10 Hidden Secrets In Final Fantasy Games

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With so many games in the "Final Fantasy" series, you're bound to have missed some secrets. For this list, we’ll be searching through the long history of Final Fantasy games to find secrets and nods to other entries that even die hard fans might’ve missed during their many playthroughs. Our list includes Mr. Clio’s Cave from “Final Fantasy V” (1992), End Game Dungeon from “Final Fantasy XV” (2016), Pupu The Alien from “Final Fantasy VIII” (1999), and more! How many of these secrets did you know about? Any others you’ve managed to find? Secretly let us know down in the comments.
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[@mojoplays]

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[@vishalkalicharan7710]

Do a top 10 list on characters we want to see in Multiversus!

[@sdewey4152]

Sheesh that first FFIX clip is running slow AF the sound is all out of whack.

[@Toshinegawa]

Here's a hidden secret not many knows: O'Waka's and Wantz's sister, Final Fantasy X - Late in the game, you learn that the reason why both O'Waka and Wantz continued to aid Yuna even after she's been branded a traitor, was because she bares a resemblance to their late sister. However, the player can actually able visit the duo's dead sister. After Seymour's proposal to Yuna, once the party is prompted to head to travel past the Thunder Plains. By going back to the Gaudosalam and visiting the Farplane again. The player can witness a hidden cutscene where Wantz is talking to his sister's spirit in the Farplane

[@Saddonghussein]

If you don't suplex the ghost train then your playing 6 the wrong way

[@ff3player]

Damn right

[@ryanambsdorf2859]

One suplex, then a phoenix down

[@Saddonghussein]

@@ryanambsdorf2859 no

[@nihaddzafic5130]

​@@ryanambsdorf2859 and then continue run backwards

[@insanehiker5587]

The headstone in Elfland only says Link in modern remasters, in the original it said here lies Erdric to throw shade at the legendary hero of the original Dragon Quest trilogy by Enix, this detail was changed after Squaresoft and Enix merged into Square-Enix.

[@SlayerRunefrost]

Never thought it was shade more like paying tribute.

[@Saddonghussein]

@@SlayerRunefrost it wasn't tribute or shade its a Easter egg

[@Saddonghussein]

@Lefein Noel yeah your right im from 92 the game is 87 but it's still no shade

[@alternator7893]

I remember playing ff1 on my gba like 15 years ago and being absolutely blown away by this.

[@zippytheflyingdog]

I see I'm not the first to try and correct this lol

[@BloodiBlackRose]

There’s a part in ffix where if you click on the wall of the weapon shop zidane will say something about remembering a spiky haired hero with a big sword

[@dumahim]

Here lies Link was added in later re-releases, so no, it wasn't just a year after Legend of Zelda came out. It originally said "Here Lies Erdrick" who was the main character from Dragon Warrior.

[@massiveprogressive9488]

WatchMojo clearly do as little research as possible before doing these type of videos.

[@adamvincent3948]

I came to the comments to say this but you beat me to it

[@ShinySephiroth1]

6:38 Tell me you're young without telling me you're young LOL We definitely had internet in 1999

[@CeeJayThe13th]

We even had internet where I grew up in the woods in Kentucky by 1999. It definitely wasn't as prevalent as it is now and it was much harder to find certain things but it was there.

[@threadbarephoenix9904]

We had internet back in nineteen ninety-THREE, son 😂

[@ShinySephiroth1]

@@threadbarephoenix9904 yeah, people were even online on the 80s

[@nicholasparnell8845]

When I found out about the Phoenix down trick, I was fighting that wierd wall monster boss in the late stages of final fantasy 7 I was in my teens and I used a Phoenix down on it by mistake and it killed it and it literally blew my mind because it took me hours trying to kill it

[@Joe_334]

I laugh everytime Abadon comes out in disc three of FFVIII. It seems they found some way to block this in Bravely default games with the bosses.

[@joperhop]

I struggled with that damn thing, school mate told me. Insta kill was so happy lol

[@boonski]

As per usual you don't do your research. The grave in Elfheim originally read "Here Lies Erdrick" The main character of Dragon Quest. They changed it to Link for the rereleases.

