Part 205: Ending

Welcome back!



Gaia has been defeated. All that's left is to destroy the Spirit Stone.



Perhaps across that bridge made of light.



: We'll be waiting outside. Go in and take care of business!

: From here on you can feel the energy waves of the Spirit Stone. It must be Gaia's core. Justin... Feena. You have broken the ring of your own destiny. Now break the ring of destiny for all life in this world!



It's no "Discrimination comes from the heart", but "I'll break it all" is silly enough when taken out of context to make me laugh.

: Sheesh! He gets ALL the fun.

: When Gaia gets busted up this'll all fall apart, right?

: I think we'll just wait down there in a safer place. Whaddya say, Liete?

: Yes. Let's. The final destiny should be changed only by the Hero and the Icarian.

: Shall we go, Justin? Together with everyone's hopes!

: OK. Let's GO!

And we're given control again. With Rapp and Liete not in the party.

It just feels right to end this whole thing by chatting with NPCs, you know?

: When I inherited the name of Liete, I inherited the fate of waiting. Waiting for almost an eternity.

: I have guarded the remembrances of Alent. I thought my duty was to observe the great ring of destiny.

: But it seems I was wrong.

: Because I have seen a world freed from a tragic destiny, and people building their own future.

: Thank you, Justin. You have brought me joy.

: Over the ages the Lietes have wanted only to record, but I have seen and felt things for myself. Look Justin! The door to the new world is opening. Seize this moment!

: I'd like to go with you, but I'll let you have this one to yourself. Get goin'. Mr. big-shot Hero.

: Come on, come on, come on! Can't you take a joke!?

: It's been my honor to fight beside you, Juss. Forget this Hero business. All I know is I had the pleasure of fighting with a guy named Justin!

: Come ON! Take care of BUSINESS!

: My buddy. Justin the Hero!



They even textured the wall here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHh4hbVgim0
(Polsy link)

It's the ending! Watch it!

... as tempted as I am to cut the update here, I suppose I should transcribe the whole thing.









: It gave power to the people... it drove the people to ruin. All in a sad chain of myths.

: When you think about it-- this Spirit Stone has taught us many things. This light has always illuminated the way for us to go.

: But now, the light is of no more use. From now on, we will illuminate the path to our future with our own light.

: Come, Justin, our long, sad fate is now at an end.

: With your sword there....

: Yes... O' Spirits! We will start a new age! Please, watch over us!



My first time through the game, Justin barely had any magic, so he wound up using Midair Cut religiously.

I thought it was neat to see him pull it out one final time in the ending here.









Gaia, it seems, is turning to stone. And cracking.



Or not.







Once again, Spirits in a black void.





: Hey there.



So, for whatever reason, Justin doesn't seem to have a portrait during the ending.









Whaddaya know. Operation Yggdrasil wound up creating a giant Tree of Life after all.

... Sure, that's not at all what Baal was intending on doing, and Mullen officially canceled the operation during the mutiny, but it's the thought that counts.



: Everything seems to have been born again.

: Not only Gaia, but this whole world.









Zil Padon has seen better days, true.



But it looks like things are suddenly getting a lot better.



Even Cafu is back to normal.

: Yes, even Gaia. The sad chain of fate has been broken at last.





And it looks like everyone's been putting aside their differences and enjoying the new world.

... Though I do have to wonder how that guy from Luc got all the way out here.

: We may sometimes travel down a mistaken path. But...



In the end, Justin finally got through to Mullen.

: It seems that my work here has ended.



: A Spirit...? Are you calling me?



We've seen this before. Back in the Typhoon Tower.





: Unh...! Um....



: .... He-Herr... Mullen...?













: I'm so glad. Leen... I can't believe it....

: Miracles do happen.

: The Spirits carried her... and happiness here... for everyone.

: Uh, uh. No, Justin.







And here we are at the credits. You may wish to click that Tindeck link down there.







Of course, the graphical issues that have plagued this LP return in full force for the credits. Ahh well.

Not quite sure what "sub programmer" means, but it must be a fairly important position to be listed this early in the credits.



It makes sense that a game this pretty would have so many graphics artists. Though only one monster designer? Huh.

Also: Kenichi Niwano and Hiroshi Asano, I'm sorry I wound up undoing so much of your work over the course of this LP so that I could get actual numbers.



I can see why they had so many people writing this thing, with all that dialog and all.





A lot of people involved in the music, too. And even more graphic artists.



Still photography and film developing? Huh, I didn't realize they digitized actual photos for this game.



Quite a fair few CGI artists, too.



And here's all the voice cast that gets credited. According to IMDB, none of them did much more after this.

... And Scott Beers voiced both Baal and Guido? Huh. Dude's got one hell of a range.

For the sake of completion, Wikipedia lists Snazin Smith as Justin's voice actor, but leaves Gadwin's as uncredited.

I'm also not sure who the "etc." refers to in Angela Anderson's credit. The PA on the Grandeur? Probably not Angry Shed Guy.



Fairly small Special Thanks section.

And I have to give the music team here props. A lot of the random crowd murmuring noises are stored as music in the game, and so they had to update them all so the hubhub sounded English instead of Japanese.



And now we're into the Sony credits.







... Y'know, I didn't notice Noriyuki Iwadare in there at all, and he's probably the person most commonly associated with this game.



But with that, finally, we-

: This ends the story of Justin and friends, and our adventures with the Spirit Stone and Angelou. The story of Justin the Adventurer became known throughout the world.

Post-credit stingers: not just for Marvel movies!





Parm's certainly looking more vibrant, and with a few people from the other side of the wall, too.



Guess it's been a while.

: The pie isn't done yet. Sorry, dear.

: I'm afraid you're going to have to go without me, OK?

: OK. See you!



: Puff-puff!



: The world we live in has changed so much.



For those not watching the video, Angry Lainian Man is voiced by Angry Shed Guy.

: Don't you ever get tired of mischief like that!?

: This is no mischief. We're in training -- to become adventurers!

: You just don't understand!

: Yeah, that's right!



So, a lot of the voices here have no text associated with them.

: Do that somewhere it won't bother people! Are you listening?



: Ha ha ha! Well, maybe things haven't changed much. But you know, it has certainly gotten busier.



: Today's the day I've been waiting for so long! Justin and Feena are coming home after ten years of adventures!



: Tee hee hee! I wonder what Justin will say when he sees I've become such a beautiful lady?



: He might be just so surprised that his tongue will be tied! I'm looking forward to it!





: There's yummy food there, right? I'm hungry!

: Hey, what's that?





: Hey! It makes noises! It makes a neat sound!

: Yay! Let's get it!



: Neat! It's so soft!

: Oh! This must be Puffy! It's just like Daddy said.

: Looks kinda like a lamb.

: Huh? No it doesn't!

: Hey, are you...?

: Where is your Mommy and Daddy?



: Puff-puffff

: Ah. It's running away! Gonna catcha!

: Yaay!







Parm sure is looking bigger and better.



But as for us? That's where the story ends.

And that's that! I hope you all, whether you participated in the thread, just lurked, or read through this on the archive, had at least half as much fun as I did with this. It's been a wild ride, this past year and a quarter, but it's given me new insight into one of my favorite games. Both in terms of the plot and themes, as well as mechanically. Those of you who have played this game, I hope you learned something new, and for those who haven't, I hope I've piqued your desire to have a go yourself.

Either way, thank you for sticking with me the whole way, and I hope to see you again for my next project, whatever and whenever that may be.