Can you beat Final Fantasy 9 at Level 1?

[@tantacles]

My discord server is pretty cool if you're not a member yet. 🙃(and it's free) discord.gg/jy7VsGMFFc

[@deesmith8576]

lamo you wen the hard way in boss fights frey can solo all bosses with jump

[@tantacles]

@ um… at level 1? Not really lol

[@Primalliquid92]

at first i was like "Damn" when i saw this drop because i was just about to start something very similar but then i was like aww when i saw zidanes name. EDIT: YOU LET ME DIE TO SEALION AND BW1? i feel so betrayed...

[@tantacles]

haha, you made the Selphie video I streamed 2 months ago, so I'm glad I got you back. ;-)

[@Primalliquid92]

@@tantacles ahhh so it was you who did a selphie video, i saw some people mentioning somebody did a run like that but when i checked everywhere i couldnt find it on anybodies channel

[@haniramadhan]

Both of you are my fav FF streamer haha😅

[@CmotDribbler]

Loving the love.

[@wjezra09]

Clearly that just means you need to do it while getting Excalibur 2.

[@NGPlusVideos]

This should be a good video, and not just because I'm Vivi. Can't wait to finish this one 😁

[@NGPlusVideos]

I took a back seat to PressA at the end, I understand. Great video, and congrats on a successful level 1 run

[@tantacles]

You can’t be the hero ALL the time.

[@zombieasparagus6021]

You guys are all awesome, each with your own strengths and charms.

[@PTp1ranha]

I like how the "You Are Not Alone" sequence is just this beautiful, moving payback from the party to Zidane for all the times he's been there for them, pulling him back in his darkest moment... and yet in all the challenge runs, it's specially designed to throw a wrench into whatever rules you're working with.

[@sebastianguerra6358]

You naming all characters after other challenge run youtubers is actually a very sweet detail. Thanks for this great video :)

[@RagnarAlvarrGaming]

Last one to join, first one to be sacrificed 😢 but hey I made it in and was situationally useful so thats something!

[@tantacles]

You will be remembered forever

[@seanheadrick4191]

Is that a snake in your tent or are you just happy to see me? It's a snake.

[@JustTheGems]

Watching this has made me genuinely appreciate the combat in FF9 more, and I'm happy about that

[@pippofranco879]

really cool of you to promote other challenge runners

[@carltaylor2975]

I was gonna say the same thing lol.

[@TheyLoveThemLLC]

Flygon HG stands for uhhhhh Handsome Gsteiner of course

[@Starlitsoul0359]

Have Gun

[@onernoa]

What a labor of love! It's wonderful to watch your passion at work, Tantacles!

[@Crispy_Sprite1]

Hearing the entire party being named nothing but my subscription box is so pleasant. happy to add you to the roster

[@timemonkey]

Wow, that's real dang impressive that you managed to not only beat the game but all the bonus bosses as well!

[@vicopop3143]

The “I think that’s a lot of emotion for safe” joke had me DYING 😂

[@Galaxyhoppah]

First Tantacles movie has dropped

[@ShadowDanGaming]

35:25 Quina: revives Garnet: "And i took that personally." Seriously, the power behind that swing and the hatred in her eyes lol

[@SgtSnuggles2008]

Ive heard many interpretations of summon names over the years but Ray-moo is a new one for me lol. Great video!

[@7mixam]

Even seeing most of this live I was really lookinh foreward to the video. It was a nice journey! Well done!

[@catlinkerswell3696]

Amazing video man ! I had a blast watching this. Youre editing and voiceover is righteous. Thank you. This video made my day.

[@barneybetsington7501]

Linking creator's channels and their videos you mentioned inside of your description is very nice. More people should do that. Thank you.

[@NesuCross]

I remember I was 15 when I uploaded my Level 1 run. It was a big challenge, but I was glad to have achieved it. To take note for those who don't want to deal with the pain that Tantacles had to deal here we go: To make more easy to get Add Status or effects based in probability as well as filling up Trance bar, be sure to have a high level of Spirit, this makes easier to get Quina to petrify the mages and Vivi to Stop every single enemy. There are other options like Freya's Heavy Lance for the Red Dragon, but it's heavily dangerous due the damage inflicted. Cotton Robe Trick is useful if you made yourself with the 10.000 gil of the sword scene with Blank. Other ways to make more money are with Leather Plates or Desert Boots, but Cotton Robe is way more easier and more if you are in disc 3. Disc 4 is more complicated due you need to make two travels from Burmecia and Dali. On certain places like the route to Treno and in general if you want to avoid stubborn encounters, you can use Stutter Walk Trick by mashing the d-pad without holding it, this helps a lot. On normal scenarios, Thievery is a great move, but to achieve the neutral full damage is tedious at a ridiculous level as the full damage is reached after 870 successful steals, you can easily spend 30+ hours stealing with Bandit and Master Thief abilities activated to optimize the stealing rate. One of my common strategies was to mainly steal Serpion and kill as these are assured 100 successful steals and kills, at Dali I can find Pythons that has at least 4 items to steals and are always found in groups of 2 or 3, the usual is after disc 3 synth Sargatanas and use Soul Blade to petrify them and make the process way more easier. If you felt lost about the calculation, Thievery's fixed damage is based in (N°of steals) x (base speed/2), as Zidane's base speed, you have to divide the damage by 11.5 to get an estimated amount of steals. On other things, there are missable item steals, so be sure to take these.

