have any suggestions for what should fill those spots, post it with your votes. Your nominations can be from any Final Fantasy game, including Tactics or XI. Hell, I’d even be glad to throw in Kingdom Hearts if enough people say they’d be interested in seeing it.

P.S.: If this edition is pretty popular, I might do it again sometime — there’s a lot of pieces I wanted to include but had to pass on to at least try to mix things up a bit as far as the number of pieces from each game that were included.

Note: The edition featured in this post was disrupted by a forum hack. It did eventually finish, however, the record of it was not saved.

Also i’ll nominate Eyes on Me from FFVIII for consideration in the emotional category.

Oh, and The Dragon Spreads Its Wings.

Wow, looking at those previous competitions, FFVII seems to dominate a lot. I hope in this case it does not, as music is much better in heaps of the other games. Thank you for putting Skirmish of the Silver Dragons in 🙂

Also, good going Agent. This is truly a well organized rumble. 🙂

maybe, I guess its different moods fall under all of the categories
Yes, you have the basic idea correct — moods it is.

To those that have nominated something already, thanks. "Eyes on Me" and the FFVI "Aria" are both great choices. "Eyes on Me" I had considered including, but "Aria" I had completely forgotten about. If people want to second (or third, etc.) those, that’ll help to determine which is included. If not, I’ll have to make the choice. And continue to nominate, folks, if you don’t nominate, then ultimately I’m the only one who has to make another choice and you’re leaving it in my hands rather than taking a chance to take control.

Also, good going Agent. This is truly a well organized rumble.
🙂 Thanks, I appreciate that.

Wow, looking at those previous competitions, FFVII seems to dominate a lot. I hope in this case it does not, as music is much better in heaps of the other games.
Yeah, I noticed too that FFVII seemed to dominate a lot of those. Intriguing when you consider that it also had the choice for most overrated character. And not only that, but FFVII made a come-from-behind in the last edition to end FFVIII dominance. Well, say what you like about FFVII, but it certainly has its place in the minds and hearts of a lot of fans.

Thank you for putting Skirmish of the Silver Dragons in
NP, glad to do so.

And now, finally, the results for the first battle:

The Dragon Spreads Its Wings – 8
Epilogue ~ Good Ending – 5

Looked at first like the "Dragon" piece was going to be completely dominant there, but then the FFX-2 piece pulled in to make it kinda close. Close, but no cigar. The Dragon Spreads Its Wings from FFV goes on to Round 2.

Next up, from the Most Relaxing category:

Ahead on Our Way – Final Fantasy VII (This plays when you’re in Kalm Town. A soothing, homely sort of theme.)

vs.

Besaid Island – Final Fantasy X (Plays when you’re on Besaid Island, but not in the village, in Final Fantasy X. I’ve always thought it one of the most relaxing pieces in Final Fantasy.)

P.S.: I promise the next battle will not include FFVII.

Also, I reckon Aria would be an excellent inclusion to the competition.

I would also like to nominate (if i can still nominate stuff) Hunters chance and X Ending Theme, but im not sure what categories they can go under

Ahead on Our Way – 7
Besaid Island – 6

Wow, that one ended up being very close. In the end, though, that last vote clinches the victory for FFVII’s Ahead on Our Way.

Thanks to those who are continuing to nominate. For those that haven’t yet, or want to nominate more, or second what’s already been nominated, you’re still welcome to do that in your vote. Nominated pieces (at least a couple) will start being included once there’s been one battle in each category.

And now for the next of those battles, from the most emotional category:

Ami – Final Fantasy VIII (It’s one of several instrumental versions of "Eyes on Me" in Final Fantasy VIII and also bears a strong resemblance to "Balamb Garden." Definitely a very emotional, purely instrumental theme.)

vs.

Melodies of Life – Final Fantasy IX (This theme is heard throughout the game before you finally get to hear the full vocal version, followed by the amazing Final Fantasy Prologue at the end. A song that speaks quite wonderfully to the story of the game. Some people say that they feel the Japanese version is way better than the English version, but I really like both.)

As for nominations, i guess Aria would be great in Emotional. I nominate the following for the other categories:

Joyful: Amidatti and Eleonor Too – Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (very happy music for anyone who’s played it long enough to get to Shella)

Relaxing: Frontier Village ~Dali – Final Fantasy IX

Intense: Movin’ – Final Fantasy VIII (includes Retaliation, but the rest of the song is intense too)

I liked melodies of life but it felt more relaxing than emotional to me.

Sad to see any of them leave. But in this I’m going to have to go with Ami, the piano holds the emotion for me.

Ami – 3
Melodies of Life – 9

Ami had support, but Melodies of Life had three times more. Thanks for those who are continuing to nominate and nice to see Crystal Chronicles being requested. (I’ve never played it, but it’s good to see some different game music being requested.) Remember, you can continue to nominate in any section until I officially announce the choice for that section.

And now, the next battle, in the Most Intense category:

Battle with Gilgamesh – Final Fantasy V (This plays several times when you fight Gilgamesh in Final Fantasy V. Gilgamesh may be kinda comic, but he can also be a very tough boss and he has an intense theme to match.)

vs.

Feel My Blade – Final Fantasy IX (This plays during the stage-battle towards the beginning of the game. It gives it a nice, intense feel, even though it’s only a mock battle and there’s really no danger of losing.)

Once this battle is over, we’ll have had one battle in every category and I’ll start mixing things up a bit. For now, though, have fun voting!

Therefore my vote is to Battle with Gilgamesh, which is actually called Clash on the Big Bridge on the Final Fantasy V Original Sound Version (http://www.chudahs-corner.com/soundtracks/pscn5015.html) soundtrack

And sorry, carry on folks, Rumble Manager selfishly inserting himself here…

Battle with Gilagamesh – 3
Feel My Blade – 6

Well, it looked like it was headed towards blowout for Feel My Blade at first, but then Battle with Gilgamesh (Clash on the Big Bridge) received a few votes. Not nearly enough, though, so it’s the FFIX piece that goes on to the second round.

We’ve now had one battle in each category, so now instead of going straight down the list, I will choose the category for a battle at my whim. And the next one will be:

Most Emotional

On the Other Side of the Mountain – Final Fantasy VII (This piece plays during the Cloud flashback scenes during the flashback to when Cloud / Tifa / Tifa’s friends climbed Mt. Nibel in search of Tifa’s Mom and then Tifa got injured.)

vs.

Yuna’s Ballad – Final Fantasy X-2 (It’s a piano version of Yuna’s Theme. It plays during a lot of the more emotional scenes in the game, including the Perfect Ending, or just during the The End display if you didn’t get the Perfect Ending. Also during a lot of Episode Complete scenes.)

Beginning with the next battle, I will include a nomination. So if you have a nomination for any category other than this one (or want to second one that’s been mentioned) post it now, because you don’t know what category I’ll choose next.

Even if nobody else votes, could at least one person respond so that I don’t have to double-post to start a new battle?

Happy holidays, everyone!

Merry xmas to you too Agent!

