Final Fantasy X - No Sphere Grid - Dark Anima (No Zanmato)

[@Dansg08]

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[@cereyza]

the fact you prepared for so long, took so much time beating it, edited this massively long video, AND added annotations throughout the whole thing to narrate and all because you love this game that much and are so dedicated to the challenge. dude. so much fucking respect to you! seriously! legendary!

[@darkgokussj]

Would have been funny if Yojimbo decided to be a dick and use Zanmato :D

[@kudo7821]

This is AMAZING. Literally never gets old. About 4 years old now right? I still watch this video start to finish every so often, really sad you don't get to see this level of drive and prowess when it comes to JRPGs anymore :( I think of all the FFs, X was my favorite to challenge run/watch be challenged, so many boundaries were broken in this game its ridiculous. Saddening how under-appreciated this kind of thing goes though, the number of "this is a waste of time" comments I've seen have floored me.

[@mrdante361]

I love this game also man, but da fuck? I would only do this if I was granted Immortality after doing so.

[@Dansg08]

+mrdante361 Well it's going well so far :P

[@biscariot1074]

You my friend are a god among men . Such determination . I've played through FFX more times than I can remember . I could practically write down the whole script of the game . But you are on a whole different level . I doff my hat to you sir . Subscribed .

[@leonardoronaz9869]

2:20 "She likes to take a break on the first turn." :/ She likes to take breaks every turn for me.

[@leonardoronaz9869]

I also noticed you paid Yojimbo minimally 1000 gil. I see you've done your research on Aeon Motivation. ;]

[@Avenus112]

This is unbelievable, but also unbelievably smart, holy smokes. Thanks for doing this, what a marathon.

[@MrThuralion]

All people saying it's sad that you FFXED don't understand how much time goes into things like this, amazing job!

[@vinzo0913]

I was on gfaqs when you posted this... It was on Challenge run faq or something like that. I remember you suggested i start out with something like a no ods no c/weapons or something. Thank you. you got me started on this.

[@donpiantagaming2102]

All I have to say is that I thank you for doing this in place of those of us who were too lazy to do so. I think I only killed like Dark Bahamut and Dark Valefor USING sphere grid... that was many years ago back when I didn't know too much about customizing aeons and equipment...

[@LauraLeeX777]

I'm torn on this one. On the one hand, I would love to see this video remade, with your vocal commentary, with updated recording equipment. But on the other hand, I just love how authentic, original and dated this video is. 😚

[@jimmyramosf7]

A THOUSAND HOURS?!!! REALLY?!!! OH MY GOD, YOUR LOVE HAS BECOME AN OBSESSION!!! Well, dang, congrats for such a feat! I was trying to consider how much time would it take to fully complete FFX NSG, but if it really takes that much time is too much, Im getting quite tired with the 90+ hours I have been investing in completing for the first time the International version, and I love this game. But man, you are truly dedicated. You are awesom.

[@MegaAudioSonic]

I love the fact, that you are actually fightig against a dark aeon and not just using quick hit until it dies. It's kinda boring if people dont do anyting but spamming one attack over and over.

[@Krizzah47]

some people sacrifice aeons to protect humans and some people sacrifice humans to protect aeons^^

[@MultiMonkeyman13]

this is probably one of the greatest things I've witnessed (from a gamers perspective) congrats on this

[@seabreez2196]

I think I'm just gonna watch this vid and never attempt this. Way to go

[@Terrarix]

255 likes... YOU SIR, HAVE REACHED THE MAXIMUM LEVEL OF LIKES!! xD

[@ludvighelmerson9149]

At about 30 min I noticed that the picture of Seymour's mother has been cut out off/removed from Animas necklace.

[@tashagodspell6960]

Oh. My. God. I'm totally totally impressed! Great work man, defeating Dark Anima is probably the hardest challenge in the gaming history (sadly I think Peneance isn't possible to defeat in NSG) XD Where is Obama with your medals? You're worthy of the Time's cover. You're awesome.

[@brenoakiy]

auto-life revives you once. the problem is getting turns to keep casting it...

[@LCLstaples]

Major props man, not many will understand the level you were on, but it is appreciated, even to the making of this video, 4 years, and this nearly 2 hour beastly fight. Well done.

[@Lildream3]

Well done! That's so much respect. Not a wasted moment! No idea that last boss existed. This changes everything

[@vinegreen3242]

its added into the HD Remaster only, which is probably why. Just to put it in perspective as well, this thing has a whopping 8,000,000 attack!