[@ashm4938]

most enemies after Lindblum have 2-3 drops, I farm about 650 there (also gives a good opportunity to go to Qu's Marsh for frogs a few times too), as for the other 200 or so steals, I make those up as I play the game up until the point I get thievery, by then almost max damage

[@patrickthoma5320]

hey thanks for always being so fun!

[@KingNothing191]

Awesome work dude! This was a banger ^-^

[@tantacles]

Thank you

[@charliecaine9270]

I’ve only just found your channel I’m going to binge so much content I love ff it’s my favourite Franchise keep up the good work you deserve more subs

[@tantacles]

Thank you! So happy you’re enjoying the videos!

[@Gary_P2]

This video definitely deserves a sub excited to see what else you got!

[@Viertis]

Not once in all my years of playing FF9 have I ever had Phoenix actually get summoned, even with 99 pinions and purposefully dying to see what it looked like.

[@zerovolt1406]

Never forget Gamerchamp’s sacrifice, our queen will live on in our memories

[@erikofskullisland3987]

Epic video. People just don't understand the THINGS you have to do to avoid experience IN THIS GAME... THE THINGS.... The luck you need to have... OH, the black waltz 3 secret about physical attacks making him fly into the air, is seriously SO SO helpful. Thank you. The Meltigemini battle, I resumed my own lvl 1 run recently, and that battle was so hard, with that damn multi-target Bio and Virus, but you really helped with that one. 58:00 damn, Ruby so crystal-clear sexy there. Hunting dragons before Terra, so good. Love ya, Freya (Quina. Eiko for that Phoenix luck).

[@Nashaliya]

Been loving your FF9 challenges since it's my all time favorite in the series, plus your humor makes them so much better 🤭

[@Lord_Shal]

The pain of leveling?!? Oh no my friend, that’s the beauty of these games IMO. Doing this at lvl 1 sounds like the pain. Great video. 🍻

[@skepsys_d]

That was a great video and a very cool run, congrats!

[@EvilCronos13]

I don't say it enough, but thanks for all the work that goes into these challenge videos! I could never have enough patience to do it and you make them very entertaining!

[@OMUNDODETUTU]

Another ffix challenge! Thanks for this, more excited about these than new tv show episodes now ❤️

[@TheMacTastic1]

oh wow a whole hour and a half of tantacles! time to bring out the popcorn and snuggle up

[@Seloliva1015]

I had 0 idea of the tent strategy, I didn't even know you could use tents in battle, but it is kinda awesome

[@biancaarmstrong5097]

Fun Fact: On the near end of disk 3, when you fight Kuja, do not, and I repeat, DO NOT use auto reflect on your team because Kuja will spam Flare Star on your team. I did this a long time ago thinking I can trick Kuja by using his magic spells since that's what he does cause he does not use any physical attacks. Thus, his magic will bounce back on him. But I was wrong. He was smart, knowing my trick, and punished my team by spamming Flare Star. So yeah... that got me off guard. 😅

[@820krose]

How does this not have more views?!? This has been a fantastic ride!

[@tantacles]

SKI-DOO CEOS suppressing legitimate voices

[@Stryder467]

I've already subscribed to the channel, Tantacles, so Captain Tantasea's crowdsourcing shall be hindered.

[@nensimperial]

It aint over until you beat the Friendly Yan

[@twatirl5717]

Probably the best 90mins of my life.

[@teemukettunen4824]

Amzing stuff never would have tought this is possible well done man👌

[@rowanmorris2187]

Fantastic video ace!! Terrific effort!

[@JXIII]

I haven't had the time to watch the video yet, I just really want to compliment the fantastic thumbnail art.

[@tantacles]

Lycel did an AMAZING job. Thank you!

[@JXIII]

@@tantacles And now that I've a had chance to sit down and watch the video, holy crap! Good job! I really wasn't expecting you to take Hades and Ozma. I've done some needlessly hard challenges but nothing even compares to this.

[@Etnaese]

That was wild! Enjoyed the ride!

[@Peppershaker]

I got to nearly the end of this game but then college started up again and I stopped playing video games (I am bad at school so completely cutting off distractions is the only option), so now that I'm graduating I beat the game last night and it's one of my new favorites! And now I get to watch all the challenge runs I've been putting off to avoid spoilers

[@tantacles]

Niiiiiice. Congratulations on beating it!

