"I couldn't... save Clover... My sister died... because of me... Perhaps this will... begin to... atone for that... Perhaps in... the afterlife... She can... forgive me." _O u c h ._
Fr im still in the true ending climax but the safe ending actually made me so sad. Ace was my second favourite after Snake too before he showed his true colours :'(
@@AppleOfThineEye The game switches you into adventure mode and a lot of people just don’t switch back to novel mode. Sure it switches to novel mode during crucial parts but honestly on my first gameplay I haven’t realised that narrator was actually zero while playing the remake until I read it later. I just assumed it switched to Akanes perspective at the end. While the DS version makes it clearer since you have two screens at all times.
@@AppleOfThineEye that’s what I’m talking about but there wasn’t a clear indication that the entire narrator mode was actually zero from the start of the game
@@vivekveer3272 Really? Is this genre so unpopular? Also I played some VNs before but I didn't know about this game. I basically found it accidentally.
@@AcidicLanzador Can't really say VN's are popular. The idea of sitting through text with visuals and music can be really weird for starters. In my opinion, this game is known by most of the VN players even though it's not very popular on vndb. This may partly be because a lot of people including me started getting into VN's through DS games (Phoenix wright, Time hollow) and 999 did really good in the west when it was released for DS.
I love how the silhouettes make Santa, Clover, Junpei, and June look like some ragtag group of middleschoolers out to solve mysteries. They are all way smaller than I thought they were
@@twist9830 it's far easier, I've only ever gotten to the true ending in the steam version, but actual sudoku seems way harder than the piss easy password puzzle, I did that shit in like 15 seconds
God... every single time I listen to this soundtrack, I tear up. I think this is the single greatest twist I have ever experienced in any media, ever. This game will forever be one of my favorite games of all time.
Personal confession: I suck at sudokus so this was the perfect ultimate challenge for me. If it actually had the time limit I would've lost lots of times...
of course, those would then have counted as more multiple timelines. assuming it was the same puzzle each time, it would have taken you less and less time on each attempt because you'd simply remember more numbers each time. so even THAT would work within the game's theme :P
Tbh i will never get over the fact that my moms penchant for sudoku is what helped me beat this and save akane lmao She saw sudoku on my ds and just gave me all the numbers
I couldn't... save Clover... My sister died... because of me... Perhaps this will... begin to... atone for that... Perhaps in... the afterlife... She can... forgive me.
Words can't express how grateful I am to have experienced this game! I get emotional every time I listen to this or think about the Game. It's such a masterpiece!
@pkmntrainerred4247 lol same! It's probably the most stressful part of the game 😅 I can only imagine the horror of being on this part and seeing the battery indicator red with no charger around! lol!
just beat the game last night and man what an absolute masterpiece, its rare that a game manages to immerse me this much, a true hidden gem that ill forever be thankful for experiencing
June 18, 2022. That is the day I found a visual novel named 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors. It has been a year since I played this masterpiece of a game. I was done with my high school research that day, so I took the opportunity to rest and treat myself. I am a fan of Ace Attorney and Layton games, and I was looking for something as good as these amazing visual novels at that time (highly recommend them for those who have not played them yet). I looked up some DS mystery visual novel games, and 999 caught my eye for some unexplained feeling. The internet says it's good, but I did not expect something out of the ordinary. I played the game blind. No knowledge about what's to come, pseudoscientific shenanigans, and digital root whatnots. I was hooked on the story from the very beginning until the end. I never stopped playing the game. I played it on the weekend and got my first ending. The Safe Ending. I thought that was it. Junpei lost June and the siblings died. It is a cliffhanger. Then, I searched the internet and found the other endings. I am hyped to see the story's ending so I searched the True Ending's path because I want answers to the mysteries as soon as possible. I was lucky to finish the safe ending, so I proceeded to doors 4, 7, and 1. (I feel in danger every time I was with Ace after knowing everything in the safe ending). I was joyful when I knew Clover didn't die. At last, she can reunite with Snake. I knew the password for the coffin. Obviously, I knew it because I played the safe ending already, but how about Junpei? How and why did he know that? Another mystery has wandered into my head. I played the remaining escape rooms of the game and knew more about the history of the Nonary Game. It was raining that night while I'm playing, and for me, that is the perfect opportunity to finish the game. The gang arrived at the incinerator, and THAT epiphany came in. The truth about morphogenetic fields and the sudoku of death. I, too, was crying like young Akane trying to solve the puzzle. I solve the puzzle