and on a side note, none of the main story line bosses were all that difficult to defeat in the long run, unless you just ran through them as fast as you could...
pretty much all of the ff games were about finding some spot in the main character's lives by which they could either justify their purpose or continue their existence to some end or another.
You know, I just read Terry Pratchett's Reaper Man, and there was this being, Azrael, the great attractor, the planet death. This artwork is exactly how I imagined him. Well, except the little heroes infront of him.
@MeingroessterFan lol, Azrael from Reaper Man wasn't a 'planet death' he was the 'omega', the end of reality period, remember what the text in the book said, about the giant clock with only one hand, which only went around once, that was the lifetimer of the whole of reality.
@MeingroessterFan It's possible that the terms choosen didn't really translate well anyways mate, in the english text it speaks of him as basically being the end of the universe. Regardless, I couldn't confirm that either way simply because I only know about five phrases in German.
@McDonaldWilliamT Well, in the german version, it also was sad that he is the end of the universe, but at some point, the term "Tod der Planeten", so basically, "planet death" appeared. I don't know where they got this from if it wasn't in the original, but it surely sounds cool. And it doesn't changes anything about the fact that I imagined him to look like the picture above.
@mirrorpiece Alexander was too powerful so he was sealed.
Eternal Darkness [Necron]
Monster created by fear of death
A being awoken by the fear, despair, and hatred of Kuja, who discovered, with the fulfillment of his ambition near, that he had little time left to live. It rejects the cycle of life through the crystal and attempts to return every world, including Terra and Gaia, to nothing. The final enemy to confront Zidane's team.
@mirrorpiece Well let me put it this way, who bloody cares? Nine was a good game overall and while Necron was a bit random it was atleast a challenge unlike Sephiroth at the end of Seven, C'mon, you CANNOT lose that fight.
@McDonaldWilliamT Oh man, people still use that Sephiroth sword fight as excuse 7's final boss wasn't a challenge? That freaking fight was only there to be all cinematic. Everyone knows Safer Sephiroth was the true final boss of 7 and i found him the hardest final boss of every final fantasy i have played. I have yet to play II and V from the first 10 though.
@mirrorpiece lol, you sucked at seven then, I was talking about 'Safer' Sephiroth (Side note: 'Safer' is a mistranslation of 'Seraph'), people rail on about how hard that fight was, to be honest, I failed to find any challenge in it, spam Wall and Ultima as well as limit breaks and it's impossible to loose.
For the Record, Necron was the Spirit world side of the iafa tree, as mentioned by Garland. Hence why Kuja had to kill you for you to fight him. Its also the reason why the tree spazzes out after you fight him, and why the crew can actually rest easy knowing that the transfer of souls has been at least momentarily, stopped.
@frostryu That's just a theory developed on 'nonexistant evidence' from... waaaiiiit for it... a video game. Now I'm not saying that story doesn't have a major part of any good video game, but it's not something for you to pick to death.
Ya'll are some philosophizing mothafuckas aren't ya. What I see is a game with a wonderful storyline, Great music, Characters and environments, But all in all, At the end of the day, You really just go around whooping bad guy ass.
Have use ever thought of this maybe it has no meaning and the creators needed something more challenging than Kuja and didn't wanna transform him again.
As for Necron's appearance, it's essentially an eidolon. The crystals have the ability to take the memories and emotions of people and fashion them into actually creatures. As the fear of death is perhaps one of the most common emotions conscious living beings face and many never resolve that fear, it makes sense the crystal would fashion a being that essentially that emotion brought to life. Also why he states he is eternal, the fear of death will never go away.
Well, Necron is many things. First and foremost, his sudden appearance and stated purpose are homages to the Cloud of Darkness from FF 3. However, he also represents the fight against our mortality, which is a big theme in the game. Both Vivi and Kuja learn they have limited life spans. Vivi spends his short life fighting to prevent the destruction of Gaia, whilst Kuja decides to end everything.
Ok, away from the Necron is Death (it is) stuff, the things that bugged me about this song is that the transition from prologue (screaming voices) to the main peice happens with an almost audible "clunk", like a someone just stuck in a totally different song. That and the bloody electric keyboard just loves to try and smother everything, doesn't it?
Not really "out of nowhere." As FF9 was a throwback to games 1-8, the concept of Necron was analogous to the Cloud of Darkness from FF3. I realized Square didn't bother explaining Necron because the concept of it was the same as in FF3.
