FINAL FANTASY IX
51 Achievements
1,000
60-80h
Found in the Shuffle
Beat the Nero Brothers' shuffling game nine times in a row.
15
0.6%
How to unlock the Found in the Shuffle achievement in FINAL FANTASY IX - Definitive Guide
These hood wearing hippo looking dudes are in the weapon shop in Alexandria the second time you visit (Disc 3, I believe)
The concept is simple, pick the correct brother.. but yeah... no human eye can keep up with the UNREAL SPEED these guys move at so, here's what to do.
Grab your phone or tablet, record a video of the shuffle then using slowmotion (I downloaded an app for this) slow the video down to 10% speed and watch it as many times as you want until you are certain. Rinse and repeat.
It's tedious, but hey, we've all done worse for some Gamerscore
When?
Beginning of CD3 after doing the "Track Star" achievement with Vivi and you play as Zidane again.
Where?
Alexandria, left of the pub on the marketplace. Go to the blacksmith shop. There are the 3 leatherclothed "Nero Brothers'".
What to do?
You have to keep track of one of the 3 brothers while they are jumping around switching places. The one you have to keep track off is the one who says: "Which one is xxnero?". You have to pay a growing amount of money each round, so have enough money. You NEED AT LEAST 19,500 to do the last round!! Just to be sure: you can't just skip after the first round and to the first round again and again until you did it 9 times. You have to pay everytime when they ask you to pay more for the next round!!
How to make it as easy as possible?
You can try to keep track of the one by pressing the -Button at the beginning, then always double tap it and wait a second. If you press too fast, it can be too fast to follow again, so just look what the best frequence is for yourself. It can still be very fast even with the "-Method", so another helping method is to record the scene in normal speed with a camera, smartphone or something like this and use a program to slow down the video to rewatch in a lower speed.
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This minigame starts with one of the brothers saying their name then shuffling around with their other 2 brothers. You need to watch carefully then select the correct brother. You need to guess correctly 9 times in a row with each round getting faster. You also cannot select 'Don't pay' to leave or save as this will reset the game back to round 1.
The best method I found of winning is to use my iPhones slow-mo video mode, record the screen then watch it back on your phone, then select the right brother.
Other methods which people have suggested are to use an app such as VLC to record the screen then watch it back in slow-mo.
The only issue with these methods is in the last 2 or 3 rounds the framerate can make it quite difficult to see where the correct brother is jumping too, but just keep looping that video and pay attention.
Hope this helps!
This minigame starts with one of the brothers saying their name then shuffling around with their other 2 brothers. You need to watch carefully then select the correct brother. You need to guess correctly 9 times in a row with each round getting faster. You also cannot select 'Don't pay' to leave or save as this will reset the game back to round 1.
The best method I found of winning is to use my iPhones slow-mo video mode, record the screen then watch it back on your phone, then select the right brother.
Other methods which people have suggested are to remote play the game and use an app such as VLC to record the screen then watch it back in slow-mo.
The only issue with these methods is in the last 2 or 3 rounds the framerate can make it quite difficult to see where the correct brother is jumping too, but just keep looping that video and pay attention.
Hope this helps!
The shuffling mini-game is also in Alexandria on Disc 3, but while you are controlling Zidane. Speak with one of the Nero brothers in the weapon shop to start the game.
The brother who speaks before the game starts is the one you need to locate at the end. This is just like a traditional cup shuffling game where you need to find a ball under a cup. As you successfully guess their location, the game will get faster and much harder. Pausing it off and on will help you keep track, and if you're really struggling I would suggest using the Frame Rate Control trick from "Hail to the King" to cheese this, or people have suggested filming it and then slowing the video down frame by frame. I was able to do it on my first try with no tricks, so it's not really that bad to be honest.
MISSABLE
The Nero Brothers' shuffling game can only be attempted during Disc 3 in Alexandria after the events at the Iifa Tree and only when controlling Zidane. To initiate it, speak with one of the Nero brothers in the weapon shop and agree to play the game.
The three Nero brothers - Zenero, Benero and Genero - will line up in front of Zidane. The brother that speaks before the shuffling is the one you need to find at the end so keep an eye on his location at all times. Once the shuffling is done, you must decide if the brother is on the left, in the centre or on the right and choosing correctly allows you to move on to the next stage.
In the earlier stages, the Nero brothers shuffle rather slowly. As the minigame progresses, however, they become much faster and at the later stages, it becomes difficult to keep up. It can be very helpful to constantly press to pause the game during the shuffle so that you can keep an eye on his movement at all time. However, at higher stages, the brothers move so quickly that even this might not be enough.
Another method to complete the shuffle mini-game easily is by recording a video of the shuffle. The iPad, for example, has an option to record videos in slow motion and will let you scroll through the video frame-by-frame during playback, thus allowing you to easily monitor the movements of the brother you need to find. If your recording device doesn't have any of these options, you can always plug it into your computer and open the video in a video editing program. Slow the video down in the program and follow the brother you need to find, during the playback.
Once you have completed the nine stages of the Nero Brothers' shuffling game, you will obtain this trophy.
And there you can look into the weapons store and play with the Nero brothers (Benero, Genero and Zenero) in a simple mini-game, like the well-known “thimbles”. To win the trophy you need to win 9 times in a row.
More details:
https://www.ffforever.info/index.cgi...hrough;n=q3-02
save the video with the SHARE button, upload it to Youtube - and watch it there at 0.25 speed