Final Fantasy V: A 30th Anniversary Retrospective Gaming Documentary

Final Fantasy V was a great game that differs from the other 16-Bit Final Fantasy games that surround it, both in style and the journey that the game took. (Chapter markers and more below…)
Episode information
GTV 142 “Final Fantasy V 30th Anniversary" Season 7 Episode 20
Original Airdate: December 9, 2022
Produced November 16-December 9, 2022
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my 14” MacBook M1 Pro! Edited and produced with Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Pro and Topaz Video AI, all while riding the train to work and home, back and forth, day after day. Oh, and lunch breaks too!
0:00 Bartz Cares!
0:10 GTV ID: Ride the Wind!
0:17 Introduction: A Presentiment
1:00 Act 1: Ahead on Our Way
10:20 CM 1: Final Fantasy V is Coming! (Japan, 1992)
10:37 Act 2: Four Valiant Hearts
19:35 CM 2: Final Fantasy V is Here! (Japan, 1992)
19:52 Act 3: Fate in Haze
29:23 CM 3: Final Fantasy V Advance (Japan, 2006)
29:41 Act 4: Dear Friends
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Partial transcript
Final Fantasy V is an unusual game, for many reasons. A game of many quirks that only a special kind of RPG fan can truly appreciate. Perhaps it was destined to be so, as Final Fantasy V began life in a unorthodox way. The game began development before final Fantasy IV and was even advertised before the game it was intended to follow! Perhaps behind the scenes, many of the characters, and scenarios exist in some sort of ether, that later gets arranged and properly numbered. Maybe it’s better that stays a mystery. However, it is a fact that Final Fantasy V was first advertised not long after the release Final Fantasy III. A print ad appeared in the pages of Japanese game magazines in November 1990. “Super Final Fantasy” as it was known, told everyone that this would be SquareSoft’s first entry for the Super Famicom. Set for Summer, 1991. No tangible information was given, leaving the reader’s imagination to dream of what a 16-bit Final Fantasy might be.
Final Fantasy IV, was originally scheduled for the 8-Bit Family Computer, with Famicom Tsuushin Magazine, explaining a scenario of what this game might be, based on the scant information teased at the time. It has never been made clear how far this game made it through the development process, but sometime afterward the game was promoted to the Super Famicom, becoming the classic we all know and love, debuting in July 1991.
The core of the Final Fantasy Series had always been the led by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the series, and director or producer for all of the early games. Yoshitaka Amano, created the designs of characters and monsters. Nobuo Uematsu composed the score for each game. Within each installment, other key staff would vary. For Final Fantasy V, Yoshinori Kitase joined Sakaguchi in writing the scenarios of the game. Kazuko Shibuya created the sprites and graphical elements. Tetsuya Nomura designed the monsters and enemies based on Amano’s artwork.
In the early days of the Final Fantasy series, the number system carried a special meaning. Odd numbers were intended to be games that focused on character customization. Even numbers were meant to be story driven. Looking back at the first six games, its easy to see that I, III and V follow a similar formula, where each playable character can have his or her attributes selected and modified to different extents, all based on what the player decides. Final Fantasy II, IV and VI feature characters that get stronger over time, but have almost no qualities that can be altered. Over time this setup has faded away, but must be remembered when invested in a critique of the early days of the series.
All artwork done by the great Yoshitaka Amano!
Gameplay footage provided by The FF TV Channel.

[@GTV-Japan]

Q: What is the one job Galuf can’t have?

[@MrVariant]

Mime 😢

[@Motavian]

Being alive

[@CalaveraSancho]

Computer programmer? But seriously, Mime, unless you are playing the GBA version, where he also misses out on Necromancer, Cannoneer, Gladiator, and Oracle.

[@anthonyfrench3169]

Human Resources

[@hikaruk.981]

President of the United States.

[@MCastleberry1980]

This is like, THE game that got me into emulation in the 90s. A dude in my photography class senior year was playing it on his laptop and it was like "wait, there are translations for Final Fantasy games that we didn't get?", I immediately went home and downloaded ZSNES.

[@tylerbowling]

Bauhamut Lagoon was my poison back in 2001 that got me emulating. Cheers!

[@Beelzeboogie]

It could have been this or Seiken Densetsu 3 for me.

[@mfspectacular]

I forget how old some emulators are

[@sebbie_gonzo]

@kevin weinz You dropped your 👑, king. Here you are.

[@trugate]

same, first game I emulated was ff5! weird but I guess not as uncommon a starting point as I thought!

[@LoweeCitizen]

Final Fantasy V is my favorite game of all time and it was a pleasure to see you cover it. GBA version is still my go-to after all these years.

