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Final Fantasy IX got me thinking about RPG fans
michiyoyoshiku | 12:02 PM on 09.03.2008 12 comments




Final Fantasy IX gets lost in the shuffle, the EMOfied VII and even more EMO VIII overshadow IX which is by and far what those other 2 should be. It's classic Final Fantasy only 3d. With graphics that even in this HD era still look great. Granted I'm not very far into the game But I'm also not too far into VI either and I was still floored.

I never see IX cosplays so it got me thinking. Why are RPG fans so rabid and why are some RPGS like Final Fantasy IX which is clearly superior in my opinion to VII and VIII
get so much attention.....and People like this:





RPGs require alot of time how many of us have dumped weeks or months of our lives into an RPG? We get emotionally attached to the characters. That's probably why we see so many people cosplay. But why nobody from IX? That last TIFA would do well to cosplay as the queen from IX XD. What is it about IX that makes it so Cosplay proof? Black Mages are cute.....but I only see a few and VIVI is so loveable I felt so bad for him when he was found to have a Fake ticket and that he was gonna cry. AWWWWW poor kid. So yeah Black Mages are cosplayable, and I want to see more VIVI's even if he is only 9. But it's not just Final Fantasy XI that gets shunned everything before VII and I Never once see a Fei or Elly from Xenogears, not even a Citian. Hey I'd make a pretty Bad ass Kefka....I won't do it but still. I'd make a pretty bad ass Kefka.......I can be that much of an asshole if I'm angry enough. I wouldn't make a bad Citian either. It seems like the only RPG cosplays I see are from Final Fantasies VII VIII and X/X-2. I did see a Chrono cosplayer once and "Main character" from Persona 3 but those are pretty rare. WHY just VII, VIII and X? What's so uncosplay about other RPGS?

I can't answer that. But I really think that alot of people even the rest of us who just play RPGs casually can't and a vast majority of us think of RPG nuts as girlfriendless loser Weeaboos....but you know who LOVES her RPGS?



Jenna Haze..........a Porn Star.....

Yep......

*watches as all his Christian friends see this and Shun him*

http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/galleries/porn-stars-love-video-games/172/?page=8

Not that I'm a fan of her filthy disgusting and degrading work *shifty eyes*

Now FPS fans......

are they really all Assholes with no lives and decide THAT will be their job because it's just easier to go to tournaments and fein skill to make a few grand than it is to go to school and get a REAL Job?

.....I hate pro gamers

I dunno......are all FPS players assholes? Halo 3 seems to answer that as a Yes.



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randombullseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 12:36
randombullseye
I can't quite figure out your argument against genres and your stereotyping gamers of those genres goes all over the place.This is a little all over the place.

"Final Fantasy[b] like syrup on waffles putting on a lampshade inside my dogs house. They flies upside down a purple ocean with fancy emotions. After that [b[first person shooters seem like race car fantasy when you hit yourself until we bleeds, obviously with petroleum tears of orangutan feces. Also cocks."
SilverDragon1979's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 12:39
SilverDragon1979
I think you never see FF9 cosplay because all of the characters were very weirdly shaped. Now don't get me wrong I loved FF9 and it's personally my favorite of the series behind FF7, but seriously the art style would be hard to duplicate in real life. All of the characters just had off proportions. Maybe a bunch of children or midgets could pull FF9 cosplay off, but that would be about it.

Sorry man. I don't think you'll be seeing any FF9 costumes anytime soon, if ever.
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 12:47
michiyoyoshiku
@ randombullseye

you're right. I can't say this is my most well written blog (then again I don't think any of mine have been lately)

I started off just wanting to talk about IX but I got to thinking some RPGs are shunned by cosplayers and others are embraced but most are just flat out ignored.

Then I got to thinking, well who are these people that cosplay?

Then I got thinking, Who are the people that play these games?

So maybe that explains what I'm trying to say here a little better. I need to work on articulating a little better.
randombullseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 13:08
randombullseye
Just typing in FF9 cosplay into google brought up several sad losers dressed up as their favorite characters.

Just like anything else, the internet has ruined Final Fantasy.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 13:35
king3vbo
FFIX is the best of the PS1 era FF games. It's one of my top favorite RPGs
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 13:44
Shin Oni
uh seriously? I always catch a Zidane cosplayer every now and then.

I think I remember even seeing a Kuja Cosplayer last year at Otakon.

I'm still lost on why people hate FFIX when it easily was the best of the PS1 era. Old school 4 party action. My only gripe was finding items easily but the game's hard ass bosses made up for it. (seriously...Garland fight RIGHT INTO a Kuja fight? WTF Squeenix.) That Garland/Kuja back to back fight still haunts me till this day.

The problem here is that everyone's too quick to rape the usual FFVII and VIII stuff that IX gets shafted almost everytime. Though there's only about a handful of characters you can really say...cosplay.
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 15:28
michiyoyoshiku
RandomBullseye I think the FF fans killed Final Fantasy
Endstiem's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 17:17
Endstiem
Final Fantasy IX was by far the best in the series in my opinion. VI and VII are pretty much on par, but IX edges them out due to the amazing characters and setting.
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 17:33
Cowboy TTop
Its simple. FFIX had kind of cute SD furry characters. Its the only one that broke the real style playable character types that VII & VIII had established. SD doesn't go down as well as more realistic characters I guess, since the only other FF games that have SD charas are the Tactics and other hand held versions.

Can't say furries are a very popular genre either. SD charas are also more old school, from when the series could only manage to display them so small in graphics. I say leave it the expert jap cosplayers, who can do FFIX charas justice.

FFVII is the golden child of Square, and hence brought rpgs to the mainstream audience. Because of this fact and Advent children, you'll always see more cosplay for it. Eleven years on FFVII cosplay is getting tired though.
mcbennet's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2008 10:22
mcbennet
yeah i pretty much hate all cosplayers but the western ones especially. there is ONE day allocated to these antics..halloween. the fat, ugly and offensive can get away with whatever they want on that one day...but for a fat woman to prance around as yuna whenever she pleases is wrong..very wrong.

the japanese otaku must also get a kick out of it.
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