Four! You spread your SeeD a bit there 😂

@@JDubDotEXE a little bit yeah 😁

@@JDubDotEXE That made my coffee exit my nose. You have no Edea

I was 9 years and i still love it. FF9 is my Favorit

Just on a loop over the tannoy, occasionally interrupted by Headmaster Cid rallying the troops! 😅

I know I did

A military academy that takes orphans and turns them into ruthless mercenaries and assassins? sign me up!

Balamb was the best university I ever was!!! 😢

Escuchando a mi infancia y ahora la uso para dormir a mi hijo

Engrained into your memories forever...

It is ..this game was more then a game for me also i was 17 when i played this game it gave me wanderful memories

same for me i was like a baby when i play it with my dad and now this sounds are inked in me

whenever i hear this song i need to sit down its too much

Sleep with music although

Uematsu the master in action!

It's actually today!

@@JDubDotEXE I know what a wonderful day :)

Time to break out the old PSX and fire up a new game?

No! I M crying right now! 😩🤣

SHUT UP im not CRYING!!

SHUT UP im not CRYING!!

Tarou is CRYING

Sowing the SeeDs of comfort?

I would suppose if you have your phone along with your headphones, that will work. You can walk anywhere in that university campus with that music on.

They had a very distinct "clack" to them, didn't they?

@JDubDotEXE They sure did LOL. I love this game so much. Wish it would be acknowledged more as one of the best FF games.

Them were the days! *shakes fist at cloud*

You were driven to 100% the draw system?

@@opheIia7668 It's super-powerful in the early game to grab 100 of each of the available spells for junctioning!

​@@JDubDotEXE Shiiiit, I'm playing it...again... now, and if you don't have 100 tornados, quakes, and meltdowns to junction by the time you hit Galbadia Garden, you've done something wrong.

Same first ff game and I still think it’s the best one story and everything

That sounds like something I would like to Tri...

And then you get arrested cause to illegal gambling on the streets😂

I spent way too many hours playing cards there...

"How many times I wished my School was Balamb." Minus the training centre full of monsters and giant T-Rexes, I assume? 🙂

My "real world" job is in a university, and I hear a few students say they enjoy longform video posts like this for the same reason. I'm glad it's helping, and good luck with graduating!

I'm studying QuickBooks right now to this

This is what I like to hear. I've been out of school for a few years now but I would listen to this song while I was walking around campus.

@@metalstnick6664 It is common to see every student carrying their phones and headphones around. So of course, you can walk around campus with any song of your choosing and listen to it while walking in campus. If you can do that in campus, you can do that anywhere. You can do that when you grocery shop, walk in the streets walk in the park etc.

It was never random, truly a blessing and a great love story! 👀❤️

​@@Anotherchance423yes indeed💓

Ah man, losing the final part of a game is a killer - I had the same happen to me with Lost Odyssey, ironically - I'm glad you got to finish the story!

​@@JDubDotEXEyes it is😪 wow, that sucks. Thanks. It felt just as good playing 20+ years later.

@@Anotherchance423 never random

Me too... we can only hope for a remake following FF7R!

One day, everyone will go to school at a Garden!

Find some time to yourself, fire up your PSX (or an emulator 🤫), and go back in time!

Now you too busy with non stop attending pride marches.

Yeah, I feel you bruh.

You're welcome, that's what I do!

How real this all felt at the time!

9 year old you would say 34 years old was ancient too! 😂

@@JDubDotEXE So true LOL

What I think is particularly great is that Uematsu knew that you'd be hearing this track a *lot* during gameplay, so made sure it was one of the best compositions he made for the game. Although saying that, the whole soundtrack is bangers!

VII got a remake, rumours are that IX is getting a remake, why are they skipping this one? 😔

I'm looking forward to XVI for many reasons, but part of me wants the soundtrack to drop just so I can make another video 😅

You're welcome, this one is really taking off!

Justice for FFVIII Remake! Especially now that there's rumours of one for FFIX! 🤨

They're both excellent for different reasons, but VIII edges it over VII for me too. I think part of that might be that Uematsu had more experience writing for the PSX sound chip for VIII, whilst he originally started work on VII for the SNES before moving to the PSX. I don't know how much he had composed/completed at that point, but it's definitely food for thought!

