Don't get me wrong. I love the game. That dude at the end, who just appears from nowhere, annoys me tho'...

There's not even any foreshadowing or anything.

Why the ending to FFIX suxx0r! by Hanbidge 12-23-02

Well, Garnet, we beat Kuja. Seems our quest is at an end... Yeah. I guess this would be the logical end to the adventure. Suddenly, without any warning or foreshadowing... Peekaboo. Now you fight me! ... You know, if it had been Sephiroth, I couldn't have cared less. At least it isn't a Disney character...

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Nice teeth Shane, now I'll just kill your old mum...