FF9 Perfect Game with Offensive Training B - 1 (start of the game / Alexandria town)

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Vizuino

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Published on September 22, 2022 11:48:39 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GxUT7eGCQY

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Final Fantasy IX (2000)

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Let's Play

Duration: 31:25

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Welcome to all fans of Final Fantasy IX,

This the first episode of a let's play of a "non-Excalibur II perfect game with offensive approach of training" type of challenge, intended for the NTSC US PS1 version of the game.

The requirements of the challenge are contained in the first two minutes of this video.

Link of the let's play playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaIe3G8M8kUh9tYa0aIU7F18IAwcbZW66

There may be actions that are done for practical purpose or for no particular purpose in the playthrough; the mandatory actions done in this episode are the following and they can be used as a guide (note that during this playthrough, certain actions can only be done during a short period of time and others can be postponed; note also that there is the possibility I may have missed events like dialogue replacement, sprite change, additional scenes and so on, since those are not generally considered as goals and are not documented at all):
* Obtain a Potion (timecode: 06:15).
* Obtain 47 Gil (timecode: 06:18).
* Arrange to finish the battle with a character in critical status, to display the message appearing at 08:40 (not sure if this meets the requirements of the challenge but I recommend doing it just in case; timecode: from 08:14 to 08:28).
* Choose the wrong choice 64 times to make Ruby appear like shown at 12:34 (timecode: from 08:30 to 12:34).
* Obtain a Zombie Card (timecode: 14:44).
* Obtain a Potion (timecode: 14:50).
* Obtain a Lizard Man Card (timecode: 14:58).
* Obtain a Sahagin Card (timecode: 15:04).
* Obtain a Potion (timecode: 15:13).
* Obtain 9 Gil (timecode: 15:24).
* Obtain a Potion (timecode: 15:28).
* Obtain a Fang Card (timecode: 15:33).
* Talk to the Old Woman to make the Old Man appear (timecode: 15:40).
* Obtain a Potion (timecode: 16:04).
* Obtain 33 Gil (timecode: 16:27).
* Obtain a Goblin Card (timecode: 16:32).
* Obtain a Potion (timecode: 16:41).
* Obtain a Flan Card (timecode: 16:47).
* Obtain 27 Gil (timecode: 16:50).
* Talk to Mick with the Cross button to change his dialogue (timecode: 17:06).
* Obtain 38 Gil (timecode: 17:19).
* Talk to Hippaul with the Cross button to be able to obtain his three cards (timecode: 17:37).
* Obtain an Ether (timecode: 17:53).
* Obtain a Remedy (timecode: 18:12).
* Obtain a Phoenix Pinion (timecode: 18:21).
* Make three jump-rope attempts and ensure you skip at least 50 times in one of the attempts (timecode: from 18:27 to 19:17; you need to skip 50 times for a mognet letter to be available later, while you need at least three tries with one of them exceeding 19 jumps to make available the "Jump-rope Champions" table appearing at 19:43; I did not go for the 1000 jumps for now because I may need to set the "arrows manipulation" trick in Disc 4 to obtain a Genji card with a specific combination of 7 arrows).
* Obtain a copy of Eye Drops (timecode: 19:55).
* Obtain 3 Gil (timecode: 20:03).
* Accept Tom's request (timecode: 20:23).
* Obtain a Potion (timecode: 20:34).
* Obtain a Tent (timecode: 20:39).
* Read the description of the key item "Ticket" (timecode: 20:44).
* Obtain an Ironite Card, a Goblin Card, and a Fang Card (timecode: 20:53).
* Witness the scene at the inn (20:54).
* Talk to the Hippo Lady to initiate her walk pattern (I am not sure if this is necessary, but I recommend doing it just in case; timecode: 22:48).
* Talk about every topic with the Ticketmaster (timecode: from 23:26 to 23:46).
* Refuse Rat Kid's proposition once (timecode: 24:52).
* Talk to Alleyway Jack then listen to all his topics about Tetra Master (timecode: from 26:04 to 26:35).
* Retrieve Tom's cat (timecode: 27:41).
* Obtain a Bomb Card from Tom as a reward for retrieving the cat (timecode: 28:50).
* Refuse to help Kupo after talking about mognet (timecode: 30:26).
* Refuse to take the letter from Kupo to Monty after accepting to help Kupo (timecode: 30:36).
* Accept to take the letter from Kupo to Monty (timecode: 30:39).

Extra info/corrections/comments on this episode:
* Error at 00:59: number of Chain Mails in the penultimate/base save should be 2 instead of 3, since Freya must not be equipped with Chain Mail to absorb Tantarian's EXP in Disc 3.
* Correction at 00:59: ignore what is written about the missable items to keep as a final equipment; the correct amounts are 101 Bandanas, 102 Green Berets, 101 copies of Thief Gloves and 100 Diamond Armors (details in the annex file).
* I forgot to mention at 01:25 that I decided to use the composite display cables (more suited for PS1 than RGB) and that I may use all the unmodchipped NTSC PS1s I possess, which are SCPH-5501, SCPH-7501, SCPH-9001 and SCPH-101 (note that they can be used in a PAL territory because I placed PAL internal PSUs in the grey consoles while I can use a PAL PSone external PSU for the NTSC PSone).

The following is the link of an annex file containing the details on max stats/items/Tetra Master requirements (notably the trainings):
https://www.mediafire.com/file/xwzew7offtrkuny

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