7 Obscure Final Fantasy 8 Facts You Probably Didn't Know

[@thewave-qz9lt]

FF8 was the first final fantasy game i ever played as a kid,this game is very special to me.

[@MichaelBurrow]

Oof. What a way to start!

[@Cameronguitar444]

Same!

[@esunisen]

There with you, my dude.

[@luischerena7804]

Same bro

[@OGAADE13]

Same here. Love it forever

[@krasenov]

Everyone: Wow, amazing didn't know about that Squall: Whatever

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

Haha took me a second to catch that. I thought “That’s rude!” For a moment before remembering that’s what Squall said constantly

[@saladinboss2507]

Go tell it to a wall!

[@MsTatakai]

In japanese version i think he doesnt say whatever but something else but yeah that pun was nice ! (◠‿◠)

[@Disco4ia]

wheezing

[@clagen86]

Squall is my spirit animal

[@Heymrk]

The game came out on 9/9/99. I was in high school. I accidentally showed up to Babbages on the 8th, thinking it was the 9th and the cashier said he wasn't supposed to sell it until the next day, but cared so little about his job that he sold it to me on the 8th.

[@comochinjodesyoutuve]

8:46 If you want to see what happens if you defeat the spider before reaching the Hotel in the Dollet jajajaj kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmizk4Whlt-rnLc

[@ThundagaT2]

An interesting fact about Apocalypse, since its a drawable spell, it can also be double/triple casted, and it has a unique recast animation for the second/third casts that skips the beginning portion of the attack, and only plays the explosion near the end.

[@Hero-For-Hire]

7,8,9,10. My childhood. The first game franchise I truly fell in love with

[@Outlaw8908]

Mine was along the lines of 7, 8, 9, 10, and Tactics.

[@congoninja]

Same here! All 4 have such nostalgia for me

[@jonathanabgrall6075]

I'll be nitpicky for a second but its dark chocolate that is dangerous to dogs as that's what contains the highest concentration of theobromine, the chemical contained in chocolate that is poisonous to dogs. White chocolate being mostly just sugar and dairies it contains very, very little theobromine (or chocolate at all for that matter). It also takes a fairly substantial amount of theobromine to really be dangerous, relative to the dog's size of course. Its still not a good idea to feed a dog like Rinoa does but she's not killing Angelo :P

[@calvFF7]

I woke up easter morning to find my dog had eaten 3 large chocolate easter eggs that were left on the table. He was fine and seemed quite happy with himself. Although he'd also eaten an entire chicken, chewed on a lightbulb and eaten a tub of Vaseline during his early years. I only found out about the Vaseline because he started firing projectile poops as I was walking him. He was as shocked as I was XD

[@jonathanabgrall6075]

@@calvFF7 Yeah, dog stomachs feel like tiny black holes at times lol.

[@Molotov_Milkshake]

@@jonathanabgrall6075 very useful for disposing of corpses. That stomach acid easily dissolves bone.

[@aa-tx7th]

Nostalgia hitting HARD for that Pizza Hut demo disc. Played those FFVIII and THPS demos more than most of my full retail games.

[@mark6302]

I know a kid who dropped out of college because he played the thps 1 demo too much

[@GerryKGarcia]

That demo disc was my introduction to FFVIII

[@rednarok]

thps 2 was amazing...

[@coreyazok2]

Lmao SAME I'm just now finally playing the full game for the first time after playing the pizzs hut demo a million times as a kid and its so trippy 😆

[@megamattc1381]

I played the Metal Gear Solid pizza hut demo at least 100 times. If you went into the military base and came back out there was a Nikita Launcher in the back of the truck!

[@clemence9018]

Final fantasy 8 was impressive back in the day and still holds up. I watched my dad get to the last sorceress fight but he was slightly underleveled. During lock down i started to play it again and im now on the last disc. There was alot i still remembered from 20 years ago and the nostalgia was brilliant. It still holds up to this day

[@weebjeez]

The problem, most likely, is that your dad was OVERleveled. Because of the way that the game scales enemies off your level. Eventually, if you grind too much, the enemies begin to outscale your ability to match them, even with the best junction abilities equipped. It's why a common method of completing the game is to run from every fight you can, and facing optional bosses as soon as physically possible, keeping Diabolo's "No Encounter" ability on, at all times. By leveling up your GFs with enemies that give high AP (like Fastochion-F's, who appear on Balamb Beach), you can still get high-level magic without drawing them from enemies, by having your GF learn Refine abilites, and refining items you get from Triple Triad.

