Anonymous
7/11/2025, 8:43:02 PM
No.3801097
>>3800811
Completely ignoring the fact the game was/is much more popular (and financially successful) than IX, general audiences and the wider western market fully accepted the semi Sci-Fi/Sci-Fi esthetics of not just VII, but what was current Final Fantasy at the time. IXs fairytale-esc atmosphere was opposed to what most normies wanted (and expected) from the series tonally. Of course IXs whimsical mood is much more accepted now, but that's after years of IX generally being ignored by the wider market. It had to take people who played IX as children growing up and audiences giving the game a second chance for the title to reach the state of popularity it enjoys now.
And it doesn't take a genius to plainly see that VII has left more of a cultural impact on pop culture than IX has. Most "gamers" have probably played VII, the remakes, or at the very least know enough about the game to onions out whenever Cloud and Sephiroth show up somewhere. You'll more than likely meet many average people who have fond nostalgia for anything related to VII. But I doubt nearly as many people have touched IX (and that's really for any Final Fantasy game that isn't VI, VII, X, or XIV). And if they have played the entry, it was more than likely in the last couple of years due to the few people who do retain nostalgia for IX pushing the game pretty hard in their adulthood.
Would you mind explaining why you believe IX is "normieshit"?
Completely ignoring the fact the game was/is much more popular (and financially successful) than IX, general audiences and the wider western market fully accepted the semi Sci-Fi/Sci-Fi esthetics of not just VII, but what was current Final Fantasy at the time. IXs fairytale-esc atmosphere was opposed to what most normies wanted (and expected) from the series tonally. Of course IXs whimsical mood is much more accepted now, but that's after years of IX generally being ignored by the wider market. It had to take people who played IX as children growing up and audiences giving the game a second chance for the title to reach the state of popularity it enjoys now.
And it doesn't take a genius to plainly see that VII has left more of a cultural impact on pop culture than IX has. Most "gamers" have probably played VII, the remakes, or at the very least know enough about the game to onions out whenever Cloud and Sephiroth show up somewhere. You'll more than likely meet many average people who have fond nostalgia for anything related to VII. But I doubt nearly as many people have touched IX (and that's really for any Final Fantasy game that isn't VI, VII, X, or XIV). And if they have played the entry, it was more than likely in the last couple of years due to the few people who do retain nostalgia for IX pushing the game pretty hard in their adulthood.
Would you mind explaining why you believe IX is "normieshit"?