7 Final Fantasy IX Mods That Change The ENTIRE GAME
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With so much focus being placed around the Final Fantasy 9 Remake, it's often easy to forget that Final Fantasy IX still exists, and it does so as a fantastic game. But if you did want to elevate the experience, there are plenty of ways to do so, and one of the most interesting has to be mods!
00:00 Introduction
02:05 Final Fantasy IX Unleashed
04:11 Flatten Growth
06:10 Remove Time Limit For Excalibur II
08:20 Dragon Knight Rising
10:13 Moguri Mod
11:59 Alternate Fantasy
13:26 VV's Randomiser
15:25 Outro
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I used Moguri in my latest playthrough, playing it for the SO. It made the game even better - *and the steal chance increase I activated halfway through made it a lot less annoying to steal shit from bosses.*
No statement has ever deserved to be *bolded* more. Extremely important information! :D
Playing through with Moguri currently, just got to Oeilvert and it has revitalized the game so much for me, not that I ever didn't love it.
You can also edit the amount of jumps Vivi does per button press in the jump rope minigame in the .ini file.
Whether you consider that cheating depends on how much value you place on your sanity.
I always used freya anyway. I actually took the time to do power up by killing dragons so her special ability hit for 9999 so she was a great asset XD
That final shot from the Alternate Fantasy mod section nearly gave me a heart attack. Fighting all four Chaos Guardians at once? Yikes.
it's a feature you unlock after defeating Hades: he gives you the chance to fight special battles. One of them is a rematch against all 3 Waltzes.
Dude. Beatrix is one of my fav side characters in the whole franchise. I had no idea there was a mod to make her permanent.....my life just changed, guys.
Agreed. I always wished there was a option or secret event which allows you to take her with you in the end. This Mod just makes a dream come true
sadly this mods add so many things. is there a way to just leave Beatrix on in the mod?@@szunaloneheart3148
Mod to add Beatrix in permanently? WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE!!!?!??!??!?!!?
Shittiest part about all that is the fact its not even technically a mod... it just added the data files that were already in the game that was removed that made her an unplayable character
@@bronysaiyan5236 i tihnk she was supposed to join you. because you can get the Save the Queen blade but you cant equip it to ANY part member. I was disappointed when I went through all that trouble to get it only to find out steiner couldnt use it. Only beatrix.
I love these kids of videos esp for the older games. As a retro FF player it’s a real delight.
I recently finished a run of VV's randomizer and it was so much fun! Imagine boss rushes with two out of three bosses having access to the Chestnut ability, which deals damage based on the damage they had taken... or Trance Kuja getting replaced by regular Kuja. Like buddy, what did you trance for 😂
Beatrix as a party member? 100/10, best mod ever, would play the game indefinitely
Truth, Beatrix should have been in the party... Would have been great if we had her come with us to the Outer Continent... Something to get her to see Dagger in a different light and learn more about her etc...
Mogui plus Beatrix is perfect. My favourite game of all time. Wish somebody improved Amarant too.
Hope the rumors are true and they're working on the FF9 remake
Only rumors. Will not happen the next 5 years.
They’re taking forever on the FF7 remake, I don’t see it happening
@@zersky495 The team that developed the original FF9 was a different developer team than the one who developed the original FF7 and FF8.
The team that developed the OG FF7 and 8 are the ones developing FF7 Remake, that's why there's rumours about FF9 Remake coming before 8 Remake cause it's a different team developing it.
@@zersky495I also expect that other FF remakes won’t be spread out over multiple games like 7, so shouldn’t take as long
Honestly, for the IX remake, I would be happy if they updated the graphics and gave it a lot of quality-of-life features to make it more of a modern game. As much as I love the original IX, there were very glaring flaws (namely, the slow battle speed and loading times for battles).
I've had so much fun with the VV rando, every game is full of surprises. Highly, highly recommend that mod to everyone
What really saddens me about the newer ff9 ports was the broken visual effects, specially flare. The reason i fell in love with the original is because of how beautiful it was. I wish there were mods that could fix that.
Just wanna add "Trance Seek" to the list !
The mod is still in development but he is playable and look very promising.
CD3 is almost finished.
Each playable character has a passiv who complement their identity in the game, new fights are introduced (like the guardianS in CD3) new equipment, abilities, Beatrix is a permanent party member from a point in the CD3 and many others things ! You should give it a look !