[@KunaiForce]

being underleveled is good. Just need to learn the junction system

[@thehumanpractice2985]

Oh this video was so fun. Just wanted to share a though. I always loved how Julia and Laguna's story love never saw resolution, but their children continued what they never got to experience. Their love did in fact meet, through them. That always brings a tear to my eye, although I think it is never directly mentioned. All the tender music we hear in this game... is so full of precious feelings. Tis' sbut a detail. And it's nice to see they were so invested in these titles. So much merchandise and branches off their title.

[@harryr2431]

People always give FF8 a hard time because of the draw system. I'll admit when I was 12 years old, I didn't understand it all to well. But after revisiting ff7 through ff12 multiple times throughout my life, I now find FF8's battle system the most interesting.

[@XautnisLeonhart]

Am I the only one who wants 8 remade like 7? I grew up with Squall and the gang, it's my FAVORITE old school FF!!

[@victoriousf.i.g.3311]

I didn't know this classic PS1 card game had an RPG sidequest, too! Crazy; it's just like when I found out Gwent had this huge sidequest involving a monster hunter and his adopted daughter.

[@vladimirmlotschek3265]

Lmaooo

[@ownageDan]

did you know they hid an MMORPG in their latest chocobo racing game? amazing what they come up with

[@lorenzogiorgi7986]

One of the deepest and difficult sideq in all ff's saga

[@lostnumber]

@@lorenzogiorgi7986 Just started 8 again recently. Basically impossible to get all the cards without a guide lol.

[@AbrahamLure]

I had no idea you could draw apocalypse.. Thanks for providing us with facts we genuinely don't know! It's always appreciated and I adore the attention FF8 gets from you guys

[@Harrowing999]

I kept Draw on at least one of my characters once I first drew Siren from Elvoret. I drew from every single target that I could to see what goodies they had. Finding that I could draw Apocalypse was a tease. Had Squall draw it then triple cast it and just had my 10 year old self get all giddy

[@benjaminstowe9017]

I used the strategy guide/book and yeah “apocalypse” was never mentioned 📝thanks for that! Because I loved that game and this justifies another play through!

[@kelvinkhoo98]

Yea too bad this apocalypse its a bit useless in late game. U can only draw from Ultimecia. Too bad they dont let us carry forward to the new game or new game to unlock new magic thou. hahaha

[@kaeya.of.khaenriah]

Back in the day, I had a gaming magazine that had hints, tips and strategies in it. One of them had a code in it in order to access the FFVIII debug room. (I think you needed a Game Shark in order for it to work) In that room, you could explore different aspects of the game. One of which, allowed you to acquire every summon, every spell (Including Apocalypse), Item and weapon/ammo (including Irvine's devastating Pulse Ammo) without having to fight any monsters or bosses. You could EASILY and VERY quickly, acquire 99 of every item. Not gonna lie, in the end, that was how i ended up defeating the game, because i was getting too anxious and was tired of drawing & stocking spells all the time. XD

[@lostforever773]

The guide was useless

[@benjaminstowe9017]

@@lostforever773 it does show a map of all of the draw points on the world map so there’s arguably the only reason worth getting it but I’m sure one can just look it up online now

[@reynaldobaca3403]

You have to appreciate the guides because when the game came out there wasn't internet and KZbin to just look up answers and what not, back then if you had the book you were a final fantasy God

[@12ealDealOfficial]

A friend of mine I rode the bus with in middle school had TONS of those action figures. Brought back so many memories seeing those. I rented X back in 2001 as my first game, but I got so absorbed by FFVIII and his love of the game that it's still one of my favorites, and a favorite of friends of mine I met in my 20s. A buddy of mine and I did a Liberi Fatali cover recently when the remaster was announced in tribute.

[@-solidsnake-]

That’s touching, my friend locked himself in his basement when the remaster came out, he wouldn’t let anyone in except his doordash guy to bring him Culver’s. He’s since recovered and is working on his PhD

[@kamenridersalim4450]

Another one, Ultimecia and Noelle from FF XIII have a "complex" relationship in DFFOO. Ultimecia and Noelle immediately bonded together since they share the "same" fate, he even believe that Ultimecia a good person that kinda shocked Ultimecia and made her have a little bit of hope within him since he didn't fear her and considered her to be a monster but Squall constatly repeatedly keep telling Noelle that Ultimecia is a villain and enemy from his world make them can't became a friend anymore.

