Can You Beat Final Fantasy 9 With ONLY ZIDANE?
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
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The rules:
1. Whenever possible, Zidane must be chosen as a member of the party.
2. Zidane is the only character who can do damage if he is in the party. If he is not in the party, anyone can do damage.
3. The only command the other party members can use is the attack command to attack themselves.
4. Zidane may not queue up any actions until the other party members are dead
5. Chocobo Hot and Cold may not be used to gain items early, but it may be used to speed up the process of getting items that are normally available at a specific part of the game.
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FF9 plays You Are Not Alone
Zidane: Are you sure about that?
Vivi only, the people demand it. Love the challenge runs recently by the way
Vivi only is fun. I think Ark is the only problem here but you can skip him. If you don't skip Ark, it's still doable, just requires a LOT of hi-potions.
Thank you!
No Vivi is too strong. Please use Dagger without her summons. To beat the game! It will be a great challenge!
@@ShadowFeline I'm trying to figure out where you fight ark.. is that in oeilvert? Because I thought ark was a summon
@@adventureoflinkmk2 Oeilvert
I'd say the more shocking thing in FFVI was Kefka becoming a god and destroying most of the world.
You can actually revive yourself when hit with Doom. Set the battle to 'wait' then when the timer reaches 1, (provided Lich's turn is done) open the Item option, use a Phoenix Down on yourself.
Don't think of it as wasting time and attempts trying to stealing things you don't need, think of it as preemptively powering up Thievery.
The thing I like most about your videos is that the music is from all kinds of other games, and always fitting. Great sound effects and summaries!
Thank you!
You can abuse trance by using high tide. Allowing for more damage. trance builds based on the Spirit stat. Normally it needs 255 pts or whatever to trance. So every attack, maybe every action builds randomly 1-(spirit stat value). High Tide makes it so you always hit the max value. So if you had 51 spirit it will only take 5 attacks to trance.
I did not know this and am working on a play through now. I never really used high tide because I wasn't sure how it functioned and I had a high cost. Gonna have to reevaluate now. Thanks for the awesome tip.
@@marcusbarugh919 I only learned about this recently as well. It was someone else doing a trance only run. And I may have misspoke it should be when you are hit I can't remember if doing actions add to trance.
@@frodofranz😇
I like that your being honest with your deaths. I feel like every other challenge run youtubers cut all and any Deaths out and make it seem like they were so smart and skilled enough they did a really hard challenge flawlessly the very first time
I am not skilled. I’m an idiot.
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15:18 You mean the queen goes around blowing small villages up? That's kinda Neet, actually. She is most definitely a monster.
I freaking love these challenge runs, it's super unique and fun to watch!
Thinking about the absurdity of the grand cross and RNG just brought up a memory of mine.
I can't remember how old I was at the time, but a veteran enough that a normal run through the game is a breeze. I was visiting my dads side of the family since we didn't see each other very often due to distance. Both my cousins (one older, one younger) and I were gamers and we got talking; got onto FF9. I was shocked when they were telling me how hard it was and that they couldn't beat the game.
Dear god, I booted up their save to see they'd made it to deathguise.... only the average level of the characters was about 17. Now.... I know there are strategies for low level gameplay and that revolves around having the right equipment.
Yeah, you can guess how bad the situation was that it took them 60 hours to get that far. Surprised they didn't rage quit actually. They asked me if I could beat the game for them and I'm like 'dude, you literally have nothing.' So, I ran back through memoria picking up some better weapons and getting some of the skills that needed less AP to learn - I only had that afternoon fo do this in.
Eventually I go back Deathguise was fine, died once to Kuja but no biggie, second time around was cool. Necron was a pain in the ass and I ended up with the absolute most ridiculous luck. After wiping out 5 times, the 6th run was going okay, but a bit on the edge. Then we had a bad run with the neutron ring and grand cross coming in a 1-2 combo.
Everyone died except vivi..... and he was in the beserk status. He did have auto-regen.... and it barely kept him alive. We sat there for half hour watching Vivi automatically attack, just waiting for Necron to finish him off.
I kid you not, Vivi actually beat Necron with nothing but physical attacks. I don't think I'll ever be as lucky as this again.
How did they manage to get to the end of the game with level 17 and no proper equipment..?