The point being, that Kuja fucked up the balance of light and dark (dark being mist, I guess) so much that "nothingness" (personified as Necron) tried to bring the world back to the "void"
Necron was more the true manefestation of the lifa tree, it knew of garland, and wished to rebel from its programmed task to reap the souls of gaia and replace them with terra's own, instead choosing to just destroy all life, after watching the chaotic nature of the population on Gaia and kuja's actions. theres supporting evidence through the conversations Garland, Kuja and the others have at different points in the game. Plus the soulcage aspect of the lifa tree confirms it. what a dick though
Anybody know what tuning the guitars and bass are in? it's sounds like it's in C but the sheer number of layers on this tyrack have made it hard to decipher.
I just don't think The Black Mages are all that great. I mean, average at best. Don't downvote me - prove me wrong! Really, I'd love it! I want to hear a good mix out of these guys! Maybe I've just been hearing the wrong tracks.
The Extreme (make sure it's live, other versions are horrible), this song right here, One Winged Angel, J-E-N-O-V-A, Force Your Way off the top of my head. There are sure more, but I only look up songs from games I've played.
this is song and Vamo' Alla Flamenco are my favorite songs out of all the songs Black Mages produced I can't stop hitting the play button everytime i'm listening to those two songs. =D
"Hmm Final Fantasy IX huh? I wonder what this game is like..."
"You basically just run around in a crazy world while sorcerous monsters try to kill you, go through an epic love story and eventually attempt to fight the god of interplanetary destruction.
My theory what Necron is is that Necron is like the end, a creature who will awake then Gaia is in complete chaos to make end of it by destroying Gaia. The crystals act like with Exdeath as if all four are destroyed, Necron wakes up and knows it's time to bring Gaia to it's end.
Tell me about it; My neighbor tried it the other day and I was like "Say wha?" Then next thing I know it did that whole swirly-screen thing and I was in a battle with him. Luckily I drew some Ultima from the neighborhood cat so it was an easy win...
But yeah: Hate it when someone wants to erase all existence. >_>
FFIX's main theme is the fear of death. At the end of the game, Kuja kills the entire party, but, as Zidane says, they can't die, not after everything they went through together. So they lead the ultimate fight : the fight to live, the fight versus Death itself.
@FandeJay Actually.. Kuja didn't kill them.. when he went to destroy the crystal, he summoned Necron, who was created to end life when it became proved pointless. (When living creatures would seek to end life itself and take it too far) Infact, Necron isn't defeated by Zidane. From what I've heard, he's defeated by Kuja after he teleports Zidane and them out of the area. it's also assumable that this has happened before from his lines.
@krat0s9001 That's pretty much what I just said. >.> "when he went to destroy the crystal, he summoned Necron, who was created to end life when it became proved pointless"
I always interpreted it as Necron was the God of Non-space. Once the Crystal of Origins was destroyed by Kuja's final Ultima, it was called forth to erase all existance.
He did. That's what his aim was by the end of the game (I mean he was pretty damn marvellous how he always had a plan B for his plan B). His last Ultima killed the party and destroyed the Crystal. This called forth Necron, who is a kind of eraser - its role is to destroy existance once the crystal is shattered. This also why it's name and appearance are so similar Exdeath's minion, Necrophobe, in FF5. FF9 references the previous games alot this way.
if he did destroy the crystal we wouldn't have to fight necron. Necron said he was gonna return everything to the zero world where there was no crystal meaning that the crystal was never destroyed.
@ShaneC1991 Actually, Necron is not supposed to be, but to represent something.
FFIX deals with death. About the relation you come to have with the idea of death during your life and how you come to accept it by finding a way of living. Thus, the final battle is the battle that inevitably come from such a reflexion.
I always saw FFIX being about finding your purpose in life. What our society tells us to do with our lives vs. what we want to devote our existence too. Vivi's programmed to be a weapon of destruction, but he tries to understand mortality. Steiner and Beatrix discover they're soldiers for a corrupt nation, and turn against their duty to do what's right. Garnet escapes from her throne to experience living and Zidane resists his destiny as a reaper of death.
@SmashBrutha08 Very interesting, indeed. Most notably the case of Vivi and Zidane who were both supposed to wreak chaos and destruction and end up saving the world. In fact, Zidane was the one, in the entire game, who urged the other characters to find their own callings.
@ShaneC1991 Well, that's the role of one final boss... But it's in Final Fantasy III. It's called the Cloud of Darkness and it's been called forth to erase the creation since the balance of the worlds (light and darknesss) had been disrupted, it's its duty to return everything to nothingness. But Necron doesn't remind me exactly of the Kurayaminokumo... Maybe they do share their purpose, but it's pure conjecture. After all, Square is known for it's lack of imagination sometimes (more often now).
@Haeresiarchonte I'm not sure it was lack of imagination; more like they took all the best elements from the first 8 games and made one big homage to the series up till that point in time. FF9 may not be the best in the series, but it is the last truly great fantastic in the series. 10 was alright (I repeat: just alright), but it's been going downhill ever since Hironobu Sakaguchi left the fold.
