Dragon Quest IX - The Time Of Decisive Battle

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[@kriskus1748]

Corvus laughs confidently

[@ianlodge3318]

Top 10 moments before disaster

[@phoenixreborn7957]

Corvus: Laughs confidently My character: Really B****? You laughing cause you gonna die?

[@escalatorfou722]

Corvus : *laught* My character: *laught but with gigagash*

[@guiguithebeast]

corvus warns you about magic burst me with a shield "immense defense"

[@idontthinktheysawthatcomin6792]

@@guiguithebeast *laughs in knight watch and forbearance*

[@holyflamelegendvargas2804]

Ah yes, the sound of my falcon blade shredding Corvus is good indeed.

[@diegochatard-caraballo5848]

The combo of doom...oomph+falcon blade+falcon slash...

[@SilverHairedFreak25]

Lord Cabarello Oomph+Life Fource+ Über Falcon Blade + Falcon Slash.

[@diegochatard-caraballo5848]

yeah i never do the armagician fources, but it's OP

[@agzane268]

And don't forget to egg them on to max first!

[@andrewjoyner3450]

Gladiator + feel the burn + eyes on me = OP

[@stan3449]

Maybe one day we'll get a remake of this amazing game

[@zenox5182]

I'd be soooooo happy

[@unchartedcheese1012]

It’s literally one of the best dq games

[@indeed2207]

I'll be honest, It would be the first game in years i'd precommand. Can't seem to find great games, but hell yeah, you can't fail this, it'd a turn based game, basic as hell game play, you literally can't fail.

[@DARKW1NTER69]

@@unchartedcheese1012 the* best dragon quest game (in my opinion)

[@HarryScutt]

@@indeed2207 Same. I've never pre-ordered a game in my life but I'd immediately pay for a DQIX remake, even if it was £60

[@thekingofbel6511]

Loved this game, i just wish i was smart and realized i could've made a party before i beat corvus

[@trickytiger1604]

The King of Bel So you have fought him with just the main character?

[@thekingofbel6511]

@@trickytiger1604 yes, i was VERY stupid, i thought we got extra party members in the story

[@thunderwhip7056]

@@thekingofbel6511 You badass, I have so much respect for you

[@thekingofbel6511]

@@thunderwhip7056 so many hours, days sometimes, spent just grinding outside of swinedimples or outside that prison and then i realized that i havent checked out the jack of all trades tower thing, and after i did that, i was able to change vocations 6/7 fyggs in, or 5/7 fyggs in, i don't remember if jack ate a fygg or not

[@crazyarceus4617]

you are a fucking god, bro i commend you

[@lordroger2342]

This is like a dark fusion between the Observatory theme and the Overture theme. Awesome.

[@penitente3337]

one year late, but genuinely thank you, I had never noticed how close to The Observatory (or Angel's Prayer) this sounds. could explain why I like it so much.

[@alias8693]

absolutely genius. absolutely. Thank to have shared that ♥

[@dimiterriku410]

Oh you're right! That's actually really similar to how Great Battle in the Vast Sky (Rhapthorne boss theme) is a darker more intense version of Heavenly Flight

[@mahougesu170]

When I first beat this game, I was about ten years old and I was still in my "healers are lame" phase of gaming so I beat it with four warriors. We each had an Yggdrasil leaf and the rest of our inventories were comprised of just special medicines. Anyways after much trial and error, we finally won and I genuinely had heart palpitations because I was so damn shocked. Word of advice: if/when this game gets remade for Switch (or if you just wanna play it on DS), bring a healer.

[@Rititchit]

"4 warriors ? yeah thats enough"

[@tuxedocatproductions2665]

legend.

[@youngdolo8]

I was a Level 84 Ranger, alongside a Mage, a Thief and a Paladin 😂

[@xgaming6609]

I mean a healer is a staple

[@xgaming6609]

And the boss that oneshots the healer is a staple too

[@creezza6711]

*So, mortal-made, you have bested mighty Barbarus.* *Fool! It is my hatred, my bitterness towards mortalkind - your kind - that feeds my power, that drives my rage!* *And now there shall be no holding back. You will feel with full weight of my wrath, the full depth of my hatred!* *It is time... The end of all things begins!*

[@grooorglaserdeth8823]

Creezza Goddamn, I need to play this again

[@chantadi2005]

Hero:Nope

[@TheEnderLeader1]

I always wanted him to be voiced by Jun Fukuyama.

[@spike4124]

Shall we start a dq9 remake seance, boys?

