PROMOTIONS Edition.
For those unaware, I had /v/ decide my party in my playthrough of the FF1 GBA remake.
After the party was revealed to be pretty crap, I decided to do a LP of sorts to see if it was possible for me to finish.
Day 1
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Day 2
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Last time, our White Mage(Monk) took out the Evil Eye in one fucking punch, getting us an Airship, which we used to meet the King of Dragons, Bahamut.
Now we have to do a test to be worthy of reclassing ourselves.
I think this is the place, but there's no close landing spot.
This is gonna be a long walk.
SUDDENLY DINOSAURS
gonna read up on the other days and come back
keep it up anon
One Punch Monk does it again.
>>344717357
They kinda look more like bears to me.
Good thing my fourth white mage is equipped with a Wyrmslayer.
This looks like the place.
That walk wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be.
So this... is the trial... of Bahamut...
I actually forgot I even picked this up.
White Mages confirmed to have best fortitude.
He wants me to sit on this throne to test my strength.
What's the worst that can happen?
Crap.
>>344718387
>>344718475
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Oh great, one of THESE dungeons.
>>344718593
At least they're not pillars like the original.
It begins.
Up or down?
>>344718710
Down. DOWN I SAY!
>>344718710
Up
>>344718789
It didn't send me back to the start, so that's a good sign.
>>344718710
Down
Help
>>344719035
Up.
>>344720079
And we back.
>>344720175
Welp.
I guess you should go down next time.
OH SHIT
Not King Mummy!
Being undead, they were no match for our white power.
Now then, down was right, but we have a new issue.
>>344720529
right
>>344720529
Left.
Before I even stepped in, Medusa and her sisters attacked.
Looks like right was right.
Time to explore.
Yeah, this looks very trappy.
>>344721009
IT CERTAINLY WAS
Even with the God Hand, those were some pretty shitty Golems.
Neat.
Oh thank you, thank you so much.
I can use an actual spell now.
>>344721118
>Clay Golem
So, it was the Jews!
Okay, we got a problem.
Not only can I go in the 3 portals on the right side of the screen..
There's another up here.
>>344721496
Everything's coming up White Mage!
Thanks for sharing your adventure, anon
But its fucking 6am and i need sleep
>>344721894
Not everyone here shares the same timezone. Also, why would you need sleep at 6am?
Looks like a good time to try the gauntlets.
>>344721894
I'll try to do the next one earlier.
Eh, it's alright.
Especially at no MP cost.
>>344722203
Be glad this game doesn't have your gear break on use. The later games will have such situations.
Before we start a guessing game, I'm gonna go in the suspicious lone portal, just to see what happens.
I knew it, too obvious.
I'll start going back.
Okay, that leaves just 3.
Bottom, middle, or top.
Which should I choose?
First response gets it, there's not enough people to do gets.
>>344722861
mid
Just two choices left.
>>344723259
Go out of your way and take the top path.
>>344723259
Bottom.Like the little healer bitch you are.
>>344723336
it sent me back to
>>344719035
There's only one choice left, I hope this works...
Yes!
Hopefully there's no more portals.
hehe
Hey, something I might actually be able to use!
I-Is this the end?
What a lame trial.
>The mark of courage
>>344724264
Are you for real?
That's hilarious.
>>344724264
Come on dude. If you're willing to pick up a rats tail that you found in some abandoned castle and not worry about catching something from it you must be pretty courageous.
Shit, looks like someone was guarding the throne after all.
He's both a dragon, and an undead pleb, both things my party is best at destroying.
That wasn't very challenging at all.
At best the portals were a minor annoyance.
>>344724576
I wish you were playing the PS1 version, that one's much more funand harder.
>>344724679
PSP version includes a hard mode. But not sure how hard is hard in that one.
Stop playing this.
Now let's go see the king again.
Okay, good.
We got the right thing.
It begins.
>>344725074
If the rats tail is a fine token of courage that makes you worthy of becoming buff as fuck, then why isn't everyone going around chopping off rat tails and going to Bahamut?
M-My body is moving on it's own!
>>344725176
I think the point is you don't know it was the rat's tail until you finish the trial, cause nobody would do that unless they knew.
>>344725176
Nobody knows what the symbol of courage is. Bahamut probably put some other mundane bullcrap in there to replace the tail after you left as well.
Imagine being a warrior trying to cheat the test, you would bring him magic weapons, ancient armors, heads of beasts. When all he is looking for is a deer antler or some shit.
