Brag

[marcmagus]

As some of my readers know, I recently picked up a copy of Final Fantasy Chronicles, which includes the full version of Final Fantasy IV (in what I've been led to believe, and seems to me to be, un-easified form).

I just beat Wyvern (known to players of Final Fantasy II as NeoBahamut) and obtained Ragnarok (known to players of FF II as the Crystal Sword) -- on the first try! And, for that matter, without first obtaining the White Lance (or whatever it's called in this version), the Masamune, or any of the other really good stuff deeper in the Moon than the path to said sword.

::pats self on back::

Comments

Re: Nah, the sword is much easier to get

[marcmagus]

Easier to find, but I think the fight is tougher. Blowing through every item in my inventory that could conceivably help (3 StarVeils, a MoonVeil, a bunch of stuff I threw at him), I think I came out of it with two characters still alive, and one in low triple-digits. Those reflected Flares hurt. Although I could have done better the second time if I hadn't made it the first time -- knowing the timing I could have dropped a Shell in before I put my Walls up.

I don't think the fights in the Crystal Palace are as hard (I've fought a bunch of Behemoths by now, and I did have a run-in with an EvilMask getting to Masamune).

Plague was actually quite scary. I'm not sure if I could have beaten him without Rosa dropping a Holy and Rydia sneaking in her summoning of Bahamut at the last second (we were all on "01" when he died).

I saw no such special item, although I didn't search the game exhaustively, killing each enemy thousands of times to see if they dropped anything interesting.