SNES Final Fantasy VI - Intro 

This intro still sends chills down my spine

03:40 the moment we all became irrevocably invested, for eternity.

The opening to this game is all the proof any man needs to see that video games can be art. Square was bound by the limits of the SNES, and they still managed to create an absolutely bone-chilling cinematic.

Uematsu's masterpiece. And to think he did this with limited resources.

The best opening of any final fantasy

I still remember holding a SNES controller in my hand and being blown away by this. Nearly 30 years later, this still gives me insane chills. This needs to be REMADE.

This was the first game for me to show credits before a game had begin and this was 1994-95. I knew it would be epic.

God, that version of Terra's theme that plays while they walk through the snow, its one of the best things i've ever heard.

I played this as FF3 on snes. I remember being mesmerized by the opening walk through the snow field and realizing that this was going to be something different and special. I remember playing it and thinking back then that video games were going to be the next great medium of storytelling.

I was 13 when this game came out.. I can't believe it.. this was my favorite game for years.. chrono trigger, harvest moon.. such amazing games back in the day.. simply amazing.

If you think about the hardware this was made on, this was quite possibly the greatest opening cut scene in video game history.

This is how to properly do a RPG's story. In the first five minutes, we learn: The central theme of the plot (The loss and rediscovery of Magic, and the terrible dangers inherent with supernatural power) That mankind, having lost magic, has developed technology as a replacement, but runs the same terrible risks of abuse and self-destruction That an empire has been been secretly reviving Magic and has built-itself upon the power it grants. We meet our first protagonist, Terra, who is capable of using magic naturally, while it is implied that a combination of magic and technology: Magitek, has to be used by everyone else. That even magitek-equipped soldiers are scared of her, implying she is more powerful than first appearances would suggest. That she is enslaved to the aforementioned empire by magic, unable to act of her own free will. And that we have our first McGuffin, a briefly mentioned "demon" or Esper, frozen and hidden in a remote village, which the empire has discovered through spy work, and now seeks to claim for itself. If only Square Enix would remember what they did in this game, and not mercilessly drag out the plot of later titles like Final Fantasy XIII.

That beginning song is so damn powerfull i love it. Its so bonechilling and epic. I love the fact they use that same theme in the final tier of dancing mad.. everytime i hear this it never fails to send chills down my spine its so good

Sakaguchi, Uematsu and Amano, the holy trinity of Final Fantasy.

Oh the music... SIMPLY THE BEST MUSIC IN VIDEO GAMES

And then you reach Kefka and realize this was in the theme... (O_O) just epic

Still the best music ever made for a console game and the best RPG now exactly 20 years ago.

Just that brief glimpse of Kefka at 1:53 gives me chills. There's so much depth to this game.

This game. My favorite Final Fantasy. My favorite game of all time. A masterpiece and yet rarely spoken as such. From the limits of the software they made this opening. They wrote amazing storylines. Thats right plural. in a single game they didn't over do themselves but they did more than enough. Most games now usually follow one character. They had the stones to split away from the MC and actually build a world. Multiple characters. Multiple ways you could play. Sure you had to play them all but the fact they actually had you play every character. It was amazing. It allowed for telling a complete story instead of a small amount. I said it once I will say it again. This is my favorite game of all time.

Oh God.. it feels like a walk toward eternity with some bizarre unprecedented events to be unfold ahead.. I played this game years ago as a kid, after I played VIII & VII. I barely remember why I hold this game very close to my heart, closer than any other RPGs I'd played. Seems I have to play it once again..

I wanted my Daughter to play this so bad I told her I would give her $500 to spend on whatever she wants if she can beat the game. I never expected it but she fell in love with it. Brings a tear of pride to my eye. It took her about 2 months but she beat it. Then proceeded to complete every side quest.❤️

man can you imagine remake of this? it would be so epic...

Back then, watching this intro play out, you knew you were in for something special

I love the description of Magitek armors in World of Final Fantasy "An epic tale begins with three of these marching through the snow..."

*imo one of the greatest of all time if not the greatest FF. 30 years later in 2024 I feel the nostalgia of this masterpiece.*

Even though I played VII, VIII and IX before VI, I still think this is the greatest opening to any Final Fantasy ever. It's cool how sometimes the sheer awesomeness of something just beats the nostalgic feelings you have for the first ones you played.

