Star Trek reference in FF9

[hushypushy]

ive been playing FF9 a little, im up to disc 3 where you need to find the potions for Cid. when asking around, i found this star trek reference, adding to the Cloud&Squall reference and the "i knew a spiky haired guy who had one of these" reference

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[dukenukem]

lol i remember seeing that a while back.

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[hushypushy]

FF9 is filled with many many references...which is weird, i dont think the other FF games have anywhere close to as many references

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[sights]

....hehe... Boltzmann is going to love this.
...bones was always funny - especially when he argued with Spock, IMO.
I'm wondering if these references were also in the original Japanese version of FF9, or they were randomly added when the game was "localized"...

[Kidd]

There were probably always references, but the original references might've been aimed at japanese anime and stuff.

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[hushypushy]

wow, good point, i never thought of that. maybe the original comment was "no, sorry" but the translators had a little fun :P

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[Andrew Hruska]

hehehe.. FINALLY.. somebody else who found this

[Strider]

hmm, i remember someone commenting on that a very long time ago, perhaps march of 2002 or something, very long time ago, its pretty interesting finding quotes from things in games though

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[hushypushy]

aw damn and i thought i was so original....oh well, i never noticed this when i played through it the first time

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[Betamax]

Well I do think square are SF nuts. Eg// most ff games have characters named after Luke's wingmen from star wars.

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[hushypushy]

yeah, like wedge, biggs etc. they had the same names in the japanese versions, right?

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[Kane]

Yes they do.

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[Raziel]

My fav reference to other FFs is at the end of the game, when Zidane's disguised, he says "No cloud nor squall shall hinder us"

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[hushypushy]

also, in the ending there's a star wars reference. i remember seeing it in some thread here. it was the thing that yoda said about fear leading to hate, etc

EDIT: here you go http://nlp.phreakers.net/images/epsxe/ff9/

by the way....there are end of game spoilers in there, so dont look if you cant handle it

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[takwu]

damnit that is cheesy
i hope it didn't come from the japanese version, because if it did it'll destroy what little respect i have left for FF series.
if it's just from the translation, then that's another story.

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[Kane]

Bubblegum Crsis 2040 also makes a nod at Startek. One of the random bars is called 'Ten Forward'

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has anyone played Fallout 2? I know that it's not a PSX game bot there are tones of references (including star trek) BTW greate game

[hushypushy]

Originally Posted by takwu

damnit that is cheesy
i hope it didn't come from the japanese version, because if it did it'll destroy what little respect i have left for FF series.
if it's just from the translation, then that's another story.

why man, i think it's awesome? its cool when they put little fragments of other stuff hither and thither.

and, of course it's from the localization crew, or else it was some clever japanese

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[takwu]

A reference is cool if it isn't special otherwise. Like using a first name that could've been anyone's name, or a quote that could've come from anyone.

A reference is cheesy if it is special to the original. Like using a full name, or a unique and long quote.

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[hushypushy]

i think its cool like that (long quote), and FF9 is filled with that stuff.

i think "cheesy" is if it's just plain STUPID. i dont think this is stupid...

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