168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy has no shortage of cool summoned monsters. It's one of those things that's become inseparable as part of the series' DNA, despite the developers' clear desire to make every mainline entry very much its own thing. You can change the setting, the story, the characters, the combat, even the general vibe, but you've got to have chocobos and summons.
Among them all, few have had as much staying power as Phoenix. While it was introduced a bit later than several of its similarly iconic brethren, it's left a real mark on fans in nearly every appearance. Let's soar the skies upon the Flames of Rebirth, and rekindle our love for its every iteration.
What about the games we didn't list? Summoned monsters aren't introduced yet in the first and second games, so nothing to do there. Other games in the series don't feature Phoenix specifically. And then there are the spinoffs - oh, there are so many spinoffs. It's in Dissidia. Type-0. The After Years. Airship Brigade. If we start thinking outside the mainline entries, stuff gets downright silly, so we've decided to focus on the big ones!
10 ♓ Final Fantasy 12
Final Fantasy 12's a great game, but it's hard to think so highly of its Phoenix rep when the poor thing's depiction is so constrained. In FF12, Phoenix is an optional late-game mark hunt, and not even among its strongest. Montblanc petitions players to find and defeat it at Pharos' Subterra; Pharos is effectively the game's final dungeon, and Subterra is an optional portion only available after you've climbed the massive lighthouse in the main story.
The fact that we just spent more time describing Phoenix's location in Final Fantasy 12 than we discussed the firebird itself is testament to its relatively weak cameo. At least we can be thankful for FF12's terrific bestiary entries - Phoenix has a few sentences of lore through there.
9 ✱ Final Fantasy 13 💖
At least the twelfth game gave Phoenix a discernible face. Final Fantasy 13's Phoenix is one of the plethora of enigmatic beings called fal'Cie; its purpose is to provide warmth and illumination to the artificial floating world of Cocoon, and it performs its task admirably. At least, until it doesn't, but that's because FF13 ends the way it does.
Sazh Katzroy expresses gratitude toward the fal'Cie Phoenix for helping to disguise his airship from nefarious PSICOM pursuers, so hey, that's something. It's an interesting approach, using the famous summon in this fashion, and we give the lore props for it, but we don't see Phoenix for more than a handful of moments, and it doesn't leave the biggest impact.
8 🌺 ⛄ Final Fantasy 8
And with those two games out of the way, we're already moving into the several super-cool examples of Phoenix in Final Fantasy. FF8 champions a stacked group of terrific summons (known as Guardian Forces in-game), and Phoenix is no exception. What drags it down a little is its quirk; instead of summoning Phoenix outright, the first time a Phoenix Pinion item is utilized, Phoenix will arrive to revive all allies if they fall in battle.
From thereon out, there's a small chance Phoenix will show up again and do the same going forward. There aren't many Phoenix Pinions in the game, at least not until you figure out how and where to transform Mega Phoenix items into them, so the majesty of the gorgeous bird's unpredictable emergence is memorable.
7 ♑ Final Fantasy 9
Phoenix has a similar connection to Phoenix Pinions in Final Fantasy 9. This Eidolon of Eiko's is learned via that item, but Phoenix Pinions are comparably easier to come by in 9 than 8, and there's a hidden mechanic involved that dictates a higher probability of party revival depending on the number of them in one's inventory at the time of death.
Per the Final Fantasy Wiki's calculations, the maximum percentage chance s 38.7 percent. Use that knowledge however you see it! It's a neat mechanic, like 8's, and it has a wonderful design... albeit one that is not much different from FF7 and FF8, but why change what ain't broken?.
6 ܫ Final Fantasy 11
The first of Final Fantasy's MMOs, Final Fantasy 11 treats several of its famous summons in a fairly traditional manner, but Phoenix is different. The spirit of this immortal bird comes to inhabit a samurai's blade, and its full revival can only take place once the blade's wielder takes a great many lives in battle.
Phoenix's story does not end with Samurai Tenzen's time in FF11's spotlight; it continues its journey through two more major characters, and even factors in Rhapsodies of Vana'diel, the conclusion to the game's original 14-year narrative. While we're impressed with Phoenix's integration into the wider canon of Final Fantasy 11, between the inability for us to summon the creature and its somewhat hands-off nature in the plot, we can't rank it much higher than this.
