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Have I watched these seperately? Yes. Am I gonna sit through all 3 hours of this? Also yes. Do I have an unhealthy obsession with Final Fantasy? ALSO YES.
Awesome video! I've handled a handful of these growing up. In case anyone didn't notice, "aire tam" is just materia spelled backwards. A decent clue on how the attack worked. Ruby Weapon could be cheesed with a materia setup involving KOTR + HP absorb. I believe it also needed a magic counter + KOTR, and you could cast the summon once and just walk away from your game. Your one living character could just duke it out with the boss automatically. As long as you could tank the ultima attack, you were golden. The game's numbers would only show you healing for a few thousand HP on each cast, but it gave you a full heal every time, breaking the 9,999 heal limit.
I hadn't noticed before, but now that you've pointed it out, I'm genuinely irrated that you guys don't have a million subs already. By far, the best FF channel on UA-cam
@@NoOne-fo1di my comment is related to your "best FF channel" it's weird how they didnt mention that Warmech was part of a sort of giveaway, if you found him you could sent them a screenshot, can't rem3mber exactly what could be won
@S4NSE are you saying that they're not the best because they didn't include the information about a reward you win for doing something outside the game ? I mean, that's neat but isn't really related to the evolution of superbosses.
That was a super fun watch. Brought back so many memories of when I was REALLY into FF (mostly 1 to 12 and some spin offs) and made me want to try some of the games I never played.
What an impressive list, includes even the different versions. Despite having a lot of experience with Final Fantasy it looks like there's a lot of bosses I haven't defeated yet.
When I was a kid, I remember fighting Warmech... No guide to explain things, and no idea that the boss would be 1/5th or less as scary... So I remember grinding and grinding and doing everything I could think of, getting the party ready to reliably spank warmechs when they spawned for me... only to walk in and shitstomp Tiamat easily... bit of a mistake, but at least the final dungeon crawl wasnt as bad.
Wanted to clarify the FFXI NMs u said were 24hr respawns are 21-24hr respawns after death with a few exceptions which were 48-72hrs. Absolute Virtue was not always guaranteed to appear after defeating Jailer of Love.
Perfect Alexander mentioned YAAAAAAAAABABEY. thank you for this long history coverage of super bosses. i was wondering if you were gonna cover ultimates. great vid.
As an avid FF14 player today, and someone who grew up with FF7, X/X2 , 12 - I always loved fighting bosses. I wish I could've been there for the Ifrit (Hard) challenge when it was around. Something about that old battle system looks so charming, even if it sucks
Great long form video thanks! A correction: you stated that in FF VIII the Omega weapon fight difficulty could be mitigated by taking advantage of the game's unique system of enemies scaling to party levels. In the original PS1 version, this was not true. Like the enemies on Island Closest to Heaven/Hell, Omega was always lvl 100. That changed for Omega in PC and Remaster releases. Ask any OG speedrunner.
took me days to finish watching it but i watched all the same. totally worth it. thanks for your high quality content. keep up the good work. wish you well
The best part about Almighty Shinra is that you can recruit him into your party once you manage to beat him. (Same with Trema, but AS is more powerful.)
SOMEHOW I never found out that Airtam Storms damage was linked to materia equipped, until a couple years ago. I figured it always dealt 9999 damage and so the only way to beat it was with the couple flawless materia combinations like final attack rezing or many mimes and many KOTRs to not give emerald a chance to counter. Makes me want to play again with this knowledge. Also i want to try the lucky 7's manipulation strats that I tried to do but never could as a teen👹
Superbosses are good when designed to be a cool secret or expand lore a bit. Most people got excited to prepare to face emerald weapon but few people actually liked ruby weapon in the ps1 era and then there is ozma and hades where most people dont like either of those 2 at all. It seems that most players like a challenge but they hate when its taken too far or a frustrating gimmick ig.
Do wanna note you missed Omega, from Final Fantasy Explorers, specifically the later missions he appeared in, as he was fought multiple times in the post game missions
X's version of Ultima and Omega Weapon also had the one time weakness to Holy and healing spells and items due to being unsent. So casting Hastega on you party and having Yuna with her fully powered ultimate weapon just casting Holy every turn, dealing upwards of 99,999 damage to break damage limit. I haven't fought Nemesis (cause those unique arena monsters are 10x harder than endgame mobs) do I don't know if that same strat applies.
You should use WOL Theme from Mobius Final Fantasy. I recommend this one from the game since few songs are ambient. Also, plenty are leitmotifs and homages to other FF games. A fan piano-arranged version is from YT channel called Mei Chan.