[@ms.mittenz]

There are several "last bosses" like this. All your aeons and one last "penance" which has 12million hp

[@vinegreen3242]

yup

[@TheMrampuja]

DevineRed RainClan Funniest thing is, I killed all the dark aeons like 13 years ago. Your argument is invalid.

[@SupraRage]

DevineRed RainClan The dark aeons have always been in final fantasy X. They have only been in the international version however, seeing as show the HD remake hasn't been out 3 years how could you think that. The American version of FFX did not have the dark aeons until the HD remake came out. Edit: Penance was also not in the game until HD remake but it was in international also

[@oriobarrogi4499]

I am speechless really.Congratulations,you should get a rl trophy for that there. Really congrats,watched the whole thing in 2x.

[@Jackpot00]

Amazing how much Anima's focus shifted to Yuna through the middle of the fight. Can't be coincidence surely? Well done man.

[@silfazaris99]

This is a hell of a conquest. Congrats, man. I've played ffX 3 times and I promised that the next time I'd play I'd try NSG. I'm saving your video to my favs because I'm really thinking about starting a NSG game now. Again, Congratulations!

[@NewbiestNoob]

4 years ago but I must say man, what an accomplishment! Congratulations dude!

[@Shuyin128MK4]

Every time I watch this it amazes me. Are you still the only person in history to do this?

[@Dansg08]

"In history" makes it sound needlessly impressive, but yes as of today, 5 years after uploading this I am still the only person who has done it. I don't think too many people are trying it like they were back in 08-11 :)

[@seanvillegas2819]

+dansg08 u r a legend

[@MrBorderlands123]

Absolute madman.

[@davidosullivan9817]

+dansg08 no no,you deserve that statement!!!

[@timvanderspek8108]

Okay, wow. I consider myself a hardcore FFX player but...wow. I would never, NEVER, pull this off. Partly due to the fact I don't enjoy playing NSG, but still....wow. Ignore the dweebs that call this a waste of time; this was an EPIC accomplishment, and my total respect to you for doing something I have neither the drive or patience to attempt. There should be a 'dansg08' trophy for this game! Unlock by beating Dark Anima with NSG! Not that I'd ever get it >.< All joking aside, this was awesome. You rock!

[@iamachessaddict]

In regards to your question at around 1:23:00, maybe it's because Pain delayed Dark Anima's turn. I know that when the player's Anima uses Pain, Anima's opponent tends to have an extra turn before Anima gets her next turn. The same mechanics may apply in this situation.

[@yubbone]

This is why FFX is one of my favorite FF's.

[@rhycetracey2360]

I consider myself an experienced ffx player but wow. you smashed that ! props to you

[@leonzitro96]

You have proven that even with no sphere grid it can be done which leaves no excuse for someone with the whole sphere grid completed to say that it is hard, you just showed us what the meaning of hard is and for that i tip my hat off to you sir

[@dudecrafter5746]

Good job, I never thought this was possible. Always full of surprises.

[@marioluigi896]

Not only is this probably one of the coolest battles ive ever seen, but you posted this on my birthday ;w; Life done right! xD

[@qqszad]

omg wowowwpwowow i think you are a god at ffx. i tried this and failed and thought it was impossible

[@Yellowheart28]

Hey man i just wanted to say this on this video you really had a goal and achieve it you made dreams into reality i remember on my old you tube account i was sub to you like 2010 and you post this video i was holy **** he did it so yeah man i just wanted say keep making FF video i really enjoy them even inspire start doing my own kind of walkthroughs for other games but sir i thank you very much

[@ki-cl3hu]

I really want to try this again, I'm actually playing a lot Dragon Quest 8 in order to finish it 100%, I really hope I still have my NSG save dansg08, you sir are a legendary FFX player ! I've got so much respect for you since I've watched this video entirely the first time !

[@hlv923]

Man, you're really something... I love FFX a lot but to do NSG runs that's just another level to it. Just awesome!

[@chocmintsify]

I was too cheap to use Yojimbo ahaha XD He isn't really my ally if I have to pay him!

[@Tasoku01]

Wow watching this entire thing made me antsy. All I can say is thank god for Wakka's Attack Reels and man Anima's hatred for Yuna is substantial. I was getting incredibly nervous seeing her constantly attack Yuna. Congrats on the win!

[@Husonaut1000]

Out of all the possible ways to defeat Dark Aeons in a NSG, I would have NEVER thought it was the sisters who would prove useful. Great fight, I enjoyed it.