after some minutes. I watched the story to the end and I had a new view of life. (I even believed that morphogenetic fields are true at some point). At last, I have answers to the mysteries. Now I know why Junpei knows everything. It was mind-blowing. I watched the other endings I didn't got, and they creeped me out, especially the Axe Ending. For me, 999 is more than a game or visual novel. It is an experience that I would never forget. I love the mystery and the creativity of each escape room. The digital roots are a fantastic addition to the game. The story is like a complicated puzzle that has a magnificent picture when completed. Junpei is such an amazing protagonist. I felt that I was in the story, accompanying him throughout. The plot is too good for this world. The storytelling is a chef's kiss. There is no other game like this. I love Ace Attorney and Professor Layton, but this is on a whole new level. I'm not comparing these games on how good they are as they are all masterpieces on their own, but 999 is just different. It is the epitome of the perfect point of view in fiction and immersive storytelling. I cannot understand why it is so underrated. It is such an amazing game. In my opinion, VLR and ZTD are also quality games that continued what 999 established and made it better in some aspects, but 999 is the best for me out of the three. A true underrated gem for the DS. PS. June 18, 2022. I played it in June. The same month Junpei named Akane. And 18 has a digital root of nine. I only noticed this now.
Given the layout of the word guessing what to switch around was easy. Took me a minute to guess the actual password though until I guessed the obvious lol.
@@AdeptArcanist Yeah, I'm guessing it's because in the DS version you were meant to turn the DS upside down...Something you can't do with a TV(Well I mean...You could, but I get the feeling Spike didn't want a bunch of lawsuits for broken Tv's lol)
I like that this song was chosen for the final puzzle, it's kinda relaxing and sad at the same time and really help while I was struggling to solve the final puzzle even though the solution was very simple
This is truly June's and Jumpei's theme, and hearing it as I had to solve the hexadecimal puzzle (I had it on Steam, so no sudoku for me) made me know just how much was at stake. If I didn't get it right, both of them would go up in flames...
@@BigBoss-km9yz my favourite vlr song is actually placidity, it's not exactly an emotional song compared to like blue bird lamentation but it really makes the atmosphere of the game click I think. Err sorry for the late response
I wasn't totally a fan of the True Ending, but I must say trying to solve that last puzzle (I was playing the Steam version, so no sudoku for me) with this music playing was one of the absolute high points of the entire game for me. Really amazing.
I honestly feel like the true ending was written last, with how cheap it is that suddenly, the main character receives a psychic message to open the coffin. I'm pretty sure Clover had the same paper with her from the safe ending, since she went into the same room in both endings, so they could have just used the paper to get the password for the coffin
@@evanarmont I always took it as the game finally commenting on the different timelines you as the player did. As in, it’s commenting on you the player having knowledge that Junpei shouldn’t, pushing you to get different endings each and every time simply because Junpei knew what and what not to do.
Thanks for actually makes me feel better about the remaster! I remember when I played it on DS so many years ago that the sudoku final puzzle was such a striking moment, visually and emotionally. I think, all in all, its my most vivid memory of playing the game, maybe any game I just finished the remaster on PS4 last night, and the final puzzle was changed. I felt a little shafted, but it makes me feel good that the finale can still tug at the heartstrings, sudoku or no! To be fair, this track is definitely doing the brunt of the emotional heavy lifting lol
@@evanarmont the fact that information can be sent through spacetime is... kind of the point of the entire mystery. it's something played with in Uchikoshi's previous work as well
@@TranslationHell that makes sense, although I haven't played any games made by Uchikoshi, outside of the zero escape trilogy. Looking back at it, Lotus talked about it in room 4 with Santa and Junpei, so I probably should have kept that in mind
I cannot explain how this song makes me feel. It scares me because while playing you know that if you fail, u can't but if you do A 9 year old will be burned alive. Its the knowledge of it already happening. Like take other more urgent tracks Its purpose is to be a sort of booster... To show urgency but this seems grim. Its not a song where your like "IM GOING TO DIE" Its like it has already happened or its inevitable.... Idk i just can't describe it as inevitable... It doesn't describe it It just seems hopeless
SPOILERS - - - - - - the fact that aoi had to see his 12-year old sister’s charred corpse is always the thing that makes me want to throw up the most abt the whole thing. esp since im an older brother as well
SPOILERS Even worse is that he watch the whole process from start to end. Not to mention all the unseen things like watching Akane desperately asking for her brother for help, trying to put out the fire from her body....etc. That is the worst torture any older sibling could've gone through.