Today I came up against the super boss known as HR and the mandatory training special attack! It was a long battle with near complete party annihilation but myself and my colleagues consumed the potent coffee X-potion and finished the battle victorious Thank Friday and thank this video for providing a pleasant closing credits
i never knew deathgaze is a superboss. he felt like just a regular sidequest to get bahamut. the 8 legendary dragon feels more like a superboss to me just from how difficult it was to find all of them.
I still remember when people was talking about the possibility of another phase in the Omega fight (Alpha Omega) and I just could not believe that it actually existed til people started posting it on Twitter 😭
Ogopogo and The Wyvern were kind of superbosses in FF IV. Each one was really harder than Zeromous. Also, the Brachiosaur was the superboss of VI. Doomgaze really wasn't that hard. In the pixel remaster version of Final Fantasy III, the Two-Headed Dragon was quite a bit harder, making him really a super boss that was harder than the final boss.
Yeah, I've already know about ALL of these Extremely Superbosses of the *Final Fantasy* franchises throughout the years. They're all Super Tough, Hardcore and Strong. Taking out these Superbosses takes a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time to defeat them
Honestly, I had a lot of trouble figuring out which HNM to include from the RoZ/CoP days! I even debated Serket and Fafnir due to my fond memories of camping them with my LS, but they didn't really "add" anything in comparison to the ones featured. Sorry I couldn't include them all! ~Darryl
WarMECH wasn't in the penultimate dungeon in FF1, it was in the flying fortress. The Penultimate dungeon was the Chaos Shrine (previously I erroneously listed the bonus dungeon from the remakes. I also just learned there is a bonus dungeon in the remakes.)
@@iansmith8783 Wrong name on my part, it was the Chaos Shrine I was thinking of, not the bonus dungeon from the mobile remakes. I'll correct my comment.
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Can you do the complete history of final fantasy brave exvius? And the Sworn eight of paladia?? Please please please.
A 3 hour video about final fantasy to get me through the rest of my work day? Yes please!
I had the same thought😂
Get another job
@@sinsemilla9876I share op’s sentiment even though I like what I do for a living; it makes for a nice listen while I knock out the day’s busy work.
Same here.
Ah lucky. Not really safe with my job to have ear buds in (mailman).
Have I watched these seperately?
Yes.
Am I gonna sit through all 3 hours of this?
Also yes.
Do I have an unhealthy obsession with Final Fantasy?
ALSO YES.
Yooooo this is EXACTLY what I meant by supercuts. This will make my workday fly by.
You're most welcome, enjoy! ~Darryl
Friends: You doing anything today?
Me: I have a 3 hour lecture to attend...with pen and paper.
I've watched older versions of this video like 3 times, and I'm still gonna click. These are so good.
Awesome video! I've handled a handful of these growing up. In case anyone didn't notice, "aire tam" is just materia spelled backwards. A decent clue on how the attack worked.
Ruby Weapon could be cheesed with a materia setup involving KOTR + HP absorb. I believe it also needed a magic counter + KOTR, and you could cast the summon once and just walk away from your game. Your one living character could just duke it out with the boss automatically. As long as you could tank the ultima attack, you were golden. The game's numbers would only show you healing for a few thousand HP on each cast, but it gave you a full heal every time, breaking the 9,999 heal limit.
I hadn't noticed before, but now that you've pointed it out, I'm genuinely irrated that you guys don't have a million subs already. By far, the best FF channel on UA-cam
weirdly enough they didn't mention why warmech existed
@S4NSE what do you mean?
@@NoOne-fo1di my comment is related to your "best FF channel" it's weird how they didnt mention that Warmech was part of a sort of giveaway, if you found him you could sent them a screenshot, can't rem3mber exactly what could be won
@S4NSE are you saying that they're not the best because they didn't include the information about a reward you win for doing something outside the game ? I mean, that's neat but isn't really related to the evolution of superbosses.
@NoOne-fo1di that's literally the reason why warmech exists, I'm just saying it's weird, if they are the best or not is subjective
That was a super fun watch. Brought back so many memories of when I was REALLY into FF (mostly 1 to 12 and some spin offs) and made me want to try some of the games I never played.
What an impressive list, includes even the different versions.
Despite having a lot of experience with Final Fantasy it looks like there's a lot of bosses I haven't defeated yet.
Perfect FF content to help me get through this work day, thanks brother!
Thanks for all the love you show this series. Been playing since the mid 90’s.
When I was a kid, I remember fighting Warmech... No guide to explain things, and no idea that the boss would be 1/5th or less as scary... So I remember grinding and grinding and doing everything I could think of, getting the party ready to reliably spank warmechs when they spawned for me... only to walk in and shitstomp Tiamat easily... bit of a mistake, but at least the final dungeon crawl wasnt as bad.
You even covered the third party tool drama in XIV. You guys did your research well. This video is amazing.
