Final Fantasy 6 Has Some Weird Secrets

[@mxx720]

I always thought Final Fantasy 6 was the one that should've gotten all the spinoffs instead of 7. FF7 is great, but the world of FF6 feels so much more lived-in.

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Alas, it was pre-3D.

[@bahamutbbob]

As a huge fan of FF7, and a big fan of FF6, I think they should have picked one of my least favorites to milk in the PS2 era. I didn't like 9 or 10 for different reasons, and they sorta milked 10, but they should have more, so 7 could stay pristine. Alas, they're crapping all over it.

[@Alex_Off-Beat]

Completely agree, FF7 is great but the world of FF6 is perfect for spinoffs. I wouldn’t want to see as many as FF7 got, but we could’ve at least gotten one like FF4 did!

[@lhfirex]

A couple other small secrets: When Banon joins you as a guest, go back in the room where you started as Terra and had to talk to everyone in the Returner base. There's some dialogue there, for a room you normally have no reason to re-enter. Every possible party member on the phantom train has different dialogue for eating food at the dining car.

[@bahamutbbob]

Ghost eating animation is best eating animation!

[@Varatho]

Being a kid when this game came out means that I got to see the "Cid Dies" and "Shadow Dies" storylines (where Interceptor becomes attached to Realm) play out while being unaware of the alternatives. Those stories were a significant part of why it's my favorite mainline FF game.

[@ericb3157]

yes, i noticed a subtle point: look at Relm's inventory, and you will see she starts with a unique accessory. the description says "departed mom's love protects against fatal attacks." BUT, it also says it can only be equipped by Relm...and SHADOW! that's one of several hints that Shadow is Relm's father!

[@madambutterfly1997]

I wish there was more lore surrounding the 8 legendary dragons

[@DrakeyC]

Agreed. With Czar and the Crusader magicite being related to the Warring Triad, there's an untold story there.

[@SlowMonoxide]

3:27 "little green tortoises" is a hilarious description for kappas

[@rdrouynriv]

For a SNES game, Final Fantasy VI has a crazy amount of secrets. I've finished the game about 20 times (I know, it is one of the few SNES games I had growing up) and I kept finding new stuff every playthrough. Some of the hardest to find scenes for me were Kefka's origin story hidden in Vector and Cid and Setzer's special scene inside the broken down airship after the peace Banquet.

[@DrakeyC]

I've replayed the game countless times, and a few years ago learned there's a hidden chest in the imperial camp by jumping off a ledge. Blew my mind.

[@jackiespaceman]

I’m replaying it on switch for the first time in probably 20 years. I had played it so much before that that I assumed I’d always remember it but I keep encountering stuff I haven’t thought about in decades

[@SuperKamiGuru20]

I've played this game so many times yet I never knew you could save Cid. He's always died for me.

[@seraphin01]

I'm a simple person, I see FF6 in a video little, I click and hit thumb up button.

[@MusicWithoutwax]

I do the exact same thing.

[@CFarrer10]

Same here!

[@VortexF]

"Little"

[@seraphin01]

@@VortexF rip auto correct

[@alyssamuckway4663]

What

[@Smalltownguy123]

Thank you for your work here. I look forward to this so much whenever you and your team create another video. Thank you

[@GizzPill]

the lola sidequest is still one of the more poignants sidequests we've had in the series, it just creeps up on you, fantastic gutpunch, love the characters in 6

[@bradyanderson1229]

Incredible timing. Just bought Pixel Remaster of FF6 this morning!

[@cmorris9494]

@@bradyanderson1229 i started replaying it last night.

[@wiseguise5960]

This was my first FF title I grew up playing as a kid, FF3 for the Snes. I LOVED the story, the characters, Kefka, and the world itself(especially when you get to the WoR my little kid brain thought that shift was amazing!) I think some of my favorite "secrets" are all the little character specific cutscenes that players can miss, like having Edgar and Sabin together to get a little more backstory of what happened to them both after their father passed away, or seeing Shadows dreams showing more of his backstory. This game captivated me and made me love FF as a franchise. So I was SHOCKED to have learned that 3 was actually 6. This was before internet was a commonplace so information wasn't as easily available especially being a 6-7 year old kid.

[@eternalraven2012]

Keep up the good work. I’ve been listening to your podcast and watching your vids for years now. I know times are tough but you’ll make it through. Happy 2025!

[@s.d.bobplissken5674]

This game has such a hold on me all these years later. Such a gem.

