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Thanks to Scott Baird of ScreentRants.com for the inspiration! 15. AMARANT There are some Final Fantasy characters who aren’t as important to the story as others. This could be due […]
Thanks to Scott Baird of ScreentRants.com for the inspiration! 12. THE LENGTHY INTRODUCTION BEFORE THE EVIL FOREST One of the biggest problems that a lot of newcomers to Final Fantasy […]
Thanks to Scott Baird of ScreentRants.com for the inspiration! 9. ZIDANE’S OVERLY DARK BACKSTORY Zidane Tribal was created to be a contrast to the moody protagonists who preceded him. Cloud […]
Thanks to Scott Baird of ScreentRants.com for the inspiration! 7. THE TRANCE MECHANICS The Limit Break system is one of the most popular aspects of the later Final Fantasy titles. […]
Thanks to Scott Baird of ScreentRants.com for the inspiration! 6. THE BLACK WALTZ & SEALION BATTLE One of the benefits of having a party of adventurers in an RPG is […]
Thanks to Scott Baird of ScreentRants.com for the inspiration! 4. THE WASTE OF THE FOUR FIENDS The Four Fiends were some of the most difficult bosses you fought in the […]
Thanks to Scott Baird of ScreentRants.com for the inspiration! 2. THE EMPHASIS ON STEALING As the main character of Final Fantasy IX is meant to be the thief of the […]
Thanks to Scott Baird of ScreentRants.com for the inspiration! 1. NECRON The villain of Final Fantasy IX is a powerful sorcerer, named Kuja. He was so powerful that his Trance […]
Thanks to Liz Shepherd of TheGamers for the inspiration! So this theory has been around for a while, especially since Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII brought forth more information […]
Thanks to KarateJons for the inspiration! Whose voice is it during the FFIX ending narration? I think either Garnet, Mikoto, or Vivi before his passing. The accepted answer is that […]
Aspilanti84 analyzed the story and characters of Final Fantasy IX. Now they devote a separate thread to its “love story”. OK, I’ll bite. It was kinda like John Adams in […]
Thanks to kerokaze for the inspiration! I wrote this post a while back about Final Fantasy VIII. Now I think I’ll come around to the next game in the series. […]
Dedicated to Marthdoingmath! Imagine you’re a stud. You have your pick of Burmecians and you go for the athletic platinum-blonde hottie you meet in the bar. You try to leave […]
Perusing Google search for more of Aspilanti84’s posts (my new obsession), I found this post. Zidane: “I can’t start my day without Dagger! Her smile! Her voice! Her voice is […]
Hold on to your seats, everyone. This is a long one. Here, Apsilanti84 attempts to make a comprehensive analysis of Final Fantasy IX. They do so in two different threads: […]
Thanks to lulubear777 for the inspiration! When most people think of fantasy, they think of a medieval period with swords, knights, dungeons, and dragons. Sakaguchi, he believes Final Fantasy IX […]
Thanks to imlistening123 and OZONE_TempuS for the inspiration! According to the Hades (Final Fantasy IX) article on Final Fantasy Wikia: Hades, originally introduced to the player as a Mysterious Voice, is […]
Enacting plots of utter cruelty while maintaining a graceful demeanor have caused many to fear this young man as the Angel of Death. —Dissidia 012 description A sadistic, narcissistic silver-haired […]
In Conde Petie, other-race marriage remained illegal nationwide. Until recently, the Conde Petie Supreme Court ruled in Tribal v. Heavenguard that state-level bans on other-race marriage were unconstitutional. Zidane Tribal […]
Thanks to MarthdoingMath and S-r-ex for the inspiration! I was reading this post: And S-r-ex said: Nah, not enough AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA But this is a common parallel. So I decided to […]
Thanks to fenreir1 for the inspiration! Final Fantasy IX is a “love letter to the fans” due to its nostalgia factor. Now we have Dissidia Final Fantasy, World of Final […]
None of the Final Fantasy games, sans VII and X, have any canonical relationship to each other. That doesn’t stop fans from searching for a grand unification theory. Perhaps we […]
Princess Garnet Til Alexandros XVII is the daughter of Alexandrian ruler Queen Brahne. She became nationally known for events following her kidnapping. During a performance of I Want to Be […]
In anime, the idea of different hair colors is somewhat of an inside joke. In Japan, it’s typical for a young lady to start dying her hair. These colors aren’t […]
So I found this from our resident Final Fantasy IX hater Aspilanti84 on Gamefaqs, who said of the game: It was essentially an homage to all the other Final Fantasy […]
I’d like a team with nothing but non-human characters. I don’t know why. Perhaps I like the lore behind them, and would like to see how they’d interact with each […]
Thanks to OnlyThingToDo for the inspiration! Every mainline Final Fantasy game has a happy ending. At the end of every Final Fantasy game, we tend to think the lead male […]
I don’t know where or when Dissidia takes place, but it seems to be in a universe beyond their spacetime. This means the normal logic of their world doesn’t apply. […]
Short answer: It is. This should be the end of discussion. And for me, in practical conversation, it is. But I’ve noticed something strange when reading what he wrote. Final […]
The weapon collecting, dimension hopping, self-proclaimed “legendary swordsman”. Although possessing the body of a fiend, he holds a strong sense of loyalty and compassion. —Description Gilgamesh is Ex-Death’s right-hand man, […]
When developers give their character’s personality, it’s one consistent with what they do in the game. Namely, the writers give them a personality that makes the characters receptive towards completing […]
Searching the web for even more material on the Squall’s Dead theory, I came across this post. The author’s theory is pretty abstract, but the basic gist is two-fold. The […]
The constant browbeating of Aspilanti84 was probably enough to drive GameFaqs mad. They were certainly angry. But now they take to scolding all fans of Final Fantasy IX. Why? I […]
A lively man who uses various guns and weapons in battle. He’s quietly become the mediator with his happy-go-lucky attitude. —Description Laguna is a Galbadian soldier in the wrong profession. […]
Thanks to Pawn315 for the inspiration! Near the end of the game, Zidane decides to help Kuja. You don’t need a reason to help people. You just do it. He […]
A fantasy is a situation imagined by an individual that expresses certain desires or aims at the part of its creator. Fantasies sometimes involve situations that are highly unlikely, or […]
The story of Cain and Abel is perhaps one of the most famous Biblical narratives in the Book of Genesis. As an etymology, it deals with, among other things, the […]
A traveler wandering the world freely like the wind. An expert in multiple jobs, he can also mimic the traits of his allies. —Dissidia 012 description A cheerful man with […]
Hey, guys! Ok, so you know how Zidane is always happy and cheerful? Sometimes, when you come across the harsh world of Burmecia, you gotta be. It’s always raining because […]
Thanks to peppygrowlithe for the inspiration! Sometimes fans aren’t sure how to pronounce certain names in Final Fantasy. Is it TIF-fah or TEE-fah? Is it TY-dus or TEE-dus? How do […]