Finally worked on Waff a bit. ...a bit. As in, added lists of abilities to FF4, not even the details or anything. And edited some random pages for minor corrections. But it's a whole lot more than I've done recently for it, so it'll be enough for now.
Actually, I wanted to add some FF4 DS monster data. But my DS ran out of power and the charger is on the other side of the room. That's where the only free wall sockets are, I really have too many gadgets. >.>
There's more minigames available for me now in FF4! There has been for some time, I just haven't mentioned them.
Rosa's was the second to appear. It was back in Kaipo after she joins the party.. and it sure is an interesting one. You have to touch the touch screen for exactly the amount of time mentioned to get the highest points in it. Not exactly the easiest thing to do, you know. I keep touching for too little or too much time by as much as a full second! Ugh, frustrating. The most points I've gotten is some 4,500 (out of 9,999 obviously), but more commonly score only a several hundred. Your Pochika's Mind stat rises by getting on the high score list.
Next was Cecil's. It's actually pretty easy, up to 6,000 points or there. You basically have to kill Goblins. For the easiest ones, only one tap is required to kill them, but the red-coated ones require three (or was it four?) and then there are the huge goblins that require many, many taps and give hundreds of points per tap. Those are nice. Or would be, if the smaller goblins didn't run out at you all the while. They can get
fast at 6,000+ points, and especially the orange-coated ones are extremely dangerous. You have two hearts for HP in this minigame, and one touch of a goblin means one heart down. And if you die...you fail the minigame and won't get the points you've accumulated. You have to manually escape when the going gets rough. Thankfully, when you've killed enough goblins, you get this area-attack than can get rid of all goblins on the screen. Be sure not to waste it, though, as it won't be available all the time, but works on charges. Once you use a charge, it's gone.
It's actually really fun, I've played it the most out of all the minigames. I've gotten some 6,700 points at best, but I can't seem to top that... the goblins simply become too fast to handle. Getting to the high score list nets your Pochika points in Strength.
The latest one I've gotten is Kain's. Jump-based, of course. :P First you need to load it up by rubbing at the screen. There's a timer and a meter to show how much you've loaded it. The more you manage to load, the higher you can jump...that's only the first part though.
In the second part, you actually jump. And Dive Eagles fly at you and you need to shoot them down before they hit you. Even one eagle hitting you means you drop down to the ground and the game is over... At 3,040 points (or was it 3,140?) they start to get faster. I know. I've gotten struck so many times by the first fast eagle that I can remember the exact points I have at that height. >.> I've only gotten past it twice! Sometimes, the first fast eagle comes right after the last slow eagle, and by the time you're done shooting down the slow one, the fast one has already reached you. Not fun.
My high score of the moment is some 4,000 points... getting on the list gives your Pochika Stamina points.
Playing these is surprisingly addicting. I'm actually looking forward to Edge's minigame..I have no idea what it is, but if the previous ones are indicative of anything, it'll be fun.
I'm still hunting for my missed bestiary entries in the actual game. I found the one in Mist Cave (that damn butterfly, it turns out. Forgot about it, they were so common in the GBA version!), and am hunting down one from Underground Waterway now.
They must have nerfed the drop rate for Rydia's summon items. The first one I got was Cockatrice at Mt Ordeals. I thought it a real stroke of luck...but then I went to Magnetic Cavern and Mindflayer dropped. At that point I started getting suspicious. When I gained control of Enterprise, I figured I might as well try and walked around Baron area hunting Goblins. And....another Cockatrice dropped. *shakes head* Well, I didn't get Goblin yet. Goblins are surprisingly rare in this version. I got bored of the Baron area, so when I noticed there's one monster I've missed in Antlion's Cave and that there's Domovoi in the same area, I figured I might just try and get it to drop from Domovois while hunting for that missing monster.
Were there any other summon items? I can't remember. =D;
...has anyone seen the FFXII short story from FFXII Ultimania Omega translated anywhere? I keep wondering if I should attempt it.
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