This seem good, i always wished they let us fight 4 guardians with 2 party members based on story
I just want to fight the other Guardians after those cutscenes. Such a missed opportunity
One mod worth an honorable mention is the PSX UI mod, which is/can be made compatible with the Moguri mod. Although the devs did shrink the size of the vanilla UI in battles after an update patch, the fact remains that it's still hideous and looks like it was made for a touch screen, which is what the PSX UI mod fixes. Although you'll want to change the UI scaling back to 1.0 from the default 0.7 as the scaling also changes the size of non-UI elements. The mod is also highly customizable, allowing you to do things like adjusting the positioning while in battle or change how many columns the skill windows have in battle. Overall, it's a great addition to help get that nostalgic feeling.
If I had the powers to mod this game. I would add story sections to flesh out Freya, Quina and Amarant a lot more. Woefully underdeveloped characters. Especially Freya, I would at least want her to have a sense of closure.
Agreed. Maybe even giving a side quest later on to see if she can seek out that closure.
Every time I play FF9, Freya is always on my team (except for the bits that I'm forced to use other characters). She is even one of the characters I have right at the end fight. I've never used Mods on my games (would not know how to with original console systems anyway XD). Oddly I think my team is almost always at a disadvantage by the time I get to the end of the game since I tend to have both Garnet and Eiko on the team as well.
I also love Garnet and Eiko, and I wish both had some more differences between them because of how similar they are as characters.
Freya is one of the best characters in the game when you consider Dragon's Crest. Kill enough dragons, and it's guaranteed 9,999 damage per hit.
Freya is never on my team. Her abilities are clunky and jump just doesn't do anything for me. Yeah she has 9,999 but if a character is appealing just for 9,999 that ain't great. Sarah gets to stay because she has access to Ark.
The mod that powers up Freya removes her best move that allows her to deal maximum damage? Um, Dragon Crest can always result in 9999 damage if the party has killed 100 dragons. Freya didn't need to be rebalanced. She was already a power house character.
Agreed, freya already provided good utility. Somebody didn’t know how to use her.
As someone who has no interest in killing 100 dragons I'd sooner just use Amarant
This. Infact, I'd go so far as to say that she was one of the player's ending members if they cared for serious DPS along with Quina and Zidane as they have skills that do set damage. With Garnet for a more offensive white mage or Eiko for a more defensive white mage, there really was no reason to use the other members.
@@cheffdonty that’s fair, though you will get around half of those kills just playing through the story if you aren’t skipping as many fights as you can. There are many minor creatures that count as dragons even as early as just outside the first Chocobo forest that are easy to take down. Quina can make quick work of grand dragons with his blue magic as well late game which is a great way to grind for xp while you do it. But a mod that scales dragon crest with stats instead of kills would be the only change necessary instead of a complete overhaul.
@@cheffdonty😂😂
Great list thank you. I have been thinking of giving FF9 another run and playing it with mods sounds like a great idea.
I love this and wish you could make a video showcasing some best mods for other FF games too. Like best ff12,13,15 mods etc
Moguri Mod deserves all the love in the world, it looks so stunning
Amazing video as always!!
Very soon there will be another one that looks incredible, made by the content creator RikkuandYuna. Not sure if it will be available in english. New weapons, new abilites, new bosses, beatrix available, and lots of new things.
That would be awesome
Any time i think of FF9, i remember the time me and a friend were playing the game alongside each other. He fought the Iifa Tree boss and it took him half an hour to beat it. I go in and beat it in like two turns using Life and Phoenix Downs XD. He was so angry and asked why i never told him about that, i said he never asked me.
That is a chad move. Just saying
I hear there's a good voice mod being created for FF9 too 👀
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Patiently waiting for it before replaying FF9 😌. Absolutely loved echo S7 you guys are doing great work!
Please make a video on other mods as well! I'm sure there are many others worth talking about!
Man I loved this game. I ought to play it again. Last played it in 2004, I think, and then my PS2 shit the bed.
Final Fantasy IX is currently 60% off on steam! perfect time to try these out!
FFIX is my 2nd favourite FF, I absolutely love this game.
Having Beatrix recruitable was one of the things I always wanted cause she's my favourite FF9 character, her story, her theme Roses of May, her redemption arc, she's written perfectly...I even named my daughter after her.
FF9 is my favorite game in the franchise, definitely gonna have to try some of these mods
I'm so proud to have my mod for Excalibur II included in this video
Could've mentioned memoria as well, since it comes bundled with Moguri and adds so much qol features to the game, including the option to play the game in actual 60fps.
I have a huge soft spot for the Final Fantasy modding community. Im currently playin 7 modded to hell with full voice overs and the works. Been such a fun experience since the last time I played OG 7 was when I was a kid on ps1
Started a playthrough on OG FF7 modded as well, I'm just not sold on the VA for Cloud. I know it's a community project and not professional VA's, I do think they did a great job overall.
Waiting for echo S9 for a new FF9 playthrough. Was a great mod for FF7 indeed. Must have cost so much work to make.
