Category: Game Diary

Pokemon Emerald (GBA)

For some reason, Pokemon brings out the obsessive in me. And not just me – my oldest lad has a Pokemon Ruby save with some 300 hours on it. That can’t possibly be healthy. Anyway, I’m telling myself that, although I completed Ruby and Sapphire, I didn’t get more than maybe a quarter of the

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Final Fantasy II (GBA) – FINALIS0RED!

Phew! The last boss was a tough one! Took me three attempts, but I got there in the end. The last save was standing at a little over 35 hours, bringing the cartridge total to about 60 hours. In both Final Fantasy I and in II, there was a lot more levelling, optional sub quests,

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Final Fantasy II (GBA)

Ultima Tome GET! Legged it out of the tower and back to the castle, only to discover that most of the cities have been blown to bits by the Emperor’s cyclone. So, charged up into the cyclone on the back of a Wyvvern and found myself in a big scary citadel full of nastier creatures

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Final Fantasy II (GBA)

Leviathan escaped! I’ve finally managed to get inside that infernal tower and….. it’s vast. I’m on level seven at the moment. Every two levels there’s an elemental mage blocking the path. The creatures are getting a little trickier now, but I still outrank them a little. Looks like the top-of-tower boss might be a toughie.

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Final Fantasy II (GBA)

Crystal Rod GET! The cave on the Mysidia continent was as easy as an easy thing. There’s not been many hugely difficult sections of FFII so far, but then as a long-time Final Fantasy fan, I understand the importance of levelling up and doing loads of random encounters, so my party is pretty uber 🙂

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Final Fantasy II (GBA)

White Mask Get! White Mask Placed! Time to head off to a cave to find the crystal rod which will allow access to the tower where the Ultima tome is hid0red. Not encountering anthing remotely health threatening at the moment, but I have noticed a sharp increase in nastier creatures since getting the masks. I

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Final Fantasy II (GBA)

Bah – the secret passage to the white mask wasn’t where I thought it was. Which stands to reason, given that it wasn’t exactly a secret place. Anyway, I had a wee chat with Paul who did, in fact, know where the passage was and I’m now in a shin new dungeon under the castle.

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Final Fantasy II (GBA)

Back from Paris and what a dreadful, dreadful place that is. Still, a small amount of gameboying was dutifully carried out. I now have a shiny black mask and a cryptic incantation. The mask doesn’t do what I thought it might with the mirror, so I may have to hunt down Paul to have a

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Final Fantasy II (GBA)

And so the saga continues. The Princess has been rescued…. again…. and returned safely to Altair. Rather than hanging about, though, the rebel army has gone and encamped just south of Fynn with a view to re-taking the castle. Or rather, they’ve kept the Imperial army occupied while I went to storm the castle. So,

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Final Fantasy II (GBA)

Argh! Damn you, Square, and your emotional plot twists. The dungeon where the Wyvverns lay their eggs almost drove me nuts. It wasn’t particularly large, but it was complex and I kept getting lost. On top of that, it was hoaching with fiends. It’s taken me hours to get the job done. So, Wyvvern egg

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