Quote Originally Posted by Masamune·1600
Palmer was hit by a truck and survived. He was also the most evil FF villain, as indicated by his ungracious request for tea. I don't see why we're having this debate.
Not to mentioned he told the party members to "Kiss this!" (tapping his butt) during the boss battle and got away with that.

Quote Originally Posted by boys from the dwarf
im quite sure that the party does defeat kuja. when you win the battle he says "ugh. i was gonna die anyway." or something like that which almost certainly means he was near defeat.
Fair enough, though I wouldn't call it a victory for the party, because winning a battle doesn't mean you get totally demolished by Ultima at the end of the battle, IMHO.