Revelations from JP Fan Fest (January 2024)

[Kuroka]

Solution 9 definetely reminds me of Academia from FFXIII-2,

Our thoughts as well lol

[Eisi]

Yoshi said we could think about what the name "Solution Nine" means. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..............

[Iscah]

Yoshi said we could think about what the name "Solution Nine" means. ...

Courtesy of a Discord conversation:

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Solution_9

Solution 9 (ソリューション9, Soryūshon 9?) is a recurring ability in the series. It is a Limit Break-esque ability used by Zidane Tribal. It may be named so as an allusion to the number nine as it originates from Final Fantasy IX.

[Strawberriemilk]

I wouldn't be surprised if that Cyberpunk city is for the last zone Hub. It looks so cool

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[Lady_Silvermoon]

I wouldn't be surprised if that Cyberpunk city is for the last zone Hub. It looks so cool

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Usually the last zone is an out of nowhere surprise that no one could have predicted even if their life depended on it. For them to show it to us, I'm betting we go there before level 95.

[Cleretic]

I wouldn't be surprised if that Cyberpunk city is for the last zone Hub. It looks so cool

I think it's really obvious that it's the secondary city, the Eulmore or Radz-at-Han (which therefore makes Heritage Found the equivalent of Kholusia or Thavnair), and I think people are sending themselves down a very wrong road by thinking it's anything else.

[Iscah]

I think it's really obvious that it's the secondary city, the Eulmore or Radz-at-Han (which therefore makes Heritage Found the equivalent of Kholusia or Thavnair), and I think people are sending themselves down a very wrong road by thinking it's anything else.

Exactly. Aside of the fact they outright said it would be a hub city, it doesn't take much detective work to conclude that it must be the case.

There's no way they'd be showing us the final zone this early, though – or if they were, I would be very disappointed – so it can't be that much of a secret in the story.

Keep in mind how we all assumed Labyrinthos must be super secret and once we got there everyone was just "oh yeah, we've got this really neat underground storage area" like it was no big deal.

[Iscah]

An additional thought on this...

I think it's really obvious that it's the secondary city, the Eulmore or Radz-at-Han (which therefore makes Heritage Found the equivalent of Kholusia or Thavnair), and I think people are sending themselves down a very wrong road by thinking it's anything else.

I think that assumption might be a step too far yet – it could be a zone but it could also be part of the city or even a dungeon, either to be traversed to reach the city or for some additional goal after we arrive there.

We definitely have a dungeon connected to Solution Nine's architecture for at least part of its run, but it could also travel to or from the older ruins for part of it.

[Palladiamors]

Beastmaster as limited job. Bleh. I want beastmaster but not like this.

[EdenArchangel]

Sigh. My FFXI main.