[@ultimate_cheddar]

3:26 not tortoises. Kappa, a Japanese yokai

[@chrislevack405]

It's based off a turtle... get off your high horse.

[@wiseguise5960]

Mystic Quest is honestly one of my favorite SNES rpgs. The music itself is BANGERS, especially the boss theme music! I still occasionally play through it, and have a cart of it somewhere.

[@hnorrstrom]

It had fantastic music for sure and the enemy animations when you can see them being depleted of life is great.

[@danielhenderson9719]

“As an even number entry, FF6 placed more emphasis on story” Could you please make a video to expand on this? This is such a wild revelation to just drop in the intro to a video. I would love more details on this!

[@JurorNumber24]

I'm surprised how many people haven't noticed this trend, at least for 1-6.

[@redsilversnake]

There are fans who think that for the first six games, it was practically tradition that the odd-numbered titles would be more focused on gameplay while the even-numbered ones would be more oriented toward narrative. That's not actually true (II has a more complex progression system than the two it's sandwiched between, V has an overall better narrative than IV, and VI offers a good deal of freedom in character- and party-building), but the idea is pretty ingrained in parts of the fandom.

[@starbit5065]

I’ve never thought about it before, but it actually does check out, at least for the 8/16-bit games. 1: The base foundation for Final Fantasy as a role-playing game 2: Introduces a more nuanced storyline with a party of pre-written characters rather than blank slate player-created heroes 3: Introduces the job system allowing for a new level of player choice when it comes to gameplay and strategy 4: Focuses on the story and world building and acts as a study of the main character and his redemption arc 5: Reintroduces the job system and both refines and expands upon it in ways that 3 couldn’t at the time 6: Centres around a large, diverse cast and explores their character arcs, relationships, and impact on the world they live in

[@SaikoDeMoN]

Just some misguided fan theory. Don't worry about it.

[@h347h]

For the first 6 games it was class customization for odd numbered games while even numbered ones had fixed character classes.

[@ericb3157]

something i noticed about the part with Cid and the fish: it's possible to collect several fish each round trip, BUT, as far as i can tell, only the SLOWEST one actually counts! i once had Umaru in the active party when doing the "cyan's dream" quest. if i remember, during that part of the dream where you get to use those Magitech vehicles, he kept using Ice Beam! also, if you have Terra in the party, she will be able to use "missile" and those other fancy tricks! i once got an extra line of dialogue that was QUITE shocking: there's a part of the story where you are trying to sneak into the Empire. you MUST have Celes and Locke, but you can choose the other two freely. i once picked Edgar and Sabin. at the end of the "opera house", when Celes tricks Setzer with a two-headed coin, Sabin said: "THAT coin?! big brother, don't tell me..." implying that that SAME coin was the one he used to determine which of them became king! oh, i also read, in an old game magazine, that it's possible to inflict "Imp" on the boss of the Clock Town.

[@SomniaCE]

That Gilgamesh bit is incredible and I'd never have appreciated just how much detail has gone into his story over the years were it not for that segment. Thank you!

[@KennDrumm]

How have I only just learnt that Cid could be saved!? Forgive me, Grandfather, I have failed you 🐟

[@goncalovalerio1774]

Yes! Just feed him the fastest fishes

[@spiritwolf3103]

It is tricky. I had to reset a few times because I messed up.

[@ultimatecalibur]

@@goncalovalerio1774 It is not just feed him the fastest fishes but you also need to catch them quickly. You have a 90 second timer and feeding the best/fastest "Yummy Fish" adds 32 seconds to it, medium speed fish add 16s if "Just a Fish" and remove 4s if a "rotten fish" and the bad/slow "Fish" removes 16s. As a result you need to quickly identify and catch primarily Yummy Fish or Cid will die even if you are feeding him properly.

[@artbathedincrime]

When I played the Pixel Remaster I saved Cid. Went my whole life thinking he had to die. Couldn't believe it.

[@rustyjones7908]

Didn't know that the berzerker ring cured status effects. Neat.

[@Toadaboticus]

I remember showing a friend the second basement in the South Figaro dungeon after showing them the original Celes sequence or the Leo statue, Gau's Father, Cid Surviving. The locked doors

[@terracannon876]

Wait, even numbered entries paid more notice to charas than systems?...... I never realized...

[@killxtech1302]

I'm not sure this is true. Everything after 3 seems to focus pretty heavily on characters.

