Final Fantasy IX I want to be your canary fight. I somehow, got 100 out of 100 without impressing Brahe. even after messing up the first input by accident....what the fuck happened? I mean, IDK if this has happened before. I'm sure it may have...But wtf?

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Brahne being impressed or not just depends on whether you get all inputs correct. You did not, so not impressed. Simple enough.

The number of nobles is more complicated. You get two kinds of points for every correct input: combo points and quickness points. Combo points increase with each consecutive correct input, so failing the very first input like you did is less bad than failing one in the middle, since you got a full combo aside from that. Quickness points are just what they sound like: the quicker your input, the more points. At the end, all your points are added up, and if the total score passes a certain treshold, presto 100 nobles impressed!

Now usually this doesnt tend to happen with a failed input since you would need a lot of quickness points to make up for the missed combo points, but like I said, the first (or last) input is the least costly to fail, and I have heard that it is easier to get 100 nobles on the HD version, so the treshold might be lower or something. In theory I think it should be possible on the original version also as long as you are quick enough, but I am not aware of anyone having done this.

If anyone is curious about further details of the swordfight, Tirlititi helpfully made a readable version of the script for it, which you can find here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8ce6b73316gkx0x/AAA2-z3GCFZf3-Ed-6htDRmCa?dl=0&preview=Script_BlankMinigame.txt

Ah. Thankyou. I thought if you failed it, it was just instant not get 100. I was misinformed on my information then. I'm glad I understand now.