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I - II - III - IV - (TAY) - V - VI - VII - (VIIR - DoC - CC) - VIII - Final Fantasy IX - X - (X-2) - XII - (RW) - XIII - (XIII-2 - LR) - XV - Tactics - (TCB)

*progressive spoilers shall follow*

After a Xenoblade sized break, it's time to continue my Final Fantasy quest with IX. This feels like the final truly beloved (offline) FF I have yet to play, but I know there's detractors too so I'll try to keep my expectations in check. I am a big fan of VIII and Tactics, and I like VII a lot (but not as much as most seem to) so I hope this rounds out the PSX games nicely.

I have heard things here and there about IX over the years, here's everything that I think I know: The game is a deliberate throwback to early entries in the series, Dagger = Princess Garnet, Zidane has a tail, Everybody Loves Vivi, Everybody Hates Eiko, Kuja is the big bad, Trance sucks, and I will have heard the names of all the playable characters at some point through SMFFFC. Now I think I have heard of a major spoiler about Vivi being a clone or something?, but I don't know if it's accurate and if so I know none of the context around it. That's everything I can think of, hopefully that's not too bad.

I'll be playing the remastered version on Switch. I'll probably start tomorrow and I'd like to ask beforehand: should I play with triple battle speed (or whatever it's called)? One of the common criticisms I've heard of the game is the really long battle intros, but apparently that option also speeds up the whole battle so idk. Also if there's any info that I should know about missable quests/summons/characters/scenes or the like I would greatly appreciate a heads up!

I hope this proves to be an enjoyable game and topic to follow, I am excited to experience this game!

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Slowly becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado.
Next up: Final Fantasy IX