Evil Yggdrasil

The last floor, the last battle, the last dungeon music.

We climb to the top of the castle and are teleported to an area unlike anything else. It appears we're on crystalline platforms that form a rocky path. The encounter rate is pretty low, and I didn't see a large variety of mobs. But you can find movers on the later floors, which give 200 ABP a go, so if you're still grinding... But let's just talk about the important bits.

Gilgamesh is still alive and looking for a way out of the Void. We see him standing on a teleporter that takes us deeper into the area, so we need to fight him. It's mostly just a reason to steal the Genji Shield. I think we need to deal some damage to him, but after a few rounds, he'll begin to talk to us. Gilly thought we were ghosts at the start of the battle but realizes that we're the real deal. A lot happens because the team doesn't talk back to him. Gilly thinks about becoming our fifth member but ends up just exiting the battle to look for a way out. We're defiantly allies now, though. This only happens had you opened the chest in X-Death's castle.

All the treasure chests in this area contain things for ninjas to throw. I didn't put Throw on Faris, so they're pointless. There is, however, one chest protected by a superboss. On the third section, down a long flight of stairs, is Shuyin. I didn't even bother. His difficulty is legendary in the fandom, and I'm a little baby boy, so I'm just gonna skip him. Congrats on being in X-2!

Shortly after him is a fork in the road. The path up takes us to the end, but there's another defended save point if you take the left path. The last X-Death minion is waiting for us and proclaims his immortality before attacking us. He tells us the barriers around him make him immortal, and he's correct. Probably shouldn't have notified us that, my dude. So just kill the four things around him. The barriers have reflect on them and constantly bounce Holy and Flare off themselves. They occasionally use the -ga spells as well, but the damage is negligible. Use Guardian to defend against them and Haste2 to kill them faster. Bahamut makes quick work of the four of them, leaving Necrophage open to attack. I don't remember what he did, but he really disliked being hit with Holy. Excalibur alone did over 7000 damage. Just when we have him on the ropes, our backup shows up. Gilgamesh arrives for reasons I don't fully understand. When he appears, try stealing from him. He has the Genji Armor to complete the set! We can't harm Necro at this point, so you might as well. But can we kill Gilgamesh? Either way, Gilly says words of encouragement towards us.
To Krille, he says how awesome Galuf was.
He urges Faris to find someone to love and to act like a woman. She doesn't appreciate it.
He asks Reina to stop spoiling the animals but keep being nice to everyone.
Finally, he wishes he and Bartz could have had a one-on-one.
Gilgamesh uses Exploder on Necrophage, causing both of them to die. The final save point appears, and we can be fully prepared for the final showdown!

We walk the path towards X-Death, who asks why we took so long to get here. He has an origin story, which is super rad, but he's essentially just an evil-for-the-sake-of-evil BBG, so we see him do more evil things. He turns into his true form, a massive world tree, and uses his newfound skills. XD has gained full control over the Void and uses it to eat up Bal Castle, the Pirate's Cave, and the Catapult. He also sucks us in... Weren't we already in the Void? The four of us float around unconscious until we're woken up by someone. It's Dorgan! Behind him come Zeza and Kelga before Galuf makes a triumphant return. The four Dawn Warriors proclaim that only the Warriors of Light can save the world and declare that now is our time as the main menu theme begins to play. But they're not alone! King Tycoon urges his daughters on as the five of them appear beside X-Death. They attack him, which sets us free. At this point, we can leave the Void, but that's dumb. The final battle to save the universe must begin!

X-Death is weak. I think he tries to inflict debuffs on us, but with the Genji gear and two ribbons, they don't stick. Either that, or we just avoided everything. Guardian and Haste2 anyway because X-Death is surprisingly powerful, after all.

As he dies, the massive tree wonders how he could have lost. But then he uses, I imagine, more Void powers to transform himself in the first multi formed final boss in the Final Fantasy.

