FFIX – Part 71: Not Alone

Summary: Some final thoughts on Final Fantasy IX. [Note: some of the images were really difficult to source through Google image search, so if something was messed up or you see something that should be attributed to someone else, please let me know!]

FFIX – Part 70: Happily Ever After

Summary: The end of FFIX. I hope you’ll forgive me for an unusually long, unusually screenshot-heavy post, and for me not foreseeing what should have been obvious. I really thought they were going for bittersweet/tragic; the hard turn into overwhelming joy shook me, and I couldn’t be happier.

FFIX – Part 69: In a Trance

Summary: Deathguise. Kuja. Necron.

FFIX – Part 68: Firin’ Mah Lazer

Summary: Continuing through Memoria. Hades, Kraken, Lich. Ark. Space and the Crystal World. What a beautifully surreal dungeon.

FFIX – Part 67: Memory Palace

Summary: Dogfight between the combined Gaian air forces and some dragons allows the Invincible to break into the magic bubble above the Iifa Tree. Nova Dragon. The surreal Memoria, with special guest stars from FFI. Voice of Garland.

FFIX – Part 66: Eidolon Origins

Summary: Dragon-slaying successfully. Attempting to Yan-slay and failing miserably. Lani. Cracking the code of the Eidolon Wall in Madain Sari and attempting to process/interpret what I learn.

FFIX – Part 65: Mognet Tech Support

Summary: Working to get Mognet up and running. Positive developments in the Black Mage Village.

FFIX – Part 64: Return to Gaia

Summary: Flight from Kuja and Terra to a Mist-covered Gaia. The Invincible. Genomes in the Black Mage Village. Mitoko. Wrap-up in Treno.

FFIX – Part 63: World on Fire

Summary: Pandemonium. The end of Garland. OR IS IT? (Probably.) Kuja comes to Terra.

FFIX – Part 62: The Last Temptation of Zidane

Summary: Garland lays out his plans for Terra and Gaia. Strikes out against Zidane, who hits a sort of rock bottom. A little help from his friends.

FFIX – Part 61: The Terran Genome Project

Summary: Zidane dives into his unsettling heritage, his friends on his heels.

FFIX – Part 60: Walking the Spirit Road

Summary: Shimmering Island. Terra. The Invincible. Bran Bal and its strangely empty citizens.

FFIX – Part 59: Guard Break

Summary: The party splits and busts into the four elemental shrines, preparing the way to the Shimmering Island. Amarant continues hurtling down his character arc.

FFIX – Part 58: Upside Down

Summary: Into the disorientating Ipsen's Castle. Elemental seals. Amarant growth. Odin's sword.

FFIX – Part 57: Daguerreo Types

Summary: Finishing up before Ipsen’s Castle. Tetra Master. Choco. The watery library of Daguerreo. THE FOUR ARMED MAAAAAN

FFIX – Part 56: Ozma the Great and Powerful

Summary: Tons of Choco stuff. Cleared the chocograph treasures (with one notably rage-inducing chest among them). Mognet Central. The beautiful Chocobo’s Air Garden. Oh, and got my ass handed to me by a swirling ball of colors and pain.

FFIX – Part 55: Paradise Found

Summary: The hunt for Chocobo’s Paradise bears fruit.

FFIX – Part 54: Like a Duck to Water

Summary: General exploration. Dali. Quan’s Dwelling. Choco evolves. Return to Chocobo Forest and Chocobo Lagoon.

FFIX – Part 53: Auctioneer

Summary: Exploring the world in the Hilda Garde 3. Forgotten Continent. Mist Continent. Treno.

FFIX – Part 52: Queen Garnet, Queen Dagger

Summary: The party settles on a next step. Dagger returns to Alexandria.