[@hihosh1]

egh, that's on the creators and Noelle if he's so weak spirited that he would just not consider someone a friend because of what someone else said

[@Walamonga1313]

I just beat this game a couple days ago. Didn't get into it at first but eventually did and ended up loving it. So much that I 100% the achievements. This video is perfectly timed.

[@atomiccritter6492]

I played FF8 decades ago when it first came out in Britain. I thought it was more a chore to play than any other FF game. I think its mainly down to the Draw system which made it a grind ime. It would be intersting to play it again

[@Walamonga1313]

@@atomiccritter6492 All JRPGs have grind tho, be it xp or something else. FF8 is probably the one I've played with the least grind once your GFs learn refining magic from items/cards

[@theerealatm]

Other than ff12... 8 is the most divisive FF. And those are my favorite ffs. Besides tactics WOTL.

[@supescape6323]

@@theerealatm FF2 and FF13 say hi

[@jakel7213]

@@atomiccritter6492 FF8 is one of the few games where you're stronger the less stuff you collect, and staying at under level 15-20 is the OP spot.

[@antoinerossignol9355]

After my cousin introduced me to FF7, this is the first modern FF I rented/ played by myself… good memories, the music is straight up nostalgia!!

[@fabiotonon2707]

This is my fav game of all time and I saw a lot of information of it (the guys of State of Ark make the best FF8 videos on KZbin), but, even today, I discover things that i dont know about it. this show me how amazing this game is. Nice vid, tks!

[@Seiferboi]

Final Fantasy 8 is my fave game in the franchise, as you can see by my KZbin name! I have the Squall, Zell, Laguna and Seifer figures shown in the video. Couldn't get Squall without getting his dad, too lol! I should record more episodes for my channel. Too bad I had to replace all the music in the game to keep from getting copyright strikes against my channel, but I chose things I think sounded similar or gave the same vibe!

[@nathank2289]

FF8 is my favorite to. Never got the original characters but I used my birthday money to buy the 50" deluxe Tiamat figure.

[@Al3xg13]

Same here. I feel it gets slept on a lot. Just because it wasn’t cloud

[@DynamicHaze]

My all time favorite game played this about 23 times.

[@Heymrk]

It's in my top five, but I still like 6 the most.

[@Molotov_Milkshake]

Why would you choose Seifer as the character you like most though? He was an asshole lol

[@Cloud971]

You could also draw Ultima in Shumi Village it wasn't free though.....

[@Walamonga1313]

Dude I found that out by complete accident and it completely baffled me. The best spell in the game, for 5k gil?! Lol. I love VIII

[@gogauze]

Also, making sure that your best draw person was the only one drawing from the field and just trading magic around until they drew the 300th spell for your party.

[@nathank2289]

@@Walamonga1313 Shumi's draw has the highest rate to. 9-12 Ultimas compared to the 3-6 from the island's.

[@Walamonga1313]

@@nathank2289 Maybe I'm remembering wrong but I thought I got up to 15 ultimas once. But after a couple uses they drop to around 5 every time, or at least that's what I remembere. But yeah first draws were 10+ every time

[@gogauze]

@@Walamonga1313 yeah, you're remembering right. I played it last year and, as long as you have the right person draw, you can frequently get 15 at a time. In the remaster it's even easier since you can set no encounters on someone, hit fast forward, and circle Shumi for a few minutes to reset the draw point.

[@gabestation6874]

FFVIII was my first and favourite FF. An absolute life changer. Also, WHERE IS PART TWO OF HISTORY OF SQUARE? Please I need more!

[@CeezB5]

The first FF I ever beat.. TT was addictive

[@HereWeGoATL]

I borrowed a friends ps1 long ago because I had an N64 but no PlayStation. Out of the 3 games I borrowed ff8 was one of them. He ultimately let me borrow it for a little while longer because I was loving the game. It was the first final fantasy I had ever played and it was what got me hooked.

[@gabestation6874]

@@HereWeGoATL That's a great friend there. For me, I saw my older sister's boyfriend playing it and I spent hours watching him play, even remember him taking hours to fight giant cactuar. When they split he let me keep it. That balamb garden tune is burned into my being.

[@TheAuron32]

Triple Triad in FF14 is currently a living hell for me, i want the mount but the AI is BRUTAL and the drop rates are cruel.

