Everybody stop! Heyyy, what's that sound.. everybody look what's going down!

Ahem. Probably as my own fault for posting so late yesterday, I've got very little to work with today, but I do have one or two things that are cool, so it's not just a total loser day here... but then, it never is! Or something. Anyhow, I didn't update last night AGAIN, because I actually had so little last night I thought sleeping for 5 or 6 hours might yield a bit more in the mailbox. Not a whole lot more, actually, but everyone should really send in some neat stuff today, so I can do a good update tonight. :)

With no more formalities or other wasted time, .. the show goes on.

1. A battle
2. Cactaur comes out and gives Boco an item (for Squall to use)
3. Moomba hops out and gives you a choice for a new weapon (for Boco)
4. You find Mini Mog

After each battle, a tic-tac-toe/bingo (whatever you want to call it) board pops up and a dot is randomly flashing across the board. Press the button (or just wait for a few seconds) and the dot will stop on a square. Get three dots in a row and Boco will gain a level and advance to the next map to find more goodies.

Speaking of goodies, the items Cactaur gives you come in 4 different ranks. D-Items, C-Items, B-Items, and A-Items. D-Items (most common item you'll get) are mostly crappy items such as potions and antidotes, while C items are more of Potion +, elixers, etc. B-Items are mostly "ingrediant items" or magic making items (holy stone, aura stone, etc.). A items are GF ability items. I've only gotten one A item, and it was 1 knight's code, which teaches a GF the "Cover" command (sound familiar?)

At one of the events, you'll eventually find Mini-Mog. Here is why the amulet from the debug room didn't work. After receiving Mini-Mog, he'll be asleep. You'll have to put him from "Sleep" to "Stand-by" from Boco's status screen. So not to spoil or ruin it for anyone, I won't explain what Mini-Mog does for Squall and company. I was able to find Mini-Mog around level 15-20 (can't really remember). I am unsure of how many levels Chocobo World has. I'm currently at level 44 and still getting mostly D-Items, so expect this to be a pretty deep mini-game.

Oh, the animation in Chocobo World is pretty much Tamgotchi/Nano graphics. Strangely enough, the music is mainly FFVII tunes, ex. the battle music is the tune of the same music that plays while battling at the Battle Arena.

Hmm. I sure chatted for quite awhile. I sure hope this pleases many FFVIII fans out there on facts about our little friends adventures. Heed my words, get a pocket station. This game is so addicting, my friend will end up having to strangle it off my neck!

Brad:
Wow.. that's.. an awful lot of information.

How come in every strategic RPG, every character except yours seems to be able to teleport? Even characters who join you later know how but never tell you.....whats up with that?

SquireThomas

Brad:
Well, that's not entirely true.. though in most of the games it is. I guess it's just so that they can 'feasibly' (if you consider teleportation feasible) escape lots of situations in which they shouldn't be able to if they were broken and bleeding, which they should be by the time you're through with them. The only exception to this that I can think of on the 'why can't I do this?' side of things is FFT, where you -can- teleport, it's in the movement list for Time Mages. Very, VERY cool skill to have. I think most of my main party members had it by the end of the game, just because it's so damn cool to just teleport behind enemy lines. It can fail if you try to go too far, but I've successfully teleported a LONG way in that game, and you start to get a feel for what distance is only going to botch on you every once in a while. Not only that, but it just looks cool.

I just wanted to say, it is refreshing to see someone who actually liked FFA. I thought it was a wonderful idea. I myself have the FF Collection (which includes FFIV). I know that many people out there were very disappointed with slowdown, lag, load time, ect ect ect. I myself like the game, because it is just that... a game. I am glad to see you have done the same, and not jumped on the "the game sucks cuz its not absolutely perfect" bandwagon. I think flaws can be forgiven as long as the overall game is good, and if you have fun playing it.

--Leiji Matsumoto--

Brad:
All I've got to say is that you knew what you were getting before you bought it. Old games. They're NEVER going to live up to how you remember them, and while the load times and music on FF6 aren't so hot, and the way the characters talk in FF5 is nearly inane at times, it's a godsend to those of us who remember those games but don't own/have a working SNES. I love FF6.. it's probably my personal favorite Final Fantasy game, and since my SNES started acting funky, and until I buy a new one, (I really ought to just go DO that someday...) It's really nice to just have it right there. Not to mention that FF5 on PSX is lots of fun.. the music is finally where it should have been. On a ROM, it just wasn't as fullfilling. Gotta love that bagpipe tune man. Get jiggy wit it!

Red Nu

Brad:
Sadly, no, other than equipped items, there is no way to raise non-tab stats to beyond what they are permanently, except of course in the case of Robo and getting that Ribbon thing.. which, by the 4th time you get it, makes him one helluva mean dude on the court.

For the sake of the unilingual masses, here's my translation of the quotation:

"Guided by the planet's dream, we crossed space and time. Traveling to every epoch, and meeting many friends.... For the sake of this planet's future, we risked our own lives to take back our tomorrow..." -- Lucca Ashtia

--AWJ--
awjackson@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca

Brad:
That's good ol' college research skills at work, kids. But remember. They TAUGHT it all to you.. none of it comes from within. Right? ;)

I need a little help with Lufia, and I hope you're the guys who can provide it. I'm currently looking for the three gems that go with the red, green, and blue towers. I have the first two, but the red one you find is broken. I read an FAQ that says you're supposed to go the the Medan mines to find it, but I've been all over that place with no luck. Where is the darn thing?

Brad:
Well, I played quite a bit of Lufia 2, but never any Lufia 1. So instead of an answer, I provide you with.. the link to Forfeit Island! Which is here. It's run by someone I know, SinclairC, who just so happens to be the guy who knows everything Lufia-related. So go on over to his site, and check it out... and the answer'll be in there somewhere.