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====Appearance in ''Final Fantasy X''====
====Appearance in ''Final Fantasy X''====
[[WhatCulture]] praised Seymour's personality and challenge level, describing his character as the personification of nihilism and remarking that the battle against his Seymour Flux form "will inspire nightmarish flashbacks to most ''Final Fantasy X'' players."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Antliff|first=Alex|date=2021-01-04|title=Final Fantasy: 25 Greatest Villains|url=https://whatculture.com/gaming/final-fantasy-25-greatest-villains|access-date=2021-12-27|website=WhatCulture.com|language=en}}</ref> ''[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]'' was critical of Seymour, stating that he was too unsympathetic to be an effective tragic villain, adding that other villains in the series such as [[Kefka Palazzo]] and [[Sephiroth (Final Fantasy)|Sephiroth]] were more memorable.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-05|title=Final Fantasy X HD Missed A Chance to Fix Seymour's Backstory|url=https://www.cbr.com/final-fantasy-x-seymour-story/|access-date=2021-12-27|website=CBR|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Green Man Gaming]] opined that Seymour is the most memorable villain for fans of ''Final Fantasy X'' due to his influential role in the game's world and his sinister intentions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gina|first=Rob|title=Our Favorite FF Villains|url=https://www.greenmangaming.com/intel-feature/final-fantasy-xiv-fan-festival/our-favourite-final-fantasy-villains/|url-status=live|access-date=27 December 2021|website=Green Man Gaming}}</ref> In a [[Yahoo! Voices]] article, Seymour's familiar Anima was praised for its symbolism.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-09-21|title=An Analysis of Anima from Final Fantasy X - Yahoo Voices - voices.yahoo.com|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921120817/http://voices.yahoo.com/an-analysis-anima-final-fantasy-x-6128784.html?cat=19|access-date=2021-12-29|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> An article in [[The Outline (website)|The Outline]] mentioned that the character's challenging battles contributed to ''Final Fantasy X'' having "exciting and strategic" gameplay.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Edwards|first=Aaron|title=‘Final Fantasy’ taught me how to be a friend|url=https://theoutline.com/post/780/final-fantasy-taught-me-how-to-be-a-friend|access-date=2022-01-19|website=The Outline|language=en}}</ref>
[[WhatCulture]] praised Seymour's personality and challenge level, describing his character as the personification of nihilism and remarking that the battle against his Seymour Flux form "will inspire nightmarish flashbacks to most ''Final Fantasy X'' players."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Antliff|first=Alex|date=2021-01-04|title=Final Fantasy: 25 Greatest Villains|url=https://whatculture.com/gaming/final-fantasy-25-greatest-villains|access-date=2021-12-27|website=WhatCulture.com|language=en}}</ref> ''[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]'' was critical of Seymour, stating that he was too unsympathetic to be an effective tragic villain, adding that other villains in the series such as [[Kefka Palazzo]] and [[Sephiroth (Final Fantasy)|Sephiroth]] were more memorable.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-05|title=Final Fantasy X HD Missed A Chance to Fix Seymour's Backstory|url=https://www.cbr.com/final-fantasy-x-seymour-story/|access-date=2021-12-27|website=CBR|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Green Man Gaming]] opined that Seymour is the most memorable villain for fans of ''Final Fantasy X'' due to his influential role in the game's world and his sinister intentions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gina|first=Rob|title=Our Favorite FF Villains|url=https://www.greenmangaming.com/intel-feature/final-fantasy-xiv-fan-festival/our-favourite-final-fantasy-villains/|url-status=live|access-date=27 December 2021|website=Green Man Gaming}}</ref> In a [[Yahoo! Voices]] article, Seymour's familiar Anima was praised for its symbolism.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-09-21|title=An Analysis of Anima from Final Fantasy X - Yahoo Voices - voices.yahoo.com|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921120817/http://voices.yahoo.com/an-analysis-anima-final-fantasy-x-6128784.html?cat=19|access-date=2021-12-29|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> An article in [[The Outline (website)|The Outline]] mentioned that the character's challenging battles contributed to ''Final Fantasy X'' having "exciting and strategic" gameplay.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Edwards|first=Aaron|title=‘Final Fantasy’ taught me how to be a friend|url=https://theoutline.com/post/780/final-fantasy-taught-me-how-to-be-a-friend|access-date=2022-01-19|website=The Outline|language=en}}</ref> [[Engadget]] praised that the character was "created to be resented," making it more satisfying to defeat him, commenting that he inspired a "near-instant hatred" which "only deepened with each of his appearances."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stiq Figures, February 3 - 9: Gaming rivals edition |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/2014-02-17-stiq-figures-february-3-9-gaming-rivals-edition.html |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=sg.news.yahoo.com |language=en-SG}}</ref>