[@Beryllahawk]

Sympathy and solidarity, I don't have the fortitude for that at alllllllll

[@TheAuron32]

@@Beryllahawk LMFAO!! i am regretting my decision 😂

[@Molotov_Milkshake]

Yep, MMOs suck like that.

[@Alnora]

When you think you're going to win but remember there're same/plus rules and the AI ends the game this round...

[@mur4s4m3]

12:50 White chocolate not being for dogs : false White chocolate contains 0,009mg of theobromine per gram which is 500 to 1500 times less theobromine than black chocolate. Hence, your dog can actually have some without any risk of theobromine intoxication (unless given kilograms and kilograms of it) Yet, chocolate (in general) contains high amount of fat and sugar so it shouldn't be given too extensively to dogs/cats

[@AbrahamLure]

Dogs also are likely to get diarrhoea from lactose though so white chocolate is no good for that

[@strange.277]

no it just shouldn't be given to them at all. your pets don't need chocolate and their life sure as hell aint worth balancing on a wire just because you wanna be irresponsible and "ooo teehee wets give him chocowate"

[@Molotov_Milkshake]

It'll still make them ill though lmao. If you want to clean up dog diarrhoea, go ahead.

[@ItsDeebs]

I remember the 1999 TV ad for FF8 during the commercial breaks. It was the one that just featured the FMV cuts to the opening theme and finished with *"PlayStation"* After seeing it, my Mum confused was like _"What the hell was that"_ to which I replied _"My birthday present"._

[@gibakigamer4041]

This is one of the best games ever made i remember that i wished that i could live in the world of final fantasy 8.

[@esamalmulla4452]

Do you still wish it?

[@gibakigamer4041]

@@esamalmulla4452 sure final fantasy 8 world is the most amazing video game world ever created.

[@esamalmulla4452]

@@gibakigamer4041 I think the same as well, the world and gardens concept is just amazing. Honestly I was thinking to start something in reality for all ff fans specially FF8 semilar to balamb garden, but it is much of a wishful thinking than reality since it requires huge community

[@gibakigamer4041]

@@esamalmulla4452 if one day you try to do somenthing i wish you luck and i hope that one day square enix make a remake of final fantasy 8 as much as i love ff7 and ff9 to this day ff8 is my favorite.

[@umokwhy2830]

@@gibakigamer4041 yes I so want a redo of Final Fantasy 8 on the level of development that Final Fantasy 7 remake has gotten. Hell they could even change some stuff up if they want it to because of the time travel mechanic

[@ABaumstumpf]

Apocalypse - sadly the spell can only be used in that one fight. For junctions it acts similar to Ultima - giving rather high value to nearly everything. I also find it strange to see so people saying they didn't know you can "draw" it - how? On every new enemy, and specially on bosses, you should always use draw - they might have something good.

[@guilhermecaiado5384]

Lots of people just couldnt understand de junction system and used magic as any other RPG game.

[@DyceFreak]

I liken it to FFVII's Pandora's Box; which only appears once per save file, midgame before crisis or at the very end if zombie dragon didn't use it midgame.

[@colinnixon7739]

People don't draw after they have 100 of the best spell on everyone. Especially in a final fight most people won't draw because there's no reason to. Won't even consider it. With amount if tools at your disposal at the end drawing is pointless lol

[@taylorniall5756]

Got a beer and I'm sat down. Let's go! Love these videos

[@SnowWhiteTheU2]

Awwww can we rub our toes together and cuddle while we watch the video together

[@smellaby]

Is why I’m a Patreon member - such bloody good content that they knock out!

[@saladinboss2507]

You and me are on the very same wavelength.

[@justathought3141]

Same

[@12ealDealOfficial]

You said it, so guess I gotta grab one too. Printer's Ale Black, aka the local brew where I live.

[@heman6266]

Love your content, I can’t wait for history of Square part 2. Keep it up y’all are awesome

[@nappkins9346]

Got my Playstation and Final Fantasy VII during the summer of '99. VII will always be my favourite but there was something magical about the build up to VIIIs release, in the UK anyway. Almost bought the special edition with the white memory card and t-shirt. I've still got my Future Publishing FFVIII magazine with the demo. Great video. X

[@gurrrn1102]

Thank you for playing The Successor. The ending sequence in this game is one of my favourite pieces of music.

[@anlize3422]

Huh... I always fought Apocalypse was Ultimecia exclusive spell... It actually never went over my head to try to draw stuff from her.

