Zaraki_Kenpachi
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999: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors |OT| RED, DEAD, Redemption
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hosannainexcelsis
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KirbyStamped said:
There's still one spoiler tag you haven't fixed!
KirbyStamped
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double post gah
KirbyStamped
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Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
Nah, it's not, just a link to an interview with the director of the game that was done months ago and doesn't really have anything in it that's a spoiler. Sorry about all that, for some reason my hand instinctively typed "spoilers" instead of spoiler
damn morphogenic fields
Edit-
Well I looked over the interview again, nothing really much but I decided since I'm probably already on thin ice here I went ahead and took it out just to make sure :lol .
Sorry for all the trouble.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Just ordered the game, I hope it's good.
Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
Totally good!
Also, my Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors phone card with exclusive Kinu Nishimura art came today
!Edit: Better resolution pic
http://yfrog.com/71999p2j
CornBurrito
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Completed the game yesterday. I'm wondering if I got this right so here goes. Warning: True End Spoilers
The best part about finishing the game is being able to highlight all the spoilers in the thread
minor edit:
I know Akselziys and Tuesday already mentioned that
The way I see it, Akane never died. Instead she was able to gather information from the future. Not just that, she saw 6 different potential futures, though only 1 branch ended up giving her the information necessary to save herself. After she escaped she waited 9 years and then set up the second Nonary Game so that her past self could access the information that had saved her. Basically, she created a stable time loop. Is that right?
The best part about finishing the game is being able to highlight all the spoilers in the thread
minor edit:
I know Akselziys and Tuesday already mentioned that
they changed it from Zero saying "9" on the loudspeaker to them being given notes that had 9 written on them. Is my memory off or did the game flash a picture of the loudspeaker whenever they mentioned the "Find a door that has a 9 on it?" I remember it (perhaps falsely) that the game did that which is why I didn't even realize that they got the information from notes rather than the loudspeaker.
Obsessed said:Completed the game yesterday. I'm wondering if I got this right so here goes. Warning: True End Spoilers
The way I see it, Akane never died. Instead she was able to gather information from the future. Not just that, she saw 6 different potential futures, though only 1 branch ended up giving her the information necessary to save herself. After she escaped she waited 9 years and then set up the second Nonary Game so that her past self could access the information that had saved her. Basically, she created a stable time loop. Is that right?
The best part about finishing the game is being able to highlight all the spoilers in the thread
minor edit:
I know Akselziys and Tuesday already mentioned thatthey changed it from Zero saying "9" on the loudspeaker to them being given notes that had 9 written on them. Is my memory off or did the game flash a picture of the loudspeaker whenever they mentioned the "Find a door that has a 9 on it?" I remember it (perhaps falsely) that the game did that which is why I didn't even realize that they got the information from notes rather than the loudspeaker.
Pretty much as you said When they were reading the notes, I believe it still showed a loud speaker to signify it was Zero talking in the note.
When they were reading the notes, I believe it still showed a loud speaker to signify it was Zero talking in the note.I just got the true ending, but I feel that I did not understand the story completely:
Other than that, I really enjoyed the game. Definitely one of my best DS game.
Who is the killer in the submarine ending?
Am I right in assuming that Santa and Akane masterminded the game together from the beginning?
Why did Santa shut off everyone in the incinerator at the end?
Where/why did future Akane/June disappear to in the incinerator?
How did Seven lose his memory?
Other than that, I really enjoyed the game. Definitely one of my best DS game.
Hyunkel6 said:I just got the true ending, but I feel that I did not understand the story completely:
Who is the killer in the submarine ending?
Am I right in assuming that Santa and Akane masterminded the game together from the beginning?
Why did Santa shut off everyone in the incinerator at the end?
Where/why did future Akane/June disappear to in the incinerator?
How did Seven lose his memory?
Other than that, I really enjoyed the game. Definitely one of my best DS game.
