What you love about Final Fantasy IX

[zidaneandgarnet]

Garnet: Everything about FFIX is great. What I love FFIX is all references to past FFs. The image below has nothing to do with the topic but I thought it would be cool to add it.

[Gaia]

hahahaha cool sure i'll add it hehehe ;D

[zidaneandgarnet]

Zidane: People have been known to make fun of FFIX for its graphic design? News flash to them if they're old school: that's how old school FFs would as 32-bit games, so if you hate the graphics for FFIX, you hate the graphics for most FFs. We loved the graphic system, it's not cartoony as people say it is.

[Gaia]

yeah it's um it's a blend of ff8's realistic graphics and FF7's more cell shaded graphics(think zelda: windwaker thats cell shaded). but i liked the graphics real is boring never liked 8 as much as 7 and 9. i thought square was being kinda lazy in ff10 making ultima and omega weapon look almost exactly the same as they did in 8. Bahamute zeros probbably one of me favourite summons, bahamute sin is cool too. That gif thing seems to malfunction awhile after i put it on the board so i took it off. Welcome kian i can guess who ye are.

[zidaneandgarnet]

Garnet: How many references to past FFs can you find?

[Gaia]

well theres that reference in 9 about 7 "i remember a guy with spiky hair who carried something like this" unless you had the walkthrough you might miss something like that. ultima probbably looks the coolest in dis one seeing as it destroys terra, if you think about ultima on 9 kinda looks like the spirit stream on 7, just redder.... i say redder..

[zidaneandgarnet]

Zidane: How about the FFIV reference where the normally tamed Antlion begins attacking a prince?

[Gaia]

well the antlion wasn't tamed just not very violent thats all i never remember anything saying someone hand reered it. i'm sure there were nemerous refrences.

[zidaneandgarnet]

Zidane: It's the United States of Final Fantasy when you think about it. a mixing pot of past FFs.

[Gaia]

it was made to be more european than the others thats why there are airships running on steam. theres also that book who's in one of the others.

[zidaneandgarnet]

Zidane: Here's a list from another member of another message board.

For starters, about 80% of the items and equipment are identical to those from FF Tactics.

In Evil Forest, one of the A.T.E.s is called "Orchestra In The Forest". It depicts the Tantalus orchestra playing a tune to keep their spirits up; the tune is "Rufus's Welcoming March" from FF7.

One of Freya's Action skills is called "Reis's Wind". Reis was a Dragoner (turned into a dragon) from FF Tactics.

One of Freya's spears is called "Kain's Lance". Kain was one of the heroes of FF4; he was a dragoon as well.

One of Freya's attacks is called "Dragon's Crest". This item was received after beating Shinryuu in FF5 (although the reference might have been unintentional).

Neil Hassler points out that the scene involving the antlion in Cleyra is reminiscent of 4: in both places, people say the antlion used to be docile, and now it attacks a prince.

Those Kupo Nuts you give to the moogle in Gizamaluke's Grotto originated in FF7's "Mog House" mini-game.

There's a sign in Lindblum at the start of the game showcasing Polom's action figure shop. Porom (spelled the same as Polom in Japanese) was a character from FF4.

There's an old man named Locke in Lindblum; Locke was a character in FF6.

Those disgusting-smelling Gysahl Pickles are named after Gysahl Greens/Vegetables, the Chocobos' favorite food.

Zorn and Thorn can give each other Meteor and Comet attacks, which is very similar to Palom and Porom's "Twin" attack from the Hardtype version of FF4 (the one released in Chronicles).

The story Ramuh tells Dagger at Pinnacle Rocks about Joseph and Nellie is directly from FF2.

Mount Gulug should have been translated as "Mount Gulg", the same place as in FF1 (they're spelt the same in Japanese). Even the Mount Gulug Theme is a remix of Mount Gulg from 1. (Wait a bit; the original theme doesn't start for almost a minute.)

It's quite possible that Madain (as in Madain Sari), the summon Madeen, and Maduin from FF6 are all supposed to be the same thing.
Many people have pointed out the extreme similarity of the Hilda Garde 1 to the Big Whale / Magical Ship from FF4.

