Final Fantasy IX by KRob, CaracarnVi, Luzbelheim, and Tojju (RPG Limit Break 2017 Part 48)

[@RPGLimitBreak]

Run Start: 0:20

[@DukeUuito]

Tojju and Muttski are the best duo in speedrun commentary, prove me wrong.

[@BiggusNickus]

Nah, I agree. My favorite speedrunners alongside spikevegeta.

[@inxine]

yeh they have a great ying yang chemistry haha.

[@inxine]

​@@BiggusNickusspikevegeta is too loud for my taste.

[@BiggusNickus]

@@inxine fair enough. He is quite loud but the man's an OG and I personally think he's very entertaining. Understand your POV of course :)

[@NymphieJP]

@@inxine I'm late but I 100% agree. Spike talks over the runner instead of with the runner and it's really horrible to watch.

[@shivur5073]

its nice that this was literally just a bunch of good friends on a discord call but in person

[@Tell_It_Right]

Commentary is top shelf! They talk about the games the way I do when I watch movies. Lol. Muttsi always comes through with comedy gold during runs.

[@FlintlockYT]

First seven hours of this video: This is a pretty cool run! Eighth hour: Why does this feel so familiar though? Ninth hour: Wait, I watched this live... I even donated and they read out my comment... I am not a smart man.

[@Papercut625]

Don't feel bad. A few million people voted for Trump.

[@fairiesandlillies3471]

Oliver Lewisohn dont feel bad apout IT your brein propably have more usefull infomation to remember 👍

[@arlert_9998]

thats a nice creative way to brag about donating

[@TheEcoolarg]

maybe you werent fully watching until you donated the first time

[@coolguy48457]

@@Papercut625 do you really call that stupid when the other option was a Clinton? A woman who literally stayed with her predator husband and tried to destroy the lives of his accusers? Then proceeded to play the ill fight for women card?

[@prah89]

Having watched this after AGDQ19, the Eiffel 65 references are eerily prescient

[@Lewku]

it's like watching a sequal before a prequal, in the same boat in 2020, R.I.P humanity

[@miura_vs]

I’m watching through this again, because I was trying to remember what actually started it. Anyone remember when it came up? I want to be sure I don’t miss it.

[@pdellify]

I’m starting it just now, also having just seen AGDQ19. Can’t wait lol

[@GeorgiosD90]

Played this game like 5 times, have reached level 99 all items all abilities and I am still here watching a speedrun of it GOD DAMN IT

[@xandertheupriser8600]

Same but well more like 3 to 4 times since I was 8, to now but never really got excalibur II

[@clerpington_the_fifth]

when you beat a game 5 times without learning Flee

[@nikmuhammad7362]

Try Excalibur 2 run and low level to the end boss fight.

[@joshahyu]

"sometimes you have a snake in your tent" -Tojjuu 2017

[@Kernel_Kertz]

10 minutes into a 9-hour run: “This is all swag; it has nothing to do with speed anymore.”

[@bmac4]

Highlights to add: 6:45:26 BLIND MENU! 4:57:47 100k!

[@SuperChocobo12]

Most amazing ! This game was my favorite when it came out. Great run !

[@g0ld3sun]

Thank y’all for inspiring me to give IX and VIII another shot. While I liked VIII a lot more, IX definitely proved to be a really fun game with memorable characters and some great music. I’m ashamed to say that my younger self wrote this game off as garbage for children. Was so wrong.

[@RatherBAnon]

I never knew there existed a RPG speedrun marathon before watching this video, and let me just say that you have new fan for the next event! Great runner, great couch and great cause! You guys rock!

[@autodidactusplaysjrpgs7614]

Twitch chat was pure gold during this run. Everyone was funny, intelligent and said all the right things.

[@jardelelias5625]

The run itself was also pretty entertaining.

[@Pomme843]

Is there a way to view the chat?

[@burntartic2239]

That doesn't sound like twitch chat Kappa

[@c0copuff25]

That huehuehue in the background when he said "Einstiener" was great.

[@Arbron]

6:45:50 - GODDAMN, that's some nice muscle memory there.

[@timbermaniac5756]

I never knew that about Ipsen's Castle. So I've been making it as difficult as possible this entire time.

