I don't think that Alexandria literally looks like anything in the Wizard of Oz. I was referring more to its general atmosphere (and that of the whole game). FF9 has an atmosphere that one might describe as "whimsical", "zany" and "kooky", like TWoO but not like the rest of the FF series.
"...a challenge you can solve by leveling up isn't really a challenge. It's a test of patience and not really 'gameplay' at all. Take for example some of the maniacal timed jumps you have to master in Super Mario 2, the Japanese version. If you could simply make yourself jump higher and fall slower by pounding on 10,000 goombas, this would completely circumvent all the design put into making the individual boards difficult. "
-John Ford, from alt.games.final-fantasy
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