Ozma is an important, much needed lesson.

[CrimsonThunder]

You don't get to be lazy anymore.

[Yawnie]

Pretty much, it forces alliances to pay attention otherwise the rest of the raid pays the price for a derp.

Good stuff.

[AsahinaMyLove]

Who or what is a "Ozma"? o_O

Reminds me of Ozymandias the watchmen from that Movie!

[Evangela]

Who or what is a "Ozma"? o_O

Reminds me of Ozymandias the watchmen from that Movie!

Ozma is one of the worst superboss concepts in the Final Fantasy history. It was in FFIX.

[AsahinaMyLove]

Ozma is one of the worst superboss concepts in the Final Fantasy history. It was in FFIX.

*googled Ozma FF9*
That geometric mirror like figure? o.O

In my game version(German) its named: Yadis

[Yasuhiro]

Yadis

Does Yadis translate to anything in German cause on FF Wiki I read this on his IX Page

Ozma is a fictional character in the Land of Oz, created by L. Frank Baum. Project Ozma, an early SETI attempt at finding extraterrestrial life, was named after Princess Ozma, and is likely the inspiration behind the UFO-like Ozma.

Yadis name for unidentified objects? I'm curious.

[Evangela]

*googled Ozma FF9*
That geometric mirror like figure? o.O

In my game version(German) its named: Yadis

I prefer the German name of FFX Penance, Der Richter. They should use that name in every version.

[Kupocoubo]

*googled Ozma FF9*
That geometric mirror like figure? o.O

In my game version(German) its named: Yadis

In French it is called Gaïa (and the main planet in FFIX is not called Gaia but Héra, it's really strange)

[Theodric]

Ozma is one of the worst superboss concepts in the Final Fantasy history. It was in FFIX.

'Worst'? It's a fan favourite.

[Enkidoh]

The name is probably taken from Princess Ozma from the second Wizard of Oz novel The Marvelous Land of Oz (or, if you've never read the novels and only know of the film versions, she appears right at the end of the much maligned 80's sequel Return to Oz) - as Yasuhiro mentioned above.

Funnily enough in the original novel she was actually genderswapped into the form of a young boy named Tip and was only restored to her true form at the end - this idea of not having a true form seems to ring true with the FF Ozma's lack of form (as mentioned below).

But as Evangela mentioned, Ozma was FFIX's superboss (the supposed reason for why it was a floating sphere was that it was apparently a summon that lost it's shape because like here in XIV with Primals being a 'wish given form', the eidolons in FFIX were embodiments of myth and legend, and which would change form as the stories that gave birth to them also evolved and changed with each retelling. Hence Ozma was believed to be an eidolon (summon) whose origin stories had died out and was forgotten, and therefore lost it's shape, becoming nothing but a giant featureless multicoloured orb, perhaps showing the eidolons true form.

Anyway, that's enough FF lore-regurgitating from me. Carry on!

EDIT: Sniped by Yasuhiro