On the Other Side of the Mountain – 6
Yuna’s Ballad – 8

Solid competition. Yuna’s Ballad pulls again and takes the win on this one.

Now for our next battle, in the Most Relaxing bracket:

A Secret, Sleeping Beneath the Deep Blue Sea – Final Fantasy VII (This plays while you’re on the submarine and gives a nice, relaxing, undersea feel. It’s a bit resemblant of the submarine theme from Final Fantasy V.)

vs.

Frontier Village ~Dali – Final Fantasy IX (Plays in the town of Dali. The nominated piece for this bracket.)

Frontier Village~Dali was the only piece nominated in this section. But is it more relaxing than FFVII’s submarine theme? Cast your votes!

Frontier Village ~Dali

Mainly because it`s against the one song in FFVII that makes my skin crawl.

A Secret, Sleeping Beneath the Deep Blue Sea – 5
Frontier Village ~Dali – 7

Very close battle! The nominated piece only just edges out FFVII’s submarine theme. And next up, in the most Joyful category:

Locke – Final Fantasy VI (It’s Locke’s Theme. Plays, of course, when you he first appears after being asked how the "looting and plundering trade" goes.)

vs.

Ride On (Ragnarok Theme) – Final Fantasy VIII (Final Fantasy VIII’s airship theme. Plays anytime you’re flying the Ragnarok around the World Map. Can also be heard onboard the airship, but the noise of the ship sort of drowns it out.)

Locke – 0
Ride On – 9

Ride On rides past Locke into the second round.

Next up:

Weapon Raid – Final Fantasy VII (It plays during the Weapon attack sequences in Junon on Disc 2. Very intense stuff.)

vs.

The Skirmish of the Silver Dragons – Final Fantasy IX (A.K.A. The Assault of the White Dragons, etc. Plays when a huge bunch of dragons shows up when you’re busting into Memoria. Again, quite intense.)

hehe lazy

In an attempt to get things going again, I’ve decided that for right now I want us to do something fun. Maybe something a bit different, a bit wacky, so long as it’s still workable. So for right now, I’m asking anyone and everyone to throw out your wildest ideas. At this point, feel free to toss out any wild idea you might have. We’ll worry about sorting it out later.

So… have fun!

blond hair
ginger hair
black hair
brown hair

We could do all sorts from personality to family

We could have like one day for nominations of ideas and then the normal two days of voting.

It’s an interesting thought. Anyone have any other ideas, though? Come on, be creative!

Favorite hairsyle, Favorite fighting style and Who is the most annoying

I am still interested in the create-a-character thing. The problem I’m seeing is that the Rumble is generally designed as a series of one-on-one battles. It doesn’t really work as well when you mix in more choices. Any thoughts on how to get around that?

How bout doing it like this

ginger vs brunette = A
brown vs black = B

A vs B = the chosen piece.

I was thinking take current characters features. Just make a random selection of each.
for example Hair: Selphie, Quina, Vincent, Rude, Wakka, Paine etc etc and have 6 male 6 female parts. Play them off against each other

Eg

Girl vs Girl
Boy vs Boy

Then at the end we will have one "male" ff character we would like to see and one "female" ff character we would like to see. Does that help you out at all?

OSFM — I think I see what you’re saying — but just to be sure — we have could have like a series of battles regarding a particular feature, using the current characters as a palette. If we had six, we could do three two-on-two battles and then once we have those results, have a single three-way battle. (I’m fine with that.) Have I got it, basically?

Then that would allow for one female "custom" character and one "male"

And, in tune with keeping things fun and different, I’m gonna just draw up the battles as I go along and maybe not even go in sequence. (In other words, maybe skip around between different features.)

Let’s start things off with this:

Wakka’s Hair (It’s orange and curves up to a single point at the top! He also wears a blue headband!)

vs.

Zidane Tribal’s Hair (Never mind all that spiky stuff! Zidane ditches the ideas of his immediate "hero" predecessors, letting no cloud and no squall hinder the way he wears his hair. So Zidane’s hair is sort of parted down the middle and kinda curves with the contours with the shape of his face.)

Edit:

A record of all the battles so far:

Wakka’s Hairstyle vs. Zidane’s Hairstyle – Wakka
Cloud Strife’s Hairstyle vs. Irvine Kinnea’s Hairstyle – Irvine
Barret’s Hairstyle vs. Seymour’s Hairstyle – Seymour
Quistis Trepe’s Hairstyle vs. Lulu’s Hairstyle – Lulu
Tifa’s Hairstyle vs. Selphie’s Hairstyle – Selphie
Dagger’s/Garnet’s Hairstyle (Short) vs. Yuna’s Hairstyle (FFX-2) – Dagger/Garnet

Black Mage vs. Thief – Black Mage
Blue Magic vs. Swords – Swords
Fists vs. Summoners – Summoners
White Magic vs. Guns – Guns
Lancers vs. Mimes – Mimes
Ninjas vs. Berserkers – Ninjas

Steiner’s Outfit vs. Tobli’s Outfit – Steiner
Seifer’s Outfit vs. Tidus’s Outfit – Seifer
Sephiroth’s Outfit vs. Gippal’s Oufit – Sephiroth
Freya Crescent’s Outfit vs. Yuna’s Outfit – Freya
Aeris/th Gainsborough’s Outfit vs. Rikku’s Outfit – Rikku
SeeD Uniform vs. Eiko’s Outfit – SeeD Uniform

Cid’s Cigarette vs. Auron’s Sunglasses – Sunglasses
Rinoa’s Necklace vs. – Eiko’s Hairbow – Hairbow
Locke’s Bandana vs. Squall’s Necklace – Bandana
Gau’s "Shiny Thing" vs. Vincent’s Bandana – "Shiny Thing"
Steiner’s Feather vs. Rikku’s Googles – Googles
Irvine’s Cowboy Hat vs. Gippal’s Eyepatch – Cowboy Hat

Quistis Trepe’s Facial Features vs. Lulu’s Facial Features – Lulu
Queen Brahne’s Facial Features vs. Lucil’s Facial Features – Queen Brahne
Ultimecia’s Facial Features vs. Quina Quen’s Facial Features – Quina Quen
Red XIII’s Facial Features vs. Vivi’s Facial Features – Vivi
Barret Wallace’s Facial Features vs. Jecht’s Facial Features – Jecht
Yuffie’s Facial Features vs. Zell’s Facial Features – Zell

Also Wakka Gotta love the hairband

I would have gone for Wakka if Wakka’s hair was black, that would be awesome.

I wonder how much gel he used, or maybe wax.
More like thickened spaghetti sauce…

Wakka – 12
Zidane – 5

In the battle of the hair, Wakka won pretty easily, but Zidane had some support.

All right, let’s move on to another battle. How about we do some fighting styles?

Black Mage (Ah, a fighting style seen in many FF games and popularized perhaps even more by Vivi in FFIX and perhaps to a degree by Lulu in FFX. The black mage is generally weak at any sort of physical attacks, but has an array of magic spells at his/her disposal. Often these spells are of the elements. Highest level spells include Flare and Ultima, or in Vivi’s case, Doomsday.)

vs.