[@timbermaniac5756]

Thinking about it, I never really used equips to protect against anything. I reall only treated them as ways to learn new abilities. It's neat how much more you need to know the games to speedrun them. But I'm definitely more in the completionist camp. It breaks my heart every time I watch these runners overlook chests. But I'm learning to become a more efficient person.

[@timbermaniac5756]

They cut off the singing!

[@yuugur666]

I gotta say, I fully agree that Assault of the white Dragon is better than you're not alone

[@Qardo]

I remember playing physically throwing a fit. After I spent 60 attempts trying to kill Nova Dragon. I have no clue to this day on how I freaking failed so badly. I had no guides and the internet was rather non-existent at the time in my life. So it was all trial and error. Yet I beat him and went on to just destroying the final boss. I took more pride killing Nova Dragon than the final boss.

[@TheAdventuresofAaron]

To be fair, Nova Dragon was more difficult than most of the bosses in Memoria

[@Haggart9]

I once got the Mage Masher first steal from Baku and i lost my mind- and then i got over confident and my entire run went to hell haha

[@aaronrodriguez2588]

This is easily my favorite game in the history of ever. As soon as I get internet in my new house, I plan to begin speed running this game. Wish me luck, as my biggest problem will be forcing myself to go fast rather than sit back and enjoy the adventure

[@clerpington_the_fifth]

are you finally down to 24 hours?

[@MetalGearChief]

Top 3 Mighty Ducks Players 3. Connie Moreau 2. Fulton Reed 1. Charlie Conway

[@bigtimetimmyjim6486]

Typical fan who forgets that the goalie in his player rankings. #TeamGoldberg

[@taketherolls8418]

Charlie Conway was a terrible player. He admitted it himself. Jesse was way better, so was Guy.

[@iamthepkmmaster]

The perfect thumbnail

[@pilot3605]

The mage masher thing at the start made me restless , how can speedrunners be so patient?? Looks brutal

[@Lewku]

they play final fantasy...try getting wakka's best weapon in 10 and tell me you don't have patience. the real lazy ones are the runners who do the overwatch tutorial

[@12ealDealOfficial]

The music's nice. That's pretty much the only reason I endure stealing sessions with bosses.

[@Nonlifting_breezy]

I got it on my first try the other day lol

[@inxine]

its not rly that big of a deal, u are probably super impatient

[@shane1489]

I always thought this game was better than critics say.

[@OmegaOmni1]

Never thought of using Night with Quina, didn't realize how strong it is.

[@aloysiuslomanjaya6232]

Miss this game so much. This was a game when i was 10 :(

[@AzureRaven2]

Should get it and play it again then! It's on more platforms than ever, PC, Vita, PS4/3, Mobile, etc

[@chrismilton3240]

I recommend playing on PS4 or PC, maybe the Switch it you're feeling frisky.

[@Alp-youtubeDe]

Greetings from Germany. Thanks for this run :)

[@ziegfeld4131]

There was a professional dance troupe that did the river dance cutscene at a convention dont know if its on youtube

[@minaly22]

I can't believe someone actually managed to beat FF9 with only average party level 30... This was incredible.

[@blainy-o93]

Believe it or not, people have beaten it with everyone at level 1 before, including Ozma, Hades and Quale.

[@mastyer0fReality]

I just destroyed 8. Got every card! Woo now I'm on disc 1 in ff9

[@FuzzMustard]

Never realized how overpowered 'Charge!' was o.O

[@f.prince6642]

I was always under the impression that the rare steal increases in chance once you broke a certain hp percentage. Like after the enemy is lower than 50% max hp the rare steal item goes from example 10% to 25%. I’m probably wrong but I def played many playthrus believing that lol

[@mattg4443]

That would be a nice mechanic to help steal stuff but unfortunately it doesn't help in this one!

[@cw2002]

Where can I watch the video of the singing??? I feel cheated!

[@miura_vs]

They sing in the finale video of the marathon. There’s also some great voice acting for the final FMV of the game. Definitely worth checking out if you haven’t found it already.

[@dc8836]

Always fun to see my favorite FF being run. Why don't the runners approve of the new remastered edition? Wouldn't being able to remove random encounters and/or use turbo mode be something they'd be all over?

[@bmac4]

Its menus arent nearly as smooth and it's harder to move around.

[@thomasw9587]

The idea of throwing Excalibur 2 made me die inside

[@jiggycalzone8585]

It took me a long time to complete this game the first time. Not due to inexperience (it was a factor) but because my copy had a defect on disc 3 that would crash right at the moment when Kuja destroys pandemonium.