[@GTV-Japan]

Great to hear🐉🐉

[@iansmith8783]

Final Fantasy V is my favorite FF adventure! Thanks for commemorating 🏆

[@GTV-Japan]

You got it! Sorry I’m a few days late

[@beechteeth]

not many of us out there who picked FFV as their fav. ✌🏻😎

[@seanchen4439]

FFV is my favorite of the entire series!

[@joeljames2683]

Same here. FF V is the best.

[@Bazoinkerz]

This is my favorite 16-bit Final Fantasy game. I love the job system so much, and the more quirky characters left an impression on me. Great game!

[@GTV-Japan]

Great to hear

[@Auchaser643]

This one manages to perfectly have a campfire or night time story feeling, the world is breaking around you but it never loses it's fun atmosphere imo. Love it very much and the cast is very underrated.

[@thisWinglessAngel]

An absolute gem. The job class system in 5 is still one of my favorite systems in the series. We'd get more varied and even more in-depth system later in Final Fantasy Tactics.

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh yeah! The ultimate grinder!

[@silverancient7840]

FF Dimensions has a better job system than V.

[@m4r_art]

FF5 invented the relationship between BOKO and BARTZ. The true first man-chocobo relationship in FF. It invented Gilgamesh and has the best fighting theme in FF history, Battle on the Bridge. On the old internet ans early KZbin, Karimono played the FF5 theme on electric guitar like a champ.

[@m4r_art]

Check him out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6u9o3uortaJeLc His videos used to have around 4-5 millions views but were deleted.

[@GTV-Japan]

I must admit I do like the way Boko is a member of the family, Kweh!

[@tiagocosmos]

FFV was both my first jrpg and my first Final Fantasy game so it'll always be special to me.

[@user-a5Bw9de]

There are several w/b/t magics, songs, summons that can be missed and irredeemable during the playthrough. You can meet up an NPC that is virtually an achievement page before achievement was a thing. Synthesis, as long as you can remember the combination, was so broken. That's why I love this game. Few mundane trivia: 0:37 While FFV is a game for hardcore level grinder, it is also an anti-leveling game, since only few essential enemies drop EXP. Even back in 90s, several challenge runners managed to beat this game in levels 2,1,1,4 respectively, scoring average final level of 2. They eventually pushed further to beat this game without grinding for ABP either. 6:15 Galuf initially couldn't remember his last name, so he went with Galuf Doe as in John Doe for time being.

[@GTV-Japan]

Those are some good points! Thanks for the tips!!🐉🐉🐉🐉

[@ColeFam]

I remember knowing about this game in the emulation scene before I even really knew what the Final Fantasy series was. This game getting translated was such a big deal, it broke boundaries. I loved this one the first time I played it. I still gotta grab all the Pixel Remasters so I can give it another go!

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah and it’s sure a huge game. Much different than just translating a few menus! Get the PM!! They are great!🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉

[@brandonwilliams6119]

My Review of Final Fantasy 5: Definitely that odd underrated game that’s always overshadowed by FF4 and FF6, but it’s my personal 3rd Favorite since it’s the peak of the Job System. I love it for it’s lighthearted moods and silly humor. However this game has it’s serious moments and it’s even the first to include optional Superbosses such as Omega and Shinryu aside from FF1’s Warmech. This is also the first game where almost all of the cast is female excluding Bartz and Galuf. The thing I love this most is each character having a unique sprite for a specific job and as a lover of old school classic games I appreciate the hardwork Square did drawing each unique sprite for specific jobs. Do I think Square should’ve localized it despite the “complicated job mechanics”? Well, Yes because lots of games back in the days were hard and the game clearly explains the jobs system when you receive the first jobs and in the first town.

[@Zeomantic]

"Super Final Fantasy!" One of my favorites! Fun fact: the idea for the blue mage came from someone on the FF4 team who thought it would be cool to use skills obtained from monsters.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I could see that. I wonder what came first? Summoners blue mage and beast master are all kind of related. Thanks for watching 🐉

[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

The most underrated Final Fantasy game.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah! You don’t hear much praise about it

[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

@@GTV-Japan I see the Bravely series as something of a remake of FFV. The job system is so similar, and there are very similar story elements in it

[@GTV-Japan]

I’ll have to look into that

[@chriskohler7478]

Glad to see this video! The story of Final Fantasy IV and V you present at the beginning is not quite how it went, though. After Final Fantasy III was finished, the team began work on FFIV (Famicom) and Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) simultaneously. However, not long after they started, the decision was made to focus on the Super Famicom game, which was then titled Final Fantasy V. The staff of the Famicom game were moved over to the Super Famicom game, and the Famicom version was paused. However, the Super Famicom game titled "Final Fantasy V" was never this game -- it was the story-centric game with Cecil, Rosa, etc. that we now know as FFIV. The Famicom game would have been totally different, unrelated to what we now know as IV and V. Oddly, Square originally said that it would release FFV *first* and then FFIV *after that*. That's actually in one of the Famitsu articles you show in the video. This would have been confusing! But just a few months later, Square decided to give up on the 8-bit Famicom for good and announced that Final Fantasy IV on the Famicom was cancelled, and Final Fantasy V would be renamed to Final Fantasy IV. (This also means the "very long development time" extrapolation isn't true either, although it is probably the case that FFV had a somewhat longer dev cycle than previous games since FFIV came out in July 1991 and FFV was December 1992.)

