Final Fantasy IX - Beatrix's Betrayal (Boss & Scenes)

[@Coldheart61595]

i just imagine freya bumping into the ceiling

[@Soki7000]

I love how casually Beatrix initiates this boss fight - "fools like you will never learn"

[@pentagon1802]

What can you expect from the General of Alexandria who singlehandedly defeated 1000 fighters

[@Zelink108]

@@pentagon1802 We call that a Mary Sue.

[@guardianstheuser]

@@Zelink108 Thus we can call nearly all anime and video games protagonists "Mary Sues" because they can single handedly defeat hundreds, if not the thousands enemies. Guts from Berserk killed 100 soldiers by himself, and that DOESN'T make him a Mary Sue.

[@Squarion]

Never step into this land again.

[@YuffX]

never talk to me or my wife's son again

[@Zelink108]

>>I'll kill all enemies of Alexandria! Never step in this land again! Your pathetic powers are useless against me. Not exactly winning sympathy from me here.

[@TransTaey]

I find that FFIX was one of the most creative Final Fantasy's I have seen in a very very long time. It feels good for the nostalgia meter. Eheh.

[@Zelink108]

Yeah, so creative that it rips off a lot from previous FF games, but with worse writing.

[@Jamie-cc1vw]

@@Zelink108 everyone is entitled to an opinion even if yours is wrong

[@lizdepictor90]

7:08 Funny how Steiner remains thoughtful for a short while before chasing after the others.

[@friednoodle6582]

Man roses of may really fits Beatrix whatever scenes she's in.

[@ShockerTopper]

The music for this game was SO fucking good! My god...I remember almost every song was amazing. This is one of the few VG soundtracks I actually bought and the soundtrack + that had the music from the cut scenes...thats how good the music was even the cut scenes deserved their own CD! lol...man, it was so difficult to get them back in the day too. I think I dropped like $30 each or something on EBay back in the day...

[@pilot3605]

The party losing for the third time to Beatrix, and her becoming good just because she sees Dagger unconscious, is the weakest moment in the game. Freya immediately forgiving her is weird too........imho, they should have allowed us to finish the fight here, and Beatrix's face turn should have been more gradual, slower, culminating with her joining the party for good after Alexandria falls( 9 party members for FF9, would have been cool)

[@dualblade14]

It makes sense in the same way that Cecil's does in ff4, where they JUST saw their King/Queen commit mass murder and are now questioning what the hell is going on in their head. Following up with them seeing another monstrous act; the bomb ring for Cecil and what Brahne did to Garnet for Beatrix, cements their stance. Though yeah, the immediate forgiveness is Bs. Even if it was Brahne who Odin'd Cleyra, Beatrix still had her hand in Burmecia. Half the damage and blood is on her hands.

[@kevinmay9151]

I enjoyed Beatrix's character and how they gave her the depth of being so driven believing she's doing this all for Alexandria...But one of my complaints with this game is that by the end, she walks around a little bit too freely for someone who was complacent with genocide.

[@Zelink108]

@@dualblade14 Beatrix is a poorly written version of Cecil and Celes. Cecil’s arc was way better done, with Cecil at the beginning of the game you were shown the conflict with him and the red wings with them debating if they should really do those actions, and when actually attacking Mysidia, actually showed hesitation and afterwards immediate remorse, there was actual build up, and unlike Beatrix, didn't act like a total jerk wad or brainwashed tool when doing it (I don't judge a person based solely on their actions but also largely on their attitude and motives, which is what I think all people should do), with Beatrix there is no build up, the scene on the Red Rose with her post-Cleyra I felt was a complete ass pull, then bam! Suddenly when you're back in Alexandria, she's her jerkwad self again, then afterwards as this one person put it "through the span of three dialogue boxes, changes from a cold blooded war mongerer to a loyal companion"? Yeah, no, that's not how it works, it's really cliché. Plus as Garnet's "protector" she's really bad at it, she didn't show any concern when Garnet was shot down on the Prima Vista, nor did she question why Brahne wasn't sending her to "rescue" Garnet (which you would think she would try to do ASAP) but rather seemed more interested in waging war and instead sending murderous creatures after her that would do more harm than good and cause a lot of collateral damage, Beatrix didn't mention or ask about Garnet's safety or whereabouts when encountered in Burmecia, even though she should clearly be able to recognize some of the party as the people from Tantalas that "Kidnapped" Garnet. Only after Cleyra does she ask about Garnet, even though you think she would immediately return to Alexandria to check up on Garnet's welfare rather than be focusing on waging war with innocent Burmecians and Cleyrians, even back in Alexandria she didn't notice that Garnet was in the room until she was literally pointed out to Beatrix (after forcing you into a pointless battle that did nothing but flaunt her god mode status). Not only that, but apparently she was amongst the people who didn't believe Garnet when she said her mom was going crazy and starting a war, even though Beatrix was clearly taking part in this and no doubt had briefings from Brahne on said subject, so she had to know that Garnet was on to something, all this makes it REALLY hard to sympathize with Beatrix, what would have been better is if she instead took the place of a certain other irratating character, Brahne.