@@JDubDotEXE VII is a very close second. For me it’s the incredibly emotional songs VIII has that makes me love it. This game’s soundtrack has always just resonated with me more than any other game

I hope you enjoy the ride, it's a great game!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Time to dust off your PSX, perhaps?

The great thing about FFVIII is that it could often be as chill as you wanted it to be. Especially if you got the Enc-None ability...

Now you can listen to it anywhere again!

You're welcome! 😴

That's some pretty deep emotional damage right there. All I can offer is some small solace that the peace and comfort will be here whenever you need it...

I agree. I've been in a state of emotionallessness.... if there's such a word. But with some odd turn of events. If just an hour of complete bliss and peaceful music. Makes my day if just for a moment. Totally worth it. 😊

That's childhood for you. All our childhoods are so nice. Our young brains don't even know we are being abused unless the abuse is really bad. We felt love and safe. I think in adulthood, the path to feeling grounded and at peace is to find something you want to do and do it. Could be a profession or a hobby. Something that gives meaning and purpose and joy.

I feel your pain bro. This point in .y life my brother and i played this amd legend of dragoon and it was the only time my brother and i ever bonded. Life seemed so simple in those moments. Im hoping you can find some happiness in this mundane life! Im rooting for you!

It's never too late to go back and play it again...

@@JDubDotEXE i was just thinking of playing ff8 again! got it for Christmas 99 i remember the boxart being super cool!

The glory days!

Realmente transcende todas as barreiras!

It's definitely an emotional ride! Here's hoping for FFVIII Remake so we can all suffer together again!

Nobuo Uematsu is an absolute master at his craft, for sure!

"Never forget your fantasy" - that's a true ideal right there.

Can you play it on ps5?

You will have a German game if you play Commandos.

OMG!!!! Was für ein cooles Ende Dein Comment hat. So true!

You're welcome, glad I could take you back!

Today, and every day!

Probably the only school people enjoyed going to at the time!

It's a shame you can't actually sit on the many many benches in the halls of Balamb Garden!

My IRL job is on a university campus, so every so often it pops into mine too!

I remember actually hearing this song 1 time at Hong Kong Supermarket. I know songs like this happen once so I consider this a rare song to listen to. I mean I would not expect to hear this song the 2nd time I go to Hong Kong Supermarket. So anyways, this song is part of a reason why I tend to shop at Hong Kong Supermarket. Weird right. We all hear this song from strange places. Just like the university you graduate from, you ended up hearing that song when you least expect it because who would of thought any university would like to reference one of the FF8 theme song?

I'm beginning to wonder if there's some sort of subgenre or some label to put on this, there's been a few people drop by recently that say they've now got children but find themselves pining for this. Is this nostalgiacore?

You can even encounter this kind of music even at a grocery store. I remember when I went to Hong Kong Supermarket way back in 2006, Balamb Garden was playing in that background. Someday, if you take your kids to any supermarket, you might encounter this kind of song. Sometimes, you find strange music in strange locations.

Everyone forgets eventually, sadly... 🥲

Absolute classic 👌

향수는 최고의 감정 중 하나입니다. 즐거우셨다니 다행입니다!

Definitely one of the greatest of all time!

Maybe you do and your Guardian Force made you forget...

​@@JDubDotEXE dude...

@@JDubDotEXE yes maybe 👍

@acac me too👍

@@JDubDotEXE nothing more true was ever written...and you know it if you say it. :)

Here's hoping! I think it's inexplicable that there's rumours swirling of a remake for IX but VIII is completely unmentioned!

@@JDubDotEXE IX remake would be great too, but come on, VIII is one of the best in the series!

Back to better days in Balamb!

@@JDubDotEXE yup. man i miss being 16 and just running through all the final fantasies

You're welcome, glad it was helpful!

Hadn't heard of Yabujin before, found the track, enjoyed the aesthetic!

I find it seeps into my consciousness without warning at the weirdest of times!

FF8 Remake when?!

Forever and always.

You're welcome!

We can all relive our childhood through this game!

Hard to believe my childhood was nearly 25 years ago... 😅

I want to beat FF8 without letting Squall ever level up. There's an achievement for that in the remaster!

@@JDubDotEXE it is hard to do that without cheat. Because at the beggining squal need to get ifrit which lead in fighting and getting exp.

