Thank God FF9 doesn't play the whole thing every time you use a summon. I remember pretty much skipping out on summoning GFs in FF8 because it didn't skip.
That's auto phoenix ability of eiko. Carrying maximum 99 Phoenix pinions and Auto phoenix has 38% chance every game over as long as eiko is in your active party. It doesn't consume eikos mp ❤️
Yes, I know I'm probably going to get some haters, but I always felt that in the later generations the summons didn't have the same "oomf" they used to back in the PS1 generation. I also liked the character designs more in the PS1 generation. I feel like Bahamut in both FFX and FFVII Advent Children had an odd "trying to hard to add extra detail and be original" kind of design. The "classic" designs fine-tuned in the PS1 generation are still the best in my opinion, such as Ifrit in FFVIII and Leviathan and Bahamut in FFIX.
@@zimtak6418 a lot of the old guard left after Spirits Within flopped which was around the same time as FFX and Square-Enix merger. There is a charm and holistic approach to design in pre-PS2 era, whereas when Tetsuya started directing entire games, everything became super sexy characters. No substance, no endearment.
everything was epic in the summons, but in power? come on...eternal darkness, 2min of cinematic, a lot of mp cost..and just 9999? where is the break damage limit? what's the póint of doing an ark summon just for that? better use shiva..
@@vornamenachname6282 I find FF8 shiva kinda ugly, don't like her head / hair at all. I like much more Shiva's that are Human like, wearing some clothes or jewellery. FFX's is my favorite by far, almost looks like a wrestler, and has a sassy overdrive.
as young teen myself playing FF7, FF8 and FF9 at that time was freaking amazing. evolutionary. Coming from SNES, i dropped N64 to PS1 because of FF. I’m a big fan of FF7, but FF9 is the best in the PS1 era
First time it ever happened to me I was facing Necron and I thought it was just for that fight. It was so friggin epic. Then I found out it happens in other places and my childlike wonder was dashed lol.
i see a lot of anime influences with these summons. Squaresoft were so good adding these effects and it work for them so well. the loading time was unnoticeable too which was even more amazing at the time
The particle effects looked far better on PS1. Most of these animations are broken on PC. Anyone should be able to see that. All those black lines everywhere and lack of glow effects.
@@superbowyiming I played some games of enix. And the style of rpg that Enix is good with is different from square's rpg type. So, i think the combination destroyed Final Fantasy games. You can think that by look to FFX and compare it to FFX-2.
@@adventureoflinkmk2 Not Ark, I think it's fairly straightforward to get it if you play the game normally, you can either get it by defeating Ozma or by forging a Pumice at Hades. If you did the chocographs you should have 2 Pumice Pieces, then you only need 50k gil to forge a Pumice.
I like that FF9 incorporated the summons into the story line. FF7 kind of was like: oh heres some materia! FF8's summons always felt like afterthoughts that were only really used to give the players some more skills. FF9 had some of the most amazing cutscenes that gave life to the summons of its world. Seeing summons doing their work made FF9 a treat for me, understanding just how powerful these beings are while watching Odin, Bahamut, Atomos and Alexander do their thing was amazing. Despite the game being a bit wonky at times, still my favorite FF.
How are ff8 summons an afterthought? They're the whole reason why the party don't remember their past, the orphanage or Edea. They also completely enable the entire battle system of the game. Out of every FF game I've played the FF8 summons are the most integral.
I used the summons alot in during my first playthrough of FF VIII . Only after I realized I could Renzokuken every enemy into the oblivion in a matter of seconds did I lay back on the summons. Guess my point is that the sumons in FF VIII are powerful, but not as powerful (or fast) as Limitbreaks are. Therefore people generally don't use them.
Yes, simply running FF9 in easy to adjust features like higher resolution, color, frame rate, and with texture filter makes it look more like a Dreamcast game. I remember back in the day I wished Square dared to release FF9 for both PS1 and Dreamcast. That way PS fans wouldn't feel betrayed and Square could make some easy extra money and fans. Licensing a game for the Dreamcast was incredibly cheap because Sega was desperate and the Dreamcast was also very easy to program for. Since FF9 wouldn't be maxing out the DC hardware it would be all the easier to affordably make the game for the DC as well. Unlike FF7 or 8 it wouldn't be a more costly and time-consuming "port" as they could have made FF9 from the ground up with both consoles in mind, considering the time of its release. It could have mostly had the same graphics, but just doing small things such as pre-rendered backgrounds in a higher resolution. I don't think Sony would have minded since they knew Square would still focus on the PS2 for future projects and pretty much everyone in the world already knew that. **Sigh** What could have been...