[@7deuc2e38]

Lol after 10 or so years mine would freeze when looking into the telescope on disc 1

[@jamesaditya5254]

I put this game on the shelf for so long because I got my discs as a hand-me-down and one of the earliest FMV (the one right after the rooftop section with Puck and Vivi) always froze on me. It has to be at least 4 years until I learn from gamefaqs that you could skip FMVs by opening my PSX tray and thankfully the rest of the discs work perfectly

[@KyRex1783]

Yo, shoutout to the guy on the couch in the Sabaton shirt

[@Popebug]

Only children, nazis and nazi children listen to Sabaton, though.

[@Maghanashi]

@@Popebug Sabaton are banging.

[@2Syndras1Cup]

At first I was like: "The fuck is a Swansig??" Then he typed "Zwanzig" xd

[@Gumbocinno]

8:18:40 "$10 from Vagisil"

[@davidmedford1166]

FF9 is the best final fantasy on ps1. I love this game so much!

[@jamesfield1674]

Love this game my fav FF

[@coldReactive]

Would've been nice if the devs would've programmed a time save where, if you look at the ticket in the key items before giving it to the ticketmaster, vivi will just skip that objective completely.

[@davewa109]

FOR THE RECORD: Black Waltz is not *one* enemy you fight multiple times. There are three separate versions. This is very important information.

[@Jackaroo.]

But you fight black waltz three multiple times

[@blankblank5759]

That's right! Three different versions!!

[@Joe-ck3ju]

Mutt is the best commentator!

[@nueonetwo]

So... the song?

[@SurrealNights]

THis is the first time I've EVER heard it pronounced Zai-dane.

[@gerald216]

SurrealNights Really? That's the main way I've heard it pronounced and the way I say it. Guessing for you it's Za-dane?

[@davidwhitaker3411]

Most people say it as Zi -Dan like the footballer, at least here in Europe.

[@whatisthis-uw9ok]

wierd. I've always pronounced it zih-du-nee

[@clerpington_the_fifth]

ZEE-DONNY

[@user-un3us8hp8n]

the crew in ff9 is chaotic good at best cough*

[@bigtimetimmyjim6486]

...did they really say "lawful good thieves?" O_o The very first scenario involves breaking into the castle (the home of the law) to steal the princess (a figurehead of the law).

[@gojambe3957]

To be fair they did work under the orders of a Prime Minister.

[@MrDeldris]

I think their aversion to hurting anyone unless they have to (with a few exceptions) could make the argument of Neutral Good. Their plan to kidnap Garnet didn't involve hurting anyone except the 2 guards that Blank and Zidane knock out.

[@tidusuwu3125]

You can just feel the tension between KRob and CaracarnVi lol

[@Maghanashi]

Eh?

[@igmi6823]

There is a trick in PS1 that makes cutscenes skippable, that would save a lot of time

[@pablolas-cazas142]

I don't think disk swap is allowed when speedrunning this game

[@livinghealthywithfredrikli2759]

you open the tray of the play station one and close it agian that's how you cut sceenes in ff9 :) on a ps1

[@LtMcBong]

I know you commented this over a year ago but hardware manipulation ia prohibited in most speedruns.

[@chromff9261]

For the life of me when I was young 1st time playing the game, I couldn't find the last potion off the painter :D

[@AndyThomasStaff]

8:42:17 DUDE IN BLUE IN BACK RIGHT LEAVES. FUUUUUUCK

[@Jackaroo.]

Awesome! :D

[@Orjazzmfr]

8:11:30 Why not make Armant and Garnet gain experience?

[@MrDazzlerdarren]

Blue da ba dee da ba da!! .......old skool gdq hype!!

[@thomasw9587]

Fun fact: you can skip any fmv by opening the lid. Used to have to do it since my disks were scratched 😂

[@halfstatic]

I am a casual watcher and it would be great if the marathon couch commentary focused less on memes and more on explaining the story and detail of the run. Overall cool run.

[@TheJoGeLu]

They do a fantastic job of explaining literally every trick done (even ones failed) and they also explain the story as plot points come up...? What more do you want? They even talk about old strats they used to do in the run, lol.

[@Auchaser643]

TheJoGeLu guess he wants the story literally told to him for a game that came out for the ps1

[@quatreiquorizawa9885]

I think Freya tranced at their home tree. not sure if I remember it correctly though.

