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**Galefore** · 01-12-2010, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ZG

Val, I think the Desert Palace was the one with the more difficult puzzles - Oeilvert was mostly just finding things in the correct order, but the Desert palace was a bit more complex (especially since you didn't necessarily have to solve all the puzzles and retrieve the bloodstones, but in doing so, you made the boss weaker the more you deactivated).

I am both sad and happy to report that I've played the game enough times to have memorized all of the puzzles within the palace....yay? I'm going with yay.

It's actually been around three years since I last played through that Palace, so by now I've likely forgotten the puzzle solutions. Although, I still remember where to find all of the pieces to the story you have to piece together to get Garnet's first summon, and weird stuff like that.

Funfact: On my second playthrough of FFIX (When I was a preteen), I wanted to name Garnet "Broadsword" instead of Dagger (because shut up). But, when I didn't have enough room, it ended up (in all caps) BROAD. Nowadays, when I open that old file, I get to enjoy the humorous aspect of watching to the characters say things like "Hey BROAD!" and "Where's BROAD?!" and the like.

Also, agreed about that part that you put in spoilers. It still gets a chuckle out of me every time, despite the anxiety brought on by the relative size of that ****ing creepyass Hedgehog Pie.

**Valigarmander** · 01-12-2010, 11:18 PM

^ My cousin named Steiner "Rusty" for every time he went on a tirade about Zidane calling him Rusty.

I was also tempted to name Amarant "******" because... well, the Flaming Amarant...

ZeldaGirl · 01-13-2010, 12:08 AM

The Flaming Amarant. Who calls themselves that, really now?

(Cracks me up every time.)

lol broad

PK FIRE! · 01-13-2010, 12:42 AM

Heh well it's better then "BUTZ" at least.

- You stupid dog.

Sim Kid · 01-13-2010, 06:04 PM

It probably makes more sense if it's "Flaming Salamander".

**Galefore** · 01-13-2010, 06:50 PM

This topic makes me really want to play FFIX, except I'm a bit afraid to do so since Disk 2 is pretty much FUBAR (I mean, I owned the game when I was still too young to realize that you're not supposed to throw fragile disks on top of brick stairs) and such. I might as well order a new copy from the interbutts.

**Crazyswordsman** · 01-13-2010, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeldaGirl

The Flaming Amarant. Who calls themselves that, really now?

(Cracks me up every time.)

lol broad

I'll start calling my friend that who doesn't have a middle name. -CSM

**Valigarmander** · 01-13-2010, 09:03 PM

^^ That's what I did. I got a brand new copy for under $20 off of Amazon.

Worth the buy to get to play again.

ZeldaGirl · 01-13-2010, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Galefore

This topic makes me really want to play FFIX, except I'm a bit afraid to do so since Disk 2 is pretty much FUBAR (I mean, I owned the game when I was still too young to realize that you're not supposed to throw fragile disks on top of brick stairs) and such. I might as well order a new copy from the interbutts.

Yeah, my discs are on their last legs - I've had some skipping and freezing, but if I'm patient and say nice things to them, they get better.

I'm holding out hoping they eventually release it for the PSN, like FF7 and 8. Then I'll buy it for 10 bucks from there.

**Valigarmander** · 01-20-2010, 12:17 AM

So I got to Disc 4 today instead of doing my homework. WHERE WILL THE PLOT LEAD ME NEXT?

After this, I've got FFI for the VC and FFXII for PS2 to beat... then after that, I'll try and find me Final Fantasy Anthologies for FFV (awesome game that I never got to finish) and FFVI (I can never play this game too much), as well as Final Fantasy Chronicles for FFIV (not my favorite FF, but still neat) and Chrono Trigger (see FFVI). Maybe try and find FFVII and FFX if I can.

I still need to get FFIII for the DS sometime. Man, that's a lot of FF's and Roman numerals.

**Crazyswordsman** · 01-23-2010, 10:26 AM

^If you want a perfect game on FFXII be prepared to spend at least 1000 hours. I've come very close; only thing I have to do is see Black Hole. -CSM

**Valigarmander** · 01-23-2010, 09:31 PM

Gonna finish up a bunch of sidequests tonight before proceeding with the story. I need to beat FFIX before I get NMH2, anyway.

ZeldaGirl · 01-23-2010, 11:25 PM

Chocobo Hot and Cold is one of my favorite mini-games, and the treasure hunting sidequest is super fun. Be sure to do at least that.

**Valigarmander** · 01-24-2010, 07:53 PM

Just spent the last couple hours hunting down all the friendly critters, and then got started with the Chocobo sidequests.

It's a good thing I have no life.

**Valigarmander** · 01-31-2010, 08:44 PM

ALRIGHTIE, I finally beat FFIX today. Surely one of the best FF games made. Here's some of my thoughts now.

