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Final Fantasy IX The last installment ever to be released originally for the Playstation, FF9 returned to the roots of Final Fantasy in terms of characters and jobs, yet introduced interesting twists to abilities and other such features.

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Old January 18, 2008, 8:24 PM   #11
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Excalibur makes a return in FFIX.

I'm pretty sure that Vivi's theme music is the same as the black mage villiage in IV. (Was it a black mage villiage or just a general mage village?)

After being absent in VIII and afterward in IX, Ramuh is in IX, though this one doesn't really count. XD
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Vivi's Theme and the Black Mage Village is pretty much the same, i think it's a remix.. Not sure about this one...
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The inscriptions on the mirrors were VERY similar to those in FFV (The Sealed Tome)
The Tantarian, which can be fought at Alexandria's Library, seems to be a mix of the monsters Page 256 and Page 64 from FFV...
Cid's last name (Fabool) may be a reference to Yang's hometown in FFIV..!!
The 4 beasts (Tiamat, Lich, Maliris, Kraken) were probably the Chaoses in FF1...!
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Kain's Lance: a weapon of Freya's, derived from Kain Highwind from FFIV.
Asura's Rod: also from FFIV, a summon.

In Tetra Master, a few cards have been mentioned already, such as Namingway and Fat Chocobo. There's also the Airship, which is FF1 sprites, as well as FFV's lead chocobo, Boco. Boco shows up twice in this game, actually. He's also the baby chocobo the Black Mages are raising in their village, which they name Bobby Corwen (BObby COrwen).

The song "A Wicked Melody," which plays often when Kuja's around, is a pretty direct take from FFVII's Shinra Theme.

It might have been mentioned in this thread, but of course, the Four-Armed Man, aka Alleyway Jack, is Gilgamesh.

The Antlion makes a return here, who was also a boss in FFIV.

The summon Madeen was first shown in FFVI as Maduin. Maybe coincidentally, the name of the home of the summoners is Madain Sari.

Garnet's real name is Sarah, who was a princess in FFIII.

Along with Une's Mirror and Doga's Artifact (which have already been mentioned) at the auction house (which is itself a carryover from FFVI), a Rat Tail is also up for auction. The Rat Tail has shown up from time to time (most notably in FFI and FFIV).

Ipsen's Castle is pretty similar to the Magnetic Cave in FFIV. In that cave, you have to make your party weaker by removing all metal weapons and armor. In Ipsen's, you have to equip the weakest weapons to make your party strong again.

Garland's lair is called Pandemonium, which, if memory serves right, was also Emperor Palamecia's palace's name.

One of the final bosses is also from FFVI, only in that one, Deathguise was called Doom Gaze.

Armodullahan: also in FFVI, which attacks Locke and Celes, called Dullahan then.


Just a few more things for the list...
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Kain's Lance: a weapon of Freya's, derived from Kain Highwind from FFIV.
Asura's Rod: also from FFIV, a summon.

In Tetra Master, a few cards have been mentioned already, such as Namingway and Fat Chocobo. There's also the Airship, which is FF1 sprites, as well as FFV's lead chocobo, Boco. Boco shows up twice in this game, actually. He's also the baby chocobo the Black Mages are raising in their village, which they name Bobby Corwen (BObby COrwen).

The song "A Wicked Melody," which plays often when Kuja's around, is a pretty direct take from FFVII's Shinra Theme.

It might have been mentioned in this thread, but of course, the Four-Armed Man, aka Alleyway Jack, is Gilgamesh.

The Antlion makes a return here, who was also a boss in FFIV.

The summon Madeen was first shown in FFVI as Maduin. Maybe coincidentally, the name of the home of the summoners is Madain Sari.

Garnet's real name is Sarah, who was a princess in FFIII.

Along with Une's Mirror and Doga's Artifact (which have already been mentioned) at the auction house (which is itself a carryover from FFVI), a Rat Tail is also up for auction. The Rat Tail has shown up from time to time (most notably in FFI and FFIV).

Ipsen's Castle is pretty similar to the Magnetic Cave in FFIV. In that cave, you have to make your party weaker by removing all metal weapons and armor. In Ipsen's, you have to equip the weakest weapons to make your party strong again.

Garland's lair is called Pandemonium, which, if memory serves right, was also Emperor Palamecia's palace's name.

One of the final bosses is also from FFVI, only in that one, Deathguise was called Doom Gaze.

Armodullahan: also in FFVI, which attacks Locke and Celes, called Dullahan then.


Just a few more things for the list...
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Also to add to the Antlion. Antlions are supposed to be a tame creature but in IX it goes in a rage and attacks Prince Puck. In IV the 'tame' Antlion attacks Prince Edward. Antlions don't like Royalty apparently


Also to add to the lists, the many signs you find around the towns and citys tend to have names or references from older games.
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