FINAL FANTASY XVI - Creatures and Eikons

‘Monstrum’ host and writer Dr. Emily Zarka takes a look at the inspirations behind the monsters, Eikons and companions of Final Fantasy XVI.
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[@bermesque]

Clive kinda is like a genie, realizing the wishes of everybody in his path

[@__-tz6xx]

True. One can see that when completing all the quests, as he is going out of his way to help even though the looming threat of the crystals draining the land and the antagonist's desires is present.

[@EvelynL.1112]

​@@__-tz6xxAgreed

[@Enviscera]

What's funny is how Ifrit is traditionally linked as a type of foil to jinns.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

He is the Ultimate Blue Mage!

[@milemile4813]

Fun fact, Morbol was called Marlboro for a long time like the cigarettes. And his signature move is called Bad Breath, like the cigarettes 😆 Love those small details in Final Fantasy

[@chuiy1560]

As a big fan of Monstrum and Final Fantasy, this is a collab that I never knew I wanted. Love it!

[@noahlynch7913]

I know! I loved watching this

[@WitchyUmeko]

I’ve never clicked on a video so fast 🤣🤣🤣

[@coolfish420]

This was cool! Having a second look at Odin, the two horns on his head look like gnarled tree roots, which could be a call to Yggdrasil the world tree!

[@wolphdrake3714]

This was super interesting. I really liked her insight on the matter of creatures from FFXVI and definitely want to hear her talk about the rest of the eikons😃 Especially Shiva and Ramu! Great video 👏👏👏👏

[@mauauauauaua14]

shiva in myth "multi armed god of destruction" shiva in ff "WAIFU"

[@Quester91]

Great game, loved it from start to finish

[@Bahamut3525]

I love this. And I love Eikons. So epic. Garuda is my favorite eikon tbh, and favorite to play in terms of gameplay.

[@Temperance_XVII]

Mine is Bahamut

[@wizzenberry]

she has the voice of an angel, could listen all day

[@REVOLVERE]

I just finished the game last night. Thank you guys for this amazing experience 🙏

[@seeleyboothfan2]

This was so interesting! I love knowing just how much research and love has gone into Final Fantasy when creating these beings

[@Jack_Reacheround]

With so many click-bait reaction videos out there, this was an incredible breath of fresh air.

[@alexbanter]

Fantastic video. Always fun to see where the inspiration comes from.

[@Zulikula]

Wow Dr.Zarka awesome I love monstrum and her doing this is amazing good stuff here

[@Kayma]

I would watch these for every Final Fantasy game.

[@antonioperezhernandez5846]

Very beautiful definition of the Phoenix and fit’s very well with Joshua

[@elisodrakulia]

This was a very interesting collaboration, waw, thanks very much!!

[@francisco24slb1]

Amazing game... BUT I NEED A SEQUEL/DLC !!! PLEASE SQUARE !!!

[@andrewolivetreemixing]

Please!

[@paladin_butterz]

Nice! PBS Monstrum, something new to watch during downtime at work! This is a really cool colab, another W for SE

[@christianliteratus]

I love this collab with monstrum. Awesome idea!!!

[@GusJKlaus]

i love her channel on PBS, imagine my joy on having her talking about FINAL FANTASY

[@Jeyblox]

The artists did a great job 👏 they do have experience redesigning these big guys, so it’s a culmination of years of hard work

[@spencergroce2022]

Loveeee these types of info

[@jackjohnson8305]

Yeah i knew they weren't gonna mention Bahamut cuz he's actually a big fish not a Dragon in the original myths lol

[@lordbarco8337]

Best final fantasy ever!

[@Juansetheunknown]

I Love so much the desing of Ifrit in XVI it has a Godzilla look

[@ichi_san]

this is very informative thank you

[@OhShunz]

I just finished FF16 and I stuck at games in general but I love them for their amazement and beauty which is 100% what this game turned out to be! I played on tourist mode aka “Story Mode” and think the good Dr. Emily Zarka should as well. It’s Game Of The Century for me without a doubt. #CliveJill ❤️💔

[@Bored0720]

Hope she makes a video of her playing the game or a review 🥳

[@TalysAlankil]

i'm a simple guy: i see Dr Z, i click

[@0xKazuto]

i hope someday... FFXVI and FFXIV have a collaboration where Clive will up against.... Zodiark and Hydaelyn.... i'm just hoping....