[@Peppershaker]

@tantacles Vivi is now tied with kim kitsuragi as my all time favorite character in video games!

[@billmartovich9009]

When I played through FF9 I got caught up overleveling by grinding out all the equipment at every available location and then grinding out all the abilities rinse and repeat at evey new location and equipment. I got as far at the Red Hat Rat Tree before I got bored and played something else for a while. And I forgot all about FF9. And I forgot about FF9 for so long that I never picked it back up. I'm glad I could vicariously beat this game through you!

[@andreseh87]

What I love about self-imposed challenges like this is that it showcases the strength of the combat system.

[@dragonrider8891]

Literally JUST beat ff9 on switch, this showing up on my yt is magical

[@markanderson4824]

Legendary run dude! Great video.

[@plushysheep]

I remember doing this run in 2019. Great memories

[@GuiltyluizMao]

Great video!!!! Had lots of fun

[@LizzieQueen18]

Thank you for validating my childhood by mentioning Kablaam

[@tantacles]

Did you know thunder girl flies like thunder?

[@A-1-800-NINJA]

@@LizzieQueen18 melt man with the power to ….melt!

[@Yeaster]

This is insane. I can't believe this is actually possible

[@IzunoTheWolf]

underrated youtuber right here, folks.

[@RaidenKaiser]

Honestly ff9 was actually kinda ok with its leveling pace. Usually my grind wasnt levels but mastering gear lol.

[@TheMoogleKing93]

Always love the vids my man!

[@blackmagekongs2588]

This took a lot more effort than i could have imagined

[@Hidden_Fern]

Loving this video so far! Only been a couple challenge runners I haven’t watched lol. That fake better help segment cracked me up. I’m def gonna be putting on some of your videos for my bf lol

[@tantacles]

If you like fake commercials I strongly recommend final fantasy vii with cloud only

[@i_duditz2076]

I can’t believe you were able to pull that off. Congratulations!

[@two_spirit_sun]

38:00 the FF8 boss music while fighting an FF9 boss is wonderful 😂😂😂

[@MrTylerWpg]

Some familiar names but a lot of new ones. Can't wait to check them all out.

[@Rocko_onionprince]

Lovely video, my friend. Glad youtube showed me this! ❤

[@chrisdixon7377]

Im big fans of primal and flygon, gonna have to check out NG+

[@TheOneTwoThree]

Love the challenge vids! Keep up the positivity! We will need it for the forseeable future!

[@Galaxyhoppah]

Tents floating high up in the sky on the dragons is wild

[@stylis666]

I do like how the two characters that were sacrificed are the ones that have a lot of and waffle a lot about honour. A noble and necessary sacrifice of those two not too gentle men. But, let's also be brutally honest and recognise that it's the easiest way out since you don't have to think, work, or fight after that. But, but but but, that also suits those two characters better than any other character. Their strength isn't that they think very far ahead. But I do like Scarlet Hair's curiosity and Rusty's character growth throughout the game.

[@pichugirl6]

With how many challenges among several FF existing or any other RPG's. This is both scary, crazy and impressive how you did this at just lvl 1 for FF9. Part of me is scared if someone attempted a FF8 lvl 99 attempt as early as before fighting Ifrit.

[@tantacles]

That would be primal liquid who did that. 😉

[@williamlafond1319]

Tantacles : So I revive anyone who falls and eventually eliminate this reptile from existence. This reptile : slithers away*

[@webejammin9937]

Run was pain, but for sure it was good.

[@nesoukkefka1741]

Great run as a side note tough : -For Lani's Water spell I think you could have learn Reflect on Garnet, with a staff you can still to one of the 2 clown twins. -Similarly for Meltigemini you could have counter his Bio by setting Reflect on everyone with Carbuncle, the same goes for Necron's aga spells.

[@tantacles]

DOH! These are actually great tips.

[@hanibully]

Hilgigars did not buy a boat. Instead, he *owned* a boat. He smashed it, took the anchor, and wore it on his right hand. Don't buy a boat :)

[@iamthehobo]

This was so crazy

[@16BitBass8]

Bravo sir! What a ride

[@acedfirefist]

LOVE IT

[@Despicablehobbit]

The dagger also teaches flee, but mage masher is a must cos it basically doubles your attack at the start. Good video!

[@ThomasOfGilead]

Shame on you KZbin for not recommending this video until 6 days after it comes out. Algorithm was prolly out looking at boats or something.

[@tantacles]

The algorithm did not buy one, though, which is why you made it

[@Alleroc]

Great work! Loved the video!

[@tantacles]

Thank you!