My friend group was 8-9 years old when we started playing FF9, and we managed to only get to the beginning of Disc 2 in Treno during the 3 months of summer. We didn’t equip anything and didn’t activate any abilities. That was HARD.
And then I was grinding all year long alone (it was my PS1), until we were finally able to beat the pink worm NEXT SUMMER.
Needled to say, we have finished the game when I was 13. One disc a year, it was our childhood adventure (to be fair, we understood the mechanics of the game somewhere during Disc 2).
@@katyadade1041 that was the average level. If I remember right I had some as high as 25, and distinctly one was level 13.
I know it definitely possible to get to that point, but that's usually a task where you'd know how to juggle skills and equipment. They did say they had a really hard time getting to that point.
Like dude, you did no side quests or anything. I don't think you battled more than you had to... No wonder on a first run you found it so hard
90s-00s games were the best timeline of video games. Glad you are playing all these games again for the nostalgia factor.
I've never once until now heard someone call him "Zi don"
Best FF for the classic turn based. Where is our Remaster/Make
"It's just like Seattle, but less dead people."
I swear that's what you said and it had me choking on my food.
That is definitely what I said or something similar
Please don’t choke and become a dead seattleite
Just an FYI, Iifa tree begins with an I and not an L, something I only figured out in my 30s..
I have receive all notifications on, but I was not getting notifications of your videos. So aggravating.
The iifa tree. Thats an uppercase i. Great video btw, i really like this kinda stuff.
just learning this now lol
I came here when I saw you were making dragoon tier lists because it was my favorite RPGs from when I was a kid (and now! Wait did I truly ever grow up?). It's so awesome to see you challenge running another favorite from childhood!
So the French pronunciation of Oeilvert almost identically resembles “Oy vey!”, which is exactly how I always feel upon entering it.
Honestly this is one of the darkest FF I would love a 10 remake but 9 deserves it more thanks for the great content you are hilarious
Look out for Vivi only in the next couple weeks!
And thank you!
That was intense. I would have personally thought it impossible. Nicely done.
Haha! Loved how you talked about Final Fantasy 9 being the only game that destroys an entire settlement (that being Cleira), while playing the Imperial theme from FF6.
Laughing in Doma* Well done sir!
On The PSX I never ever got 100 nobles satisfied! I got 98 once. I sat there for hours trying. Along with the damn jump rope.
God this took me back to the good old days, thanks :)
So happy you enjoyed it
Today I learned that LoD is on PS5. I don't have one, but this is just another motivator to save up!
you could have gotten running shoes by watching a cutscene at Vivi's grandpa's house. Next time. XD
Ooooo Final Fantasy 9!? Tantacles, you my friend are cultured 🤲🥀
SKILLS ONLY! SKILLS ONLY!! SKILLS OOOOONLYYYYYY!!! Everyone keeps saying it can’t be done, but I know it can. Obv, grace period for game start when skills do nothing but if someone can beat it trance only, then skills only is viable!
You better do Garnet only ! I've done that run before and the early game is wild
Think it's possible to hack the game to do any of the other characters Only?
The Memoria save editor!!
@@finalfantasyfreakk Ooh awesomeness. :D
I did that too. BW2 was a pain...
Best song of the game: You're not alone.
Tantacles: And i took that personally
Ooooooh, Tantacles x FF9? 👀👀👀 Count me in.
21:40
In preparation for her next trip to Starbucks, Garnet gets the Karen haircut.
Has this guy been watching my FF9 runs? I say something similar, only I say it about Eiko instead of Garnet. Because sweet CHRIST does Eiko give me Karen vibes.
Well, clearly I’ll have to take a look at your ff9 content! 🤔
I really appreciate how in 9 they have you fight all the main bosses from FF 1 and keep their likeness almost to a T.
Oh I always make sure to keep Cid alive in FF6, Celes needs that win
Steiner: By my sword, I shall-
_He joins the party_
Also Steiner: -welcome the sweet embrace of death.
Zidane: _WHAT._
Late to this party, but I always leveled Zidane to 9 or 10 back and forth on the goblins and fangs in the evil forest entrance. Literally fixes any challenges in the game from then on and massively boosts thievery.
No Ozman or the 3 Yan fight? I demand more suffering!