@@JDubDotEXE and at ragnarok spaceship, squal need to kill all monster on the ship to control it. Killing monster means getting exp and level up.

I think if you were to level up Quistis and Rinoa (and everyone tbf) whilst having Squall KOed all the time it might be doable? I'm relatively sure I read that the enemies only scale in level to Squall, with the exception of some bosses, so I guess just having the handicap of one less party member is the challenge!

Certainly a contender!

What a soundtrack to go by...

Yet another reason that Final Fantasy is better than Pokemon 😅

@@JDubDotEXE losing never felt so much like winning once I got home and started playing this!

You can always go back to Balamb...

I've never thought of having a game soundtrack play at my funeral! Maybe Streets Of Whiterun for me.

Лично я до сих пор так считаю!

FF7R exists, rumours of FF9R, all I want is FF8R!

If they set it up to fly in the same way (spoiler alert) then it could travel the world!

This kind of song can appear in random place which is a place where you least expect. I will even tell you a story about the time I went to Hong Kong Supermarket in USA. That Balamb Garden song was playing in the background while I shop at Hong Kong Supermarket. That can only happen once. So it does not have to be just Japan. No matter where you go, you randomly encounter this no matter where you go.

❄ 🙌 C H I L L 🙌 ❄

There's just something about Uematsu's mastery of music that allows you to drift away and be absorbed by the setting.

You may even encounter this even if you leave your house and your video game and go out shopping for food. To give you an example, in 2006, all I did is go grocery shopping at Hong Kong Supermarket and Balamb Garden theme song was playing in the radio. All the customers shopping can hear it. This accidental encounter most likely happen once. So even if you leave the world of video games and leave your house, even video game theme song might randomly follow you.

FF7R: *exists* FF9R: *rumoured* FF8R: *ignored* 😮‍💨

Ultima on HP, Triple on Speed!

Boogie time in Balamb!

You're welcome, and the love is appreciated!

In the words of Man #2 when you (spoiler alert) crash into the town walls, "We just call it FH." But yes, I agree!

You're welcome, thanks for hanging out!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Things were never simple, it was just before it was so obvious that they weren't... Sorry, that's a little pessimistic, but I blame The Internet™.

Each to their own, though I agree Tifa's Theme is damn good too!

Good night! 😴

그 당시에는 시대가 더 단순했습니다!

Hey there! I don't tend to do multiple tracks from the same soundtrack when I'm making videos, but I did recently do a set of 25 tracks from Hollow Knight as a collection, so never say never? I guess keep 'em peeled, I might do a Final Fantasy set at some point... 👀

You're welcome!

*presses □ to play Triple Triad again*

So long as they don't send more monsters from the Moon!

It really is a shame that we'll probably never see Square Enix embrace this style of RPG for Final Fantasy again...

Then, now, and forever!

楽しんでいただけてなによりです！

I don't think I ever managed it without the help of a guide in some places!

No matter what kind of RPG game you play, you need to stay in that 1 mission for grinding. If you don't grind, you don't stand a chance to beat the game. There are people who ignores that extra sidequest because they only want enough experience points to beat the game. Best of all, you have save state to begin with. People who claims they cannot beat it just meant they were busy and would rather just move on from that game and never look back. Any RPG is normally supposed to give people a reason to explore long term. If you have to back up a step to gain more level up, do that. You will discover that it won't be that hard. We all read guides online to find out where we all want to go. Luckily Balamb Garden theme song does not require you to beat the game.

I've heard rumours of an FFIX remake and I'm like "Why would you skip VIII?!"

Enjoy your Garden dreams!

Yes! That will be like going to sleep while everyone else stays up late during curfews. I mean when you go out on a training mission with Quistis, they will talk about how some of the cadets stays up late during that curfew hours. So that can be a reminder that you can sleep when it is curfew hours while others stay up late.

The layout has a certain something to it!

You're mostly right, the pass through of Balamb Garden itself right at the beginning is part of the scene the music first plays from. But it was far to short to make a loop from for an hour so I used the intro video as well 👌 (It's also not the only video on this channel I've messed with things like that either, for similar reasons 😅)

@@JDubDotEXE i still appreciate you making this. it was the most iconic game for me as a kid

Bem-vindo a zona calmante!

Obrigado.