@@zimtak6418 Wow, great points. Imagining being able to play a native version of FFIX with smoother textures and higher polygon counts on DC makes me sad that it never came to fruition.
@@zimtak6418 growing up I always felt that Sega was the cheaper and less classy competitor to Nintendo. They have switched their "we are a __, gaming company," many times. Have always been cruder and more aggressive, like a trailer park neighbor. Look at their games which always have been more response driven. Sonic for example, ruder and more in your face. Their comercials, "we do what Nintendon't." I'm glad they went under. Maybe it's cos I just woke up and not had my coffee, but good riddance lol
FF9 Bahamut will always be my favorite. :D I did enjoy the more regal look in FF10, but this version has such a primal fury about it... it was called the Last Eidolon in the game, and its demeanor clearly shows that!
When the Leviathan summon in FF9 is way superior to that of the current FF7 Remake. If they would have used that style of entrance on the ff7 remake that would have been dope.
Ark is the most powerful Eidolon. Though it deals Shadow damage, so it's better to use Bahamut or Madain against enemies and bosses that absorb or resist Shadow.
@@NeoArashi Wasn't Ark some sort of dark rebirth of Alexander or something like that? It's been a while but thought it only came to be after Alexander fell to Bahamut and reborn in the other world thus going from light to dark.
That G force 199 face reminded me of my grandma back in the 80's when someone would steal her orange slices gummy candy's she got vicious on our hides.
@@ProxyDoug Well Garnet's overdrive Eidolons acts like double summon as well. Only Yuna and subsequent summoners in the series can summon multiple summons
Well, replaced by Madeen, Alexander got killed off by Invincible airship as the castle blown up too. As much as I like Alexander, but Madeen is cool too
the most Iconic remain unchanged Summon beast in FF series from VII to X is always Shiva (Ice), Ifrit (Fire), and Bahamut (non-elemental). while other elemental like Thunder/Lightning (Quetzalcoalt, Ramuh, Ixion) changed
Squaresoft pushed the good old PS1 to it's limits with that one... and brought the very best out of it! I know of no other PS1 Game that could hold a candle to FF IX... graphics-wise... There is only ONE game I know of that came close... and that was FF VIII!
Not gonna lie, ark's eternal darkness animation have a very strong semblance to legend of legaia ra-seru magic. Only thing missing is showing ark's name after his transformation.
@@lrod312 yes, but the moogle lost her physical body and become astral things. So only appears when Eiko in danger as Eidolon. But, still, sad.. :'( , especially when the Eiko cry and grab the Ribbon of the moogle..
yup, I got mixed feeling when saw it for the first time back then, heartbroken for the moogle & mesmerized by the pure EPICness of Madeen attack scene 😥
I’ve noticed as a adult now vs me as a child playing this on the PlayStation console originally that Shiva wore a lot less clothing than I remembered or just innocently didn’t observe
Ark was a little bit of a let down I think. It was not that much more stronger than Madeen and Bahamut. They should have given Ark the ability to inflict damage in the 5 digit range, like Eden in FF8.
I see your point. Coming from 7 and 8 when 1st u had multiple 9000+ damage strikes and later a long ass summon which broke de 9999 damage chart, 9 and their summons feel weak in comparison, also they are pretty much wasted potential b'cause your main summoners are also your main healers. But i think it a was a developer's desicion to balance the game. In 8 for example, limit breaks and summons were kinda broken making the last bosses a breeze to defeat. Also u have to add the fact that in that game and 7, bosses had over 100000 hp, reaching the whooping number of 1 million+ at the omega weapon fight. In comparison ff9 bearly surpasses de 50k hp mark being ozma the toughest 65k or 70k hp. So i see why the 9999 damage limit. Anyway 9 is still my favourite game and still prefer it over the 2 others of the ps1 era.
@@regizero333 I dont get the point of summons being wastet becuse the summoners are healers. Yes the healers are busy healing but if the party is healthy I think its great that the healers have the option to deal damage.
For people wondering what the giant creature Fenrir is standing on during his summon sequence, the Ultimania confirmed that it's IX's version of Titan.