[@earljerohbacabac6974]

Whattt? Dr. Emily Zarka in an FF video? My Monstrum and Final Fantasy loving heart 🫶🫶🫶

[@onryu]

which ver version of prelude plays at the beginning? (its not the 16 title prelude)

[@dariusjarvis1992]

I just love persona Bahamut from origins until now.

[@SolidMGSnake]

A monster expert? Okay shes cool!

[@thedarkknight727]

I was hoping they could have showed her more of the in-game Odin. Cause in the games lore, Odin is known as ‘The Warden of Darkness’ and instead of having the power of lightning he has power over some type of red and black flames, something I like to call the Element of Darkness.

[@jgosto1967]

wow what a great vid

[@pierremathieu7331]

justice for Leviathan, the lost !

[@rhythmandacoustics]

She should have done Chimeras also. She will love Harpocrates.

[@Lakeone_]

Even though it's wrong, panglion does sound cool tho

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Clive is the Ultimate Blue Mage! Also, great collaboration.

[@ThunderZod9019]

I want to see her reaction if she streams.

[@barryslieker1789]

I want Clive Rosfield must join in Dissidia Final Fantasy for PS5.

[@someoldguyplays]

Dr. Z!!

[@thedarkknight727]

Sometimes I believe that they should have named this version of Odin, ‘Hades.’

[@swiftblade862]

Matt Easton AND Emily Zarka?!

[@MarvelDLaw]

No モーグリ( Moogle ) ? 😢

[@bellzo5]

She said angels are monsters like wow smh ok this creature is a winged mermaid minus the tail

[@leonie7754]

Minor corrections: It's not a pangolin, it's a armadillo lizard (even bites it's own tail like one). It's not a dodo, it's more like a moa. Though ostritch is close, but moas have a closer beak. In fact, the phorusrhacos has the closest beak to a chocobo of the flightless rattite-like species.

[@AShroudOfTruth]

No, not "Dodo' birds. Dodo's have longer goofy looking shaped beaks. Chocobo's are basically large baby chicks.

[@DaleMurph]

Beautiful Emily did an incredible job on this video

[@RivalGrimReaper]

missed Bahamut?

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

That's because the Bahamut of mythology is a turtle and I think that would've flown over this chick's head

[@ovi54]

GOTY

[@orochi2723]

sad she didn't include their height

[@AndrewSmith00000007]

I did not know Garuda is part of hindu mythology. I thought it was from Indonesia

[@selfhealing]

Not telling about shiva a hindu goddess is a misses opportunity.

[@kalegar1345]

Dr. Emily Zarka is amazing, i have like the same tough on everything she said and she has the most beautiful eyes ! My god can i marry her or not ? xD (im kidding)

[@Nero_PR]

Actually, Dr. Zarka got Fafnir design wrong. I too thought it reminded me a pangolin but it's more like a Spiked Lizard of sorts.

[@doomguydemonkiller]

Final Fantasy 16 is more of a God of War game than God of War Ragnarok.

[@kilikilio5321]

the funny fact is the ancient norse isnt that ancient at all. nordic people rise from late 8th AD to 11th AD. about odin lore

[@truebigboss]

What u explained is called "viking age" Odin lore predates the viking age by far

[@kilikilio5321]

@@truebigboss how far? you wont twists me with odin = zeus or maybe he is gods from celtic didnt you? and also when is norse myth begin?

[@elias.t]

@@kilikilio5321 He's a Germanic god known to have been worshipped since at least before 1st century, probably much earlier. The first mention of him is from a Roman work that names him as Mercurius, (which is not because the Old Germanic people called him that, but because people liked to translate other gods into their own. Centuries later, the Norse would do the same to depictions of Greco-Roman gods they saw in Constantinople.) He's most famous in his Norse name Odin, but different Germanic tribes called him Wōden, Uuôden, Wuodan, Wuotan, and Wêda. His original name was most likely Wōðanaz. All these other tribes were christianised earlier than the Norse, which meant that they had more time to forget and forsake their old religion and gods.

[@maxwellmills4825]

Incorporating representations of a wider diversity of cultures also makes it more inclusive

[@XChronicHash]

Who is she

[@The666cuervo]

Ni en pelea perros.

[@themblan]

Doctor? Give me a break

[@ms.pirate]

She probably had a previous job in the field. I wonder if she is still working as a doctor in the field

[@TanukiPunk]

​@@ms.pirateshe has a doctorate in philosophy with a specialization in British Romance literature (capital R romance) with an emphasis on Gothic, according to her website.

