Re playing FF9

I've been replaying Final Fantasy 9 on switch. Really really an amazing mine of nostalgic escapist fun. This really was the pinnacle of the Final Fantasy games, it does everything so well. The best characters, the best world, best moogle post subplot.. Also amazing what they'd learned to squeeze out of the PS1 by the end of it's life.

The switch port is excellent. Best features of course being portable FF and picking up where you left off instantly (as is the switches thing). But also the fact that it saves itself so that when you die you don't have to go back to your last "proper" save was a real frustration killer.

Playing this really gave me flashbacks to the first time I played this, back in "hell grove" one of our more infamous student houses. In fact I'd totally blanked out that I was co-playing this with Chris (T) (and I guess whoever else was inhabiting our living room?) back then until I hit a patch of the game in this run that I had no memory of!

All in all an excellent experience. Now maybe time for the other good PS1 FF..

Plus Obviously Vivi is the best.