I still have this game for the original Playstation along with many other games but I might just buy some of these games on Steam just for the hell of it.
Will never forget being at the last boss thinking I lost but then Phoenix rose me from the ashes and I proceeded to win. Still chasing that high til this day lmao
@@regizero333 You get it from the Ribbon Accessory equipped on Eiko. Storyline too. I'm just one that actually hardly ever uses summons in my playthroughs of any Final Fantasy Game. I only use them in necessity and the only ones in IX I truly summoned were Bahamut, Fenrir, Phoenix, and Ark. I never summoned any of the others as I prefer physical over magical combat. :)
I confess, I never once summoned Ark. I never got both Pumice Pieces, by the end of the game, so I never summoned Ark ever in the times I played. I didn't see the need for it, I was always content with getting Odin and Bahamut, because those were my favorite summons.
You should play Chocobo Hot and Cool game to get second Pumice Piece and then beat Hades in Memoria to open secret Synthetist shop that have option to forge Pumice from 2 Pumice Piece. Or you can get pumice by defeated Ozma in Chocobo Air Garden.
I utilised Ark for safe recovery. Since it's animation is pretty long, and Regen still in effect during the animation, my characters gone from near death to full HP after summoning Ark 😂😂😂
I have played this game to absolute death and thought I’d pretty much seen everything, but I had no idea you could get different variations of the carbuncle summon , what the hell
Something I haven't read yet is various sound fx aren't properly carried over into the upscaled version of FF9. There are graphical oddities or glitches during some of these animations. The auditory punch and awe are deflated compared to the PS1 version which is why I prefer that one. I was appalled at the sounds during the Ark summon in this video, wtf were they thinking with those mis-timed fxs and Ark's main weapon being engaged at 9:25 being soft instead of a deafening sharp clank!!
The only time I ever triggered rebirth flame was on my first ever playthrough as a kid and Hades KO’d me when he had like 1000 health left. I screamed so loud my mom thought I was dying.
Back when I played FF9 I hav no idea the mechanic wherein Eiko's summoning effects could be changed even existed! Decades later, I discover it on the www. Oh Well. I suppose I could dust off my old PS2 and replay it.
The way ff9 added the word "death" to signify an instant death effect looks silly, its like - "thank you captain obvious" no need to rub it on our faces. But honestly, aside from Carbuncle and Phoenix, the rest of the eidolons featured are merely for aesthetic purposes only if used in battle.
The damge of Eidolons increases with the numbers of Gems you hold. So if you have enough "Garnet" gems in your inventory Bahamut easily deals 9999 damage and since thats pretty much the best you can do in 1 turn I say that is pretty good. Carbuncles reflect buff lasts such a short amount of time that I found it not to be that usefull. I got more use out of Bahamut. Getting a alot of "Garnets" is pretty easy. Yes Pheonix is awsome.
Best FF game of all TIME, did anyone love how you get weapons that come with spells and stuff and all you gotta do is use it till it’s mastered. And all the side quests were so well done the Chocobo hunts and digging. You already got a phenomenal story, musical score…..I’m still playing this game to this day!!. The fun factor on this game is priceless. I always tell friends that are worried about learning magic spells in RPG’s play FF9 it’s easy to understand and use.
all summons attack in ff9 r pretty simple n straight to the point (except ark of course) but powerful... n i still prefer ff9's Leviathan over ff15 one...
Yes, I feel Leviathan and Bahamut were best in FF9, and Ifrit was best in FF8. Phoenix was best in... heck, really all the PS1 generation summons were pretty damn awesome.
![Final Fantasy VIII Remastered - All GF Summons [4k-60FPS]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8ryH9-BBQqM/mqdefault.jpg)
Can you imagine you are a bug chillin out eating leaves and some human decides to drop an eternal darkness summon... I'm just eating bro...
Omg dude you made my day hahahahahahahahhahahahaha..poor little bug xD
😭
i'm just one tiny little ant... 😭
That comment explains every living creature on earth, and their relationship with humans. Lol 😭
Im just trying to eat mannnnnnn, they summon a f*** gundam and turns us into ashes
I had no idea the KO State Eiko summon existed until it saved my ass fighting Ozma, what a nice surprise.
your not alone
The entire point of Phoenix throughout the series.
I remember being wowed by leviathans wave graphics. Couldnt believe how much better the wave was compared to 8.
