Top 100 FF Moments! (Nominations) SPOILERS

[Riukumango]

Okay over at Gamefaqs I started a thread to find out the top 100 FF moments. I will be polling both here and there after we have our nominations, and when we're done with that I'll have determined the top 100 FF moments and I'll make a little blog writing about all of them moments

This includes ALL GAMES, from the first to FFXIVARR and all the spinoffs/movies/books/etc. Including even Chocobo Dungeon or whatever. Only exception: Kingdom Heats. Although I consider it an FF spinoff it's also, above everything, its own series and wouldn't really fit in.

You can post about the music, the battle system, the story, etc. Obviously, expect TONS of spoilers.

So post nominations here! I'm going to post the list from Gamefaqs onto here as well.

FINAL FANTASY 1. Entering Matoya's Cave: the music and atmosphere is enchanting, and this is where the idea of FINAL FANTASY really hit me. 2. Going back to the past--but was hindered by only being able to explore a single dungeon. 3. Looking at a tomb in the elf town and it reading "here lies link." 4. Crossing the Bridge. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS FINAL FANTASY II 5. Being swallowed by Leviathan: I just never imagined there could be a dungeon like this since Jabu Jabu in LoZ. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 6. Have not played a lot, but I like the opening (getting immediately owned by high-level enemies). 7. The battle against Deumion. 8. The reveal that Leon is evil. 9. Following the Emperor into both Heaven and Hell. FINAL FANTASY III 10. The surreal final dungeon: everything about it was great, and it was quite the challenge! 11. Discovering you're on a floating island. 12. Getting a Ninja class. 13. Cloud of Darkness Fight. FINAL FANTASY IV 14. Becoming a paladin: well I think this doesn't need an explanation. Sheer epicosity. THIS HAS 6 NOMINATIONS 15. Leviathan eats Rydia. 16. Land of the summoned monsters. 17. Exploring the moon, and the music of the moon world map. 18. Discovering Rydia has not been eaten at all and that in fact her impromptu kidnapping made her a badass. 19. Tellah repeatedly canes the local harpist. Musicians never get any respect... 20. FIVE PARTY MEMBERS MY GOD THIS IS REVOLUTIONARY. For real, JRPGs need to have 5-member teams, it's so much more entertaining and opens up that many more tactical and customization opportunities. 21. The twins self-petrify. Neat trick. THIS HAS 3 NOMINATIONS 22. Tellah's death 23. Losing a party member in general. 24. Moment before final battle where the FF Main theme kicks in as your friends provide support. 25. The decision to kill Cecil as Kain in his trial. FINAL FANTASY V 26. Galuf's sacrifice: man I was tearing up. THIS HAS 4 NOMINATIONS 27. Gilgamesh. "Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men!” THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 28. Merging of the worlds. 29. Faris' Dancer sprite. 30. When they find out Faris is a girl 31. Getting the airship.