[@Zelink108]

@@kevinmay9151 The fact that she doesn't at least wonder why her queen, who was perfectly peaceful and rational up until a short time after the death of her husband, suddenly starts acting like a warmongering lunatic and ordering genocides left and right, doesn't speak well to Beatrix as an individual. Nor does it help that she gets away with killing hundreds of Freya's kind without even at least apologizing for it until too little too late.

[@Zelink108]

There are a lot of weakest moments in IX, especially Garnet being an idiot, She quite literally goes back and hands her entire selection of eidolons to her mother after all the hard work Zidane and Tantalus did to get her ass out of the kingdom. In the end Garnet is the one responsible for giving her mother magic nuclear weaponry that annihilated Cleyra, seriously hurt Lindblum and then Alexandria itself killing god knows how many people. But hey, we're talking about a game where a war criminal is never confronted about the shit she did and is left to stay as an unbeatable mary sue.

[@Zilong09]

Beatrix was so badass. It's hilarious how nerfed she is as an ally but her boss form is indestructible. Makes more balancing sense.

[@sofaris576]

What? She was pretty OP if you use her. She can cast holy and pretty much one shoots everything.

[@Zelink108]

Sure keep shilling the war criminal.

[@Future_Doggo]

I don't hate Quina/Amarant like alot of other Final Fantasy IX fans, but Beatrix really should've been a permanent party member.

[@thecultofjonnybighed]

Seriously considering playing this game in the future.

[@rockrobster27]

thecultofjonnybighed you won’t regret it.

[@steiner_01]

and....you did it?

[@Zelink108]

@@rockrobster27 You will get a lot of disappointments, especially when you get to Disk 1 Lindblum, look at my “Everything Wrong with Final Fantasy IX” fic on fan fiction and AO3.

[@rockrobster27]

@@Zelink108 no thank you. It’s been 4 years since my comment and I still have no disappointments. I am alright loving the game for what it’s worth. It may not be perfect, but it’s still a beautiful game with it’s own unique charm.

[@exquisitelemonade3039]

Mmmmm, I love this boss music. It has terror and intensity in abundance.

[@rg7122]

Pretty sure I am a huge lesbian because of Beatrix

[@steiner_01]

jajajajaa baia

[@catrauwu7171]

Me too 😅

[@dsantos2057]

of course so at the end of the game she ends up dating the steiner, an example of conduct for lesbians even I even cried 😢

[@rg7122]

D Santos I mean I ship Beatrix and Steiner so I’m not mad lol

[@moiraswife]

sameee

[@chocobokoay3194]

Opal's Shield 🛡️ Thorn and Zorn.🪦 Tombstone 🪦 Cementery-Graveyard 🪦 Everytime 🌕 Full-Moon 🌕

[@megapokekid1]

Freya: Do you really think Bermicia can forgive you for attacking it's people and stealing their prized relic? Beatrix: Technically. the Black Mages attacked you. Freya: Who was their commander? Beatrix: ... Freya: Save it, let's just beat the queen's giant dog.

[@Zelink108]

At least someone is acknowledging how Beatrix is a poorly written character. Also there were Alexandria soldiers in Cleyra, them not being in Burmecia was a plot hole.

[@holyX]

ah when FF still had soul...

[@hiddenflare6169]

holyX Can’t say I fully agree. Especially taking in spinoffs.