I have completed my transformation from shota to bishie fuccboi.
>>344725475
you put your hood down
woohoo
I kinda miss the hood, even if it covers up my beautiful flowing hair.
>>344725475
>upgrading classes
scrub
>>344725590
You became Super Aryan. What is the next step of your Master Plan?
>>344725590
Remember to get beginner Black Magic for your new Ninja.
Everything Lv.4 and below is A-OK.
Time to go back to that mountain village now that I can use most of the shit there.
Oh shit, bitches look out.
>>344725793
Really? I didn't know they could learn black magic.
>>344725958
Aw yiss Holy time
Be sure to pick up Temper if the Ninja can get it, so you can cast it on the Monk.
>>344726110
And Haste. He will want both.
Neat
>>344726371
Check his status screen if you want to see what the highest level magic he can cast is.
>>344722014
Pm, whatever im not from the US so i don't know the time system thingy
Its 7 in the morning right now, thats better
Okay, I got all the magic I need.
Should I continue with the story, or try the first bonus dungeon again?
Keep it comin OP i've been waiting for this.
Really makes me want to fire up FF6
>>344726769
Go to the first Bonus Dungeon.If you feel blessed enough with White Power.
>>344726769
You should be plenty prepared for the Bonus Dungeon at this point.
While you're in that area, go back to where you fought the first boss. You should have the mystic key so you should be able to open the two doors on the right side of that building.
>>344727070
He did that already in the last thread, IIRC.
>The White Mages
>Has a Monk and Thief
the Thief I understand, but even one Monk erases the difficulty once it starts hitting 4 times.
Bonus dungeon it is.
>>344727070
Already took care of that back when I got the key.
>>344727202
He was gimping himself with the nunchucks for most of the game, then he started hitting 10 times.
>>344727202
You should read the first thread.
Wait, didn't I start in a forest last time?
Is it random?
Thanks for thisvideogamethread. I forgot what these looked like underneath the e-celeb and bait posts.
>>344727387
In my experience, yes and no.
Holy is pretty cool.
>>344727387
Yes. The Soul of Chaos dungeons. All 4, each from one of the Four Fiends. And each are also themed after FF's 3 through 6.
Now this looks familiar.
>>344727546
G Wiz is finally a true Wiz
Another new floor
Okay, here's where I died last time.
>>344728014
abyss worm bro
>>344728014
THE SPICE MUST FLOW
>>344728014
I double dog dare you to fight and abyss worm again.
That took way longer than it should have.
This place seems important.
>>344728729
oh shit boss time
Pick one of 4.
This looks dangerous.
Let's go touch it.
OH SHIT
>>344728808
oh shiiiiiit
>>344728883
hope you got ALit/Abolt/Whatever it's called in this game.
ORA
>>344728883
Do you have a NulThunder?
DAMN
This is very, very, bad.
>>344729190
why the fuck do you not have healaga
>>344729190
hope you saved outside of the boss room.
>>344729190
>monk's down
You're fucked.
Dr K manged to get 3 holy spells in before he died, but it just wasn't enough.
>>344729363
Get one guy to spam Healaga and another to spam Holy.
>>344729363
Step it up, senpai
I'm on my way back, for revenge!
>>344729454I don't have healaga
>>344727459
This. OP is a saint.
>>344729681
Then go get healaga you troglodyte
So...
We meet again.
>>344724434
Maybe they changed it in the GBA port, but I remember that multiple Dragon Zombies can spawn there sometimes. I'd say you got lucky, but two or three zombie dragons would've died just as fast as one.
>>344729363
Have your ninja cast haste and temper on your monk then focus on keeping him alive.
>>344729785
How do you find Abyss Worms so frequently? When completing the bestiary, I usually run around that room for over an hour before one even shows up.
>>344729785
Come on, OP. This is a quest for revenge now.
Kill them. Kill them all.
TEMPERED MONK PUNCH
>>344729869
They smell the White mages. Little known fact: Abyss Worms' favorite food are White Mages.
>>344729964
Anything that murders traps are perfectly good.
I took down one, but who knows how this will go.
>>344730176
You can do it OP!
>>344730176
They give good experience, revive Dr K so he gets it.
I DID IT!
REVENGE!
>>344730349
Good job OP
Now, to complete my revenge.
>>344730637
watch OP get fucked over again
>>344730637
Good luck without healaga...
>>344730637
Shouldn't you try a different door this time?
>>344730637
I think the first one I beat was in the room to the right of this one.
