Just noticed...

[Bolivar]

In Pandemonium, Disc 3, after Garland tells Zidane his true origin, and after much self-loathing, Zidane wakes up in a room called "Mind Control" (i think) in Pandemonium, on a chair, with a circular...thing on the wall behind him. I just realized that the scene looked alot like this:



Chaos from the FFI manual.

It also parallels how at the start of the game, Zidane is going to kidnap the princess (real name Sara).

Any other uncommon references you've found while playing this game? I read recently that due to the english translation, alot of references didn't make it over here. shame.

Side note: I finally beat Ozma after 7 years!

[Big D]

Congrats on the Ozma win!

I like how FFIX's references are both obvious and subtle. It's a nice gesture to the fans - some of the tributes are glaringly obvious, like the Buster Sword lookalike in Lindblum, while others are deeper and less self-evident.

[cloud21zidane16]

I agree with Big D i like the way many of the references are hidden quite well and there are many of them
And congrats on beating Ozma

[footem]

i enjoyed the subtle allusion to Matoya's potions in Lindblum, and how you had a black mage boy and a white mage girl kinda like pollum and poron in IV.

[Crossblades]

i enjoyed the subtle allusion to Matoya's potions in Lindblum, and how you had a black mage boy and a white mage girl kinda like pollum and poron in IV.

I don't recall seeing this. Where do you find them?

[Lawr]

"Neither cloud nor squall can stop me" Or something like that.

[footem]

matoyas mentioned in the item description during the bit in Lindblum where you've got to run around finding potions to make Cid better i think

[No.78]

Yeah FF9 is like a massive intertextual mush of old FF9 shiz XD

[Quindiana Jones]

I like the thought put into the characters. There was some awesomeness in Thingfish's description of his riddle. It made me all moist.

[Heath]

matoyas mentioned in the item description during the bit in Lindblum where you've got to run around finding potions to make Cid better i think

Yeah. Each key item has a description which is a quote by a character and I think it's Matoya that one of the quotes belong to. At least I think that's the reference anyway.