[@raulsouza2464]

well FF XV was a mess but it did rescued somethings from classic FF, and VII remake really improved on it (it was not quite there yet in my opinion, but it is sure in the right track, I love the game). I still cheer for a comeback of the series.

[@richardjd8182]

I agree this my favourite final fantasy game and my favourite game of all time I was about 12 when it came out and I've played it ever since I'm 35 now lol

[@Eat_shit--die_mad]

What you talkin bout 15 is great

[@PenguinsAreColdish]

stfu

[@HaxHaunter]

so i guess Beatrix is the sephiroth in terms of gameplay here huh? that character you can play as, but only in certain parts of the game.

[@cheesemuffin8129]

+HackerHaunter03 Pretty much, she's just not as badass.

[@thomasmorato5098]

Cheese Muffin On the contrary, I find her more badass than Sephiroth.

[@Coldheart61595]

*gasp* whaaaaaat??

[@zeaferjones1404]

I agree Sephiroth lost to Cloud 3 times while Beatrix beat Zidane 3 times.

[@cipherstrife1991]

FF7 Sephiroth lost, FF8 Seifer lost, FF9 Beatrix badass bitch

[@NewResistance]

Stuff like this is why Freya is ff9's Best Girl.

[@ugoboom]

you said it dude

[@Quickword15]

Freya > Beatrix

[@Platinum0694]

the only boss in game which cant be defeated ..the epicness of beatrix :))

[@julia970y6v]

Yeah, she could probably single-handedly defeat Lavos from Chrono Trigger... And I'm dead serious.

[@alejandro_rodriguez_99]

Kuja never lose too

[@sofaris576]

@@alejandro_rodriguez_99 The end to the second fight looks more like a draw to me.

[@ronneemazukin]

@@alejandro_rodriguez_99 kuja beat himself in the end. So he technically still loses

[@ronneemazukin]

@@sofaris576 well considering Kuja didnt get up while the party got up for another fight one can infer it is still an L for Kuja.

[@visionmauto]

Beatrix was a pain in the ass when I got here for a good while.

[@Mateoski97]

Really wish you would've been able to defeat Beatrix in this battle. Steiner was the only person ever able to best her in a battle.

[@Zelink108]

It’s even more insulting considering that Zidane is in all these fights, and he is supposed to be a super soldier that is stronger than Kuja yet he can’t beat this regular human knight.

[@Archedgar]

@@Zelink108 b-but she's a really talented knight though !!1!! /s Yeah, you're right. It's bullshit and it killed all of the interest I had in the game when it happened. I understand losing to Beatrix the first two times but toward the end of the game she has no business being able to stand up to 4 of the demi-gods the characters become.

[@ronneemazukin]

lol, what was even the point of Freya staying Beatrix could of won on her own. Beatrix being her enemy is probable why Brahne high tailed it out of there.

[@Zelink108]

They are seriously just letting Brahne walk right out of the room? They had her right where they wanted, with Beatrix perfectly able to hold a sword to the queen's throat and make her give up and stop all this, but no, they just let her get away because of plot contrivances.

[@chocobokoay3194]

Opal's Bricks 🧱

[@NaythonCross]

Honestly though, if you can't withstand her attacks by the third fight, you're underleveled..

[@MrMagoo-rg8er]

You are supposed to loose the fight

[@NaythonCross]

@@MrMagoo-rg8er yes, but you can still survive her attacks.

[@Archedgar]

@@MrMagoo-rg8er You're right. I was slightly underleveled but still severely assraped Beatrix in the third fight. She was a joke. I was pissed af when the game forced a loss yet again. I literally never forgave the game for pulling that shit in the last fight against her.

[@GurrenBlanco69]

The feels.

[@chocobokoay3194]

Save the Queen; is Swordbreaker(s). Guard.🌟🇲🇾🌟🔥🇨🇳🔥📜🙋📜📖

[@GOODZ7777]

hell yeah im so glad i learned her theme its sucha good theme

[@terradraca]

Weakest part of the whole game. Beatrix's plot armor as well as how quick she gets to just do an about face and be absolved of everything she's done was just lazy and sloppy writing all around. A real stain on an otherwise great game.

[@tessatessa3894]

She questioned her actions long before this moment.