If you get knocked out again, try fighting them.
I'm prepared this time.
>>344730757Uh, where do I get that again
>>344730890
did you not pick up NulAll
you can literally reduce elemental damage to 0
then you could just spam Protera for max defense
It is done.
>>344730850
No, I needed to have my revenge, I'm a on a mission now.
>>344730890
I think it was at one of those two towns in the northeast corner.
Someone remind me what White spell was with Flare in Lupalupaland.
>>344730890
buy it from the Magic shop in Onrac. don't forget to pick up Nulbolt in Provoka to help mitigate the damage from it's Thunderbolt.
>>344731020
I did, but I only used null electric in that fight, because null all targets only one character, and he only uses electric attacks anyway.
Why the fuck has nobody mentioned 8-Bit Theater yet?
>>344731267
previous threads fampai
>>344731235
You got a new weapon for Your White Mage (Ninja)!
...too bad it's shit compared to whatever he's using now.
Now, how about we fight another one?
It's not like dying in here gives me a game over.
Dude, top-right next time. It's the hardest fight, but there's a chest if you manage to win.
Oh no, I just got cucked by the EVIL FORCE
General opinion gathering here: What's everyone's feelings on the GBA bonus dungeons?
>>344731512
gotta do the whole dungeon again if you want to fight another boss
>>344731578
I played them a jillion years ago and remember them being tedious.
Some of those fucking things were HUGE, and I seem to recall some might have looped onto themselves. That'd all be swell if there weren't entire floors that were copy-pasted.
>>344731512
The forced gameplay padding is telling you to buy NulAll. I think you should take the hint.
Now then, shall I go on with our saving the world thing, or fight another one of the bosses?
>>344731173
Oh yeah, now I remember. It was fucking Holy.
>>344731776
Fight another boss.
>>344731776
Go to the Fire Snek Bonus Dungeon.
>>344731776
Get Holy and NulAll, then do the Ice Cave.
>>344720709
>Multiple Medusa
Consider me triggered
>>344731897
I have holy and null, and already did the ice cave.
>>344731964
Waterfall cave then.
>>344731897
NullAll is shit compared to a specific null, you're better off saving the whole party from a specific element than one person from all.
>>344732002
I didn't do the water dungeon yet, so it's impossible.
Unless you're referring to something else.
>>344732080
NullAll is good for Chaos
>>344732080
NulAll is best when you've got 3 ribbons, because you can just NulAll the one person who doesn't have a ribbon.
but considering you can get a 4th Ribbon for beating Rubicante in the Bonus Dungeon unlocked for killing Marilith, not even that's worth it.
>>344732086
I'm pretty sure nothing's preventing access to that dungeon besides a lot of walking. This isn't the Mirage Tower, man.
>>344732175
You are better off casting the individual nulls than NullAll. Heck, he has 2 White Mages, and two W.Mages. He can do the full elemental null stacking in two turns.
>>344731842
I'm not sure if I'm strong enough to take on that dungeon, but I could try.
>>344732275
I thought you were talking about the water bonus dungeon, what's the waterfall cave?
>>344732340
shit you're right
I don't bother with spells, anyway, I always fill my team with all Physical attackers
>>344732394
It's literally a dungeon whose entrance is a waterfall somewhere in the eastern areas, I think near Onrac. It's mandatory to get to the fourth dungeon, anyways.
I forgot, how does the enemy attack the party in this game? I remember it was something like, 50% of attacks go to the top character, but I'm not sure.
>>344732490
Ah, it's been years since I last played, so a lot of this is new to me.
Sorry I was gone guys, my cousin just messaged me on Steam asking to watch anime with me.
Anyway, since we didn't reach a conclusion, I'll just try out the fire bonus dungeon, since it's new.
I'm burning up.
Every few seconds I'm taking damage.
Oh good, I found my safe space.
Gross.
Dude, what?
>>344733868
haha you got booted
Huh, well then.
>>344733949
just get on with the story
And there's people.
>>344733868
These bonus dungeons get really stupid.
One map you have to navigate an invisible floor. Another you have to mavigate a miniature version of the world.
hehe, you think you're cool?
*unzip hammer*
>>344734135
and this is the floor that sucks. You have to wak around people, and if you step on the sparkling tiles, it's an automatic battle.
who ever came up with this idea should've been fired.
Dear god no, this is a whole floor of those annoying NPCs who always seem to get in your way every RPG.
This is my own personal hell.
