Author: Goatbob
Style: Comedy/Adventure
Rating: PG
Summary: Twelve teams of two from different Final Fantasy titles race around worlds for the grand prize of one million gil. Based on the reality television show The Amazing Race.

 

Special Features
*FF spoiler warning* Bios of the teams, revealing their relationships with their partners.

*AFFR spoiler warning* An up-to-date chart of what places teams came in on each leg. Includes when teams are eliminated. Do not read if you have not read ALL of the Amazing FF Races available. Unless you really hate my work that much... (Opens in new window)

Episode Rewind

| Ep. 1 | Ep. 2 | Ep. 3 |
| Ep. 4 | Ep. 5 | Ep. 6 |
| Ep. 7 | Ep. 8 | Ep. 9 |
| Ep. 10 | Ep. 11 |

*AFFR spoiler warning* Information about the worlds/games the contestants visit as well as full summaries of the episodes.

Recaps (summaries) written by: Jamison Rountree (aka Dale)
You can contact him by e-mail at: blacksoapfan@yahoo.com

The Teams

  Cloud & Aeris   Vaan & Penelo  
  Final Fantasy 7
Cloud (left) met Aeris (right) when falling through her church. They immediately connected and forced each other to do things they would not normally do. Together, they found the most powerful magic in the universe. Then, they stopped it.
  Final Fantasy 12
Vaan (left) and Penelo (right) grew up together in Rabanastre. Vaan's parents died by a plague, then later Penelo's parents and Vaan's brother were killed in war, so the two looked out for each other and were basically brother and sister.
 
  Cid & Hilda   Selphie & Irvine  
  Final Fantasy 9
Cid (left) is the regent to the vast empire of Lindblum. His wife, Hilda (right), found out one day that he was having an affair with a waitress and used her magic to transform Cid into an oglop. When he risks his life to save her, she breaks her spell.
  Final Fantasy 8
Selphie (left) met Irvine (right) while on assignment to defeat the sorceress, although it turns out they also knew each other from childhood. They bonded almost immediately and together helped to defeat Sorceress Ultimecia in the future.
 
  Malak & Rafa   Lucil & Elma  
  Final Fantasy Tactics
Malak (left) and Rafa (right) are siblings with unique abilities. Their village was razed and they were "saved" by a man named Barrington, but they later learned that he had the village destroyed because he wanted their abilities.
  Final Fantasy X
Lucil (left) and Elma (right) are part of an special group of warriors known as the Chocobo Knights. They are a couple of the only survivors after their unit attacked a powerful entity known as Sin. They later joined with Nooj in the Youth League.
 
  Blank & Marcus   Kiros & Ward  
  Final Fantasy 9
Blank (left) and Marcus (right) are part of a band of thieves that put on stage performances as a distraction. They take a job and kidnap the princess and become a key factor in saving Gaia.
  Final Fantasy 8
Kiros (left) and Ward (right) are friends from the Galbadian Army. Together, they had several adventures and ended up presidential advisors to a large city called Esthar. During one adventure, Ward lost the ability to speak.
 
  Godo & Yuffie   Tidus & Wakka  
  Final Fantasy 7
Godo (left) is the father of Yuffie (right). Both are from the ninja-based town of Wutai, which lost a war years ago. Godo turned it into a tourist attraction, angring the materia-crazed Yuffie, who set off on her own and helped Cloud and the rest save the world.
  Final Fantasy 10
Tidus (left) came to Spira and eventually met and befriended Wakka (right), when they met on Wakka's home island of Besaid. They became friends, teammates in blitzball, guardians to the same summoner, and saved the world together.
 
  Celia & Lede   Setzer & Daryl  
  Final Fantasy Tactics
Celia (left) and Lede (right) are assassins guarding the marquis, Elmdor, or more specifically, the demon parading as Elmdor. They, too, are actually demons summoned to protect Elmdor/Zalera, possessing two attractive female dancers.
 
Final Fantasy 6
Setzer (left) and Daryl (right) were boyfriend/girlfriend and both loved airships, gambling, and thrills in general. One day, Daryl's airship crashed and she was never heard from again, leaving Setzer to wander alone.
 
  The Hosts: Gippal, Leblanc, Ormi, & Logos  
  Final Fantasy 10-2
Gippal (left) was a member of the Crimson Squad: an elite squad of fighters, but later led the Machine Faction when Spira was in turmoil. Leblanc (right) is a sphere hunter with a facination for Nooj and hopes to find special spheres to impress him. Ormi and Logos (background) were her flunkies.
 
   
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