[@BJGvideos]

You know that Kefka'a laugh also showed up in Chrono Trigger, right? Check out Norstein Bekkler's event at the fair and you'll hear it. "Gogo is something else entirely" you're darn right, he's from FF5.

[@Rhys-Lightning]

I said "Do nothing" and you did nothing. Congratulations

[@kennethmoureau5123]

There is also a Mr. Clio" type npc in FFVII. In a cave near Junon.

[@ShinySephiroth1]

First thing I thought of when he was describing it

[@FF2Guy]

Final Fantasy IV has a lot of secrets too. Such as the most powerful sword in the game, the crystal sword, and an ultra-rare encounter that only occurs in a single room and gives the player the strongest armor

[@wayneswandust6499]

And the developer room!

[@alexmorpheus6762]

​@@wayneswandust6499 the developers' room and getting the Excalibur are the most satisfying moments while playing FFIV

[@Garviel-Loken]

1999 was not the pre-internet days. People also bought guides for games which detailed how to complete the PuPu quest.

[@juliansanchezharris5773]

Tell me one FF-fan (real fan, not new to the franchise) that doesn't know about the undead being weak to healing? I'm waiting...

[@massiveprogressive9488]

WatchMojo don't know the difference between a secret and an easter egg.

[@djlamar2]

I found out the whole 'Killing the undead with healing spells" by accident over. One of my party members was confused and they used curaga on the boss and I thought "Oh great. Now the boss just regained hp. Thanks alot" little did I know at that time it actually helped me. Now if I'm up against the undead in ff I always use healing spells

[@philiptucker7590]

Come on man, don’t take the wimpy way out! Be a man and use regular attacks lol 😂

[@LeedleLee457]

Here's 2 lore that some people didn't know for FF9: -The Mole People of Mt. Gulug were the first summoners. They were the ones that fought Garland and tasked Ark with guarding the Gulug Stone in Oeilvert. -Ozma is a dead Eidolon. He is found in Chocobo's Air Garden, a place resembling heaven. In English, he's found in an Eidolon's "cave". But in the Japanese text, it's a "grave/resting place".

[@wayneswandust6499]

The developer room between the 2 doors in the castle in hell in FFIV was the most epic Easter egg/Secret I ever experienced as a kid!

[@FlashaniMan247]

I already knew half of the facts listed in that video. If anything, I think one fact that should have been on the list is the fact that the Eye monster in the first game (Final Fantasy) had to be changed overseas because in Japan, it was basically the Beholder, a staple Dungeons and Dragons monster. Another fact that should have been on the list is that there is a side quest in Final Fantasy IX that is mentioned in the Japanese version of the strategy guide, but not in the international versions (i.e., the growing family side quest).

[@theironfox2756]

In tactics you get an alchemist that throws Phoenix downs and you have a character that decimated armies of undead.

[@strawhat8070]

Love these videos but Caius also succeeded to end the world and was never defeated.

[@nagaguard]

No proper FF6 analysis is complete without the suplexing of the ghost train. 1:18. Well done.

[@Gladson]

It's sad that whenever you mention FF6 you use footage from that ugly mobile remake instead of the original SNES game or the PS1 port.

[@CBZero]

FF music hits hard

[@kevinclapson]

Is the laugh from 7 actually confirmed, or just a fan theory? Pretty much the exact same sound effect was used for a side show in chrono trigger, I always just figured it was a laugh and tended to be creepy not a direct reference.

[@Rorujin]

It's just a reused sound effect

[@kevinclapson]

@@Rorujin kinda what I figured. A Kefka reference seems like a stretch.

[@oriongurtner7293]

Here’s a lil FF/FF (Final Fantasy/Fun Fact): the healing spell/item’s power to destroy undead monsters is a nod to it’s inspiration, Dungeons and Dragons, whose earlier editions had healing spells as a weakness for undead monsters

[@seifer6665]

I can't believe you had chocobo's paradise for 9 but didn't mention the Nero brother's quest. That thing was hidden for nearly a decade.

[@pasqualembisceglia1989]

I love Chocobo's Paradise in Final Fantasy IX.