[@FinalFantasyUnion]

It was an informal thing towards the beginning, but by Final Fantasy VI was a bit more formal. Due to the way the franchise developed, Final Fantasy I, III and V ended up with Job systems, whereas II, IV and VI did not and I, III and V had smaller casts of characters (with I and III also having them nameless) compared to II, IV and VI. It's also one of the main reasons why Final Fantasy V was never localised on the Super Nintendo. There was a belief at Square that its heavy focus on "systems" as opposed to "story" just wouldn't resonate, so they decided to release Final Fantasy VI first (as FFIII), and follow it up with V (as FF Extreme) afterwards, but in the end they just cancelled the V localisation due to the poor performance of VI. Hope that clarifies! ~Darryl

[@killxtech1302]

@@FinalFantasyUnion sure and while 5 may only have 5 characters in your party, there's still a lot of character personality and back story for all of them, even several npcs. I dont think it's fair to say 5 has less importance on characters just because it has fewer to play with.

[@FinalFantasyUnion]

That's true, it's all just a matter of perspective. The main thought is that when compared directly against each other (e.g. I vs II, III vs IV and V vs VI) the even-numbered games had more focus on characters/story and the odd-numbered games had more focus on systems. If you don't believe that's the case, then that's absolutely fair. Sakaguchi commented on the sequence and said it just happened naturally due to creators getting bored and wanting to change it up. ~Darryl

[@sebastianrollins1369]

FF6 was the *newest* entry in the series I had access to in high school, vía GBA emulator on my phone. The hours... or days... I spent playing through as hard as I could, just to keep getting whooped by Kefka in the end, full party acquired and everything. And then, one day, a friend introduced me to Mr. Game Shark, and I regretted nothing. In turn, it made going back over the added end game dungeon somewhat fun, where I let loose with some brave team choices (one team was solely magic users, excluding terra and celes, to see how far I could push the magic system)

[@pox1343]

The amount of secrets in FF6 created so much depth to the world. I really made you feel like anything was possible.

[@Forever_Zero]

6:15 ...Aaaand that entire quest becomes hilarious when you google what a "tintinnabulum" is.

[@madambutterfly1997]

I appreciate that this is a video about FF6. I feel the need to reference it more in my light novel

[@justinmacdonald2102]

Me as an 8 year old and failing to save Cid sitting on my living room floor crying as Celes throws herself off a cliff.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

The only stuff I didnt know in this video were the GBA exclusive content (Ive only played the localized SNES FF3 and Pixel Remaster all the way through) and the thing with the ghost in the phantom train. I didnt even KNOW that a ghost was recruitable in that section, let alone had an OP instakill that could kill anything in the game! Its even crazier that using possess with a non-ghost character straight up removes them from the game lol. Reminds me of that one Pokemon creepypasta about the haunted starter that could delete Pokemon and NPCs from the game in order to win or that one furry strategy RPG where you can perminatly kill off/erase one or more of your party members to OKO any enemy or boss. (I think it was called Melodies of Steel?)

[@acheronexile]

You know what drives me crazy. Gogo and Gilgamesh look identical to me.

[@heatrayzvideo3007]

😂 Oh yeah

[@sinjull2256]

I did not know you could save Cid.

[@jamesrideout123]

I absolutely love Ff6. God Bless your channel. I already knew about all of these secrets years ago.

[@stevemitchell4663]

oh wow, never knew about the chests in the beginning areas improving the longer you didn't open them.

[@calvinthurston1441]

Excellent as usual yall! One of my fav FF titles and still learning!

[@sparkyshorts1517]

Thank you for this video. That Possess ability was definitely a new one on me!

[@CogzillaOfDojima]

I had no idea that Cid could die until I began looking things up on this game. I guess I got lucky and just happened to pick up the right fish in my playthrough

[@Valientlink]

There really should've been more payoff for saving Cid. He mentioned wanting to meet Locke, but you show up there with Locke and are greeted with the usual "I'm feeling better, thank you Celes!" it literally changes nothing for him to survive. He plays no role whatsoever. Killing him ends up making the story more effective.

[@TheBucknative]

Here's a question for everyone. Who would win a batlle between all the playable character's? If everyone 1v1 each other. Acess to all their respective skills and gearded to same levels for balance.