Thief (Locke, Zidane, Rikku, etc. This fighting type may have some skill at physical attacks, but often is also pretty speedy. The thief can be a valuable asset to the party, often able to quickly build up items that would otherwise be hard to get, or perhaps couldn’t be acquired at all. Stealing isn’t always easy, though.)

….Selphie? lol, no, there’s not really any character that fits that job.

Looks like votes really picked up here. Let’s see the results:

Black Mage – 13
Thief – 9

Voting for Thief really picked up towards the end, but it just didn’t happen. Black Mage goes on to the second round.

Next battle!

Okay, we’ve had a male hairstyle battle, so how about a female hairstyle one? Let’s do this:

Final Fantasy VII – Tifa (She’s got like little bangs sticking down [I guess you’d call it that] and it sorta curves down to a sharp point on the left.)

vs.

Final Fantasy VIII – Selphie (I’m not gonna lie — I absolutely adore this character’s hair-style. It sort of flows down and then curves around back up.)

**Off topic**
Thx for answering my question 🙂

I remember when her hair looked good for being on a game. 😛

Tifa – 5
Selphie – 13

And no, I wasn’t really thinking about Advent Children.

(I was all ready to create this image myself, only to find that I’m not the only person who had this idea! Don’t Get Mad, Get Glad!)

All right, enough of that. Next up: Outfits!

Final Fantasy IX – Steiner (What fun! Steiner’s "dirty, rusty armor" was the source of many jokes throughout Final Fantasy IX and earned him his nickname "Rusty." But it was certainly memorable.)

vs.

Final Fantasy X-2 – Tobli (What a wild outfit! Tobli’s outfit is very colorful. He has a sort of red hood thing covering his head, with a pattern of yellow. THe main color of his outfit is a rich brown, with various bands of colors including red, yellow, orange and green.)

I think this’ll make for a fun battle. Cast your votes!

Steiner – 12
Tobli – 4

Tobli did have a few supporters, but it’s Steiner that goes on to the second round.

Let’s do another fighting style battle:

Blue Magic (This fighting style allowed characters to utilize magic first used by enemies. In Final Fantasy VII it was called "Enemy Skills." In some games, only certain characters could use blue magic, in others, any character could. Quistis was an example of a character that use blue magic when the rest in the game couldn’t.)

vs.

Swords (One of the most common fighting styles in Final Fantasys is, of course, with a sword. There have been lots of swordbearers and sometimes, fighting with a sword was simply a part of a job type, such as a warrior or knight.)

Sorry, no picture this time.

Blue Magic – 9
Swords – 10

Surprisingly close battle — Swords goes on to the second round. Swords may be boring and generic, but I guess at least they’re reliable.

Oh, what next, next. How about this — a battle of accessories?

Final Fantasy VII – Cid Highwind – Cigarette (Can a cigarette be called an accessory? Sure, why not?! Of course, today, Square-Enix wouldn’t dare to have one of their characters smoking a ciagrette. [In Kingdom Hearts, Cid sucks on a straw.] Cid uses his cigarette as part of his "Dynamite" limit break.)

vs.

Final Fantasy X – Auron – Sunglasses (Auron sports a pair of shades, which don’t quite completely cover his eyes.)

Cid’s Cigarette – 4
Auron’s Sunglasses – 11

Those final votes really sealed things tight for the sunglasses.

We’ve had a male clothing battle yet, but not a female one, so le’s do one now:

Final Fantasy IX – Freya Crescent (Freya’s outfit is mostly a sort of reddish orange. She wears a pointed hat and a colorful tie.)

vs.

Final Fantasy X – Yuna (Yuna’s wears summoner’s robes that include long pink-and-white sleeves, and a full length skirt that’s blue with a star pattern.)

Sorry, but there aren’t going to be anymore pictures for each-and-every battle — it’s just getting too tiresome to do. (And I know my descriptions aren’t the greatest either — but I think we all have a pretty good idea of what various characters / character traits, etc. look like.)

<A HREF="">Here</A> is a small picture of Freya’s outfit.

<A HREF="">Here</A> is a small picture of Yuna’s outfit.

With that said, I’ll vote for <B>Yuna</B>, it has more style.

The tie cinched it!

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.)

Nah, Irvine Kinneas really.

Cloud just looks like a freakin chocobo

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

EDIT:Really sorry OSFM. But still Lulu.

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

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.)

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

Haha.

Agreed.

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.)

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

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

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.)

FFT+Monk=Pwnage

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.)

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.)

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. 😉

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/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.)

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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 – 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.)

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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.)

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.")

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

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 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.

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.)

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

Using the jump ability can really turn a battle around.

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.

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 – 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.)

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

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

Enya you should try ffvi

Gau’s Shiny Thing – 8
Vincent’s Bandana – 6

Closer than I thought that was gonna be there. The bandana picked up some votes towards the end there, but it just wasn’t enough to beat Gau’s nifty, shiny, underwater-breathing helmet.

I think it’s been a little while since we’ve had a hairstyle battle. How about this:

Barret Wallace’s Hairstyle (Barret opts for a mostly shaved head, but with some hair in a guess what you’d maybe call a "crop-top?" towards the top.)

vs.

Seymour’s Hairstyle (The villians really haven’t had much representation in this rumble, other than Queen Brahne, so let’s add Seymour to the mix. Seymour’s hair is blue. Most of it rests on his head, fairly short, but he has a large spike coming out of the forehead and jutting down and two framing his face.)

<—— thar

Maybe it should have been pitted against Barret’s beard? 8D

Seymours hair was laughable tbh.

Barret’s Hair – 5
Seymour’s Hair – 15

Very wide margin there — Barret had a few supporters, but Seymour and his wild hair go on to the next round. I just realized — I also did a battle on Barret’s facial features and he got beat there as well.

Speaking of facial features, it’s time for another battle in that category. So we have:

Yuffie’s Facial Features – Final Fantasy VII (Her eyes are sort of blue-black and I think she has a nice smile.)

vs.

Zell’s Facial Features – Final Fantasy VIII (Zell’s most noteable facial feature is, I suppose, his tattoo. He has kind of a large forehead.)

(Picture is from AC)

Yuffie’s Facial Features – 4
Zell’s Facial Features – 8

I believe that’s what you call a comeback. Yuffie got a lot of votes to start out, but it’s Zell and his tattoo that go on to the second round.

And we’re starting to get close that second round, but we’ve still got a little ways to go. So, next up, from our fighting-style section:

Ninjas (Not as common as some of the other fighting styles, but definitely noticeable. In the very first Final Fantasy, characters that start out as thieves later become ninjas when you get the job upgrade. Edge is a Ninja in Final Fantasy IV. Final Fantasy V had the Ninja job class. The ninja could hold a weapon in both hands, with was a useful ability to gain to combine with other classes. Then there’s Yuffie again, in Final Fantasy VII, with long-range shuriken weapons. Wikipedia comments that Shadow of Final Fantasy VI, Amarant of Final Fantasy IX and Rikku of Final Fantasy X also share elements of the Ninja job class. In Final Fantasy XI, Ninjas are apparently more magic-users.)