The old man who gives you the Excalibur in exchange for the Magical Fingertips is none other than Kokuro, the dwarven blacksmith from FF4. (You can find this out by getting the Fingertip and talking to the innkeeper nearby *before* talking to the old man.)

The four mirrors from Ipsen's Castle are very reminiscent of the four Crystals from the earlier games.

Une's Mirror, a rare item, has the words "The body may perish, but the spirit lives on" engraved on it. In FF4, these were the words uttered by Zemus after his death at the hands of FuSoYa and Golbez.

Garland, the ruler of Terra, is also the name of the final boss in FF1 (aka Chaos), an errant knight. Mikoto mentions that "Garland once tried to take control of the cycle of souls by force, but failed." Guess she was talking about FF1.

Garland's castle, Pandemonium, was also the name of the last castle in FF2 (spelled slightly differently).

The four beasts you meet in Memoria (Maliris/Malirith, Kraken, Tiamat, and Lich) were originally four Fiends from FF1. (Maliris was called Kary in the NES version.) In FF9, they're called Chaoses; the final boss in FF1 was called Chaos. D. Wilcox tells me that the FF9 translation is actually more accurate; in the Japanese version of FF1, they were indeed known as Chaoses, not Fiends.

Garland's airship, the Invincible, was originally the name of an airship in FF3.

The third-to-last boss, Deathguise, is the same as Doom Gaze from FF6.

The secret monster in Alexandria Castle, Tantarian, is a reference to the monsters in the Ancient Library in FF5. His two forms were derived from Page 256, a monster that looks like a mask, and Page 64, which looks like a blue devil. Thanks to A.L. for that.

One of the rare cards is the Namingway card. This was a character in FF4 who could change your name. Show the card to a man in Daguerreo and he'll be inspired and change your name, too!
Other cards are Boco (a chocobo from FF5) and Airship (the airship from FF5).

The name of the four-armed man in Daguerreo (get Treasure Hunter Rank S and you'll find it out) is Gilgamesh, of FF5 fame.

Dagger's real name (found via a secret in the eidolon wall in Madain Sari) is Sarah. There are two other Princess Sara/Sarah's in the series, one in FF1 and one in FF3. It says that Dagger's mother's name was Jane; in FF1, Jayne/Jane was Sarah's mother.

If you visit Dragoos's weapon shop in Lindblum and examine the swords, Zidane will say "I remember a guy with spiky hair who used one of these..." - referring to Cloud from FF7. Click here for a pic of the scene.

In the play in the ending, one of Zidane's lines is "No cloud, no squall shall hinder us" - giving the names of the protagonists of the last two games.

Rare Item: The three Potions gathered by Zidane to try to restore Cid all have descriptions from the Book of Matoya. Matoya was a witch in FF1.

Rare Item: The comment on the Protection Bell is signed by Philosopher Minu. Minu or Mindu was a character in FF2.

Rare Items: Doga's Artifact and Une's Mirror can be bought at the auction in Treno. Dorga and Unne are characters from FF3. In Disc 4, if you take those two items and talk to the Black Mage in front of the phonograph in the inn in Black Mage Village, the music will change to a track from FF3, Let Me Know The Truth.

Rare Item: Rat Tail can be bought at the auction in Treno. It was an important item in FF1 and a useful one in FF4.

Rare Item: The Magical Fingertip can be bought at the auction in Treno and is attributed to Gogo, who could supposedly make extremely lifelike dolls. In FF5 and 6, Gogo is a colorful character who can mimic other people.

Treno Card Tournament: In Disc 4, you can play cards with ten people in Treno. One of them is named Gilbert, also the name of one of the characters in FF4 (aka Edward). Another is named Worker #9, probably the brother of Worker 7-new and Worker 8, from FF Tactics.
Althought not *necessarily* a crossover, Necron from FF9 may have been inspired by Necrophobia from FF5

[Gaia]

that gyshal thing is wrong because there two different things gyshal greens are orange, if you look at the little picture on the menu in the items section. so thats no refrence.

[zidaneandgarnet]

Zidane: As we said this is a list from another member of another message board.

[Gaia]

yeah i know just sayin some of what they say ain't right.