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  • Basch was apparently going to be the main character instead of Vaan.

  • @MachineKing32 Really he is plotwise :P

  • :megusta:

  • Thumbs up if you think Vaan's face should've been synched with Mulan's voice

  • lol! nice video! basch is always my fav char in FF12! But Rasler is my fav too :D

    I agree that Basch should be the main char in a game. He is a mighty knight!!!

  • Hilarious :D Love Vaan's face when he says "Now I really wish that I knew how to swim" :D It fits SO well :)

    PS: Mulan's my favourite Disney movie <3

  • Come on, guys, Vaan is not SO bad :p

    I love FF12 with all characters! :D Okay, more emotions would be nice, but it's okay I think :)))

  • BASCH NEVER EVEN TALKS, BUT HE SINGS PRETTY WELL ;)

  • Great vid! Just that in the credits I would thank fran for killing all those guys for the actors hahahahahaha

  • Excellent Lip Sync with the characters. I love how you added Vossler into the mix. He's so left out of a lot of things...

  • Its criminal that we get so little of Bash in 12 while in FF13, a character like Hope gets literaly hours of story devoted to him complaining about everything.

  • Basch will be the main character of FFXII FORTRESS , and so will Asche . Will we get some BaschXAshe ? I think so . I love the FF series , and I played all of them ... But I loved FFXII , its my favorite. The world , the atmosphere , the characters (evengay vaan ) I think they should keep us living in this great world , FFXII is a story I dont think is over .

  • you should make one with snow!!!

  • Make a man out of Vaan? Oh well, that's REALLY impossible

  • this music is from Mulan right?

  • @GraviFreak Basch was actually SUPPOSED to be the main character. It even says it on the final fantasy wiki website that he was originally who they planned to make as the main. I forgot what they had said about how they somehow made a decision to have Vaan as the main, but they just did.. I think that the game would've had more meaning if Basch was the leading character, because in the new dissidia game, Gabranth is in it & that would've been great for the plot of Basch's part in dissida.

  • @TenshiTakahashi Although this game isn't one of the best FF, Basch is one of the best characters

  • @ImTheSpanish That's for sure. Vaan is way too whiney.

  • @TenshiTakahashi The original designer, Yasumi Matsuno, created the story with Basch and Ashe as the main characters. Square feared this would alienate their younger audience and forced the writing in of Vaan and Penelo as "main" characters. Matsuno objected to this and had to leave Square over it. This is the reason Vaan and Penelo are such empty characters with no development. The story isn't about them at all. Have to say this is one of my favorite ff's overall if you ignore those two.

  • Totally epic.

  • Lol Basch and Vossler are the men in this game... Vaan has no hope, Balthier just needs some more manly clothes... Larsa....... No comment.

  • @Zaxbel

    lol at 1:33 that sounds like it could be balthiers new voice. yeah right at 1:37 Larsa what like "Are u serious u don't know how to swim yet?"

  • I have no idea why but ....this works so well!!! XD

  • Ba'gamman at 1:26 was PERFECT!

  • Gabranth vs Sephiroth and Basch vs Vincent Valentine i would pay to see that

  • Great job!  This video makes me happy.

  • Basch should have been left as the main character. Vaan was pretty useless to the plot. Sometimes I thought it was confusing because Basch did most of the important things In the story...

  • I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who knows that Basch was supposed to be the main character. Man, If Yasumi Matusuno was still director, XII would've been twice as epic. Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story are some of the best games I've ever played. Thumbs up for Yasumi Matsuno.

  • They need to make a Basch and Fran prequel. 

  • Wow, this is wonderful. I love how Balthier get the black guy's voice lol :)

  • so good Basch is frickin money couldn't keep a straight face throughout this lollololo

  • where can i get this song for free?

  • 5 StarS!!!

  • In my opinion the best party must be Vaan , Basch and Ashe because they are the strongest characters in the game !!! :) :P

  • i'm still truly convinced that Basch had to be the main hero and Gabranth the main villain.