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I kind of point this out between the lines if you see the magazine articles that show Cecil while they explain the game as V. Another page not shown showed Cid from IV as well.

[@GTV-Japan]

Hey Chris! I’m sorry it was like 4am when I started going thru these didn’t notice it was you!! Thanks for filling in these details, after all you wrote the book on it!!🐉

[@geoffreychauvin1474]

I've always found it hard to believe that Nomura designed the enemies for this game based on the distinct lack of zippers and belts

[@GTV-Japan]

Ha!

[@as4180]

FF5 is like my 2rd or 3rd favorite Final Fantasy, I've probs replayed it the most out of all of them bc the Job System is so fun and it's easy to pick up and play since the story is so lighthearted.

[@GTV-Japan]

It is a little campy! 🐉🐉🐉🐉

[@aricente]

Galuf is criminally underrated. He's probably one of the funniest party member of the series

[@GTV-Japan]

Good point

[@jamescook2973]

I laughed more on ff5 than any other final fantasy 🤣 Bartz and galuf Crack me up when they find out Faris is actually a girl😂😂😂those little hearts above there heads and the music idk it just makes me laugh 😂😅

[@unclepalo]

He’s probably the only character with a personality. The rest of the party was honestly pretty bland, even our edgy lesbian pirate

[@lucca5367]

Not sure why this video almost brought tears to my eyes. This was a really well done documentary. Final Fantasy V was the game that brought me back to the series after 7 and 8 when I saw the GBA port, and if it weren't for that game, I wouldn't have gotten every single FF game before and after it. It may not be the best in the franchise, but it's my favorite for all the memories it brought me, and for pulling me back into the franchise as a whole. Because of it, I've met so many good friends in games like FF XIV, and rekindled old friendships with it. This game will always remain in my heart and will always have such a special place there.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and memories 🐉

[@ModernVintageTV0]

FFV is one of the finest RPGs of the 90's. The Job system really made this game the classic that it is. Butz will Always be Bartz to me. And Gilgamesh's theme remains one of the greatest tunes in the franchise and in retro gaming in general.

[@GTV-Japan]

The soundtrack is great. Lots of good percussion 🥁 thanks for watching 🐉

[@ModernVintageTV0]

@@GTV-Japan Yeah,no prob. I also liked your retrospect on FF4 too.

[@GTV-Japan]

Great! Onward to VI!!

[@Indalord.]

Interesting reflection at the end, and probably correct, in fact, Square put a lot of emphasis on simplifying the following Final Fantasy games, they reduced the number of characters in combat from 4 to 3, as well as the amount of objects that could be equipped in FFVII, and for FFVIII they came up with the magic absorb system and reduced the number of weapons and equipment available to each character, in order to have fewer things to manage, so perhaps FFV would have been too complex for console audiences at the time

[@GTV-Japan]

I know! Those changes were pretty radical at the time. It’s like what was FF8 even? 🐉

[@classicgameplay10]

Still my favorite game to this. This game evokes on me a mix of nostalgia and melancholy everytime I play it. My favorite ff ost as well.

[@GTV-Japan]

Cursed lands is my favorite song.

[@matthagen67]

FFV is one of my personal favorites and probably the last PURE Final Fantasy experience, No edgy heroes, evil empires or political conflicts... just a bunch of friends on a happy adventure to save the world. I kinda miss this type of jRPGs.

[@GTV-Japan]

I never thought about that. No evil empires! Exdeath is just this one guy! Good point! Thanks for watching 🐉🐉🐉🐉

[@shaynemac]

amazing video for an all-time excellent game! your research is always appreciated.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks Shayne! 🐉

[@dakotawinston7677]

This is the first time/place EVER I’ve heard mentioned the intention of the even/odd numbered games being character driven or customization driven and that’s awesome because I have speculated such for many years now!

[@GTV-Japan]

Ted Woosley said it in an interview and in Japanese sources it’s been said many times. I wonder why no one else reported it

[@Delta-eo2st]

This game is my first jrpg and I immediately fell in love with its job system when I was a kid.

