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Introduction ============ Limit breaks are very devastating moves used in Final Fantasy VIII and each character has his or her unique moves. In this limit break guide, it will teach you how to use every characters' limit break effectively and how to learn these moves. I hope this mini-guide will be useful to you. Thanks for reading it! I know there are many guides for Final Fantasy VIII, which discuss about limit breaks. In order not to ruin the fun of the game, i have decided not to go too much detail into the descriptions of the various limit breaks. Secondly, it can be more time consuming. This guide will cover the basics that you really need to know. If you really need the descriptions of the limit breaks, refer to other faqs. I don't intend to spoil anything! Also, i have written quite a couple of Final Fantasy VIII's faq like a weapon guide which talks about ways to beat Ultima/Omega weapons, a card guide, a boast/compatibility guide. If you have time, you may want to refer to these faq. This faq is best viewed using wordpad wrapped to ruler. Update ============ Version 1.0 -Explain what is Crisis Level? -Moves and list about every characters' limit breaks. -Based on the US version. Version 2.0 -Added in items needed for upgrading Squall's weapon. -Added in ammunition refining for Irvine for Ifrit's Make Bullet ability and Quezacotl's card Mod ability. -Added in some information about Aura spell. -Added in card mod for Quistis's Blue Magic. -Based on the US version. Version 3.0 -Added in tables to improve presentations. -Based on the US version. Version 4.0 -Added in Selphie's codes for her limit breaks. -Added more details about Irvine's limit breaks. -Added more details about Quistis's limit breaks. -Added in a Copyright section. -Added song lyrics. -Based on the US version. Version 5.0 -Added in information on how to get Squall's Lion Heart. [Both Limit Break and Weapon] -Based on the US version. Version 6.0 -Added in a frequently-asked-question section. -Added information about limit breaks of temporary characters, including Laguna, Kiros, Ward, Edea and Seifer. -Added a Gilgamesh section dedicated to his attacks. -Corrected some spelling mistakes. -Added Final Fantasy VIII OST List. -Added Ragnarok Specifications on the exclusive feature section. -Added Balamb Train Specifications on the exclusive features section. -Added in my own Final Fantasy VIII logo. -Based on the US version. Version 7.0 -Added information about Report Cards. -Added information about Obel Lake Mystery. -Added some new information about limit break. -Corrected some spelling mistakes. -Corrected the names of Gilgamesh's attacks. -Updated the frequently-asked-question section. -Based on the US version. Update Perhaps, i will add in information about limit breaks for other characters' like Seifer, Laguna, Ward, Kiros, and Edea. Kindly wait for future update. I believe i have gone through everyone's limit break quite in-depth so if you think i am missing something, or have any questions to ask, feel free to e-mail me at I'll be glad to answer your question. Also, i have added in the song lyrics for Eyes On Me and Liberi Fatali. Content =========== i)Crisis Level ii)Squall Leonhart iii)Rinoa Heartilly iv)Zell Dincht v)Quistis Trepe vi)Selphie Tilmitt vii)Irvine Kinneas viii)Temporary Characters -Laguna -Kiros -Ward -Seifer -Edea ix)Gilgamesh x)Report Cards xi)Obel Lake Mystery xii)Song Lyrics -Eyes On Me -Liberi Fatali xiii)Final Fantasy VIII OST List xiv)Exclusive Features xv)Frequently-Asked-Question xvi)Credit xvii)Copyright Protected ======================================================================= I)Crisis Level-Contributed By Kaze Yagami ======================================================================= Limit breaks are special moves that characters can perform under special situation, for example when they are low on HP. Some causes massive damage while some can boast the party's power. For the japanese version, limit break is known as special or special arts in Final Fantasy VIII. Basic Requirement: 1)Present HP is at or below 32% of max HP. =>Applies to ALL CHARACTER, except SEIFER. =>Seifer's HP must be at or below 84% of max HP. 2)Aura Condition. 