@ShaneC1991 But the Crystal wasn't destroyed. Necron even states that he will destroy all existence because Kuja was GOING to destroy the Crystal. If it were destroyed, than wouldn't Zidane and everybody be dead? Gaia would be gone too. I think I got that right.
@Dracula9AntiChapel I always figured that Destroying the crystal wouldn't necessarily cause everything to cease to exist so much as it summons Necron to end it all, also "Kuja was GOING to destroy the Crystal" could easily have been improperly translated from Japanese, unless Kuja did some kind of silly magic trick to make the crystal disappear then it was clearly destroyed. Honestly though this part of the game is difficult to understand, Square probably just left it up to our imagination.
I'm pretty sure Necron isn't Soulcage. He's another being altogether. He makes that abundantly clear when he states he is the darkness of eternity, and by the fact that he is summoned by Kuja's actions, and general tomfoolery with the crystal. Great boss theme though either way.
@ageant01 Exactly. All these theories about him being the Iifa Tree are fan-based. The official origin of Necron, according to Square-Enix, is that he was summoned from Kuja's fear of dying.
dont know who the hell could be necron ,but i dont get the link with soulcage at all... ,he's symbolic for sure ,some says that he is the death ,but he seems more chaotic...and all the heroes already understood that life cannot be without death so...what is beyond? Remember that garland was the ennemy in the first FF ,for revenge he unleashed Chaos...
Good music, but it would be better if the intro wasn't over a minute long.
LysanderxX 3 weeks ago
This is absolutely great..
randypstaun 1 month ago
He look like Britney in a bald head
BaronBanahaw 1 month ago
@McDonaldWilliamT The clock. . . You know. . . That's interesting considering the clock in Memoria. . .
bowenstrife 1 month ago
and on a side note, none of the main story line bosses were all that difficult to defeat in the long run, unless you just ran through them as fast as you could...
PsycholicMan 2 months ago
@PsycholicMan it's Excalibur II's fault.
arsetothem 1 month ago
@PsycholicMan Try the rehash of FFIV for the DS, it's brutally difficult at times compared the other versions.
gnryeah 1 month ago
@gnryeah yeah, I've heard that and as soon as I have a proper emulator I will play it.
PsycholicMan 1 month ago
yeah..I know, rather vague, but true....
PsycholicMan 2 months ago
pretty much all of the ff games were about finding some spot in the main character's lives by which they could either justify their purpose or continue their existence to some end or another.
PsycholicMan 2 months ago
Worst last boss ever but still a good song.
thephilchannel 2 months ago
@thephilchannel Sephiroth-san was the worst final boss of the numerical Final Fantasy series.
shana7743 2 months ago
necron at Greek (Νεκρών) means "of the dead"
IWANTAWORLD 3 months ago
Wow!!! That is the most awesome Final Fantasy IX artwork i've ever seen!
CiliophoraEuplotes 4 months ago
You know, I just read Terry Pratchett's Reaper Man, and there was this being, Azrael, the great attractor, the planet death. This artwork is exactly how I imagined him. Well, except the little heroes infront of him.
MeingroessterFan 4 months ago
@MeingroessterFan lol, Azrael from Reaper Man wasn't a 'planet death' he was the 'omega', the end of reality period, remember what the text in the book said, about the giant clock with only one hand, which only went around once, that was the lifetimer of the whole of reality.
McDonaldWilliamT 2 months ago
@McDonaldWilliamT Well, maybe it was a translation error, in the german version, he was called the "planet death".
MeingroessterFan 2 months ago
@MeingroessterFan It's possible that the terms choosen didn't really translate well anyways mate, in the english text it speaks of him as basically being the end of the universe. Regardless, I couldn't confirm that either way simply because I only know about five phrases in German.
McDonaldWilliamT 2 months ago
@McDonaldWilliamT Well, in the german version, it also was sad that he is the end of the universe, but at some point, the term "Tod der Planeten", so basically, "planet death" appeared. I don't know where they got this from if it wasn't in the original, but it surely sounds cool. And it doesn't changes anything about the fact that I imagined him to look like the picture above.
MeingroessterFan 2 months ago
@MeingroessterFan I don't know mate, it might be in the english version as well, it's just been a few years since I last read any Pratchett.
McDonaldWilliamT 2 months ago
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mirrorpiece 6 months ago
@mirrorpiece thats all wrong
krat0s9001 6 months ago
@krat0s9001 Yeah it is , isnt it. I did some research and it was Alexander who was sealed by the crystals.