spoiler It will always strike me as in perspective, Hongou and Akane have several similarities. The two create the nonary game for a selfish purpose. But while Akane cares about the innocents she kidnapped, especially Junpei. Hongou has no affection for anyone. Besides, sometimes I feel like Akane also wanted to see if Hongou changed during those nine years. And the cruel old man proved that he would never improve as a person.
@@whotookmypuddingcup4131 Ace at the end scene: I...I just wanted to see faces... :( Ace 10 minutes before that scene: AHAHAHA, I've won this game and all of you will burn to death!
I wonder if it's bad that I got here because of a Super Mario 64 Hack that Ive played. Kinda makes me wanna look into what this Song is actually from! c:
No? This particular end game twist in 999 was not in Ever17. Also, both games having the same author doesn't excuse recycled plot twists, which VLR is way more guilty of.
@@ravus9935 I even thought that choosing MC in Ever17 is related to Schrodinger Cat thing I learned from VLR. About who will be the 4th heroine depends of which MC you chose. As Takeshi, she'll be Coco and as Kid, she'll be Sara. Like choosing between Magenta/Yellow and Cyan door in VLR. That's what I thought before seeing the true ending in Ever17.
This originally was so hard. There wasn't a time limit but it felt like there was. I hate this puzzle. And I hate the remake because it was just not as hard.
The nonary game ost posting was held for three reasons: One: someone might not have posted the remastered soundtrack yet so he was doing it for them. Two: posting these when someone was searching for them would lead more people to his channel so he can become known more. Three: he simply likes the game.
@@temporal4652 VLR SPOILERS: ztd is at least fun, and d-team has super solid endings. Vlr is boring and repetitive, (quark disappears, Alice dies), and all characters are insufferable excerpt tenmy
@@temporal4652 7 out of 9😂😂😂 wtf are you on. Alice and clover suck for obvious reasons. Sigma has no inflame personality, phi is just there to be harassed by sigma, quark just gets kidnapped (literally all he does, his one part is given by a letter at the end of a route lol). Dio is decent by nowhere up there when it comes to great villains, k and Luna are eh. Tenmy is the only phenomenal character out of them
I never understood why people liked VLR more than 999. 999 had better characters, soundtrack, story, and puzzles. VLR can’t really be judged on its own imo, I consider VLR and ZTD two halves of the same game since one can’t really exist without the other while 999 can stand on its own. All 3 games are really good (Yes I like ZTD, fight me) but 999 will always be the perfect ZE game for me.
@@BombBombora yeah, I loved learning about each characters backstory and how they fit into the narrative, I constantly was wondering "who is zero, what's going on" and I loved it, in the other two I'm like "I like a few of these characters but a lot of them are bland" I unfortunately made my opinion on vlr known to the ZE subreddit and it went about as well as you'd expect
@raindew tbh it does feel like a standalone game and originally when I started playing the series I thought each game would be their own story, didn't realise it was a series long story
everyone talking about the final puzzle
but NO ONE talking about Safe End
Snake in Safe End is just heartbreaking
"I couldn't... save Clover... My sister died... because of me... Perhaps this will... begin to... atone for that... Perhaps in... the afterlife... She can... forgive me."
_O u c h ._
Fr im still in the true ending climax but the safe ending actually made me so sad. Ace was my second favourite after Snake too before he showed his true colours :'(
Damn true! Same. I died inside cause of this ending and life has never been the same afterwards
I am always remember that.... But.... I don't wanna remember that too....
@@mitsuruneterra6035 I'm so used to Ace's English voice actor playing Villains that I'm surely no way and he was and I'm like ah
The most emotionally devastating Sudoku puzzle ever created
Thank you Bob Dylan
The twist involving the true meaning of the bottom screen is, to this day, one of my favorite HOLY SHIZZ moments.
Sadly the remale didn’t have this wow twist due to the way you had to switch to the novel mode so many people just missed it entirely.