Same. When this game came out it's graghics and sound effects blew me away
I was today years old when I learnt that carbuncle and Fenrir had alternative summon moves
Me too 😂
Everytime you think Ark is finished it keeps going lol
exactly lol
Sounds like my ex
Thank God FF9 doesn't play the whole thing every time you use a summon. I remember pretty much skipping out on summoning GFs in FF8 because it didn't skip.
@@Gamepadder at least eden didn't deal max damage of 9999 lol
Stahp! He's already dead.
Ark: a
Bugs: guess I'll die
After all these years, I've never seen the KO Pheonix version. Wow!
Is a petry low rate to happen so is normal i only saw it once and i play that game over 50 time
Same.😅
That's auto phoenix ability of eiko. Carrying maximum 99 Phoenix pinions and Auto phoenix has 38% chance every game over as long as eiko is in your active party. It doesn't consume eikos mp ❤️
@@taroupriapus9760 aka rng jesus work
never knew that carbuncle had several versions of ruby light xD
I love the dynamism and the expression of destructive power of the summons of FF9... especially Bahamut
Yes, I know I'm probably going to get some haters, but I always felt that in the later generations the summons didn't have the same "oomf" they used to back in the PS1 generation. I also liked the character designs more in the PS1 generation. I feel like Bahamut in both FFX and FFVII Advent Children had an odd "trying to hard to add extra detail and be original" kind of design. The "classic" designs fine-tuned in the PS1 generation are still the best in my opinion, such as Ifrit in FFVIII and Leviathan and Bahamut in FFIX.
@@zimtak6418 a lot of the old guard left after Spirits Within flopped which was around the same time as FFX and Square-Enix merger. There is a charm and holistic approach to design in pre-PS2 era, whereas when Tetsuya started directing entire games, everything became super sexy characters. No substance, no endearment.
everything was epic in the summons, but in power? come on...eternal darkness, 2min of cinematic, a lot of mp cost..and just 9999? where is the break damage limit? what's the póint of doing an ark summon just for that? better use shiva..
In my opinion, the best Bahamut in FF. I remember how disappointed I was when I played FF10 after 9.
Yes bahamut was my fav also
I made good use of the pause button during Shiva’s cutscene back in the day
To appreciate her assertiveness of course
@@vornamenachname6282 I find FF8 shiva kinda ugly, don't like her head / hair at all.
I like much more Shiva's that are Human like, wearing some clothes or jewellery.
FFX's is my favorite by far, almost looks like a wrestler, and has a sassy overdrive.
I did it for tranced dagger
You're standing amongst a city wide crater except for the spot where you party is. "awesome job, Ark, we took care of those pesky bugs!"
Eew, a bug. **BOOOOM!!!** 😅
This is an amazingly well-put together and polished compilation. Seeing this in HD truly brings out the best childhood memories!
Yeahh, beautiful
as young teen myself playing FF7, FF8 and FF9 at that time was freaking amazing. evolutionary. Coming from SNES, i dropped N64 to PS1 because of FF. I’m a big fan of FF7, but FF9 is the best in the PS1 era
The FF's on PS1 were amazing. 8 I think was the weakest of the 3 but still great
I dropped N64 for PS because of FF also. Never looked back lol. FF9 is the best FF to me. 7, 8 and 10 were great, but 9 has no competition.
Lmfao
Oh I've never seen auto phoenix interesting
This is simply amazing. Twenty years later and this Masterpiece continues to surprises me.
it's in ff8 too = )
Same here...😲
That's my strongest memory from the game. Saved me hours of gaming that I forgot to save when I was a kid
First time it ever happened to me I was facing Necron and I thought it was just for that fight. It was so friggin epic.
Then I found out it happens in other places and my childlike wonder was dashed lol.
These particle effects are still very, very impressive to this day. I still don't know how they made them work in ps1.
sorry to ask, but which part of it that you mean ? 🤔
i see a lot of anime influences with these summons. Squaresoft were so good adding these effects and it work for them so well. the loading time was unnoticeable too which was even more amazing at the time
The effects were MORE impressive on PS1. A lot of them don't work properly in the HD port, especially in Madeen and Ark's animations.
Lots of overheating, I clearly remember my ps1 heating so much when playing this, not sure if it ever force shutdown.
The particle effects looked far better on PS1. Most of these animations are broken on PC. Anyone should be able to see that. All those black lines everywhere and lack of glow effects.
FFIX got a Very nice Battle Theme.