Necron litteraly just showed up out of nowhere.
mirrorpiece 6 months ago
@mirrorpiece I heard a lot of rumors that Necron came forth as a reincarnation of Kuja's fear of death. That's also another possibility.
HINDERIZED 5 months ago
@HINDERIZED thats the real reaason
krat0s9001 5 months ago
@krat0s9001 yay. i'm so smart.
HINDERIZED 5 months ago
@mirrorpiece Alexander was too powerful so he was sealed.
Eternal Darkness [Necron]
Monster created by fear of death
A being awoken by the fear, despair, and hatred of Kuja, who discovered, with the fulfillment of his ambition near, that he had little time left to live. It rejects the cycle of life through the crystal and attempts to return every world, including Terra and Gaia, to nothing. The final enemy to confront Zidane's team.
krat0s9001 5 months ago
@mirrorpiece Well let me put it this way, who bloody cares? Nine was a good game overall and while Necron was a bit random it was atleast a challenge unlike Sephiroth at the end of Seven, C'mon, you CANNOT lose that fight.
McDonaldWilliamT 2 months ago
@McDonaldWilliamT Oh man, people still use that Sephiroth sword fight as excuse 7's final boss wasn't a challenge? That freaking fight was only there to be all cinematic. Everyone knows Safer Sephiroth was the true final boss of 7 and i found him the hardest final boss of every final fantasy i have played. I have yet to play II and V from the first 10 though.
mirrorpiece 2 months ago
@mirrorpiece lol, you sucked at seven then, I was talking about 'Safer' Sephiroth (Side note: 'Safer' is a mistranslation of 'Seraph'), people rail on about how hard that fight was, to be honest, I failed to find any challenge in it, spam Wall and Ultima as well as limit breaks and it's impossible to loose.
McDonaldWilliamT 2 months ago
@McDonaldWilliamT
For the Record, Necron was the Spirit world side of the iafa tree, as mentioned by Garland. Hence why Kuja had to kill you for you to fight him. Its also the reason why the tree spazzes out after you fight him, and why the crew can actually rest easy knowing that the transfer of souls has been at least momentarily, stopped.
frostryu 2 months ago
@frostryu That's just a theory developed on 'nonexistant evidence' from... waaaiiiit for it... a video game. Now I'm not saying that story doesn't have a major part of any good video game, but it's not something for you to pick to death.
McDonaldWilliamT 2 months ago
That outro solo is the best I've ever heard.
jakobs98 6 months ago
one word. epic
AgeNtd0uBlek 6 months ago
Ya'll are some philosophizing mothafuckas aren't ya. What I see is a game with a wonderful storyline, Great music, Characters and environments, But all in all, At the end of the day, You really just go around whooping bad guy ass.
geometrololi 7 months ago
the crowd mustve been scared shittless at the beginning lol random moans and groans
DisturbedPuma 7 months ago
Have use ever thought of this maybe it has no meaning and the creators needed something more challenging than Kuja and didn't wanna transform him again.
Bundyrumowns 7 months ago
@Bundyrumowns How much more challenging do you need then someone who brings your entire team to one hp with Ultima?
xMetaSolx 7 months ago
@xMetaSolx The battle ends after that >.>
Bundyrumowns 7 months ago
@Bundyrumowns Have you ever heard that "use" is not the same as "youse"?
TheErryK 5 months ago
@TheErryK and "youse" is not even a word dumbass
Bundyrumowns 4 months ago
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@Bundyrumowns Cunt, please. I know English like it's the back of my hand, so fuck off nimrod.
TheErryK 4 months ago
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@TheErryK It would seem you do not.
Bundyrumowns 4 months ago
@Bundyrumowns - Well "Youse" is sort of Brummie English for you.
maidenslayer 1 month ago
"Having sworn fealty, must i spend my life in servitude? --Adelbert Steiner
"How do we know we exist... Maybe we don't exist." --Vivi Orunitia
"The only dependable thing about the future is uncertainty" --Amarant Coral
"I do what I want! You have problem?" --Quina Quen
waddylicious 8 months ago
sounds like screams....nice touch
xXBerethorXx 8 months ago
As for Necron's appearance, it's essentially an eidolon. The crystals have the ability to take the memories and emotions of people and fashion them into actually creatures. As the fear of death is perhaps one of the most common emotions conscious living beings face and many never resolve that fear, it makes sense the crystal would fashion a being that essentially that emotion brought to life. Also why he states he is eternal, the fear of death will never go away.
Delmania01 8 months ago in playlist Generic VG OST music list
Well, Necron is many things. First and foremost, his sudden appearance and stated purpose are homages to the Cloud of Darkness from FF 3. However, he also represents the fight against our mortality, which is a big theme in the game. Both Vivi and Kuja learn they have limited life spans. Vivi spends his short life fighting to prevent the destruction of Gaia, whilst Kuja decides to end everything.