@@seinikki5919 What? The remake has the same twist. No idea what you're talking about.
@@AppleOfThineEye The game switches you into adventure mode and a lot of people just don’t switch back to novel mode. Sure it switches to novel mode during crucial parts but honestly on my first gameplay I haven’t realised that narrator was actually zero while playing the remake until I read it later. I just assumed it switched to Akanes perspective at the end. While the DS version makes it clearer since you have two screens at all times.
@@seinikki5919 In the remake, at the final puzzle, you CAN'T switch to novel or adventure mode because it changes to Junpei and Akane vision.
@@AppleOfThineEye that’s what I’m talking about but there wasn’t a clear indication that the entire narrator mode was actually zero from the start of the game
I'm just sad that not enough people know about this game
Well yes, that's sad but the main problem is not many people play VN's. The people who are into VN's will definitely know about this.
@@vivekveer3272 Really? Is this genre so unpopular? Also I played some VNs before but I didn't know about this game. I basically found it accidentally.
@@AcidicLanzador Can't really say VN's are popular. The idea of sitting through text with visuals and music can be really weird for starters.
In my opinion, this game is known by most of the VN players even though it's not very popular on vndb. This may partly be because a lot of people including me started getting into VN's through DS games (Phoenix wright, Time hollow) and 999 did really good in the west when it was released for DS.
@@vivekveer3272 Well, I know a pretty good amount of people who like VNs.
@@AcidicLanzador Yes, but I was saying that the number is small in comparison with people playing games.
When akane screamed "please get me out of here! " I cried like a small boy
A little tiny boy
lmfao yeah the entire final sequence of the game with akane’s death had the tears flowing for me
I love how the silhouettes make Santa, Clover, Junpei, and June look like some ragtag group of middleschoolers out to solve mysteries. They are all way smaller than I thought they were
I mean, that's not exactly *wrong,* is it?
@@tadeogomez7303 Clover is 18 so she'd be in high school. June and Junpei are 22 and Santa is 24.
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Well, I didn't necessarily mean the middleschooler part, but I most probably got the ages wrong when I made the original reply.
I would love to see Santa, Clover, Junpei, and June as a ragtag group of middleschoolers out to solve mysteries
I need to draw that sometime💀💀
Of course, the final boss of the puzzle game is sudoku
Is a upside down sudoku, that makes the puzzle X10 better
Look at the Japanese box art. It was staring at them in the face from the start.
Just finished the steam version today. I liked the password puzzle a lot better actually.
@@twist9830 it's far easier, I've only ever gotten to the true ending in the steam version, but actual sudoku seems way harder than the piss easy password puzzle, I did that shit in like 15 seconds
@@Somonyocan confirm the sudoku takes like at least a couple of minutes, more if you don't know how to play sudoku
God... every single time I listen to this soundtrack, I tear up. I think this is the single greatest twist I have ever experienced in any media, ever.
This game will forever be one of my favorite games of all time.
🥹
Personal confession: I suck at sudokus so this was the perfect ultimate challenge for me. If it actually had the time limit I would've lost lots of times...
of course, those would then have counted as more multiple timelines. assuming it was the same puzzle each time, it would have taken you less and less time on each attempt because you'd simply remember more numbers each time. so even THAT would work within the game's theme :P
@@kefkaexdeath but it would kill any will you have to actually complete the game
@@kefkaexdeath sadly its only shorter by a few seconds, since theres no flow menu in the original
This was the 1st Sudoku puzzle I attempted and it took me at least an hour.
A time limit would have just made me cripple.
I had to learn what a suduku game was and how to play it to complete the game 💀
Tbh i will never get over the fact that my moms penchant for sudoku is what helped me beat this and save akane lmao
She saw sudoku on my ds and just gave me all the numbers
I'm sure I could've figured it out pretty easily, but my wife loves sudoku so I just handed it to her and let her do it lol
I used to solve sudoku puzzles during my commute, that's why I got the numbers in a flash
@@rawman44 ah yes, making full use of the morphogenetic field
"ZEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Rest in Pain Ace.
I have never wanted to punch an old man so much since Death Palette (if you know, you know.)
@@whotookmypuddingcup4131 Fraid not. You mean the indie horror game?
@@zacharyriley4561 I think? It's free on mobile
@@whotookmypuddingcup4131 Okay. Just wondering what you mean.