Don't forget you can ask questions to the creators via our official 999 website up until Dec 23rd!
http://www.aksysgames.com/999
But I think I can help answer your questions
1. It's insinuated to be Ace. They never did check his pulse to see if he was alive .
2. Aoi and Akane masterminded it, so as to save herself in the past, thus saving her present self. Seven is insinuated to be helping them as well (from Junpei's comments in the True End).
3. Santa shut everyone off in the incinerator so Junpei could solve the puzzle along with past Akane in order to save Akane in the past from dying.
4. Was his memory actually gone...?
.2. Aoi and Akane masterminded it, so as to save herself in the past, thus saving her present self. Seven is insinuated to be helping them as well (from Junpei's comments in the True End).
3. Santa shut everyone off in the incinerator so Junpei could solve the puzzle along with past Akane in order to save Akane in the past from dying.
4. Was his memory actually gone...?
I'm super happy that you love it so much
! I hope even more people can love it in the future too!Thank you for the clarifications, and please bring us more of those adventure games!Akselziys said:Don't forget you can ask questions to the creators via our official 999 website up until Dec 23rd!
http://www.aksysgames.com/999
But I think I can help answer your questions
1. It's insinuated to be Ace. They never did check his pulse to see if he was alive
2. Aoi and Akane masterminded it, so as to save herself in the past, thus saving her present self. Seven is insinuated to be helping them as well (from Junpei's comments in the True End).
3. Santa shut everyone off in the incinerator so Junpei could solve the puzzle along with past Akane in order to save Akane in the past from dying.
4. Was his memory actually gone...?
I'm super happy that you love it so much
Hyunkel6 said:
No problem
If you haven't already, you should try checking out Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past It's on sale on our online store for $14.99 as part of our 12 days of Christmas sale
http://www.aksysgames.com/store/#jh-mp
Edit: And another 999 review:
http://njiska.com/2010/12/nintendo-ds-review-999-nine-hours-nine-persons-nine-doors
robotzombie
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robotzombie said:
wondering if anyone can help me out with this
Hours Left
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Begin With Memories at the start of each new playthrough.DiddyBop said:
CornBurrito
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Gunloc said:
Continue works just fine actually.
You know I really gotta wonder how Junpei can
consider hanging around with June knowing she has the capacity to kidnap people and put them in potentially life threatening situations. I mean she stuck bombs inside people and set them up to be potentially murdered. Not to mention she can put on quite an acting performance. She is not the type of girlfriend I would want to mess with.
Belisarius
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I donno man, seems kinda hot to me. Besides,Mjunter said:
it's pretty apparent Junpei can be just as ruthless, if he wants to be. I think they're made for each other. :3
lucablight
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Akselziys said:Unfortunately we're running low, so we are only offering them with the 999 bundle now.
The watches were flying off the shelves
This game grabbed me so much I am literally going to buy another copy just for the watch. Also I live in Australia so I can't buy it myself from your store so I'm going to have to pay another company based in America to buy it for me so they can then mail it to my address. I hope this watch is worth it!
Siliconera playtest of 999
http://www.siliconera.com/2010/12/12/nine-hours-nine-persons-nine-doors-playtest-piercing-prose/
http://www.siliconera.com/2010/12/12/nine-hours-nine-persons-nine-doors-playtest-piercing-prose/
JPBrowncoat
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Got it too. I feel like it's a common first ending based on the choices I made.jigglywiggly said:
I guess most people stick with June most doors.
Shadow Red
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Hands down, I voted June for the character poll.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Just got the
.
Aahhh.... truly,
, eh? I do not have any shame to admit that I am teary-eyed at the end. I'm a sucker for
theme after all.
At first I am a bit baffled about the question: how could
... and at first I thought
, somehow, hahahaha. So
:lol
But after a bit of thinking I think I understand the whole story.
Very beautiful... poetic, even.
Just some observations:
- It was alluded that
. It's kind of hard to believe that
.