Nice video, I'm glad you didn't skip XI. That was really neat, and I see me 😂
Wanted to clarify the FFXI NMs u said were 24hr respawns are 21-24hr respawns after death with a few exceptions which were 48-72hrs. Absolute Virtue was not always guaranteed to appear after defeating Jailer of Love.
Honey, wake up! We're watching a Final Fantasy Union 3-hour special about superbosses!
You even went ahead and combined all the parts into one video... Well, I know how I'm spending my night ^^
Kudos to faithfully representing my favorite, FF14. I know it must be daunting to cover this monster. But imo you did it justice 😊
Love your videos!!! Thank you so much for these!!
😃😃👍👍
Perfect Alexander mentioned YAAAAAAAAABABEY.
thank you for this long history coverage of super bosses. i was wondering if you were gonna cover ultimates. great vid.
I’ve watched the parts of this already, but I’m totally watching the super cut while I write a paper for grad school today. Thank you for this!
Love these videos! They make my day when my notification pings!
I remember there being Super bosses in FF IV that held the strongest weapons on the moon.
In the hard mode of crisis core reunion minerva had 77777777 HP. Like a 40 minute fight for me.
As an avid FF14 player today, and someone who grew up with FF7, X/X2 , 12 - I always loved fighting bosses. I wish I could've been there for the Ifrit (Hard) challenge when it was around. Something about that old battle system looks so charming, even if it sucks
Paused at the Record Keeper segment. I miss that game so much it’s unreal. Magicite bosses were hilariously difficult.
something to watch and help me finish my friday at work. Thank you!
I never played any final fantasy game but this video is good af
Why is FF Union literally the best channel on the planet
Noticed you guys had a snippit from 11 with the player Draylo. Used to play with the guy for a few years. Good dude.
Great long form video thanks!
A correction: you stated that in FF VIII the Omega weapon fight difficulty could be mitigated by taking advantage of the game's unique system of enemies scaling to party levels. In the original PS1 version, this was not true. Like the enemies on Island Closest to Heaven/Hell, Omega was always lvl 100. That changed for Omega in PC and Remaster releases. Ask any OG speedrunner.
Watched all parts when they released and will watch this whole thing as well. Thank you all for these awesome comprehensive videos
Thanks for reminding me that Ozma exists, I have to go back to my memory alteration therapy again
As a XIV player, this video really reminded me just how much and how deeply that game draws from the franchise's history.
took me days to finish watching it but i watched all the same. totally worth it.
thanks for your high quality content. keep up the good work. wish you well
Friendly Yan deserved a shout out! 👹
Sidebar, you mentioned drawing eden from omega a few times, if mossed it can be gotten from tiamat at the end as well
Finally. Someone who recognises Zack as one of the strongest members of SOLDIER.
This was so impressive! Thank you for all of this!
The 2 hour video I was watching before this was too long. So I clicked on this instead. HAHA
3 hours this is better than most movies
Stop it.
The one in X-2 was annoying. If you blew it, you had to sit through an 8 minute unskippable cut scene before trying again
The best part about Almighty Shinra is that you can recruit him into your party once you manage to beat him. (Same with Trema, but AS is more powerful.)
Ugh. I miss brave exvius so much 😭😭😭😭 thank you for this video!!!
Amazingly done, fantastic journey.
Thank you so much! ~Darryl
SOMEHOW I never found out that Airtam Storms damage was linked to materia equipped, until a couple years ago. I figured it always dealt 9999 damage and so the only way to beat it was with the couple flawless materia combinations like final attack rezing or many mimes and many KOTRs to not give emerald a chance to counter. Makes me want to play again with this knowledge. Also i want to try the lucky 7's manipulation strats that I tried to do but never could as a teen👹
A 3 hour Final Fantasy lore video? Oh hell yeah!
Can you do the complete history of final fantasy brave exvius? And the Sworn eight of paladia?? Please please please.
I haven't fought Ozma outside of FF14, but every time i see it, I get this feeling of dread.
Superbosses are good when designed to be a cool secret or expand lore a bit. Most people got excited to prepare to face emerald weapon but few people actually liked ruby weapon in the ps1 era and then there is ozma and hades where most people dont like either of those 2 at all.
It seems that most players like a challenge but they hate when its taken too far or a frustrating gimmick ig.
Do wanna note you missed Omega, from Final Fantasy Explorers, specifically the later missions he appeared in, as he was fought multiple times in the post game missions
X's version of Ultima and Omega Weapon also had the one time weakness to Holy and healing spells and items due to being unsent. So casting Hastega on you party and having Yuna with her fully powered ultimate weapon just casting Holy every turn, dealing upwards of 99,999 damage to break damage limit. I haven't fought Nemesis (cause those unique arena monsters are 10x harder than endgame mobs) do I don't know if that same strat applies.