FINAL FANTASY VI 32. Scaling Kefka's tower: I just wanted revenge on that ***hole. 33. Birth of the World of Ruin. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 34. The FINAL FINAL Showdown with Kefka. "You sound like chapters from a self-help booklet." 35. Ultros. "Uncle Ulty." 36. Celes attempting suicide after Cid's death. (This includes a post that said “Cid’s death and Celes’s reaction) THIS HAS 5 NOMINATIONS. 37. Rachel's final words for Locke. 38. Cyan seeing his deceased family departing to the other world. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 39. Cyan takes on an entire Imperial regiment and wins. 40. Defending the esper above Narshe. 41. Ending sequence. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 42. Opera scene. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 43. After the world ends, the Serpent Trench surfaces. 44. Magitek Facility events. 45. Terra turning into an esper and flying all over the world. 46. When you first meet Gau. 47. Shadow death. 48. Kefka poisons Cyan's home town. 49. Using a blitz for the first time. Man I was stuck here for a while. 50. Supplexing a TRAIN. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 51. Searching for Friends becomes Overworld Theme. 52. Dancing Mad. 53. Locke and Celes theme merge into one song at ending. 54. Kefka's introduction. FINAL FANTASY VII 55. Exiting Midgar: the main theme says it all. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 56. Stopping Cid's rocket from taking off. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 57. Tifa and Scarlet #####slap. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 58. The Weapons awaken/Seeing them on the world map. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 59. Fort Condor battle. 60. Looking at Jenova in the chamber. I wish they explored Jenova's origin in more depth... 61. Limit breaks. 62. Aerith's death. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 63. Sister Ray being created. 64. Sister Ray vs Diamond Weapon. (This includes Shinra vs Diamond Weapon) THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 65. Cloud and Tifa falling into the lifestream. 66. Cloud cross dressing. 67. When Cloud discovers his true identity(specifically when it shows him removing his shinra helmet). 68. Yuffie joins the party. 69. Cloud and Tifa have a moment together outside the airship. 70. Exploring Cosmo Canyon. 71. Escaping from Shinra. 72. Destroying Diamond Weapon. 73. Fighting Jenove LIFE with Aerith's theme in the background. 74. One Winged Angel. 75. Tifa supplexing Seifer Sephiroth, and then pick him up with one hand and spin him all over the place. FINAL FANTASY VIII 76. Squall dies? As a kid, that icicle in the shoulder blew my mind to bits and pieces and I was desperate to put disc 2 in. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 77. The battle of the Gardens. THIS HAS 4 NOMINATIONS 78. First time you play as Laguna. 79. Laguna "battle" with Adel. 80. Sorceress assassination mission on disc 1. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 81. Rinoa gains her "Angel Wing" limit break. 82. Ending sequence. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 83. Discovering and trying to figure out what the heck the Underwater Research lab was used for. 84. Mystery of the ruins at the bottom of the sea. 85. The opening. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 86. Getting/Flying the Ragnarok. 87. Rinoa and Squall Dance. 88. Rinoa and Squall in space. 89. Ultimecia Battle. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 90. Finding out Seifer did not get executed. 91. Squall’s idiosyncrasies, including speaking to himself. 92. Moomba charm. 93. Laguna falls off of a cliff. 94. Tiamat. 95. Being chased by X-ATMO92 96. Lunar Cry 97. Playing Triple Triad. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS

FINAL FANTASY IX 98. You're Not Alone Sequence: My favorite part of any FF ever. The music, the battles, the friendship, the fantasy. THIS HAS 3 NOMINATIONS 99. Vivi finding out his past and who he is. THIS HAS 3 NOMINATIONS 100. The black mage death scene in CD1. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 101. The End. The whole thing. (Since the following nomination is part of the ending, it is included here): When Zidane goes into the Iifa Tree to save Kuja. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 102. Steiner antics/idiosyncrasies in general. 103. Eiko's love letter. 104. Return to 4-member battle party. 105. Lifa Tree at end of Disc 2. 106. Festival Of The Hunt. 107. Running out of the Evil Forest. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 108. Alexander Vs Bahamut. THIS HAS 4 NOMINATIONS 109. Entering Terra for the first time. 110. Kuja’s rage. 111. Steiner and Beatrix dating scene. 112. Zidane says “Ooh soft.” 113. Pandemonium 114. Lindblum, Cleyra, and Terra being destroyed/nuked…In other words all the destructions of cities in this game. FINAL FANTASY X 115. Tidus discovers Yuna will die: I cry every time. 116. Tidus finding out he's a dream. 117. Music by Masashi Hamauzu and Junya Nakano, aka noobs to composing for the series that done a good job. 118. Ending. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 119. Storming Seymour and Yuna's wedding. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 120. Fighting Sin. 121. Switching party members. 122. Sin attacks Dream Zanarkand 123. Yunalesca killed Auron? 124. Seymour and Anima save Luca. 125. Battle vs. Jecht. FINAL FANTASY XI 126. Getting aggrod by something crazy and barely surviving by protecting each other. This game makes me more involved in the action than all the others. 127. Finishing Chains of Promathia pre-nerf with my linkshell buddies, after countless levels lost, thousands of xp thanks to the likes of Snoll Tzar and Ultima/Omega, but seeing that last cutscene in Lufaise Meadows with "Distant Worlds" playing in the background made it all worth it, and getting my hands on my Rajas Ring 128. The brilliantly designed Samurai and Dancer jobs. 129. Wings of the Goddess Campaign battles. 130. Getting the summoner class. FINAL FANTASY XII 131. Balthier and Fran stay behind: Balthier is awesome. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS. 132. Everything about Basch. He is the most composed member of the group, and despite Ashe's initial coldness toward him, he remains loyal. 133. Discovering Balthier was once a Judge. 134. Speaking of Judges, yeah. Judges. The pinnacle of badassery in any FF game. You just don't @#$% with them. You just do not. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 135. Transitionless yet turn-based gameplay directly on the field. 136. The cutscene direction. 137. The voice acting and dialogue. 138. Top of the Pharos. 139. The cgi scene of the party entering the Bahamut sky fortress. 140. Larsa leaves the party for good (though this was cool, it’s a rather negative thing and so unless it receives another nomination it will be the first to leave the list) 141. Arcadia attacks Nalbina Fortress 142. Esper fights.

