Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ciddies - Winner's Ceremony!

Aww shucks. I was totally rooting for Sephiroth, the fallen hero.

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Originally Posted by The Man

Huzzah, the correct villain won.

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I agree! Not only Kekfa's the best villain but also a fashionable one too! :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...arisDress2.png Arr, I need to walk around for a bit. Will ye keep me seat warm, Slydra?

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...FarisDress.gif You’re the best!

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Highwind Award for Most Loved Current Square-Enix Employee

The Nominees
Hiroyuki Ito · Masayoshi Soken · Naoki Yoshida · Tetsuya Nomura · Yoichi Wada · Yoshinori Kitase · Yoshitaka Amano

Please give a warm welcome to the presenters of this award...
Sazh & Dahj

Sazh Katzroy: Well, hey everyone. Looks like me and my little pal are here to announce the winner of a Highwind Award!

Dahj Katzroy: Why is it called a Highwind Award, Dad?

Sazh: Well, it's name after Cid Highwind, the guy who made this entire show happen.

Dahj: But why not call it a Ciddie?

Sazh: Oh, well, that's quite simple. This award isn't for a normal person like you and me - these awards are for the Gods.

Dahj: Do Gods need awards, Dad?

Sazh: Well... Well, nah, not really. They'll always go on doing their thing. But that doesn't mean that you can't give them a little praise every now and then, you know what I mean?

Dahj: Yeah, I guess so. Who wins!?

Sazh: *chuckles* Well, we'll get to that. We have to announce who's up for this award, first!

Dahj: Oh!

Sazh: Alright. Let's see if you can read the names.

Dahj: *looks at names* These names are really weird. Why do Gods have such weird names? They should be given sensible names like Cloud or Squall.

Sazh: I guess so, kiddo. Here, let me help you - the first nominee is Hiroyuki Ito. You can just call him Ito, it's nice and easy to remember!

Dahj: What does he do?

Sazh: Oh, Ito, he's one of the big daddy Gods. He tells the other Gods what they need to do, he tells them how he wants it done, and he designs entire lives and worlds.

Dahj: *shock* He designs lives!?

Sazh: Yeah!

Dahj: *awe* Wow!

Sazh: And next up is Masayoshi Soken. Now, Soken is a god of music. You know how when you walk around, there's almost always music playing? Almost like it fits your mood at the time?

Dahj: *nods* Yeah.

Sazh: Well, that's Soken's doing. He plays music for the entire world, all day long, all night long.

Dahj: What about when it's quiet? Sometimes it's quiet. Is he going to the toilet or something?

Sazh: Uh... Oh, look, it's Naoki Yoshida next! He's nicknamed Yoshi-P. He's a pretty new God, I have to say, just like Soken. But he's making a big impact. Yoshi-P finds worlds that are in trouble, and he makes them better. He basically does similar things to Ito, but he is known for doing it for already existing worlds. Sort of like a repair man!

Dahj: He should visit the World of Ruin, I think they need him.

Sazh: Ha! *laughs* Yeah, I guess so.

Dahj: *excited* Who else? Who else!?

Sazh: Ah, Nomura! Tetsuya Nomura. Now, Nomura, he does similar things to Ito - he tells the other Gods how things should be done. You know what, he's also been known for making people, too. You remember meeting Cloud and Red XIII earlier? I think you liked them. Well, Nomura created a lot of people in their world.

Dahj: Cool... I like Red XIII. He looked awesome. Monura did a good job on him.

Sazh: It's Nomura, son.

Dahj: Nomura...

Sazh: Yeah! That's it. Oh, hey, next up is Yoichi Wada. Well, he's the top dog at the moment. Wada's responsible for all the Gods. He's basically president of them! The big, big daddy!

Dahj: Sort of like you?

Sazh: You're a great kid, you know that?

Dahj: Mmmhmm. Hurry up, though, Dad... Everyone's watching us, it's kind of weird.

Sazh: Alright, alright, let's see... Ah, Yoshinori Kitase. Now, Kitase is the God of Gran Pulse and Cocoon, where we're from.

Dahj: Kitase is Maker!?

Sazh: Uhm... Yeah, you know what, maybe Kitase is Maker. I suppose that makese sense. We'll go with that for now.

Dahj: Just one more to go, Dad!

Sazh: Okay, let's see - oh, Amano! Amano is pretty old. I think he's been around since the beginning of time. Now, if you look around you, chances are you'll see a lot of his work. He creates people, he puts colour into the world. If you ever start looking around and thinking about how beautiful things are, you can thank Amano. He's pretty good at what he does!

Dahj: Yeah!

