There’s some unusual ones!

Closing Fantasy XVI is sort of right here, and we already know most of it should revolve across the collection’ beloved summons. The Closing Fantasy collection is house to a few of the coolest summons within the historical past of gaming, magnificent creatures that will simply squish any Pokemon in existence. It’s additionally house to a few of the most batsh*t bonkers summons ever, so let’s take a break from worshipping the ever-popular Bahamuts and Shivas and have fun the bizarre ones!

9. Fats Chocobo from Closing Fantasy VII

SquareSoft got down to change how the world noticed the Closing Fantasy collection with its seventh installment, which apparently meant they needed to change how folks noticed Chocobos as effectively. The result’s a summon referred to as merely “Fats Chocobo”. That’s it, that’s all it’s — an enormous Chocobo. Its mighty secret skill? None. We simply summon him above our enemies and have gravity trigger him to fall on their heads. The Fats Chocobo’s mannequin isn’t even animated, that means that the creature may already be lifeless by the point we drop it.

We perceive Sq. meant this as a tone-deaf joke, however the idea of Fats Chocobo will get extra insidious as soon as we give it some thought. Chocobos don’t get like that within the wild. Additionally, the world of FFVII is crammed with Chocobo creators, that means that there’s at the least somebody on the market breeding Fats Chocobos for the aim of promoting them as weaponized anvils. FFVII’s Fats Chocobo can be the unique indignant hen if he had the vitality to muster hate with out it instantly leading to a deadly coronary heart assault.

8. Doomtrain from Closing Fantasy VIII

The success of Closing Fantasy VII embedded SquareSoft with the unwavering perception that they may do no mistaken going ahead. FFVII featured some peculiar summons, yeah, nevertheless it’s with FFVIII that they popped open the forbidden effectively of summoning wackiness. Whereas the weirdness of FFVII ends at “Chocobo that’s inexplicably fats”, such a creature wouldn’t even make the listing of strangest summons in FFVII’s unfairly maligned sequel.
One of many wackiest Guardian Forces, the title VIII makes use of for its summons, is Doomtrain. The title isn’t a joke. That is an precise doomed practice that additionally spreads doom to everybody it runs over.

So, how does he hit the enemies? Couldn’t they only step apart and never die? Properly, no, as a result of Doomtrain additionally raises knee-high limitations alongside its tracks that someway stop even flying enemies from simply shifting just a few ft away to keep away from getting run over. Now that it completely is sensible, let’s check out what it does. One would assume {that a} practice collision would trigger huge harm to the victims, however nope. Doomtrain offers no harm and as a substitute simply infects enemies with a plethora of superior standing illnesses.
And that’s not even the place issues cease getting bizarre.

In FFVIII, gamers can normally get summons by both defeating them in fight or by extracting them from different enemies. That’s not the way you get Doomtrain. To get it, gamers must discover a particular ring, conjure a bunch of various supplies after which invoke it. Gamers will get contacted by the Doomtrain itself by way of the one in-menu message we ever get within the sport. Fairly chilling stuff.

Doomtrain may simply be the weirdest summon and the weirdest practice in Closing Fantasy historical past — sure, there’s stiff competitors in each fields.

7. Eden from Closing Fantasy VIII

Eden from FFVIII is a creature past comprehension. It’s such a mysterious entity that not even the paranormal journalists on this planet of FFVIII ever make any point out of it. Is it an alien ship? A satellite tv for pc? It options presumably the longest and positively the weirdest summoning animation within the historical past of the collection. It’s as lovely as it’s arduous to grasp.

Eden’s summoning animation is so lengthy that it permits gamers to make use of the GF increase skill to most impact. This grants Eden the facility to lastly break the principles of the Closing Fantasy collection itself and surpass the imposed harm restrict of 9999 per hit. Few gamers are prepared for the second once they witness their Eden dealing over 40,000 harm to an enemy.

6. Shiva from Closing Fantasy XIII

Okay, let’s get this one out of the best way: each summon in FFXIII is arguably dumb as hell, however we’ve got a particular place in our hearts for its model of Shiva.
So, first off, this sport doesn’t function only one Shiva: it’s the Shiva Sisters. That feels pointless, however we get that Sq. would attempt to do one thing to maintain issues recent. The issue is that it didn’t cease there. You see, these two sisters then go on to merge and turn into not only one single entity, just like the Shiva everyone knows and love, however a goddamn motorcycle.

We all know summons exist to serve our forged of heroes, however a motorcycle that exists for the hero of the story to journey is sort of bizarre — particularly in a post-Days Gone world.