[@Matt-tf2oh]

stopped watching after 1 point. everyone knows undead take damage from healing. they literally tell you that in most of the tooltips when facing your first undead.

[@jeremyhall2727]

FF8 had hints to find the alien in the game. Must of the hints was in different magazines in the game you could buy.

[@ShinySephiroth1]

Yeah, and we 100% had internet back then haha

[@jeremyhall2727]

@@ShinySephiroth1 yeah 2001 or 2002.. websites wasn't as pretty bren then 🤔 God bless DSL 🤣

[@johnban2951]

Gogo was probably eaten, hence not too picky (No pun intended) about who he went out of the creature with lol.

[@Bluke420]

Go go the Mime is my favorite character in FF6. She doesn't have any moves but can mimic other party members moves even Terra's double spell move

[@lequack86]

One question, why are you using footage from the crappy port of ff6? There are better ports to use than that one.

[@Bigd2k]

10:00 I will never understand in games why they let you get the strongest weapons after you beat the game.

[@zodiacknightleo1209]

NES Final Fantasy had the headstone read Here Lies Erdrick, the hero mentioned in Dragon Warrior.

[@robertrogdriguez392]

For a split second when it said Kefka Lives, my heart sank 😥

[@alexmorpheus6762]

Same 😅

[@joshualewis794]

To go along with the visual Nyx easter egg in FFXV, you can obtain Ulfric's Kukris, the daggers Nyx wields in Kingsglaive. The daggers can be found in Insomnia, and they’re guarded by a lvl 85 Psychomancer.

[@christopherwesel1761]

What?! FF8 was NOT pre-Internet.

[@dustybunny6716]

I easily beat the final boss in X by using a weapon that had the Zombie effect on it, and then used a Pheonix Down on him. The previous boss put up more of a fight.

[@ladylight9375]

My ass keeps crashing the flying car. I also didn’t know that shadow would rejoin the party in ff6 if I waited until the last second to leave

[@pasqualembisceglia1989]

I love Final Fantasy IX with killing Soulcage quickly with Life or Elixir.

[@Joe_334]

I found this very funny because of that long ass message before it comes at you, then this happens, lol...

[@dantopper123]

Ff15 is still a great game, lots of content and it was fun all around. I was able to speedrun that tricky dungeon in 10 minutes using weapon movement to skeet across platforms. Totally legal btw 😆

[@ddrlear]

If you're a final fantasy fan and were unaware healing spells harmed undead, you're not really a final fantasy fan.

[@darksuns7384]

These are hardly secrets

[@tomdeluca5946]

In ffx going back to the far plane to see additional scenes whether it’s with tromel lulu or wakka was def interesting to see

[@HypedKryptic]

I remember back in the day seeing the ufo in FF8 and never hearing about it from other players. It was my 10+ playthrough and I was so dumbfounded

[@Mystwarrior1]

4:00 thats not even kefkas laugh. Its just a laugh. Even if it had the same number of "ha" in it that would claim that ANY laugh no matter how it sound is kefkas laugh so long as it has the same number of "ha"s in it. That would be like saying HA HA ha ha HA HA ha ha is kefkas laugh so long as it contains the same number of laughs.

[@drakkar33]

Healing yhe dead is one of the most known tactics to FF fans it's not secret at all

[@knightchef]

I never had any luck killing zombie monsters/bosses with a phoenix down. X potions always did the trick.

[@hussamkj403]

Ardyn also succeeded in destroying the world. Why is he always ignored is beyond me.

[@Trickafi]

that last part about remake was completely uncalled for imo. Spoiler warning for the newest game?????

[@ShinySephiroth1]

Remake has been out for over a year though...

[@That1PissedOffBoomer]

Can we stop using the word eagle eyed? Jesus, there is this thing called a fucking thesaurus, use it!!!

[@oxnerd]

FF7R not letting any characters go because all that money on voice acting and motion capture and all that leveling for the player gonna be devastating to lose

[@ff3player]

Other than Final Fantasy 15 secrets which never played I knew them all. In Final Fantasy 7 at The Great Glacier in Area 6 there is a cave where you can get a Elixir but unlike the rest of game you can still move while "received elixir" is on the screen and as long as you don't take the "received elixir" text off the screen you can leave the cave and go back and there will be another elixir.