Delmania01 8 months ago
You thought you where done weren't you?
Not yet bitch! I'M GARY MOTHERFUCKING O...ehrm...NECRON!!!
SaitamaSaisyuHeiki 8 months ago 2
Ok, away from the Necron is Death (it is) stuff, the things that bugged me about this song is that the transition from prologue (screaming voices) to the main peice happens with an almost audible "clunk", like a someone just stuck in a totally different song. That and the bloody electric keyboard just loves to try and smother everything, doesn't it?
Penningtontj 9 months ago
you idiots necron is the lifa tree
gcarmona1996 9 months ago
@gcarmona1996 Finally some 1 who actually knows i am soo relifed
MSAnemanja2 8 months ago
The best villains are the one you hate the most. It gives you a reason to wanna kick there ass.
lnfamousDog 9 months ago
@lnfamousDog i said that 2 HUH?
MSAnemanja2 8 months ago
@shotgunguyy haha, yeah, that was my point, every single ff villain ever is trying to wipe out stuff everything in case you missed it.
TheJenisis09 9 months ago
@shotgunguyy Well...yes, but like every single other final fantasy villain ever...
TheJenisis09 9 months ago
quit being philosophers. Necron was a giant space flea from nowhere. he's here to ruin your end cinematic for the lulz.
Anathema1984 9 months ago 28
@Anathema1984 No, I won't uit being a philosopher, because it's fun, and Necron wasn't a giant space flea from nowhere, and he didn't ruin anything.
MeingroessterFan 3 months ago
@Anathema1984 , nah not that so
HeidanHart 1 month ago
@Anathema1984 He was summoned by Kuja's emotions.
TonRobo 1 month ago
@Anathema1984
Not really "out of nowhere." As FF9 was a throwback to games 1-8, the concept of Necron was analogous to the Cloud of Darkness from FF3. I realized Square didn't bother explaining Necron because the concept of it was the same as in FF3.
The point being, that Kuja fucked up the balance of light and dark (dark being mist, I guess) so much that "nothingness" (personified as Necron) tried to bring the world back to the "void"
xVishDaFish 1 month ago
'Phew that was challenging im glad thats all over with, im just gunna sit back and enj-' AND SUDDENLY NECRON APPEARS
Diemnshn 9 months ago 2
why does zidane have a broadsword in this picture.. lol
snipershote 10 months ago
@snipershote Why is Necron a face instead of that glowing, angelic body (which ironically didn't have a face), for that matter?
Tekkame 10 months ago
@Tekkame you're so right lol. someone screwed the art up XD
snipershote 10 months ago
Necron was more the true manefestation of the lifa tree, it knew of garland, and wished to rebel from its programmed task to reap the souls of gaia and replace them with terra's own, instead choosing to just destroy all life, after watching the chaotic nature of the population on Gaia and kuja's actions. theres supporting evidence through the conversations Garland, Kuja and the others have at different points in the game. Plus the soulcage aspect of the lifa tree confirms it. what a dick though
stemc1000 10 months ago
that face looks like ganon
solidvipersnake 10 months ago
Love the part starting at 2:45
MP9220 10 months ago
this song is SICK
SpartansSoccer08 10 months ago
Anybody know what tuning the guitars and bass are in? it's sounds like it's in C but the sheer number of layers on this tyrack have made it hard to decipher.
Also, fuck Necron. What a dick.
officialbloodbrawl 11 months ago
The organ part around 4:06 makes me imagine an old lady sitting in a balcony at a baseball game going nuts on it. Most intense baseball game ever.
xoandxs5 11 months ago
I just don't think The Black Mages are all that great. I mean, average at best. Don't downvote me - prove me wrong! Really, I'd love it! I want to hear a good mix out of these guys! Maybe I've just been hearing the wrong tracks.
SlyBeast 11 months ago
@SlyBeast
The Extreme (make sure it's live, other versions are horrible), this song right here, One Winged Angel, J-E-N-O-V-A, Force Your Way off the top of my head. There are sure more, but I only look up songs from games I've played.
benfen97 11 months ago
@SlyBeast I think the concept of subjectivity is lost on you.
JisakuJ 11 months ago
@SlyBeast surely you cant feel like that to those who fight further or dancing mad part (the guitar solo is ear gasmic)...
zubitz 10 months ago
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@SlyBeast surely you cant feel like that to those who fight further or dancing mad part 4 (the guitar solo is ear gasmic)...
zubitz 10 months ago
1 guy/girl is erased from existence
kelvinjanssen95 11 months ago
@kelvinjanssen95 make that 2
KusabiJr 10 months ago
Say what you will about FF villains, but they've got the best goddamn music.