I just want a mod that gives me that classical guitar OST that was used everywhere in the video, seriously.
Great video always, i really hope you will about the FFVII and FFVII mods too.
I remember breaking FF9 by beating the Chocabo mini game. Suddenly, I was in like the last few chapters of the game at a low level with early game equipment. This might be useful for speed runners.
I think a lot of these mods WITH Echo-S 9 (a FULLY voice acted mod) will REALLY make modded 9 feel like a true remaster/remake.
Hoping always for an official remake. But I love the Echo team. I love the mods we make. I love the mods this community has made.
Thank you for covering them.
Replacement of Tetra Master with FF8’s Triple Triad mod is one I always use too
This is perfect.....I was just looking to mod ff9 on my Steam deck!
I just finished an alternate fantasy mod playthrough. Its amazing and i highly recommend to give it a try!
Where did you find the mod? I had it on my old PC and loved it but i can't find online these days.
Bruh, I completely forgot I had the mod installed and got thrown for a loop when doing to trance tutorial boss. Legit skill issue. T_T
@@brijor6ff7 if you install the memoria mod, they have a catalog that lets you download at least the more popular mods. It's all self-contained now, like the 7th heaven mod for FF7.
@dale117 thank you. That definitely wasn't the case when I first installed it lol
Im not that into challenges but enjoy the stories experiences. So I will go with Moguri Mod.
I just finished IX on PSX for the first time few days ago, and now I'm already buying it on Steam so I can play again with mods
Recently played through Alternate Fantasy and it is now the only difficulty I will play.
for excalibur you can just edit your save file to make it less than 12 hours
The reason the backgrounds look so bad on the PS4 and PC is because they have been smoothed. They look better on an actual PS1.
Moguri mod really sells the lasting visual identity of FF9. I am always walking around thinking damn this looks so cool. Really only trance and steal rates need to be touched up. Any steal pre-thief gloves as after thief gloves stealing is much more reasonable. Trance could outright be removed and I wouldn't notice.
I love FFIX so much that I put hundreds of hours into it on my PS4. This video has me wanting to buy it again after I switch to PC.
If we ever get a remake I strongly feel I wouldn’t wait for it if it’s an episodic version like ff7 remake.
We just got the second part of 3 after MANY YEARS since it was first announced almost 10 years ago . Meaning it’s taken a little over a decade just to play one game realistically speaking. That’s a big bite and hard one to chew.
The best way to get excalibur II is to get to where it is at and let the clock roll over to 00:00:01 and go pick it up.
Will definitely use one of these on my next playthrough. Is it possible to use two mods at once? I would like to use the Moguri Mod while also using one of the others like Alternate Fantasy.
The answer is probably "it depends.' With the two mods you mention, listen at 13:15, where he specifically mentions combining those two.
Looking forward to the remake that's coming (soon)™️.
Good to see the best game finally getting noticed.
Good list.
Thunder Slash seems to be never fixed whatsoever. =( At least I didn't see it mentioned in the pieces of text regarding changes that were shown.
I hope someone made a mod that fixes it. It never hits.
this game is pure magic... Beatrix always playable, this is a dream
Something like the Moguri mod should be part of the baseline of HD versions of games. We keep getting sold the same games on console with very little effort.
'ey yo! FF9 is on sale on Steam until Decemeber 21st! A perfect opportunity to try these mods out! 😁
Thats what I'm about to do! :)
Any mod that makes Freya better is a winner in my book.
The super-low-poly FF7 models in FF7 Remake is also hilarious.
More mod videos!❤
What I always find sad is that Zidane's sister never gets expanded on, hell they even forgot to put her into the anniversary cover picture for the soundtrack re-release.
Freya was already the best character in the game to the point soloing the game with her was easier than running a full party due to the 4x EXP she would get, and thats without grinding Dragon Crest. Dragon Breath could also do guaranteed 9999 damage to all targets without grinding yet they removed that. Jump is also essential in speedrunning the game. The Dragon Knight Rising mod honestly sounds like it makes her weaker. Which I guess is fine if that was the intention, to make her more balanced, but I don't know why the video frames it as improving her. She was already incredibly dominant.
If the story wasn't going to give her fair dues, its only fair she's unstoppable in battle!
I just need the standalone Beatrix mod and compatible with moguri mod 😭
where do you encounter all 4 chaoses at once? looks like interesting fight
How do I add mods to Memoria or Moguri? They're not showing on the catalog.
Thought PAL was easier because it ran slower, NTSC Excalibur was the harder one because the in game timer was faster, it was more like 10:30 for NTSC.