[@NotScrubNotGood]

I always get rid of draw by that point. Time to reload my last save.

[@Walamonga1313]

I checked draw every phase. But never tried to check the lower half

[@Xapheus]

Yes, the spell is from the lower half, which isn't always targetable iirc. The hint: She draws Apocalypse from herself.

[@feelsbad6312]

Did you know you could play Zell in triple triad? during certain points in the game... you can find him in the hall ways and can challenge him to a game of cards.

[@AbrahamLure]

No way? Can you tell us what scenes? I couldn't find anything on google

[@feelsbad6312]

@@AbrahamLure yeah its after you get control of the garden and just land it, go inside, wander around the halls on the main floor of thr campus I think he was outside of the library...I think because he likes thr girl in thr library.. but anyways he didn't have any rare cards I dont think.. but I took pictures and showed my friends

[@Walamonga1313]

I thought everyone knew that lol. I played him a couple times while trying to get the Card Club quest

[@Nirwanda001]

I mean, this is interesting... except for the world map thing: you only need to open the menu while in the world map to see the region name. No need for a guide for that, and it's certainly not a hidden fact...

[@MiniEquine]

I think what is interesting is the way that the regions are laid out. That is not visible on the world map and some regions might not pop up or be very clear about their names otherwise.

[@TruMaverick]

Apacolypse. Cool I never knew that existed. And I been playing Ff8 since it came out.

[@FratterKnox]

I really love these videos, while it’s mostly nostalgic I alway learn something new about these games. Love it.

[@Veiss7]

Actually a version of triple triad was also available during the FFXI days in the launcher for the game. Not many people used it though.

[@LeoBeastmode]

Going over the history of Triple Triade, I'm surprised you skipped over it's online stand-alone release that went along with FFXI via the still used PlayOnline launcher.

[@cim888]

'Eyes on me' the only in game song that I first heard and the most memorable one

[@TheBisness]

Great video! FF8 is my favorite game of all time and I always love to hear more about it.

[@user-mi2mq6gh4z]

Triple Triad deserves to be a stand-alone card game! It really is very good tactical card game and could work brilliantly as an online trading card game. FFXIV side-activity/minigame status does not do it enough justice.

[@MichaelMarques]

It is, in the Final Fantasy Portal App...

[@brandonhiggs88]

Yeah so much better than the card game in 9, I still don't fully understand 9s card game to this day

[@Elora445]

@@brandonhiggs88 That's kind of funny. I preferred the card game in FFIX over the one in FFVIII.

[@user-mi2mq6gh4z]

@@MichaelMarques Still not good enough, although might give it a try. Triple Triad deserves even more, it is like lite-chess (and also casual pastime) and I have taken part in events where it is played on very high and competetive level (not saying I was anything exceptional) and there is such strategic depth to it, deserves a solid main line trading card game version with statistics, tournaments and possibly trading card packs etc. but NOT pay to win mechanics. But thanks for mentioning the portal app, might try it also.

[@user-mi2mq6gh4z]

FF Portal version of Triple Triad is also really poor, the versus mode does not seem to work on Android, unable to get any opponents and the AI is utterly glueless and has no logic whatsoever in the moves that it makes. The official way to play are not good (and some others are not around/working anymore either), which is a true shame. Triple triad deserves better.

[@mysteriousfun4759]

I always get my Canada vibes from this game and I was giving high key squall in high-school.

[@OnlyHopeRemainsTTV]

You seem to consistently post these at the perfect time for me. I finished FFVIII for the first time on Sunday! Also, thank you for always showing the music selection on screen as it starts playing. I love TPR's cover of Landing so much.

[@cloudstrife1983]

I got that UK FF8 Special magazine back in the day. Was really good.

[@lebagel]

FF8 was themed by the Wizard of Oz, with the witch in the east and west. They revealed this when the Remaster came out. No surprise they were going to have a yellow brick road.

[@NotScrubNotGood]

I literally just 100%'d to this one as I'm making my way through the mainline series again (sans the MMOs). While not my favourite in the series, it undoubtedly has the best mini game...... Love me some Triple Triad. Except the random rule, and any card game on the Lunar base lol. They can be a tad infuriating. Breaking yourself is pretty fun also.

[@espourtoe]

as a big VIII fan, this was a lovely watch! thank you! 😊

[@delfinoavila6924]

Wow I’ve beat FF8 about 15yrs ago and I recently played and beat it again this year ‘22, and I’ve NEVER known about the Apocalypse spell!!!!