[[Yuna (Final Fantasy)|Yuna's]] abortive wedding with Seymour was ranked as the third memorable matrimony in the history of [[PlayStation]] by ''[[Official PlayStation Magazine (UK)|Official PlayStation Magazine]]'' in 2014.<ref>''Official PlayStation Magazine UK'' 92 (January 2014), page 30.</ref> <!--attribution: Yuna (Final Fantasy)-->
[[Yuna (Final Fantasy)|Yuna's]] abortive wedding with Seymour was ranked as the third memorable matrimony in the history of [[PlayStation]] by ''[[Official PlayStation Magazine (UK)|Official PlayStation Magazine]]'' in 2014.<ref>''Official PlayStation Magazine UK'' 92 (January 2014), page 30.</ref> <!--attribution: Yuna (Final Fantasy)-->

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Seymour Guado
Final Fantasy character
First appearanceFinal Fantasy X (2001)
Last appearanceDissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia (citation needed)
Created byKazushige Nojima[1]
Designed byTetsuya Nomura[2]
Voiced by
Motion captureIchiro Kato[citation needed]
In-universe information
RaceHalf Guado
OccupationMaester in the Church of Yevon
WeaponStaff
HomeBaaj (prior to the events of Final Fantasy X),
Guadosalam (during Final Fantasy X)[4]

Seymour Guado (Japanese: シーモア＝グアド, Hepburn: Shīmoa-Guado) is a fictional video game character in Square Enix's Final Fantasy series and a major antagonist and temporarily playable character in the 2001 role-playing video game Final Fantasy X. Seymour is a 28-year-old mage and priest of the fictional religion of Yevon.[5] He is half-human and half Guado, as his father Jyscal Guado married a human woman in hopes that it would improve relations between their races. His father was a maester in the Church of Yevon, which controls the fictional and theocratic world of Spira. Prior to the events of the game, Seymour killed Jyscal in order to inherit his position. Seymour also holds the position of Minister of Temple Affairs, which oversees summoners.[4] A summoner himself, he attempts to use his stature to manipulate the fledgling summoner Yuna into aiding him with his goal of becoming the monster Sin. While Final Fantasy X has several antagonists,[citation needed] he is often referred to as the game's main villain.[citation needed] He appears as the game's antepenultimate boss[citation needed], making him one of several main villains in the Final Fantasy series to not be the final boss of their respective game.[citation needed] He has appeared in other video games, including the Final Fantasy X sequel Final Fantasy X-2 during a flashback cutscene[6] and can be obtained as an optional playable character in the Final Fantasy X-2 international version.[7] The character also makes recurring appearences in the Theatrhythm Final Fantasy series, as well as other spin-off games such as Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia, Final Fantasy Record Keeper, and others.[citation needed]

Seymour has been generally well-received by video game critics; he frequently ranks as one of the series most memorable antagonists, particularly due to his nihilistic personality and his unwillingness to accept defeat. The character's unusual design has been a source of both praise and criticism from reviewers. Critics have argued that Seymour is not as memorable as other villains in the Final Fantasy series, such as Sephiroth and Kefka Palazzo.

Creation and development

Seymour's design was created by Final Fantasy artist Tetsuya Nomura.[citation needed] During development of Final Fantasy X, it was proposed that characters grow stronger through a "tattoo system" where the player would have leveled up by placing tattoes on a grid. To reflect this, Seymour — as well as Jecht and Brother — were designed with large, prominent tattoos.[8] Though this proposed system was scrapped during development, Seymour's final character design retained his chest tattoo.[9]

Junichi Suwabe, the character's Japanese voice actor, was not originally planning on auditioning for the role of Seymour. He first auditioned to play the roles of Tidus and Jecht, later trying to read Auron's lines before finding Seymour's dialogue in his additional materials.[3]

Appearances

Final Fantasy X

Seymour is a major antagonist in Final Fantasy X, who first appears as a nominal ally. Prior to the events of the game, his father Jyscal Guado married a human woman in hopes that it would improve relations between their races, but their union had the opposite effect. Viewed as an abomination by both races, Seymour and his mother were exiled to the remote island of Baaj. Believing there was no other way for him to be accepted, his mother brought him to Zanarkand where she sacrificed herself to become the aeon Anima. He would spend the remainder of his youth isolated in the Baaj temple, forming twisted views on life and death. Two weeks before the events of Final Fantasy X, Seymour assassinated his father to inherit his power and influence, putting into motion his plans to become Sin.[10]