@@zacharyriley4561 :D
I couldn't... save Clover... My sister died... because of me... Perhaps this will... begin to... atone for that... Perhaps in... the afterlife... She can... forgive me.
Words can't express how grateful I am to have experienced this game! I get emotional every time I listen to this or think about the Game. It's such a masterpiece!
Y'all don't know how fast I finished a sudoku puzzle because of this
I KNOW RIGHT THIS SONG JUST MADE ME FEEL SO FRICKIN SAD WHILE I WAS SOLVING IT
AND I WASNT EVEN GOOD AT SUDOKU SO I WAS JUST CRYING INSIDE
It took me about an *hour* to solve the sudoku puzzle cuz it was the *1st* Sudoku puzzle I ever attempted.
@pkmntrainerred4247 lol same! It's probably the most stressful part of the game 😅
I can only imagine the horror of being on this part and seeing the battery indicator red with no charger around! lol!
@@pkmntrainerred4247 same
just beat the game last night and man what an absolute masterpiece, its rare that a game manages to immerse me this much, a true hidden gem that ill forever be thankful for experiencing
now play vlr and ztd
@@khari8995 just beat vlr and loved it but holy shit i need a long break before jumping into ztd, my mind is completely fried lol
@@AntiRikusame, vlr is just too much information for me haha
Knowing what the last puzzle was... I just found the whole situation to be very sad.
Why? They all got saved. It all worked out.
Life is simply unfair, don't you think?
@@DezorianGuy because in the original timeline. She died to a puzzle that unironically had a simple answer
The realization that the “seek a way out” jingle was a leitmotif of this song hit me like a truck at the end
The 999 parts are peak yeah but can we talk about when the plays in the Q room in VLR. Emotionally crushing stuff.
They used this song so sparingly in VLR that it hit extra hard
June 18, 2022. That is the day I found a visual novel named 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors. It has been a year since I played this masterpiece of a game. I was done with my high school research that day, so I took the opportunity to rest and treat myself. I am a fan of Ace Attorney and Layton games, and I was looking for something as good as these amazing visual novels at that time (highly recommend them for those who have not played them yet). I looked up some DS mystery visual novel games, and 999 caught my eye for some unexplained feeling. The internet says it's good, but I did not expect something out of the ordinary.
I played the game blind. No knowledge about what's to come, pseudoscientific shenanigans, and digital root whatnots. I was hooked on the story from the very beginning until the end. I never stopped playing the game. I played it on the weekend and got my first ending. The Safe Ending. I thought that was it. Junpei lost June and the siblings died. It is a cliffhanger. Then, I searched the internet and found the other endings. I am hyped to see the story's ending so I searched the True Ending's path because I want answers to the mysteries as soon as possible. I was lucky to finish the safe ending, so I proceeded to doors 4, 7, and 1. (I feel in danger every time I was with Ace after knowing everything in the safe ending). I was joyful when I knew Clover didn't die. At last, she can reunite with Snake. I knew the password for the coffin. Obviously, I knew it because I played the safe ending already, but how about Junpei? How and why did he know that? Another mystery has wandered into my head. I played the remaining escape rooms of the game and knew more about the history of the Nonary Game. It was raining that night while I'm playing, and for me, that is the perfect opportunity to finish the game. The gang arrived at the incinerator, and THAT epiphany came in. The truth about morphogenetic fields and the sudoku of death. I, too, was crying like young Akane trying to solve the puzzle. I solve the puzzle after some minutes. I watched the story to the end and I had a new view of life. (I even believed that morphogenetic fields are true at some point).
At last, I have answers to the mysteries. Now I know why Junpei knows everything. It was mind-blowing. I watched the other endings I didn't got, and they creeped me out, especially the Axe Ending. For me, 999 is more than a game or visual novel. It is an experience that I would never forget. I love the mystery and the creativity of each escape room. The digital roots are a fantastic addition to the game. The story is like a complicated puzzle that has a magnificent picture when completed. Junpei is such an amazing protagonist. I felt that I was in the story, accompanying him throughout. The plot is too good for this world. The storytelling is a chef's kiss. There is no other game like this. I love Ace Attorney and Professor Layton, but this is on a whole new level. I'm not comparing these games on how good they are as they are all masterpieces on their own, but 999 is just different. It is the epitome of the perfect point of view in fiction and immersive storytelling. I cannot understand why it is so underrated. It is such an amazing game. In my opinion, VLR and ZTD are also quality games that continued what 999 established and made it better in some aspects, but 999 is the best for me out of the three. A true underrated gem for the DS.