It's so catchy
Best music in the series imo :)
Best battle theme ever IMO
This game deserve a remake for sure
Square would ruin it. I would have liked someone like Nintendo to do it
@@brianlaudrupchannel Squaresoft was best than SquareEnix for sure. Enix was the producer behind star ocean the second story. So, it was a shit...
No
@@cacadordenarcisistas4235 And Enix is better than Square Enix. Then Square+Enix (Chrono Trigger) is still better than Square Enix...
@@superbowyiming I played some games of enix. And the style of rpg that Enix is good with is different from square's rpg type. So, i think the combination destroyed Final Fantasy games. You can think that by look to FFX and compare it to FFX-2.
I love how the music matches perfectly Shiva’s spinning
FFVII-Knights Of The Round
FFVIII-Eden
FFIX-Ark
Long summon animations
AND, the most convoluted and inconvenient ways to get these summons as well
FFVI-Crusader
FFX-Magus Sisters
@@adventureoflinkmk2 Not Ark, I think it's fairly straightforward to get it if you play the game normally, you can either get it by defeating Ozma or by forging a Pumice at Hades. If you did the chocographs you should have 2 Pumice Pieces, then you only need 50k gil to forge a Pumice.
@@MaskedGuyCh i find eden much easier to get, but i got all 3, not that hard
I like that FF9 incorporated the summons into the story line. FF7 kind of was like: oh heres some materia! FF8's summons always felt like afterthoughts that were only really used to give the players some more skills. FF9 had some of the most amazing cutscenes that gave life to the summons of its world. Seeing summons doing their work made FF9 a treat for me, understanding just how powerful these beings are while watching Odin, Bahamut, Atomos and Alexander do their thing was amazing. Despite the game being a bit wonky at times, still my favorite FF.
How are ff8 summons an afterthought? They're the whole reason why the party don't remember their past, the orphanage or Edea. They also completely enable the entire battle system of the game. Out of every FF game I've played the FF8 summons are the most integral.
I used the summons alot in during my first playthrough of FF VIII . Only after I realized I could Renzokuken every enemy into the oblivion in a matter of seconds did I lay back on the summons. Guess my point is that the sumons in FF VIII are powerful, but not as powerful (or fast) as Limitbreaks are. Therefore people generally don't use them.
Wait for 2 minutes to deal a single hit of 9999 damage,good job Ark
Oh man, the nostalgia. I still remeber my hell of a match against Ozma...
Ok, that last one was OVERKILL.
The evolution of the graphics between FF7 to FF9 is pretty crazy, they look like a generation of console apart
Yes, simply running FF9 in easy to adjust features like higher resolution, color, frame rate, and with texture filter makes it look more like a Dreamcast game. I remember back in the day I wished Square dared to release FF9 for both PS1 and Dreamcast. That way PS fans wouldn't feel betrayed and Square could make some easy extra money and fans. Licensing a game for the Dreamcast was incredibly cheap because Sega was desperate and the Dreamcast was also very easy to program for. Since FF9 wouldn't be maxing out the DC hardware it would be all the easier to affordably make the game for the DC as well. Unlike FF7 or 8 it wouldn't be a more costly and time-consuming "port" as they could have made FF9 from the ground up with both consoles in mind, considering the time of its release. It could have mostly had the same graphics, but just doing small things such as pre-rendered backgrounds in a higher resolution. I don't think Sony would have minded since they knew Square would still focus on the PS2 for future projects and pretty much everyone in the world already knew that. **Sigh** What could have been...
@@zimtak6418 Wow, great points. Imagining being able to play a native version of FFIX with smoother textures and higher polygon counts on DC makes me sad that it never came to fruition.
@@zimtak6418 growing up I always felt that Sega was the cheaper and less classy competitor to Nintendo. They have switched their "we are a __, gaming company," many times. Have always been cruder and more aggressive, like a trailer park neighbor. Look at their games which always have been more response driven. Sonic for example, ruder and more in your face. Their comercials, "we do what Nintendon't." I'm glad they went under. Maybe it's cos I just woke up and not had my coffee, but good riddance lol
Yeah.. this is the 2016 remaster... Made for phones and all consoles (PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, PC?
And then you look at FF9 compared to FF10 the game that comes immediately after
FF9 Bahamut will always be my favorite. :D I did enjoy the more regal look in FF10, but this version has such a primal fury about it... it was called the Last Eidolon in the game, and its demeanor clearly shows that!