[@FSFSFS101]

Corvus: *It is time... The end of all things begins!* Hero & 3 Other Party Members: Well yes, but actually no.

[@idontthinktheysawthatcomin6792]

Still thought the angle changing on Corvus was pretty cool

[@GameBreaker1055]

I love how the main theme starts to play in the middle as if saying "This will end here!"

[@MHA-TSBro]

1:16 gotta love that little part of the Overture playing in the final boss theme

[@foudrebleu6275]

2009 ... I though it was yesterday .. oh maybe because i was replaying it

[@toschiworlds7212]

Foudrebleu Crusade I was nine when I got the game from parents. Now I’m 18, that game has been with me for half my life.

[@foudrebleu6275]

@@toschiworlds7212 Exactly the same thing for me

[@Frozenkoldfury]

When a very good friend of mine Beat Corvus for the first time, the final blow was with his Priest, who had run out of MP for healing and just stabbed him with a spear. We had a good laugh about that

[@youbaobab]

Hhhhh really funny that it was a priest it's like he had enough of praying for a god who became demon and just slapped him

[@NeoArashi]

I remember beating Rapthorne (final boss of DQ8) with "Golden Oldies" (The last skill Yangus learns when you put skill points on his "Humanity" skill tree) That was hilarious AF.

[@waxwinged_hound]

"The power of the Almighty compels you!"

[@Sea_saltyzz]

I have a priest who i also use as an attacker

[@MelonJuice8533]

"I may be out of MP but not out of options"

[@el2746]

this video was uploaded 7 years ago, still 0 dislikes. 10/10

[@guihiram1939]

Bm 27 crazy right?

[@MusicalLugia]

Don't jinx it

[@el2746]

@@MusicalLugia jinx it?

[@smolbrendan5978]

@@el2746 Enjoy things quietly while you can, I'm sure somebody will dislike this video just to spite you.

[@TwistahsWorld]

@@smolbrendan5978 dude imma come clean I just was gonna for fun

[@theinternetshavecome1640]

Gotta love a boss who can crit whenever he likes.

[@Mr._Sherwood]

In other words, most of Dragon Quest's later bosses. Grab the skill scroll you get from the 100 shield skill quest and you're laughing. But that Magic Burst, amirite lads

[@aaronoconnor4803]

@@Mr._Sherwood ahh Magic Burst, hope ya have some spare Yggdrasil leaves on hand cause you know Zing is not gonna work when you need it to

[@Mr._Sherwood]

I've recently found that while Bounce doesn't do a thing to counter that, at least two loads of Magic Barrier brings the damage down to something survivable. Just, anyway. I was taking 170 damage per person with two Magic Barriers up, enough for my Paladin to protect my Priest and Mage before going down.

[@theinternetshavecome1640]

@@aaronoconnor4803 I know it's a super lategame class but it is absolutely worth getting the Sage class and level grinding somebody in it - they don't get things like Omniheal, but they do get Kazing which is guaranteed to work. And some good damage spells, too. I ended up not having a Cleric for the endgame because the Sage was covering everything.

[@danmeldrum312]

This song should have been in Smash Ultimate.

[@cyriltheicedragon579]

You don’t know how right you are

[@danmeldrum312]

This song would have been so amazing on Yggdrasil's Altar, but Sugiyama (probably) said no.

[@metaloverlord99]

Rest in Peace, Koichi Sugiyama.

[@barrie3680]

Huuuh? He died??😭

[@metaloverlord99]

@@barrie3680 Unfortunately, yes. Apparently, it was septic shock.

[@jacobbaker5442]

May he finally learn to let go of his hate in death just like Corvus did

[@grabballz4857]

@@jacobbaker5442 Seethe

[@DIHVLD]

Since that fight as a child this theme has been carved into my mind.

[@badassmuppet1049]

They might remake this game on the switch

[@toschiworlds7212]

I hope so. The game deserves it.

[@crazyarceus4617]

the thing is, i can actually see that happening

[@spyr0guy]

Hopefully it’s not held back by NSO

[@carbonliquidmetalstarman2095]

unlikely

[@JackiW]

I've been hearing something about that too these past 10 months. I definitely hope they do! A full on remake would be amazing!

[@xooks3050]

Falcon blade+Falcon slash was easy, but exploring the other weapons on another playthrough allowed me to appreciate more of the game. Then a main character only run. This game was nothing short of amazing.