PS. June 18, 2022. I played it in June. The same month Junpei named Akane. And 18 has a digital root of nine. I only noticed this now.
I played 999 on march 27th of 2022 and 27 has the digital root of 9, the parallels 😅.
happy brithday to your playthrough@@aliadnan42
@@aliadnan42 I just love coincidences😂😂
i always think of this as a duet between Junpei (playing the lower, supporting part) and young Akane (playing the higher part)
"This is it Ace, we are going to burn to death together "
Even the remastered version have the same emotional level of this track as the original.
The white noise of the recording is gone here which is nice
I recently played the Nonary Games remastered version of 999, so I didn't get a Sudoku puzzle.
But, bet y'alls ASSES I hustled to solve it T__T
Given the layout of the word guessing what to switch around was easy. Took me a minute to guess the actual password though until I guessed the obvious lol.
If I was Junpei, Akane surely would have died.
They cut the sudoku from the remaster?
@@AdeptArcanist Yeah, I'm guessing it's because in the DS version you were meant to turn the DS upside down...Something you can't do with a TV(Well I mean...You could, but I get the feeling Spike didn't want a bunch of lawsuits for broken Tv's lol)
Final puzzle in torture room also changed a bit.
This song can really convey a somber happiness or somber sadness for the characters in the game.
I love Junpei and Akane
Escuchas cualquier track de la OST y te transporta inmediatamente a algún momento del juego.
I like that this song was chosen for the final puzzle, it's kinda relaxing and sad at the same time and really help while I was struggling to solve the final puzzle even though the solution was very simple
this soundtrack says it all, it's simple notes just like the two protagonists... show how this was made to prevent a tragedy. it's notes really fit
What I find funny is this game is literally the first exposure to a sudoku puzzle for many people in the west.
This is truly June's and Jumpei's theme, and hearing it as I had to solve the hexadecimal puzzle (I had it on Steam, so no sudoku for me) made me know just how much was at stake. If I didn't get it right, both of them would go up in flames...
This is my favourite ost from 999, haven't finished vlr yet.
Hope you finished it
What’s your favorite from vlr? I assume you have finished it.
agate jumpscare
@@justicepierce176 eyyyy fancy seeing you here
@@BigBoss-km9yz my favourite vlr song is actually placidity, it's not exactly an emotional song compared to like blue bird lamentation but it really makes the atmosphere of the game click I think.
Err sorry for the late response
Shit! Damn you all!
Why! Why?!
Why me?! _I don't_
_deserve this!_
Answer me! Answer me, Zero!
_WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!_
*_WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!_* (yes, he actually says it twice)
Zero! _Zero!_
*_ZEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!_*
The cries of despair of a sore loser
"I don't deserve this" he did.
Hearing this song makes me wanna cry even now.
This music is something else. Whenever I listen to this music, I start to break in tears. It’s really beautiful but also pretty sad.
Still insane to me all these years later that a fucking sudoku puzzle made me cry like a bitch
I activated my morphogenetic field in this puzzle
I activated the "-a-* field for this zle
By "morphogenetic field" do you mean Google 🤣
@@TheEmpoleon123456789 kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
This was the very first sudoku puzzle I've ever made.
Fucking traumatic.
I wasn't totally a fan of the True Ending, but I must say trying to solve that last puzzle (I was playing the Steam version, so no sudoku for me) with this music playing was one of the absolute high points of the entire game for me. Really amazing.
I honestly feel like the true ending was written last, with how cheap it is that suddenly, the main character receives a psychic message to open the coffin. I'm pretty sure Clover had the same paper with her from the safe ending, since she went into the same room in both endings, so they could have just used the paper to get the password for the coffin
@@evanarmont I always took it as the game finally commenting on the different timelines you as the player did. As in, it’s commenting on you the player having knowledge that Junpei shouldn’t, pushing you to get different endings each and every time simply because Junpei knew what and what not to do.