@@xbahamutzero that's true. :) however, in the Canon of the game, Bahamut was called "the last eidolon". That's what I was referring to.
Ark was really excessive force against those bugs.
Not so much, those bugs know what they did.
It's not about damage, it's about sending a message
@@kaspakrov Don't worry, I got the reference. ^.^
And against those god damn sheep … not nearly enough
Just for demo hehe. Don't worry these bugs infinitely spawn every now and then 😂🤣🤣
Nunca había visto Millennial Decay! Es un gran descubrimiento después de 20 años 😮👏🏽
When the Leviathan summon in FF9 is way superior to that of the current FF7 Remake. If they would have used that style of entrance on the ff7 remake that would have been dope.
When it said Millennial Decay, I felt that
It's breathtaking to see all of these classic FF9 summons in HD!
Nice on bringing out all of the eidolons moves and secrets in to this compilation 👏, very well done and keep up the good work 👍.
A very good JRPG. Recommended for beginners.
This looks so amazing, thanks! This is how I remember the game, but I know all too well that it didn't look this way on PSX.
The best video of ff9 summonings
Nice editing of the transitions between summons.
Ff9 is one of my favourite games of all time and I loved the summons like Bahamut, a beautiful game!
the best video of summons eidolons, with background music that continuously playing until I didn't notice it is from different fight scene.
I always loved the fact (one of ?) the most powerful summon in FF9 is just a random boss in the main game.
Ark is the most powerful Eidolon. Though it deals Shadow damage, so it's better to use Bahamut or Madain against enemies and bosses that absorb or resist Shadow.
@@NeoArashi Wasn't Ark some sort of dark rebirth of Alexander or something like that? It's been a while but thought it only came to be after Alexander fell to Bahamut and reborn in the other world thus going from light to dark.
I like how Shiva does that ice skating triple axle move
The most badass summon of all, Ark!!! 😍👍🏻🛳
a 2 minute animation time! imagine that in this day and age.... the scale and the grandiose ideas, oh my!.. man it could look SO amazing!
@@opvask It DOES look amazing :D
It blows my mind how good the Graphics on PSX had become in the end of its generation
knight of all round
That Garnet ass needs a remake
At least there's an anime
The is 16 dude
Ooo, soft...
she’s 16
@@FinalMegaFangirl1230 like we give a shit
Thank you so much for upload the videoclip.
This is my favorite rpg of all time, HOW IS THIS THE FIRST TIME IM SEEING MILLENNIAL DECAY?!
Oh, Ark, everytime i heard the word "overkill" i remember you my dear friend
That G force 199 face reminded me of my grandma back in the 80's when someone would steal her orange slices gummy candy's she got vicious on our hides.
My all time favorite summon; Ark, the most powerful dark type summon and the coolest transformer summon lol!!! 😍😍😍
And hear I thought I knew all the summons... lol glad I watched this
I did not know that there was so many carbuncles!
Epic AF, and the battle theme too. FF9 is one of my favourite games of all time.
Thank you for pressing select and removing the menu. SO COOL
it's such a shame Alexander didn't have a proper in game summon in this game
Only in a cutscene. Combined powers of eiko and garnet
@@taroupriapus9760 The Alexander summon was amazing. I remember powering off my PS and redoing that event a few times just to watch it.
@@taroupriapus9760 Considering you get magic Attacks if you have Vivi and Steiner in the party, would've been nice to get double summons as well.
@@ProxyDoug
Well Garnet's overdrive Eidolons acts like double summon as well. Only Yuna and subsequent summoners in the series can summon multiple summons
Well, replaced by Madeen, Alexander got killed off by Invincible airship as the castle blown up too.
As much as I like Alexander, but Madeen is cool too
Carbuncle rocks! 💎 always had one of those
Gem stones so he could cast protect or shell on the party. 🐰
some of the best graphics on ps1, just goes to show they could still get more things out of it. would be amazing to see if they could get more.
Chrono Cross have the same graphic as this game.
the most Iconic remain unchanged Summon beast in FF series from VII to X is always Shiva (Ice), Ifrit (Fire), and Bahamut (non-elemental).
while other elemental like Thunder/Lightning (Quetzalcoalt, Ramuh, Ixion) changed
I prefer Ixion, he looks so badass
I never used summons except to appreciate Shiva good diet
These graphics are truly ridiculous for PS1. This games has aged better than x visually an that's on ps2
Squaresoft pushed the good old PS1 to it's limits with that one... and brought the very best out of it! I know of no other PS1 Game that could hold a candle to FF IX... graphics-wise...