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Berserkers (Another somewhat rarely seen job type, but it was available as a job in Final Fantasy V and as a dressphere in Final Fantasy X-2. In Final Fantasy V, Berserkers were always berserk in battle and fought with axes. In Final Fantasy X-2, the berserker dressphere claws at the enemy. The character can go into berserk, but it’s not required. This dressphere also has a lot of other useful abilities such as Evade and Counter and Howl to double HP. In other FF games, Berserk was just a general status ailment. It would send the character into out-of-control attacks, but they would generally be more powerful. Sometimes enemies could be berserked too.)

http://www.videogamesprites.net/FinalFantasy5/Party/Faris%20-%20Ninja.gif

Ninjas – 9
Berserker – 0

So, there we are. Ninjas, it is, definitely.

All right, we’ll keep this moving along with another accessories battle:

Steiner’s Feather – Final Fantasy IX (Besides his dirty, rusty armor, Steiner’s outfitting, like… Yankee Doodle? includes a feather in his cap.)

vs.

Rikku’s Googles – Final Fantasy X (Rikku wears these when you first meet up with her with the rest of the Al Bhed. They come off when you meet back up with her later on though.)

I think they end up on her neck? Not TOTALLY gone, lol.

The later votes for the feather weren’t enough to hold off all the votes for the googles.

Right! On to another outfits battle:

Sephiroth’s Outfit – Final Fantasy VII (He wears a sort of black cloak I guess you could say, and white shoulder pads. His outfit is generally black overall.)

vs.

Gippal – Final Fantasy X-2 (Gippal is geared up with an almost metallic looking outfit. The coloring features somewhat muted shades of red, gray, and yellow.)

Sephiroth’s Outfit – 7
Gippal’s Outfit – 5

A last minute surge of votes for Gippal’s outfit just wasn’t enough — and so it’s Sephiroth’s that goes on to Round 2.

Next up, in the facial features department:

Ultimecia’s Facial Features (Kurse those blasted Seeds! Ultimecia has a somewhat rounded face and facepaint. Her overall apperance can be described as well — cold evil.)

vs.

Quina Quen’s Facial Features (You really can’t see much of Quina’s face, because s/he’s wearing a large chef’s hat. However, she has reddish eyes and a white face. Her long tongue hangs out of her mouth, which is very close to her eyes.)

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No doubt there — Quina’s facial features win by a very large margin.

We’ve got two more battles and then I’m gonna finally end the first round. First:

Dagger’s/Garnet’s Hairstyle (Short) [This is an interesting one because Dagger/Garnet actually sports two different hairstyles in the game. Her hair is first in a long braid, but in a signature moment in the game, she cuts it off. You are voting on the short hairstyle.)

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Yuna’s Hairstyle (FFX-2) [In FFX-2, Yuna is generally seen with generally short hair, but also a very long ponytail that actually extends almost down to the ground. She also has a colorful hair-braid.)

http://www.ffshrine.org/ff9/ff9_fmvshots-d3-garnethair.php

hOOOOOt 0_o

hOOOOOt 0_o

Dagger/Garnet Short – 11
Yuna FFX-2 – 6

Somewhat decent battle, but Dagger/Garnet’s short hairstyle wins by several votes.

Okay, this is going to be the last battle of the first round and it’s an accessories battle:

Irvine’s Cowboy Hat – Final Fantasy VIII (I guess a hat is sort of an accessory. It’s not like it’s part of his hair or his face.)

vs.

Gippal’s Eyepatch – Final Fantasy X-2 (Ah, Gippal again. He wears an eyepatch which makes him look somewhat "pirate’-like.)

That was pretty overwhelming for the cowboy hat, but the eyepatch did pcick up a few supporters.

Well, we’ve made it to the second round. Here’s how this is going to work. This is going to be the semi-finals, as this edition has already been going long enough and I’d like to get things wrapped up. So we’ll do semi-finals in each category and then there’ll be three left in each category. We’ll then have a final-three way battle for each to determine the final winners.

Here’s the list:

Hairstyle

Wakka (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Irvine (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Seymour (Going on to the Final)
Lulu (Going on to the Final)
Selphie (Going on the Final)
Dagger/Garnet (Short) (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)

Fighting Style

Black Mage (Going on to the Final)
Swords (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Summoners (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Guns (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Mimes (Going on to the Final)
Ninjas (Going on to the Final)

Outfits

Steiner (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Seifer (Going on to the Final)
Sephiroth (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Freya (Going on to the Final)
Rikku (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
SeeD Uniform (Going on to the Final)

Accessories

Auron’s Sunglasses (Going on to the Final)
Eiko’s Hairbow (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Locke’s Bandana (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Gau’s "Shiny Thing" (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Rikku’s Googles (Going on to the Final)
Irvine’s Cowboy Hat (Going on to the Final)

Facial Features

Lulu (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Queen Brahne (Going on to the Final)
Quina Quen (Going on to the Final)
Vivi (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Jecht (Eliminated in the Semi-Finals)
Zell (Going on to the Final)

Our first battle will be from the outfits section:

Steiner’s Outfit ("…I am Captain Adelbert Steiner of Alexandria, and I humbly request your assistance to get back to the castle." "Ha-ha-ha! That’s a new one! Nice try, but I don’t date bums. You should really scrape that rust off. It’s disgusting.")

vs.

SeeD Uniform (Selphie: "HAH! Found you! Well, well!? What do you think? My SeeD uniform! … … Heeey! Lookin’ good! Alright! Let’s hit that PAAH-TAY!")

Not a lot of votes, but SeeD Uniform takes a slight edge and goes on to the final battle in its category.

Next up, we have from the fighting styles category:

Black Mage (Steiner: "Please, Master Vivi. For the sake of Princess Garnet and all of Alexandria, I humbly request your assistance!" Zidane: "Come on! You’re a black mage, for crying out loud! Show us what you’ve got! Alright, let’s get going." Vivi: "…Okay. I’ll…try my best.")

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Guns ("A gun is a man’s weapon, nothing else will do." — Merchant from FFVII who sells only one weapon — a gun for Vincent)

Black Mage was the only magic fighting class that made it to the semi-finals. Will it earn a spot in the final, or be shot down? Cast your votes!

JUST TO BE CONTRARY LOLOL

Black Mage/Magic it is, easily.

Next, from our facial features category:

Lulu – Final Fantasy X (""Clueless, aren’t you? Good thing I’m here.")

vs.

Zell – Final Fantasy VIII (Quistis: "Squall! Over here! I’ll be announcing the squad assignments for the exam now. Let’s see…You’ll be with…Zell Dincht. Quite a lively fellow." Squall: "Lively? He’s just loud. Can’t I switch members?")

Remember, for this battle, you’re voting on the facial features.

Anyways, Zell.

Lulu’s Facial Features – 5
Zell’s Facial Features – 6

Zell’s facial features edge out Lulu’s by just one vote.