Thanks for actually makes me feel better about the remaster! I remember when I played it on DS so many years ago that the sudoku final puzzle was such a striking moment, visually and emotionally. I think, all in all, its my most vivid memory of playing the game, maybe any game
I just finished the remaster on PS4 last night, and the final puzzle was changed. I felt a little shafted, but it makes me feel good that the finale can still tug at the heartstrings, sudoku or no!
To be fair, this track is definitely doing the brunt of the emotional heavy lifting lol
@@evanarmont the fact that information can be sent through spacetime is... kind of the point of the entire mystery. it's something played with in Uchikoshi's previous work as well
@@TranslationHell that makes sense, although I haven't played any games made by Uchikoshi, outside of the zero escape trilogy. Looking back at it, Lotus talked about it in room 4 with Santa and Junpei, so I probably should have kept that in mind
what a good game, Clover's real neat
Sure would be a shame if she were to pick up an axe in the captain's room
@@pogeti3379 and, oh I dunno, kill a few people? Crazy right, she would never!
*Cleaver
I must axe you a question: You sure about that?
I cannot explain how this song makes me feel.
It scares me because while playing you know that if you fail, u can't but if you do
A 9 year old will be burned alive.
Its the knowledge of it already happening. Like take other more urgent tracks
Its purpose is to be a sort of booster... To show urgency but this seems grim.
Its not a song where your like "IM GOING TO DIE"
Its like it has already happened or its inevitable.... Idk i just can't describe it as inevitable... It doesn't describe it
It just seems hopeless
AAAA I swear this was the damn most stressful part of all 999 for me! And more with the screen turned damn
My heart hurts.
Yo how tf did Seven fit in the vents when he's that big?
Desperation makes you achieve miracles. That's the only explanation I can think.
Big vents, innit.
This music goes hard af
Junpei: SNAKE! TALK TO ME! SNAKE! SNAAAAAAAAKEEE!!!
Zero: - GAME OVER -
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the fact that aoi had to see his 12-year old sister’s charred corpse is always the thing that makes me want to throw up the most abt the whole thing. esp since im an older brother as well
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Even worse is that he watch the whole process from start to end.
Not to mention all the unseen things like watching Akane desperately asking for her brother for help, trying to put out the fire from her body....etc.
That is the worst torture any older sibling could've gone through.
got this after searching for sudoku tutorials wtf
fr tho
Trying to beat the weird kid allegations when someone plays morphogenetic sorrow at the function:
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It will always strike me as in perspective, Hongou and Akane have several similarities. The two create the nonary game for a selfish purpose. But while Akane cares about the innocents she kidnapped, especially Junpei. Hongou has no affection for anyone. Besides, sometimes I feel like Akane also wanted to see if Hongou changed during those nine years. And the cruel old man proved that he would never improve as a person.
Yeah but i feel like planning the nonary game just to survive is more acceptable than doing it just to see faces
@@MikadoSann0ji Especially when you get a little more of why he created the Nonary Game in VLR.
Whenever he gave his reason for it I was shaking my head. Like my guy, YOU OWN A PHARMACEUTICALS COMPANY, DEVELOP A DRUG FOR YOUR CONDITION DAMMIT.
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Ace at the end scene: I...I just wanted to see faces... :(
Ace 10 minutes before that scene: AHAHAHA, I've won this game and all of you will burn to death!
i loved this puzzle so much because it allowed me to show off my sudoku skills, something i never use
Good thing I wasn't in that situation otherwise I would have died since I'm terrible at sudoku and I admit I had to look up the answers
Saddest puzzle I ever solved :(
Saddest sudoku puzzle ever
NOOOO NOOOOOO I DON'T WANNA PLAY SUDOKU YOU CAN'T MAKE ME DO IT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Aaah... I can hear Ace's dying screams as we speak.
Music to my ears.
I wonder if it's bad that I got here because of a Super Mario 64 Hack that Ive played.
Kinda makes me wanna look into what this Song is actually from! c:
Ever17 also has similar twist as both games are by Uchikoshi.
No? This particular end game twist in 999 was not in Ever17. Also, both games having the same author doesn't excuse recycled plot twists, which VLR is way more guilty of.
@@ravus9935 I even thought that choosing MC in Ever17 is related to Schrodinger Cat thing I learned from VLR. About who will be the 4th heroine depends of which MC you chose. As Takeshi, she'll be Coco and as Kid, she'll be Sara. Like choosing between Magenta/Yellow and Cyan door in VLR.