FINAL FANTASY XIII 143. Storming Eden: the coolest cutscene in the whole game. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 144. Sazh tries to kill himself/Sazh Breakdown. THIS HAS 3 NOMINATIONS 145. Battle Music/Blinded by Light 146. Music during exploration 147. Exploring Archlyte Steppe, Yaschas Massif, and Sullya Spring. 148. Barthandelus transformation and revelations (1st time) THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 149. Hope finally growing a pair of balls (I’m assuming chapter 11 or 12?) 150. Snow carrying an injured Hope through Palumpolum. FINAL FANTASY XIV and ARR 151. Victory Fanfare 152. Gridania Music during the Day 153. Opening Movie and Movie that plays after no input 154. Unlocking a Job. 155. Remembrance Speeches. 156. Ifrit Trial. 157. Getting Magitek Armor FINAL FANTASY TACTICS 158. The Solo Ramza battle: When stuff got really for me. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 159. …the end, which really solidifies just how far Delita has fallen in case it wasn't already abundantly clear and you were still naively holding out hope for some flicker of a redeeming quality. (THIS WILL INCLUDE DELITA’S FATE) THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 160. Musical Score in the world of Ivalice 161. Miluda’s Death. 162. Fort Zeakden. 163. Fighting a Zodiac monster. FINAL FANTASY TACTICS ADVANCE 164. Getting Babus FINAL FANTASY TACTICS ADVANCE 2: GRIMOIRE OF THE RIFT 165. Finding Vaan and Penelo 166. Getting a Tinker haste spell to work. FINAL FANTASY DISSIDIA & DUODECIM 167. Dissidia: Chaos kill Cosmos. 168. Dissida '012: Shinryu's appearance. 169. Dissidia 012: Lightning vs Garland. " Bring it on! I don't need a second chance !" FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: CRYSTAL BEARERS 170. Flipping random people on the streets with gravity. FINAL FANTASY MYSTIC QUEST 171. FFMQ-Wondering what's on the other side of the Hill of Fate... FINAL FANTASY VII CRISIS CORE 172. FF Crisis Core--Zack's Death: Perhaps my second favorite scene ever. A little cheesy, sure, but at the same time definitely legendary, and I fought those soldiers endlessly...THIS HAS 6 NOMINATIONS FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN COMPLETE 173. Cloud vs. Sephiroth. 174. Vincent's first appearance. 175. Party takes down Neo-Bahamut. FINAL FANTASY VII Dirge of Cerberus 176. Fighting Rosso 177. The overall atmosphere of the game, perhaps the darkest in any FF. FINAL FANTASY X-2 178. Yuna mourning the fall of Macalania Woods 179. Yuna sings 1000 words. FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 180. Noel vs Caius in Valhalla. "I have known many Yeuls. A Yeul who dreamed of travel, a Yeul who liked to sing, a Yeul who loved to collect flowers..." 181. Noel revisits his past