Now, from the accessories section:

Auron’s Sunglasses ("When Braska and Jecht died defeating Sin…I just couldn’t accept it. I came back here…tried to avenge them. But she struck me down. Somehow I made my way, crawling, down Mount Gagazet. But my strength left me just outside Bevelle. That’s where Kimahri found me.")

vs.

Gau’s "Shiny Thing" (Gau: "Gau’s treasure… …shiny, shiny!! Shiny, shiny, shiny!!!" Sabin: "Can anything be THAT shiny?" Gau: "Does Mr. Thou like shiny thing?")

Appearance vs. functionality — which will it be? Cast your votes!

Sunglasses – 10
Shiny Thing – 8

Very close battle, there, however, the sunglasses win by two votes.

Now, a battle for the hairstyles section. After this, we’ll have had a semi-final battle in every section:

Seymour (Tidus: "From the first time I laid eyes on him, I never did like Seymour… But you know, some of the things he said that day…They made a lot of sense to me.")

vs.

Dagger / Garnet (Short) (Eiko: "It’s okay, but your hair… It was so beautiful." Dagger: "Short hair doesn’t suit me?" Eiko: "Oh, no. You look great!")

Again, remember that you’re voting on hairstyles.

Daggers hair

Seymour’s Hair – 4
Dagger / Garnet’s Short Hair – 4

What do ya’ know? We have a tie. When we have a tie in a later round, we look back to results the previous round(s) in order to determine the tie-breaker. So let’s take a look…

Seymour’s Hair – 15/20 = 75%
Dagger / Garnet Short – 11/17 = 64.7%

Seymour’s Hair wins the tie-breaker and is on to the finals.

Okay, let’s go on to another fighting style battle:

Summoners (Tidus: [nararating] "Man, was I surprised. And here I was, thinking summoners were all old geezers.")

vs.

Ninjas ("He owes allegiance to no one, and will do anything for money. He comes and goes like the wind…" Edgar: "That’s Shadow! He’d slit his mama’s throat for a nickel!")

Ninjas

I think i`ll go for Summoners

Ninjas

Summoners – 2
Ninjas – 9

A couple of late votes there for summoners couldn’t stem the tide of votes for the big favorite here — Ninjas. They go on to the final and we go on to another battle.

Okay, next up, another outfits battle:

Sephiroth’s Outfit (Cloud: "Did you see him? Did you see Sephiroth?")

vs.

Freya’s Outfit (Zidane: "…Oh yeah! You used to live next door to me. How’s it going…Ratchel? Man, you’ve really gotten…big." Woman at the Counter: "You nasty little-" Zidane: "Come on. I’m just kiddin’. You know I never forget a pretty girl’s name. So how’ve you been, Freya?")

Remember, you are voting based only on what you think of the character’s outfit.

Sephiroth’s Outfit

Down with lame designs in inferior games!

Apart from the overall game, the character designs and costumes in FFIX are much more interesting and rich than in FFVII.

Freya

Sephiroth’s Outfit – 2
Freya’s Outfit – 11

Big win for Freya’s clothing, which goes on to the final in that section.

Next up, from our accessories category:

Locke’s Bandana – Final Fantasy VI ("This is my good luck charm. When I found this, my life took a turn for the better.")

vs.

Irvine’s Cowboy Hat (Irvine: "Thanks for the support, but I never miss my target.")

Locke’s Bandana – 5
Irvine’s Cowboy Hat – 7

Quite close there. The cowboy hat takes the edge by a couple votes.

Here we go with another hairstyle battle:

Wakka’s Hairstyle – Final Fantasy X/X-2 ("You, too! Bow your head!")

vs.

Selphie’s Hairstyle – Final Fantasy VIII ("Heeey! The control panel!? Now we’re talkin’.")

x2

Also, Calf`s lick ;(

Wakka’s Hairstyle – 4
Selphie’s Hairstyle – 8

Selphie wins by around twice as many votes and is on to the final for hairstyle.

On to another facial features battle, featuring two characters from FFIX:

Quina Quen’s Facial Features (Eiko: "Pale… White hair… Strange clothes… Zidane told me about you! You’re Kuja!" Quina: "Zidane look for man named Kuja. I called Quina.")

vs.

Vivi Ornitier’s Facial Features (Burmecian Kid Jack: "Pointy-headed demon!" Burmecian Refugee Learie: "D-Don’t come any closer!")

So yeah, Vivi`s facial features.

So yeah, Vivi`s facial features.

Quina – 7
Vivi – 6

So Quina’s Facial Features edge out Vivi’s by just one vote. We’re on the home-stretch now — we’ve had two battles from each category in the semi-finals.

Now, the final battle from the Outfits category:

Seifer’s Outfit (Seifer: "Listen up! Teamwork means staying out of my way. It’s a Squad B rule. Don’t you forget it!")

vs.

Rikku’s Outfit (Rikku: "I thought I was done for, back there." Tidus: "Rikku! You’re Rikku! Hey! You’re okay! How you been?" Rikku: "Terrible!" Tidus: "Yeah, you don’t look so good. What happened?" Rikku: "You beat me up, remember?")

network games：
US WOW , Maple Story
EURO WOW, Matrix Online
FFXI , EVE Online
DAoC ; Rose online
Guild Wars ; Rune scape 2
EQ2 Ragnarok Online
Dungeons and Dragons Silk Road online
and so on or Power Leveling.

Please dont post useless shit in a thread with a purpose. IRead the forum charter. Advertising is not allowed. Sorry Agent.

Seifers outfit

Seifer’s Outfit – 6
Rikku’s Outfit – 5

Seifer’s Outfit edges out Rikku’s by just one vote (funny, I had the impression Rikku was wining) and moves on to the final, which is edging ever closer. But we’re not quite there yet. Next up on our plate, from our facial features cateogry:

Queen Brahne’s Facial Features (Kuja: "Ahh… The suspense is terrible! So they’ve come this far, have they? Perfect. I’ll warm up on them until the elephant-lady shows up.")

vs.

Jecht’s Facial Features (Yuna: "Before that… Call Sir Jecht. Give it a try. Don’t worry. He won’t come." Tidus: (narrating) "Trying not to think about my old man made me think about him, of course.")

Hey you! Stop shitting up the rumble please! Cheers.

Haha.
Hahahahahahha.

Back on topic,
I will go with Queen Brahne.

Rigggght, yeah, anyways:

Queen Brahne – 10
Jecht – 1

So the butt-ugly Queen Brahne makes it into the finals.

Now for our final Fighting Style semi-final:

Swords (Zidane: "I remember a guy with spiky hair who carried something like this.")

vs.

Mimes (Gogo: "My name is Gogo! The famous Mimic! Since the secret to being a Mimic is mimicing… I’m going to do whatever you do! If you fight, I’ll fight… If you use magic, I will too. If you do what I do, you can surely win!")

I’m surprised Mimes has made it this far? Any chance it could make it to the final? Cast your votes!

i mean seriously they came just mimic the sword if needed so like they are both and 2 > 1 but not 3

Agreed. Swords are boring. Just ole hack and slash.