[@terradraca]

@@tessatessa3894 Yeah, for about 15 seconds and made it all about her and then went right back to murdering without regret.

[@tessatessa3894]

@@terradraca Hmm, fair enough. I just rewatched this moment. It was really funny how she literally changed her boots on the go.

[@Zelink108]

IX isn’t a great game, there are tons of other problems with IX as well, such as Garnet’s stupidity: 1) Runs away from home because she's afraid her mother is trying to kill her and take over the world 2) Risks the lives of many, many people and causes numerous deaths along her flight from the castle (yes, I count all those Black Mages on the ship as deaths) 3) Upon arrival in Lindblum suddenly proclaims that she refuses to believe her mother is evil and trying to take over the world, despite proof of her unprovoked attack on Burmecia, the slaughter of Black Mages, and the attempts to kill the kidnappers 4) Runs all the way home because apparently she wanted to just talk to her mom and DRUGS AND ABANDONS ZIDANE: the guy who loved her 5) Through her stupidity, she gets captured and tortured. Millions of people die from the results of her entirely preventable course of action because she basically handed over her Eidolons to her mother on a silver platter, and just to rub salt in the wound, she never gets called and chewed out on any of this, especially not by Zidane who should very rightfully be furious and upset with her, after all that he did for her, only for her to blow him off. That is why I hate Garnet.

[@chocobokoay3194]

Khukuri; the Assassin's Dagger(s). Doggy; Lesalia. O; Glass's Bell (s). Puppy.🇲🇾

[@chocobokoay3194]

O; The Warrior of The Light. The True; Fact. The; Sword I wielded.🇲🇾

[@Zelink108]

... you carried her out of the secret passage into the main room of the castle just to put her to rest on the freaking couch?! When time is of the essence and the Queen is coming?! Why are you making a completely unforced stop in the most dangerous place? Duuurrrrr… Why are you apologizing Zidane? It's Dagger's fault you are all in this mess in the first place, with her drugging and abandoning you after all you did for her and running back home like an idiot, and causing Cleyra to be BLOWN UP that you were lucky to get teleported out of when you did, if anything she should be the one massively apologizing, but she will never get called out on this and held responsible. The game wants me to care about Steiner's plight here, but honestly, after Dagger's whole stupid "run back to Alexandria" subplot which Steiner took a part in (the results of which we just saw happen to Cleyra), his ridiculous obliviousness and denial of the Queen's insanity (which to be fair, isn't completely his fault, it's the fault of Cid and Garnet for not giving him any important information, and Garnet's own dumb denial), and everything that happened in Burmecia and Cleyra that he didn't witness, I really don't care. It would have been much better if he went to Burmecia and actually saw what was happening, how much more interesting would it have been to see his reactions towards Beatrix and how he would speak to her about all that? Yeah as Freya says, too little too late. Beatrix is just doing a cheap imitation of Cecil Harvey's story from FFIV, but what made Cecil's original plot work in IV was that with Cecil you clearly saw the hesitation he showed in his actions when he attacked Mysidia, his fellow Red Wing knights were repeatedly questioning the whole thing and Cecil clearly showed remorse for it and then immediately questioned the "King" (who was actually an imposter) himself to his face about the whole thing, Beatrix on the other hand, showed no hesitation in her actions throughout Bermecia and Cleyra (she even LAUGHS just before she invades the top of the Cleyra tree) and just acts like a condescending warmongering bitch, and had zero remorse until the airship scene after Cleyra's destruction where is just comes out of nowhere, it was an asspull. This isn't going to be the only time FFIX repeats a plot-line from a previous main FF game, but with crappier writing. Also Zidane, first off, don't suddenly give Beatrix a free pass, again she had this realization far later than she should have, and at least Steiner didn't commit any warcrimes. Secondly, a lot of Steiner's denial could have been subsided if Dagger and Cid had simply told Steiner what was going on, Dagger telling him why she wanted to be kidnapped in the first place, and Cid explaining to Steiner why he wanted the princess to be kidnapped and what was happening to the queen, sure he still would have initially had doubts, but it would have at least put the idea in his head which would continue to grow the more evidence he saw.