[@jamesmcgowan8898]

My favorite game in the series. Played the pizza hut demo before the game came out and fell in love with it. Been my favorite game ever since. Thanks for this video!

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

I never played that demo. Was it special in any way?

[@jamesmcgowan8898]

@@JoshuaJacobs83 it was just the dollet mission but you had squall zell and rinoa. Also, for some reason you had the leviathan summon already. It was also the first i had heard of final fantasy and it blew my middle school brain away. Also, i think it had metal gear solid the opening bit on it and some other old games now. It was pretty cool.

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

@@jamesmcgowan8898 That’s awesome. I miss those days b

[@UNKNWN96]

That’s so cool that you played the demo, I was barely alive when it came out and missed it ): I’ve never played FF8 but I’m def gonna have to give it a try at some point!

[@jamesmcgowan8898]

@@UNKNWN96 lol yup I'm old. Definitely worth giving a try!

[@shugyosha7924]

Technically The End is the hardest spell to draw because... you can't. It's a spell you can only receive very rarely in Selphie's limit break - so rarely that you would never get it in a normal playthrough.

[@Harrowing999]

Damn. I still have my original game disc and replayed it constantly. Not once did I ever realize Rinoa in the cutscene from the Dollet escape or that you can hide in the Pub. Time to replay this again and look for the rest of this.

[@AndrewCoyte]

The FF8 Figure set also had two versions for collection 1: one that had Squall Zell Edea and Selphie and an alternate that had Squall Zell Edea and Quistis (I have the latter).

[@Taikaru]

Wow! Fascinating information. For YEARS I thought it wasn't possible to defeat the Dollet robot, and was shocked when I found out it was. It's now occurs to me as very possible that because of playing the demo to death, it lodged in my brain that it couldn't be done... so never even tried in the release games. The FFVIII figures are probably the only game figures I ever collected and still have them carefully packed in a box somewhere... someday I hope to have a good place to display, and they'll be the cornerstone of my collection!

[@chrysm6842]

I need this papercraft book ! I recreated all the 110 Triple Triad cards and I'm so glad I could. And a few years back, I had all the GFs and characters as figures but because I lacked space I had to sell them all. But I do have 2 statues from the transcendent's collection : Bahamut / Squall + Siren / Rinoa.

[@Thanhatos]

I'm so sad to hear you had to sell your GF's collection !! :O

[@angjiapheng]

Do you know: A single Malboro can traumatize a child so deeply he started to take frequent saves and pay more attention to status effect defences for the rest of his life? No joke, I still remember vividly after exiting the moon launching facility, I lost 4-hour of unsaved progress to a Malboro. What I can do is smashing buttons while all of my characters can do nothing, and their HP slowly fall to zero.

[@AubreyTheKing]

GREAT VIDEO YOU GUYS! Final Fantasy VIII is still my favorite in the series!!

[@yeahsure.6083]

Automatic thumb up just for FF8 video. My fave Also I still have my brave fencer Musashi with ff8 demo

[@12ealDealOfficial]

I have that disc also. Was Xenogears also on it?

[@yeahsure.6083]

@@12ealDealOfficial not my copy

[@wavion2]

8 gets a bad rap, but it's still my favorite Final Fantasy. The music and art style are amazing, and I even like the wonky story. The draw system can be annoying, but I don't mind wasting some time stocking up on magic. I don't usually use magic in this game, just stock up enough to junction 3 characters plus a few extra cure & life spells for emergencies.

[@CiccioImberlicchio]

One thing people probably don't know is how FF8 was the first FF to get released with an actual Italian translation here in Italy and it became really popular because of that, it was so popular that a couple of FF italian fansites were inspired by it such as Rinoa's Diary and Zellfantasy (now known as Omnia Crystallis). And an other instresting fact still tied to the Italian version of FF8: in the bestiary you can find an unused monster used for debug and testing called "Dummy", it has its own entrance in the bestiary (aka Scan info screen) where the translator left an hidden message wich is: This translation is killin’ me. It’s almost two in the morning. I’m sleepy!!!! I’m sleepy!!!!

[@ShinySephiroth1]

Wow that Playstation Magazine segment brought back so many memories. I had that and seeing the images is so nostalgic!

[@saladinboss2507]

Great stuff on my fav FF game! Love it! Funny, I literally just started playing Triple Tiad in FFXIV yesterday and you talk about it here.

