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"At this point, I think you're the only person Mother will listen to... When I heard that Lindblum's theater ship was coming to Alexandria, I decided to sneak on board and come here no matter what. I just never expected the crew to kidnap me."

—Garnet Til Alexandros XVII

The M.S. Prima Vista (劇場艇プリマビスタ, Gekijō-tei Purima Bisuta^?) is a luxury liner with theater used by the Tantalus Theater Troupe in Final Fantasy IX. It measures 8,235 tons and has a guest capacity of 288. It runs off a veil energy propulsion system and was built in Zebolt Shipyards. The Prima Vista is registered in Lindblum and acts as the thieves' mobile base of operations. The theater ship's stage is used to perform I Want to Be Your Canary.

StoryEdit

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The story begins with Zidane in the ship, as he enters the cargo room, meets up with Marcus, Cinna, and Blank, and is attacked by Baku wearing a dragon mask. After they finish sparring with him, the thieves of Tantalus gather in the meeting hall and review their plan to kidnap Princess Garnet of Alexandria. Not long after the ship docks, the play begins, with Baku playing the role of King Leo, Marcus playing the lead role, and Cinna, Blank, and Zidane playing the roles of supporting characters, the latter two slipping into Alexandria Castle as part of the play in order to kidnap the princess.

Despite events not going as planned, Zidane manages to get the princess onto the theater ship, where she requests that Zidane kidnap her. Accepting, Zidane, Cinna, and a disguised Blank work to evade a persistent Steiner. Eventually, they make their way onto the stage, where Garnet improvises for Princess Cornelia, and a clueless Steiner inadvertently plays Prince Schneider. However, when Vivi is chased onto the stage by guards and accidentally burns Garnet's cloak in an attempt to ward them off, the ruse is revealed, and Queen Brahne reacts furiously.

When Steiner's assault fails, the ship begins to pull out of dock as Alexandria Castle fires weapons to keep it stationary. The party continues to fight Steiner as one of the Queen's weapons, a bomb , grows closer to exploding. After the bomb explodes, the ship manages to pull out of harbor but not without taking significant damage. Unable to stay airborne, it crash lands in the Evil Forest.

When the ship crashes, Tantalus begins putting out the fire and removing anything they can use from the ship before making an attempt to leave the forest. After being sprayed by the seeds of the Prison Cage, Steiner and Vivi rest and recover in the ship before attempting to rescue Princess Garnet. When the Plant Brain is defeated, the ship is presumably petrified along with the rest of the forest.

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LocationEdit

The Prima Vista has a number of locations seen by the player; some are only explored before the crash, some are only explored after the crash, and some cannot be explored, only appearing in cutscenes.

Before CrashEdit

Cargo Room
Music Room
Hallway
Engine Room

After CrashEdit

Crash Site
Bridge
Hallway
Cabin
Cargo Room
Meeting Room
Storage

TreasureEdit

Before CrashEdit

Item	Location
Potion	Cargo Room
47 gil	Cargo Room

After CrashEdit

Item	Location
Phoenix Down	Crash Site
Bronze Gloves	Bridge
Wrist	Hallway
Ether	Cabin
116 gil	Cabin
Ether	Hallway
Rubber Helm	Cargo Room
Leather Hat	Hallway
Potion	Meeting Room
Ether	Storage

ShopEdit

Cinna's Item ShopEdit

Name	Cost
Potion	50 gil
Phoenix Down	150 gil
Antidote	50 gil
Eye Drops	50 gil
Tent	800 gil

Enemy FormationsEdit

Masked Man (Boss)
King Leo, Zenero, Benero (Boss)
Steiner (Boss)
Steiner, Weimar, Haagen (Boss)
Steiner, Bomb (Boss)
Baku (Boss)

Tetra MasterEdit

Card 087
Location:
Prize when Vivi wins the Festival of the Hunt
Obtained from Chocograph 6, Cold Field
Won from the Four-Armed Man at Daguerreo/Right Hall.

Other AppearancesEdit

Dissidia 012 Final FantasyEdit

The Central Stage of the Prima Vista appears as one of several new arenas in Dissidia 012. Cloud speaks to Kuja about keeping his memories safe and their mutual reluctance to fight, and in another scene, Firion speaks to Lightning about his rose, which she says holds significance to her as well.

The arena consists of a main stage area with a flat castle prop in the background. The trap doors used to ascend to the stage in Final Fantasy IX can be seen on the floor, but are merely aesthetic features. Fighters can climb up the walls and battle on and behind the prop as well as on the stage. The edge of the stage marks the borders of the arena, an invisible wall keeping characters over the ground. The North Gate and Alexandria Castle can be seen looking over the stage, seemingly indicating the Prima Vista is floating somewhere near village of Dali.

The Mallet, a reference to Cinna's hammer, is the battlegen item obtained through stage destruction in this area. It was previously the second battlegen item in Ultimecia's Castle in Dissidia.

GalleryEdit

Artwork

Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.

Concept artwork.

Concept artwork.

Concept artwork.

Concept artwork.

CG concept artwork of the ship crashed.

Concept artwork of the various parts of the ship.

Concept artwork of the various parts of the ship.

Concept artwork of the various parts of the ship.

Concept artwork of the various parts of the ship.

Concept artwork of the various parts of the ship.

Concept artwork of the various parts of the ship.

Concept artwork of the various parts of the ship.

Artwork of a hallway after crashing to Evil Forest.