It started a few days ago, but you’ve still got time to vote on the big names, as the votes are currently working through heavy hitters such as “Dyluck’s Mom” and “Resistance Man” among others. My only regret is that I could not cast my vote for “Guy who body blocks you from returning to Potos but you can still get past him with a bit of character switching,” maybe next year will be his year.

If you’ve got strong feelings, and an account, go cast your vote! I’m curious to see who comes out on top.

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The Evolution of the World Map

The much more detailed world map iterations are so cool! I wish the game could have kept the more detailed mapping that the early game areas have. Though, that may have made the copy pasted maps of the later game overworlds (Upper Lands and Ice Country in particular). I thought this video would only focus on the world map with Flammie, but the screenshots of early ground level areas were a great inclusion and very cool to see. Seeing some of the more recent remake world map was cool too, considering I have not looked into that one much.

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The collector’s edition also came with a plushie of Li’l Cactus, and wouldn’t you know it, that plushie is currently on sale for Black Friday over at the Square Enix Store along with a few other Mana goodies.
You can find Li’l Cactus here.

Behind the Scenes of The Upper Land

Starting out, we go over the map discrepancy. Exactly what I was looking for! The Moogle village always stuck out to me as weird without buildings, so it’s neat to see they were initially planned. Finally, all the detail of the Wind Palace is very interesting. Overall some really cool stuff!

Two Northtown Anomalies

These two anomalies kept me pretty busy guessing as a kid. I always wondered if the weird secret passageway in Northtown mentioned on our Secrets page had something to do with the carousel looking thing. As for the door in the resistance base, I think kid me chalked that one up to the base actually being a much larger operation with multiple levels only accessible to the most trusted operatives. Obviously, with Popoi in tow, Kristie wasn’t taking any chances.

On second thought, that one was pretty short so I’m going to watch another. Some of the others are quite a bit longer, but the first couple are short.

The Mysterious Deleted Path

This video has some great information and footage about early versions of the early game map. The little islands with the whip poles on them remind me of the area surrounding Wendel in Final Fantasy Adventure. The Garuda from FFA showing up, along with a small dock that looks perfect for a Chocobot to take off from just emphasize the similarities to me. It’s awesome to see these glimpses into early development. It’s just a shame the entire game could not have had this much time poured into it (looking at you, Ice Country).

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The first content he has provided is a list of all 74 monsters of the very first game in the series. Next will be bosses. We are thankful of his help