So already gave up that Kongol solo run of LoD? JK
FFIX FTW
That run is a little behind and slow to come out, just like Kongol himself
The adventure of Zy-dein and Beeaitrix
Why does every single person (including me until my 4th playthrough) thinks its name is Lifa Tree?
tentacles finished doing zidane only challange
garnet: "zidane, looks like you have anger issue"
zidane: "no im not, you are! (in trance mode)"
am i crazy or do i remember a meme about impressing 100 nobles but queen brahne still not being impressed?
@7:22 My side gig is selling Homemade Pickles at Farmers Markets and Craft Fairs, I can totally relate 🤣
Send them to my PO Box. I’m industry. 😜
You did have other options for running shoes, you can get like 3 or 4 pairs in a single run of the game. The treno weapon shop has its caged creature you can challenge i think the disc 2 or disc 3 challenge gives you a pair, and you can also, either during the garnet rescue or mistodon attack on Alexandria, go to the library and challenge tantarian hiding in one of the shelves and he drops a pair upon defeat. And lets not forget the items you can get via the auction house for some good ability options including the rebirth ring for auto-life. Or Excalibur for Steiner in his solo run?
Oh, shoes…
Looks like Zidane really is alone this time.
I am here for the regular drag race references lol
I take my fiber and so does ru
In the long run, you have to increase basically 3 stats: strength, speed and spirit, because this one speeds your regen and trance bar, but it speeds the doom spell as well...
Possible, yes.
With the potential setups you can give to any character, solo play is definitely possible. (With the exception of the forced use scenarios and events within the game.)
I had this idea the other day, it would be neat if you tried it with every character.
This Channel will get between 50k to 100k subs by the end of the year.
But where are all the doms to satisfy them
Zidane: You don't need a reason to help someone.
Me: Well good to know your party members don't need to help you Zidane.
PS: FFIX the first Final Fantasy game I ever played. Happy to see my favorite Final fantasy game gets some love! Liked the video!
I'm losing my mind at the party member names 🤣
Brilliant video mate! Your number of subscribers don’t match the quality and effort of your videos/gameplay. Ff9 is by far my fav ff game. Keep it up bro!
Thank you!
This must be a challenge imposed by Amarant. He truly wanted to know what made Zidane powerful.
I use this fuel to summon the ultimate aeon, Algorithma!
My FAVORITE game. I'm SO excited to see how thus pans out!!
Can you, Yes! I know because I've done this challenge myself years ago and it's good to see others try it out as well.
Isn’t it fun? I think Vivi only will be even more fun soon.
Dagger only, though? Rotted.
Feeling random, I just typed "zidane ff9 only challenge" and this video came up and its only one day old
In Brahne’s defense, sometimes the only way to save your daughter is to blow up the ship she is standing on.
Fun vid. Really enjoyed it!
"I'm a strong independent black mage, and I don't need no mana."
I actually had that Vivi shirt. 😂
Edit: Omg... Not only did you do a Zidane challenge run, you beat the guy in under 12 hours and got the thing.
That was awesome, dude. 🤙
Thank you! It was a lot of fun to make. 🤓🤓
Grossly underrated channel
Your narration makes you sound unhinged. Instant subscribe.
You understood me completely
Nice vid ace, time to watch the Squall one now lol.
P.S. I've still never got the Excalibur 2.
Fun fact. During the second black waltz 3 fight, he won't attack garnet. If she is the last one standing, he will kill himself.
This was a really entertaining watch.
Thank you!
Would love to see a FF13 challenge!! The combat system was actually quite appealing to me despite all the hate the game received🤐
Can't wait to see the using only Quina challenge ! 🍴👅
12:00 You say that and later mention how in FFIX an entire city is destroyed while ignoring the fact that in FFVI the entire world is completely destroyed by Kefka turned into a apocalyptic hellscape with only a few barren towns left on the planet which would be bigger than any of the examples you just mentioned(Also before that Kefka commits genocide on the people of Dona destroying the whole kingdom)
TRUTH
This is way more entertaining than I thought
Kweena only :D that can be fun.
That was a fun one, well done on the run 🎉
❤️❤️ looking forward to your next one too!
Beat Devil May Cry 4 with only the pistol and no upgrades. Good luck
Congrats! I think the only solo runs I've done are FFX, FFVI, and FFIV and I haven't gotten around to this one yet. Well done :)
Watching a bunch of your 1 character challenges I came to the conclusion that the bandersnatchers part is the toughest in the game
Funnily enough, I always called him Zai-dayn
Also, the first parenting red flag was probably when the daughter asked some random strangers to kidnap her. "Anywhere is better than here", eh?