Tidus and his party first encounter Seymour shortly before a blitzball game, where the leader of Spira introduces him as Yevon's newest maester. Seymour secretly unleashed monsters into the sports stadium, only so that he could eliminate them using Anima to gain the trust of the public. He would later make efforts to gain the trust of the summoner Yuna, in hopes that a bond with her would enable him to become her final aeon, and ultimately, become Sin. Once he believed Yuna trusted him, he asked her to marry him. To his dismay, she was shocked by his proposal and did not answer. Yuna later encountered the spirit of Seymour's father Jyscal, who informed Yuna of his murder and implored her to stop Seymour. When the party meets him at Macalania Temple, Tidus and Yuna confront him. Realizing that he can no longer achieve his goals by gaining her trust, Seymour instead chooses to enact his plans by force, and attempts to kill her party. Seymour dies in battle, but remains in the world as an unsent spirit.[citation needed]

Seymour then orders the Guado people to kidnap Yuna and bring her to Bevelle, the capital of Spira's theocracy. Tidus and the party arrive to find Seymour and Yuna at a wedding ceremony. The party tries to prevent the wedding, but they end up being held at gunpoint and used as leverage to force Yuna to marry Seymour. As soon as the wedding is over, Yuna and her party are captured and put on trial for treason. The trial is judged by the four maesters of Yevon, including Seymour. Yuna is sentenced to death, and Seymour offers to kill her personally. Distrustful of him, maester Kinoc insists on joining him. As Yuna tries to escape, Seymour kills Kinoc and presents his corpse to the party. He reveals his plan to become Sin, and proceeds to absorb Kinoc's spirit as he transforms into the monster Seymour Natus (シーモア:異体, Shīmoa Itai, "Seymour: Mutation"). The party defeats him a second time and continues their journey, now viewed as traitors by the Church. Seymour tries to stop Yuna from reaching Zanarkand one final time, killing countless Ronso and transforming into Seymour Flux (シーモア:終異体, Shīmoa: Shū Itai, "Seymour: Ending Mutation"). Defeated a third time, Seymour is unable to stop the party from reaching Zanarkand without him, making his plan of becoming Sin with Yuna's help impossible.[citation needed]

At Zanarkand, the party learns that attaining the final aeon would require Yuna to sacrifice someone close to her, only for this new aeon to become the next Sin. Yuna refuses to sacrifice her friends and defeats Yunalesca in battle, making the attainment of the final aeon impossible and ensuring that Sin cannot be reborn. She then travels inside of Sin to defeat it, only to find that Seymour's spirit had been absorbed by it. He reveals that his new strategy is to control Sin from within, and transforms into his ethereal Seymour Omnis form (シーモア:最終異体, Shīmoa: Saishū Itai, "Seymour: Final Mutation") and battles the party a final time. After the battle, a defeated Seymour asserts that Spira's cycle of suffering will continue without him. Yuna sends his spirit to the afterlife, ending his presence in the world.[citation needed]

Other games

Musical themes

Main article: Music of Final Fantasy X

In Final Fantasy X, Seymour is the focus of several pieces of music written by series composer Nobuo Uematsu.

His character theme, "Seymour's Theme" (シーモアのテーマ, Shīmoa no Tēma), is a slow-paced track composed primarily of string and brass instruments. Several other tracks based off of "Seymour's Theme" play at various points throughout the game, such as "Permitted Passage", "My Father's Murderer", and "The Unsent Laugh." The character's leitmotif is also the basis of the track "Seymour's Ambition", which plays in the party's first battle against him.[citation needed]

The most well-known piece representing the character is "Fight with Seymour" (シーモアバトル, Shīmoa Batoru, lit. "Seymour Battle"), a fast-paced song which uses a combination of synth, orchestral, and rock instruments.[citation needed] In Final Fantasy X, "Fight with Seymour" plays in the final confrontation against the character. Remixes of the track are present in the Dissidia Final Fantasy, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, and Chocobo Racing games.[citation needed]

