http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Jump_Rope
>1000 Jumps = King of Jump Rope (Key Item)
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Hippaul
>Level 80 Athlete Queen
WHY IS THIS ALLOWED?
>>323289081
Yeah, they could have given something else that actually has a function in the game.
I don't know how many jumps I managed to do (I got pretty far), but oh, man, I spent a shitton of hours there like the autistic kid I was.
>>323289081
Proof of literal autism.I got both.
>>323289081
FF9 has a lot crap like this. It was one of the turn offs for the game, along with having to navigate the towns in the "right" order, half the cast being thinly fleshed out, and constant steal failures on boss fights.
>>323289081
and shit got worse in X
>>323291692
Problem Thief?
>>323289081
>1000 Jumps = King of Jump Rope (Key Item)
The jumping itself is not that hard but keeping the pace is pure torture.
>Level 80 Athlete Queen
Just takes long.
What's wrong with optional things being hard?
Anyone actually have a picture of the athlete queen card? Can't find it on Google
>>323289081
>PC players already start crying
>>323292958
It's not that it's hard. It's that its a repetitive activity that literally has no reward for completing it. That's fucking stupid
>>323289081
>King of Jump Rope
But this item doesn't do anything, though. The wiki says "A rare item received in Alexandria. A medal of honor given to the champion jump-roper.". What's the problem with stupid side quests giving pointless achievements?
>>323295320
But that's the issue. Compared to VIII where a lot of the silly side stuff gave you tangible rewards which made them feel worthwhile, going to IX and then realizing none of the stuff you do is worth anything is kind of dumb. Exactly why everyone loves Triple Triad but hates Tetra Master (That and the more obnoxious rng elements)
>>323291692
>Entirely optional content.
>turn off
I suggest you turn off yourself, if you know what I mean.
>>323295853
Going from a game where the optional content is rewarding, to its sequel where the optional content isn't is generally a turn off, yes
>>323289081
Because Ultimania ain't gonna sell itself.
>>323293278
It's not a card.
>>323289081
>Various items that can be missed permanently
>Half to reach the end within 12 hours to get the best weapon in the game
Why live?
>>323295671
>Tetra Master
>No impact on the game
SOMEONE NEVER GOT ALL 12 ZODIAC COINS I SEEBut you're right, beyond two points to get two more key items necessary to finish up two other side story stuff, Tetra Master never comes up again and it doesn't have the spiffy "Turn cards into items" like Triple Triad did.
>>323296168
>Not just having the save loop the time around
>>323296168
>he expects to do absolutely everything in his first playthrough
no anon, you are the cancer
>>323296029
Was that a paid set of links to an online FAQ like the NA guide was?
>>323296256
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Excalibur_II
>It is possible to reset the game clock to allow a player to gain the Excalibur II again if missed the first time by allowing the game's internal clock (not the displayed time) to overflow and start again from the beginning. However, this means 232 / 60 seconds (over two years) of gameplay, assuming that the game is continually on for that time.
U WOT MATE?
>>323295853
My only issue was that there were a lot of the minigames of FFIX were only available for certain points in story progression; sometimes just hitting one or two flags after it would make it gone forever which means that if you want to do said challenge you have to be willing to drop everything and do it all right then and there.
>>323296168
>Best weapon in the game is useless by that stage anyway
The entire game though was to bring back the old, 'mystery' feel of it all were you would miss out on so much without word of mouth or a guide ( though it's guide was summed up as "You payed $15 bucks to visit our website endlessly!" ). The entire point IS the fact that you can miss so much, because it means you can replay it to experience and find out about it next time. Excalibur II is like the extreme "Mew under the truck" ordeal were no one was going to believe you if you told them, because it was a kinda insane request to ask someone to do.
>Reaching 1000 jumps to get all the rewards takes around 7 minutes of nonstop jumping (around 8 minutes 20 seconds in PAL versions).
>Euroslows
>>323295671
Well, I can see what you mean. Personally I'm not a huge fan of Final Fantasy to begin with, and I've only really played 6 and 7 - both of which I did minimal side quests in, and just focused on the main story. But it always felt like most of the side stuff in these games were more of a "I did it to do it" than a "I did it because of X reward" situation.
It's one of the things I like about Zelda, how everything matters for the main progression.
>>323295097
>no reward
Just because you don't want the rewards does not mean there are no rewards. Stop crying.
>>323296648
The PAL frame ratio actually made getting Excalibur II impossible in the original release unless you opened the disk tray to skip every FMV.
>>323291692
It was pretty obvious that boss battles were designed with the idea of you spending 20-30 battles just stealing and surviving.
They managed to make a worse version of pic related
>>323295097
They're like the precursors to modern video game achievements, except the requirements are even more asinine.