[@Archedgar]

Forced loss and instant forgiveness? fuck off Square. I was enjoying FF9 up until this absolute bullshit happens. Yeah I get it. They wanted to have her turn away from the queen like Steiner did but different. That's fine, but at this point neither in game-mechanics nor in story could she defeat the main characters in a 4v1. She could still be the best 1v1 but no, they had to mary sue it up with this trash segment. Fail.

[@Zelink108]

I was enjoying IX until Disk 1 Lindblum when Garnet started being a selfish idiot and drugged and abandoned Zidane and the others, ruined the love story, rendering the entire beginning of the game with the kidnapping and getting to Lindblum pointless, and is responsible for giving her mother magic nuclear weaponry that annihilated Cleyra, seriously hurt Lindblum and then Alexandria itself killing god knows how many people. But hey, we're talking about a game where a war criminal is never confronted about the shit she did and is left to stay as an unbeatable mary sue.

[@chocobokoay3194]

2:5. Lenneth Valkyrie vs General Beatrix.♟️

[@chocobokoay3194]

Extravagancy and Luxurious.🇲🇾

[@MrMagoo-rg8er]

How did Beatrix lose her eye tho

[@dualblade14]

I think it happened the night she killed 100 soldiers or during either of her and Steiner's grudge matches before the game begins. Fun fact, the knights of Pluto were established because Steiner won their first match, and the entire Alexandrian regular military was replaced with only women because Beatrix won the second.

[@chocobokoay3194]

( General Beatrix ) You're Father Hast; Reunite(d).🧝‍♀️🏰🧝‍♀️⭐🇲🇾⭐🧏‍♀️📚🧏‍♀️📜💍📜⚜

[@RyseMaxwell]

What's the use of Rei's Wind?

[@ohitsjustrandy]

Ryse Maxwell gives your party Regen

[@miguelangelsalaslegonia7356]

Party regen

[@chocobokoay3194]

O; Holy Lanceress.⚜

[@chocobokoay3194]

4°11'。⚜

[@chocobokoay3194]

O; Blood.🎶

[@123TauruZ321]

You should have set the camera angle to fixed during battles. The constantly changing view is brain scrambling.

[@steiner_01]

Steiner x Beatrix?

[@mopbrothers]

Beatrix should have died here or at least been knocked out. Made no sense she beat everyone a 3rd time (especially with Steiner in the party).

[@Zelink108]

Yeah, Beatrix is a Sue.

[@DanIzzUnity]

Hihihih I was like "Now I will kill Beatrix" when in disc 4 I get to learned "Thunder Slash, Stock Break, Climhazzard & Shock" for Steiner..hahahah if only I can hack the game..I will put Steiner with all her Seiken ability..hihihi let see then a war between those 2 protector of Alexandria... :D

[@chocobokoay3194]

Reis' Wind. Windslash'(es) Bow(s).🇲🇾🏰🇲🇾

[@OGYouTubeEnjoyer]

Would have been cooler if you got Beatrix instead of Steiner.

[@chocobokoay3194]

Ain. 🌬

[@chocobokoay3194]

Shealth. ⭐⚜🇲🇾⚜⭐📜🔥🇨🇳🔥📜🎂⚔🏰⚔🎂💋

[@Archedgar]

Beatrix should have lost this, BUT, she should have had a move that could one-shot anyone in the party through all protections. That way it could be made clear that she could beat any of the characters 1v1 but was unable to defeat 4 of them at once. At this point in the game each of the characters are like unto gods but I get that they wanted to keep her as "the best". They could but instead they just give a big F you to the player and have the characters instantly forgive her. Trash tier job, square. You suck.

[@chocobokoay3194]

A pile of Hot; Sand.⭐🇲🇾⭐📜🔥🇨🇳🔥📜🎀

[@chocobokoay3194]

Katana is 风。🇲🇾🌬🇯🇵⭐🎁🔥🇨🇳🔥🎁⭐🏰⚜😊⚜📜

[@chocobokoay3194]

P(l)ea(ded). Saithes: Riddle(s). 童谣。 Dongeng. 🎶⚜🇲🇾🏰🔥🇨🇳♟🎂🕯🐍 Knight'(s); of the Harp(s). 🇲🇾🎶⚜🎂🔥🇨🇳♟🐍♟🏰

[@chocobokoay3194]

No. 02.🎶🐍♟