[@a_random_scrub4700]

bro i have to say this is amazing i didnt watch the whole thing not going to lie but this onto itself is a feat good job son

[@ConradDuren]

So much hardwork. Appreciate.

[@x.x.cam.x.x]

As much of a waste of time I believe that was, I can't help but to give respect to this guy! Props man, props!

[@zzanmato123]

Hey man. Never seen this video before (I knew SOMEONE done it), but landed her by accident. I did watch a good hour of it, not everything. But... omg, nice man! The idea of Rikku's second weapon with mag+30% is simple, yet very effective. Dark Anima was nice to you, especially the first half, but you deserved it! GREAT job. Greets, zzanmato (from GFAQs message board)

[@Dansg08]

Hey, nice to have an old vet from the board commenting :) I wish I could say I thought of the weapon modification myself, but like I said in the video, ChaosN was the mastermind behind that one. I think Dark Anima more than made up for it in the last half of the battle when it refused to allow me to summon, but I got through it in the end with a little (okay a lot) of luck. I'm just happy that I managed to be the first to do this, which was my goal when I started. Might seem a waste of time/stupid to some, but I consider this one of my greatest personal achievements :)

[@zzanmato123]

dansg08 It's not a waste of time if you're the first one to complete it, it's perfectly fine to feel proud about it. And even if it costs lots of hours, the result is a Dark Anima falling on the ground thinking: 'omg, did I just lose to a NSG party?' ^_^ I was also glad when I came up with strategies myself for bosses in NSGRONI, and proud when they actually worked.

[@clinkclankthebestestnopont1557]

So... the thing i have been told that IS impossible to do... the thing that keeps the most die hard of FF fans up at night and someone did it after like hat 6 years the game came out.... You are a gawd

[@Lukiro]

Haven't watch any FFX Vids lately, but randomly found this by searching for the FFVI Battle Theme lol. You got all my honor sir, you did a wonderful job there.. so much time you spend for this.

[@alphonseelric5000]

i don't know why but in all Final Fantasy games it gives you a hilariously awesome feeling to watch your characters get their asses completely devastated only to have them rise again to be killed again and again :)

[@janreyes1056]

You've just brought Final Fantasy gaming to a whole new level. My hat's off to you sir, you've done such a hellish battle and did the impossible. :bd

[@drsusredfish]

its funny you have the music on loop but I can still hear the other sound effects in my head when they do a move. I've played this game too much.

[@SecretlyAMan]

Rikku's turn was two turns away after being revived because pain is a slow move, which sets your next go back further. He did two pains in a row, one being after Rikku got back up. This caused Rikku's go to be sooner than with his basic attack.

[@Raylos]

Hey man.. it's amazing, you can even feel the determination in the video.. even though that might sound weird... nice pretty impressive.

[@Waltzeminor]

I subscribe to your channel when I saw this video. keep it up I cant get tired of hearing this song

[@cokputra5469]

I have nothing to say but respect

[@Angelostar88]

Congrats on this big achievement!!!! :-) I'm also an enthusiastic FF-Player which like all games of the series. I enjoyed watching Darkkefka's videos on KZbin and tons of other FF-videos. My aim is to get all stats maxed in every FF game I own (characters and monsters (bestias, GFs...). In FF10 I maxed the characters stats (not yet the bestias) almost 2 years ago, then I took a big break playing other games and working. But I will continue in the future ^^ I have waited a long time seeing this

[@dablazingbryan5559]

If you return in the future and make yet another miracle by defeating PENANCE this way with no sphere grid I'm ... Just gonna have to call you god

[@Blade-Rave]

Reminds me of when I played FFVIII for ages, grinding the first disc for Squall's Lion Heart without playing Triple Triad. took me about 50-60 hours and before I was off disc 1 I had Squall at almost lvl 55 and junctioned well enough to take on stuff I would face in disc 3. seeing effort like that or greater in someone else's efforts always puts a smile on my face :)

[@RetreatHell518]

Respect man, Respect.

[@Arumenuyama]

Congratulations, Man! This is an awesome achievement! Of course, You are a little crazy to put so much effort and time into this ) but the final result, which is, of course, this fight, is really a masterpiece!

[@Frickenlickengood]

I never really thought that I would be this applaudable to someone over a game.. but... my god... this is probably thee biggest triumphant video I've seen on here. :D Congratulations. BTW thank's for the tip of "listen to your own music". The song after a while get's boring. :3

[@geenobeghelli5599]

That was insane dude! I felt glad beating Penance, but this is something compleately different. You have my complete respect and admiration. :O

[@DarkAnomaly]

This was the only dark Aeon i couldn't beat and my party was maxed out. Idk i just found him (or her?) far FAR too OP and i just gave up in the end. Nice job here man.