[@Jimalcoatl]

It really depends on gear and build. Do the characters have all magic, or do just Terra and Celes have their "naturally" learned spells? Does everyone have access to their skill-changing relics? What level gear do they have as some characters scale more with different items? Are they modified by espers as they level? Do they have all of their abilities unlocked? There are so many variables. That being said, if everything is on the table my bet is on Sabin. He can be the best spell caster/healer and a monster at physicals and has blitz. Either that or Locke, as the fastest character, with the offering, genji glove, Illumina and Ultima Weapon since he'd be able to simply delete anyone else before they got a turn.

[@spiritwolf3103]

Hard to say. Edgar has the Chainsaw for a one hit KO, Celes can absorb magic, which restores MP. Sabin, Cyan, Shadow have solid abilities. Strago has access to regular and Blue magic, which is great with Soul of Thamasa. Stetzer, Mog (with its dances), Gau and Umaro rely too much on random chance for potentially good damage. Relm's painting ability isn't very powerful, lately, Locke is fast, but doesn't have an attacking or opponent hindering ability. Gogo has low stats and relies on other characters knowing the spells just to use magic. So my vote is... Terra. With Trance boosting both attack and magic, she isn't restricted to one attacking aspect or the other while transformed.

[@TheBucknative]

@spiritwolf3103 well said

[@chadd990]

That's kind of a cool idea for a small scale battle royale game. Choose your player, build your character with randomized loot and espers, and battle against other players within the time limit.

[@TheBucknative]

@chadd990 that was gonna be my second question. Battle Royale style.

[@Ratralsis]

1:08 Can those links be found in the description below? I fully admit I'm a stupid man, but I just don't see them.

[@madambutterfly1997]

I know there’s something you have to do to get both Umaro and the Jormungand magicite

[@supernova743]

You need mog to get umaro. You can get the magicite by beating umaro.

[@Nirakolov]

Kinda weird to have a video on weird FF6 secrets and not include the hidden items in the Cave of Espers; even though in the Pixel Remaster they are now lit up - they were always there.

[@Eric-md3mp]

It was pure luck, but as a kid i saved cid on my first playthrough of FF6, caught me offgaurd when i then played through again and he died

[@supernova743]

Use revivify instead of pheonix down to kill undead and save money.

[@BillyKamp]

The Ghost Train is probably the easiest Boss in all of FF. Everyone likes to suplex it, but a single Phoenix Down kills it.

[@threeormorechar]

Neat vid totaly did not know about the beserk ring on umaro, but, im skeptical on the posses being intentional, with the sketch bug, phys evasion being worthless/blind accuracy, vannish doom etc

[@bobjones4469]

So they actually properly translated the "imp" equipment in the rereleases, eh? In the original the equipment were simply called imp. The imp status itself is still improperly translated though, as the original is based the kappa, hence why they wear a tortoise shell.

[@matthewwolfson7204]

If you wait to get the Thunder Rod during Lockes scenario, and then have Locke use it on the Tunnel armor, It will one hit KO it. I have tried it with Celes, for some reason it's not strong enough to take it out if she uses it. Though still hurts him alot.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

I always do that trick. Tunnel Armor is an unnecessarily hard, unfair, and annoying boss so I always OKO him with the thunder rod every playthrough.

[@matthewwolfson7204]

@KrimsonKattYT Me too ever since I discovered the trick. Him and phantom train and Phoenix Down. I don't even remember what attacks phantom train has.

[@kalierdarkekd]

I've always found a better use of Imp in 6 to be Setzer using the imp gear (except the spear), and instead using Fixed Dice with Offering. Fixed Dice damage is not affected by the imp status. Takes less work to consistently hit damage cap than the spear does.

[@lhfirex]

But... you can just use regular gear and Fixed Dice and Offering and get the same damage, but a bigger variety of defenses.

[@kalierdarkekd]

@@lhfirex a character in full imp gear (aside from the spear) is immune to all but statuses, defense ignoring attacks, and death. you can get immunity to death attacks and status attacks don't matter versus the build as on the SNES version blind is pointless. So in most battles they are completely invincible. including Kefka. You don't need a "Bigger Variety of defenses" when you can't be harmed.