I just noticed. The Perfect Prak made a spelling mistake MWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Just cuz I love the refference in FFIX

Swords – 6
Mimes – 8

So Mimes wins this one and goes on to the final in that category.
So Mimes wins this one and goes on to the final in that category.

We have just two battles left before the start of the Finals. First up from our Hairstyles section:

Irvine’s Hairstyle (Irvine: "Call me Irvine. I’m a pretty lucky guy. Hand in hand with two beautiful girls!" Selphie: "Irvy Kinnepooo! I’ll make you happy!" Squall: (Did I say something terrible? Women… I don’t understand women.))

vs.

Lulu’s Hairstyle (Wakka: "The guardians in there now… One of them’s got a short fuse, and who knows what the other is thinking.")

haha

Lulu’s hairstyle

Lulu’s Hairstyle

Irvine is a tool…. and he has a pony tail.

Irvine Kinneas’s Hairstyle – 2
Lulu’s Hairstyle – 11

Lulu it is then. And it’s now time for our last semi-final battle:

Eiko’s Hairbow ("W-Wait!!! Don’t leave me here!!! Sigh… Stuck on a branch… Betrayed by my own trusted moogle… Is this how I meet my end?")

vs.

Rikku’s Googles (Auron: "Show me your face. Look at me." Rikku: "Oh, okay." Auron: "Open your eyes.")

Cute. Enough said.

Eiko’s Hairbow – 6
Rikku’s Googles – 11

So the goggles win by several votes and make it into our final. But will they have enough momentum for a win?

Well, here it is then. The final entrants for each of the categories:

Hairstyle

Seymour
Lulu
Selphie

Fighting Style

Black Mage (Winner!)
Mimes
Ninjas

Outfits

Seifer
Freya (Winner)
SeeD Uniform

Accessories

Auron’s Sunglasses (Winner!)
Rikku’s Googles
Irvine’s Cowboy Hat

Facial Features

Queen Brahne
Quina Quen (Winner!)
Zell

Let’s start with facial features directly:

Queen Brahne (Tall Guard: "The girl supposedly looks exactly like Princess Garnet, the most beautiful princess ever to grace Alexandria Castle." Short Guard: "I got it now." Tall Guard: "But you know how Queen Brahne looks. It’s hard to believe she’d have such a beautiful daughter.")

vs.

Quina Quen (Quina : "Zidane, what matter? You no seem yourself." Zidane: "Hmm? Oh, it’s nothing. I’m always myself. Besides, it’s not just me. You look just like your master, too." Quina : "Of course! Master Quale is Qu Clan! We same!" Zidane: "Yeah? I guess everybody looks the same to someone from another race.")

vs.

Zell (Rinoa: "Um, didn’t you say that Ward was working in some sort of prison?" Zell: "Yeah, so." Rinoa: "And wasn’t he from Galbadia?" Zell: "Sure, he’s a soldier there." Rinoa: "Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t you supposed to be Ward in that ‘dream world’?")

Remember, you are voting for one choice for facial features that will be the winner for this category. Only one choice, please.

Love the tattoo

Anyways, results:

Queen Brahne – 2
Quina Quen – 8
Zell Dincht – 4

Quina Quen

is our big winner here.

Okay, next up, we are doing outfits, so make your choice between:

Seifer (Squall: (Huh…? Why’d he get all quiet? Oh, he must be concentrating. Loneliness of the sharpshooter… I guess he has a point. Can’t hear anything from in here. …What’s going on with the parade, I wonder? Seifer… So he’s alive.) "Rinoa. Seifer’s alive. He was in the parade with the sorceress." Rinoa: "…What does it mean?" Squall: "Who knows." (If I were to face the sorceress directly…Would I have to go through Seifer? …That’s the way it goes as a SeeD. You can’t choose your enemies…) "I may end up killing Seifer.")

vs.

Freya (Freya: "Ah, the ceremony from the time when Burmecia and Cleyra were one. I understand. Zidane, I met with utter failure when trying to defend Burmecia… And I will not allow Brahne to exert her will upon us any longer!" Zidane: "You’ve changed, Freya. I didn’t think you were so strong when I first met you." Freya: "I could not bring peace to Burmecia and thus fulfill Sir Fratley’s wish. But now, all I can do is protect this beautiful place.")

vs.

SeeD Uniform (Quistis: "Go get changed and meet me in front of the [training center]. This will be my last order." Squall: (Get changed and meet at the training center? What’s this all about…?))

Which outfit shall take its place in sartorial Final Fantasy splendor? Cast your votes!

Agent im talking about ff soundtracks

Okay, we are done with this one. Let’s get the results:

Seifer Almasy – 4
Freya Crescent – 6
SeeD Uniform – 4

Our winner, by just two votes over each of the others:

Freya Crescent

Okay, now it’s on to Fighting Styles:

Black Mage (Vivi: "And you made everyone…the black mages…into instruments of war!?" Kuja: "Oh, dear… The princess has such a bloodthirsty little puppet. I don’t have the power to do such a thing. I just gave them a little recipe. Begin with broth of Mist, and fermented souls, and boil… Then, pour genuine black magic into a mixing bowl and heat to–" Zidane: "Stop it!" Kuja: "I’m not done telling how to make soulless toys out of the dregs of souls!")

vs.

Mimes (Gogo "I am Gogo, master of simulacrum… My miming skills will astonish you. Yes…I have been idle for too long. If I deem you worthy, I’ll mime your actions in battle. But first tell me what you’re doing here.")

vs.

Ninjas (Shadow "Down with the Empire. Once I outlived my usefulness, they tried to off me!" "We thought you were a goner!")

(cause i have bad taste!!)

Black Mage – 7
Mime – 2
Ninja – 5

Rather close battle there, we have a winner by just two votes:

Black Mage

Now, the accessories final:

Auron’s Sunglasses (Tidus: "Auron! What are you doing here?" Auron: "I was waiting for you.")

vs.

Rikku’s Googles (Yuna: "Thank you, Rikku. Thank you for everything." Rikku: "Don’t say that, Yunie! It’s not over yet!" Yuna: "Tell Cid thank you." Rikku: "No… You can tell him yourself." Yuna: "Please….: Rikku: "Yunie, don’t say that because…we’re gonna see each other again, okay?")

vs.

Irvine’s Cowboy Hat (Irvine: "My bullet… The sorceress… I’ll go down in history. I’d change the history of Galbadia… Of the world! It’s all too much…" Squall: "Enough! Just shoot!" Irvine: "I can’t, dammit!" Squall: "Irvine, calm down. Everyone’s waiting on you. I don’t care if you miss. Whatever happens, just leave the rest to us. Just think of it as a signal. A sign for us to make our move." Irvine: "Just a signal…" Squall: (That’s it.) "Please.")

Haha.

Auron’s Sunglasses.

It just looks cool, though aurons glasses are sa close second, (and rikku just looks stupid with those goggles on)

Oh and Agent I think you made a mistake in your post a couple pages back where you were posting who was winning and who had been eliminated. In the facial features section you said Queen Brahne was the winner when it was Quina, wasn’t it? :S

Rikku’s Sunglasses
I’m afraid I can’t count either of these votes, as I have no way of knowing whether you really meant to vote for Rikku’s Googles or Auron’s Sunglasses.