 

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Well, I nominate beating the crap out of Sephiroth with Omnislash in the Lifestream.

 

[Riukumango]

I can't believe no one had nominated that one lol

 

[iSmiff]

I'm not really sure how this is going to work but the impaled Midgar Zolem on a tree jumps out at me as something missing.
The Blitzball FMV blew my mind. I suppose that's sin attacking dream zanarkand though..
Dynes Suicide in FF7. As well as Nanakis reunited moment with Seto. Probably my favorite moment

Rinoa + Squall in space. If you don't get to her in time. First time I saw that it shocked me.

I guess all the others I can think of off the top of my head have been done..

 

[Riukumango]

Basically, right now I just want all the nominations. I could've easily come up with over 100 moments on my own but I want input from others as well. After I have all of those nominations, all of the most popular ones (2 or more nominations) will be for sure in the top 100. I will kick out some of the others that are really vague or not well loved and etc., and polls will then help us determine which one is better than the other. Sort of like a tournament. After we get our results I'm writing a little blog detailing each moment.

 

[The Witch]

FINAL FANTASY VII
55. Exiting Midgar: the main theme says it all. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS
56. Stopping Cid's rocket from taking off. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS
57. Tifa and Scarlet #####slap. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS
58. The Weapons awaken/Seeing them on the world map. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS
59. Fort Condor battle.
60. Looking at Jenova in the chamber. I wish they explored Jenova's origin in more depth...
61. Limit breaks.
62. Aerith's death. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS
63. Sister Ray being created.
64. Sister Ray vs Diamond Weapon. (This includes Shinra vs Diamond Weapon) THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS
65. Cloud and Tifa falling into the lifestream.
66. Cloud cross dressing.
67. When Cloud discovers his true identity(specifically when it shows him removing his shinra helmet).
68. Yuffie joins the party.
69. Cloud and Tifa have a moment together outside the airship.
70. Exploring Cosmo Canyon.
71. Escaping from Shinra.
72. Destroying Diamond Weapon.
73. Fighting Jenove LIFE with Aerith's theme in the background.
74. One Winged Angel.
75. Tifa supplexing Seifer Sephiroth, and then pick him up with one hand and spin him all over the place.

how is the ending to the game NOT on that list?


I am an obsessive VII fangirl so... let me show you how it's done!

How about instead of that list it goes;

1. Opening Scene: The part where we see Aerith by the mako stream in the city street, and then we see Cloud leap off the train... everything about this scene is unbelievable. Listen to the music and look at the directing. It's insane that i even have to point this out! This is one of the most memorable ff openings ever.

2. Meeting Aerith: This was the first time you meet a heroine like this in a FF title. I mean, Cloud just got finished blowing up a reactor and we see this brief moment where the hero meets the heroine before they actually meet. This was something new for the franchise. I mean, I'm pretty sure no other ff title does that other then VIII.

3. Cloud's Childhood Promise: The flashback of Cloud's childhood when Tifa tries to convince Cloud to stay, this is an important scene for the game because it's what started Cloud on his journey with Shinra. It's also touching to see the openness of Cloud as a child. I'm perplexed that it wasn't mentioned!