- How is it possible that
? It seems unlikely that
- What's the deal with the
- The way I see it, there were actually
. Correct?
- The fact that there's actually
, yea? Since if there's
. I guess that's why
.
- In retrospect,
. I mean, what would happen if
Great game, great story.
True Ending
Aahhh.... truly,
love prevails above all else
love conquers
At first I am a bit baffled about the question: how could
Akane/June be present when the her past self was dead? Time-paradox
June was really Alice in disguise
Alice's purpose was just to be a red-herring and to pose sexy at the very end of the game?
But after a bit of thinking I think I understand the whole story.
Very beautiful... poetic, even.
Just some observations:
- It was alluded that
Cradle Pharmaceuticals is a very wealthy company, proven by the fact that they managed to use the Gigantic as one of its experiment facilities 9 years ago
they did not do anything to search for four of their most important leaders (Ace, The Cap, No 9, and the No. 3 Door Guy)
- How is it possible that
June/Akane/Zero and Santa/Aoi managed to secure the Nevada facility in order to conduct the second Nonary Game
a company as big as Cradle Pharmaceuticals would just abandon such an important facility and allow others to use it as they wish.
first puzzle, the Sub, and the whole flooding thing if the game took place in the Nevada Desert?
Simulated Gigantic environment, I assume.
three people altogether that orchestrated the whole second Nonary game: June, Santa, and Seven
- The fact that there's actually
no detonator at all in the bracelets made the second Nonary experiment a very luck-based effort
one person who, due to some sort of luck, did not manage to find the DEAD in time but found out that he/she was totally fine in the end, then the entire plan would collapse
June, Santa, and Seven all tagged along in the game
- In retrospect,
June/Akane was quite possibly one scary gal
Junpei was unable to solve the final puzzle? Then the whole team got incinerated? Or maybe the Incinerator thing was just a bluff in order to heighten the sense of danger so that Junpei could access the morphogenic field easier to help the past Akane?
Great game, great story.
Belisarius
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Laughing Banana said:
I'd have to go back and look to be sure, but I got the impression that, after the failure of the first Nonary game, Cradle either kind of fell apart, or Ace ceased to be in charge of it or something. The way I remember it implied that he'd found the special plant in the coffin some time before he actually began the Nonary Game, and the money he made with Soporil was what how he managed to afford to have the Nonary game in the first place. Also, fun fact: The original (literal) translation for Soporil was "Mandrain" (from "mandrake" + "drain").
Laughing Banana said:
In line with my earlier assumption, Cradle either no longer existed, or no longer had the influence to hold onto the Nevada facility. Or perhaps, after the failure of the first Nonary Game, they simply sold or abandoned it. Or the Nonary Project was Ace's pet project, and the Nevada facility (and presumably the Gigantic) belonged to him, not the company.
Laughing Banana said:- What's the deal with thefirst puzzle, the Sub, and the whole flooding thing if the game took place in the Nevada Desert?Simulated Gigantic environment, I assume.
I would assume you assume correctly. Zero wanted them to believe they were on a sinking boat, to provide the same impetus for survival. The original Gigantic was, for obvious reasons, no longer available.
Laughing Banana said:
That seems to be the implication, yes.
Laughing Banana said:
Depending on how you look at it, it wouldn't have really mattered if someone had done what you describe. Since they'd all seen the 9th Man die, it would be pretty clear that at least some of them had bombs. Would you be willing to try and find out who, if you were in that situation? Besides, that would have likely lead to a failure anyway, and that timeline would cease to exist once the "true" one asserted itself, making that failure of the plan even more meaningless.
Laughing Banana said:
Presumably, they would have all died, and then the timeline would have reset itself, like it does any time you fail. The fact that it fried Ace and Snake suggests that it was still a fully armed and operational battlestation.
