* * * * * Chrono Trigger - Week 5 * * * * *

(Plain English: Scroll down to the bottom of the "OP" if you're lagging behind for previous weeks)


TABLE OF CONTENTS
Prologue:
i Okami Club
ii Fire Emblem Club

Epic Center:
01 Ogre Battle
24 Secret of Mana
39 Phantasy Star IV (cont'd)
67 Earthbound (cont'd)
99 Breath of Fire II (cont'd)
110 Paper Mario (cont'd)
123 Golden Sun (cont'd)
136 Chrono Trigger

(ALL VINTAGE EC GAMES ARE CONTINUED IN THEIR OFFICIAL DISCUSSION THREADS!)

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Hello, true believers! Welcome to Negative World's newest RPG-centric Club Hub, springing off the heels of the Fire Emblem Club. Way back when, Nintendo Power introduced a monthly walkthrough / in depth Role Play Game section (right around the beefiest SNES RPG era), but since they aren't around anymore to use it, Negative World will bring it out of the ashes, dust it off, and roll with it (two things of note: #1, this is not in reaction to Nintendo Force Magazine at all -- I know that because I thought of it in the shower this morning, so THERE; and #2, I just looked up "Epic Center RPG" on Yahoo, and there is apparently another RPG-based site that has that, ugh. I guess we're looking at a "Ghostbusters" / "Real Ghostbusters" thing now... Whatever..).

For anyone who grew playing SNES RPGs, and were a fan of them, they surely resonated to the point where they still hold office as some of your favorite games of your entire videogame life, systems, generations, and decades later. The NW Epic Center (run primarily by myself, with the aid of some special friends occasionally) will help to expose some of those games that didn't quite get the recognition they deserved, and also to relive some of the greatest games EVER as we play through them again -- together -- and open up a whole new dialogue on these lost treasures.


Next up..



Chrono Trigger is held by many (myself included) as The Greatest RPG of All Time, pun not intended. It is a benchmark title in the genre, and even after 20 years the game is discussed daily and held in high regard, even in the face of juiced-up, HD "masterpieces." Is simpler sometimes better? Sure, but we're not talking "Dragon Warrior" simple here; we're talking 16-bit perfection at its finest. I'm personally a bit worried about pursuing this game once more; it's been a long time since my last jog through it, and I'm afraid I might have the rosiest pair of glasses that any shot of nostalgia could ever produce. We find out later this month, for better or for worse. (C'mon, it's gonna be fine -- we're talking Chrono Trigger here!! THE BEST, JERRY, THE BEST!!)

Sunday, August 30th marks the start of Week 1 (if you prefer to start your own quest AFTER Sunday, like Monday, or Tuesday, or Wednesday, thats fine!). Golden Sun ran 6 Weeks. GameDadGrant will be our DUNGEON MASTER for this one, and we figure the playthrough to run about the same length. Less than two months. I'm told the total quest should last you between 20 and 30 hours.


See ya soon!!


CHRONO TRIGGER

Dungeon Master: GameDadGrant

You Did It! Chrono Trigger Complete:
VofEscaflowne
Scrawnton
Mop it up
Ludist210


Week 4 Complete:
GameDadGrant
mrbiggsly
DapperDave

Week 3 Complete:
Mr_Mustache (and Mrs_Mustache!)

Week 2 Complete:
Smerd
Dark weres
warerare
sirmastersephiroth

Week 1 Complete:
Anand

Triggermen:
HammerLord
Koovaps

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5

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@Mr_Mustache

Sorry, life got busy last week. Zerah had the flu...not much time for gaming. I still haven't started week 2, but I'll catch up in due time.

@Mr_Mustache

I was not aware about the bucket room. I will try it out before I catch up with the scattered group.

@TheOldManFromZelda

Yeah, I don't know exactly what you're doing right now. I'll catch up to you in a few hours.

I must've got the cash, because I left that whole plot with lots of money. I also cleared my dawg's name, and am on my way to the grass man.

HEY GRASS MAN!

@TheOldManFromZelda

Question: what kind of stuff are you packin' on Katt? I checked my stuff today; she's Lv19 for me, just cleared 3.2, HeatST (Hekkeller, TownShip Tenant), IronML, Backlaw, and GlassRG. I also gave her the Charm I found in the Dry Well. And even at 19, she hasn't eclipsed 100 HP yet (98). So yeah, she's a bit fragile. That's Italian!

Glad you found some dough. Did you fill your houses yet? If not, get that Fisherman dude (on the way to W.Cape; I wrote about it more indepth last page, I think) who takes you to the Snapper / PileWorm spot. I made 8000 today in about 10 minutes. Gotta be patient with those fish, but reelin' em in packs the dough on.

I'm off to see the Grass Man, too.

HEY GRASS MAN!

I'm packing whatever I could afford. She's only level 17 for me.

My houses are full, too. I can't afford that stuff though.

@TheOldManFromZelda

Which people did you get? Did you fill out the 3, or all 6?

@Mr_Mustache

Just the 3 you recommended so far.

Well I finished Week 2 and will get into Week 3's stuff shortly.

Might finish up Week 3 tonight..but NES REMIX, WOW!

@TheOldManFromZelda

Did you get Leminton or the Fisherman Guy (the one I suggested after my initial suggestion, based on Walkthrough Guy)?

@chrisbg99

Yessssss.

I just F'd up the Uparupa part; once he comes out of the hole, make a dash for it. I walked too far away and blew it.

Finished Star Ocean: The Last Hope International last night...well, the main game. Still a ton of postgame stuff to do, and I need to replay it at least twice.

But yeah, on to Breath of Fire II now. Again.

Finished the Week last night. Some of it took a little long, and that "tough as nails" fight I mentioned up there remains "TOUGH AS NAILS." I'm WELL over-leveled right now, and I was getting a little worried. A good tactic that they mention (and for a lot of boss fights) is to use Ryu's big dragon powers (from the guy above the Wild Cat), and then give him some AP Replenishing Item (WFruit, for instance), and have him unleash it again. The first one will net around 512, not sure what the 2nd will. If you're in a pinch, something to keep in mind..

Anyone struggling with anything?

Did the whale part and got the whale tail. Now I'm riding on a whale that has offspring which are clearly dolphins.

What. The. Hell.

Because Japan, probably.

@TheOldManFromZelda

Yeah, that is how stuff is over there. The Dolphins will probably give birth to plankton. To feed to Grampa.

Anyone approaching the Week 3 finish line? We've got like..6 hours to go, or something.

I'll probably put up Week 4 TOMORROW (instead of late tonight) unless someone REALLY wants the goals then.

I failed at catching that thing, so I did the boss fight, and failed miserably. It's very difficult.

Edit: Completed the week. I'm particularly over leveled now. Once Nina learned Flame, that boss fight was cake. Lots of backtracking so far though. Blah. But I do have the most recent sets of weapons/armor, so that'll be good going into this week.

So, what's on tap for week 4? I think it's just a Lou and Rob party for this game...

@TheOldManFromZelda

I'm slowly catching up. Just got consumed with trying to finish Star Ocean: The Last Hope International (which I did).

@TheOldManFromZelda

I'll type up Week 4 in a bit. If you wanna get started before me, basically, it's a one mission week with a couple of legs. Just listen to Spar (HEY GRASS MAN) and go with that. Coulda told you that yesterday, sorry.

@ludist210

Go, Ludist, go!