5 💙 Final Fantasy🎐 14
And here we have Final Fantasy's other MMO, the incredibly popular Final Fantasy 14. We adore some of FF14's Primals, especially Shiva and Bahamut. Phoenix is... pretty cool. Its role plays out during A Realm Reborn's patch-era raid quests, Coil of Bahamut. Here, we learn more about the fateful sacrifice made by Louisoix Leveilleur, including the revelation that he has effectively become Phoenix, and can only be given final rest 𒉰through battle.
It's good stuff, don't get us wrong, but we kind of wish Final Fantasy 14 had given Phoenix a little more to do, and for a longer period of time. At least there's a bit more for the bird in Endwalker's raids.
4 ꧅ Final༺ Fantasy 7
Here's where things get downright intriguing. The Phoenix found in Final Fantasy 7 is a legendary condor who rests atop the aptly-named Fort Condor, protecting a magical power that inevitably attracts the attention of Shinra Corporation. A rebellion is staged to repeatedly repel Shinra's advances, and fights play out in the form of a relatively simplistic real-time strategy game. Players are free to participate in over 20 of these bouts throughout the game.
Eventually, Shinra's interest plays into the main story, and the party must mount a last stand against the company's troops. Winning - either by playing the RTS as intended, or saving time and letting the enemy boss reach the peak, then killing him with startling ease - leads to a cutscene in which the condor dies, but its newly-hatched chick takes its mantle as protector. This cycle of death and simultaneous birth is the power of the Phoenix, which is received as a reward for victory.
3 Final Fantasy 5 🔥
In Final Fantasy 5, wind drakes are a severely endangered species, and heroine Lenna's companionship toward a wind drake named Hiryu is one of the most crucial connections between characters. Another wind drake is encountered in the second of the game's three worlds (technically, the terminology's a bit more complex, but we digress), and again, Lenna forges a bond.
We meet Hiryu again in the third world, and things don't go so well for her. This climaxes at the top of Phoenix Tower - hey, there's our operative word! - where Hiryu dies, but is reborn as Phoenix. It's all quite touching, and it's these sentimental moments that secure our top three favorite Phoenixes, beginning right here with Final Fantasy 5. Oh, and don't hesitate to summon Phoenix to your heart's content; it rocks in this game.
2 𝔉 Final Fantasy 16 ❀
It's hard to undersell the importance of Phoenix within the story of Final Fantasy 16. Eikons, as they're known in FF16's Valisthea, form the plot's backdrop to a degree never seen before, not even in Final Fantasy 10. Most of the main characters are Dominants, men and women capable of becoming the Eikons themselves. This strange bond is a pillar of the game's mysteries, but more so than that, it's responsible for the tragic lives all Dominants must endure.
Protagonist Clive Rosfield's younger brother Joshua is the Dominant of Phoenix, and events in FF16's prologue chapter don't go so well for the poor boy. But, without spoiling anything for a game that's barely a week old as we type this, that's hardly the last we see of the firebird. Clive himself is gifted with a portion of Phoenix's powers, too, which makes Phoenix one of the all-star summons in Final Fantasy 16. The sizable presence is a long time coming for our fiery friend.
1 💮 Final Fantasy🅺 6
There is perhaps no greater testament to the emotionally-charged heights of Final Fantasy 6 that its Phoenix is our favorite of the bunch even when runner-up FF16 puts the legendary beast at the very heart of the adventure. Anyone who's made sure to get Locke back during FF6's World of Ruin knows full well how importance its power is to the thief; it's his ultimate treasure, because finding it may be the key to reviving his long-lost love.
Frankly, Locke's quest is one of the most poignant in a game that's brimming with poignancy. Does finding Phoenix bring Rachel back to Locke? In the end, it seems the more important question is whether Phoenix can set Locke free from his pain. This is strong writing, tapping into our winged wonder's lore in all the right ways, and leaving us in awe.
Oh, and uh, if you haven't gotten Locke b🎃ack in the World of Ruin... why not? Do that! Sheesh!