No Sphere Grid Speedruns are Seriously Impressive

Thanks for the sudden influx of views and comments, I got distracted grinding FF8 Any% and forgot about youtube but I've made preparations for 1-2 uploads a month here. Next video should be the a Hardest bosses entry unless something else comes up that I wanna make a video on first

For Christmas one year my dad bought me a PS2. He asked the worker at Walmart what game he should get me and the man asked what sort of kid I was. My dad said I was "inquisitive". For some reason that one word made Mr. Walmart recommended that my dad buy me Final Fantasy X. Young me was absolutely mind fucked by FFX and to this day, literal decades later, the game still occupies a significant place in my heart and mind. Thank you dad and thank you Mr. Walmart. Great video.

Even as an absolute FFX fan, I hate that cutscenes aren't skipable even in the Remaster. It makes those type of challenges so much more tedious.

It's crazy to think that without trio of 999, this type of run might not even be possible. It also allows me to really appreciate FF10's OD systems for all the characters. Rikku's Mix is easily one of the most creative and fun (albeit absurdly broken) abilities in the entire series imo. So many combinations and effects to toy around with.

I love how every character comes in clutch during this run. I was going to say "except for Wakka" but even he has a part to play. Not usually into this kind of thing but great video!

14:20 I've never seen Kimahri kamikaze himself up, not in a gameplay (mine or someone else's), not in an image, not in a dream. TY for this <3

I feel it important to point out that there is no time travel in the story of FFX.

I unintentionally did smth similar on my first playthrough, just because i didn't understand how sphere grid worked. So i played a huge portion of the game without ever using it. I think i stuck somewhere around Moonflow or Thunderplains, and only then decided to actually read what Sphere Grid does. 😂 It was so funny and i felt so stupid, but because i couldn't overcome the obstacles even after using all levels i got (i ran out of spheres) i decided to restart the game and do things properly. Later on i was really surprised how i managed to get that far without sphere grid, because i actually fought every battle (or majority of them) and some enemies were really tough. Smth similar happened to ff8 too, though i used junctioning i never really equipped any magic to my stats. And somehow was able to get to the start of disc 4. Adel humbled me a lot, and i had to restart the game because of her. Nowadays i read every tutorial properly. 😂

Send some love to the dev that added the 3 wings Rikku mix, they had a sense of humor

My frustrations as a kid feels validated by you mentioning both yunaleska and the ship dragon as 2 of the more frustrating fights of the game for casuals, I was stuck on both for so long.

I now feel like a NSG% expert thanks to this. It was a super interesting watch, definitely gonna learn NSG% over the holidays

I got FFX before it as released in the UK (NTSC version). I had a sporting injury and finished the game in 2 weeks. Great memories. And i loved replaying the Uk version as it had advanced grid and dark aeons which US version did not.

How does this only have 400 views? It's fantastic. I wonder if editing the title to add Final Fantasy X would make the algorithm spread it more.

7:30 ochu (オチュー) uses a soft ch sound, the same as the last syllable in pikachu. it comes from a D&D monster called an otyugh, which is approximated with the ch sound in japanese, but in no way is connected to any hard K sound

Fascinating breakdown. Love how much interest there is in this 20 year old game. Played when it first came out and still appreciate it. Loved Blitzball too!

You know, I'm impressed both with the recap of the run itself and the recap of the story you give during the run. Genuinely a really great quality video.

Great vid, try to increase the volume next upload!

STAY AWAY FROM THE SUMMONER!!!!!!

This has to be one of the most complex and detailed speed run of all time. I'm impressed.

Yo I know those runners 😱! Great rundown of the nsg strats. It all flows really well. If anyone is even considering casually trying this route I 100% recommend it. We have great resources in the speedrunning discord and are happy to answer any questions along the way! It looks intimidating but is so satisfying to pull off.