Quote Originally Posted by DownDiagonalLeftA View Post
I know I'm not the only person who missed Atma Weapon or let Shadow die on a play-through of 6. Those were amateur days though. Now I know every tonic barrel and elixir clock.
I missed Ultima Weapon! On the other hand, I knew about Shadow beforehand so I got to keep him around.

I remember playing FFIX and hearing something about an optional boss called Tantarian so I thought, "Okay, cool, I'll get around to fighting that sometime." Then when I was on disc 4 or so and tried looking all over the castle for him to no avail, I found out that Tantarian can ONLY be fought during two specific plot events! Who'd have even found that without a guide anyway? To a lesser extent, I was a bit miffed to find out that the Hippaul minigame is only playable at the start of disc 3, but that wasn't too big a deal.

One last FFIX note... Burman Coffee, anyone? Aaarrrgggghhhhh.