There is only ONE game I know of that came close... and that was FF VIII!
@@mariobenedicto3582 ix was far superior to viii. Viii map was very fuzzy with some draw distance issues. Look at leviathans wave in both games
Best Final Fantasy Ever
Not gonna lie, ark's eternal darkness animation have a very strong semblance to legend of legaia ra-seru magic. Only thing missing is showing ark's name after his transformation.
Legaia is also one of my favorite games. Same time period as ff9 ❤️
For me Madeen summon make me heartbreak at first, coz' Eiko got that Summon after she lost her Beloved moogle . :((
If I’m not mistaken her moogle became Madeen. She didn’t really lose him.
@@lrod312 yes, but the moogle lost her physical body and become astral things. So only appears when Eiko in danger as Eidolon. But, still, sad.. :'( , especially when the Eiko cry and grab the Ribbon of the moogle..
yup, I got mixed feeling when saw it for the first time back then, heartbroken for the moogle & mesmerized by the pure EPICness of Madeen attack scene 😥
I’ve noticed as a adult now vs me as a child playing this on the PlayStation console originally that Shiva wore a lot less clothing than I remembered or just innocently didn’t observe
I’ve never seen that last one wow!
Ark was a little bit of a let down I think. It was not that much more stronger than Madeen and Bahamut.
They should have given Ark the ability to inflict damage in the 5 digit range, like Eden in FF8.
I see your point. Coming from 7 and 8 when 1st u had multiple 9000+ damage strikes and later a long ass summon which broke de 9999 damage chart, 9 and their summons feel weak in comparison, also they are pretty much wasted potential b'cause your main summoners are also your main healers. But i think it a was a developer's desicion to balance the game. In 8 for example, limit breaks and summons were kinda broken making the last bosses a breeze to defeat. Also u have to add the fact that in that game and 7, bosses had over 100000 hp, reaching the whooping number of 1 million+ at the omega weapon fight. In comparison ff9 bearly surpasses de 50k hp mark being ozma the toughest 65k or 70k hp. So i see why the 9999 damage limit. Anyway 9 is still my favourite game and still prefer it over the 2 others of the ps1 era.
@@regizero333 I dont get the point of summons being wastet becuse the summoners are healers. Yes the healers are busy healing but if the party is healthy I think its great that the healers have the option to deal damage.
I don't think Ark has appeared as a summon since IX. They should bring it back.
Its in FF14 as a raid boss. Renamed as cruise chaser and looks a little different but still morphs to a flying ship
The Void Ark, its not a boss, its the place used as an Alliance raid, A ghost ship, but yeah its essentially the same Ark
For people wondering what the giant creature Fenrir is standing on during his summon sequence, the Ultimania confirmed that it's IX's version of Titan.
I still have this game for the original Playstation along with many other games but I might just buy some of these games on Steam just for the hell of it.
How many times can you summon Ark, before the planet becomes swiss cheese?
Will never forget being at the last boss thinking I lost but then Phoenix rose me from the ashes and I proceeded to win. Still chasing that high til this day lmao
Interesting seeing Madeen. He was the only summon I never obtained in a Playthrough.
Isn't that one given to you in a point of the story? If that so, is unmissable
@@regizero333 You get it from the Ribbon Accessory equipped on Eiko. Storyline too. I'm just one that actually hardly ever uses summons in my playthroughs of any Final Fantasy Game. I only use them in necessity and the only ones in IX I truly summoned were Bahamut, Fenrir, Phoenix, and Ark. I never summoned any of the others as I prefer physical over magical combat. :)
I confess, I never once summoned Ark. I never got both Pumice Pieces, by the end of the game, so I never summoned Ark ever in the times I played. I didn't see the need for it, I was always content with getting Odin and Bahamut, because those were my favorite summons.
You should play Chocobo Hot and Cool game to get second Pumice Piece and then beat Hades in Memoria to open secret Synthetist shop that have option to forge Pumice from 2 Pumice Piece. Or you can get pumice by defeated Ozma in Chocobo Air Garden.
I utilised Ark for safe recovery. Since it's animation is pretty long, and Regen still in effect during the animation, my characters gone from near death to full HP after summoning Ark 😂😂😂
My attempt on Ozma was saved by Phoenix triggering.