[@hijusthi8964]

Everyone else: *listening to music* Me: *looks at the girl in green with tiny button eyes*

[@Rm-ip8wm]

Aujourd’hui j’ai enfin terminé ce jeu de mon enfance que j’ai recommencé plusieurs fois sans jamais aller au bout

[@mattia9839]

Bien joué à toi 🙃👍. Par contre, il y a encore quelques quêtes "bonus" après avoir battu corvus ainsi que des antres et des boss supplémentaires à faire si tu veux aller plus loin (sans parler des armes rares à trouver 😵‍💫)

[@Rm-ip8wm]

@@mattia9839 ouais j’ai vu sur internet mais c’était trop long pour xp j’ai fini par abandonner mdrrrrr

[@donrob7779]

Weird to think that the NPC priest pray to the almighty, even while it was this freakish demon

[@thunderwhip7056]

Corvus killed the almighty

[@StardustRains]

Not really killed, the almighty was split into various parts and became the various grotto bosses

[@YoungLeosword]

Right, Ergios was just another Celestrial who became Lucifer’s and King Piccolo’s lovechild. God is Sean Connery in Ox King’s body, and I think the only way to fight him is to go back in time ten years and get the damn DLC from NWC, lol. Or Action Replay, either/or. X3

[@spyr0guy]

The Almighty threw a temper tantrum and exploded into a bunch of grotto bosses

[@DivineDefect]

Oh shoot I never realised...

[@stevenrivers173]

My fave combo, Max egg on the ranger, Life Force, Wolf Whistle, Oomph and the fight was mine.

[@Witch_MAHO]

That is, until Corvus emits a disrupting wave that returns everyone's stats to normal.

[@malorivandervaart5823]

@@Witch_MAHO yea

[@phoenixreborn7957]

mine was lvl 55 gladiator with oomph, tension boost, and finally parralaxe

[@stevenrivers173]

@@Witch_MAHO true, but when disrupting wave throws most buffs out the window, and you don't have the time to GRIND a perfect team, it did the trick in the end

[@idontthinktheysawthatcomin6792]

@@phoenixreborn7957 I gave him a taste of his own medicine and used a 100 tension magic burst.

[@stevenrivers173]

I miss these days. Simpler times, when I was actually happy.

[@APerson-ws4cw]

You alright?

[@stevenrivers173]

@@APerson-ws4cw thanks for the concern. The world is just ramping up in intensity and my emotional state is wrecked. Gotta appreciate the good times to the fullest and all that.

[@APerson-ws4cw]

@@stevenrivers173 That was fast, well I hope things go better for you man. There's always someone to talk to if things get too intense

[@stevenrivers173]

@@APerson-ws4cw update cause this is quite amusing. Still not super happy, but slowly gaining more independence and freedom from a mas living situation. Hope life is treating you well!

[@strylon2277]

@@stevenrivers173 That's nice to hear, keep going, I hope you'll find what will really make you happy

[@kyubereshizen525]

La musique du combat final 😍💜

[@LunaLuminary]

Everyone talking about nostalgia from years ago: Me who only just played this game a few months ago: 👁👄👁

[@LunaLuminary]

@Fresh Burrito Well relatively new since my first was DQ11 but since then, I went on a bit of a DQ spree - but 9 was really hard to find haha.

[@LunaLuminary]

@Fresh Burrito i guess sometimes it's nice to have a collection - I play the remakes though so not always the original. Emulation is definitely convenient though.

[@sofiadavies5424]

awww congrats! I hope you enjoyed it :))) i'm super glad to hear that this game is still being played!

[@LunaLuminary]

@@sofiadavies5424 I'm just a bit sad that I can't play the dlc anymore (and for DQ7 on 3ds). But yes I did enjoy it! :)

[@sofiadavies5424]

@@LunaLuminary ahhh that's the problem, but I recently bought a used copy that luckily had the dlc! As long as you connect locally to play with someone who has the dlc, you'll automatically have the dlc yourself :) and I seriously recommend dq 7!

[@milanmalfait9914]

Corvus beaten with: - A red-haired male gladiator named Lance (Sword). - A white-grey-haired male martial artist named Guzma (Claws). - A blue-haired female priest named Dawn (Spear). - A brown-haired female mage named Hilda (Axe). (expecting amused comments about my axe-wielding mage)

[@tuxedocatproductions2665]

Ngl thought the axe mage was inspired by hilda from fe three houses

[@milanmalfait9914]

@@tuxedocatproductions2665 This is understandable, though I never played FE TH.