Spoiler Below

- I nominate Beatrix for hottest FF babe. Maybe it's the eyepatch. Also, we know who's wearing the pants in the relatioship between her and Steiner.

- This game has probably the best character development of any FF game I've ever played.

- Not the best FF soundtrack, though there was still a lot of cool music. The final boss music was awesome. Also, it's pretty cool that they got Queen to do Kuja's theme.

- HOLY **** MELTIGEMINI

- Did Vivi die by the end of the game? All you see at the end are a group of his "sons" (clones?), and the group doesn't seem to include Vivi himself...

- Was it ever revealed what happened to Fratley?

Now I've got FF for the NES and FFXII for the PS2 to beat. I've already started FF, so I'll probably do that first. I'll keep you all updated and whatnot.

ZeldaGirl · 01-31-2010, 11:41 PM

Spoiler Below

-Vivi dies. Yes. At the end, the dialogue referring to Zidane is Vivi dictating what appears to be either a letter or just a 'goodbye' right before his death, I believe. And then you see his 'sons' whom he figured out how to create somehow (I think it's implied there's a connection between the Black Mages who raise the chocobo (from the mist) and Vivi creating clones of himself. Or maybe I made that up in my head. Either way, I'm counting it.

)

But yes, he 'stops.'

Most of the Black Mages only have a lifespan of one-year; Vivi was a specially made Mage created by Kuja himself, so was a bit longer; however, at the beginning of the game, he is 6 months old (even though he looks to be 'ten' there is a location in Quan's dwelling that reveals how old Vivi truly is). Take into account the fact that more than a year passes since Zidane leaves to find Kuja (this being inferred from the fact that Garnet's hair could not possibly have grown back to full length in such a short period of time), so you have to figure Vivi's time came.

-I thought that they showed Frately in the end...during the end scene of the game, he is shown with Freya right before she goes to visit Alexandria. He tells Freya he loves her, and they talk about rebuilding Burmecia together.

-Beatrix is ****ing awesome. That is all.

-I actually think that this is the strongest soundtrack. I don't think there's a song on there that I DON'T like...

-I have to agree with the notion that it has the best character development for any FF game. It also has the most likable characters IMO. Even Amarant grows on you (at least, he did for me...).

**Valigarmander** · 01-31-2010, 11:55 PM

Spoiler Below

Yeah, they show Fratley at the end. I meant did it ever describe what happened to him earlier to cause him to lose his memory?

Jere · 02-01-2010, 02:14 AM

i have to pick up rpgs again....

ZeldaGirl · 02-01-2010, 02:13 PM

Val: oooooh, in that case, no.

**Galefore** · 02-02-2010, 05:45 PM

Yeah, on the subject of the soundtrack, it's one of my favorite video game soundtracks and definitely my favorite Final Fantasy soundtrack. I actually own a physical copy of it and everything, and it was worth every penny. Still, it remains a highly debated soundtrack in general, because I typically see the opinion split between "omg it's heeeeriblllleee" and "this soundtrack contains the essence of heaven". Weird that you're one of the few who's in between the two, Val.

01-12-2010, 11:18 PM	#62
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,222 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,553 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	^ My cousin named Steiner "Rusty" for every time he went on a tirade about Zidane calling him Rusty. I was also tempted to name Amarant "******" because... well, the Flaming Amarant... __________________

01-13-2010, 09:03 PM	#68
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,222 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,553 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	^^ That's what I did. I got a brand new copy for under $20 off of Amazon. Worth the buy to get to play again. __________________

01-20-2010, 12:17 AM	#70
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,222 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,553 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	So I got to Disc 4 today instead of doing my homework. WHERE WILL THE PLOT LEAD ME NEXT? After this, I've got FFI for the VC and FFXII for PS2 to beat... then after that, I'll try and find me Final Fantasy Anthologies for FFV (awesome game that I never got to finish) and FFVI (I can never play this game too much), as well as Final Fantasy Chronicles for FFIV (not my favorite FF, but still neat) and Chrono Trigger (see FFVI). Maybe try and find FFVII and FFX if I can. I still need to get FFIII for the DS sometime. Man, that's a lot of FF's and Roman numerals. __________________

01-23-2010, 09:31 PM	#72
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,222 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,553 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	Gonna finish up a bunch of sidequests tonight before proceeding with the story. I need to beat FFIX before I get NMH2, anyway. __________________

01-24-2010, 07:53 PM	#74
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,222 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,553 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	Just spent the last couple hours hunting down all the friendly critters, and then got started with the Chocobo sidequests. It's a good thing I have no life. __________________

01-13-2010, 12:08 AM	#63
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,877 Thanks: 1,121 Thanked 1,902 Times in 1,040 Posts	The Flaming Amarant. Who calls themselves that, really now? (Cracks me up every time.) lol broad

01-13-2010, 12:42 AM	#64
PK FIRE! Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: On the run. Gender: Posts: 9,544 Thanks: 175 Thanked 150 Times in 120 Posts	Heh well it's better then "BUTZ" at least. - You stupid dog.