>>323296852
Seriously? I remember that being in FAQs as a recommended trick but I had no idea it was a requirement for you guys.
I refused to ever attempt that thing- even as a kid I recognized how fast it would destroy my enjoyment of the game to rush everything and stress over time.
AGDQ has been pretty good this week, though
>>323297075
>AGDQ has been pretty good this week, though
No they haven't, they've been fucking up and using console commands.
>>323296286
>Playing a jrpg more than once within a couple of years.
>>323289081
>The maximum number of jumps is 8,388,607 after which the next jump will overflow the counter to 0, and afterward the counter won't increase further.
>>323296895
The boss battles were designed to be clearable at level 1 if you aren't completely retarded.
The thief mechanic was built in optional content. If you wanted to get an early boost you could optionally go for it.
Its noone's fault but your own if you can't actually fight the compulsion to get everything. This is not the draw mechanic where you will need to draw grind something eventually. Stealing in FFIX is 100% completely optional.
>>323297821
>This is why vivi dies so early. He jumped himself to death.
>>323289081
You think this is bad?
>The maximum number of jumps is 8,388,607 after which the next jump will overflow the counter to 0, and afterward the counter won't increase further.
Some autistic fuck with no life actually went this far just to find out.
>>323297901
So is drawing after like the first hour. You get gf skills to refine magic. Also you seem to be getting kinda buttflustered that someone doesn't adore ff9 the way you do.
>>323296316
Fuck no. It was a glorious book
>>323298141
>Hurr durr its cuz you rike it too much, not that I'm just that retarded
You 100% never ever have to steal in FFIX.
You will need to draw at some point in FFVIII.
>>323298084
No, they just dug into the games code to see how it worked
>>323297901
Anon you need to calm down. Obviously the boss battles are easier when you don't steal- that was exactly what I was saying. They're push-overs if you go full offense with each character
>>323298340
Not the same person. You basically proved my point. Go to burmecia and get cancer.
>>323296316
The Ultimania books are behind the scenes/making of type books, usually with heaps of art and articles from the devs.
>>323298334
Were those released in English?
>card game
>no reward
>side challenges
>no reward for most of them
Really hated it.
>>323298340
Bullshit. I got to the Fujin/Raijin fight in the lunatic pandora with next to no drawing and the most basic of stat junctions.
Which makes it clear someone who actually knows what they;re doing could do much much better without touching the draw command at all.
>>323292069
Fuck this fucking faggot. Seriously.
This made me so mad.
>>323298894
I beat the game just by summoning GFs when I was 11
>>323289081
>tfw i actually completed the jumprope minigame
>twice
autism
>>323291692
>It was one of the turn offs for the game
How can this be a fucking turn-off?
I didn't like FF9 too much either, but shit like this is great.
I'd never do it myself, but I love that developers come up with something retarded.
>>323298495
>>323298514
It is not compulsory. It is not comparable to draw.
The statement "FFIX was designed around grinding steals from bosses" is wrong. FFIX was designed to be piss easy, like all FFs, because FFs are a vehicle for Muh Story first and foremost.
That you can steal as an option is not having boss fights be designed around it. They were designed to accommodate it. Pretty big difference.
SMT:Nocturne's bosses are designed around gathering and fusing monsters to get the right party composition. FFIX is designed around a low level of difficulty, not stealing.
>>323291692
If you're going to have fixed classes, at least make the classes fun to use and effective, right?
It's Jap writing, so I never expected them to focus on anything other than muh friendship hero, but Freya was one of the most interesting characters in the FF universe. What a waste.
>>323297938
>>323296029
Can a filthy gaijin like me enjoy this book even though I can't into Japanese?
I keep trying to beat this game.
I've been stuck on disc 3 for a year and a half.
Why, you ask?
Because it's boring, and I keep going back so that I can actually say that I beat a damp jrpg.
>>323295097V I D E O G A M E S I N A N U T S H E L L [spoiler/]
>>323300219
She was basically there to get fucked over.
>>323298457
That's even more autistic.
>>323301264
Start a game of ff13. Tape the left stick forward and tape down the x button. Leave the system on for a day or so.
>>323289081
Don't forget that these are only available for a short window of time if you're just progressing the story. If you want to get these, you need to do it once they become available; you can't just save them for the end-game when you're going around doing sidequests anyway.
been over a decade, but is this the final fantasy where you basically run around mashing X to find items? It was this or ff8 and it was the dumbest fucking thing
>>323302745
Not this one. There was always a ! or ? prompt to show there was something there to interact with.
>>323301264
This is bait right? Completing a game with a specific genre isn't a fucking badge of honour. Don't like it? Stop playing. Spiderdog agrees with me.