4. Cloud cross-dressing: I mean... C'MON! This was priceless.

5. Shinra Conspiracy: Alright, who's blood boiled when they saw President Shinra say "We'll destroy Sector 7 and report that AVALANCHE did it." I know mine did. This was serious crap, man. This was a HUGE government about to blame a massacre on a group that would have had nothing to do with it. It was a shock to see this, especially in the game. Now that I think about it, this is probably one of the things that influenced my conspiracy theory interest.

6. When the Plate collides: This is the first time we have a serious moment in the game. Right before this we were literally having fun crossdressing and then suddenly, there's this battle going on and it's between a rebel cause and a malicious government. We know what the President is planning, and watching fodder characters fall to their death, hearing Barret's gun shots--it all reminded us that the President's plan was already in motion... and as viewers we had to watch AVALANCHE fall.

7. History of the Ancients/Ceta: This is a HUGE part of the story. Not only is it background to the heroine's life, but it gives us a glimpse into what it's like to be the last Cetra. We see the relentless antics of Shinra and the Turks, we witness the amazing magical abilities that the cetra have, and we get to see what the Shinra wants to do with those powers... which isn't good. Without Aerith's cetra blood, the planet would have surely died, to not include this moment in the game would be like leaving out the most important detail.

8. Cloud standing outside of the Shinra Building: Alright, this is the scene that is on the front of the game case, how this is not on the list is very strange! This is the first time we see "heroic" Cloud in the game and I mean, just the sequence alone is outstanding and memorable. I know it's stuck with me for years.


9. First time seeing Jenova: The first time we see the beast! It was an eerie moment, to say the least. But to be able to see the villain so early on in the game was great.


10. Rescuing Aerith: Oh, c'mon! You knew this would be on here! It's the whole reason for Cloud even coming to the Shinra Headquaters, in the first place! This scene was pretty great in my honest opinion. We not only saw Cloud transform from this uncaring, selfish guy into a gallant hero for the flower girl, but we were introduced to Red XIII. But what made it memorable to me was the whole "heroine trapped inside of a glass case"-thing. A scene that was almost mirrored in VII. It was cinematic.


11. The return of Sephiroth: Waking up after a night in jail is tough, but waking up to find that the entire jail-block has been murdered by your arch nemesis... that's even worse. This was an extremely eerie and frightening moment in the game's plot. The blood stains were so menacing to my 11 year old self, I mean... it showed that whoever did this atrocious crime was in fact ruthless and would stop at nothing. And that was scary man! It was the first "mature" game I played and it's one of the many scenes in this game that has ALWAYS stuck with me.


12. Kalm Flashback: This is the root of it all. We got to see Sephiroth doing his very first menacing act here, sure it's not his worse--but it was the first look at Sephiroth's past and the inconsistencies in Cloud's past.

13. Snake on a stake!: Seeing the Midgar Zolom impaled on a stake was really scary. It was the first time we saw how immense Sephiroth's powers were.


14. The date: This scene is really memorable for two reasons: you can make Cloud date Barret and also because it's just fun to take part in all the minigames. Majority of people got Aerith's date but what was really memorable just because of how beautiful the whole night was. You get to see Cloud lighten up and have fun for once, he even took part in a magical play about the power of love! That's pretty special. But what was more special was the Gondola ride. It was the first time we see anyone confront Cloud about his identity crisis and not to mention, what with the fireworks and pretty music--it was very romantic! Even if you got Yuffie or Tifa, the scene is still very special or at least fun.

15: Temple of the Ancients: This is one of the greatest moments in the game. Everything about it is cinematic, intriguing, and fun. The set up of the entire area is also amazing and unique. It was amazing to see the secrets of the ancients and find out about their past and their magical abilities. This is where everything escalated. This was where Sephiroth was looking to gain the Black materia, and after finding out that it was the entire temple that was the black materia it was extraordinary and shocking. Everything about this part of the story was amazingly well-written, including Cloud's breakdown--which was absolutely terrifying to witness. And not to mention, the heartbreaking scene where Cloud loses his mind so badly that he starts hitting Aerith, the very woman he tries so hard to protect. This was the first in video games--to see a man (the hero) hitting the woman (the love interest) it was very shocking and very bittersweet to see.

