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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
 
   
 
@Mr_Mustache

I shot him my drafts and he gave me ideas on how to keep them spoiler free or hidden as well as challenges for each week. I might send him my final one tonight to just to make sure. We also settled on 9 weeks.
08/28/13, 01:34   
@chrisbg99

Alright, cool, thanks for the update. I'm sure you guys will do great.

Thanks again!
08/28/13, 01:37   
Holy cow! This starts tomorrow!!

Chris, my man, when do you plan on throwin' it up? As late tonight as possible for first thing tomorrow?
09/01/13, 02:42   
I could probably do it right now. Would that be cool?
09/01/13, 03:25   
Yeah, go ahead! EEEEK.

(No one is looking anyway )
09/01/13, 03:27   
@Mr_Mustache
The thread says Earthbound. I'm always looking.
09/01/13, 03:36   
Technically we can start at midnight, so it best be ready.
09/01/13, 06:37   
Oh yeah this place is an hour ahead. Or at least an hour ahead of me.
09/01/13, 06:59   
Welcome one and all to the first inaugural EarthBound Epic Center where over the course of the next 9 weeks we shall play through my personal favorite RPG, EarthBound, and I shall give you a weekly goal to get to as we play together. For you first time players there will also be challenges to accomplish if you so choose and suggestions for grinding areas if you feel your meager abilities could use some sharpening up before moving on to the next area. As you know EarthBound is a widely beloved RPG that Nintendo has only just recently allowed to be released out of Japan for the first time since 1995 and for the first time ever in a place that isn't North America, so our European and Australian (amongst others) friends can get in on the EarthBound action, well in a legal sense anyways. So without further adieu, I shall start the EarthBound Epic Center off with much thanks from TriforceBun for helping me with some ideas and such.

EARTHBOUND EPIC CENTER


Week 1: This is the Beginning, the Beginning of Our Story

Goal: Collect First Song; Save in Twoson

Optional Challenge(s): Beat up the Shark’s boss before reaching level 7

Convenient Grinding Location(s): Around the Arcade; Giant Step
09/01/13, 07:34   
Edited: 09/08/13, 05:31
@chrisbg99

Ooh, a new tweak to the appearance. While Epic Center and all of its games share one thread, the variety brought to us by our Dungeon Master's sets them apart (ie: convenient grinding locations, NICE!!). This is exciting, chrisbg99/T-Bun. Thanks, guys.
09/01/13, 11:49   
As expected, I was past the goal for week 1 before I stopped to wait for this, so I'll maybe be joining in next week.
09/01/13, 19:08   
Might start this tonight. Wanna finish MMX first and Xenoblade is mighty tempting.
09/01/13, 19:14   
This is pretty close to where I had stopped, but I am now complete with this week! Don't know about the optional challenge...can't remember =/
09/01/13, 20:12   
September already?!?!?!? Fantastic! I'll likely get rolling on this later tonight or early tomorrow morning. Can't wait!
09/01/13, 21:07   
Pretty close to being done, I wager. Woudl've finished by EarthBound and the Wii U GamePad have conspired to F up my eyes. All blotchy and stuff. Happens sometime (BETTER BE CLEARED UP BY MY 16-TEAM FANSTASY FOOTBALL DRAFT LAFTER). What a pain.

Did the Optional Challenge at Lv5. I've fainted? twice. Gross.

--DVH, I'll update this later when I can see properly. I THINK I'm typing correctly now, I'll find out later.
09/01/13, 22:34   
Week one complete. I restarted from the beginning. I also completed the bonus challenge. I may level up some during the week as I wait patiently. I had a mushroom on my head and ran to Twoson avoiding as many random battles as possible.
09/02/13, 07:36   
Finished week 1. Not sure if I will be able to hold back from rushing ahead, this game is so sweet!

I did get a bit lost in Onett. I have a bad habit of skimming past important text in games, and in "modern" games that usually isn't a problem since they generally have some way to check where to go next, but in older games? You miss something important you might have missed it forever. So I was running around unsure of what I was supposed to do, ended up in the arcade, and the guy asks me if I want to become a member. I say "Yes" because why not? and he tells me to come back after finishing Earthbound, so I make the natural (but in this case poor) assumption that this was not the place to be yet. Ran around for a bit more before I realized that it had to be, so I went back and said "No" and that let me progress. Weird.
09/02/13, 18:24   
Edited: 09/02/13, 18:24
Here's a little secret for those of you that are having trouble...it's a piece of equipment that'll help a bit!
Small Hint:look for a secret near the guy guarding the clubhouse.
Big Hint: try to find the hidden path within the trees near him.

Also, a hint on hints: if you're ever stuck, you can always buy a hint from the Hint Guy!

@Zero

Don't skim EB's text! It's pretty golden all the way through, and surprisingly concise (Buzz-Buzz's speech early on is one of the longest bits of dialogue in the game, for instance, and it's only like a minute). EB is one of the RPGs where I really enjoy talking to everyone--there's a lot of funny dialogue and just weirdly quirky stuff that helps flesh out the world tremendously.
09/02/13, 18:36   
No I read all the text, and it's hilarious. But I guess my mind doesn't register important details easily.

Somewhat related, often when I meet someone new and they tell me their name, it doesn't register. I hear it, and if they ask me 5 seconds later to repeat it I can, but the part of my brain that says THIS IS IMPORTANT, REMEMBER IT just doesn't work.
09/02/13, 18:44   
@TriforceBun
I said basically the same thing to Zero on Facebook last night. The writing in this game is just too fun.

@Zero
You're never lost with the Hint Guy around! Although sometimes you need to figure out where he is.
09/02/13, 19:19   
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