3)Special Condition (Refer to b and c) When either one or both conditions are satisfied, a > mark will appear randomly on the right side of the "Attack" command. Hold right while pointing the cursor at the "Attack" command. Then choose the limit break(s) you want to use. Note:When in curse condition, the > mark will never appear, meaning you won't get a chance to use any limit break(s). Aura ==== Aura is a magical spell when cast on a character allows him to use limit breaks even though his HP is not very low. When in Aura condition, you will notice your characters turn golden yellow colour. Aura allows your character to use limit breaks temporarily and how long Aura condition last, depends on your Crisis level. The higher your Crisis level is , the longer the time your character will be in Aura condition. You can also use item, Aura Stone during battle. How to get Aura spells? ======================= You can get it by drawing Aura spells when fighting with Seifer in disc 3 at Lunatic Pandora. You can also draw Aura spells from draw points found in Island Of Hell or Island Of Heaven. Simply equip Siren's Move/Find and Encounter None and walk in the island(s). Island of Hell is found in the western part of Galbadia, which is that long stretch of coast in the most northwest part of the world map. You can find Island of Heaven in the northeast part of the world map, just north of the Grandidi forest where chocobo Holy is. Crisis Level ============ Each character has an internal perimeter known as the crisis level, which works like a gauge bar in Final Fantasy VII. It affects the chances of using a limit break. As crisis level increases, chances of using limit break increases. Below shows the various ways of increasing your crisis level: a)HP is decreased. b)Negative Status Condition. c)Party member(S) is dead. ________________________________ |Negative Status Bonus|Crisis(Up)| |_____________________|__________| |Slow | + 6% | |_____________________|__________| |Petrify | + 12% | The table on the left |_____________________|__________| shows how much your |Blind | + 12% | Crisis level will |_____________________|__________| increase if your |Poison | + 12% | characters are in any |_____________________|__________| of the negative status. |Silence | + 12% | |_____________________|__________| |Death Sentence | + 18% | Refer to below for |_____________________|__________| more explanation on |1 Party Member down | + 8% | how this negative status |_____________________|__________| bonus works. |2 Party Member down | + 16% | |_____________________|__________| So, in the example of character with Poison and Death Sentence, one party member down, and HP at 32%, the value is (32 (basic value) + 12 + 18 + 8 )= 70% chance of > appearing. Acquiring New Limit Breaks ========================== Different characters have different ways of acquiring limit breaks. It can be through reading magazines; upgrading to a more powerful weapon, or even finding certain items. The details of how each character acquire his limit breaks will be covered individually at each character's section. Easy Limit Break ================= 1)Tap the switching member button until the > mark appear during battle. [The default button should be circle for the US version if i am not wrong, but i prefer it to be Triangle.] When the > mark appears, you should hear a clink sound. If your reflex is fast, you should immediately stop tapping the switching member button once you hear the clink sound. ======================================================================= II)Squall Leonhart ======================================================================= Squall's limit break is an add-on to the R1 feature. Just like his normal attacks, R1 can be pressed to do extra criticals during his limit breaks. First, go to the main menu, then search for Squall's status screen and press circle until you see a screen like this for Squall: _______________________________ |Gunblade Auto |ON | OFF| If you set Gunblade Auto ON, the |_____________________|____|____| CPU will control Squall's limit |Renzokuken Indicator |ON | OFF| break and you do not need to |_____________________|____|____| press R1 since the CPU will do |Rough Divide Fated Circle| everything for you. |Blasting Zone Lion Heart | |_______________________________| Press R1 when light hits here. If Renzokuken Indicator is switched _______/_______________________ ON, you should see the meter as | | | | | | | | | | | | shown in the left like this. (1), | | |<| | |<| |<| |<| | (2) and (3) indicates the various |_\_|__|_|__|___|_|___|_|___|_|_| sections. And, |<| indicates the \Miss the direction flow from right to |<1>|<--2-->|<--------3-------->| left. If the light lands on section 1, this means that you will miss the attack. Press R1 on the second section to do a critical hit. The number of such slashes vary from 4 to 8, depending on your crisis level. Follow that, Squall may or may not execute a finishing blow. The chances of him using a finishing blow depends on the crisis level and the finishing blow is selected randomly. Statistics: Name :Renzokuken. Crisis Up :(A)No of slashes increase. (4 to 8) (B)Chances of using finishing blow increases. (C)Chances of using a more powerful finishing blow increases. Acquired By:(A)Upgrade Gunblade (B)Learn new finishing blow. Listing: Below shows the name of the limit breaks, the weapons that are needed, and a brief description of the limit breaks. _____________________________________________________________________ |Limit Break |Weapon |Effect of the Limit Break | |______________|__________________________|___________________________| |Rough Divide |Revolver [Initial] |Single attack on an enemy. | |______________|__________________________|___________________________| |Fated Circle |Shear Trigger |Single attack on all enemy.| |______________|__________________________|___________________________| |Blasting Zone |Flame Saber to Punishment |Single attack on all enemy.| |______________|__________________________|___________________________| |Lion Heart |Lion Heart |Multiple attacks on an | | | |enemy. | |______________|__________________________|___________________________| Note:You already have Revolver weapon at the beginning. Below shows the list of the items needed to tune up the weapon, as well as the attack and the Hit %. __________________________________________________________________ |Name Of Weapon|Cost (Gil)|Item(s) Needed |Attack | Hit % | |______________|__________|________________________|_______|_______| |Revolver | 100 | 6x M-Stone, | - | 255% | | | | 2x Screw. | | | |______________|__________|________________________|_______|_______| |Shear Trigger | 200 | 1x Steel Pipe, | + 4 | 255% | | | | 4x Screw. | | | |______________|__________|________________________|_______|_______| |Cutting Sword | 400 | 1x Mesmerize Blade, | + 10 | 255% | | | | 8x Screw. | | | |______________|__________|________________________|_______|_______| |Flame Saber | 600 | 1x Friend Killer Blade,| + 12 | 255% | | | | 4x Screw, | | | | | | 1x Turtle Shell. | | | |______________|__________|________________________|_______|_______| |Twin Lance | 800 | 1x Dino Bone, | + 15 | 255% | | | |12x Screw, | | | | | | 2x Red Fang. | | | |______________|__________|________________________|_______|_______| |Punishment |1000 | 1x Chef's Knife, | + 18 | 255% | | | | 1x Turtle Shell, | | | | | | 2x Star Fragment, | | | | | | 8x Screw. | | | |______________|__________|________________________|_______|_______| |Lion Heart |2000 | 1x Adamantine, | + 26 | 255% | | | |12x Pulse Ammo, | | | | | | 4x Dragon Fang. | | | |______________|__________|________________________|_______|_______| Rough Divide to Lion Heart are Squall's finishing move. To learn these moves, you have to upgrade Squall's gunblade. For example, if you upgrade to Shear Trigger, Squall will then Fated Circle. The same applies to Lion Heart. For blasting zone, all you need is to upgrade to any of Flame Saber/Twin Lance/Punishment weapon, you will learn Blasting Zone. Note that once you learn it, the limit break will not disappear if you upgrade to a better weapon. For example, your weapon is Shear Trigger and you just upgrade to Flame Saber, you will still acquire the limit break, Fated Circle. However, i heard that if you downgrade your weapon, example from Lion Heart to Punishment, you will lose the Lion Heart finishing blow. Well, i haven't tried it, so i am not pretty sure. Tips:If you have fewer finishing blows, Squall's chances of executing that limit break will be higher. For example, if you have only acquired the limit breaks, Rough Divide, Blasting Zone and Lion Heart, then probability of executing Lion Heart will be now higher. Getting Squall's Lion Heart =========================== Basically, i don't intend to add in this section. But, i am SICK of recieving tons of similar mails again asking me how to get Squall's Lion Heart. I am going to do it once and for all. If you have any questions regarding