[@thomasnewton2935]

I didn't think you could drag beatrix down low enough for the bandersnatches to kill her like that. 🤣

[@adiksaff]

HYPE!! FF9 is my favorite FF, and those post Terra characters (except Vivi) are my go-to endgame party. I didn’t think Stop could end a battle like that. I thought it could wear off or something.

[@twenty-fifth420]

1:23:45 I actually want to comment on this in particular. Ozma is a funny superboss who is like a dark-souls lite origin story. Where did he come from? Why he is hostile? How did you even get him here? Ozma is found in one of those Eidolon stones sealed by the Summoners, same with Leviathan. The problem is, Ozma is **so** old, his true form is completely forgotten so he appears as a planet of chaotic energy. If you ask me, since Garland genocided the Summoners, Ozma was probably one of the earliest equivalents of something like say, an Alexander or a Bahumat. But much stronger as it had to be sealed. Now, Ozma being symbolic of a planet if you ask me is very interesting to the lore. He casts meteor and has doomsday, as he is basically the form of the planetary apocalypse without a name. When I read ‘Ozma’, I think ‘Osmosis’. The process of purifying water to its cleanest form. So, Ozma is just pure summoned energy cosplaying as a planet lol. More fun facts. If you fight Hades, who is present in the region of Memoria at the ‘start of life of Gaja’, he freaks out 😂. Hades being found in this region of Memoria makes perfect sense, as he is the embodiment of death and this is where/when life formed on the planet. So even **death itself** is afraid of this boss. Summoners are kind of lore dependent. In 4, they also were a rare race of people. 9 borrows that, but since almost all are extinct except Eiko and Garnet (both fairly young), it is easy to assume that Ozma is unsummonable not just in 9, but probably the entire history of the summoner tribe in 9. Truly interesting.

[@TheStrahl]

Not only can you beat it at level 1, you can do it Level 1 Solo Character

[@tantacles]

The second someone makes a video about that I’ll watch it!

[@TheStrahl]

@@tantacles I did a series on my channel. It's done 1 video per boss so it's not really well edited like this,

[@MTtheHuman]

No😮....no😮....you're a monster.🫣

[@texanoni0904]

@TheStrahl that's pretty cool, you should try to edit them together whenever you get the chance, doesn't have to be great editing and it would prolly bring more people to your vids

[@Spookybluelights]

A guest appearance from Partnercles! He's so cute (probably)!

[@cleardrop4531]

This was one of the funnest challenges from back in the day. So many reloads…

[@DreadnaughtZero]

Ive done this challenge once and the amount of frustration I had to endure trying to petrify fork everything on the way to Cleyra was maddening. My luck is insanely rotten.

[@geofff.3343]

12:20 You didn't think I wouldn't notice Illusion of Gaia (Illusion of Time for the Europeans I think) music, but I did because I'm a huge nerd! 16:15 I told you, I'm a huge nerd!

[@tealtadpole9135]

Oh my lord… this is amazing…

[@Donafell]

respect the commitment

[@ashley2449]

blogan waltz and waltz coin is a 10/10 bit lmfaoo

[@TheOrzhovSyndicate]

Love the illusions of gaia royal theme

[@pullthatwigback5969]

definitely one of the more fun runs to watch

[@Someguyhere111]

Black Mage: "This is where we bury our friends who "Stop". Haven't figured out what causes it yet." Tantacles: *tugs collar*

[@tantacles]

😭😭😭

[@DarkFrozenDepths]

Interesting thing is that most of these strategies are used to get the Excalibur II or just speedrunning in general. Also love all the references. I've actually seen vids from almost everyone mentioned.

[@faytleingod1851]

Everyone always ask "can you?" What they should be asking is, "should you?"

[@tantacles]

You shouldn’t.

[@thanaka8416]

06:10 i love it when vidoes have other jrpg OSTs

[@CheeseEaster]

Out of respect to this fun video, I didn't buy a boat today.

[@tantacles]

Thank you for doing your part

[@ArealDesEffekts]

I did that challenge some years ago, to get the max stats how I wanted them :D FF9 is so nice by allowing to do such things

[@rpproductions6241]

I remember doing this challenge without a guide my first time. Didn't steal the Silver Fork from Zaghnol (incorrectly thought I could get the Oak Rod before Gizamaluke's Grotto). 15 hours of reset (Chocobo Hot and Cold). Then thought stopping dragons may count to Dragon's Crest. It doesn't.

[@kailawes175]

Wow, this was a really informative video. I'm replaying FF9 for the first time since childhood and didn't know about damn near all of these funky mechanics. Quick question that was bugging me all throughout this video though: what is the boat lore behind a lot of your jokes? because this is the first time stumbling on your channel and I feel like you or your partner got scammed into buying a lemon lol

[@HoshiiKun]

I been waiting for this video ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Bramhallthefifth]

fwiw, and im not sure this knowledge would have changed anything, but flare star is a scripted counterattack for when trance kuja is below half health, or somewhere around there