[@malorivandervaart5823]

@@tuxedocatproductions2665 me too

[@Frozenkoldfury]

Ah, a Man of Culture who got Omnivocational Axemaster I see

[@DivineDefect]

i t ' s y a b o i g u z m a

[@GBA-Izer]

For anyone that didnt know you can rechallenge Corvus after completing quest 39 and flying to The Realm of The Almighty, talk to Celestria and she will transport you to the final dungeon where you can rechallenge Corvus and the credits play again.

[@metaloverlord99]

Wait, say what now?

[@GBA-Izer]

@@metaloverlord99 What Do You Mean?

[@metaloverlord99]

@@GBA-Izer After I saw your comment, I tried doing what your comment says. How did I not know you could rematch Corvus after all this time?

[@GBA-Izer]

@@metaloverlord99 niether did I but i found out by couriosity trying to 100% the game

[@CaptainCFalcon]

@@GBA-Izer Yeah, that was how I found out too. I was like "I KNOW I missed a lot of stuff when I first fought Corvus (10 year old me was *_VERY_* angry about Greygnarl's sacrifice, so I was heading up that dungeon with VENGEANCE on my mind), so I'll go back & check all the dead ends." I kept going to the actual boss arena because I was just curious if anything was on the other side that I hadn't gone too, since I wanted Corvus dead asap, & was surprised to see his cacoon back in its spot. Naturally, my first instruct was to go back up to it & see what happens when you interact with it again.

[@crazyarceus4617]

only one word describes this, Nostalgia

[@thunderhead9338]

Axe user who uses Double up and spams Helmet splitter in combination with a mage who uses Oomph on an archer who spams Rain of pain Beat Corvus under level 40

[@flyingstonemon3564]

I can't help but hear lay your love on me during some sections, but It's such an epic sound, the start for the confrontation got me shocked good

[@GSavel]

The best DQ final boss theme imo. It manages to sound like a long and tough battle like most DQ final boss themes, while being bombastic and epic like III/XI's "Hero's Challenge" and VIII's "Great Battle in the Vast Sky." The usage of the Overture is peak too.

[@kriskus1748]

It is time the end of all things begins

[@parkerd2151]

1:06 seconds for some reason is my favorite part, just the utter stomping horns after a nice little uplifting beat

[@JackiW]

Every time any of my party members fell, it felt like the fight was over. But somehow, even when I took heavy hits and had even just a single person standing there, using all their items, abilities and skills to keep us up, and every now and then managing to make some major hits... We could still do it. It was a war of attrition. Corvus was strong enough to slap any one of us down in a moment. But we, too, were prepared to always rise back up and counter. As long as we had MP. What a boss fight this was! And it's been about 10 years since I fought him. Really hoping to see a remake or remaster some day! Maybe even... soon?

[@cyriltheicedragon579]

I still play this on my DS

[@eagleflies9515]

1:16 BRUH

[@fedpriceless1655]

I ran in with Oomph, Full tension on my warrior, and Multi-thrust with the spear skill, it deals like 300-500 dmg per hit at level 53 and can hit 3-4 times (usually 3). This way I could deal about 1000 dmg almost every three or four turns while my Mage and Thief used magic and abilities to deal some extra damage and provide herbs.

[@Mr._Sherwood]

Magic Burst, amirite lads?

[@littlenoodlepie7096]

Sephiroth got into Smash and can’t help but familiarize him with Corvus, both fallen angels except Corvus just straight up turned into the devil LMAO

[@Sev1138]

Corvus is the best final boss in the series period

[@crazyarceus4617]

ah yes, egg on + gigaslash, the only combo i knew

[@penitente3337]

*"It is time... The end of all things begins!"*

[@Rich.p126]

Just finished this game today and woo boy this theme was fucking hype!

[@commediaDollArte]

WHAT IS THIS TIME SIGNATURE

[@cbdrawer9527]

I believe it's like 2-3 different bands playing somehow

[@FSFSFS101]

Actually I think it's still 4/4, I counted through the weirdly paced notes and I they matched up surprisingly nice.

