Quote Originally Posted by hhr1dluv View Post
To be honest, I think my gamer friends felt that it was the monkey-tailed hero, the cute black mage, the knight that crashes into the castle wall, the jump roping hippo, and the generally deformed characters that made them think of FFIX as childish, probably because the game seemed like a cartoon. I don't think they took story into account.
I certainly hope that your friends have never enjoyed a Legend of Zelda game or a Mario game because they're a lot more childish than Final Fantasy IX is. If you want to make superficial judgements based on the appearances of the characters (i.e. looking like cartoon characters) then you're really missing out on the real gem of a game that is FFIX.