01-13-2010, 06:04 PM	#65
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,770 Thanks: 75 Thanked 196 Times in 120 Posts	It probably makes more sense if it's "Flaming Salamander".

01-13-2010, 06:50 PM	#66
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,255 Thanks: 1,357 Thanked 823 Times in 532 Posts Blog Entries: 5	This topic makes me really want to play FFIX, except I'm a bit afraid to do so since Disk 2 is pretty much FUBAR (I mean, I owned the game when I was still too young to realize that you're not supposed to throw fragile disks on top of brick stairs) and such. I might as well order a new copy from the interbutts.

01-23-2010, 10:26 AM	#71
Crazyswordsman This key doesn't work. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Booyaville (yeah!) Gender: Posts: 10,748 Thanks: 1,000 Thanked 683 Times in 464 Posts	^If you want a perfect game on FFXII be prepared to spend at least 1000 hours. I've come very close; only thing I have to do is see Black Hole. -CSM

01-23-2010, 11:25 PM	#73
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,877 Thanks: 1,121 Thanked 1,902 Times in 1,040 Posts	Chocobo Hot and Cold is one of my favorite mini-games, and the treasure hunting sidequest is super fun. Be sure to do at least that.

01-31-2010, 08:44 PM	#75
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,222 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,553 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	ALRIGHTIE, I finally beat FFIX today. Surely one of the best FF games made. Here's some of my thoughts now. Spoiler Below - I nominate Beatrix for hottest FF babe. Maybe it's the eyepatch. Also, we know who's wearing the pants in the relatioship between her and Steiner. - This game has probably the best character development of any FF game I've ever played. - Not the best FF soundtrack, though there was still a lot of cool music. The final boss music was awesome. Also, it's pretty cool that they got Queen to do Kuja's theme. - HOLY **** MELTIGEMINI - Did Vivi die by the end of the game? All you see at the end are a group of his "sons" (clones?), and the group doesn't seem to include Vivi himself... - Was it ever revealed what happened to Fratley? Now I've got FF for the NES and FFXII for the PS2 to beat. I've already started FF, so I'll probably do that first. I'll keep you all updated and whatnot. __________________

01-31-2010, 11:41 PM	#76
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,877 Thanks: 1,121 Thanked 1,902 Times in 1,040 Posts	Spoiler Below -Vivi dies. Yes. At the end, the dialogue referring to Zidane is Vivi dictating what appears to be either a letter or just a 'goodbye' right before his death, I believe. And then you see his 'sons' whom he figured out how to create somehow (I think it's implied there's a connection between the Black Mages who raise the chocobo (from the mist) and Vivi creating clones of himself. Or maybe I made that up in my head. Either way, I'm counting it. ) But yes, he 'stops.' Most of the Black Mages only have a lifespan of one-year; Vivi was a specially made Mage created by Kuja himself, so was a bit longer; however, at the beginning of the game, he is 6 months old (even though he looks to be 'ten' there is a location in Quan's dwelling that reveals how old Vivi truly is). Take into account the fact that more than a year passes since Zidane leaves to find Kuja (this being inferred from the fact that Garnet's hair could not possibly have grown back to full length in such a short period of time), so you have to figure Vivi's time came. -I thought that they showed Frately in the end...during the end scene of the game, he is shown with Freya right before she goes to visit Alexandria. He tells Freya he loves her, and they talk about rebuilding Burmecia together. -Beatrix is ****ing awesome. That is all. -I actually think that this is the strongest soundtrack. I don't think there's a song on there that I DON'T like... -I have to agree with the notion that it has the best character development for any FF game. It also has the most likable characters IMO. Even Amarant grows on you (at least, he did for me...).

01-31-2010, 11:55 PM	#77
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,222 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,553 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	Spoiler Below Yeah, they show Fratley at the end. I meant did it ever describe what happened to him earlier to cause him to lose his memory? __________________

02-01-2010, 02:14 AM	#78
Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,455 Thanks: 396 Thanked 295 Times in 233 Posts Blog Entries: 3	i have to pick up rpgs again....

02-01-2010, 02:13 PM	#79
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,877 Thanks: 1,121 Thanked 1,902 Times in 1,040 Posts	Val: oooooh, in that case, no.

02-02-2010, 05:45 PM	#80
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,255 Thanks: 1,357 Thanked 823 Times in 532 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Yeah, on the subject of the soundtrack, it's one of my favorite video game soundtracks and definitely my favorite Final Fantasy soundtrack. I actually own a physical copy of it and everything, and it was worth every penny. Still, it remains a highly debated soundtrack in general, because I typically see the opinion split between "omg it's heeeeriblllleee" and "this soundtrack contains the essence of heaven". Weird that you're one of the few who's in between the two, Val.