Sazh: Oh, hey, no more Gods left to tell you about for now...

Dahj: Aww. *pouts*

Sazh: Don't you worry, Dahj. There will be more of them talked about soon enough in the next award, which is for the old Gods who have retired.

Dahj: Yay! I love you, Dad, you're the best.

Sazh: I love you too, kiddo. Okay, now, let's see if you can remember how to read those names. I want you to say ""And the winner is"" and then read out the name you find in this envelope. Got it?

Dahj: Got it!

Sazh: On you go, then.

Dahj: And the winner is...

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Those awful thieves! :argh: How dare they steal our Ciddies!

Hmm... I wonder what's in the chest we brought back! Any ideas...?

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Probably the best awards for the Square Enix co. employees. :)

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I don't know but I really want to open it! :excited:

It's probably going to be Amano or Nomura.

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It's probably going to be Amano or Nomura.

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My guess is Amano~

I loved the Sazh and Dajh speech! My favourite so far.

Honestly, though, Ito and Kitase have arguably done more to shape most of the games most people here love than anyone else on that list, so one of them arguably deserves it. But directors aren't nearly as visible as character designers, I guess.

Highwind Award for Most Loved Current Square-Enix Employee

The Nominees
Hiroyuki Ito · Masayoshi Soken · Naoki Yoshida · Tetsuya Nomura · Yoichi Wada · Yoshinori Kitase · Yoshitaka Amano

And the winner is...
Tetsuya Nomura

Damn, I touted Amano. Still, all worthy winners!

Amano actually isn't even employed by SE actually. :x Just looked it up. Just does commissions for them. Fascinating, isn't it~?

EDIT: Possibly wrong on this. :x Should read more than a few sentences next time. :monster:

Highwind Award for Most Loved Former Square-Enix Employee

The Nominees
Hironobu Sakaguchi · Masato Kato · Nobuo Uematsu · Ted Woolsey · Tetsuya Takahashi · Yasumi Matsuno · Yasunori Mitsuda

Please give a warm welcome to the presenters of this award...
Josef, Minwu, Ricard & Scott

This is almost certainly going to be Uematsu, and it probably won't even be close.

Josef: Haha! Hiya everyone! Josef here!

Minwu: Along with I, the White Wizard Minwu!

Ricard: And Ricard Highwind the Dragoon!

Scott: Scott, prince of Kashuan at your service!

Minwu: Together, we make up the second history of World II! Destined to defeat the last form of the Emperor!

Josef: Yeah, the horrifyingly dead party.

Scott: We are here to present the Highwind Award for most loved Former Square-Enix Staff!

Ricard: Yeah, our precious creators who decided what horrible ways we'd die.

Minwu: Quiet you, the fate chosen by the gods is a destiny we must accept.

Josef: Gods? They've retired!

Scott: Shush! That is quite enough out of you! And some of them still do things for us every now and then. First up for the award is Hironobu Sakaguchi.

Minwu: Hironobu Sakaguchi is the creator of all creators, he who brought the first Final Fantasy world into place, and brought together all the old Gods.

Josef: So none of us would've died without him being around.

Scott: Fool! We wouldn't have been created without him either.

Minwu: Next is Masato Kato, he set in stone the destiny of worlds like Gaia VII and Chrono Trigger World.

Ricard: I guess he isn't responsible for the creation of any of our misfortunes. I'll introduce the next, the great Nobuo Uematsu!

Minwu: Nobuo is responsible for the music of so many of the worlds! Most of them in fact!

Josef: He made the awesome world map music that always plays when I walk around? I guess I don't have anything wrong with that guy.

Scott: As the god of music I'd hope not! The next nominee is Ted Woolsey! He created languages and allowed them to be spoken between those of different language

Josef: The god of speech?

Ricard: Responsible for our horrible speech impediments?

Minwu: Enough of your disrespects! After that comes Tetsuya Takahashi! He who once designed and coloured our worlds.

Scott: That couldn't have been a very difficult job back in our era? I don't think I was made particularly unique.

Minwu: Scott!

Scott: Oh, sorry Minwu, I don't know what came over me!

Minwu: Lastly was Yasunori Mitsuda!Josef: No no! We forgot Yasumi Matsuno, he oversaw the first told histories of Ivalice!

Audience applauds.

Ricard: The crowd likes him and he's never caused problems in our world!

Minwu: Quiet you! Let us finish now with Yasunori Mitsuda. He created all non-musical sounds in World V!

Josef: I don't have any funny remarks for that.

Crickets chirp.

Ricard: And the winner for Most Loved Former God--

Scott: You mean best of the old folks ho--

Josef: AND THE WINNER IS!