That's a strange sentiment...her story revolves around her boyfriend and she vanishes from the plot about 1/2 of the way through the game after the Riverdancing.
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Just Beat Final Fantasy IX for the First Time! (So y'know, spoilers)
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That's a strange sentiment...her story revolves around her boyfriend and she vanishes from the plot about 1/2 of the way through the game after the Riverdancing.
Mystic_Wanderer
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Agreed. He seems way too focused on her physical looks in his judgment which is...odd.
Dr. Buni
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I am not a he. But yes, I was focusing heavily on her aesthetics. I don't see what is odd about that.
It's a shame that the game more or less forgets about her.
Which is what Sir Fratley does at well, even if he falls for her again. This game honestly just takes a huge crap on her from beginning to near-end.
Yes, yes, yes. Agreed! You have good taste, OP. FF9 is definitely my favourite mainline FF entry as well.
The cast was so varied, diverse and just terrific overall. Loved the optional side quests/secrets (with the Chocobo mini games and the Moogle mail) that they put in as well. Loved the world/setting too. Gaia was such an interesting world to explore-- the town designs were gorgeous.
Never understood why the game wasn't as well-received back then.
The cast was so varied, diverse and just terrific overall. Loved the optional side quests/secrets (with the Chocobo mini games and the Moogle mail) that they put in as well. Loved the world/setting too. Gaia was such an interesting world to explore-- the town designs were gorgeous.
Never understood why the game wasn't as well-received back then.
qualitydisc
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FFIX is the most unpretentious entry in the the whole series
I want to post the piano version of Uematsu's "Unrequited Love" but I'm on my phone. Makes me cry every single time.
I want to post the piano version of Uematsu's "Unrequited Love" but I'm on my phone. Makes me cry every single time.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
*mind fucking blown*
I love the game, except for the out of nowhere "Suddenly; Necron" final boss.
Tizoc
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^SON OF A BITCH, I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT!
I feel as if Freya's story and character was not fleshed out well after the Cleyra incident. They don't bring up Fratley and Freya's relationship until the endgame after that. Inbetween Freya is like just taging along.
Fun fact: I never knew Freya and her race were rats until years later. I always assumed they were dragons XD
I feel as if Freya's story and character was not fleshed out well after the Cleyra incident. They don't bring up Fratley and Freya's relationship until the endgame after that. Inbetween Freya is like just taging along.
Fun fact: I never knew Freya and her race were rats until years later. I always assumed they were dragons XD
Playing through this now on my Vita, I remember buying it as it was released back on PS1, but I kinda ragequit towards the end of the game when I apparently forgot to buy -aga staff(s), which I recall get lost on the last disc, making Vivi completely worthless.
I don't mind the art style, but I definitely wouldn't want all mainline games to have chibi/deformed characters.
I don't mind the art style, but I definitely wouldn't want all mainline games to have chibi/deformed characters.
Dragon1893
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My favorite.
Need to buy another memory card for the Vita for US account so I can download the american version and forget the slow motion PAL version.
Need to buy another memory card for the Vita for US account so I can download the american version and forget the slow motion PAL version.
Triggerhappytel
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Wait, what? Isn't he still around at the ending? At what point does he die? Do you mean like symbolically or literally?
Anyway, love this game for many reasons. Kuja is a great villain, Zidane a really likeable protagonist, I like the relationship between Steiner and Beatrix, it's got excellent humour and my favourite art style as well. Such a wonderful game; reading this makes me want to boot up my Vita and play it again.
Alessandro
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Vivi's dead in the ending
No, his "kids". When Puck (Prince of Burmecia) Returns to Alexandria, he bumps into "Vivi". The latter gives him a hug and tells him he heard so much about him. Puck is confused and asks why he's acting so weird. They met before. That's not the case, because he is his kid! A bunch of Vivi's walk onto the screen and Puck is like what??? In the game it's explained that Black Mages come to "stop" between three and six months after production. The only Black Mage known to have a longer lifespan is Vivi, who is a prototype. But how long he'll live is not known. When the game ends, it's implied that he died some time before everyone Returns to Alexandria.
The PAL slowdown is also bothering me.. I have been planing to replay this for years. I guess buying it on the us ps3 store is also an option.
Triggerhappytel
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I've always wondered...how does Vivi have kids? Just..how? and with whom?
I find it hilarious to imagine Kuja designing Black Mages with penises and vaginas.
Tizoc
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They're just Vivi's kids, how they came to be is unimportant.
UncleSporky
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Well more than that.
The whole ending text, the white text overlay in the middle of the screen, is a letter from Vivi to the rest of the part, and if you read it with him in mind you get that implication.
When I first played it I had no idea who was saying the dialogue, I assumed it might be Zidane but stylistically it didn't feel like stuff he wound say. They really should've made it more obvious who was saying it.
I just assumed he created more black mages in the same way that Kuja created them. Like maybe the black mage village discovered the secrets of their own creation and moved forward with propagating the species on their own.
Dragon1893
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Yeah but I need this game on my Vita. Fucking account system...