[@GimblyGFR]

A great retrospective. I'm a Sega guy, and the Shining Force games were my poison of choice. I never played a Final Fantasy game to completion (heck, I never even played Final Fantasy VII, preferring Shining Force III). Even so, I really liked the video and learned a thing or two about the game and its re-releases. Excellent work.

[@GTV-Japan]

I will be doing some Sega Saturn stuff next year. I promise one of the most expensive Saturn rpgs will be covered!!! As well as some other non rpg japan only stuff. 🪐

[@GimblyGFR]

@@GTV-Japan Excellent!!!! I can't wait!

[@tylerbowling]

I've watched this 3 times now over the last 20 hours. So good! Thank you for this. Please keep it up. Also, I never mind your well done reruns.

[@GTV-Japan]

Wow! I appreciate that! 🏆 Thank you 🙏

[@shannonwilliams7249]

Always look forward to your anniversary retrospectives. They’re always great. Counting down till 2023 and Phantasy Star 4!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thank you! I’ll be working on that very soon! I thought it would be funny to keep a video so far off in the future but people have seriously said they’re waiting years for that. I hope I can deliver!🐉

[@tylerbowling]

Yes yes yall!

[@charlesdilks3267]

@@GTV-Japan It’s been on my iPhone calendar since the PSIII video lol

[@GTV-Japan]

Nice! Well I hope it’s done between Dec 1-15

[@charlesdilks3267]

@@GTV-Japan If you’re starting on it soon and not sure if it’ll be done by then, does that imply a suitably girthy PSIV episode?

[@nickb.235]

Gotta say I look forward to each and every one of these videos, and they hit even better when they land those nostalgia feels like this one.

[@GTV-Japan]

Much appreciated! Onward to the end of year finale in 2 weeks!🐉🐉🐉

[@maxstone9999]

One of my favorite channels. Thank you I have some good content to watch during lunch.

[@GTV-Japan]

Enjoy 🥪!!

[@nickfarace9339]

While I did play the Fan Translation like everyone else, I was so miffed that we didn't get this, that I ordered a Japanese copy like a year after FF6. I had to knock out those tabs in the SNES cart slot to make it fit (their attempt at region locking). I had to write down what spells were where in the menus. But I went through the whole thing without being able to read a word of Japanese. And I don't regret it. I get that financially it was the right decision to not bring it over. But I always remembered that Nintendo Power article citing it as being FF3, then suddenly there was a different FF3, and I never got that one that sounded so damn awesome.

[@GTV-Japan]

Dedication!!🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉

[@nickfarace9339]

@@GTV-Japan I forgot to add, I worked my butt off to beat Omega Weapon with the limitations of not really knowing what everything was. I wrote it down on a piece of paper when I was a kid that I beat him and the date, with the note "now do it in the english version!" in hopes that would be a thing. Luckily it was, and I destroyed him the second time :D

[@GTV-Japan]

Haha awesome stuff!

[@thomasj.9686]

Thanks for this video! This is my favorite 2D Final Fantasy game. Miss me with your fancy moon visits and genocidal clowns. This is classic Final Fantasy.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and Lali ho!!

[@themarcosoma]

Oh man, how I missed drinking a cold one and some chicken wings and GTV. Keep on the videos and the good times!!! Cheers!

[@GTV-Japan]

🍺 🍗

[@GTV-Japan]

Next video march 10!

[@themarcosoma]

@@GTV-Japan I see.... some chicken wings in my future

[@GTV-Japan]

Take some pocky with it!

[@jeremym9011]

Good work on the documentary! Final Fantasy V is probably my all time favorite in the series.

[@GTV-Japan]

Great to hear! It’s personally not my fav but I like it. Enough to re re buy it on iPhone for sure 🐉

[@mjf8897]

V is my third favorite after VI and VII

[@Motavian]

Best FF game of its generation. That's right, better than 4 and 6.

[@GTV-Japan]

If only there was a Bartz shock face emoji…

[@TanookiSuit]

A big totally awesome thanks for this piece. Some nice memories here, given that part in Act3 covering the fan stuff. My friend at the time going by SOM2Freak was the translator originally for the full script and release of FF5 for the US/english reading people through IPS patch, and as he was a friend I was one of the original testers of this behemoth of a game. The months involved was nuts, and there were some really quirky bugs in development, one where you could go through all the games graphics tiles and crashing it talking to an old man early on in Tule. Due to the grind on this one I've never finished the game since, yet I've owned the PS1 game and still own the GBA release which is just so nicely done.