    And totally erase vaan's character and putting Vossler instead of him or anyone else.

  • Great job on the vid ^_^

  • *Released

  • Are u guys idiots the just realed FF Tactics 2 grimore of souls a couple of months ago

  • Yasumi Matsuno is a gaming god,Square Enix should give him 10 mil and make FINAL FANTASY TACTICS 2.and not be cheap and pay someone to add shit to it and put in on pc we need a hole new FFT

  • @Vandale2006 Dude! You're so right. I've been waiting for FFT-2 for like... what? 12+ years now?

  • Basch would have easily been the best choice for main character. Vaan was horrible, like Tidus, Rikku and Wakka horrible...shutter....and even in that final fantasy there was someone interesting enough to bring it out of the mud aka auron

  • Lol "now i really wish i knew how to swim" vann can't swim yet at that age lol wow

  • @ghostface185 well, to be fair he does live in a desert XD

  • @ghostface185

    yeah I know, did you see Larsa's face when he said that?

  • love the song. basch is a badass. gabranth rules and well thats it awesome vids dude!!!

  • Basch really should´ve been the main character... because he really was an important character in the story. FFXII isn´t FFXII without Basch... Vaan really didn´t need to be in it.. But this is my opinion.. ^^

  • lol, i don't think tranquil as a forest really fits basch.

  • This is both HILARIOUS, INCREDIBLY EPIC, and VERY WELL DONE!

    The lip synching is PERFECT.

    If I could rate 10 I would :P

  • WOW! that was AMAZING! XD im really stunned how well shang's voice goes with Basch *_*! 5*!!

  • lol good vidoe and immpresiv how good you made it

    but not the perfect game for this video xD

  • awesome vid 8) 5/5 for you

  • Now I gotta go beat this game again lol!

  • Basch is ALL man.

  • Basch was the beast.

    He became my Zodiac Spear Juggernaut. XD

    Vaan / Penelo didn't play into the story much past the Palace break-in.

    Balther's biggest parts were the break-in and Draklor Lab on.

    Fran was important because of the Viera Village and getting through the forest.

    The game circulates mostly around Basch and Ashe, they're the ones who know all about the politics and areas and ruins and ancient lores

    Glad people still know that.

    Great vid! 5/5!

  • wow, very cool *-*

    Basch is the best ;)

    5/5

  • like part 2:00-2:08

  • Good job =D I love this vidéo ^^

  • Vaan was/wasn't the main character.

    He had no real purpose in the story, from the middle to the end of the game..(where u fight that ice boss)-Ending

    Vaan had as much purpose as Penelo, in the story....absolutely useless.

  • That first sentence doesn't make much sense...It's like saying this was a good/bad video. Opposite statements don't make a logical sentence.

  • he means at the last minute the makers decided to add someone to the story that the younger audience could relate to. but it was done very shodily. honestly vaan is the implied main character at the beginning but his background story was resolved very quickly when he made his peace with basch. "i forgive you" and "youre right you didnt kill my brother" after that he really loses his purpose. and penelo...i honestly think her usefulness ended after the tutorial on battle parties and gambits.

  • @kirakomrade Actually, I used Penelo to the end. I tend to stick with the people I start with. My final party was um...The boy (can't remember his name), Penelo, and Ashe.

  • WOOT I AM A HUGE FAN OF BASCH!

  • Bash is a real MAN! Yeah!!

  • this reminds me if i go to the army id get my ass kick lol "you made them strong will make them army strong" yea i bet lol

  • YEAH! GO BASCH!! I agree...Granted, the younger guys tend to be a little more ambitious, but they run better as side characters. true heroes are usually older and can actually wield gigantic swords and wear badass armor. trying that on Vaan...would be bad. Anyway, great video, I love this AMV, oh and Mulan ruled too!

  • not if they did a five years later

  • I think it would've been awesome if Basch was the main character. It would just make more sense.

  • Like Final Fantasy 6, I considered them all man characters.