Hm, wasn't aware of that though I do remember thinking that it didn't seem like it was Zidane.
Earthpainting
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Joining the love-in here. It's my second-favourite after FFVI, like I've seen several people mention. IX just feels like a love-letter to the franchise. It's packed with throw-backs and references to the older games. The characters, art and music are some of the best in the genre to me.
Vivi is my favourite lil' man in the game, but I think a lot of it is due to how much I liked the Black Mages in general in this. They looked really cool and were a force to be reckoned with, but they lived the most tragic existence in faceless slavery. The scene where the Black Waltz attacks the airship especially breaks my heart. That image of a distraught Vivi staring at the Black Mages plummeting down in slow motion is forever etched into my mind.
Vivi is my favourite lil' man in the game, but I think a lot of it is due to how much I liked the Black Mages in general in this. They looked really cool and were a force to be reckoned with, but they lived the most tragic existence in faceless slavery. The scene where the Black Waltz attacks the airship especially breaks my heart. That image of a distraught Vivi staring at the Black Mages plummeting down in slow motion is forever etched into my mind.
Oh, I always imagined that the ending text wasn't just Vivi, but everyone adding their thanks towards Zidane for being there for them. Eiko thanking him for not being alone anymore, Steiner being grateful that he opened his eyes and turning him into less of a stick in the mud etc. And Vivi thanking everyone, Zidane in particular.
kamikazekoala
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Played it four times already and everytime I stop after disc 1. Not because it isn't interesting, but there is always a game pulling me away from it and then I forget about it. And after that it takes a while before I get to the game again and I just start over. (think I know disc one out of my head now) 
Never going to finish the game, am I...
Furthest I got was on my first playthrough at the beginning of disc 3...
Someday...
Never going to finish the game, am I... Furthest I got was on my first playthrough at the beginning of disc 3...
Someday...
AuthenticM
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The game is great. Definitely very old-school in style and design. I don't prefer it over 7 or 8, but it's good.
Basileus777
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I just assumed that they founds ways to make more black mages and that Vivi raised those ones, not that he was their biological father.
Just blown my mind.
AuthenticM
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Well, 66 is not represented by "VIVI" in roman numbers. Maybe Vivi was smarter than you think.
Fantastic game. Still can't believe this article.
Final Fantasy 9 sidequest discovered after 13 years
Final Fantasy 9 sidequest discovered after 13 years
Tizoc
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Well, 66 is not represented by "VIVI" in roman numbers. Maybe Vivi was smarter than you think.
Remember that this is Japan and in turn Square we're talking about.
They don' giv a fuck brah~
You just blew my mind.
Well, 66 is not represented by "VIVI" in roman numbers. Maybe Vivi was smarter than you think.
You right of course I feel stupid now
.Btw, some favourite tracks of mine during the game;
Steiner's Theme
Battle theme 2
Overworld Theme (Crossing those hills)
Far Away in the Twilight
Lindblum's Theme
Gizzamaluke's Grotto
Burmecia: The Realm of Eternal Rain
The Dark Messenger
... and so many, many more. It might be the best soundtrack Uematsu ever produced. It's so diverse and good.
Plus this mini-game:
Tripple Triad? Pfffffff. This game is the real deal. I love the Moogles in this game.
Steiner's Theme
Battle theme 2
Overworld Theme (Crossing those hills)
Far Away in the Twilight
Lindblum's Theme
Gizzamaluke's Grotto
Burmecia: The Realm of Eternal Rain
The Dark Messenger
... and so many, many more. It might be the best soundtrack Uematsu ever produced. It's so diverse and good.
Plus this mini-game:
Tripple Triad? Pfffffff. This game is the real deal. I love the Moogles in this game.
I used to always state FF8 was my favourite even after having playing IX. However after a replay many years later I came to realise that IX did indeed reign supreme over all other FFs.
The characters, the setting, the beautiful artistic direction and superb music score are all fantastic. I still remember the first time the entering of Lindblum FMV played. It blew my mind.
It also helps that Vivi is the greatest.
I was just thinking it would be great if someone made a .webM of that scene where he sees them fall out of the airship and then loses his shit and goes full tilt on the other airships.
The characters, the setting, the beautiful artistic direction and superb music score are all fantastic. I still remember the first time the entering of Lindblum FMV played. It blew my mind.
It also helps that Vivi is the greatest.
I was just thinking it would be great if someone made a .webM of that scene where he sees them fall out of the airship and then loses his shit and goes full tilt on the other airships.
sixteen-bit
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Cool game with a great soundtrack imo.
silver.tongue
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My first video game wifu:
My second (played Chrono Cross after FFIX):
Both in my top10 games of all time.
My second (played Chrono Cross after FFIX):
Both in my top10 games of all time.
NipplesAndToes23
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The mentioning of scratched discs brings up hateful memories. Multi-disc PS1 games always seemed to have a problem of getting scratched. That's the very reason why I haven't been able to play FFIX for about 3 or more years now.It is my favorite game of all time.
NipplesAndToes23
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Except that Vivi was the very first black mage and his grandfather Quan named him.