[@GTV-Japan]

I can’t imagine the work put in! It was just amazing to see regular people translating games. The thing is at least for me I never had a computer that could properly emulate snes for a long long time

[@TanookiSuit]

@@GTV-Japan Hey thanks for the reply. Sorry I didn't see this until now as this video popped up as a suggestion of PS1 you just did days ago. It was a lot of long hours, and that Tule bug was an epic stand out which is why I mentioned it. To see it working like a character tile feed for the entire games sprite table was amazing, amusing, and well tragic if you didn't save before talking to the guy as that game was locked. I'm now currently picking up FF5 again on the Advance as I got after a year the Pocket in the mail days ago, so I've been at it on my TV and it has been a solid time. The game is hard, harder than the other FF titles of the N-generation when it was at its peak yet I'd suggest it to anyone to give it a try. That video of yours highlights so much about this (for years) lost classic and it deserves respect they denied it in the 16bit era. Thanks for your work, had my life traveled a different path just over 20 years ago I'd be in your living situation now perhaps even producing similar materials online.

[@Nahuelwg]

this was my first ff, i played it on a gba emulator on my phone, i honestly love this game, the job system adds a lot of replayability, and the characters dont talk for too long so i can just keep doing my things instead of waiting 10m to finish the history moment

[@GTV-Japan]

Haha that’s true. The dialogue isn’t excessive 🐉🐉

[@andysanchez3]

Best final fantasy

[@ultrazappy7815]

Thanks GTV Japan for covering my favorite FF.

[@GTV-Japan]

You’re welcome 🐉🐉🐉

[@corpseweed]

"Is Seymour there? Last name Butz?" "Hey, everybody, I want a Seymour Butz!"

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s like the last guy that called in looking for Amanda Huggenkis.

[@anthonyfrench3169]

I have been a very casual FF fan. But, that being said. I've always loved the stories and I'm happy that you covered this.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks Anthony! I hope you give the game a go sometime 🐉

[@Rihcterwilker]

My favourite is VII, of course, but ffV holds a special place in my heart, as the first one i played from start to finish and had a good time all the way through.

[@bluedeath882]

I love your videos, so I was excited to see this one on my feed this morning. FF V is one of those games that I grew to appreciate more and more over time until it became one of my favorite games of all time. I love the job system. FF II does buck the trend of odd and even releases of the first six games however; the customization in that game is truly insane, as is the grinding necessary to truly get the most out of it.

[@GTV-Japan]

I agree with you on II. I guess they were trying to figure out what the game could and should be. It was weird that the weapons level up not the characters. I guess in that your characters have no customization and just what they equipped did🐉🐉🐉

[@bluedeath882]

@@GTV-Japan Yeah, it is a very weird system that, unsurprisingly, Never came back. You definitely can't accuse them of a lack of willingness to try new things.

[@GTV-Japan]

It really made me hate battles after a certain point because there was nothing gained from it

[@bluedeath882]

@@GTV-Japan Yeah, and that is definitely a problem when battles make up much of the game's content.

[@Morgil27]

I first played this game (as well as 1, 2, 4 and 6) via the GBA port, and absolutely loved it.

[@GTV-Japan]

Nothing but good memories!

[@sullycharted1125]

Final Fantasy 5 is the best Final Fantasy game of all time 💯 happy 30th anniversary.

[@electrowavez1680]

Awesome documentary,there isn't a lot of video on the game so i definitely enjoyed this.

[@electrowavez1680]

Should i check out the GBA version?i have only played the SNES version

[@GTV-Japan]

Sure. It’s a much better version

[@electrowavez1680]

Ok thanks!and awesome video as always :)

[@GTV-Japan]

No problem!

[@WinspearUltima]

Another fantastic final fantasy video, loved the information on this game. It’s very customisable game in the final fantasy series with the gameplay via the job system. Overall loved the video can’t wait to see final fantasy VI in the future for its 30th anniversary.

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh my lord. Better get working on it now. I can assure you next year will be very rpg heavy

[@WinspearUltima]

@@GTV-Japanand I’m yet to see what’s up ahead because I love RPGs

[@chrisbeach423]

I remember playing this game on my hacked Wii years ago. I was loving the game and then my SD card corrupted like 3/4th into the game. I was so frustrated and never restarted it. I definitely need to finish this game.

[@GTV-Japan]

Aw man that’s terrible!

[@kristophergathercoal5044]

Interesting timing. I just played FF5 for the first time and beat it for the first time an hour ago. It was charmingly simple. I enjoyed it a lot. Now, onto the other ones I never played; 4, 6, 10, and maybe 13... maybe.

[@GTV-Japan]

4 6 10 13! Those are all the best ones!