OrangePylon 1 year ago 4
this is song and Vamo' Alla Flamenco are my favorite songs out of all the songs Black Mages produced I can't stop hitting the play button everytime i'm listening to those two songs. =D
WanderingDoragon 1 year ago
JESUS THAT FACE!
megamanmariosoul 1 year ago
It's Ex death, he's all through FFIX, he's the Lifa tree, the same as he was in V, he even has the same moves and same speech.
popimpi 1 year ago
amazing classic song
straubega 1 year ago
One person tried to eat Necron with Quina
NayrVentess 1 year ago 41
@NayrVentess What, you couldn't?
SuperDeadpuddle 7 months ago in playlist Metal
Am I the only one who thought Kuja was a girl the first time they saw him....
OMFGcata 1 year ago
@OMFGcata kuja was originally supposed to be a girl but it was changed near the end
Greatscoota23 1 year ago
@Greatscoota23 Into something much worse... a thespian
IfOUGHTpIRANHAz 1 year ago
@Greatscoota23 no he wasnt
KurtDonaldCobain1994 1 year ago
@KurtDonaldCobain1994 yea he was a girl in the original concept. They changed their mind when they actually started making the game.
Greatscoota23 11 months ago
kuja:*destroys crystal of origin*
necron: DAMN! he broke mah flat-screen! and i just prestiged, too! that sonofabitch....
FF fan: hey, he came after the crystal of origin was destroyed, so i guess he's nothingness personified!
Chaoktarukto 1 year ago
I preffer "X, the Legend" as an entry theme. A bit more powerful.
Ningflingslinger 1 year ago
okay .. the beginning scared the shit outta me
OXG2221 1 year ago
okay what the hell that pic is scary as fuck
kensa93 1 year ago
"Hmm Final Fantasy IX huh? I wonder what this game is like..."
"You basically just run around in a crazy world while sorcerous monsters try to kill you, go through an epic love story and eventually attempt to fight the god of interplanetary destruction.
"O_________________O"
pathsounds 1 year ago 4
1 morron can't beat the Blacks Vals
DarkBlacktheDark 1 year ago
I finished FFIX today and it was an awesome game!
JudgeMagisterDelita 1 year ago
1 person doesn't have the will to live.
lnfrmpa 1 year ago 4
My theory what Necron is is that Necron is like the end, a creature who will awake then Gaia is in complete chaos to make end of it by destroying Gaia. The crystals act like with Exdeath as if all four are destroyed, Necron wakes up and knows it's time to bring Gaia to it's end.
MrMK109 1 year ago 4
@MrMK109 Nice theory :D
pathsounds 1 year ago
i love the final fantasy tradition of pulling out a god-like being to fight in the last 20 mins of the game
TheAntman2006 1 year ago 4
@TheAntman2006
then you must love 13 then huh?
Turatle 1 year ago
@Turatle fffuuuuuuuuuuuu
TheAntman2006 1 year ago
Final Fantasy IX the best soundtrack of any FF and one of the best plot lines
volbia12 1 year ago 4
@volbia12 I agree with you totally man, this game is so under-appreciated it's absolutely insane!
IZeromusI 1 year ago 2
Kuja shouldve been the finale!!!!!!
anamAlister 1 year ago
@ShaneC1991 I fucking hate it when people try to erase all existance.
TheJenisis09 1 year ago 85
@TheJenisis09
Tell me about it; My neighbor tried it the other day and I was like "Say wha?" Then next thing I know it did that whole swirly-screen thing and I was in a battle with him. Luckily I drew some Ultima from the neighborhood cat so it was an easy win...
But yeah: Hate it when someone wants to erase all existence. >_>
ZaBlueCup 1 year ago 5
@TheJenisis09 like kefka?
shotgunguyy 10 months ago
@TheJenisis09 i love it.
EigenX7 7 months ago
Did anyone else just hear "Counterattack" From the Gundam 00 soundtrack?
KAKADOUJACK 1 year ago
OMG i didnt know the Black mages made a 3rd album O.O
ryutheslayer88 1 year ago
They should have put this version with the guitar and everything in FF IX :(
127ladiesman 1 year ago
Nobuo is a genious. This tune is dark as fuck!
richythepianoman 1 year ago
what i heard was that they died and revived in the lifa cycle to fight necron, then kuja resurected them
BossBasher 1 year ago
Necron is Death.
FFIX's main theme is the fear of death. At the end of the game, Kuja kills the entire party, but, as Zidane says, they can't die, not after everything they went through together. So they lead the ultimate fight : the fight to live, the fight versus Death itself.