Guardian Force > Patronus

I made a list of why Balamb Garden is better than Hogwarts (pls don't take this too seriously both franchises are cool) 1. Balamb garden has the nicest people in existence there (minus Seifer, but everyone hates him anyway). and a lot of people at Hogwarts is really mean :c 2. Balamb Garden has fun groups like the garden festival committee or the CC group. Wtf does Hogwarts have? 3. Balamb garden is GORGEOUS theres plants and water everywhere and fountains and rings all around it. Hogwarts looks like a dirty, old, stinky, castle. 4. The people that go to Balamb Garden are hot 5. the instructors in Balamb Garden are great. Quistis literally has a fanclub because people love her so much. only like 50% of Hogwarts teachers are nice 6. Hogwarts houses are problematic, it makes kids rival eachother. Garden doesn’t have that. 7. Balamb Garden is such a pretty name, it’s like a place where students can grow cuz it’s a garden and in Balamb! Hogwarts sounds gross 8. Balamb Garden is in this beautiful little island. Hogwarts is In Britain where you only see the sun about 3 times a year. 9. Balamb Garden can FLY. You know…like a plane. You're just trapped in Dipshit nowhere Britain for 9 months at Hogwarts 10. Balamb Garden is known for thier card players. You can go around and play cards. everyone loves cards. Hogwarts just has quidditch where kids get super injured at like every single game. 11.Balamb Garden takes in literal orphans and makes a home for them. they don't care who you are or where you came from. Hogwarts takes in “chosen ones” who are just random white kids 12. Balamb Garden will PAY you. you get paid for going to school. 13. The Garden will give you giant, powerful mythical forces to help your scrawny ass. Hogwarts will give you a stick and a broom and say “good luck” 14. Balamb got all kinds of ethnicities. Hogwarts has like all white kids. 15. Hogwarts is haunted, Garden is not 16. Garden doesn’t require uniforms unless your trainer asks you to change. Having the option to wear a uniform is nice. Hogwarts requires robes as uniforms all the time, theres no fashion there 17. Garden’s uniforms look really cool, especially that SeeD uniform. Hogwarts requires lame ROBES 18. Garden gives you sexy ass weapons like gunblades. Hogwarts give you carved sticks 19. Garden gives you these nice dorms with all this room for your shit (especially the rooms for SeeDs) You have to share rooms in Hogwarts. 20. Garden will boost up your SeeD rank depending on the good decisions you make. The higher your SeeD rank, the more money you get. Hogwarts will give you points when you make a good decision and whatever house gets the most points….gets a pat on the back and bragging rights. 21. Balamb Garden has delicious hot dogs and donuts in the cafeteria for students. Hogwarts has british food 22. Hogwarts teaches people about magic and potions and herbs. Balamb Garden does all of that and way more. They teach you magic, GFs, how to defend yourself, how to work with guns and swords. 23. you can literally bring magic and guns and swords in the building and nobody will stop you. If you could bring guns into Hogwarts, the entire series would have ended two books in. 24. Garden’s location is great, it’s on a nice little island with limited monsters (that you are trained to fight) and a cute little town. Hogwarts is right next to a go-in-and-never-come-out forest 25. Hogwarts burned down. Balamb Garden survived A MISSLE ATTACK thank you for coming to my ted talk

@@LyntzbartzkyPerez Nice 👍 ( Just to clarify that I'm not dissing Hogwarts. I do love both francises. But I prefer Balamb Garden more. )

So long as you don't leave Elon Musk in charge of it that would be a great idea!

@@JDubDotEXE nah bro, just talking financials here 😂

In SeeD we believe!

I'd spend all day challenging people to Triple Triad!

​@@JDubDotEXEShoot, with a place like that, I could do So much. I'd want combat training, herbal gardens for days (poor folks, veterans, refugees, orphans, and just about anyone helping out), classes on herbalism, classes on Magick/witchcraft, music, meditation circles, just about anything to help heal the body/spirit, etc.

You're thinking far bigger than I am... I'll save the cards for the downtime I guess 😅

Garden reminds me of Hogwarts. they are two magical academies that puts minors in danger but we all want to go to anyway

The gardens, designs, and ecologic system remember me Venus Project

Maybe a cross between this and the theme from Balamb Town itself?

I absolutely do not blame you for not wanting to give these up!