16. Cloud's dream: This was a really important to the entire story, but also to Cloud. This was when Aerith spoke to Cloud's heart and told him that she was going to settle everything, and make everything better. This, of course, meant leaving Cloud and Co. but she decided that she must do this for the planet and for everyone she cares for. It was this moment that the planet ensure it's safety, through her actions.... This showed so much bravery and selflessness for Aerith's character. The scene was also very sweet because of the whole make up. It was very sweet to see Cloud and Aerith float down from the sky and have this tender and bittersweet goodbye... but watching Cloud desperately run after her to try and stop her... that was the most heartbreaking aspect. This was also scary because this scene was the first time we saw Sephiroth infiltrate Cloud's mind--seeing Sephiroth spying on this moment with Aerith proved that Seph knew everything about Cloud, even those he held dear. This scene showed that Sephiroth did not know about Aerith's plan to stop him, but rather it showed that Sephiroth was going to make this battle between himself and Cloud even more personal by going after Aerith just because he knew how Cloud felt for her. That is truly evil.

17. Aerith's death: This is one of the most memorable video game moments of ALL time. This should be number one, without a doubt. It was the first time in the series (or gaming history) where the heroine dies and that alone makes it memorable. Plus, I mean... the speech Cloud gives and his over all reaction is one of the most memorable reactions to ever be given during a character's death... ever, at least in my opinion. This was the first time where a character lost someone that was really important and it was a shock to see that happen. We were used to the hero winning and getting a happy ending, but this surely proved it was never going to be a happy ending. It was the first show of emotion for Cloud, as well and even the creators said it was highly significant.

18. Cloud's breakdown: This scene was intense to watch. Cloud had reached his breaking point in the story and now his identity crisis was at its peak. Watching Cloud hand over the black materia to Sephiroth in the northern Crater was tough, but seeing all his friends abandon him when shit hits the ceiling... that was worse. This was where everything in Sephiroth's plan started to get the upper hand and as a viewer it was starting to look really bad for the people in this world.

19. Cloud's past: Finding out the truth behind Cloud's past was major for the story. It was great to have closure for him and all the truths and misconceptions that we saw throughout the story. We saw the shitty life he had, we saw him aspire to be something great only to fail in the eyes of others... but we saw him patch that up himself and it was great to see him conquer it all finally. We finally saw the truth about his past, the feelings he had, the worries and self-doubts, even his bulling and unrequited crush. It was all shown to us finally.


19. Brother from another Mother - Cloud and Zack's past: Seeing Cloud's first and only friend was really special, especially because of Cloud's past--he had no one. Not a single person befriended him as a child and Zack waltzes in and treats him like a true brother from another mother! I really enjoyed seeing this special hidden cinematic scene in the game, seeing their friendship in that one scene really developed them as pals and it was nice to see that Cloud's teenhood wasn't as shitty as it seemed.

20. Aerith's Prayer: Okay, this scene is so special to the plot--it's where we find out the whole purpose behind Aerith's actions; I'm just gonna leave this here;

Cloud "...Aerith. Aerith has already prayed for Holy....After I gave the Black Materia to Sephiroth...... Aerith's words came into my dreams... She said, she was the only one who could stop Sephiroth...... And to do that, there was a secret here... That was Holy...... That's why, she had the White Materia. Aerith knew about here... and what she had to do. Aerith has left us great hope. But, it cost her her life... her future... I'm sorry... Aerith. I should have figured this out sooner. ...You left us without saying a word...... It was all so sudden, so I couldn't think... That's why it took so long for me to find out... But, Aerith... I understand now. Aerith... I'll do the rest. Cloud "Thank you... Aerith."