5. Magus Sisters from Closing Fantasy X

Sandy, Cindy, and Mindy, The Magus Sisters Aeon from FFX, are the primary summons within the collection that solely do no matter they need. As a substitute of the common “Assault” and “Magic” instructions, Yuna can merely counsel they do stuff, they usually function by way of a secret motivation gauge. That’s what determines whether or not they’ll do one thing helpful or simply take a break and throw a flip away. They’ve a really {powerful} Overdrive assault — one they don’t normally refuse when Yuna suggests it — nevertheless it’s truly not even their strongest assault.
The Magus Sisters are probably the most {powerful} summon total within the sport, however in addition they have the potential to be its greatest ache within the butt. They’ll as simply obliterate an enemy in a single second as they’ll trigger a Sport Over display screen to pop up as a result of they’ve determined to take a nap. It’s as in the event that they’re continually telling gamers we don’t have sufficient Pokémon coach badges to manage them in a world the place there’s no solution to get such badges within the first place.

4. Yojimbo from Closing Fantasy X

Yojimbo from FFX solely works for cash. That’s bizarre as a result of he’s our summon, a creature that solely exists once we name upon it to struggle. He by no means will get to buy groceries! Possibly that’s why he doesn’t perceive cash and can work for one Gil the identical method he would work for 100 Gil.

Despite the fact that his fundamental idea is ridiculous, he’s some of the attention-grabbing summons within the entirety of the Closing Fantasy collection. Yojimbo, very similar to the Magus sisters, includes a particular mechanic. He has an unseen affinity gauge that gamers could make use of to get the very best out of Yojimbo. And it’s fairly easy. Yojimbo likes cash, and he doesn’t wish to get hit to get KO’d or to be despatched again to his Aeonball. Deal with Yojimbo effectively and he’ll use Zanmato, a ability that may kill any enemy within the sport in a single hit. Sure, any. Even the ultimate boss, the slug that turns proof against bodily assaults, and even Penance, the toughest boss within the sport.

3. Gilgamesh from Closing Fantasy VIII

Though he seems in different video games, Gilgamesh reveals up later in Closing Fantasy VIII to interchange Odin. Keep in mind Odin? It’s that summon so badass he summons himself at any time when he needs to and simply kills enemies in a single hit. Sooner or later within the sport, Odin bites greater than he can chew and finally ends up lifeless. Then, simply as gamers start to get unhappy about such an enormous loss, a brand new entity reveals as much as gather Odin’s sword. This newcomer is Gilgamesh, a four-armed creature that arguably appears much more badass than Odin.
Whereas Odin would all the time carry out a one-hit kill due to his ultra-powerful sword, Gilgamesh randomly picks between one in all his 4 swords, and three of them suck. One in every of them is even referred to as Excalipoor, and it solely ever offers one level of injury to any enemy. The laughter that instantly ensues makes sitting by means of your complete animation nearly price it.

2. Zodiark from Closing Fantasy XII

Few issues are as humorous as accumulating each single goddamn Esper [summon] in Closing Fantasy XII to unlock the battle towards Zodiark, probably the most {powerful} one within the bunch, solely to seek out just a little fish instead. Closing Fantasy XII options one hell of plenty of summons, so we simply love imagining the faces of gamers who undergo the handfuls of hours required to get Zodiark after which discover this factor.

We imply no disrespect, although. Although he’s very funny-looking together with his tiny legs and arms, his assault animation appears completely beautiful, and its energy degree is completely off the charts. We simply discover it very humorous that he appears just like the tiny child model of Anima from Closing Fantasy X.
Converse of the satan!

1. Anima from Closing Fantasy X

Let’s speak about Anima now that Nu Steel is as lifeless or dormant as we may ever hope it to be. We all know that Anima from FFX is a fan-favorite however holy crap, that’s some of the messed-up-looking creatures within the historical past of the franchise.

In our headcanon, that’s the creature that sang the lyrics to Otherworld, the wacky steel tune Nobuo Uematsu obtained tricked into believing match the themes of Closing Fantasy. We are able to’t blame him, although. Acts akin to Slipknot and Rammstein someway actually did rule the world in these days. One of the best factor about Anima is that its higher half can be greater than sufficient to earn it a spot on this listing, however the decrease one is someway even worse. nice job. How is that this in what’s ostensibly a PG-esque sport? This factor is terrifying even for those who ignore the truth that Anima is powered by Seymour’s mom. Sure, that monster carries the soul of somebody’s loving mom.

Candy desires, Seymour.

Tiago Manuel

Tiago is a freelancer who used to put in writing about video video games, cults, and online game cults. He now writes for Destructoid in an try to seek out himself on the profitable facet when the robotic rebellion comes.

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