FandeJay 1 year ago 8
@FandeJay Actually.. Kuja didn't kill them.. when he went to destroy the crystal, he summoned Necron, who was created to end life when it became proved pointless. (When living creatures would seek to end life itself and take it too far) Infact, Necron isn't defeated by Zidane. From what I've heard, he's defeated by Kuja after he teleports Zidane and them out of the area. it's also assumable that this has happened before from his lines.
FromAshesReborn 1 year ago
@FromAshesReborn ...whao! That would be intriguing (but nonetheless interesting!).
That would mean Necron is actually an abstraction brought upon by the collective subconscious.
FandeJay 1 year ago
@FromAshesReborn Wrong Necron was awakened by Kuja's fear of death he was gonna destroy the crystal and return everything to nothing
krat0s9001 1 year ago
@krat0s9001 That's pretty much what I just said. >.> "when he went to destroy the crystal, he summoned Necron, who was created to end life when it became proved pointless"
FromAshesReborn 1 year ago
I love this theme!
DragonZeara 1 year ago
It is said that Necron is the Lifa Tree, just like Exdeath is a Tree born on the Great Forest of Moore, before it became an Evil Warlock...
Yarott75 1 year ago 3
Definitely not one of my fav FF villains. But I must admit he has a kick ass theme that makes you understand that this is the final boss.
Evangelist0121 2 years ago
necron is sick and this black mages version of his theme song is kick ass and a bit scary.....
hallownecron 2 years ago 4
I always interpreted it as Necron was the God of Non-space. Once the Crystal of Origins was destroyed by Kuja's final Ultima, it was called forth to erase all existance.
ShaneC1991 2 years ago 37
@ShaneC1991 umm kuja didn't destroy the crystal
krat0s9001 2 years ago
He did. That's what his aim was by the end of the game (I mean he was pretty damn marvellous how he always had a plan B for his plan B). His last Ultima killed the party and destroyed the Crystal. This called forth Necron, who is a kind of eraser - its role is to destroy existance once the crystal is shattered. This also why it's name and appearance are so similar Exdeath's minion, Necrophobe, in FF5. FF9 references the previous games alot this way.
ShaneC1991 2 years ago
if he did destroy the crystal we wouldn't have to fight necron. Necron said he was gonna return everything to the zero world where there was no crystal meaning that the crystal was never destroyed.
krat0s9001 2 years ago
thank you i have been trying to get that point across for a wile
AKASUKIJOE 1 year ago
@ShaneC1991 necron also likes to referance star wars :P
GamingIdiot42Neo 7 months ago 2
@ShaneC1991 i think thats basically it
PearlJamm 1 year ago
@ShaneC1991 Actually, Necron is not supposed to be, but to represent something.
FFIX deals with death. About the relation you come to have with the idea of death during your life and how you come to accept it by finding a way of living. Thus, the final battle is the battle that inevitably come from such a reflexion.
Necron is Death, and you fight it to stay alive.
FandeJay 1 year ago 32
@FandeJay It's both :)
damnarae 1 year ago
@FandeJay Amen! I knew I wasn't the only who who realized this!
GrimangelX4 11 months ago
@FandeJay SO DEEP
ObjectionableHero 10 months ago
@FandeJay oh, that's sick...
SoulCalibrator 10 months ago
@FandeJay which proves Final Fantasy IS THE FUCKING BEST!
TheStickdragon 9 months ago in playlist BLACK MAGES
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I always saw FFIX being about finding your purpose in life. What our society tells us to do with our lives vs. what we want to devote our existence too. Vivi's programmed to be a weapon of destruction, but he tries to understand mortality. Steiner and Beatrix discover they're soldiers for a corrupt nation, and turn against their duty to do what's right. Garnet escapes from her throne to experience living and Zidane resists his destiny as a reaper of death.
SmashBrutha08 8 months ago 46
@SmashBrutha08 Very interesting, indeed. Most notably the case of Vivi and Zidane who were both supposed to wreak chaos and destruction and end up saving the world. In fact, Zidane was the one, in the entire game, who urged the other characters to find their own callings.
FandeJay 8 months ago
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And let's not forget Kuja, whose entire motivation as a villain is to overcome his predetermined destiny.
SmashBrutha08 8 months ago
@SmashBrutha08 THAT'S RETARDED
Negatethestars 2 months ago
@FandeJay Necron is not the symbol of death! he is the bringer of Non existance! To destroy time itself and every thing that is or was.
