I got a question for ya...

Illuminatus · 01-04-2004, 01:42 PM

Alright, chances are this has been discussed before and I missed it, or maybe it's common knowledge, but I know just a little more than jack squat about Final Fantasy. The only one I've played is FFVII. Now, in FFVII there are two characters at the beginning: Biggs and Wedge.

Biggs and Wedge are Luke Skywalker's wingmates when he flew down the Death Star trench.

QUESTION: Coincidence, or is one of the franchises alluding to the other?

Ok go.

Deathosaurus Wrecks · 01-04-2004, 01:51 PM

Biggs and Wedge are in every Final Fantasy, arnt they? oh and they make an apperance in Chrono Trigger. i think the people who made the FF series are, *gasp* nerds, and just wanted to make a Starwars reference.

dragonglove · 01-04-2004, 01:55 PM

I think Johnny Socko may be right on how they make a very small cameo in many FF's. I can't seem to remember where they came in at in FFVII. I do know they were at the beginning of FFVI piloting some trendy MagiTeck Armor.

And now that I think about it. Biggs and Wedge were also reoccuring lackeys in FFVIII.

Futae No Kiwami · 01-04-2004, 02:18 PM

Biggs and Wedge are just reoccuring things in Final Fantasy, like use of the name Cid. Chocobos, and a few other things. Its just things that add nostalgia to the Final Fantasy games. maybe not even nostalgia..but its just something you'll recognize and say "Hey, this is the new incarnation of them. Although I could swear it was Vicks and Wedge..

Lost in Time · 01-04-2004, 02:36 PM

Nope, it's Biggs and Wedge. And I can only remember them in three of the FF (FFVI, FFVII, and FFVIII).

01-04-2004, 03:06 PM

In the original US release of FF3, it was Vicks instead of Biggs. I can't remember if they changed that in Anthologies or not.

Futae No Kiwami · 01-04-2004, 03:12 PM

Yeah thats why..Im still playing The FF3 cart I snagged from gamestop for 20 bucks.(unfortunately I couldn't get the 20 dollar copy of Chrono Trigger they had at the time

Krylo · 01-04-2004, 03:17 PM

I don't remember who they were in FF4 or FF1, In FF6, they were the magitek (and one was vicks on the cartridge, but that was a translation error thing), in FF7... uh, I don't really remember either, I think they were either some of the shinra guards near the base of the tower or were in cloud's flashback in the beginning, eh, FF8 they were the returning lackeys you kept beating up, FF9 Can't remember again (need to replay some of these games apparently... my encyclopedic knowledge is slipping), and in FFX they were a pair of blitzball stadium guards (and you could scout them as players too).

And yah, they're in every FF game, same as Cid.

IHateMakingNames · 01-04-2004, 03:24 PM

FF7, Biggs and Wedge were the AVALANCHE guys that died

Krylo · 01-04-2004, 03:41 PM

Ahh yah, that's right. See, I need to replay, I can't even remember that. Stupid me. Weren't the FF9 ones a pair of the pluto knights? Or am I way off again?

01-04-2004, 01:42 PM	#1
Illuminatus The Dread Pirate Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Where the wild things are Posts: 1,310	I got a question for ya... Alright, chances are this has been discussed before and I missed it, or maybe it's common knowledge, but I know just a little more than jack squat about Final Fantasy. The only one I've played is FFVII. Now, in FFVII there are two characters at the beginning: Biggs and Wedge. Biggs and Wedge are Luke Skywalker's wingmates when he flew down the Death Star trench. QUESTION: Coincidence, or is one of the franchises alluding to the other? Ok go. __________________ Man, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. His chief occupation is the extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth and Canada. -Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary

01-04-2004, 01:51 PM	#2
Deathosaurus Wrecks Underachiever Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,996	Biggs and Wedge are in every Final Fantasy, arnt they? oh and they make an apperance in Chrono Trigger. i think the people who made the FF series are, gasp nerds, and just wanted to make a Starwars reference. __________________ "There was another, who came before you he was a hero and your brother and my son he fought the darkenss, the darkness won" -The Protomen "Unrest in the House of Light"