Amazing video, as always.
You should use WOL Theme from Mobius Final Fantasy. I recommend this one from the game since few songs are ambient. Also, plenty are leitmotifs and homages to other FF games. A fan piano-arranged version is from YT channel called Mei Chan.
Today I came up against the super boss known as HR and the mandatory training special attack!
It was a long battle with near complete party annihilation but myself and my colleagues consumed the potent coffee X-potion and finished the battle victorious
Thank Friday and thank this video for providing a pleasant closing credits
i never knew deathgaze is a superboss. he felt like just a regular sidequest to get bahamut. the 8 legendary dragon feels more like a superboss to me just from how difficult it was to find all of them.
I still remember when people was talking about the possibility of another phase in the Omega fight (Alpha Omega) and I just could not believe that it actually existed til people started posting it on Twitter 😭
I like your voice. I would like to listen to it for approximately 3 hours, 13 minutes and 14 seconds
Man I love super bosses so much I made a channel dedicated to fighting them, love your videos 🔥❤
this is epic
This was dope as hell!!!
Hooooly, the effort is insane
Ogopogo and The Wyvern were kind of superbosses in FF IV. Each one was really harder than Zeromous. Also, the Brachiosaur was the superboss of VI. Doomgaze really wasn't that hard.
In the pixel remaster version of Final Fantasy III, the Two-Headed Dragon was quite a bit harder, making him really a super boss that was harder than the final boss.
Thanks!
Why would you exclude Shaolong Gui from the XIII coverage? Also nothing indicated they are automaton???
Perfect!
Great work!
FFX one of the only times Oceania got "enhanced version with the extras as launch title first.japan,na and europe had to wait
Really love this great in depth content!!❤
Is it just me though, or is Stranger of Paradise not included here?😅
Slobbering sue😩😫
“Ok, one more video before bed”
The video:
Had a laugh you mentioned Doom Gaze instead of Brachosaur in ff6. I can't be the only one to call you out on that f up.
The superbosses where the waifus we made along the way.
Also killing Chaos.
6:20 it's sad that you don't mention the reason behind warmech
In the remastered of final fantasy 1 wish they would have brought the Dawn of souls version with the super bosses added in.
The main question now is how many times they're gonna remake FFIV before a new FF comes out.
literally. best channel on YT ty
We’ve come a long way… Final Fantasy X out of XVI mainline games, and we’re only 30 minutes in…
This seems relaxing lol
I never thought Id be so desperate to get to 13
45:02 Not the angry mango
might have missed it but I think you forgot about FF15s garuda battle
hmm I don’t think it was necessarily a super boss though. more of a additional boss from the ff14 crossover
You forgot to mention that if you get the underwater materia you can totally negate the time limit for emerald weapon.
What was the first song playing? Is there a full music list?
You sound like Austin from skillup.
Lore of The COMPLETE Evolution of Superbosses momentum 100
This is the perfect timing ❤❤
1:03:21 BEEF
Yeah, I've already know about ALL of these Extremely Superbosses of the *Final Fantasy* franchises throughout the years. They're all Super Tough, Hardcore and Strong. Taking out these Superbosses takes a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time to defeat them
Nothing about HNM like KB, Nidhogg, Aspid? :P heh
Honestly, I had a lot of trouble figuring out which HNM to include from the RoZ/CoP days! I even debated Serket and Fafnir due to my fond memories of camping them with my LS, but they didn't really "add" anything in comparison to the ones featured. Sorry I couldn't include them all! ~Darryl
WarMECH wasn't in the penultimate dungeon in FF1, it was in the flying fortress. The Penultimate dungeon was the Chaos Shrine (previously I erroneously listed the bonus dungeon from the remakes. I also just learned there is a bonus dungeon in the remakes.)
There was no labyrinth of time in the original ff1
@@iansmith8783 Wrong name on my part, it was the Chaos Shrine I was thinking of, not the bonus dungeon from the mobile remakes. I'll correct my comment.
@@jasonbrooks62 chaos shrine/temple of the fiends is the last dungeon you have to go through in the original
Not gonna count FF9 Friendly Yan as a super boss?
Can anyone please tell me where the monster stats are from?
I play FF 4 ultima mod version those boss there are crazy
Gilglamesh is not nearly the hardest boss in ff7 rebirth imo.
Perfect thing to put on while grinding jobs in FFXIV!
Hey you skipped the mobile/steam game with the sexy fairy Echo (I firgot the name). Now I'll never remember its name 😢
2nd attempt for asking a "complete evolution of ninjas" video
Don't worry, we'll get there eventually! We're currently working on The Complete Evolution of Samurai ~Darryl
@@FinalFantasyUnion understood, I can wait
Cool