[@lepyrolink182]

Yes, but that's not an intentional secret. It's a glitch.

[@ff3player]

@@lepyrolink182 But I doubt many people would know about that glitch and it still a secret way to max out your Elixirs.

[@smash461986]

Secret glitch. Nice.

[@jasons9812]

That Pitioss Dungeon in 15 can rot. That was legit one of the most unpleasant experiences ive ever tried in all my years of gaming. Uber precise platforming in a game not designed for that was absolute garbage.

[@smash461986]

So they aren't hidden secrets as most of them are in your face.

[@JasenMinus]

7r doesnt rewrite what 7 was.

[@Bidoof_7]

I've heard about the end game dungeon in 15, but where do you go to find it?

[@Selvokaz]

that thing about 15 wasnt in the original cut, you'd never have seen it if you beat the game upon release before the additional patches and DLC content.

[@matth3760]

Is it bad to say that in FFXV when confronting Ardyn, I felt pissed about the other 3 bodies more than I did about Luna? I mean for christ sake I felt more for her brother Ravus after that boss fight against him lol

[@Bomtombadi1]

FF7 was my first foray into the JRPG genre. Not understanding the concept of elemental weaknesses at the time, GI Natak was my nemesis. I would restart my game because I thought I had been kissing crucial details hindering my progress. Then deliberately ground the crap out disc 1 to become ridiculously OP by this point and the rest of the game was a cakewalk.

[@joesantos2455]

Does anyone else twitch when they hear the Kefka laugh??

[@justinsullivan8250]

Does anyone think that the pumpkin contains Kefla’s ghost.

[@tomdeluca5946]

I remember getting lionheart for squall on disk 1 was a pretty big secret also getting the fat chocobo for doing all of chocobo forest was great too

[@lysanderxx1664]

I'm pretty sure everyone got sucked into the Zone Eater of FFVI

[@jessiepiquette]

LOL seriously, Final Fantasy play tombstone of link from the legend of Zelda, that’s hilarious, good prank on their end

[@christophergonzales2742]

Still kinda bummed that Zack's sacrifice got taken away from him.

[@delasoul2875]

A lot of these you find on walk through or other parts use common sense. I should start making KZbin videos I can easily find information online and regurgitate it on video. That seems like what everyone does nowadays.

[@jmc2830]

wait did you really have healing damages undead as a secret on list. well glad it was first on the list... saved me 10 minutes.

[@trevorblair9062]

Heal the dead, you can use Phoenix Downs to do instant death

[@LuisRamos-nu5gz]

The first time I used the phoenix down trick was in 8 on fake President Deling after he turned into Gerogero after using Scan on him, I got curious and used it, end of story, I never took Scan for granted ever again😊

[@BattleSeriesXTheMulitVerse1975]

0:01 sonic exe laungh

[@aimanzhafir5571]

Ahh the Pitioss Dungeon...the legendary hardest dungeon in the whole gaming history

[@Cetra29]

Remake does not undo 7. And for the record, it is not a time story at all. It is a memory remake to defeat Sephiroth who is immortal through them.

[@playerver1]

To me it the remakes almost feel like a sequel instead.

[@Cetra29]

@@playerver1 Because it is a sequel but in style it is a remake nonetheless.

[@justboschma5047]

I used the heal the dead trick for the boss in final fantasy 7 lol

[@byksEBM]

did it work?

[@justboschma5047]

Yes it worked and it killed the Boss in one shot

[@byksEBM]

@@justboschma5047 lolll good stuff

[@justboschma5047]

@@byksEBM i am talking about the original one of course, i haven't played the remake lol

[@byksEBM]

@@justboschma5047 thats the one i meant too - i played both i will be playing ff7 rebirth! (part 2)

[@elderhorcrux169]

Ardyn also succeeded in his plans, killed the Lucis line and finally found peace in death.....but a side note on Ardyn he's a rare main title Final Boss that doesn't have a 2nd form.

[@byksEBM]

technically his ghoulish 'Scourge' form but I know what you mean... not a 2nd form during the fight

[@Cetra29]

Ardyn did not succeed. He got revenge but his final reaction clearly showed he did not want to die. The only one who 100% succeeded was Caius.