  • I think I love you... Basch kicking all those wimps into shape. hehee. (Balthier doing Mushu's bit just about killed me. LOL)

    Your timing on this is impeccable. Kudos!

  • Perfection in every sense of the word ^.^ Indeed Basch as well as Vossler are the only men there lol

  • the vid from "im never gonna catch my breath" through "now i really wish that i knew how to swim" haha, i love it! you, my friend, are a genius. "and you havent got a clue" suits vaan perfectly! he's just a tagalong anyway.

  • That was just perfect))

  • :D So awesome. I love that you got Vossler in there too.

  • Damn right, that piussy Van had nothing On Basch's manly awesomeness and shizzle^^ Thanks man, good upload

  • I just know the german Song XD but the English Verion is good too

    Great Video, 5/5

  • Dirty sanchez at 2:33 haha

  • .. i just, i love you. XD

  • Naaw...

  • perfect

  • Basch was going to be the main character? Holy crap, that would have been EPIC. Characters like Vaan, and Tidus annoy the hell out of me. I bet the game would have been a billion times better if the story focused around Basch.

  • Hmm, at least Tidus actually had a personality and part in the game. But yeah, the game really would have been better centering around Basch.

    Awesome video!

  • nice song.

  • This viedeo is **WOW**

    I love this viedeo.

  • i actually wondered how ff12 would be if it was all about basch...vaan is a pointless charcter throughout the game...he practically stands there and looks pretty

  • I would have actually finished FFXII if Basch were the main character.

    This video is AMAZING; well done and hilarious!

  • Poor Vaan doesn't know how to swim!

  • I still feel sorry for Vaan though, he does kind of have a purpouse in FFXII though. His goal is to avenge his brother (Reks,i love him!). And at first he thinks it is Basch, (so did i) but then he realised that it wasnt so... thats just what i think

    not saying that whatever other people say is wrong but...ya know

  • So freaking awesome great timing with the lips and shit

  • That was awsome!!

  • I thoroughly agree.

    Or at least make a side game with him as the focus, like they did with Vincent Valentine.

  • But i can see why they chose Vaan as the 'main' character. It told the story through the eyes of an observer, a young one, but an observer nonetheless. He never was really involved in anything, he was just involved through those who were extensions (i.e- Reks; his brother) But if we look at the game in whole, the main story is focused on Ashe, Basch, and Balthier/Fran and Vaan and Penelo are just there basically as tag alongs, people to tell the story.

    One last thing. When does 1:50 happen?

  • I love this video! I had it on my favorites for awhile and I never got a chance to comment on it until now. Anyway, I agree that the FF series tends to lean towards the pretty/young boys as the main characters. I'm not sure about the FF 1-6 though, I came in at 7. Cloud is probably the 'oldest' main character , but considered he was stuck as an experiment for a couple years he's basically a 16 year old in a 22 body.

    It would have been awesome to have Basch serve as the main character in 12

  • I love this song! And it was a good idea to get Basch as the main

  • they need to make final fantasy movies for each game cuz this one and i guess ten would be cool ..... they made one for seven so i cant be that hard .... but it was not the game

  • this game is .... ok your clip awsome now if this was in the game it would be the part that every one plays just to see why not go and run your ideas with the guys already making ffXII and try to get song in there you are very good at this

  • If this would have happened after Vaan met Basch, Final Fantasy XII would have been the best in the series. Also why doesn't Vaan were a shirt? I guess running though snow storms and lacking any sort of protecting from attacks is how Vaan rolls.

    About my last comment, I thought FFXII was interesting and I wanted there to be more but they ended it too fast. It would have been great if it had 20 more hours of story and plot twists(not completely insane ones like Tidus) would have made it great!!!

  • It seems you and I have the exact same views about FFXII.

    Vaan is certainly one of the worst designed protagonists of any Jrpg...and one of the most underdeveloped as well.

    What I really missed in FFXII were "emotions," they were present at the beginning but it seemed to me that the moment the party was complete, the characters had turned into robots :P

    FFXII definitely needed much more character interactions.