[@ColdMystery]

It was even hard to face her with maxed characters and stuff and you did it like this.. WOW

[@verikukko]

Finally found time to watch the whole vid, congratz again mate!

[@Vysetra]

I thought maybe Kefka or Crow would be the first to do this. I was wrong, and we have one of the most elite tacticians to do it. I commend you sir! Haha, seriously man I have waited for this fight for years. Fav'd, this deserves millions of views for the brilliance of it.

[@Vysetra]

Woah, 16 year old me lathered on the praise. :P The sentiment still rings true though haha.

[@FOUNDINSIDE]

Legend. Thank you for all that you’ve done when it comes to this game,.

[@HinagikuKohana]

He could but in the title it says "no Zanmato". By the way the challenge was to kill dark Anima without yojimbo ;D he trained so hard for this and this took him for so Long, and if he would have used yojimbo it wouldn´t be so funny.

[@Raka1890]

Very nice job, if you don't mind my asking. In general, what is the best armor for each character? Auto-Haste Auto-Protect Auto-Potion Ribbon On all? Or is it best to keep at least a couple characters with: Auto-Haste Auto-Protect Auto-Phoenix Ribbon Thanks again for the very interesting video, hope to get some outside opinions/thoughts!

[@schlockfather]

i love this game to death. Allthough i never would dare play through without the sphere grid lol.

[@HeartlessSeph]

Sorry, but not anyone can do this challenge. It takes a lot of preparation (and I'm not talking about stats but about strategy). I have yet to see anyone else do this, so the feat is quite impressive.

[@Zoney1]

This was one of my favorite, if not my very favorite game growing up. I admire the effort you put into doing this, this really is quite the project.

[@ff12NLBLLGler1]

nice to see you using my equipment set up for yuna:) well done!

[@draken4200]

Yojimo: Money please. Yuna: SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY, ALL OF IT!

[@TheParagonify]

Regarding the Rikku-Turn-Wonder towards the end: After you dismissed the aeons, there were 3 DA turns until Rikku got a chance. After she dies you can see there are two turns until she gets a turn, but meanwhile DA did two attacks, making a total of four turns of DA.

[@xDarkATKx]

HONOR and RESPECT

[@thebutler2525]

This was godlike... you should do a no sphere grid speedrun, there are only 2 people on the speedrun leaderboard (Speedrun.com). the most recent one was december 2017. I see that you have a patereon, so i'm sure your still around to read this comment and maybe take on the challenge. the WR for it is 12 hours and 21 min... which is... insane considering that the world record for an any% speedrun is 10 hours and 26 min. it'll be nice to see a ffx speedrun in 2018!

[@Dansg08]

I wouldn't be able to better that unless I spent countless hours mastering the run. At this stage there is almost nothing new to add to the strategies and more of it comes down to RNG. I just don't have the time anymore for those kinds of things unfortunately. 12 hrs 21 min is an incredible time, I have no idea how they did that :P Underdog's Secrets most likely :)

[@UnholyBahamut]

LOL I love this strategy, I typicaly use Aeons to protect the characters from powerfull atacks, but you use your characters to protect your Aeons :P. btw congrats on this, it's requered a lot of strategy to accomplish this. You deserve more views.

[@dannymusic]

In-sane. You must have had incredibly patience doing what I would've thought was basically impossible

[@MrAhds]

6 yrs going strong good lad

[@scribble71891]

2000 tries? ouch ah well at least you tried XD I know the magus sisters together on NGS is impossible - thats just too much to deal with. But I'll keep waiting for the Shinyru battle though - I got my money on dansg or kefka beating him one day that damn shattering attack is pretty much the only problem.

[@rickywu618]

looking forward to see you doing this in remastered version :D

[@onimikozero6161]

Mindy is so cute ^___________^

[@xaeqw]

It's a No Sphere Grid/No Zanmato Playthrough. Read the description a little

[@yamibalus]

Trio of 9999 is one of the best of all time limit break/overdrive abilities in the entire series... cast low level fire spell, 9999, Lancet, 9999, melee attack 9999, it's just so pro

[@scribble71891]

I know right! Im still waiting for someone to own Shinyru sorry ass without in NSG as well. I mean this guy defeated dark anima without it soo...