[@thatonecomicbookguy]

I’m on some kind of FF8 high right now. I’m playing the game constantly, even after just getting the platinum. Great work as always!

[@dcproject6540]

LOVE how you put in TPR's melancholy covers.

[@GamingRobioto]

I still have my well worn and much read UK FFVIII magazine and demo. The Dollet demo music was amazing too!

[@andresfelipemendozavelez1493]

Damm man, the memories...brings a tear to my eye

[@Sharifa466]

Final Fantasy 8 is and will always be my favourite ! I was so happy when they did the remaster for ps4 😭 Such an amazing game and storyline 👌🏻

[@tyriaxepheles7996]

Really? I hate how Squall looks not at all like the original character design

[@Sharifa466]

@@tyriaxepheles7996 Yeah I’ve seen people not like his remastered look but I didn’t mind it much. The attitude was still there 🤣

[@rtql8d]

8: According to the katakana on 13:37, Quistis is pronounced "Kiss-tiss" and not "Kwis-tiss". Mind blown after 22 years.

[@TheBloodycow]

You could acces ALL the magic via the Triple Triad card game. There is even a lets play / tutorial how to do so from the youtuber Mike Bettencourt and you could get (almost)end game stats early on disc 1 and actuall endgame stats start of disc 2. It purely uses the card refinery ability and you had to keep from leveling, by turning monsters into cards which results in NO XP gain/ONLY AP gain, untill end disc 1 (while fighting bosses you do actually defeat them instead turning them into cards so you had to take that XP). Once I found this out, it really made me see that the character level in FF8 is so much secondary in comparisment with junctioned magics.

[@nomadnibzz8918]

The way you search for facts about this game is amazing, because this must have taken a lot of reading and searching just to get the facts right

[@jettblade]

Always thought the Draw system was interesting but it kind of held you back in some ways. So if you junction magic you get stat increases but if you use those spells you loose those stats, so you wouldn't cast spells. I feel it was like a hoarder style system that gives you something but doesn't expect you to use it and will punish you if you do. Also the magic felt lack-luster and only effective at the beginning of the game. Like after the Seed Exam there was no reason to cast anything other than the occasional healing, unless you broke the game with Triple Triad as soon as you can in which the game is a joke. It's a good idea but has some issues that minor changes could fix.

[@Dielan9999]

Fun fact - opening the menu on the world map will tell you the name of the region you are in, so all those names on the map really are in the game, there just isn't a map you can look at that names them. Gotta be there to see the name.

[@xZellxKyoux]

Here's an 8th fun fact, Zell is the coolest name to ever exist

[@AbrahamLure]

Zell is the coolest to ever exist.

[@tuliplane1954]

@@AbrahamLure "Abraham" .. Nice disguise, Zell

[@tyriaxepheles7996]

In Germany, his name is Xell which is pronounced the same but even cooler

[@ominousparallel3854]

@@tyriaxepheles7996 so you are Tyria Zepheles really?

[@elfinflame6244]

It would be cool to see a complete evolution on omega

[@kingofthesharks]

These were some neat facts! I just love this game. Along with FF12, it's one of the only 2 FF titles I've "Completed" right down to Omega....someting about FF8 just ticks all my boxes and it is my favorite RPG ever. I also highly recommend Resonant Arc's five-part FF8 Analysis videos they did last winter. Very cool narrative insights for those who want an even deeper dive!

[@zernolftagle6996]

Hearing facts about ff8 really takes me way back, it feels weird. Damn nostalgia, it makes you feel happy and kinda sad at the same time.

[@YouaNumbahOneRacist]

14:12 Lallapalooza canyon, huh? Must be where they have all their music festivals. Great acoustics. How did I never see that area.

[@Throrface]

Well, number 7 was the only fact about in-game content, and I did know about Apocalypse. The draw resistance is something that you kinda assume is there, when you see how many spells do you usually get from drawing.