Thisbaconisalive 8 months ago
@Thisbaconisalive which is one way to look at death - because when you are dead, nothing exists for you anymore. It's very philosophical
danw91 8 months ago
@danw91 But how do you know nothing exists anymore have you died?.... Use argueing about what Necron is... its pointless nobody knows
Bundyrumowns 7 months ago
@ShaneC1991 nah, he's just the spirit of death
DvsDude7 1 year ago
@ShaneC1991 I always interpreted it as Squaresoft running out of ideas.
XZoneCiderpowered 1 year ago
@ShaneC1991 Well, that's the role of one final boss... But it's in Final Fantasy III. It's called the Cloud of Darkness and it's been called forth to erase the creation since the balance of the worlds (light and darknesss) had been disrupted, it's its duty to return everything to nothingness. But Necron doesn't remind me exactly of the Kurayaminokumo... Maybe they do share their purpose, but it's pure conjecture. After all, Square is known for it's lack of imagination sometimes (more often now).
Haeresiarchonte 1 year ago
@Haeresiarchonte I'm not sure it was lack of imagination; more like they took all the best elements from the first 8 games and made one big homage to the series up till that point in time. FF9 may not be the best in the series, but it is the last truly great fantastic in the series. 10 was alright (I repeat: just alright), but it's been going downhill ever since Hironobu Sakaguchi left the fold.
nomorerocketships 1 year ago
@ShaneC1991 But the Crystal wasn't destroyed. Necron even states that he will destroy all existence because Kuja was GOING to destroy the Crystal. If it were destroyed, than wouldn't Zidane and everybody be dead? Gaia would be gone too. I think I got that right.
Dracula9AntiChapel 11 months ago
@Dracula9AntiChapel I always figured that Destroying the crystal wouldn't necessarily cause everything to cease to exist so much as it summons Necron to end it all, also "Kuja was GOING to destroy the Crystal" could easily have been improperly translated from Japanese, unless Kuja did some kind of silly magic trick to make the crystal disappear then it was clearly destroyed. Honestly though this part of the game is difficult to understand, Square probably just left it up to our imagination.
Taterztotz 11 months ago
@ShaneC1991 finally someone explains it. ive been wondering where he came from for a while.
snipershote 10 months ago
Anyone else realize that the original sounded like the fb theme of ff3?
DoinkTonberry 2 years ago
based on what i hear, necron is:
a) soulcage
b)kuja's fear of death
c) who knows?
i agree with goblarf from a coupla months ago.
truehiphop809 2 years ago
Not Soulcage, but the "soul divider" of the Iifa tree.
DoinkTonberry 2 years ago
the music sound creepy alone but the groans in the begining O_o
blastorman1 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure Necron isn't Soulcage. He's another being altogether. He makes that abundantly clear when he states he is the darkness of eternity, and by the fact that he is summoned by Kuja's actions, and general tomfoolery with the crystal. Great boss theme though either way.
ageant01 2 years ago
@ageant01 Exactly. All these theories about him being the Iifa Tree are fan-based. The official origin of Necron, according to Square-Enix, is that he was summoned from Kuja's fear of dying.
TheInaneAtheist 2 years ago 2
In a more clear state, he's like Erebus, from greek mithology, and Kuja is Nemesis.
Erebus is like the coletive of the world's darkness gathered from within every soul.
Nemesis is he's older brother who tries to feed him by spreading chaos troughtout the world.
Do you follow?
alfaxbaiken 2 years ago 4
I dig.
ageant01 2 years ago
This song + Ark summoned = Win.
FitoSaav 2 years ago
i love this song...i love FF9...but I HATE NECRON!!!
Magicacoca 2 years ago 2
dont know who the hell could be necron ,but i dont get the link with soulcage at all... ,he's symbolic for sure ,some says that he is the death ,but he seems more chaotic...and all the heroes already understood that life cannot be without death so...what is beyond? Remember that garland was the ennemy in the first FF ,for revenge he unleashed Chaos...
goblarf 2 years ago
Soulcage IS necron
Breaker242 2 years ago
actually in FF 1 Garland turned out to be Chaos by making a Paradox in the time, but well the rest is just spoilers
IrregularHunter2k8 2 years ago 3
LOL goblarf.
BussinessAeon 2 years ago
@BussinessAeon LOL goblarf.
BusinessAeon 1 year ago
Lol imagine Black Mage's version of Grand Cross was played during the final battle instead.
It's an even bigger pump up, the problem is I'll probably be distracted from the music, while Necron kicks my ass.
MarthisEj 2 years ago
I love this version, but i don't think it would work well alongside actual gameplay. If you guys know what i mean
Cloudentine 2 years ago
Welcome to Hell I thought. Fight your way out of hell.
Tinhh 2 years ago
This song gives me chills in the beginning... How come the beginning sounds like a thousand of moaning souls in pain? Damn!
Shurryy 2 years ago 36