They call him Bahamut.
King of the Dragons.
Sometimes, he plays a vital role in aFinal Fantasygame’s proceedings.
Sometimes, he’s barely a blip on the narrative radar.
Always, he haspresence.
Some summons in FF6 Pixel Remaster are just stronger than others.
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Is there, in truth, an objective best Bahamut?
Everybody has their favorites, either for a laundry list of reasons or just because they look cool.
Will that stop us from searching for our own answer to a question 35 years and counting?
What about Final Fantasy 13-2?
Where’s World of Final Fantasy?
Won’t anyone kindly think of poor Final Fantasy: All the Bravest?
- to stick to the core mainline entries here!
That was pretty cool.
Only ever seeing the guy in sprite form rather diminishes the power of his design.
Plus, he’ll only upgrade your classes when you give him a Rat Tail.
It’s the tail of a rat.
This isn’t some fetish, is it?
The original Final Fantasy 7 famously has three obtainable Bahamuts, albeit with a complete lack of story presence.
The expanded universe of FF7 piles on plenty more.
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These are all good things… with mixed results.
Of all Remake’s summoned monster reimaginings, Bahamut is oddly the biggest miss.
He’s wicked-strong and dominates his battlefield, and it’ll take careful planning to bring him down.
They are so veiny.
The veins are practically bursting out.
Thank goodness it’s only a virtual reality representation of the big guy.
Chadley, what were you thinking?
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Final Fantasy 6 is a fabulous game with an underwhelming Bahamut.
FF6 Bahamut has striking red eyes and icy-blue wings, a strong design that remains impressive to this day.
On plenty of other summon-ranking lists, he’d go farther for it.
Alas, here we are.
Battling Bahamut Arisen is thrilling, and summoning it, even more so.
Arisen isn’t mediocre, it’s just outflanked by so many even better Bahamuts.
Maybe Remake Part 3 will settle the score!
And when Vayne is battled, he even takes on various attributes of the fabled dragon.
But also, uh, it’s a dungeon, not a dragon.
He’s one of the high marks of the excellent Chains of Promathia expansion.
These are all good things.
We can’t get past his head.
We’re deeply sorry.
We just cannot.
It’s so small.
It’s so much smaller than itshouldbe.
It’s…whyis it so small?
just just fix your head!
The return trip to North Mountain feels appropriately momentous.
Its Bahamut is… weird.
His wings are swords, his form is humanoid, he’s garbed in armor.
But he’s also got some hefty-good lore to him.