Love this opening, and the music really syncs up well with what's happening on the screen. (Anyone else notice the sample of the Floating Continent music when it talks about mankind repeating the mistake?) To me, this opening is a great example of cinematography in games.

A part of me wishes they would remake this already and a part of me feels it's perfect exactly the way it is.

And people aren't sure if games can be art...

oh man, when they are walking across the snowfield!!! dat music and dose graphics!

greatest game ever made. you can argue, but you won't win. this entire game is magical.

I remember playing final fantasy 7 and thinking... Holy cow this is amazing... Best game ever!... After playing final fantasy 6 several years later, I realized how wrong I was. Final fantasy 6 deserves that remake more than 7 IMHO. I'm not saying that 7 is bad....but I feel the story, characters and music in 6 is wayyyyyyy ahead of 7's any day of the week.

This whole opening is just fascinating . It truly gives the impression that what you're about to experience resembles nothing you had experienced or will ever experience not just in final fantasy but in the whole rpg genre

So many memories playing this game...

3:40 on is one of the most beautiful moments in gaming history.

3:40 Wow... That's always been one of the most... atmospheric moments in a game for me. And it's on the SUPER NINTENDO.

I've played the game for the first time 20 years after its release. And despite the great improvement in sound quality and orchestra kinda of music we were getting, this stroke me as one of the best track I've ever heard in a video game.

That intro... so nostalgic. Absolutely amazing being taken back in time. Love this game so much.

I absolutely love this game. The opening was grand

One of the most ominous and intimidating intros in the SNES library.

Something I found appealing about this game is that it had so many characters, most of them with their own story, and each of them were interesting. Except maybe Umaro, all he does is just yell but then again, he is a Yeti.

Those mechs walking is so simple yet this game makes it one of the coolest things ever

They SERIOUSLY need a Triple A graphics remake like FF7 for this game.

You can hear this music anytime you mount up on the magitech armor in FFXIV. I recognized it immediately!

Masterfull exposure, so humble, elegant, and yet technically impressive without even being so outdated, what a game that was.

the theme that plays while the magitek soldiers and terra are walking to Narshe... it's unique.

Such a simple opening executed so brilliantly

im going to be playing this game for the first time at some point this year once i have finished with IX, im looking forward to it!

Such an amazing game! I can play this game over and over again. I'll never get tired of it. The feels I get from the music man. Beautiful!

3:40 why I would watch the whole intro

It's amazing what incredible music could be created with just 16 bit...

My sister os 12 years younger than me and she always developed a taste on gaming since a very young age. One day she ordered Final Fantasy XV for the PS4 and I was like "That's cool, but have you played the best of the FF games?". She never heard of VI and it blew my mind. Told her that she just HAD to try it out. A few weeks later she told me it was one of the most magical experiences she ever felt, This is undoubtly the best videogame ever made. Pure piece of art, gameplay, storytelling, emotional attachment to the characters, soundtrack. Its the Mona Lisa of Gaming and should be passed unto further generations.

Sometimes snow storms hit the city which causes traffic to claw. In those cases I sometimes get off the bus as it is sometimes faster to walk. As Im walking through the snow it's heavy on my boots but I know I must persevere to get home. In my head, sometimes I remember this scene with the music thinking how those 3 probably felt dread but also hope that eventually their journey through the thick and snow will eventually come to an end.

Nowadays developers can show us whatever they can imagine. It turns out that it was better instead for us to imagine alongside them.

an absolute masterpiece. There are no games that compare to the old RPG style. 16-bit music sounds so incredibly good

The story telling, the characters, the villain, the music, basically everything in this game was great and memorable, its a masterpiece on my opinion and you should play it..

This is an amazing game that still is great to play. Give me game play, with a controller that works, and I'm happy. None of the Final Fantasy games after 9 were even in that ballpark.

man....I wish FF6 is a high budget tv series like game of thrones ;-;

The march to Narshe music is so unbelievably beatiful that I have no words for it. I really have tears in my eyes every time I hear it. The Japanese RPG's of the 1990's were mostly masterpieces.

This game is amazing... Why havent they made a remake for this masterpiece of a game by now...???

This intro still brings tears to my eyes.