[@ModelZGolden]

Ótima retrospectiva

[@zetsushoren]

man i also recently watched the 1 hour love letter vid about ff5 and having watched both that and this just reinforced my love for ff5 even more, moreso cos the ps1 version was the first time i ever played a jrpg

[@GTV-Japan]

Sounds good! Nothing but good memories!

[@jonerikson5925]

Finally getting to play this and the translated seiken densetsu 3 were what really got me into emulators in high school, still have both on my phone.

[@ScootaGray]

After going back and playing 1-6 V gets under discussed so much, but it's a solid entry.

[@tracyndiyob162]

happy 30th anniversary final fantasy 5!! :3

[@jadstudiosofficial]

Expecting the history of Bubsy: Claws encounters of the furred kind? Well TOO BAD! THIS IS THE HISTORY OF FINAL FANATSY V!

[@GTV-Japan]

No one else could pull if a shirt with a ! on it.

[@kestral63]

FF5's customization was so versatile that some players beat it at the lowest possible level, skipping all random encounters. With the right set of starting moves you could evade and take down most threats. It had ROM hacks in Japan for players who wanted more to tackle thinking outside the box. While the plot and presentation could have been better, the series' gameplay grew exponentially with this installment.

[@GTV-Japan]

I like that!

[@RyuHayabusa06]

Great video. I never got into FFV though. I still love FFIV and FFVI but V, it lacked in so many areas that made the others great. Story, character design, music, even the job system didn't click with me. I was really looking forward to it when it was announced for the West as Final Fantasy Extreme but I understand why it was cancelled.

[@GTV-Japan]

I can understand that. Between 4/6 it does feel out of place. Anyways thanks for watching!! Lali ho

[@dukefleed4280]

still my favorite FF game to this day. none of other FF games could top this game for me. playing it at least once every 6 months with job randomizer. man I finished the original several times in japanese until the fan translate released.

[@ChicCanyon]

My favorite in the series

[@Silphiroth]

The one FF game nobody talks about despite being almost perfect

[@davidariyan7915]

As for now, The GBA version for this game (also for other ff) is the definitive version, because it that's more content, more jobs, and more boss battle like Enuo that once a told stories in the original game.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah it’s interesting that these expanded versions are being left behind anymore. I wonder what their impressions will be in the future?

[@davidariyan7915]

@@GTV-Japan and after they delisted the 2013 android/iOS versions. Those content will be lost in the void because it's inaccessible anymore to modern gamers. Except they willing to play the older pixel demastered for GBA. I can't believe square doesn't have any plan to bring those contents to Pixel Remastered version or even to their latest console: switch.

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s weird how less is more that way.

[@loboneiner1034]

Love FF5, the amount of customization is really fun

[@GTV-Japan]

It is! And sadly customizable RPGs are no longer made like this

[@loboneiner1034]

@@GTV-Japan I'm a hobby indie dev. Maybe I should attempt it myself haha

[@GTV-Japan]

@loboneiner1034 got for it!!

[@ridensroom6957]

Great video. I've had this for years bit keep failing to start. One day though

[@GTV-Japan]

Go for it!

[@pyxelpub8251]

Glad I came across this channel when I did, and I hope you keep making this vids, because quality like this is few and far inbetween!

[@GTV-Japan]

Yes! I can assure you I will and I’m going to invest more time and money to raise the quality for next year’s batch. I’m only going to do 12-15 to give me more time on each one that hopefully pays off.

[@BProof]

Played this the first time during a blizzard. My brother enjoyed it more than I did (FF6) but I definitely recoginize it as one of the classics. Gameplay was ahead of its time like most things Square did during that golden age. The soundtrack doesnt get the acclaim it deserves. My thing is that its plot was underwhelming especially sandwiched between 4 and 6.

[@GTV-Japan]

Don’t you live snowy game days? Always the best!! I’m with you on the plot, especially when playing the PS1 version and wondering why 4 and 6 were so much more detailed and well written. But I give bonus points to the laughing and shock faces that the game had.

[@MrBelmontcain]

I love your videos I can't wait to watch this.

[@mekman4]

Great Stuff, as always!

[@kuronoxz]

Hope to see soon the 30th anniversary of PSIII and PSIV

[@GTV-Japan]

3 is already done. 4, absolutely next year

[@kapparomeo]

I'm a filthy disgusting secondary who had never even heard about Final Fantasy before FF7 so I can't say I have that deep a connection to FF5, but I was intrigued by the segment discussing the OVA series and particularly the detail of how it has not been re-released. Have you ever been in touch with the KZbinr Kenny Lauderdale? His channel is themed around retrieving older retro anime that have been forgotten from the VHS era and he's also dabbled in videotape restoration too. A project to find and touch-up "Legend of the Crystals" sounds like it could be a good cross-promotional opportunity for GTV?

