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GENERAL INFORMATION
GENRE/STYLE
Role-playing/Third-Person 3D RPG
RELEASE DATE
07/JUL/00
ESRB RATING
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DEVELOPER
PUBLISHER
TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")
THE SETTING #USES
PLAYING AS #USES
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HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES
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DESCRIPTION
Final Fantasy IX, the third incarnation of Square's acclaimed RPG series on PlayStation, follows the story of an impetuous thief, a mysterious mage, a lonely princess, and a dedicated knight. All are united in their desire to save the kingdom of Alexandria from a queen gone mad. Eight characters are playable in total, with heroes leaving and rejoining your party at certain points in the narrative as they complete specific tasks.
Whenever characters leave the party, you will be updated on their progress with the "active time event" system. An icon at the bottom of the screen will flash when something significant happens outside your party. Selecting an event pauses the current action and displays dialogue sequences or cut-scenes. Although these story segments are optional, viewing them can reveal new character developments.
Final Fantasy IX retains many features from the two previous PlayStation games in the series, including pre-rendered backgrounds, polygonal characters, random battle sequences, and summon attacks. Yet instead of guiding three people in combat, you can battle with up to four. An "active time battle" gauge indicates when a character can attack, while the "trance" gauge builds as characters receive damage. Once this meter is filled, powerful special moves become available.
Final Fantasy IX also includes a card game called Tetra Master and reintroduces the Moogles, a race of creatures that will save your game or give you messages to deliver to others of their kind. On the world map, you can also locate forests populated by the bird-like Chocobos, which can be used as mounts or as part of a "Hot and Cold" mini-game that involves digging up buried treasure. The four-disc Final Fantasy IX requires a memory card with one free block to save progress and character data. ~ Matthew House, All Game Guide
Past 14 days
“The absolute best in the series. It perfectly combined the new with the old. The retro feel we all wanted with the new graphics and mechanics we've grown accustomed to.”
“The absolute best in the series. It perfectly combined the new with the old. The retro feel we all wanted with the new graphics and mechanics we've grown accustomed to.”
created 13/NOV/2009
“Through the Evil Forest and Ice Cavern. Game really doesn't start getting interesting til Burmecia, in my opinion. I still love it though.”
created 12/NOV/2009
“This is my absolute favorite Final Fantasy game, so far. It's outstanding. I'm excited to play it again, but I really like Chrono Cross too, so choosing between these two is going to be awful.”
created 11/NOV/2009
“To funny. I had to take a picture of the TV screen.”
created 25/OCT/2009
“Great story and great game.”
“Great story and great game.”
created 24/OCT/2009
“Golden Chocobo = Dragon's Hair. Running around trying to clear all treasure chests from Chocobo hot/cold game and level up so that I can give Ozma a go.”
created 12/OCT/2009
“Of all the amazing games under the name of Final Fantsasy - this one is the best of them. The characters are sooooo cute! :) And the story is epic! I mean you have to love the OST and the world! The best FF game ever!”
“Of all the amazing games under the name of Final Fantsasy - this one is the best of them. The characters are sooooo cute! :) And the story is epic! I mean you have to love the OST and the world! The best FF game ever!”
created 11/OCT/2009
“Got hold of a disc #2 (mine was broken) only to realise that I had about five minutes worth of gaming time left. But finally got to disc #3.”
created 12/OCT/2009
“I don't care what you say, this game's still got some of the best music I've ever heard.”
created 06/OCT/2009
EarthboundX was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...
“King Zidane Enough Said Just Like Mario Of To Save A princess but fineds the truth out about his origin ”
“King Zidane Enough Said Just Like Mario Of To Save A princess but fineds the truth out about his origin
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created 22/SEP/2009
“Alexander vs Bahmut”
created 22/SEP/2009
created 15/SEP/2009
“Possibly one of the most underrated FFs. Misty and pastel and fun. And moogles.”
“Possibly one of the most underrated FFs. Misty and pastel and fun. And moogles.”
created 14/SEP/2009
“One of my least favorite Final Fantasy games. Still did a good job on graphics and did good job on charactors. It did not the best story in it.”
“One of my least favorite Final Fantasy games. Still did a good job on graphics and did good job on charactors. It did not the best story in it.”
created 11/SEP/2009
64%
of Fable 2 players also played Oblivion
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