    Thank you for taking the time to watch the video; I am glad you like it :)

  • I felt the same way about how everyone lost their emotions, I seriously don't understand how Balthier could have barely reacted to his father's death.

    Also another complaint was when Balthier said "I might have to sacrifice myself," or something of that nature. Could it have been a surprise or did you have to tell us? The game also felt liked they rushed the end a little too much.

  • I never ran around as Vaan during the course of the game, only Basch. I am glad to here he was originally the main character(The game would have been great if he was). Also if Vayne was just more evil and well developed(Kefka evil would have been perfect!). I was ultimately unsatisfied with the overall game due to lack of character development and the story wasn't all that good. Also add some plot twists(the game had too few). I think if they kept the original idea, it could have been amazing.

  • Basch is still somewhat of "The" Main Character

    Cause, Vaan is JUST THERE, He has little interaction with the REAL story in my eyes, Except that he saw a fake ghost that he though was his brother. It pains me to see he has some decent stats

  • Awesome vid

  • nice vid =p

  • wow...awesome..a pure win...thumbs up 2 u!!!

    :D

  • I read the description, and I'm vexed. Basch as main character would've been pure win.

  • Originally, he was the main character for FFXII. They decided to change it because they didn't have much luck with other games that featured more mature, stoic male leads.

  • Really?!?! I didn't know that.

  • thats very interesting. you can kinda see it now.. i mean he was a main part of the game early on until he sorta faded into the background

  • He sort of became more important towards the end with Gabranth and all. That did happen with Vaan though. At the end he really has very few lines and is ignored for the more interesting characters Ashe, Basch and Balthier.

  • I loved this game... Oh, and the video. :]

  • ha that person below the person below the person below spelled vaan wrong

    the videos coool

  • this is awesome, good job!!!

  • haha what a great vid

  • HAHAHAHAHAHA Vann cant swim! 1:36 to 1:42

  • donnie osmond. :]

  • Basch is my favorite character vaan is shit

  • AWSOM!I love Balthier as Mushu!

  • great video!^-^

  • :( a basch story wow

  • Wow.!!!! =] And it actually fits with the movie Mulan as well. =]

  • Best video i have ever seen. *fav*

  • nice this is awesome and actually a really good idea :)

  • MULAAAAN!!

    so pack up go home

    lolz i love this

  • Gosh! It been fouth months ago I watch this video and it's still strong.

    BIG FIVE STARS!!

  • well done!

  • Love Your Vid! I love Balthier's voice from mushu! :P

  • Haha...I love Balthier's little solo in this...I couldn't stop laughing! Mushu's voice suits him!

  • dis is really good

  • AWESOME!!! Go and show them how it's done, Basch!

  • Ha! XD Vaan. "Now I really wish that I knew how to swiiim!" That, and Balthier being Mushu made me laugh my head off. I LOVE this video! *faves*

    Also, I notice a lot of people commenting on "main characters". It appeared to me that there was no main character in FFXII, that's one of the reasons I like it.

  • man, my brother bought this game and sold it in a week...i wished he kepted it so i could of played.

    ~kickass vid~

  • Man I think its been months now and I still love this video, Basch fits perfectly for this.

  • Very well done.

  • cool

  • Awesome video, but I couldn't imagine playing XII with Basch as the main character. I adored Vaan. His optimism was inspiring to me; he was someone I could relate to.

  • This is really good.

    I didn't think Vaan was a very good main character, I mean his whole personal journey and background is done right when they go to resuce Penelo. Ashe, Balthier, and Basch had the most interesting stories that kept evolving throughout the game. Penelo's story was done after Balthier entered the picture and Fran's story was over once we got out of the Golmore Jungle. Balthier <3

  • That was the point though Vann was never really the main character as he didn't have anything to do with the story moving on. Vanns part of the story is more him and penello getting swept up in it.

  • very true, it's just disappointing that they call Vann the main character when the other members of the cast (besides Penelo) have a greater story and personality.