01-04-2004, 01:55 PM	#3
dragonglove Knight of El Dingo Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 642	I think Johnny Socko may be right on how they make a very small cameo in many FF's. I can't seem to remember where they came in at in FFVII. I do know they were at the beginning of FFVI piloting some trendy MagiTeck Armor. And now that I think about it. Biggs and Wedge were also reoccuring lackeys in FFVIII. __________________ Dg's back, maybe. I swear "Forum Days" will return someday. War is no reason to end a friendship. Metal Gear Solid

01-04-2004, 02:18 PM	#4
Futae No Kiwami Lightspeed Ninja Antics.. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: St. Louis Posts: 55	Biggs and Wedge are just reoccuring things in Final Fantasy, like use of the name Cid. Chocobos, and a few other things. Its just things that add nostalgia to the Final Fantasy games. maybe not even nostalgia..but its just something you'll recognize and say "Hey, this is the new incarnation of them. Although I could swear it was Vicks and Wedge.. __________________ "For you, I'd do anything just to make you happy, hear you say that you were proud of me, for them, I'd kill anything, cut the throats of babies for them to break their hearts for they were them. waiting for you to say...I love you too"-Coheed and Cambria, "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3" "Some how I find beauty in our failings, somehow I find meaning in these lies, somehow I make perfect in this fracture..your back is begging sweetly for my knives"-Thrice, "Betrayal is a Symptom"

01-04-2004, 02:36 PM	#5
Lost in Time Fungus Among Us Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: On Your Nightstand Posts: 1,967	Nope, it's Biggs and Wedge. And I can only remember them in three of the FF (FFVI, FFVII, and FFVIII). __________________ Eat me!

01-04-2004, 03:06 PM	#6
In Hindsight Guest Posts: n/a	In the original US release of FF3, it was Vicks instead of Biggs. I can't remember if they changed that in Anthologies or not.

01-04-2004, 03:12 PM	#7
Futae No Kiwami Lightspeed Ninja Antics.. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: St. Louis Posts: 55	Yeah thats why..Im still playing The FF3 cart I snagged from gamestop for 20 bucks.(unfortunately I couldn't get the 20 dollar copy of Chrono Trigger they had at the time __________________ "For you, I'd do anything just to make you happy, hear you say that you were proud of me, for them, I'd kill anything, cut the throats of babies for them to break their hearts for they were them. waiting for you to say...I love you too"-Coheed and Cambria, "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3" "Some how I find beauty in our failings, somehow I find meaning in these lies, somehow I make perfect in this fracture..your back is begging sweetly for my knives"-Thrice, "Betrayal is a Symptom"

01-04-2004, 03:17 PM	#8
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	I don't remember who they were in FF4 or FF1, In FF6, they were the magitek (and one was vicks on the cartridge, but that was a translation error thing), in FF7... uh, I don't really remember either, I think they were either some of the shinra guards near the base of the tower or were in cloud's flashback in the beginning, eh, FF8 they were the returning lackeys you kept beating up, FF9 Can't remember again (need to replay some of these games apparently... my encyclopedic knowledge is slipping), and in FFX they were a pair of blitzball stadium guards (and you could scout them as players too). And yah, they're in every FF game, same as Cid. __________________ I am very tired.

01-04-2004, 03:24 PM	#9
IHateMakingNames Awwwwh Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 12,119	FF7, Biggs and Wedge were the AVALANCHE guys that died __________________ "If I'm reincarnated, I want to be Musashi again!" - Musashi, Brave Fencer Musashi

01-04-2004, 03:41 PM	#10
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	Ahh yah, that's right. See, I need to replay, I can't even remember that. Stupid me. Weren't the FF9 ones a pair of the pluto knights? Or am I way off again? __________________ I am very tired.