I was surprised that no modded spells were featured here maybe because its a hack code that changes every spell on the game
Maechen would be proud
is there any guide like this video but for other FF?
Best ever FF. My first and my last till world end.
There is also a mod called Trance Seek
Zidane. Dane. Dain. Like Great Dane. Like, I dain to implore you to consider vowels.
Mods for ff7 Pc made the game so much more enjoyable back in high school when I found the pc version for $1 at a pawn shop.
Did any mods fix the thunder slash glitch?
Moguri is great and works on steam deck too😊
I need a FF IX remake
What about the Zodiac project that used FF9 and FF12 as the base for the series?
I've been pulling my hair out recently trying to get the Moguri mod to work with reshade on my steam deck. I need scan lines, because otherwise the Moguri mod in my opinion looks very bizarre and smeared without it. I'd rather play the original on duck station with down sampling and scan lines than the Moguri. However it means I miss out on other stuff
Sigh!
if its SE, don't support it.... the Developers hid the source code for reasons. hid not hard to reverse enginier.
and bro's/dudeetts Freya is the best hitter in the game next to Quinna, 9999 dragon crests for dragons she slays. shes always been on of my go to over the white mages in spots
Is there a mod to remove the 9999 max damage cap?
Now we need a tutorial to install these.
is there a mod where we can use the white dress of garnet?
"The next-gen would make this easier via cheating, here's a mod that removes the entire point of the challenge."
Meer mortals have no business wielding such a divine weapon that rewarded copious & monumental effort.
Here's the mod I would like: leave the 12 hour requirement for Excalibur II, but once acquired, you can start a new game with Excalibur II in your inventory.
If I knew how to do it, belive me, I would xD
I love/hate the alternate fantasy mod. I hate the changes to the challenge, but I like having Beatrex being playable.
What I don't understand regarding the Ultimate Weapons: Shadow and Holy are the two most used for absorption, but Water and Fire are never absorbed. Kinda sus tbh....
you guys needs boost for freya?got her slained thousands of dragons from gizamalukes thus gaining 9999 for dragon crest hahaha
How do you mod a game on the original PlayStation?
It can be modified on a computer and then burnt to a disc- of course you'd need a chiped playstation. It's not really legal.
@@mrnygren2 That sounds like a major hassle.
There is also the option to play the game using an emulator like EPSXE on the computer which is easier.@@kamron_thurmond
@@kamron_thurmondyou can just straight up buy them too, although finding the black market that sells them might be harder than just doing it yourself.
I do agree that its a bit of a hassle, but the people who do it consider it more of a hobby.
And then there's emulators where you play the PSX version on PC.
Speed run? No slow run as if I remember correctly from my PS1 days the in game clock ticks back to 0 after enough time so can be achieved in the 12 hours for those with patience.
Built-in speedrunning requirements like for Excalibur II always confused me in games like this, where the story was such a focal point. Nobody playing the game naturally would ever have an opportunity to obtain this weapon because literally just exploring and actually readin gall of the text takes more time than is required to get the weapon. Bizarre.
Great video. Thanks for your work.
You're most welcome! :)
Using these mods can mess with my steam account, like having a ban? Or it's safe to use?
no.
you wont get a ban.
you only get bans if you install 3rd party mods/cheats in games that are competitive multiplayer games.
As soon as I get a working pc, I'm coming right back to this video to relive my favorite childhood video game! ❤
moguri mod so good
What is the point of getting excalibur 2 if its in the final dungeon and you will probably not have anything to use it on
Bonus bosses, bragging rights? Although if you did it by adding a mod the bragging rights involved are pretty minimal.
do any of them make the game actually good?
Moguri Mod
I just want a mod that speeds up the combat. Its slow af.
Time to do an FFVI video like this guys. FFVI T-Edition needs more attention, hehehehehehe. (*｀･ω･)ゞ
Is there any mod that speeds up battles by removing that wind-up for... EVERYTHING. I tried replaying it somewhat recently and that was unbearable. I get it probably was a technical limitations at the time, but gosh it made things slow!
Moguri does if you fiddle around with the settings in the menu
As a man who loves Freya and her abilities, I concour she has some...arguably useless abilities, some of them definitely needed some more attention than others. Six Dragons having a 50/50 shot to ruin your party being the biggest annoyance of her kit. But eh, two-three abilities being subpar compared to the rest of the cast isn't a major downside to her. What is, is the fact she and Steiner are about 10+ levels below the party by mid-game due to the party splitting BS mid-disk 2
It's sad FF abandoned the rpg genre with XVI. If I wanted a hack n slash im gonna play devil may cry
I wish there was a mod to change the character models to the chibi models used in ff dissidia opera omnia. I feel that they would fit great in this game and give it that extra chef's kiss