  • This video is great well done ^^

  • xD That video was priceless.

    I personally liked Basch and Balthier, with Al-Cid and Larsa right up there with them, of the male cast; but I didn't have a problem with Vaan at all.

    I also enjoyed FFXII the way it was, but then again... I didn't really pay attention to whom of the party was the "main" characters. They all played nice roles, and had their own great stories.

    On an unrelated note, .. Larsa was adorable. xD

  • I wish I was like that...

    during the whole game, all I could think about was how gay vaan looked...

    Manly man like basch should be protagonists, not "pretty boys" with little to no personality like vaan

  • Basch should've been the main character...

    :]

    He has a bigger role than Vaan, anyway. :P

  • LOOOL!!! That was great!!! XD I love that song too. Mulan. :D

  • I love the slow motion of Vaan scratching his nose XD

  • that was really good.

  • I thought Ashe's husban in the beginning of the game name is Faram?

  • No, his name is Rasler. 'Faram' is just a word or a blessing like 'Amen' for the Christians

  • With videos like this dedicated to my one and only beloved Basch, I guess it is safe to say that he has more fangirls than any males in FFXII. ^_^

  • Ummm. Balthier has fangirls too.

  • yeah i agree Balthier has more.

  • That´s awesome^^ I love the song and Basch too XD he´s my favourite character^^

    it´s sad that Basch isn´t the main character T_T I don´t like Vaan... i think he´s annoying >.>

  • Vaan's about as bad as Tidus! XD

    For me, Basch ties with Auron for my #1 favorite characters.

    hehehe...

    I still love this video! :p

  • A+

    That was awesome. XD

  • I really WISH Basch was the main character of FF12 ;_;

    XD LOVE THE VIDEO HERE!

  • Is it weird that I really love this song and that watching it with FFXII makes me feel warm and fuzzy?

  • LOL! this was SO funny! I just can't stop watching it!

  • Great vid.

    The best part of ffxii is the hair physics. They didn't have that on part X

  • hahahaha Balthier as Mushu

  • fab vid

  • I can't stop watching this I'm sorry! Its just fantastic. All the characters... The editing... the voice matches. Cah! Kirei desu!

  • omg this is just incredible! And I love Mulan! Go Disney! You have just done fantastically at putting this video together. Favourite and 5* all the way ^_^

    Peace Out

  • 1:34

    That voice kinda suits Balthier

  • OMGAH!

    Added to favorites!!!

  • Ahahahaha!! :p

    I still get a great kick out of this video!

    =D

  • Great vid - and I agree, Vaan is way too feminine.

    Also, I ♥ Basch

  • When you really look at each of the six main characters (except for Penelo cuz she's worthless) they all have their own story that you see play out over the course of the game, so much so that I dotn think it's incorrect to say that any one of them could be THE main character.

  • I don't think Vaan is the main character, I think ashe is! well a story around basch wouldn't be bad but I liked the game how it was

    FUN FACT: Yiazmat means YAZumi MATsumo, the ''i'' was added I don't know why (I think most of you already knew that)

  • When I read that Basch was sopposed to be the main character I totally flipped. Basch is my most favorite character ever and I just can't believe they replaced him with such a... wussy girly boy. ): (I love Vaan, don't get me wrong lol)

    As for the video, that was a really good choice of song. I can SO see Basch just.. giving them girlie boys a lesson! XD

  • The main character was actually supposed to be Balthier. ^^; But it's also a shame that he was replaced by Vaan.

  • Well either way.. DAMN. XD ANOTHER girly boy as the main character... I think we had enough.. >:

    Except for Squall.. but he was also emo.

  • Omg x_x It would have been nice to see Balthier as the *leading man*, but I don't think it would have suited him well.

    Vaan was chosen to be the leading man probably because he shows the stories of the people through his eyes. If they had made say Basch the main character, we would have to see the story through the eyes of someone who wants honor -- we'd totally think differently of Balthier who is a dishonorable sky pirate.

    Or something...