[@voidling20]

Excellent video - congrats and thanks for the annotations too

[@scribble71891]

congrats on the victory! There were times when I got nervous too but Im glad you won!

[@zcarmine1700]

This is absolutely amazing! Congrats man!

[@AkantoreX]

I'Ve seen the whole video, worth it. Every second.

[@moreirasky]

You had patience to defeat Dark Anima in NSG, great job man!

[@IIZantesukenII]

Amazing. How much time and effort you put into this. I just recently bought HD Remaster. I played the original PS2 version but had no Dark Aeons. I got pretty good and was able to defeat most of the monsters in the arena but I really wanted to test my might against a dark aeon. I've been working on it again and I almost forgot how much of a pain it is to get everything you need. So far I've defeated Dark Valefor and Ifrit. Still haven't got my armor to what I want it to be but was able to defeat them. No aeons and my sphere grid isn't even close to being finished. So far so good. Now I'm working on my armor for everyone. So after I get what I need I'll start trying out Ixion and Shiva. After that I plan to finish my sphere grid and work my way a long. About 3/4 finished on everyone's armor. I'm gonna try to defeat all Dark Aeons and Penance without aeons but if I can't I'm gonna have to do some work with my aeons. I feel like this is a big achievement to get. You on the other hand are unbelievably nuts! I would of never thought this could be done. You really must love this game to put towards 4 years into it. I play for a month and I'm already starting to feel the pain lol. Kudos to you my friend! BTW who was the one that originally came up with this bright idea? If you know do you think it was possible at the time? I bet this challenge was made up as an impossible feat but somehow you pulled it off. Now you can say in your face to that dude. lmao.

[@IIZantesukenII]

Another thing I'm going against the Dark Aeons and Penance blind. Hope I don't need help and can do it on my own. Wish me luck.

[@Dansg08]

Hey, if you check the description it has the original FAQ that was written by one of the first people to start up this NSG Dark Aeon challenge back in 2001/2002. I heard about NSGNZDA through Darkkefka's videos back in like 2007 or so and it seemed interesting. I then found the FAQ and read about the "prophecy" of someone maybe one day defeating Dark Anima. I researched online and found that in 07/08 it was still something that hadn't ever been done, and back then there were a lot of people in the FFX community actively trying, so I joined the hunt. I of course loved the game or I wouldn't have spent so much time on it, but when you break it up over 4-5 years I didn't spend 8 hours a day 365 days a year working on it. It was one of those things where you become part of an active community of people who are trying to do what you are doing and become inspired to be the first to achieve it. I was in my mid teens at the time and in high school so I had plenty of time to spend in pursuit of this. If I was in my 20s and heard about this challenge I'd likely never have started :) But in retrospect I'm glad I did, because the dream of one day completing this challenge and uploading a video of it was the reason this channel was created - Dansg08 = Dark Anima No Sphere Grid 2008. When I see how far the channel has come now and the joy I get from it every single day it was unwillingly the best decision I ever made :)

[@dakotachurch8377]

All of you talking about how did he do this, how did he do that, there are plenty of NSG videos about youtube, even complete playthroughs.

[@TheArchKnight]

RESPECT!

[@omiianix]

wow..amazing this must have been one of the good accomplishment for you in this game! GREAT JOB!:D also i have to say the background song..went perfectly!:)

[@aggrobernd]

First off, congrats man. I know enough people who won't even get past the dragon before you get into bevelle with levelling. But i have one question. Are you still the only one to beat dark anima nsg? I know you were the first but still the only one would be pretty cool in this challenge. And there's no competition from my side i have the need to level up characters. I couldn't do nsg challenges. Well i think kilika would be possible for me but then it's over.

[@buddy32able]

Anima vs magnus sisters"fucking they don't die. Anima vs Yuna and crew."Wack a mole wack a mole wack a mole wack a mole.(yuna summones) FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-"

[@mirtexxan]

Congratulations! However, a Dark Anima HP counter would be very nice... counting down its HP would be extremely exciting!

[@PeteThePlayer]

@DanmakuManiac NSG Shinryu is indeed possible and I do think someone has beaten him, but the odds to actually beat him (not talking about recording) are really low. NSGNSNCNO BFA? I don't think so. I highly doubt it has been done but I never bothered doing research on it.

[@Arumenuyama]

Wrong. The luck is important here, yes, but it's far from JUST luck. Some strategic decisions, like important armor shifts that author describes, were crucial for this challenge, it could be impossible without them. Smart managing of CTB-bar and not doing serious mistakes during tough 100 min. battle is important too.