[@GTV-Japan]

That sounds like a good idea but there is a large number of touched up versions of the series out there in pirate land, which is where I got mine!!! So while a dvd version would be nice, I don’t think it’s needed or would look too much better than what’s already done. When these were made, I don’t know.

[@Vulpas]

Great video. I'm not a fan of the game, but I'd probably have liked it if I played it before FF4 as a kid, that game just set my expectations too high.

[@Prodmullefc]

This was another great doc on my favorite RPG series. I didn't realize it was the big 3 0 already! This was extremely informative as always. Thank you for all the thankless work you put into these videos! I always looks forward to your anniversary docs most of all. ....Wait, but what about Gilgamesh!

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh I’m sure we will see Gilgamesh again soon! Thanks for coming by again on day one!🐉🐉🐉

[@KrunoslavSaho]

You forgot to mention my favourite character and his goofs, Gilgamesh!

[@GTV-Japan]

Oops! Well I’ll be working on FF6 very soon

[@maxstone9999]

The main developer of final fantasy is quite a man. He wouldn’t look out of place as a master samurai hundreds of years ago.

[@GTV-Japan]

The power of mustache!

[@MrVariant]

I like Mr. Clio lol best parody psychic 🔮 ever. 3:54 odd or even? Ff2 was customizable, especially with foresight to give Leon a simply more powerful ultima given the level formula for his mid levels everywhere, but yes more story than 1 and 3 though all 3 are included in a memory of heroes book that contains the trilogy and reads much faster than a lot of dated gameplay. 19:13 lol you have to master at least 5 jobs per character for the bonuses (like hp for monk) to transfer to mime and freelancer unless you're a pro. 31:40 exdeath wanted to help his homeless homies. Get the alliteration?

[@GTV-Japan]

I do wonder what is the least amount of mastery you’d need to be a strong as possible?

[@MrVariant]

@@GTV-Japan I think 5 jobs each is fine. You generally want dual wield, rapid fire spell blade with flare or break for 1 character, a chemist/bard build for another, a dualcast mime with access to white, black and summon magic (the summon animation I think doesn’t show if its the first spell), and a blue mage with maybe zeninage as backup if it works and you can afford the money. It kinda is a pseudo replay value but unless you do a crazy four job Fiesta lol you're generally gonna play with whatever jobs the dungeons prefer you have. Ancient cave was a fun hack to make each random job helpful once you get the equipment.

[@GTV-Japan]

Sounds good!

[@lewis9970]

Thank you for the amazing video! Was wondering if you have any plans for making a FF6 video. Wishing you a happy new year !

[@GTV-Japan]

Yes I will do FF6 next year!

[@lewis9970]

@@GTV-Japan thank you GTV, really looking forward to it. Do you have patrion?

[@GTV-Japan]

No!! I will NEVER accept money from viewers! I have a job and that allows me to run this channel. Please save your money and don’t give it anyone else! All I ask is that you “support the channel” by watching it!

[@lewis9970]

@@GTV-Japan much respect brother 🙏

[@unclepalo]

FF5 is definitely not my favorite game in the series but it was decently fun, I vowed never to play it again after beating the original just because I just wasn’t invested in it like I was with 6,7, or 9 among others until the pixel remaster. The pixel remaster changed my mind slightly as it made alot of things easier and tolerable. I will always commend it for a great and fun job system though and the OST especially the pixel remaster is top tier

[@GTV-Japan]

Great to hear! Thanks for watching

[@kodakazu8]

Hell yeah! My favorite FF!

[@takerweapon1]

I'm hoping that Square Enix releases a remake of this game after Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Final Fantasy IX Remake are released.

[@chrisman2100]

Great video! I always enjoy leaning new things about games I know and love! I appreciate your hard work in putting this all together!

[@GTV-Japan]

My pleasure! As long as I have free time I will keep making them! Only one left to go in 2022! should be ready between the 20th-23rd! so see you then for the big finale!

[@josh6453]

Sooooooooo can’t wait for you to tackle Final Fantasy 6 next with ITS 30th anniversary. And, Chrono Trigger the following year.

[@GTV-Japan]

FF6 100% certainly. Chrono Trigger… not so clear right now!

[@richardgadberry8398]

"And you, on the other side of the screen! Let's dance!"

[@GTV-Japan]

💃

[@Civickid96]

I need to sit down and play this. I love that Final Fantasy 11 took a lot of the job system introduced here and made it their own. But knowing this game is what made 11 great, I am doing 5 an injustice by not giving it a shot.

[@GTV-Japan]

Give it a chance !

[@henrymariscal9632]

I love you for making this video! One of my favorites!