Glad you enjoyed it.Laughing Banana said:
Just got all the endings. I absolutely love the game. Riveting from start to finish. I have to admit, though... several of the bad endings in a row really felt like getting suckerpunched over and over. The true ending was actually my final ending. Some impressions and a few questions:
I absolutely love the game. Riveting from start to finish. I have to admit, though... several of the bad endings in a row really felt like getting suckerpunched over and over. The true ending was actually my final ending. Some impressions and a few questions:I have to admit that I was worried about the direction the game. I really didn't want everything explained via the ALL-ICE route, and the Morphogenic Fields explanation throughout the story left me intrigued, but wary. I really didn't want everything explained in a ridiculous supernatural fashion sloppily. Despite these concerns, the game's true explanation was one that still works within the context of the game due to great pacing and gradual introduction to the facts. I suspected Ace was behind everything after I got the Submarine ending (I noticed that his pulse hadn't been checked), and was totally stoked when I was only partially right.
It's kind of ridiculous that the game's crescendo was a sudoku puzzle, but it still felt just right with the music, tone, and fact that you were still reeling from a series of reveals.
The only thing I didn't really fully understand was ALL-ICE at the end. I'm guessing that ALL-ICE was a red herring... pretty much what I wanted. I know she was there at the end, but I considered that to be more of a cute non-canon throwback, right?
Reading some of the posts above mine, it seems that Seven was a part of organizing the second nonary game? What did I miss there?
I found it sort of interesting that there weren't real detonators in the bracelets... but if there weren't, how did the Ninth Man and the fake Snake explode? I guess that those individuals were selectively given detonators since they were bait for Ace?
It's kind of ridiculous that the game's crescendo was a sudoku puzzle, but it still felt just right with the music, tone, and fact that you were still reeling from a series of reveals.
The only thing I didn't really fully understand was ALL-ICE at the end. I'm guessing that ALL-ICE was a red herring... pretty much what I wanted. I know she was there at the end, but I considered that to be more of a cute non-canon throwback, right?
Reading some of the posts above mine, it seems that Seven was a part of organizing the second nonary game? What did I miss there?
I found it sort of interesting that there weren't real detonators in the bracelets... but if there weren't, how did the Ninth Man and the fake Snake explode? I guess that those individuals were selectively given detonators since they were bait for Ace?
Belisarius
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GuardianE said:
There's a point (I can't remember where) where Seven says or does something that implies his "amnesia" was faked. As far as the detonators, I think Zero only put them in the "guilty" people. So yeah, selective, but with a purpose.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
GuardianE said:
Yea, the way I understood it, ALL-ICE was just a red-herring. I bet even Seven/June/Santa would be surprised when they found out that ALL-ICE was real after all :lol
GuardianE said:
At the very end of the game Junpei's comments insinuated that Seven was lying about his memory loss in order to help Akane/June and Aoi/Santa. Which was understandable, considering what he witnessed during the 1st Nonary game.
GuardianE said:
Those people were the bad guys that were responsible for the experiment 9 years ago. I suppose June/Akane/Zero did not care much about what happen to them. I mean, she gave them the chance to repent, but by the way she nudged Ace to kill his colleagues suggested to me that she did not care for their fate--"so be it if they died" stuff.
Hey guys,
Along with our own US character poll we're conducting on the 999 official website:
http://www.aksysgames.com/999
We've also gone ahead and translated Chunsoft's Japanese character poll blogs for your viewing pleasure
Siliconera put the first up of many this morning. It shows who ranked last (9th) on the Japanese character poll:
http://www.siliconera.com/2010/12/13/chunsoft-blog-999-japanese-character-ranking-9/
I hope you all enjoy reading them! And if you haven't already, go vote for your favorite character in the US character poll!
Along with our own US character poll we're conducting on the 999 official website:
http://www.aksysgames.com/999
We've also gone ahead and translated Chunsoft's Japanese character poll blogs for your viewing pleasure
Siliconera put the first up of many this morning. It shows who ranked last (9th) on the Japanese character poll:
http://www.siliconera.com/2010/12/13/chunsoft-blog-999-japanese-character-ranking-9/
I hope you all enjoy reading them! And if you haven't already, go vote for your favorite character in the US character poll!