21. A reason to Fight: This was an important scene, probably one of the best examples of Cloud acting as a leader as well. Yes, AVALANCHE was fighting for the planet, but Cloud told them all that they need to get a personal reason in order for them to win this fight. It's one of my favorite speeches of Cloud's so I want to include it;

Cloud "I think we all are fighting for ourselves. For ourselves... and that someone... something... whatever it is, that's important to us. That's what we're fighting for. That's why we keep up this battle for the planet."

I love how each character has their own personal reason to fight, but I love that Cloud is fighting above all else to make sure Aerith didn't die in vain. It was bittersweet. Another great part about this scene is the next morning, when everyone returns to fight side by side.

22. The end: The entire ending battle with Sephiroth and Cloud after Cloud travels through what seems to be a wormhole, is one of my favorite boss fights of all time. I love everything about it. But, was was so special about this scene was the cinematic cutscene of Cloud being surrounded by lifestream and then he sees Aerith's hand reaching for him. It showed the viewer just how important she was to him, even after all this time. Cloud's final line; "An answer from the Planet...the Promised Land... I think I can meet her... there." was truly amazing. But what made the scene so cinematic was when meteor is about to hit and the camera flashes by all the character's faces and then finally Cloud, and he just closes his eyes and the screen goes black. That was truly amazing.

For being an RPG the game played out like a film. The scenes I mentioned, at least the MAJOR ones, were all on memorable pages in ultimanias, so I think SQUARE agrees with a few of these being so important.

 

[Tucker]

-Aerith's death, ofc

-Rinoa and Squall in space

-In FF8 when they find out they all were in the same orphanage

-When Tidus finds out Yuna will die

-Tidus finding out he's a dream

-FF10's ending

I love Tidus

 

[iSmiff]

4. Cloud cross-dressing: I mean... C'MON! This was priceless.

No. JUST......... no. I hate playing through that part. It's lame as.

 

[Sheechiibii]

Squall and Rinoa in space. I love that part. I also really like their conversation during the concert in FH.

For IX it's gotta be the ending. I love the ending of this game so much! Nothing else matches up for me, except maybe when Eiko and Garnet join forces to summon Alexander.

Tidus finding out about Yuna's final summoning killing her. That's definitely my favourite scene in the whole game. The ending comes second because I don't like being so sad

Bathier and Fran staying behind. I was so worried they wouldn't make it. Also, the world of Ivalice, it's so awesome, and there's heaps to explore and do.

 

[Starships]

FINAL FANTASY The Ending I feel like this a very underated piece of art that makes Final Fantasy a masterpiece of art and what started the series. It speaks to you, the player it makes it very simple but emotional. FINAL FANTASY IV 14. Becoming a paladin: well I think this doesn't need an explanation. Sheer epicosity. 19. Tellah repeatedly canes the local harpist. Musicians never get any respect... 20. FIVE PARTY MEMBERS MY GOD THIS IS REVOLUTIONARY. For real, JRPGs need to have 5-member teams, it's so much more entertaining and opens up that many more tactical and customization opportunities. 21. The twins self-petrify. Neat trick. THIS HAS 3 NOMINATIONS 22. Tellah's death 24. Moment before final battle where the FF Main theme kicks in as your friends provide support. All these FINAL FANTASY V 26. Galuf's sacrifice: man I was tearing up. THIS HAS 4 NOMINATIONS 27. Gilgamesh. "Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men!” THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS these FINAL FANTASY VI/ VII 33. Birth of the World of Ruin. 34. The FINAL FINAL Showdown with Kefka. "You sound like chapters from a self-help booklet." 35. Ultros. "Uncle Ulty." 36. Celes attempting suicide after Cid's death. (This includes a post that said “Cid’s death and Celes’s reaction) THIS HAS 5 NOMINATIONS. 37. Rachel's final words for Locke. 38. Cyan seeing his deceased family departing to the other world. 41. Ending sequence. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 42. Opera scene. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 44. Magitek Facility events. 48. Kefka poisons Cyan's home town. 50. Supplexing a TRAIN. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 53. Locke and Celes theme merge into one song at ending. Going to add in Kefka murdering Leo here 66. Cloud cross dressing. 67. When Cloud discovers his true identity(specifically when it shows him removing his shinra helmet). 69. Cloud and Tifa have a moment together outside the airship. 73. Fighting Jenove LIFE with Aerith's theme in the background. 74. One Winged Angel. All these also going to add in the bit where Cloud gives Sephiroth the Black Materia and looses his mind Also the Zack Fair flashback that shows how Zack died FINAL FANTASY VIII 76. Squall dies? As a kid, that icicle in the shoulder blew my mind to bits and pieces and I was desperate to put disc 2 in. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 77. The battle of the Gardens. THIS HAS 4 NOMINATIONS 80. Sorceress assassination mission on disc 1. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 82. Ending sequence. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 85. The opening. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 87. Rinoa and Squall Dance. 88. Rinoa and Squall in space. 89. Ultimecia Battle. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 90. Finding out Seifer did not get executed. 91. Squall’s idiosyncrasies, including speaking to himself. All these also going to vote for Irvine's breakdown during the parade.

