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::

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Nah, the sword is much easier to get

[(Anonymous)]

...than much of the extremely cool stuff in the deeper parts of the moon. Harder than the lance and Masamune though. Glass Helmets, that's what we're talking about.

What I'd really like to know is if your version has the special item that allows you to save the twins early. I've read that there was such an item at one point, but it didn't make it into the original American release.

-Dana

Super duper ultra-mega unbeatable unstoppable-

[bluemilker.livejournal.com]

myth.

The item doesn't exist. The rumors circulated for a long time because of a couple of apparent oddnesses in the game, but a byte-by-byte breakdown of the japanese game's ROM makes clear that this item just isn't there. Palom and Porom can't be saved. Sad... but true.

[fadedpaladin.livejournal.com]

Got 200 alarms yet? ;)

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

I'm still Chronicles-less, but I will own it. Oh yes, I will.......

*blink* I beat FF X-2, but not with 100%, thus I am playing it again.

:D
--K

[marcmagus]

Stopped somewhere a bit under 150, I think. It's really tedious.
Got a pink tail after <20 puff fights, though, luckily. They're pretty tedious too. Is it possible to get 5 adamant armors? (That stuff is incredibly good. Almost ludicrously so.)

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.

[fadedpaladin.livejournal.com]

*grins* those fights are quite tedious. Great xp/gold, though, so they've become my fav way to make cash for assorted Throw weapons..

Dunno if you can have multiple sets of the eq.

5 armors?

[(Anonymous)]

Damn! I never thought to try that. I quit after one.

My tedious masterpiece was teaching Rydia fire1 last of the fire spells. If you remember there is a lock on learning fire1 until you reach the ice barrier. However there is no lock on fire2 and fire3, you can learn them normally. So, I racked. This lead to all the new characters being at high levels when they came in. I ended up getting meteo for Porom at level 50. That was a surprise.

-Dana

Re: 5 armors?

[marcmagus]

Cute.

Answer: Yes, you can get more than one Adamant Armor. With two, I should be able to keep Rydia and Edge alive, which will make certain other fights much less annoying. *grin*

I've been fighting the puffs with the "Hold down X in one hand, while reading webcomics, navigating with the other hand" method. I look up when I hear the "you won" music to see if I got anything.

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[marcmagus]

I actually haven't completed any Final Fantasy game after IV, and haven't played any after IX. I really liked IX, though, and will get back to it sometime. No PS2 means no X or X-2.

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[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's a bummer for you. I really love X-2, and X was great.

I think I'm the only person who liked VIII, though. I'm going back and replaying them, and VIII is fun. Different, but fun.

--K