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Holy shit, got my game today. Watch has some heft to it, it's made out of metal I guess? I thought it'd be a shitty plastic watch.
Laughing Banana said:
Because she never really died (Seven lied). Junpei saved her when she was a child back then. She then had to orchestrate the nonary game in order to make sure it actually happens.
Laughing Banana said:
I really think it's a possibility that
Lotus was originally intended to be Alice. Her clothes are very similar, and her backstory is very weak compared to the rest of the cast. I wouldn't be surprised if they originally meant her to be alice, but couldn't fit it well in the story. So they scraped it and made her a mom of the some of the original test subjects. One of the questions I'm going to ask on the aksys site
Laughing Banana said:
To add to what's been said about this, during the room
4
Santa mentions that he acquired a significant amount of money through the stock exchange by buying into Cradle Pharmaceutical (pick stocks instead of gambling). It's possible that he simply bought the facility from Ace, since they didn't really need it for anything, and it was in the middle of nowhere anyway.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Kind of depressing in the fact that I would have bought when free if I would have known. Very happy.Akselziys said:Haha, ye of little faith
Are the Jake Hunter games actually good? I've considered getting it before but I seem to see a lot of negative impressions.Belisarius
Member
The second one (Memories of the Past) is all the content of the first game (Detective Chronicles), but with a better translation and more content. Obviously my opinion isn't worth much, since I edited the thing, but I'm pretty fond of it.Zaraki_Kenpachi said:Kind of depressing in the fact that I would have bought when free if I would have known. Very happy.
Don't expect any of the gameplay you get in 999, though: Jake is 100% visual novel.Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
So if I buy the second one there's no reason to buy the first one?Tuesday said:The second one (Memories of the Past) is all the content of the first game (Detective Chronicles), but with a better translation and more content. Obviously my opinion isn't worth much, since I edited the thing, but I'm pretty fond of it.
Funky Functionality
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How have I not heard of this? Looks fantastic.
Belisarius
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Unless you just really like giving us money, no.Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Tuesday said:
You guys are sold out so no point anyhow now.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Akselziys said:Amazon, like Tuesday pointed out, is selling Jake Hunter Memories of the Past (2nd one)
Feel free to grab it from them
Not for $15 though.
And as another side note, did you guys ever put your blazblue sticks on sale for black friday? I thought I remember checking and never seeing them discounted.bigdaddygamebot
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So my mother-in-law loves her DS and she loves adventure titles and especially Layton.
She leaves it up to me to "expand her gaming horizons" and as much as I want to get her to play Phoenix Wright or...uhm...the new guy (whose name escapes me at the moment), there's parts in those games that are downright embarassing if not appropriate.
So...I took a risk and bought her 999 for Christmas this year.
I don't need any spoilers...and my mother in law isn't a prude but I'm curious as to if I'm about to expose her to some crazy shit?
She leaves it up to me to "expand her gaming horizons" and as much as I want to get her to play Phoenix Wright or...uhm...the new guy (whose name escapes me at the moment), there's parts in those games that are downright embarassing if not appropriate.
So...I took a risk and bought her 999 for Christmas this year.
I don't need any spoilers...and my mother in law isn't a prude but I'm curious as to if I'm about to expose her to some crazy shit?
Belisarius
Member
Nothing she hasn't seen on CSI, at least in terms of potentially unpleasant stuff. The plot has some pretty weird turns that you won't see on CSI, but it's nothing...untoward.bigdaddygamebot said:
The sticks had free shipping (a savings of about $20) during our "Apology Sale". They weren't discounted on Black Friday.Zaraki_Kenpachi said:Not for $15 though.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Bah, forgot I didn't find my DS yet over the weekend. Looks like I can't play tonight unless I magically find it.
bigdaddygamebot
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Tuesday said:
Thank you sir. I can rest easier.