Oh and Agent I think you made a mistake in your post a couple pages back where you were posting who was winning and who had been eliminated. In the facial features section you said Queen Brahne was the winner when it was Quina, wasn’t it? :S
Fixed, thank you!

Okay, now the results:

Auron’s Sunglasses – 13
Rikku’s Goggles – 0
Irvine’s Cowboy Hat – 5

I know this category wasn’t popular with some, but that was certainly a decent voting rate, so thanks.

Our winner for that one:

Auron’s Sunglasses

Well, here we are. We’ve reached the final battle of this "Create-a-Character" Edition. Our final category is the one we started out with back in the very first battle, Hairstyles:

Seymour’s Hairstyle ("You would play at marriage just for a chance to send me? Your resolve is admirable. All the more fitting to be my lovely wife.")

vs.

Lulu’s Hairstyle (Tidus: "No, no! Maybe you finally believe I don’t know anything about Spira. And maybe that means you believe me about Zanarkand, too?" Lulu: "Well… There are many things I do not know. Your Zanarkand is one of those things. I suppose I can’t say what I think either way. Still, be careful. You shouldn’t tell other people.")

vs.

Selphie Tilmitt’s Hairstyle (Girl: "Are you…Squad B? Wait a minute…You’re the guy who showed me around, right!? Thanks! I don’t so lost anymore. Oh yeah, I haven’t told you my name yet. I’m…a messenger. Name’s Selphie, from Squad A. The squad captain’s Seifer, right? Where is he?")

Remember, you are voting on hairstyles!

Seymour’s Hairstyle – 3
Lulu’s Hairstyle – 4
Selphie’s Hairstyle – 4

Not a lot of votes there, but this is the only time we’ve had a tie for the final in this edition. Well, let’s look at the past results and determine our tiebreaker…

Lulu’s Hairstyle – 17/21, 11/13 = 81%, 85% = 83%
Selphie’s Hairstyle – 13/18, 8/12 = 72% , 66% = 69%

So our winner for Hairstyles is

Lulu

Well, that’s the end of our "Create-a-Character Edition." Based on the results, you guys would like to see a character with a hairstyle like Lulu’s, facial features like Quina Quen’s, wearing Freya’s outfit and Auron’s sunglasses and fighting like a Black Mage. 😀

If anyone wants, you’re welcome to post suggestions for the next edition. Actually though, I already have something in mind and will probably be starting it up around two days from now if nobody else comes up with an idea I like better.

Has that been done before?

irvine.rocky — summons was already back at the now defunct Champions Rumble. (And there is a list of all editions [except those lost to the forum hack) done in this rumble back on the first post in this thread.)

And Xander — 🙂 thanks.

No, im talking about taking som themes (for example from ff ix the loss on me, battlew theme, feel my blade etc) from every ff and then do a roumble 🙂

Also, how about we vote for key scenes?.

Best Final Fantasy Scene – Zidane’s Big Reveal (Final Fantasy IX)

I am sure no one is going to be complaining.

Most Exciting / Fun

What? – Final Fantasy V (Eliminated in Round 1)
<font color="red">Blackjack – Final Fantasy VI</font> (Blown out of Round 1)
Cait Sith’s Theme – Final Fantasy VII (Eliminated in Round 1)
Mods de Chocobo – Final Fantasy VIII (Eliminated in Round 1)
Blitz-Off – Final Fantasy X (Going on to Round 2)
Yuna’s Theme – Final Fantasy X-2 (Going on to Round 2)
Don’t Be Afraid – Final Fantasy VIII (Going on to Round 2)
Hunter’s Chance – Final Fantasy IX (Going on to Round 2)

Best Boss / Special Battle Theme

Still More Fighting – Final Fantasy VII (Going on to Round 2)
The Man with the Machine Gun – Final Fantasy VIII (Going on to Round 2)
The Skirmish of the Silver Dragons – Final Fantasy IX (Going on to Round 2)
<font color="red">Challenge – Final Fantasy X</font> (Blown Out of Round 1)
Summoned Beast Battle – Final Fantasy X (Eliminated in Round 1)
Waltz of the Dolls – Final Fantasy IV (Eliminated in Round 1)
Mystery Sword – Final Fantasy IX (Going on to Round 2)
The Fierce Battle – Final Fantasy VI (Eliminated in Round 1)

Best World Map Theme

Unknown Lands – Final Fantasy V (Going on to Round 2)
<font color=red>The Land Unknown – Final Fantasy V</font> (Blown out of Round 1)
Main Theme – Final Fantasy VII (Eliminated in Round 1)
The Great Northern Cave – Final Fantasy VII (Eliminated in Round 1)
Crossing Those Hills – Final Fantasy IX (Going on to Round 2)
The Evil Mist’s Rebirth – Final Fantasy IX (Going on to Round 2)
Ahead on Our Way – Final Fantasy V (Eliminated in Round 1)
Blue Fields (Orchestrated Version) – Final Fantasy VIII (Going on to Round 2)

Most Unusual / Unique

Critter! Tripper! Fritter! – Final Fantasy V (Eliminated in Round 1)
The Forested Temple – Final Fantasy VII (Going on to Round 2)
Silence and Motion – Final Fantasy VIII (Eliminated in Round 1)
Slew of Love Letters – Final Fantasy IX (Going on to Round 2)
Otherworld – Final Fantasy X (Going on to Round 2)
<font color=red>KUON The Troupe Performs – Final Fantasy X-2</font> (Blown out of Round 1)
Waltz for the Moon – Final Fantasy VIII (Going on to Round 2)
Hymn of the Fayth – Final Fantasy X (Eliminated in Round 1)

All right, here is our first battle. It’s from the Most Unusual / Unique category:

Silence and Motion – Final Fantasy VIII (No doubt, this funky beat for the massive, high-technology, xenophobic metropolis of Esthar was truly unique and unusual. I know some people loved it, but some hated it. And since it played pretty much all the time you were in Esthar, there was certainly ample chance for the feeling to grow either way.)

vs.

Otherworld – Final Fantasy X (Played during the opening blitzball FMV in Final Fantasy X. "Go now if you want it / The otherworld awaits you / Don’t you give up on it / The otherworld it hates you." A hard rock lyrical theme in a Final Fantasy game was quite unusual. This song was later used also for the battle with Jecht / Braska’s Final Aeon.)

I’ve allowed two nomination spots for each section. Please put any nominations you have along with your vote. If there aren’t any nominations for a particular category, then I will eventually simply make the choice myself.

P.S.: Do remember that you can find MIDIs for most of the music at the main FFShrine site. Also keep in mind though that obviously you won’t hear lyrics on any performed songs and sometimes the MIDIs may vary greatly from what you actually hear in the game.

I have a nomination for the Boss Battle themes.

Waltz of the Dolls- Final Fantasy IV.
Not sure exactly what it would be categorized as, but I remember it during some important boss fights.

For most unusual/unique.