There is a pair of running shoes in Quan's Dwelling in the clock.
Im new to your channel and I love your challenges. Watched you do Cloud, Tidus and Zidane. I would love to you do Vaan from 12. One of my favorites. Keep it up, you do great! Gonna watch Squall next!
It's funny to me. 9 has this kind of upbeat, happy-go-lucky kinda vibe.
Easily the most dark and depressing Final Fantasy in the series. Brahne commits so much genocide she makes Hitler look like a puppy.
You don’t have to “fight” Beatrix, as there are only a fixed number of turns she takes before automatically ending the fight. You’re better off stealing and healing the entire time.
So right! I’ll remember that for the Vivi solo. 😉
28:00
Think you can get running shoes at Quan's Dwelling during disc 3. At least that's what I remember from playing this casually.
Btw the Black Waltz 3 fight with Dagger, Steiner and Markus will never hurt Dagger. You can just let Steiner and Markus go down and it won't hurt you.
You can also get running shoes from Tantarian but in a Zidane solo that's a bit tricky. Steiner and Quina are 2 of the best characters for killing him easily since they have Minus Strike and Pumpkin Head to force the book to open if you pre rig their HP, but it's probably still possible with any solo character with enough extra levels to have hp for surviving attacks. He's also missable though since once Alexandria castle goes boom no more Tantarian
I suggest using Lucky Seven against Tantatian. But if Thievery is already powerful at that point, that works too.
How do you fight tantarian with quina? He/she isn't available in the party for either disk 2 or 3 tantarian, unless im being dumb and you can fight him after the disk 3 encounter?
@@XgamerunlimitedX IIRC you can grab Quina again before Alexandria goes boom boom at some point to do it then. I might be misremembering that though because it's been so long since I played FF9, I just remembered Quina's Pumpkin Drop being identical to Minus Strike
@@XgamerunlimitedX i don't think Quina can encounter Tantarian
@Veghesther awesome, thanks for the clarification Vegh. I honestly couldn't remember if you had time to get Quina for the disc 3 encounter. I knew the disc 2 one when you're on a timer you're stuck.
Awesome vid! Steiner only next???
I really like Dali Village BGM
that was really cool run sir
well done!!
This is why they give you Amarant so late in the game.
He sucks storywise, but he's broken AF. He's Zidane but like 10 times more useful.
- Hits hard
- can return magic
- can restore MP/HP
- can literally deal infinite revives in advance
- can make other enemies weaker to magic
- can use non-elemental magic skills to deal significant damage
The only thing this guy can't do is summon.
buuuuuut a challenge wouldn't be fun with a character that OP lol.
All is fun and games until you hear the best Sacred Stones OST being used in a defeatest situation.
I, too, spend way too much time playing chocobo hot and cold. It's not quite as long now with the speed-up boosters, but it's still a while lol. The other day I actually got the rare barrette accessory from digging. First time in, I don't know...twenty years??
I speedrun this game, I should try this. I like how a lot of this run utilizes speedrun strats haha.
His skill " thievery " builds with stealing. Steal alot and it does 9999 non elemental damage.
I move that Tantacles should go back through and do the part with the guards, speciofically ebcause he forgot to record that section.
I definitely will… in the next character’s run. 😜
Couple comments. 1) ive been watching/listening to a lot of your stuff on my 2nd monitor at work and figured it was time i actually subbed to you, so i did.
2) idk how much youve played ff7, but id love an Enemy Skill Materia only run. I think that would be super interesting, and i havent found a run like that on youtube yet. You dont get one of the materia until after you get Red XIII and you dont get a chance at an enemy skill until after Midgar so I'd say just do attack option only until you get your first skill and then the run begins.
3) kongol slow boi but best boi
#justiceforkongol
Love your content - very addicting and like your personality
Thank you!
This easy to solve. Just level till you level 30 in the forest and then level when you get problems its time to level again. Till you get problems again:D
It's time for an only squall run😊😊
Black Mage's NEED to come back in final fantasy games, they just look cool cute!!
This was nuts, but so fun!
You know I think it would still be fair when your doing solo character runs to allow the solo character to attack the party members. espesialy when the game decides to add a party member mid fight.