[@A_real_Ha_So]

This was the rare game I'd bought day 1 and remember getting so frustrated that Cid wouldn't die or recover, due to my lack of knowledge, I actually mockingly cried, hoping he would just die after 15 minutes of going back and forth, healing and harming him 😂😂😂😂 I knew there was something about the imps first run, but I couldn't quite get the gist. Edit: I just always used Mog in the coliseum due to him ending up having a 255/221 phys/mgc D with the Snow Muffler, 2 white capes and I forget the rest. The trick was just to not let him learn spells as to not waste turns but rather hit with the pearl lance

[@DanteKenchi]

best final fantasy of all time

[@martymcfly88mph35]

Had no idea you could save Cid... wtf

[@cmorris9494]

Final fantasy 6 was the best. I keep hoping they would remake it even if they just update the graphics.

[@maximillionroivas3893]

I'd be happy if Square-Enix remade FF6 with the graphics like the Dissidia series. They don't need to go all out like FF7 remake.

[@heatrayzvideo3007]

A dragon quest 2.5D style would be good

[@Stanimalistic]

I want a ff6 AAA remake. They can totally two part it. Or even two part world of balance then have an open world world of ruin game

[@BlakeAustin2011]

FF6 Advance came out before The After Years by nearly 2 years.

[@ricardo_tanji99]

Video about FF6 = Like

[@rougepyro2432]

I once tested the one about leaving the chests alone in Figaro Castle until the World of Ruin on the SNES. It's actually false.

[@althyk]

Oh. We can save Cid. Who knew...

[@billyjoejimbob75]

Whoa. Umaro rocks.

[@danfruzzetti7604]

more ff6 content pls

[@danfruzzetti7604]

Actually, i did NOT know that about transferring 'possess' into another character. Well done

[@chadd990]

I always killed Cid, and I never knew that you could even save him, I think I just learned about this fact this year, well in 2024. I would go for the slow fish, not knowing knowing there was a difference. I knew about the mechanics in the dinner with the emperor, but I didn't know about this. smfh.

[@supernova743]

You can tell what kind of fish you get by opening the menu and looking at your key items.

[@chadd990]

@@supernova743 Too bad I didn't read your comment when I was 8 years old, I probably would've been able to save him.

[@MysidianRabite]

Eh, the death leads to a better scene anyways.

[@erics8192]

in all my playthrus of FF6 I only managed to save cid once.

[@heatrayzvideo3007]

I completed ff6 for the first time this year. I almost bought it back in 1997 but bought Ff4 instead.

[@IceLexicon]

Thank you for the content. May I please have another. 😊

[@Enharmony1625]

My favourite game of all time!

[@saphcal]

It might be called "Imp" especially in english, but those are clearly Kappa.

[@flaffles87]

Final fantasy is 6 is definitely going to be my final game.

[@georgehouliaras7239]

Celes ❤

[@khazadmann]

Wait! You could save Cid?

[@CozyButcher]

Just as Cozy doing a playthrough for first time in many years you post this Thank you fren!

[@blackdragoncyrus]

Tell me more about the Final Fantasy Onion.

[@bahamutbbob]

I just finished FF6 again last night. Right after flushing the travesty that is Final Fantasy XV from my SSD. I wish Square Enix would go and make new FFs using the Pixel Remaster engine, and sell them for anywhere between $15 and $30, but they instead want to keep spending hundreds of millions per sales disappointment.

[@roberthiltz2741]

Not flexing but I definitely knew all of them! That doesn’t mean I didn’t watch and like the video ❤

[@pretentiousname01]

Still the best FF game

[@HYPERMASCULINE]

Pixel remaster doesn't hit the same

[@loosemeatsamich3689]

It’s still and will always be one of my favorite games ever made. This and FF4 are what got me into squaresoft games.

[@ScaerieTale]

No joke, the first time I failed to rescue Cid and Celes tried to kill herself (Nintendo's BS line about "being refreshed" did NOT fool this 13 year old :P), I am not ashamed to admit I cried. I cried again when I found Sabin,tears of joy because Celes wasn't alone. Back then, with no access to the internet and no friends who played video games, let alone RPGs, I had no _idea_ I'd get my old party back after Kefka "won" so this was a genuine exciting surprise after that emotional gut punch.

[@DrakeyC]

I put together 66 such secrets. ;) This game is a gold mine of oddities and mysteries kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6PZiXSdqLJpfdE

[@TraxtasyMedia]

Final Fantasy VI > VII. Just because of Kefka, Sephiroth was weak in comparison to Kefka.

[@chrisbellon3739]

If they remake final fantasy 6 for ground up, it could be switch 2 game only

[@GRAHFXENO]

Why do you show footage of the defunct mobile port of FFVI? It was an embarrassing and insulting port of the game. Let's do better to forget it ever existed 🤮