That's what I thought before seeing the true ending in Ever17.
it's crying hours again
i know this plays in the first game but this song really fits the second one so well tbh
Sudoku is pretty easy, but the remaster's final puzzle on the other hand...
Took me like 2 hours, I put the letters password into bottom as a sign that I had no idea what the fuck i was doing and it worked.
@@sleekismboyz605 The most annoying thing about it is how obvious the answers to it are. I felt like an idiot after I finished it.
@@BladeShadowWing I struggled with the "9" password part🤦♂️
idk about that one that was kinda super easy ngl
@@temporal4652 Temp flex his big brain on random youtube commenters challenge: necessary
I came here from a video that had this sad theme. It was about the death of Mello, Charmy Bee’s best friend in the Archie Comics.
Really need to play the ds version someday. I love the voice acting of the playstation version but still
Absolutely do. I'm glad it got a port for modern systems, but the DS version is much better with the final twist.
crying because I don't know how to play sudoku
this is really sad
One of the best game plots i have ever seen, only to be ruined by the ending of Ztd
Yeah, that was... not good XD I still have traumatic flashbacks to those terrible, TERRIBLE CGI cutscenes
crying girl sudoku theme song
this is straight up naruto soundtrack sad
This sounds like something from Paper Mario, TTYD (maybe), SPM and OoT
you CANNOT tell me this was sampled on lil baby’s freestyle
This game fucked me up that's for sure
This originally was so hard. There wasn't a time limit but it felt like there was. I hate this puzzle. And I hate the remake because it was just not as hard.
its sad
snake:/
I played the remake and had to presd hint way too much.
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The last puzzle was lame. Loved the ending, though.
Not for me, because I didn't know how the fuck sudokus works
sure the puzzle was lame but it was made to be easy for story purposes
??????? After thinking about it for a bit, I actually think you’re right. Was quick to judge after walkthrough.
The puzzle is supposed to be solved by a 9 years old child stressed by an imminent incineration. It's not supposed to entertain hardcore players !
why are you posting these?
The nonary game ost posting was held for three reasons:
One: someone might not have posted the remastered soundtrack yet so he was doing it for them.
Two: posting these when someone was searching for them would lead more people to his channel so he can become known more.
Three: he simply likes the game.
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Ur question is basically asking "why does youtube exists?"
@Oliver McCall We just are, really. Nothing more, nothing less.
Pancake-kun's Best Friend ok joker from persona 5
By far the best ze game, this is objective. Vlr is the worst one
You were close to being correct until slandering vlr when ztd exists
@@temporal4652 VLR SPOILERS:
ztd is at least fun, and d-team has super solid endings. Vlr is boring and repetitive, (quark disappears, Alice dies), and all characters are insufferable excerpt tenmy
@@bromaro D team is really the only redeeming quality about ztd meanwhile in vlr 7 out of 9 characters are actually very good
Vlr is my favorite easily. ZTD doesn't come close to either
@@temporal4652 7 out of 9😂😂😂 wtf are you on. Alice and clover suck for obvious reasons. Sigma has no inflame personality, phi is just there to be harassed by sigma, quark just gets kidnapped (literally all he does, his one part is given by a letter at the end of a route lol). Dio is decent by nowhere up there when it comes to great villains, k and Luna are eh. Tenmy is the only phenomenal character out of them
999 was the best of the franchise, I get people love VLR more but for me it went a bit too far in terms of ramping up the plot, this was perfect
Vlr was disappointing imo
I agree.
I never understood why people liked VLR more than 999. 999 had better characters, soundtrack, story, and puzzles. VLR can’t really be judged on its own imo, I consider VLR and ZTD two halves of the same game since one can’t really exist without the other while 999 can stand on its own. All 3 games are really good (Yes I like ZTD, fight me) but 999 will always be the perfect ZE game for me.
@@BombBombora yeah, I loved learning about each characters backstory and how they fit into the narrative, I constantly was wondering "who is zero, what's going on" and I loved it, in the other two I'm like "I like a few of these characters but a lot of them are bland" I unfortunately made my opinion on vlr known to the ZE subreddit and it went about as well as you'd expect
@raindew tbh it does feel like a standalone game and originally when I started playing the series I thought each game would be their own story, didn't realise it was a series long story
Fantastic! :-D