twink faggot kuja with thong, the furries and eiko weirded out a lot of people from what I remember, myself included. kid friendly? I guess edgelords love their genocides like 6fags.
This thing that stupid easter eggs were a spit to the "darker and edgier" 7 & 8 is something that I don't believe at all and sounds like something out of a butthurt 6fag writing a review for gamespot or IGN.
Not saying that you are wrong but I contest this narrative that 9 was a throwback to the 'good old school' FF, it never felt like that to me.
Fort Condor and the Bike Chase were awesome. You can keep the Submarine and the Snowboard though, while they have their moments I can do without them, and they never inteferred with the story beats. But If you count the CPR and small shit like that as something that breaks your immersion, get your ADHD in check. Triple Triad is ok, Tetra Master can go fuck itself. Man I hate 9 so goddamn much.
Imagine doing gold saucer shit to get GP for Omnislash in the Arena.
You got filtered man.