FINAL FANTASY III - Series Analysis

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hello everyone! this is the third video in a series in which i will be going through every main series Final Fantasy game (and some others too probably) in order to give them a wee bit of in-depth analysis, and figure out what makes each individual FF game tick. i'll be focusing on various things like development history, gameplay analysis, and musical analysis, but i'll also be drawing from outside sources like linguistics and mythology to try and understand as much as possible why these games are the way they are, and why people love them so much.

this video is split up into discrete chapters, so there's timestamps below for your convenience:

Introduction: 0:00
Background and version differences: 0:49

Story and character analysis -
Story setup and character details: 4:05
Introductory towns and biblical influence: 11:26
Desch and omitted features: 15:10
Shinto and the Living Woods: 16:47
Flooded by ambiguity: 19:24
Humanising Xande: 23:55
Vagueness, urgency, and superficiality: 28:14

Combat and the Job system -
Basics of the combat system: 35:48
Introduction to the Job system: 38:48
The Job adjustment phase and magic issues: 41:16
Reactivity and arbitrariness in the Job system: 44:02
Why I still love the Job system: 48:02

Mythological, historical, and societal influences -
Onion Knight origins: 50:18
Moogle origins: 54:22
Masamune + Muramasa origins: 57:32
Summon origins: 1:00:37
Shiva: 1:02:01
Ramuh: 1:04:43
Ifrit: 1:06:00
Titan: 1:07:14
Odin: 1:08:22
Leviathan: 1:11:51
Bahamut: 1:12:39

Music -
Music section introduction: 1:14:02
Battles, fanfares, and repetition: 1:14:42
Crystal Room: 1:16:36
Eternal Wind: 1:17:52
Chocobos!: 1:19:20
Priestess Aria: 1:19:51
Last Battle -3-: 1:21:42

Conclusion + thanks: 1:22:55

here are links to the things i talk about there being links for in the video:

brief Hinduism discussion on the Hades video:
   • The Mythology Behind Hades  
slight expansion on Titan info in the Hades video:    • The Mythology Behind Hades  
interview with Takashi Tokita about FFIV:
https://eu.finalfantasy.com/topics/296
interview with Hironobu Sakagachi about FFVI:
http://www.onemillionpower.com/25-yea...
interview with Hiromichi Tanaka about FFIII:
https://eu.finalfantasy.com/topics/171
interview with Koichi Ishii about FFIII:
https://eu.finalfantasy.com/topics/176

i think that's it? if you're here looking for something else i said would be here, and it isn't, please leave a comment and let me know so i can sort it out for you.

all the footage in the game was captured by me, apart from the Japanese NES version of FFIII in the Moogle section, which was from here:
   • #23【実況】目には目を！獣には獣を！！FCファイナルファンタジー３  

i'd like to say a huge thanks to my best pal Joe, without whom this channel would be much worse off. Joe has done all the art for my channel from its inception, from the old logo to the new black mage logo, the old intro and all the outros, and most recently the incredible art for my Patreon tiers! he is an immensely talented artist and an absolute legend so check him out:
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i’d also really like to thank HotCyder for his excellent work on the thumbnail! if you want to check him out, you can find him on both YouTube and Twitter:
   / hotcyderable  
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i think that's it! thanks everyone. hope you enjoy the video :)

alastair x

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