Final Fantasy 9’s final boss is notorious for pulling the series’ biggest switcheroo. It comes completely out of left field, although the series does have precedent for last-minute boss changes, dating back to Final Fantasy 4’s Zeromus. Square EnixBut Kuja was flawed, and because of that, Garland demoted him and created a second genome, Final Fantasy 9’s protagonist Zidane. Square EnixIn the last moments of Final Fantasy 9, you aren’t facing a defined villain, but the very idea of existence. Throughout the game, the main characters of Final Fantasy 9 face existential crises, war, genocide, despair, grief, and more.