FINAL FANTASY IX 98. You're Not Alone Sequence: My favorite part of any FF ever. The music, the battles, the friendship, the fantasy. THIS HAS 3 NOMINATIONS 99. Vivi finding out his past and who he is. THIS HAS 3 NOMINATIONS 100. The black mage death scene in CD1. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 101. The End. The whole thing. (Since the following nomination is part of the ending, it is included here): When Zidane goes into the Iifa Tree to save Kuja. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 105. Lifa Tree at end of Disc 2. 106. Festival Of The Hunt. 107. Running out of the Evil Forest. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 108. Alexander Vs Bahamut. THIS HAS 4 NOMINATIONS All these FINAL FANTASY X 115. Tidus discovers Yuna will die: I cry every time. 116. Tidus finding out he's a dream. 118. Ending. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 119. Storming Seymour and Yuna's wedding. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 120. Fighting Sin. 121. Switching party members. 123. Yunalesca killed Auron? All these and the Suteki Na De Kiss in the lake. FINAL FANTASY XII 132. Everything about Basch. He is the most composed member of the group, and despite Ashe's initial coldness toward him, he remains loyal. 133. Discovering Balthier was once a Judge. 134. Speaking of Judges, yeah. Judges. The pinnacle of badassery in any FF game. You just don't @#$% with them. You just do not. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS All these

FINAL FANTASY XIII 143. Storming Eden: the coolest cutscene in the whole game. THIS HAS 2 NOMINATIONS 150. Snow carrying an injured Hope through Palumpolum. These FINAL FANTASY XIV and ARR 151. Victory Fanfare 157. Getting Magitek Armor These FINAL FANTASY VII CRISIS CORE 172. FF Crisis Core--Zack's Death: Perhaps my second favorite scene ever. A little cheesy, sure, but at the same time definitely legendary, and I fought those soldiers endlessly...THIS HAS 6 NOMINATIONS Cloud and Zack meeting each other and Cloud removing his helmet Zack meeting Aeris Zack grieving over Angeal's death and Aerith supporting him while he cries. FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN COMPLETE 173. Cloud vs. Sephiroth. 174. Vincent's first appearance. Zack appearing and giving Cloud support FINAL FANTASY X-2 178. Yuna mourning the fall of Macalania Woods 179. Yuna sings 1000 words. FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 180. Noel vs Caius in Valhalla. "I have known many Yeuls. A Yeul who dreamed of travel, a Yeul who liked to sing, a Yeul who loved to collect flowers..." 181. Noel revisits his past

 

[Riukumango]

Thanks for the input everyone, keep nominating and tell others, I'll update the list in approximately a week and then I'll make polls and we'll find out what the top 100 moments in FF history are!