Now, for the big reveal: According to GameRant, “Final Fantasy 9” takes about 40 hours to beat. HowLongToBeat’s crowdsourced data revealed a similar 39.5-hour average for beating the main story. Completing some extras will bring that time up to 54 hours, while full game completionists should budget about 82.5 hours.

In fact, this may be the most “Final Fantasy” game of them all, especially after following the darker sci-fi routes of VII and VIII. This means that Final Fantasy IX is all about a world filled with magic, kingdoms, mystery, and more. If classic Final Fantasy is something you love, you should definitely be playing IX.

1. Every character is memorable and unique. FINAL FANTASY IX features one of the quirkiest casts in the entire FINAL FANTASY series – maybe even in all of gaming. He’s one of the most outwardly cheerful heroes to lead a FINAL FANTASY game, and his mischievous nature is mirrored in his prehensile monkey-like tail.

A relic of a time long since past in gaming, Final Fantasy IX is absolutely worth experiencing in its glory on Nintendo Switch.

To toggle fast-forward, you need to pause the game, then press R. It’ll make everything super-fast, not just combat, which essentially makes the game unplayable outside of battles. Then, to turn it back off, you need to pause the game again and press R again.

It works outside of battles and happily it does not speed up the actual gameplay time counter, so your in-game completion time won’t be inflated. It also does not affect the countdown timer during the Hunt in Lindblum.

The Cheat Features can be found at the bottom of the Config menu and the Assistance Features can be activated from the Pause menu. You can then press the corresponding button to choose the features you wish to activate.

These cheats include: triple game speed, no random encounters, and the ability to max out your hit points and ATB gauge in battle.