For many, Sephiroth is considered the ultimate villain Final Fantasy history, originating from Final Fantasy VII. It's a good argument to make because he was a great in-game villain that had a long life thanks to spin-offs, prequels, and even in-game remakes. Final Fantasy VII universe. It is an omnipresent force and Sephiroth is definitely unbeatable in all video games, but he is truly the greatest in Final Fantasy?
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There is a case to make Sin Final Fantasy 10. Sin may not have the cool clothes, cool sword, and silver hair like Sephiroth that make him instantly attractive to fans, literally and figuratively. However, if we were to break down what Sin was able to do in his game, it's easy to see how truly evil Sin was.
There will be spoilers for Final Fantasy 10 alone.
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Sin (Yu Yewon)
Final Fantasy 10 Villain Background
Final Fantasy 10 takes place on Spira, which is one of the most tropical planets on earth Final Fantasy universe. As beautiful as this land is, every ten years or so an entity known as Sin returns. It looks like a giant whale and even makes similar sounds when it comes out of the water. Unlike others Final Fantasy villains, Sin doesn't speak directly to the characters and waxes poetic about how he wants to destroy the world.
When they first appear, the citizens know that the Calm is over and it's time to start another pilgrimage for the Summoners. The lull is referred to as the time between Sin's last attack and his return, which is again about ten years. The game begins with Sin appearing in Zanarkand to the protagonist Tida, who later washes ashore in Besaid Village, only to discover that this happened thousands of years ago. Tidus is confused and doesn't believe it, but either way, Sin is now attacking Spira, so Tidus joins the pilgrimage of a Summoner named Yuna and her party to fight against Sin.
The magnitude of sin is unmatched
Just hitting the ground would be enough to destroy parts of Spira
When Sin appears in the water, people on land start to panic because several things can happen. Sin can slam his body into the ground to deal damage, summon a huge tidal wave to wreak havoc, or release his spores to attack each other in the form of bugs. In terms of size, even compared to the giant Eikons Final Fantasy 16no one is bigger than Sin, and in terms of raw power, it's also quite high for this unassuming whale-like creature. Sin, for all intents and purposes, is basically the Godzilla of the Final Fantasy universe.
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All of these attack patterns play out in the game, and regardless, Sin never seems phased. In addition to the various groups of summoners that travel to the holy land to face Sin in the climactic final battle, there is an army built by the Church that will fight Sin in several major battles. Since Sin's power and range are so great, it's more about holding back than trying to defeat him in a normal battle. During the events of the game, the people of Spira are so defeated by Sin that they know there is no hope for them beyond the usual cycle of rebuilding, dying, and praying for the powerful Summoner to rise through the ranks and share them for the next ten years.
Manages To Unite All Of Spira To Hate It
A good villain knows how to bring the world together, as evil as sin
Sin is seemingly pure evil, but he does something that video game villains rarely do, even outside of Final Fantasy. Yes, Sephiroth is an entity known to humans Final Fantasy VIIbut does not strike fear into every average citizen, unlike Sin Final Fantasy 10. Just saying Sin's name is the equivalent of saying Voldemort's name in the Harry Potter universe. Sin is evil incarnate, and even children know to hide when it appears or is spoken of as some seaside Boogeyman.
It is this fear that makes Sin stronger as a villain as it unites the people of Spira against him. It's a two-part plan that needs to be fleshed out, but overall, Sin transcends the very meaning of being a villain in a video game. It's more of a force of nature. An inevitability that doesn't go away and no amount of preparation can ever prepare for the disaster that comes after an attack. Sure, Sin might not look like just a giant whale, but if players lived in Spira and saw what Sin could do, they'd be singing a different tune.
He tricked the whole society into worshiping her at the same time
Sin is just the skin of this world's God, Yu Yevon
Sin's aforementioned two-part plan is actually genius, because Sin is actually just a ruse, or rather, a shell or piece of armor of sorts. The true god of Spira is Yu Yevon, the very god that the religion teaches its citizens. People hold the church and Yu Yevon in high esteem, praying to her and to the faith for luck, and when they go on pilgrimage, for courage and power. The catch is that the sin is Yu Yevon. This god tricked the people of Spira into worshiping and fearing her in an endless cycle.
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Yu Yevon is both the disease and the cure, and the whole story is much more complicated than that, but that's the general idea of the plot, which is a masterful example of manipulation. Fooling some people is one thing, but fooling the entire population of the planet is another. There are some resistances, like Al Bhed, but overall Sin/Yu Yevon has about a 90% success rate, and that's on the low end. In the 1990s and 2000s, religion was a big part of RPG plots, p Final Fantasy 10 he's definitely a top contender because of how he handles his main dilemma/villain.
The cruel fate of Pilgrimage
One person dies to save the world, the other becomes a puppet
The most nefarious part of Yu Yevon's plan happens at the end of the pilgrimage. A summoner who reaches the end of the path must fight against Sin/Yu Yevon by sacrificing his own life and one of his party members. The other party member takes on the role of the Last Aeon to help push back the monster. Two lives to save millions isn't so bad in the grand scheme of things, but it's more twisted. Yu Yevon then takes control of the Final Aeon in its weakened state, withdrawing and forming a shell over the decades to become Sin. To summarize, Sin basically becomes the hero of the previous decade.
The last party to defeat Sin before the events of the game was Lord Braska, Yuna's father, along with his two guardians: Auron and Jecht. Jecht is Tidus' father who became the Last Aeon for Lord Braska and then became Sin. So all this time, during the events of the game, when Tidus was complaining about his “old man”, he was unknowingly fighting him in the battle that culminated at the end of the game. Like everyone Final Fantasy but the villains, Yu Yevon is ultimately defeated and Sin is erased for eternity. No one was sacrificed and it became the Final Aeon. This means there were two victims in the group, Auron and Tidus, although that's a whole other story since they were faith dreams and they were already dead. So, while Sin/Yu Yevon didn't destroy the world forever, he somehow managed to rule the entire planet for hundreds of years, and that's a pretty amazing/scary realization when Final Fantasy 10 fans really think so.
