Easter egg

November 15, 2007, 6:48 PM

I found an easter egg in my fourth play through the game. If you go to Lindblum, then go to the weapons shop in the business district, there is a huge sword on the wall. If you go over to that sword you get the action exclamation point and Zidane says: I'll blacken it to stop spoilers.

Something along the lines of: "I remember a guy with spikey hair that carried around a sword like this."

I just thought that was kinda cool, what do you guys think?

November 15, 2007, 8:58 PM

Ya know, I think I remember seeing that, but I'm not for sure, and I never made the connection. Now I'm gonna have to play through it again just so I can see it for myself.

November 15, 2007, 9:02 PM

I never noticed that... I did see the sword on the wall I just didn't examine it.

November 18, 2007, 2:28 PM

Ah yes I noticed that the first time playing the game, but at the time I hadn't played Final Fantasy VII yet. But after playing Final Fantasy VII and then playing IX again sometime afterwards, I noticed it and had a laugh. I thought it was kind of cool, though I really didn't think it was an easter egg rather than a little cameo of Cloud.

November 18, 2007, 3:31 PM

I remember reading that. I thought it was kinda cool that they'd hint at Cloud in the game, although how the IX and VII world would connect - I have no clue. Or maybe that's not what they were implying. Ah, who knows.

November 18, 2007, 3:47 PM

I only made the connection on my second playthrough because I hadn't played ff7 on my first playthrough but it was kinda odd how they include these little references to other games.

there is an old man in one of the air carraigeways that is called Locke who we know as the treasure hunter from ff6 there are too many references like this in many ff games.

there is a lance in memoria that is called kain's lance for instance

November 18, 2007, 6:45 PM

I remember that bit too, its a great connection imo to my two fave overall FF games of the entire series - I love it. XD

November 18, 2007, 7:24 PM

One of my favourite lines in the FF series, I do love the casual reference to FFVII

November 18, 2007, 7:26 PM

FFIX has dozens of references to previous FF games throughout it. Garland being another example. It's seen as the "send off" game as it was the last one for PS1.

November 19, 2007, 1:46 PM

Yeah i saw that my first time playing the game! Got the connection straight away. Hey, does anyone else think that the music for Garland is the same for NORG in VIII?