Gilgamesh

March 26, 2008, 4:41 PM

Are all the Gilgameshes the same one?

Gilgamesh has the possibility of being the same one unlike other same name characters because we know he can travel dimensions.

I don't think they're ALL the same one.. Afterall, FFXII Gilgamesh has a fake Zantetsuken and we know he got the real one in FFVIII.
I think FFV, FFVIII's and FFIX's are the same Gilgamesh. After all, we get the note explaining where Gilgamesh got the Excalipoor in FFIX.

Thoughts?

March 26, 2008, 5:38 PM

I don't think they are literally the same one but just a reference to each other, or maybe a parallel versions or some shiz.

March 26, 2008, 6:10 PM

I believe that Gigamesh is a recurring character, not quite nessarily the same person but like Cid or the Moogles.

March 26, 2008, 8:08 PM

HOWEVER, when you get too FFXII and face the mark Hunt Gilgamesh, he has replica swords from the different characters in the past FF games which he says he has been traveling around collecting...

Just a bit of info to bite at...

March 26, 2008, 8:11 PM

I thought the replica swords thing was just a reference to FF5 where he had the Excalibur knock-off sword that had a one-letter difference in the name when you got it or something like that.

March 26, 2008, 8:14 PM

Yeah, that was the Excali-poor then for the shitty attack.

I'm not sure how much of a resemblence FFV's and FFXII's Gilgamesh's have, but he's always been that kind of '1-hit' kill opponent/summon/etc...

I recall back to FFV when he was the first re-occuring mini-boss and sure he could throw in a packed punched every now and then, but he was more of Ex-Death's bitch than anything else. Plus he was comic-relief at the end when he would cry after getting dissed or defeated. I didn't see that kind of "pussy-attitude" in other versions of Gilgamesh in the series.

March 26, 2008, 8:23 PM

Gilgamesh may have served as a comic relief character for most of the game but I seem to recall him having a badass moment at the end of the game. My memories a bit too fuzzy to recall exactly what he did, but I do seem to recall that you had killed him and he had come back from the dead somehow. Then he was free of exdeath's control or something along those lines and sacrificed himself to beat some boss that was whipping your parties ass.

March 26, 2008, 8:27 PM

Yeah, I think you're right there. Sort of like he recognized that Ex-Death was corrupt and treating him along with the rest of the crew like shit. What he does at the end of the game sort of reminds me of Galuf's sacrifice mid-way through the game.

March 26, 2008, 9:26 PM

Well, it was just a theory it was the same Gilgamesh from FFV in FFVIII and IX. Oh well.

March 26, 2008, 9:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nikkolas

I think FFV, FFVIII's and FFIX's are the same Gilgamesh. After all, we get the note explaining where Gilgamesh got the Excalipoor in FFIX.

Thoughts?

Why don't I remember Gilgamesh being in IX? D'=

However, from the other titles ... he's not the same character but I imagine he plays the same role, much like Shiva, Ifrit, the Moogles, Cid, Biggs and Wedge and such like.