I just started playing this game this month because of everything I heard about it and this game is amazing and still holds up today. The characters, the story and the music really are amazing works of art. I really wish to the gaming industry would go backwards and make games like this instead of focusing on great graphics

I agree! I remember playing this as a kid, during the short time I had a TV in my own room, starting it up at night for the first time ever...and listening in complete awe. :)

Recuerdo mis inicios en final fantasy y como cuando después de terminar el V llegué a este, cuando escuché este soundtrack simplemente quedé encantando y emocionado ♥️

i remember this from my childhood, i played it in 1999. brings sweet tears to my eyes. seems so so long ago.

The fact that this song is also part of the final battle theme.

@grumblekin Read the "Note" at the bottom of the video description. =)

Happy 20th birthday FFVI

I just played through the first five final fantasy games and goddamn this is a huge improvement and I’ve only seen the opening cutscene so far

3:38 yo saliendo del bar con mis amigos a las 4 de la mañana

When I was younger, I didn't know much or care about Final Fantasy. But even as a bratty 10 year old, I knew this intro was iconic and needed to be respected. Chills man.

Christmas 1994 - best Christmas ever...

Gosh that beginning gives me goose bumps, and reminds me of those late nights devouring this game! My favorite final fantasy for sure!

They don't make games like anymore... today, its all about which female character wears the least and who has the biggest boobs. FFVI will always be the best in my books. Its something not everyone can understand. This game has no voice over or 3d graphics but the dialog (just text), cutscenes, music and sprites are able to manifest all the colorful and distinct personalities of the characters... I still cherish every bit of this masterpiece. I played it about 6 times during the 90s to get all the hidden outcomes. My fav part especially was Shadow's Nightmare.. Never saw that one coming.. RIP SquareSoft

Dude I've never read anything that described that scene and what I felt so wonderfully. Thank you!

Best RPG ever! Honorable mentions: Xenoblade Xenosaga Nier Chronotrigger xenogears

I've played a lot of games, both PC and console, and this remains, to this day, one of the best opening credits sequences I've ever seen. You don't even need a montage of different scenes, all you need is that chilling image of the mechs trudging through the snow.

3:38 The Perfect moment it all starts....

one of my favorite video game moments ever. simply stunning.

Back when the majority of video games were developed with love not just greed.

My favourite opening was Final Fantasy 13. It blew my mind, with the music and the wide panorama giving great expectations from the game. Music was so good at the start that rest of music in that game couldn't compare to it.

the beginning of a great adventure ^^

True art stands the test of time. The entrance of Final Fantasy 6 with Terra is so good.

This isnt the translation I know... they're called Espers, bruh

I usually play this to help me go to sleep at night. Very soothing

Those team credits!

in 1994 when people saw that credit scroll with the mechs walking in the snow with the mode 7 scrolling they must have been absolutely blown away

Playing through the entire series in order and just got here. This opening was an immediate departure from the last 5 and truly awesome.

It has a name: "Terra's Theme" by Nobuo Uematsu.

It's bad enough that we come back here after the pixel remaster failed to do an opening scene with the credits that let you know who did what like an anime intro

I bought FFVI on Steam but I didn't know they removed all the pixel art... now it's all weird-looking 3D characters... kinda disappointed...

That intro theme gives me goose bumps to this day.

Pretty said when this intro is better than the new PR version's.

Imagine starting this up for the first time and having no idea just how great the SIXTH final fantasy was gonna be. For reference: in Freddy Krueger's sixth installment, he got into invisible karate battles and murdered teenagers with the Power Globe.

Shame the intro walk doesn’t look as good in the pixel remaster

The music and way the story is presented... its breathtaking. It was like whispering to you "I hope you're strapped in for a ride. Because you are about to experience something you have never experienced before". Without a doubt the best FF. Haunting, beautiful, tragic and dare I say... perfect.

Final Fantasy VI. Square's magnum opus

This traslating is way more clear than any of the other versions. Because english isn't my native language it's sometimes hard to understand some sentences because they are poorly translated. This is unaltered, clear and that way best there is. But still no matter what version you look at this game is pure gold.

Okai i never liked final fantasy, but this made me cry, it's beautiful, The snes version never came to europe but i'm getting the ps1 version now.

I was 15. Game moments never forgotten.