[@thegingergod3122]

Still my favorite Final Fantasy

[@rashkavar]

I mean, the regions of the world map show up in the menu when you bring it up on the overworld - just like each screen of each location has a name (though those were often not unique - I think all the Fire Cavern screens except the entrance are just Fire Cavern, for instance) But regarding regions, the region name was one of the things that determined the enemy encounter table, so if you're hunting a specific weapon part, Blue Magic item or item to refine, that was very important information. The other modifiers were certain locations - beaches and forests both had unique encounter maps separate from the wider area (which is why, for example, the UFO in the Grandidi forest is only accessible by landing on one of the tree-less mesas - the majority of that area is forest and uses the forest encounter table). I'd always thought there was a unique encounter near mountains as well because on Balamb, the Glacial Eye can be encountered but only if you're up against the mountain range in the north. But from that map, that particular mountain range is a specific area separate from the rest of the island. I think I remember seeing a different backdrops, with some mountains relatively close by (just like how forest battles are in a forest clearing and beach battles are on a sandy beach) as well, but I could be mistaken on that front - Glacial Eyes aren't all that useful so I generally just avoided the area.

[@drkpaladin777]

The bittersweet love stories in the modern games made me appreciate FF-8 more in hindsight.

[@Scott-M1]

I still have that special edition uk magazine lol. Lost the demo years ago though. Magazine is looking a bit tired now but still holding together. It also contains a FF7 guide with weird translations/names. I kept it because it was the first guide i had on FF7, that told you how to get into the honeybee inn, and how to find added cut materia 😂

[@I_amBackPack]

When is 8 going to be remade. Absolutely epic.

[@danteespinoza8119]

After a few tries it has made one of my fav ff. It takes time to build up and see how good of a game it is

[@victoriousf.i.g.3311]

I have a replica of Squall's necklace I bought WAAAAY back in 2000. It was the first thing I bought with my first paycheck from my first job. Never liked the game, but the fashion was top notch

[@nicolavaccaro86]

The Yellow brick Road Is a clear reference to "the Wizard of Oz". Final Fantasy VIII has many reference to this film, in earlier version of the game, the Buildings of esthar city were green as "the Emerald city".

[@Outlaw8908]

Game was a birthday present to me from my parents, they knew I dug FF7 and Tactics quite a bit. So they went with it.

[@mastermold10]

you 'can' actualy kill the spider boss in dollet, you have to be a prety high level for that point, get to the bridge, then wail on it...rumor says there is 'supposed' to be a scene at that point where if you do enough damage it malfunctions and falls off the bridge to its destruction, but weather that rumor was ever true is hard to say as it does not happen in game, the machine simply dies, and you get 100 extra points on your feild exam score as a result, other then that though it has very little impact on the game other then causeing a certain section in dollet when you visit later to not be present (the wreck on the beach)

[@malta071]

I always used to get 300 ultimas from Shumi village, After you draw with highest magic stat user, you run around in circles till it goes light purple and then darker purple. Save and draw again, if it's 11+ rinse and repeat:)

[@plue03]

Final Fantasy VIII was the 1st FF I played religiously way even before my love for FF7 sky rocketed. I was always fascinated with the guidebooks and magazines that featured the Guardian Forces and up to this day, I have no idea what Eden's face looks like. All I know is it had the longest summon animation at that time and it was glorious to see Eden's Eternal Breath thanks to YT. Never had the balls to draw from Ultimecia since when I saw her, I had Irvine go ballistics with her and finish her time-stopping @ss with renzokuken.

[@V45hTh3Stamp3d3]

The Landing is such a good track

[@rakino4418]

Man with the Machine gun is up there too

[@Knocker420]

Thanks for all the obscure information. I didn’t know most, if not all of that. Squall: “...”

[@MichaelNealeYT]

I never knew about being able to draw Apocalypse!

[@Sheishi_Games]

I used to have an Expert Gamer magazine with tons of FF8 pages in it. Those were the goods times.

[@Leahi84]

Outside FFXIV, FFVIII is my favorite Final Fantasy ever. I still can't play it without crying several times. Especially when I hear Eyes on Me.

[@Jester_Jean]

Same. That ending is something. I'm totally fine until the scene with the grave, that one breaks me

[@Sisren86]

Train tracks scene. Every time.

[@BHFFS]

On the X-ATM092 beach scene, when Selphie is running you can see that she has the shadow of Rinoa.

[@ChainxBlaze]

I fkn LOVE FF8. I’ve played and 100% it multiple times most recently on PC’s remastered version. The music and story of this game is just soooo good.

[@Baiswith]

I don't know how official (or not) it was, but I do distinctly remember there being a triple triad online browser-based game.

[@Cyber_kumo]

At 8:48 that's a Dollet soldier, not a SeeD soldier.

[@RedPyramidHead666]

Triple Triad was awesome. I loved the music so much

[@umokwhy2830]

Triple triad was my absolute favorite minigame and was glad ff14 brought it back