Reception

Character design

An article in TheGamer praised Seymour's character design and personality, commenting that his traditional robes reflect that he is part of the old guard, while the boldness of his design makes him stand out, reflecting his own ambitions.[11] IGN was more critical of his appearance, listing Seymour's hairstyle as one of the worst in video game history in a satirical article.[12] The entertainment website Việt Giải Tri wrote that his character design and theme music communicate to the player that Seymour is an antagonist before the game's story makes this clear.[13]

Appearance in Final Fantasy X

WhatCulture praised Seymour's personality and challenge level, describing his character as the personification of nihilism and remarking that the battle against his Seymour Flux form "will inspire nightmarish flashbacks to most Final Fantasy X players."[14] CBR was critical of Seymour, stating that he was too unsympathetic to be an effective tragic villain, adding that other villains in the series such as Kefka Palazzo and Sephiroth were more memorable.[15] Green Man Gaming opined that Seymour is the most memorable villain for fans of Final Fantasy X due to his influential role in the game's world and his sinister intentions.[16] In a Yahoo! Voices article, Seymour's familiar Anima was praised for its symbolism.[17] An article in The Outline mentioned that the character's challenging battles contributed to Final Fantasy X having "exciting and strategic" gameplay.[18] Engadget praised that the character was "created to be resented," making it more satisfying to defeat him, commenting that he inspired a "near-instant hatred" which "only deepened with each of his appearances."[19]

Yuna's abortive wedding with Seymour was ranked as the third memorable matrimony in the history of PlayStation by Official PlayStation Magazine in 2014.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ Studio BentStuff. Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega (in Japanese). Square Enix. pp. 191–193, 476.
  2. ^ Square (December 20, 2001). Final Fantasy X International (PlayStation 2). Square EA. Level/area: Beyond Final Fantasy: Character.
  3. ^ a b "FINAL FANTASY X | X-2 HD Remaster | SQUARE ENIX". www.jp.square-enix.com. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  4. ^ a b Studio BentStuff. Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega (in Japanese). Square Enix. p. 082.
  5. ^ Studio BentStuff, ed. (2001). Final Fantasy X Ultimania Ω (in Japanese). DigiCube. ISBN 978-4-88787-021-5.
  6. ^ Square Co. Final Fantasy X-]. Baralai: The Crimson Squad is no more. Maester Kinoc betrayed us. And my friends...they turned on me as well. I have no place else to go. / Seymour: Then, why do you come to me? I, too, am a maester of Yevon. / Baralai: I don't suppose Maester Kinoc and a certain other maester might by vying for power behind the scenes? [...] I will not fail you. / Seymour: Very well. I will take you under my wing. Consider any record of your association with the Crimson Squad erased. / Baralai: You have my thanks. I will go into hiding until the time is right.
  7. ^ "コロシアムにあのキャラクターが登場!? 『ファイナルファンタジーX-2 インターナショナル＋ラストミッション 』". Famitsu. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
  8. ^ Fainaru fantaji tuentififusu memoriaru arutimania. 3 (Ju juichi juni jusan juyon). Sutajio Bento Sutatsufu, スタジオベントスタッフ. Sukuueaenikkusu. December 2012. ISBN 978-4-7575-3771-2. OCLC 840074639.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ^ Fainaru fantajī 10 arutimania omega. Tōkyō: Dejikyūbu. 2002. ISBN 4-88787-021-3. OCLC 675771045.
  10. ^ "Seymour Guado (Character)". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  11. ^ "10 Final Fantasy X Characters Ranked By Outfit". TheGamer. 2021-02-21. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  12. ^ Burchill, Roger (2021-11-01). "Five Worst Video Game Hairdon'ts". IGN. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  13. ^ "Những kẻ phản diện đáng nhớ nhất trong Final Fantasy - Game offline - Tin trong ngày". Việt Giải Trí (in Vietnamese). 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  14. ^ Antliff, Alex (2021-01-04). "Final Fantasy: 25 Greatest Villains". WhatCulture.com. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  15. ^ "Final Fantasy X HD Missed A Chance to Fix Seymour's Backstory". CBR. 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  16. ^ Gina, Rob. "Our Favorite FF Villains". Green Man Gaming. Retrieved 27 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "An Analysis of Anima from Final Fantasy X - Yahoo Voices - voices.yahoo.com". web.archive.org. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  18. ^ Edwards, Aaron. "'Final Fantasy' taught me how to be a friend". The Outline. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  19. ^ "Stiq Figures, February 3 - 9: Gaming rivals edition". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  20. ^ Official PlayStation Magazine UK 92 (January 2014), page 30.
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