[@elderhorcrux169]

@@Cetra29He did succeed however you want to spin it. He wanted to die, but wanted to take the Lucis line with him. His Scourge form didn't want to die,(its clearly the Starscourge form Ardyn) but Ardyn himself was ready to. He never wanted to be immortal. "Ardyn is one of the very few Final Fantasy villains to succeed in his goals and so far the only one to get away with it fully, as his goal from the beginning was to die and find peace, with the secondary intention to destroy his and the Oracles' bloodlines."

[@freddiemolinajr.8397]

good video

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

Great video 📹😍

[@MysticMike]

@3:52 I thought that laugh was actually more from Chrono Trigger at the Fair and not a Kafka reference

[@jaycarrillojc]

That secret dungeon in ff15 was such a pain in the ass lol. A platforming dungeon in a game that has awful platforming is just poor design. Took me like 2 hours to complete it. Now the black hood breaks the game so maybe it's worth it???

[@byksEBM]

Pitioss was hell

[@BloodiBlackRose]

I never even got in the dungeon because the flying regalia kept crashing when I tried to land

[@jaycarrillojc]

@@byksEBM yeah that one was bad too. Idk. The dungeons in general were kind of a slog anyway imo. A lot of walking and nothing to do until a boss fight at the end.

[@jaycarrillojc]

@@BloodiBlackRose yeah it's a real headache just to land the damn thing.

[@byksEBM]

this is my favourite game including Pitioss... i just want more ffxv that isnt a movie or novel

[@brolyssriga]

on the tombstone where it says here lays link is them changing it since they jioned with enix before that it was here lays Erderick for nes

[@isaachernandez3830]

what is it with the slow emulation lol fix it!

[@C0Stanza7]

This list feels lazily put together. These are some of the more well known ff secrets outside of 1 or 2 mentions. Where is WB discovery CEO David Zaslav to call out quality concerns (with mojo) when you need him... For real FF facts, check out Final Fantasy Union: kzbin.info

[@Dat_DekuBoi]

Imagine thinking that no one knows who zack is anymore

[@matthewholland4782]

Ff15s last dungeon was garbage only due to the really bad character movement control/physics.

[@Kishla-f4o]

I have FF games older than my son

[@theenigmamanga9375]

Man I really miss those golden era rpgs. Live a Live and The Cruxis Sword are nice alternatives though.

[@BJGvideos]

Live A Live is from that era originally though.

[@zombiiexmassacre]

I think I know too much about FF games

[@shinchimax8609]

I hear ya there, I was hoping for a least one thing on this list to be a surprise. They didn't even pick the most secret stuff.

[@lukehofwalker4649]

killing undead or zombies with healing was NEVER a secret

[@RoyRyanWard]

How does dagger get ark in ff9?

[@BattleSeriesXTheMulitVerse1975]

at 0_01 sonic exe laungh

[@Shawn123bacon]

Its no longer hidden now is it.

[@one_eyeddd473]

Lol the battle music for 10 was bad

[@floatingfoxx1260]

Come on! Spoiler warning please. Just ruined part FF7 remake for me. Oft not happy. Secrets I can deal with but....

[@SlytherinReviews]

FF XV also hidden a line from Back to the Future too

[@davidriewe3310]

Do even know what a hidden secret is??? -.-

[@Dat_DekuBoi]

Top 10 hidden secrets: Zack's last stand Literally everyone knows about Zack. Remake and Crisis Core saw to that

[@protosonic17]

No wonder that dungeon was such a pain in the ass. I didn't know it was an end game area. Tried going in there midway through the game. Eventually i beat it but was confused why there wasn't a royal weapon down there

[@sdewey4152]

You can only access it after you've beaten Ardyn at the end of the game. (When you get type F)

[@vvbvgeneraltsung2913]

🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@RyuSaarva]

Using footage from mobile ports should be illegal, they are so ugly.

[@vishalkalicharan7710]

Do a top 10 list on chatacters we want to see in Multiversus!

[@danielramsey6141]

I’m tired of FF7.