Bucketon Trivia #2: Can you answer these Final Fantasy questions?

EDIT: Due to apparently being a bit too hard (despite everything being google-able by using the right keywords), I’m making this easier for you now. Re-read the changed questions and hints. Also, Bonus Question #1 was completely changed to a new question, but the answers are available at the bottom of this post.

Now, knowing most of the users on Pwnt have never played any Final Fantasies, I’ll make the main question here an easy one that can pretty much be googled, if you want to do so. However, there is no prize for this one. The bonus questions (below the main question) are harder and yield prizes for the Pwnt users who get them right.

As before, answers in comments/Pwnt messages/JN pm’s/MSN convos.

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WARNING! Spoilers included (Final Fantasy XII/TA2 mainly) in questions for those who like completing optional stuff!

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MAIN QUESTION // In Final Fantasy XII (PS2), there is a certain mark (Behemoth King) that can be spawned in the Feywood. However, some unlucky people will instead spawn five members of the Royal Mandragora family (Onion Queen, Mandragora Prince, Topstalk, Pumpkin Star and Alraune King), forcing them to either fight and re-do the process to spawn the mark OR reload from either Giruvegan or Golmore Jungle. What makes the Royal Mandragoras potentially dangerous to any player?

Hint #1: They have a move that makes them somewhat more dangerous each time. If you can find out what this move does, you have your answer.

Hint #2: They are one of few foes who can reach a certain something (the answer to this question).

Hint #3: 66 turned upside down and mirrored.

Random Fact #1: I was lucky enough to face the mark in question, Behemoth King, on my first attempt. However, it’s 1,668,000 HP took a while to take away at that point in the game.

Random Fact #2: I eventually did the process to spawn the Mandragoras 14 times in order to face each one 14 more times (since the Mandragoras are originally met as a humorous boss fight in the game) to complete their bestiary entries. However, this is completely optional and does not count towards the Sky Pirate’s Den requirement.

BONUS QUESTION #1A // Which one of the “hard three” (Yiazmat, Hell Wyrm, Omega Mk XII) from Final Fantasy XII inspired an NPC to create a group of three spider-like robots named Upsilons in Final Fantasy TA2: Grimoire of the Rift?

Hint #1: It’s easy if you think about it.

Hint #2: Google is your friend.

Random Fact #1: The Upsilons are named Upsilon/Upsilon-A1 (Green), Upsilon-A2 (Green) and Upsilon-A3 (White), a direct reference to the monster they are based on (I’ll explain the difference once the answer has been solved.

Random Fact #2: Only two of the three Upsilons are fought in-game (A1 and A2), as the A3 blew itself up, as explained in the game’s Research Notes after defeating both Upsilons A1 and A2.

Random Fact#3: TA2 references and includes elements/characters/etc from Tactics, Tactics Advance, XII and XII: Revenant Wings. Some other stuff from the others are included as well, as weapons, etc (example. Squall’s Lionheart and Cloud’s Buster Sword AND Materia Blade)

BONUS QUESTION #2 // List the (arguably) hardest bosses (only one for each) in the following Final Fantasies: VII, VIII, IX, XII, X and X-2. NOTE: Grammatically correct names are not necessary AND only the original version bosses are accepted, none of the International/Zodiac Job System, etc bosses.

Random Fact #1: My favorite hardest bosses in order: XII, X-2, IX, VIII, VII, X

Random Fact #2: 1337 has pretty pictures of fighting IX’s hardest boss

Random Fact #3: XII’s hardest boss has the most HP in any FF game to date (over 50 million HP) and usually takes hours to win against

Random Fact #4: Michael began playing IX and Emily has began playing XII

Hint #1: I accept two answers for X, since it’s hardest foe is largely debatable and opinions on it vary.

Hint #2: VII’s hardest boss is a Weapon

Hint #3: X-2’s hardest boss is in the end of a long, optional dungeon (100 levels) in Bevelle.

Hint #4: The first letters of the names of the foes: E (VII), N/S (X), T (X-2)

CORRECT ANSWERS:

MQ: Royal Mandragoras can level up to level 99 in few minutes, at which level they will be immune to all physical attacks.

BQ1: The three optional bosses were Fury, Humbaba and Doom Wall and the two marks were Orthros and Carrot.

BQ1A: Omega Mk XII

BQ2: VII’s hardest boss is Emerald Weapon, VIII’s hardest boss is Omega Weapon, IX’s hardest boss is Ozma, X’s hardest boss is Nemesis, X-2’s hardest boss is Trema and XII’s hardest boss is Yiazmat.

WINNERS:

Main: N/A // BQ 1: N/A // BQ1A: N/A // BQ2: 1337 (VIII, IX, XII), N/A (VII, X, X-2)