How about final Fantasy IX – Song of Memory

Otherworld by the way 🙂

Can’t really think of any themes off-hand Agent, sorry. 🙁

But this whole thing is a great idea, gj~

I think it would be a good idea to add the trance Kuja battle theme from FFIX to Best Boss / Speacial Battle Theme section.

Also, for nominations:

Most exciting / fun:

Vamo’ alla Flamenco and Hunter’s Chance – IX
Don’t Be Afraid – VIII

Unusual / Unique:

Hymn of the Fayth -X

Can’t really think of any themes off-hand Agent, sorry. 🙁

But this whole thing is a great idea, gj~

If anyone wants to second it?

I’ll post some suggestions as soon as i get on my other PC

Anymore votes anyone, before I wrap up this battle later this evening?

Silence and Motion – 5
Otherworld – 6

Otherworld wins by just one vote.

So next up, from our World Map themes category:

Unknown Lands – Final Fantasy V (A personal favorite, I won’t lie. This one plays in Galuf’s world in Final Fantasy V.)

vs.

The Great Northern Cave – Final Fantasy VII (This theme is played on the World Map on Disc 2 and 3 of FFVIII, with the exception of when you decide to head back to Midgar, when Cid’s Theme temporarily takes over as the World Map theme. This is one of those non-cheery World Map themes that sort of takes over during the dark times. This theme actually first plays in the Northern Cave on Disc 2.)

Agent0042: The MIDI on FFShrine’s site for Unknown Lands is incorrect — it plays the World Map theme that plays for the merged world in FFV. If you need to hear Unknown Lands, I recommend this here — http://www.midishrine.com/dritidet/sns/Final_Fantasy_5/FF5_38_Unknown_Lands.mid — it’s a reasonably decent match.

P.S.: Noms are still open and anyone is welcome to second any that have been posted already.

Anymore votes anyone, before I wrap up this battle later this evening?
You are right it can fit in special battle:)

Unknown Lands by far. The Great Northern Cave is :/

Xander, Aerith’s theme was not unique. It was derived from Aria di Mezzo Carattere.

Unknown Lands – 9
The Great Northern Cave – 6

So Unknown Lands wins by a few votes and is on to the second round.

Next up, from the Best Boss/Special Battle category:

The Man with the Machine Gun – Final Fantasy VIII (This one plays when you fight as Laguna, Ward and Kiros in Final Fantasy VIII.)

vs.

Challenge – Final Fantasy X (This is a special battle theme that first plays when you fight the Sinspawn Gui, a multi-part monster.)

Battle ended by 10-0 blowout status, moving on to next battle in the most Exciting/Fun category:

Mods de Chocobo – Final Fantasy VIII (This is Final Fantasy VIII’s theme that plays when you ride a chocobo. Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh, la da da da, da da da da, ooh ooh ooh…)

vs.

Yuna’s Theme – Final Fantasy X-2 (This is Yuna’s Theme in FFX-2. Very upbeat and peppy compared to the FFX Yuna Theme. She performs this on "la" on the Deck of the Celsius in Chapter 2.)

Nominations are still open and will be for a while.

haha, good reason to aswell!!!

Mods de Chocobo – 6
Yuna’s Theme – 8
Man with the Machine Gun – 1?

So Yuna’s Theme from Final Fantasy X-2 wins by two votes and is on to the second round. Next up, we move back to our World Map theme battle.

The Land Unknown – Final Fantasy V (This is the world map theme that plays in the merged world in FFV.)

vs.

Crossing Those Hills – Final Fantasy IX (A version of "Melodies of Life." Plays on the world map on FFIX up until Disc 4.)

Dammit Agent – if i had read this part earlier, i wouldnt have had to guess the answer to one of the FFIX Millionaire questions!!

Curse You!!

Anyway, 8-0 blowout status in effect, battle ended:

The Land Unknown – 0
Crossing Those Hills – 8

Next up, from Most Unusual / Unique:

The Forested Temple – Final Fantasy VII (Plays in the Temple of the Ancients.)

vs.

KUON The Troupe Performs – Final Fantasy X-2 (This is a special version of one of the main game themes, KUON Memories Waves and Light. The musicians perform this in Guadosalam if you get Episode Complete.)

Well, anything from FFVII gets my vote over FX-2 anyday so

The Forested Teple

Is it still ok to nominate?

If so then i think ill nominate the FFVIII song that plays during the dance FMV with squall and Rinoa – forgive me if its already up, but i dont what its called – Waltz of the moon?!? or something? Does anybody else know?

Anyways, you guys are just whipping right through these. Well, you vote, you decide:

The Forested Temple – 8
KUON The Troupe Performs – 0

(Sorry, Prak, you weren’t in time to prevent an FFVII blowout on that one. 😀 )

And on we go again:

The Skirmish of the Silver Dragons – Final Fantasy IX (This plays during the attack of the silver/white dragons in FFIX. Actually, I don’t think it even plays while you’re battling the dragon itself, but ah well. It’s still a conflict.)

vs.

Summoned Beast Battle – Final Fantasy X (This plays during the possessed aeon battle at the end of FFX. I personally found this a very memorable tune.)

Anyways Summoned beat Battle as I actually remember that one.

I actually don’t vote in music rumbles too often since I don’t memorize music particularly well while I play games and can’t be bothered to download it.

sorry agent – i nominate waltz for the moon for the most exiting / fun category

KUON got eliminated 🙁

The Skirmish of the Silver Dragons – 6
Summoned Beast Battle – 4

Actually kinda close there, but the Silver Dragons piece wins by a couple votes.

We’re just about the point where I’m going to start using nominations. But first, this battle from the most Exciting / Fun category:

Cait Sith’s Theme – Final Fantasy VII (Cait Sith’s theme plays in the Gold Saucer when you first meet hmi. I don’t doubt some consider a nice break from the continuous theme that normally plays in the Gold Saucer.)

vs.

Blitz Off – Final Fantasy X (This energetic theme plays during any blitzball game.)

Blitzoff

Blitzoff

Blitz Off wins that one handily. Cait Sith’s Theme had a few supporters, but it just wasn’t nearly enough. We move on to another battle in the Most Unusual / Unique Category:

Critter! Tripper! Fritter! – Final Fantasy V (This one is certainly unusual, although I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s unique. This plays during the "battle" with Gogo. But variations on this theme are also heard in later FFs.)

vs.

Slew of Love Letters – Final Fantasy IX (This fun little theme plays during the love letters scene on Disc 3. A comedy of errors, this theme starts up when things start getting amusing.)

After this, nominated battles will begin. Last chance to get in any nominations.

Critter! Tripper! Fritter! – 1
Slew of Love Letters – 11

The Slew of Love Letters wins handily. Critter! Tripper! Fritter! may not have been blown out, but it never really stood a shot.

Nominations are now closed. Nomination battles are now beginning. If you don’t like the choices, you can’t complain if you didn’t nominate. Let’s get started.

First up:

Still More Fighting – Final Fantasy VII (This is the boss battle theme for FFVII.)

vs.

Waltz of the Dolls – Final Fantasy IV (Plays when you fight the Calbrena dolls.)

x2