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    Moo-rah-sah-meh

    Quote Originally Posted by Hikaro Takayama
    the only things I know of for certain that appear in all final fantasy games are 1) Cid, who was named after a software engineer who passed away during the making of the first game, so Square (later Square-Enix) has a charachter in every FF game named Cid to honor his memory.... or at least so the story I've heard goes.
    He's not in FFI or FFMQ

    Quote Originally Posted by Hikaro Takayama
    Odin, Bahamut, and most of the other summoned creatures have appeared as either summons, bosses (or both), or some reference is made to them in all the games, AFAIK.
    Bahamut's first appearance was in FFI, but he was absent in FFII.
    Odin did not appear until FFIII in any capacity.
    Ramuh did not appear until FFIII, and was not in FFVIII or FFX at all.
    Ifrit and Shiva didn't appear in any form before FFIII.

    Quote Originally Posted by DHEvil
    I AM SO dissapointed...I FINALLY got the Masamune blade from the ToF in FF1 and it's power was...how shall I say? Lacking? Under expectations?

    I don't think it has ANY special abilities it just....happens to be alittle stronger than the other swords. PLUS it's design wasn't exactly Imaginative...heck...even the CORAL sword had more detail on it...

    Does anyone else feel the same about the Masamune in FF1?

    Oh and I'm aware the coral sword only appeared in the WonderSwan colour version, and the PSX remake...or am I wrong about that too?
    You're wrong about that too, the coral sword was in the NES/FC version. Also, the masamune seems underpowered in FFI because it was FFI. In FFI, 500 damage was a huge amount. Today, 9999 damage is just adequate. For its time, the damage Masamune did in FFI was very high, which is special enough.

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    Default geez, ppl piss me off when they dnt do their research

    in the fifthteenth century there rly was a Sword maker named Muramasa, but it is said he never met the sword maker Masamune there is a legend behind it and here tht legend is.

    A legend tells of a test where Muramasa challenged his master, Masamune, to see who could make a finer sword. They both worked tirelessly and eventually, when both swords were finished, they decided to test the results. The contest was for each to suspend the blades in a small creek with the cutting edge facing the current. Muramasa's sword, the Juuchi Yosamu (10,000 Cold Nights / 10,000 冷たい夜) cut everything that passed its way; fish, leaves floating down the river, the very air which blew on it. Highly impressed with his pupil's work, Masamune lowered his sword, the Yawarakai-Te (Tender Hands / 柔らかい手), into the current and waited patiently. Not a leaf was cut, the fish swam right up to it, and the air hissed as it gently blew by the blade. After a while, Muramasa began to scoff at his master for his apparent lack of skill in the making of his sword. Smiling to himself, Masamune pulled up his sword, dried it, and sheathed it. All the while, Muramasa was heckling him for his sword's inability to cut anything. A monk, who had been watching the whole ordeal, walked over and bowed low to the two sword masters. He then began to explain what he had seen.

    "The first of the swords was by all accounts a fine sword, however it is a blood thirsty, evil blade, as it does not discriminate as to who or what it will cut. It may just as well be cutting down butterflies as severing heads. The second was by far the finer of the two, as it does not needlessly cut that which is innocent and undeserving."

    In another account of the story, both blades cut the leaves that went down on the river's current equally well, but the leaves would stick to the blade of Muramasa whereas they would slip on past Masamune's after being sliced. Or alternatively both leaves were cut, but those cut by Masamune's blade would reform as it traveled down the stream. Yet another version has leaves being sliced by Muramasa's blade while the leaves were repelled by Masamune's, and another again has leaves being sliced by Muramasa's blade and healed by Masamune's.

    In yet another story Muramasa and Masamune were summoned to make swords for the Shogun or Emperor and the finished swords were held in a waterfall. The result is the same as the other stories, and Masamune's swords are deemed holy swords. In one version of the story Muramasa is killed for creating evil swords.

    While all known legends of the two ever having met are historically impossible, both smiths are widely regarded as symbols for their respective eras.

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    Kiminori, this discussion is long since dead. I'm sure your post had been much appreciated 4 years ago.

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