Ark is like watching a whole movie
That's how I felt when I would W-summon KoR and spam mime against Emerald in 7.
Bahamut is like a moscot creature available in every FF series.
Alexander is the mascot summon in FFIX.
Except for XII… it was an airship
@@ahs3129 ark is also an airship
4:47 lucky bug escaped insta-death!
died a second later
wow, milennial decay? 1st time seeing that! how to get it?
You have to equip Eiko with the Maiden's Prayer to use Millennial Decay.
Man all this time and I'm still learning new things about this game
I remember the smile I had when I summoned Ark for the first time. Dude is just so cool.
I have played this game to absolute death and thought I’d pretty much seen everything, but I had no idea you could get different variations of the carbuncle summon , what the hell
This is so well edited. Thanks.
Good lord I've never seen the party wipe version of Phoenix because I never used Eiko. I played this game hundreds of times too!
Ark should gave been a multiple damage summon since so much is happening
huh I didn't know you could get different buffs off of carbuncle
Something I haven't read yet is various sound fx aren't properly carried over into the upscaled version of FF9. There are graphical oddities or glitches during some of these animations. The auditory punch and awe are deflated compared to the PS1 version which is why I prefer that one. I was appalled at the sounds during the Ark summon in this video, wtf were they thinking with those mis-timed fxs and Ark's main weapon being engaged at 9:25 being soft instead of a deafening sharp clank!!
FF9 effects looks better than modern day mobile RPGs eventhough it's made 20 yrs ago...
Best version of bahamutn, and megaflare
I think there is one missing. If i remember correctly Odin has two attackes. The second with the Spear ist possible when you eqip the relic odeur
Wow I have missed out a lot of summons!!
I wish they would remaster this game too
They have done that 😒
Remake you mean?
This is a remaster what your watching
@@brianlaudrupchannel remaster that bitch again then lol
@@mrjonsey nice
I was a kid when i got this game. Many night's watching the sun come up listening to this music lol
The only time I ever triggered rebirth flame was on my first ever playthrough as a kid and Hades KO’d me when he had like 1000 health left. I screamed so loud my mom thought I was dying.
Leviathan has always been my all time favourite.
Back when I played FF9 I hav no idea the mechanic wherein Eiko's summoning effects could be changed even existed! Decades later, I discover it on the www. Oh Well. I suppose I could dust off my old PS2 and replay it.
you must really hate The Beatles
>nukes the planet
>999 dmg
You know an attack is cool when you can see it from space xD
Still impressed by how good was FF9 Bahamut design.
Ngl, I kinda zoned out halfway through Ark’s summon and had to rewind and rewatch a bit of it >.
The way ff9 added the word "death" to signify an instant death effect looks silly, its like - "thank you captain obvious" no need to rub it on our faces. But honestly, aside from Carbuncle and Phoenix, the rest of the eidolons featured are merely for aesthetic purposes only if used in battle.
The damge of Eidolons increases with the numbers of Gems you hold. So if you have enough "Garnet" gems in your inventory Bahamut easily deals 9999 damage and since thats pretty much the best you can do in 1 turn I say that is pretty good. Carbuncles reflect buff lasts such a short amount of time that I found it not to be that usefull. I got more use out of Bahamut. Getting a alot of "Garnets" is pretty easy. Yes Pheonix is awsome.
Wonder why they renamed Ark into Cruise Chaser in FFXIV. Guess it's the same family, just a different "guy."
Best FF game of all TIME, did anyone love how you get weapons that come with spells and stuff and all you gotta do is use it till it’s mastered. And all the side quests were so well done the Chocobo hunts and digging. You already got a phenomenal story, musical score…..I’m still playing this game to this day!!. The fun factor on this game is priceless. I always tell friends that are worried about learning magic spells in RPG’s play FF9 it’s easy to understand and use.
Good thing summons get nerfed in battles otherwise there wouldn't be a world left to save by the end of this.
Bless Garnet's Trance state model 🙏
all summons attack in ff9 r pretty simple n straight to the point (except ark of course) but powerful... n i still prefer ff9's Leviathan over ff15 one...
Yes, I feel Leviathan and Bahamut were best in FF9, and Ifrit was best in FF8. Phoenix was best in... heck, really all the PS1 generation summons were pretty damn awesome.