[@TheMike0088]

lets be real, ff IX cutscenes probably pushed the ps1 to its absolute limits in terms of graphical capabilities. hell, these cutscenes even look better than a lot of ps2 cutscenes I've seen.

[@DrFl3sh]

dafuq are you talking about? is just a video file it has nothing to do with graphical capabilities, all it matters for video is resolution and bitrate, if a nes could play videos it would look exactly like the psx lol any device capable of playing videos is the same

[@bigtimetimmyjim6486]

In terms of graphical prowess, cutscenes notwithstanding, I think FF9 is a great-looking game for the PSX, but I still think Chrono Cross is the leader of the pack.

[@Popebug]

I don't think you understand what FMV is.

[@PyrokineticFire1]

32:49 this line hit my ear weird, because they mentioned the charity is NAMI..

[@phil83222]

Just watched the ff9 run on gdq.... This one here IS SO MUCH BETTER! The GDQ announcer was so obnoxious and just ruined the whole run. The announcer here is so quiet and mellow.

[@Pillbughug5742]

I love these gaias

[@jaredclawfinger]

fantastic run. gonna watch it a second time and there will prob. be a third time.

[@30NiKC30]

I attack enemies when stealing the 2nd item from them. I think the lower the hp, higher chance to steal items.

[@Mistshinobi]

Have a question if anyone is still monitoring comments on this video. Why do you try to 'escape' after inputs during battles?

[@Hilidude]

I think they said it gives them a better chance to have a short escape animation

[@scarletrouge6609]

great speedrun, but where can I watch the singing?

[@bearlotk7608]

7:17:15 QUINA the Stone Age!! QUINA

[@pedrosena6800]

A primeira vez q fiz a luta com Kuja no disco3, usava auto-reflect em todos personagens... nessas condições a AI dele só usa Flare Star... sofri muito nesse boss ate perceber q sem o reflect a luta é banal

[@kirbymaster5]

I'm curious as to why the PC version is inferior for speed running.

[@Qardo]

Well, it is because some computers push the program too hard for some odd reason. Though I rarely have issues with a lot of the old FF games. Maybe it is because I am not overclocking my GPU or stressing my system. *Shrugs* I never understand people who bitch about having computer issues with games. Though it could be a hardware thing to why they don't allow the PC version. Also fear of cheating. As it is a hell of a lot easier to cheat on a PC version than the console version. That includes Emulators. As there was some past runs in other games. That ran on Emulators but a lot of them were removed after rule changes and also a lot of issues with people trying to get World Records through cheating. So they straight up said depending on the game. If it is an old one. It will be played on the hardware it was made for. Meaning consoles for a lot of these games. And very strict guidelines with PC games. All to keep it fair and really make the feeling great when someone does make that World Record.

[@FurryWulfz]

They just choose not to run PC because the menus and text skipping are terrible and were designed for touchscreen with iOS. Unfortunately, FFVIII is the only old school FF with an actual decently made PC port, if you can handle the terribly low-quality MIDI music that is. In FFVIII's case, PC is actually the go-to version and the most competitive category. It actually has nothing to do with how easy it is to cheat. It's because FFIX on PC is a shite port because Square-Enix are stupid.

[@TheAdventuresofAaron]

Roses and wine isn't banned is it?

[@FurryWulfz]

It's banned from top 10 positions on speedrun.com Mostly because it was found to affect certain triggers based on audio and saves quite a bit of time.

[@Arlesmon]

I played the PC version and didn't have much problems with it. Though the only problem that bothered me is that the controller was pressed twice which made certain parts annoying. Though I managed to get around it. Besides that. Everything else was pretty nice.

[@dinosaur8094]

Why can't we have a remade version of this :(

[@eructationlyrique]

I believe FMVs are actually skippable in the Playstation version by opening and closing the disc lid.

[@autodidactusplaysjrpgs7614]

Does that work on ps2?

[@eructationlyrique]

I didn't test

[@airkrob]

Rémi Desrochers-Guérin it works but it is banned (along with any hardware manipulation) by the SDA for official speedrun submissions, which is why we do not do it.

[@GhostKumo]

As Kevin said it's banned by the community. Even though nowadays they don't really need to go by SDA rules for RTA stuff, opening the disctray runs the risk of crashing the game, which means that runs would be less about skill and more about "who can get lucky with the disctray FMV skips on a good run".

