Massive Trailer Storybomb: Spoilers 6.4

[VictorSpoils]

They already gave swords to two of the fiends, so it can't be that weird for Golbez to have one...right?

Trinity Avowed, the second Delubrum Reginae Trinity boss (the one with the heat mechanics) is Shiva. This might also be the starting point for Asura, the Fanfest event boss, but we can't be sure yet. Oh, that one is genius! Didn't even know that! Would not have guessed.

The big giveaway is TA whipping out the same three weapons as her, and the AoEs are similar.

Inversely, Omega-M was reused for the Warrior of Light trial. Never knew that, since the WoL uses a shield most of the time and Omega-M only some of the time. Plus the fluttering cape really helps guide your eye, a great asset reuse that doesn't draw attention to itself, unlike Thordan and Golbez who are both main storyline trial bosses I wanna reiterate!

Guess it was fitting for the two Amano dudes to have such a connection.

All the Stormblood Eureka 'zone boss' enemies are reskins: Pazuzu is Diablos, Louhi is Cruise Chaser, and Providence Watcher is Nidhogg. Those are big smart, except providence watcher and really who cares about the dragons, Niddy is just Hraesvelgr as well, same with Vrtra and Tiamat even. That's like saying two Hyurs have the same rig, big deal.

And then you've got Bahamut, who ended up looking significantly different from the rest of his siblings for some reason.

Sephirot was reused for Chaos in the Omega raids. Yeah that one's a bummer. Fortunately Chaos was just a first raid boss, but such an iconic FF character would have deserved their own rig, ngl.

Something I noticed is Chaos's Damning Edict is telegraphed but Sephirot's Ain isn't, so most people usually get hit by the latter. Sephirot also doesn't have his own Latitudinal/Longitudinal Implosion, but Spartoi in Bozja does.

The Diablo Armament, final boss of the Dalriada, is actually just NeoExDeath. Yeah this is another absolute banger right here. Genius asset reuse between two iconic side content haymakers.

Especially nice since the only reused attack between them are the Acceleration Bombs.

[Eisi]

And then you've got Bahamut, who ended up looking significantly different from the rest of his siblings for some reason.

This is so good, LET ME BLOW YOUR MIND!

It's not Bahamut, it's the primal version of Bahamut. The real Bahamut that Tiamat knew actually looked very different!

Here is proof!



Yes that's right! That's official artwork of Midgardsormr's brood that far predates Endwalker and its depiction of Vrtra and Azdaja! So it's still accurate and we clearly see no big mofo primal Bahamut but instead something way more in line with his brethren.

So when Tiamat mentioned that the primal Bahamut bore no resemblance to her beloved, that was not just in terms of character, but also appearance!

[VictorSpoils]

This is so good, LET ME BLOW YOUR MIND!

It's not Bahamut, it's the primal version of Bahamut. The real Bahamut that Tiamat knew actually looked very different!

Here is proof!



Yes that's right! That's official artwork of Midgardsormr's brood that far predates Endwalker and its depiction of Vrtra and Azdaja! So it's still accurate and we clearly see no big mofo primal Bahamut but instead something way more in line with his brethren.

So when Tiamat mentioned that the primal Bahamut bore no resemblance to her beloved, that was not just in terms of character, but also appearance!

You know, looking at this again, that could indeed be Bahamut on the right and Ratatoskr on the left. It does resemble the summoned Bahamut, and differs quite a bit from the rest in appearance. This art also dates back to Heavensward, well after the primal version (and other concept art) was seen, whereas the Ratatoskr painting appears to have the signature narrow head. There do appear to be fake Allagan "horns" on Bahamut's head, but they alternate with what look like real horns matching the color of his body.

I don't think it was ever stated outright that the summoned version is physically different either. This post from an old thread mentioned something similar:

I'm definitely with the "4 is Bahamut, 7 is Ratatoskr" team. 7 is the only one whose horns really match that Ishgardian relief (four curved, forward-facing horns, two on each side, one above and one below). Considering that Primal!Bahamut was summoned by Tiamat and others who knew him in life, it's not unreasonable to assume that he bears more than a passing resemblance to the real thing, and 6 has an eagle-like beak that is absent in Primal!Bahamut (also, less horns).

Can't see the numbered image anymore, but there were some comparisons to the Bahamut minion (which seems to only have the natural horns). Some of these threads also suggested the then-unknown Azdaja on the bottom was Bahamut because of the curved horns, but it's now known that Azdaja has those too.

[MikkoAkure]

You know, looking at this again, that could indeed be Bahamut on the right and Ratatoskr on the left. It does resemble the summoned Bahamut, and differs quite a bit from the rest in appearance. This art also dates back to Heavensward, well after the primal version (and other concept art) was seen, whereas the Ratatoskr painting appears to have the signature narrow head. There do appear to be fake Allagan "horns" on Bahamut's head, but they alternate with what look like real horns matching the color of his body.

We know Ratatoskr is the one on the right because the Encyclopedia Eorzea shows a close-up of that exact picture zoomed in on that specific dragon for her entry on page 206. Bahamut's entry on the next page shows a close-up of the dragon on the left.

[VictorSpoils]

We know Ratatoskr is the one on the right because the Encyclopedia Eorzea shows a close-up of that exact picture zoomed in on that specific dragon for her entry on page 206. Bahamut's entry on the next page shows a close-up of the dragon on the left.