Final Fantasy IX Impressions

[Bubba]

Go, Bubba, go! Congratulations for finally getting around to playing this game I hope you're enjoying it so far. You're doing better than I ever did with Chocobos / chocographs. I think I only ever found like, two locations? And I never got a different colour chocobo.

Yeah, thoroughly enjoying it so far! I am officially sidetracked by Hot and Cold though. I found four chocographs at the Lagoon and spent a good few hours tracking them down. I did not like the 30 second time limit in the lagoon, especially when the depth you had to dig was like 70-80 per chocograph If you didn’t find it within the first 10-15 seconds you might as well just stop trying. I much prefer paying twice as much for a full minute just like my first visit to Pandora’s

Finding the locations was tricky. I didn’t know which tracks to call Chico from. I kept going in circles in the reefs around the islands. Got there in the end though (last one was on the bloody Mist continent) and I now have the Mountain ability. Little Chico is now red!

[Freya]

Look at you growing your baby Choco! What a great Choco dad you are

[Bubba]

Look at you growing your baby Choco! What a great Choco dad you are

Well I think my experience as a father with the sleepless nights, nappy changes, grazed knees, constant demands of attention... have helped in no way whatsoever. I am a great Dad to little Chico though! I'm calling him Chico as he's giving off a strong Mexican vibe.

2 more chocographs found this morning. Just about to head on lunch and go digging for more!

[Bubba]

Three more Chicographs found on my lunch! I've now collected 15 of them and found 9 of the treasures.

What's the deal with the chocograph pieces? I assume when I've found enough they'll form a full chocograph giving me some awesome power which will mean less grinding for the final boss?

[Freya]

Yeah they make a solid chocograph and you get the final special power i think

[charliepanayi]

Wait until you have to find the Ocean chocograph

[Bubba]

Wait until you have to find the Ocean chocograph

It’s... it’s not just a picture of a patch of ocean, is it?

I found two more on my train ride home and Claude Mene informs me that’s my lot for Chocobo Forest! My son has gone to bed and I now plan to spend the rest of the evening hunting treasure while MissH watches her Love Island garbage.

[charliepanayi]

Wait until you have to find the Ocean chocograph

It’s... it’s not just a picture of a patch of ocean, is it?

Pretty much!

[Depression Moon]

Yeah, I've played IX about 14 times, but I can never remember the location of the Ocean chocograph.

[Bubba]

You know, this is my favourite incarnation of the Chocobo in Final Fantasy. I feel me and Chico have connected and he might just be my favourite ever Chocobo! I absolutely love this mini game. Contender for best ever, in my opinion.

I now have the Ocean ability for little Chico and we’ve collected 20 chocographs. After an initial dry period, I had some late success last night! I’ve now found 15 of the 20 treasures. I haven’t found the Ocean Chocograph yet though because daaaaaammmmmnnnnnnn.

Although, I can’t seem to access the Western continent?? There’s nowhere to park my ship and Chico (despite climbing Everest-size mountains in three seconds) can’t seem to climb the little cliffs of the continent? Have I got to wait till later in the story?

[Freya]

I think you might until you get the airship. Well Unless you got all the chocographs, The pieces one gives you the last thing. And you might be able ot get there with that choco. I don't remember

[charliepanayi]

You can't access the Forgotten Continent until you get an airship later on (and after that, also when you get a chocobo that can fly I think)

[Bubba]

Well I found the ocean chocograph and have 17-out-of-20 treasures. The last three I can't get at the minute, I don't think. I'm missing a chocobo skill for one and the other two are on the Western continent. I suppose I better get back to the main story then!

We headed for the Black Mage Village. It was eereliy, earily, eereylie, strangely deserted. We find one of them moping about the graveyard like a freak and it turns out that... oh crap. They've gone off to worship Kuja as he's promised them eternal life. This is not good.

Some positive news though, it looks like we're about to find ourselves an airship! I should be excited that we're able to go off and confront Kuja but honestly... I'm more excited to pick up those two chocograph treasures on the Western Continent!

[Black Magic Shopkeeper]

Some positive news though, it looks like we're about to find ourselves an airship! I should be excited that we're able to go off and confront Kuja but honestly... I'm more excited to pick up those two chocograph treasures on the Western Continent!

RPG priorities, man. Gotta love 'em.

[Wolf Kanno]

Chocobo Hot n' Cold is one of my favorite Mini-games in the series just slightly behind Triple Triad.