[@nesoukkefka1741]

It also affect the game's timer making the Excalibur II totally random to get.

[@kharyrobertson3579]

should have guessed restart on the mage masher

[@dinham16]

Good stream but I'd prefer more discussions about the game itself.

[@AndreaBarbieri]

Do you know were to find runs of Final Fantasy where they explain the run itself in all detail. And there is less focus on donations? Would really appreciate if you can help me and i suppose also many others.

[@OmegaOmni1]

Just follow those that ran the game on twitch and ask there. Each of them have said they have different strats on what they do.

[@BlackWingGenesis]

One time I had to actually reset while stealing the magemasher. It was a casual run... It took so long baku actually wiped the party...

[@nathanialthomas1553]

What are meems?

[@coldReactive]

*48 steal attempts.

[@xeronic]

I love how obscure that Mighty Ducks donation was, and i actually got it. I also agree on Muttski's Top 3 mighty ducks players. Julie the cat ftw.

[@keffypoo]

What is it, then, ducks or cats?

[@gprk1916]

FINAL y is it number 9

[@SmeagolTheBeagle]

Theres an RPG version of GDQ!>!?!!?!? theres litteraly no point in me watching gdq anymore hahahahaha

[@DrWiley-fm3ik]

squirtle squad chill

[@DrWiley-fm3ik]

Squirtle Squad he made a simple joke and you were being passive aggressive about him needing to watch both

[@esper4605]

are you two gonna fuck or what

[@AchEdeJungeNeDu]

Worst porn ive ever seen

[@zohair2m]

@Pee Cock You got here pretty early mate

[@doggiedoggo1292]

salute!

[@Lewku]

Jeff

[@midnightfm87]

I feel like all of these memes are lost on me

[@Despond]

The final good FF game.

[@ZyrusSmith]

48 failed steals... In my first run, I got it on my 7th steal.

[@KubrickFR]

@Charlie Chaman Was your comment REALLY that necessary? Try not to be an asshole...

[@heavy_elite]

Interessting, that Vivi has the german number twenty XD

[@Lorefall]

You guys are never going to do FFX?

[@thaefner92]

It's like 8 hours of unskippable cutscenes and one and a half hour of gameplay if you're really quick. Nobody wants that.

[@Qardo]

Sadly FFX is unskippable. Which I kind of refused to play it for a second run through myself. As really you can only stand the awful "Laugh Scene" once...No amount of muting will remove it. Though it is a good story regardless. Yet for Speedrunning it is awful.

[@gerald216]

Lore Craft They did 10 in the final fantasy marathon. Then again they ran basicly all of them lol even some of the spinoffs.

[@TOGTNK]

I am here from the future. FFX 10 man relay is in!

[@quatreiquorizawa9885]

Just realized Zidane has similarities to Son Goku. Tail, original purpose, & super saiyan XD

[@TadRaunch]

He also has a very carefree attitude like Goku.

[@SkulkHogan]

Zidane is a bunch of goofy inside jokes isn't he?

[@RobzdaBlade]

I watched this entire thing to just study the Canadian. I know more about Americans then my own people.

[@puremusicsound]

M'BAKU!!!

[@salma.kandrouchi]

💕💕💕💕💕

[@JulesVonBasslake]

"Thieves who can't even steal a sword" Of course they couldn't steal a sword, they were trying to steal a dagger or a pair of daggers as it were...

[@quatreiquorizawa9885]

can someone explain the meme names?

[@juniorslostsoul8329]

dam I was hoping to hear them sing 😂😂😂😂😂

[@miura_vs]

They sing in the finale video of the marathon. There’s also some great voice acting for the final FMV of the game. Definitely worth checking out if you haven’t found it already.

[@黃致維-f6h]

👍

[@黃致維-f6h]

😊

[@petrsauer8240]

Nice now do it fast :)

[@classicmail8239]

FFVIII and FFIX were made side by side.

[@joshuaarmstrong2445]

You're right about that comment at about the 3 minute or so mark, changing the screens to blue is essential. If you don't like blue text and menu boxes, you are not a real fan and should be sterilized for the good of the franchise.

[@davewebster5120]

to skip fmv's all you have to do is open and close the lid

[@chrisk1039]

I'm very late for this but it's banned by the speed running community