[@Temperance_XVII]

Bahamut is the strongest, dion nearly blew up the entire planet zettaflare all over the fuckin place he the best

[@cooli7037]

WITH the power of a crystal's heart while also driven beserk

[@ovi54]

Please state “Spoiler warning” before posting revealing comments. People only waited half of their kids life for this game to release

[@Temperance_XVII]

@@ovi54 the game been out for over 2 weeks and checking KZbin when there’s spoilers all over the place isn’t a good idea anyway

[@hikkiduran]

He did blew up quite a few times when I was facing him, tbh

[@AkariNOX]

Shameful how she ambiguously ascribed Ifrit to an "original culture" which in fact is Islam, and then at the end alludes to it as a pre-Islamic creature, which is completely inaccurate. Check your biases at the door doctor

[@terrancecloverfield6791]

I don't really know who this person is, so I don't know how to really interpret her opinions on much. I don't associate the design on the Eikons based on IRL mythos. I base it on previous FF games and its universal lore such that Garuda looks like the FF14 incarnation. Ifrit looks to take inspiration from FF7 and onward, Ramuh and so on. A chocobo looks like a chocobo that we've all grown to see.

[@user-jm4ee1xg7z]

all of those you mention take from irl inspiration, the designs gotta start somewhere, ff just sometimes keeps designs similar across games.

[@michaelhammond1389]

yes but those in turn are based on real world myths

[@LullyJo]

FF has always taken from real life mythology and it makes complete sense how she's interpreting it. Not to mention, it seems as though Square Enix themselves invited her to do this, so maybe the company actually thinks she has some valuable insight and want her to share how their interpretations of these gods and creatures line up with the real world mythologies they were borrowed from. Saying they're only based on previous FF games is very ignorant and erases entire religions and cultures that these creatures were based on. Not to mention Dr. Emily Zarka is an expert on this stuff so... maybe she knows what she's talking about.

[@Ticutio]

Why make such a stupid advertisement. So you can only push the players away. Fire the advertising manager.

[@Hato1992]

Story of game is 10/10. Too bad abilities and combat is not that great. Still solid, but gets bored later on.

[@Temperance_XVII]

No the combat is great nuking enemies with judgement bolt and Giga flare

[@rayoza2607]

@@flashcolumbus5023comments tend to have 1 upvote after posting. Dunno why. Sorry. Had to be that guy lol

[@ms.pirate]

Then don't use the combat materials? But this is a good and non bias review

[@Hato1992]

@@ms.pirate combat materials?

[@Hato1992]

@@flashcolumbus5023 I didn't like my own comment. And I don't understand why you call me casual, when I said combat gets bored. I kill enemies way too fast. I think it's far from being casual xD

[@foristrothbert568]

Wow, an member of a state propaganda apparatus in a Sony video? Skip!

[@ms.pirate]

You don't even know what the word propaganda means!

[@ms.pirate]

But nice profile picture, I'm still waiting on an evil within 3

[@foristrothbert568]

@@ms.pirate Definition of Propaganda from Merriam-Webster: The spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person. PBS gets money from the American government, thus it's state funded and controlled. PBS pushes ideas, information, and rumor for the purpose of helping the state and injuring counter institutions and people that might oppose authoritarian state power. This woman works for PBS, thus she is an agent of state propaganda. It's not that hard to understand.

[@RudeSaiyan]

Take a propaganda at deez nuts

[@R.J.MacReady1982]

This game sucks. Art 10/10, world 4/10, story 4/10,

[@AliasProst]

now say it again without crying

[@TheAncientMysteriesBeckon]

She got close, but not quite. Ifrit is from 'Affrit', indeed, based on the Jinn... Which is based on the Genie. Which, is based on the GENIUS. The Genii Loci. A very important aspect in ancient religion. The Genius was essentially *you* , your guardian Angel.. It was what made *you* do great deeds.. It was connected to you, but also you.. A very complex thing. The church stole the idea of the Genius and made it the "guardian Angel".. The Muhammadians made it into the Genie, or "Jinn". With this in mind, this "reflection" that is connected to you, and is you... Part of the story makes a lot more sense.

[@AkariNOX]

"The Muhammadians" they're called Muslims

[@TheAncientMysteriesBeckon]

@@AkariNOX It's "politically correct"