>>344734276
A lot of the maps in these bonus dungeons are stupid.
Seriously, instead of making good bonus dungeons, they just built a bunch of gimmicky maps out of reused assets, strapped a randomizer on them, and said "mission fucking accomplished".
>>344734394
You haven't seen the worst of it.
There's a map later where you have to talk to fairies who can randomly heal you, bring you to 1HP, or bring you to the next floor.
>>344734568
There's also a map where you literally have to navigate a fuckton of moving dancer NPCs like a fucking obstacle course.
>>344734449
admittedly, I like the one floor where you had to talk to the spirits of the enemies you killed so they could rest in peace, but I'm lame like that.
>tfw Medusa just wanted to be told she's pretty.
I think I'm losing my mind.
>>344734695
Eh, my favorite was the Phantom Train leadup. Only time I ever heard the Game Over music.
Why the fuck is the Final Dungeon music labeled as "Undersea Temple" in the Sound Test?
Let's promise to never come here ever again.
>>344734952You're doing all Four Emperors whether you like it or not
Floor 4 was pretty unremarkable, so here's floor 5.
H-Here we go!
WHAT
Like THAT Scarmiglione?
>>344735619
ahh fuck it's FFIV time
>>344735619
Each Bonus Dungeon is themed after Final Fantasy III, IV, V, and VI.
Holy fuck, it actually is.
I love FF4.
If only they had the same music, because that fiend theme was the shit.
>>344735619
>blue orb
>blue is associated with water in FF games
>but nah, Scarmiglione, the guy who's all about earth, is here
>>344735619
>undead
i think you got this
>>344735619
>>344735672
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8vz186pjY0
>>344735714
The PSP version actually did use unique themes from the respective versions for the bonus dungeon bosses.
>>344735705
Or rather, the bosses are.
Kinda underwhelming how we go from Water's Gilgamesh, Omega and Shinryu to Air's Ultros, Typhon and Phantom Train.
>>344735852
And Deathguise, don't forget that guy.
>>344735619
>Don Scarmiglione
Damn, that battle happened so fast I didn't get a lot any screencaps.
But he's undead, and that's my specialty.
>>344735714
Personally, I think this game's Lich/Kraken boss theme is one of the best songs I've heard on the GBA. Heck, half this game's soundtrack is the best I've heard on this platform.
Anyways, the PSP post actually adds the original boss themes for the bonus bosses.
Oh fuck, he actually went and did it, the absolute mad man.
>>344735934
Amazing that the progenitor to Ultima WEAPON is so forgettable, isn't it? Or maybe that's just me, who's only played FF6 to completion once.
Guys..
>>344736251
Just have Tellah cast curaga
>>344736251
This is what you get for taking off the cloak.
>>344736251
oh boy are we in for some fun
>>344736251
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>344736251
Not spamming Diaja enough.
I might still be able to manage this, I null alled our Monk friend, let's hope this works.
>>344736251
>says W Mage is dead
>but both White Mages at the top of the formation are still standing
>>344732653
I think that's how it works for this game, yeah.
>>344736474
They're wizards now, dawg.
>>344736474
if you didn't know, he literally named the Monk and the Thief W.Mage
>>344736251
That's extremely good sprite work.
Damn, poison gas still packs a punch, even with Null All.
>>344736432
It's barely doing anything, I'm way too underleveled for this.
>>344736471
don't forget your Invis buffs.
>>344736587
just punch him you idiot.
>>344736694
Oh please, like Scourge actually hits anything.
So...
It's come to this.
>>344736781
ONE PUNCH
This is my final Curaja...
>>344736891
>no Raise spells
What?
>>344736891
DEAD MEN WALKING
TIME FOR A GAME OVER
Actually, maybe not.
He hit me for 9 fucking HP.
>>344737009
DO IT NIGGA YOU CAN WIN THIS
>>344737009
use phoenix downs you dingus
>>344736975
He's being an edgy whiner who thinks throwing barely-class changed teams at the bonus dungeons is an excusr to be dramatic.
>>344737009
This reminds me of the days with that Fire Emblem Playthrough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_SxVtf6Nk0
>>344737106
I got him to go to the fire snek cloaca dungeon.
>>344737212
congraturationhave fun with rubicante/barbariccia
>>344737280
I'm not doing that yet, I barely managed to take him out.
Huh, it's possible to go deeper?
>>344737425
Do it no balls
>>344737425
5 more floors, and Barbariccia and Rubicant on the 10th.