[@GTV-Japan]

And I love you for watching it!🐉🐉🐉🐉

[@Windom138]

You didn't mention how Aerith from Final Fantasy 7 is one of the common Lemure and Vilia monsters to battle against in 5.

[@GTV-Japan]

D’oh!

[@maxstone9999]

** mild spoilers ** try to look away if you don’t want this mild spoiler. Kefka of FF6 is no doubt one of the best final villains of a final fantasy game but neo ex death is just insane how it wants to bring about the oblivion of everything. So evil and creepy in such an unsettling way.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I agree! I do wonder though how his parents came up with that name.

[@Lionheart831]

It's odd whenever a person talks about Final Fantasy V and their characters including the main antagonist, some individual has to always bring up Final Fantasy VI and mention Kefka all the time which I can't stand thanks to the fanbase. But still, FFV is probably one of the most all-around Final Fantasy games that I played. Sure, the story may not be as "superb" as FF IV or have the best graphical effects and musical score of VI, but V did have one of the best gameplay in the FF series followed by Final Fantasy Tactics. What I'm trying to say is that, in my opinion, Final Fantasy V is a solid game that I enjoy playing, sure the story isn't more focused like IV and VI and the musical score sometimes feels bland, but I do love Final Fantasy V game including wonderful gameplay despite its flaws. Let us not pretend that Final Fantasy IV and VI don't have any flaws regarding IV's graphical errors and VI's unbalanced gameplay, but I do enjoy them just as much as I enjoyed Final Fantasy V.

[@PhillXVII]

This is the first Game i play when the Pixel Remaster drops on PS4.🥰

[@GTV-Japan]

I wouldn’t drop it, but place it lovingly with great care.💎

[@TBoneTony]

This is one of the games that made Emulation a requirement to play this game. The SNES original was never released outside of Japan.

[@natwafakidna8234]

Great retrospective. Big time FFV fan here, my favorite even haha. Every year I participate in the Four Job Fiesta charity challenge and rack up 10 runs or so. So good.

[@GTV-Japan]

Wow! I applaud that effort! Thanks for watching!🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉

[@MCastleberry1980]

I also still have the VHS set of the anime SOMEWHERE. Probably in a box at my parents or something.

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s pretty good! Linally wasn’t dressed for the occasion though, I’ll say!

[@sharkzoo]

I love this game.

[@ramonmujica3193]

Square should get Sakaguchi and Uematsu (and more?) one last time to make a "final" "true" Final Fantasy game on the Pixel Remasters engine. As for FF5 (and FF3), I am very saddened by the fact that I didn't get to play them when they came out since I was a HUGE Final Fantasy fan since the very first game. I fucking loved these games.

[@alanlee67]

Faris' real name was translated as "salsa" in the anthology version. That's just too funny for words

[@GTV-Japan]

If only there was a Bartz shock face emoji, I’d use it right now!

[@thatdonparkerVODS]

A new GTV Japan video? Merry Christmas to me! V just seems like a huge time investment. I would want to max out everything for everyone.

[@GTV-Japan]

It is!! And really to get the hang of it takes at least 2-3 playthroughs. The first time I played it, things were confusing. I didn’t really know you were meant to max them out and swap abilities it was just weird until it all clicked. 🐉

[@pallafox]

FFV would've still been appreciated for its graphical and system upgrade from IV. I think you underestimate the western market too much the same as the heads of Nintendo back then since they did not consider young adults to be their primary market. This would've definitely appealed to them and ushered more sales for FFVI in the US after to at least hitting half a million in unit sales is the US. Though the Snes did introduce a lot of iconic JRPG games in the west, it was really the PS1 that made a breakthrough in JRPG sales hitting the millions in US and made it a demand. The variety it offered completed changed the industry and introduced games like Shin Megami and Saga series that were more geared towards an older/mature target. Had Nintendo released a lot more JRPGs in the Snes at that time and changed its tone to reach the right audience, a few games would've have the same appreciation that FFVII received when it was time to level up their console.

[@GTV-Japan]

That’s a valid outcome but we may never know. I think the pathway still turned out fine however

[@younesakdah1803]

3:13 ah so that's where they got the idea for Cyan's face.

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s interesting that is for sure🐉🐉

[@________________6325]

Amazing content as always

[@GTV-Japan]

Thank you Mr. Blank!🐉

[@KillamanCarney]

Another retrospective! I have been excited for this one!

[@EoR_2B4GOT10]

Prepare to meet the son of Cid. MID! *takes of sunglasses mother of god... personally I'm not the biggest fan of RPGs with a focus on a jobsystem but I see the apeal for others. Will you cover the Lunar games at some point?

[@GTV-Japan]

I would sure like to. But wow that’s going to be a lot of work to do it right! It’s in the maybe list for now