00:00Why was I so consumed by hate?
00:05You've regained your senses then. Do you, do you remember your father's name?
00:13Welcome to MojoPlays and today you're not going to believe what happens.
00:16These are the 10 best Final Fantasy plot twists. If we didn't see it coming,
00:21we're going to talk about it. Let's leap from a roof with a giant sword and see how people react.
00:25Before we continue, we publish content all week long, so be sure to subscribe and ring
00:30the bell to get notified of our latest videos. Gaboranth is Bosch's twin brother, Final Fantasy XII.
00:43You have grown very thin, Bosch.
00:45Right at the start of Final Fantasy XII, the game basically screams Bosch is a traitor,
00:50after he seemingly backstabs the kingdom and takes out Vaughan's brother Rex in the opening.
00:54Not exactly a great first impression, but I've had worse. But surprise, things are way messier than
00:59that. As the story unfolds, you find out the scary dude in black armour, Judge Gaboranth,
01:04is actually Bosch's twin brother, which is peak soap opera energy. This whole identity mix-up gets
01:10Bosch thrown in prison and accidentally kickstarts most of the game's chaos. Watching these two
01:14brothers collide across the story makes for the most compelling moments in an already very compelling
01:19story. However, should they garner external support, the situation could worsen.
01:24Garland created a time loop Final Fantasy.
01:32Looking back, the story in Final Fantasy feels pretty bare bones compared to the absolute Square
01:37Enix explosion the series became later. At first, it's the most classic setup imaginable. Princess gets
01:43kidnapped, you roll up, beat up the bad guy, job done, very Mario. That whole rescue mission is basically
01:48just the tutorial in disguise. After that, you're off dealing with a bunch of elemental troublemakers
01:53like it's a weekly chore list. But then the game pulls a sneaky twist. Garland, the guy you thought
01:59you already dealt with, is actually running a full-on time loop behind the scenes. Defeated in the present,
02:04he is sent to the past by the four fiends. In the past, Garland becomes chaos and sends the fiends
02:082000
02:08years into the future to corrupt the world, ensuring they will eventually be sent back, creating a
02:13self-perpetuating loop. Cloud Was Never Soldier Final Fantasy VII
02:33Final Fantasy VII didn't just show up, it exploded. It pushed the series into massive multi-disc
02:38storytelling and ditched the whole good guy vs. bad guy simplicity for something a bit more
02:43emotional. Then it hits you with that twist, Cloud isn't the elite soldier he's been hyping himself up
02:48to be. Nope, he's just a regular Shinra foot soldier who went through so much trauma his brain said,
02:54cool, let's invent a new personality. He ends up copying his mentor Zach Fair and scraps him from
03:00his own memory, even after Zach saved his life. It's honestly kind of uncomfortable.
03:09The party was raised by Edea Final Fantasy VIII Let's be honest,
03:22Final Fantasy VIII is pretty convoluted. The story just keeps throwing curveballs until half the fanbase
03:27is dizzy and the other half is arguing on the internet about whether the junction system sucks. Some people
03:32were so thrown off they came up with the theory that everything after Disc 1 is just Squall having
03:36a very dramatic fever dream. But the twist that really gets people is when the game suddenly goes,
03:41oh by the way, you were all orphans together, and even better, raised by the villain Edea.
03:46And why doesn't anyone remember? Guardian Forces apparently gave everyone selective amnesia. Very selective.
04:02Zidane and Kuja are manufactured Final Fantasy IX The story of Final Fantasy IX is top tier,
04:14and Kuja might be one of the most underrated villains in the whole series, which is wild,
04:18considering how over the top he is. Someone notice him for god sakes. Then the late game twist hits.
04:24Zidane and Kuja find out they're basically manufactured beings with the emotional stability
04:28of a broken toaster. Zidane completely shuts down while Kuja goes full meltdown mode and decides,
04:34cool, I'll just end the world then. Classic coping strategies. If I found out I was manufactured,
04:39I'd probably burn down a village and save Jenova. Has that been done yet?
04:49Golbez is Cecil's older brother, Final Fantasy IV.
04:53Why was I so consumed by hate?
04:58You've regained your senses then. Do you, do you remember your father's name?
05:06Final Fantasy IV is where the series finally stopped handing you four random nobodies and said,
05:11hey, what if we gave these people feelings? Suddenly it's all about actual characters,
05:15and Golbez shows up looking like your standard evil dude in scary armour with zero personality
05:20at first. Then the game hits you with a twist. He's actually Cecil's brother. Yeah,
05:26family drama becomes a staple of the series in 1991. Turns out his life was a mess. Dad killed unfairly,
05:32mum gone during childbirth, and all that anger made him the perfect puppet for the real villain's
05:37mind control. It's tragic, messy, and way more emotional than you'd expect. And this type of
05:42story was definitely never repeated in any other game. Definitely not, Final Fantasy VIII.
05:48But were it me, the one Zemus chose to control?
05:53The world ends Final Fantasy VI.
06:05Final Fantasy VI gets a lot of love, and yeah, part of that is because you can literally suplex a
06:10train. But the real reason is Kefka, a villain who woke up and chose chaos, and not in the meme
06:17way,
06:17in the actual let's destroy the earth kind of way. While everyone else is chasing power or money,
06:22he's just here to ruin everything for fun. And the game actually lets him do it. Halfway through,
06:27the heroes lose. Like, properly lose. Like the world gets destroyed kind of lose.
06:32Avengers Infinity War kind of lose. Then, the game just lets that sit for a whole year in universe,
06:38with everything broken and miserable. When the crew finally regroups,
06:41it feels earned, because this time they're not saving the world, they're rebuilding it.
06:45That's a pretty good line. Is there an award at Mojo for writing? Can I have it?
06:55Tidus isn't real, Final Fantasy X.
07:06In Final Fantasy X, you've got stunning locations, chill music, and then BAM,
07:10one of the most heartbreaking love stories in the series. Tidus and Yuna are adorable together,
07:15which is exactly why the game decides to ruin your day. Because yeah, the game leads you to think that
07:20you're going to lose Yuna at the end, but it's actually Tidus that can't stick around.
07:24Turns out he's basically a walking dream, created by the Faith to help end Sin's endless chaos.
07:30Once that job's done, so is he. When that reveal drops, it completely flips how you see his narration
07:35the whole time. And the way he accepts it, breaks my heart.
07:52Aerith dies, Final Fantasy VII
08:00There is no way this couldn't be number one. Aerith's death in Final Fantasy VII is basically
08:06the Darth Vader reveal of gaming. Even people who've never touched a controller somehow know
08:11about it. Back in 1997 though, that moment hit like a truck with no brakes. And here's the worst
08:16part, knowing it's coming doesn't make it hurt any less. You still sit there thinking,
08:21maybe this time it'll be different. Like the game's going to reward your 341st playthrough. It won't.
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