Final Fantasy VI: A 30th Anniversary Retrospective Gaming Documentary

I was an air force brat growing up, and one time my dad bought me a machine that copied SNES games onto floppy disks during a deployment to Singapore, and one of the gamess included with it was FF6. This was a few months before the game came out in the US. I got stuck at the part where Sabin had to use a blitz on Vargas and I couldn't read any Japanese at the time, so the death counter always got me. It was annoying for my 13-year-old self, but it made me excited for the rest of the game beyond that part. Woolsey got way more heat than he deserved for that localization. The poor guy did what he could in the scant 30 days that he had. To this day, I still use lines from these games like Setzer's "when things fall, they fall", or Cyan's "You just have to show technology who's boss!" Or even a favorite from Chrono Trigger: "Like any egg, it represents a possibility. It may or may not hatch." As for FF4 vs FF6, that's a tough one... Played the hell out of both, and they left their mark on me in different ways. I may have to give this one to FF4, everrrrrrr so slightly, since it helped ignite my love for this style of game, which has led me to where I am today. As an adult, I find FF6's characters much more relatable. Sabin was always a favorite of mine, and I can see why Chris Sabin took that ring name. Great stuff as always!

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My favorite character is Locke! I'd like to think that his name was inspired by John Locke, one of the greatest philosophers of The Enlightenment.

"Terra's Theme" may be the most beautiful piece of music ever composed for a video game.

When I was 13, in the 8th Grade, my brother, who was 6 years older than me, took me on a quest to go buy Final Fantasy "3" and we played it til 2am, even though it was a school night for me. I was blown away within the opening minutes as the MagiTek armor marched across snowy fields towards Narshe... I cheered with my brother the first time we inputed the Blitz "Pummel" and to this day, the Opera House is one of the defining Gaming events of my life. When I was 18yrs old I found the imported CD soundtrack at a quaint little store in my city that my friends and I often visited, and to this day many of the tracks from that soundtrack still come up on my playlists in the car. Final Fantasy VI is truly one of the greatest games of all time. Thanks, GTV Japan, for this video. Just one more of my favorites that you've made here on YouTube. :D

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I remember me and my brother getting this on Christmas of 1994. The entire winter was spent playing this game. He had his own save file and I had mine. The soundtrack was simply epic for its time. Although when the tedious task of building levels was needed, I popped in Nine Inch Nails the downward spiral album. Here we are 30 years later and I still kind of consider that album part of the final fantasy 6 (or 3 as it was at the time to us) part of the soundtrack 😄

sabin's train suplex cemented him as my favorite character. another great video, thanks for sharing!

Locke, Celes, Shadow & Sabin. That’s my FFVI dream team. I loved this game game at release when I only knew it as Final Fantasy III. It’s truly a timeless classic.

These ff documentaries you’ve done over the years are top class

Final Fantasy VI is my absolute favorite game in the series. The story, music, world and characters absolutely enthralled me. Terra/Tina is one of my all time favorite characters, and her theme was the first piece of music to move me to tears, as a kid.

That last part about the IV/VI dichotomy was really good. There doesn't need to be a single best when FFIV and FFVI are the king and queen of the series. Who is the king is a matter of pure opinion because both games have objective arguments in their favor. Another great doc, senpai.

This one and 4 are the best in the entire series in my opinion to this day.

Wow, a nice late night surprise! I still have my original SNES cartridge of this game, easily my (and many others) favorite FF of the series.

So timely, I just started a new playthrough after avoiding this game for over a decade. Back in 1995 I found a copy of it purely by accident in a small country town called Lara in Victoria, Australia. Nowhere else had I ever seen it, it was an NTSC copy, and had a honey bee converter with it. I hired this, Earthbound and Chrono Trigger together(what a haul..!) Chrono took most of my time and I just enjoyed it more as I wasn't a huge fan of turns based combat and loved secret of mana too. After hiring these games several times I took a chance and asked the owner if he would sell them to me...and he did. At a ridiculously low price. I got home and chucked ff6 on deciding I was gonna give it a red hot go and I never looked back. The combination of narrative and audio, coupled with the amazing cinematic style that I didn't think 2D games were even capable of, blew me away. I will never forget those times, when I went on the adventure to end all adventures. No one else I knew had any idea about these games, and it was a personal and very special experience for me. I was so lucky, it was one in a million! Memories that will last a lifetime. That's why I avoided it for so long. I didn't want to replace those old memories with new ones until now. Thanks for the video mate, as usual, top tier you legend

20:16 This official player's guide from Nintendo was insanely complete. I had it and from what i remember it had every detail and secret explained clearly. One of the best strategy guides ever produced.

My day always gets better when a new GTV Japan video drops. Cayenne/Cyan is my favorite character from VI. Just the right combo of nobility and spice.

Dragon Quest has always been my most favorite JRPG series. That said, Final Fantasy 6 is, by far, one of my favorite JRPGs of all time, full stop. The game is just a complete masterpiece in every single way.

Wholeheartedly agreed with the final comparison, both are the best --games and albums. Thank you for such a nostalgic episode ✌🏼

Woah cure reference at the end was not expected! amazing