[@ecksdee1115]

@@FSFSFS101 Chances are it's not 4/4 but something like 12/8

[@georgeyoung318]

I can confirm that this is indeed 4-4, I have the piano book at home and that's what it is in there

[@Ko1su9mo9su8]

@@georgeyoung318 ありがとうね。

[@akindatallmidget6508]

Ah yes the fight of spamming 4 mage magic burst and mp items

[@spyr0guy]

What if you Wanted to strike my party down with Magic Burst But my Paladin said *Forbearance*

[@malorivandervaart5823]

ye

[@Ko1su9mo9su8]

@@malorivandervaart5823 ありがとうね。

[@PauloHenrique-cf8pq]

The beginning makes me think of Symphony No. 9 everytime

[@laggyhuman4169]

wow this battle was so tough took me quite a few tries!

[@sosams]

Beaten with: Sage Lvl 45 Gladiator Lvl 45 Priest Lvl 45 Mage Lvl 45 Just gonna say Multiheal and Falcon Slash are a must.

[@crazyarceus4617]

how dare you forget the Gigaslash spam

[@spyr0guy]

Axe Gladiator Lv41 Claw Priest Lv41 Hammer Paladin Lv39 Bow Sage Lv36

[@aaronoconnor4803]

Level 40 Warrior Level 40 Priest Level 38 Paladin Level 41 Martial Artist Almost every enemy before Corvus was destroyed by an egg-on boosted Gigaslash, and any who survived were quickly finished by Multifist from the Martial Artist. Then Corvus happened. I've never known true pain until I tried to use that strategy on Corvus. I can't even remember the amount of times I died on that fight

[@fernandoguillenperez7686]

Level 50 paladin And Three Level 50 Rangers The boomerangs are great against one enemy

[@Jugement]

OPest comp overall - Paladin - Paladin - Paladin - Priest If you cant die you cant loose basically And this comp still has insane mono target damage with Falcon Slash + Uber Falcon Blade at +2 Atq & with a Fource suiting foe's weakness You can swap 2 palas for gladiators if you want to go a little faster, but triple is still best, defensive buff stacks + heals & knight watch makes everything a piece of cake

[@Palamedes2009]

my favorite part of moai doo woop 2

[@shadowmm1365]

Corvus uses magic burst Corvus kneels down and prays Corvus restores all his mp 😢

[@Tarkus-Ivalice-dweller]

Sounds incredibly menacing, quite scary for such a lighthearted game.

[@rachelwoods6760]

One time, a teammate of mine killed his final form with Hallowed Arrow. Helen said that it was "mean", because that teammate was finishing him off, and stealing MP at the same time!

[@hatgirl7218]

Trunks has went insane

[@naquris4241]

It's a shame Corvus was kind of a pushover. Felt a little anticlimactic, but still a good boss and a great boss theme.

[@pelegoatedmadfut23]

Max tension and blind mans biff😩🤤

[@BlackDelta77]

Corvus for absolutely no reason at all: - Instakills healer turn 1 - Magic Burst, party wiped The battle was 3 turns and my whole party was in the 45-50 range-

[@therapscallion64753]

Yeah he can p much magic burst whenever he wants. I've had him do it first turn

[@jeromegrossley8122]

Who added the dislike

[@cyriltheicedragon579]

Corvus and Barbaras

[@metaloverlord99]

@@cyriltheicedragon579 Why would Corvus dislike his own theme?

[@cyriltheicedragon579]

@@metaloverlord99 he’s a hater

[@metaloverlord99]

@@cyriltheicedragon579 Well... maybe. To be fair, it's the theme for his dark side, so I can understand why he'd dislike it.

[@cyriltheicedragon579]

@@metaloverlord99 Oh. Hey Crystal Star

[@FLOHIORadioLive]

They just added Chapter 5 to the Dragon Quest 9 storyline in Dragon Quest Tact, and this song comes up when fighting Corvus and Fallen Angel Crovus :)

[@mr.j3rs3y]

Is it just me or are there some parts that sound better (like maybe more punch to them) with midi and some that sound better orchestrated

[@Uopra]

Me when fighting winter omens boss

[@indeed2207]

Only fight him with paladins, deus lo vult. In the name of god. (where is that damn god tho) 😂

[@rafaellopera9284]

Nunca te fies de un calvo.

[@fatalerror3018]

Corvus

[@Giggles_iJest]

God this sounds bad...

[@ZehelCloudy]

It's DS sound quality I guess. If you don't like the composition, well that's on you tough.

[@AstrocyteMusic]

its from 2009 whatd you expect lol

[@MHA-TSBro]

Clearly this guy doesn't know how little the DS was capable of when it comes to sound quality

[@Giggles_iJest]

@@MHA-TSBro BRUH literally transformers the DS port

[@Ko1su9mo9su8]

@@ZehelCloudy ありがとうね。