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Console: Sony Playstation, PS3, PSP
Developer: Squaresoft
Original Release: 2000

Also #25 on my Top 25 Battle Themes sub-list.

Song Comments:
To be honest, this was cherry-picked to be the #100 song. I think that #100 actually has a pretty important job: It's the first thing most people will actually see from your list, so it has to be popular so it gains their interest, but not too popular or else people will be pissed at it making last place. Plus, it also has to coincide with my personal opinion.

It didn't take me long to think of this, and it was etched into the #100 spot from the very start. I replaced more than 20 songs on this list with better ones over course of the last three months to improve this list, but never thought of removing this one, even when Final Fantasy VII's Still More Fighting got caught in the wake and flew off the list. It's a classic-style battle theme from a popular series, and back when it was still Squaresoft, not too many people hated the series. I think it's a good opener.

Game Comments:
Final Fantasy IX is, hands-down, my favorite in the series. The game has the charm I like so much about Japanese RPGs, but was often lacking in other Squaresoft games. It was funny, had a good story, the card game was fun and the game was generally just really good.