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NW Epic Center: Chrono Trigger: FINAL WEEK
 
* * * * * 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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12/22/12, 00:24    Edited: 10/31/15, 03:51
 
   
 
@VickiL

You can go out of order? Wild!
03/25/13, 10:02   
Yeah, apparently so! I didn't have the forum open so I just randomly picked a location, and it worked. I wanted to go back for the Midge Mallet and to level up some magic, so I didn't find out if I could get the fire seed before visiting the desert.

Can't you do some stuff out of order at the start of the game, too? Like, I think you can get the girl, then lose the girl, then get her again. But I may be misremembering from my childhood.
03/25/13, 15:32   
@VickiL

Yeah, I was fully expecting to lose her (because I always remember her going away), and this time nobody left my party at all. I guess if you go towards the Haunted Forest first (instead of KNOWING you need an Axe..), she'll stick with you the whole time, and then you can also fight Tropicallo with a full group instead of just the Boy-Sprite Combo.

Pretty neat about your experience though, I had no idea!
03/25/13, 20:21   
Holy fuck, I must have just killed like 30 blue blobs. They just. Kept. Splitting.

Assholes.

EDIT: Vampire staked. Time for bed. Finish up soon....
03/26/13, 11:53   
Edited: 03/26/13, 14:29
@Shadowlink
I appreciate the blobs when I'm leveling up my weapons, but they can be total jerks when I don't need 30 of them.
03/26/13, 16:46   
@Shadowlink

Did you try a different weapon?
03/26/13, 23:00   
@Mr_Mustache

It said the spear thingy was good against slimes. So that's what I had.

EDIT: It occurs to me that my use of the descriptor 'asshole' (or 'assholes') has been fairly liberal when discussing this game. This cannot be a coincidence.

From now on this game will be known as Secret of Assholes.
03/26/13, 23:12   
Edited: 03/26/13, 23:14
@Shadowlink

HAHA!! I wonder if it would've sold as well with that name? I think I may've already seen that movie though..
03/26/13, 23:55   
Back in Motombo with a cool dragony thing. I assume I'm done for the week.
03/27/13, 13:19   
Edited: 03/27/13, 13:19
@Shadowlink

That'll do it. Congrats!

Time?
03/27/13, 23:31   
@Mr_Mustache

Fuck if I know. I'd have to check the Wii clock. It's depressing.

(I wonder if it still ticks on when I'm paused on the Home screen)

The point is, I'm done, and I can enjoy my Long Easter Weekend Without Guilt Included.

(LEWWGI)

What a horribly contrived acronym.

EDIT Wow, spoiler text really doesn't work too well with colours.

EDIT 2: There we go.
03/27/13, 23:39   
Edited: 03/27/13, 23:43
@Shadowlink

Not sure why it did that.. I spoil out green ALL the time no problem. See?
03/27/13, 23:41   
@Mr_Mustache

Yeah we had the tags in a different order. I switched them around, spoiler first, then colour.
03/27/13, 23:43   
finished week 3. the last 2 boss battles were weak sauce. double mild weak sauce! got a bunch of cool shit this week though. what levels are everyone's characters? my whole party is at lvl 40.

also (and off topic) the new ducktales remake looks awesome. was one of my favorite games as a kid. i still have the moon music on my phone.
03/28/13, 00:39   
Finished with week 3...I think. I got the drum to summon the dragon and set foot in the town where I think next week starts. Is that where we leave off this week? Stache, in future updates, can we get a spoiler'd line that says something along the lines of "You'll get xxx" or "When you defeat xxx, you're done"? What you have isn't too vague, but sometimes I'm unsure where I'm supposed to leave off.

My characters are level 31, most spells and weapons maxed out to this point, and I bought all of the best and newest armor.
03/30/13, 20:15   
I've had a hard time with the first week and also with free time. I havent been able to boot it up since last weekend. Oi! It'll be slow going, but I'll get through this eventually.
03/30/13, 20:23   
Finishing up Week 4 tonight. Took a break in North Town with Nikki falling asleep a bit. Took the opportunity to work on some spell levels in the down time, and earn some cash for armor that we couldn't afford outright. Stuff got expensive fast! (Like that too hot Tiger Bikini. Meow.)

@ludist210

Yeah, I'll do that. You're where you need to be. Just make the drop with your new friend and you're solid.

@DrFinkelstein

Find some time, Finkdaddy! (Are you still in Week 1?? )
03/30/13, 21:45   
Edited: 03/30/13, 21:47
Mr_Mustache said:
Finishing up Week 4 tonight.

Week 4?! CHEAT.
03/31/13, 00:25   
Edited: 03/31/13, 00:25
@Shadowlink

Oh, misprints. Yes, Week 3 tonight, Week 4 will be up next, though I don't believe we'll roll right into it.
03/31/13, 00:28   
@Mr_Mustache

I probably will. I still have Monday off, good time for a head start.
03/31/13, 00:34   
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