Neo X-Death is no joke. He has four forms, but I couldn't figure out if they have different AI patterns. Sshot is terrible here because his body parts randomly aren't targetable for some reason, causing them to naturally miss. For some reason, though, Bahamut still succeeds. Sshot can also go after already dead parts. Poor Faris... She was my DPS for the longest time, but she fails us at the very end. NXD uses Flare, so keep Shell/Guardian up at all times. He also likes to use Vacwave, but three of my characters have shields, which seems to have a 100% block rate for the move. Poor Faris... But that's not all! He can also use a spell similar to Maelstrom, so be on the lookout. His worst attack is probably Meteo. It's supposed to randomly target all four characters for four damage ticks, but it tends to hit only two a cast, probably killing at least one. I had far fewer phoenix downs than I thought. I was also running low on elixirs because this battle takes a long time. What stretches it out and wastes MP is the NXD can use Dispell to remove the buffs. His last attack is something that only Faris fears. Be on the lookout for Grand Cross. NXD will charge it up when he starts shaking (I think). It inflicts a random status ailment on Faris. I saw zombie, but I think it killed her the next time. Target one point at a time, but if you can cast Bahamut, go for it. The one in the back is vulnerable to magic, so don't be afraid to spam spells if you've got MP to spare. When that last guy is alive is when the Meteor spam begins. Try to keep all four characters alive because the ending sequence changes slightly based on who survived. I won't go into details since I don't vividly remember, but it's a pretty cool feature, nonetheless, even if it's pretty basic.

Neo X-Death slowly fades into whatever is beyond oblivion as a Star Warsesq word scroll appears on screen. It tells us how this universe was created: the crystals formed out of the Void by an unknown entity. I wonder what this "entity" was? We're reminded of the crystal's power as we see that time is circular. One day, everything will return to the Void, but new spirits will "give birth to light."

The Warriors of Light are seen floating in space until Bartz wakes up. He wakes up Krile, and they rise the Tycoons. Propelled by the power of the crystal shards, (I think) they can move at will through the Void, which is still very much here. Is it because the crystals are gone? Suddenly, Krille is shot forward, and her crystals disperse from her, reminding us again about the power they gave us. The same happens to Faris, Reina, and Bartz.

We cut to the planet and see crystals forming in that awful pyramid, Leviathan's waterfall, and the dwarves hole. The Void opens up again, but not to suck. We see the Ancient Library, Lix, and Tycoon return. "The world is being reborn." Our crystals weren't dead. Bartz thanks his teammates, but Krille has to remind us of Galuf. Reina asks if the wind will return to Tycoon, and a voice tells her, "yes." King Tycoon and the Dawn Warriors appear! We all have a nice reunion where our predecessors say we aren't supposed to be here. Their power summons a dragon as the screen goes black before flickering in as the last crystal reforms where we fought Odin beneath Bal Castle.

"Grandpa!" Mid enters the Catapult to tell Cid they've got a letter from Krille. It overlays a flashback, of sorts, about the last year since they stopped X-Death. The dragon brought them to Bal, where they were tired but kicked iff the sleep to travel. We see Lix and Walz before the moogles dance around Krille in their village. "It's so peaceful."
Reina and Faris are reigning in Tycoon.
But one of them isn't thrilled to be there.
Krille is wondering who the ruler of Bal's to be because, apparently, she ain't it? She wants to be, though.
Bartz spent time with his parents before traveling again.
Boko and Koko had three kids at the Pirates Cave.
But Krille's all alone. She laments her busy friends and still misses her grandpa.
Cid tells her how strong she is as we view various scenes from our journey to see how much we've grown. For some reason, one of Bartz' was Gill fighting X-Death. The moments are the more iconic ones worth remembering otherwise.

Finally, Krille is before the Elder Tree and offers a wreath in remembrance of Galuf. She says how screwed we'd all be without his strength in that moment. She still misses him but pledges to be strong even if she's lonely. Some of the important Galuf scenes are played just as they were for the other four now. Then we hear Bartz tell her she's not alone as the other three Warriors drop from the tree. Why were they there? They remind her we're friends and playfully mock her for crying. Faris assumes Galuf is laughing at this as birds fly by to make a flower field appear from nothing. Everyone agrees to protect the crystals like the others before. Reina suddenly hears something. Is it Galuf's voice? Whatever it is, it's carried by the crystals and their power. They all run off to their chocobos or dragon as the credits roll on as they roam across this peaceful world.

We get one final look at all the job skills we've learned, exp gained, final stats, current job, and even our weapon against various bosses. The words "The End" comically roll around on screen, but the Playstation version has another questionable CGI scene. It's more scenes we've seen, but it's kinda cool.

Finally, the Final Fantasy Overture plays as, and they mean it this time, we see the words we play to see are on screen:

"The End."