Squall's Lion Heart, refer to the tables below. __________________________________________________________________ |Name of Junk Material |Effect |Source | |_________________________|__________|_____________________________| |Adamantine |Vit + 60% |Defeat Adamantoise at higher | | | |levels. [Rare] | | | |_____________________________| | | |10x Orihalcons are converted | | | |to 1x Adamantine using Eden's| | | |GFAbil Med-RF. | | | |_____________________________| | | |1x Minotaur (L8 card) is con-| | | |verted to 10x Adamantine | | | |using Quezacotl's card mod. | | | |_____________________________| | | |Adamantoise can be found in | | | |Long Horn Island, northwest | | | |of Dollet City. | |_________________________|__________|_____________________________| |Pulse Ammo |Irvine's |1x Laser Cannon is converted | |[Hyper Shot] | Limit |to 5x Pulse Ammo using | | | Break |Ifrit's Make Bullet ability. | | | Bullet |_____________________________| | | |1x Energy Crystal is convert-| | | |to 10x Pulse Ammo using | | | |Ifrit's Make Bullet ability. | | | |_____________________________| | | |1x Power Generator is convert| | | |-ed to 20x Pulse Ammo using | | | |Ifrit's Make Bullet ability. | |_________________________|__________|_____________________________| |Dragon Fang | --NIL-- |Defeat Blue Dragon/Grendal/ | | | |HexaDragon. | | | |_____________________________| | | |Blue Dragon is found at Deep | | | |Sea Research Center [Deep Sea| | | |Research Centre], Trabia | | | |forest [Rare] and Island | | | |closest to Hell. | | | |_____________________________| | | |Grendal is found at Deep Sea | | | |Research Center [Deep Sea Re-| | | |search Centre] and Island | | | |closest to Heaven. | | | |_____________________________| | | |HexaDragon is at Grandidi | | | |forest and Island closest to | | | |Hell. | |_________________________|__________|_____________________________| __________________________________________________________________ |Name of Junk Material |Effect |Source | |_________________________|__________|_____________________________| |Orihalcon |Vit + 40% |Mug/Defeat Adamantoise. | | | |_____________________________| | | |Defeat Oilboyle [Boss] during| | | |Balamb MD level time. | | | |_____________________________| | | |10x Vit-J Scrolls are convert| | | |-ed into 1x Orihalcon using | | | |Eden's GFAbil Med-RF. Vit-J | | | |Scrolls can be bought in | | | |shops like in Esthar Capital.| |_________________________|__________|_____________________________| |Laser Cannon |Quistis's |Defeat Belhemel/Elastoid. | |[Homing Laser] | Blue |[Rare] | | | Magic |_____________________________| | | |Defeat Mobile Type 8 just | | | |before the fight with Seifer | | | |at the end of disc 3 at | | | |Lunatic Pandora. | |_________________________|__________|_____________________________| |Energy Crystal | SumMag |Defeat Ruby Dragon/Behemoth. | | | + 30% |[Rare] | | | |_____________________________| | | |Defeat Elnoyle at Esthar | | | |continent after lunar base | | | |event. [After getting Ragnar-| | | |ok also] | | | |_____________________________| | | |10x Elnoyle (L5 card) are con| | | |-verted to 1x Energy Crystal | | | |using Quezacotl's card mod. | |_________________________|__________|_____________________________| |Power Generator |Quistis's |Defeat Blitz. [Rare] | |[Ray Bomb] | Blue | | | | Magic | | |_________________________|__________|_____________________________| Note:You may want to consider using Guardian Force, Tonberry's Lv Up or Down command ability on your enemies so that to adjust your enemies' levels to get certain items, either by defeating or mugging. You may also need to equip Rare command for help. ======================================================================= III)Rinoa Heartilly ======================================================================= Rinoa's limit break and her dog, Angelo may remind you of Shadow and his dog, Interceptor in Final Fantasy VI. (Final Fantasy III in the US). The attacks are quite similar. Basically, Rinoa has two limit breaks. One is Combine and another one is Angel Wing. I will first discuss about Combine. Combine ======= Combine limit break involves Rinoa and Angelo together. To learn new combine limit break moves, you need to find Pet Pal magazines. Just like Zell's Duel limit break, to learn new moves, you have to read the magazines. This can be done by going to the item inventory and click on the respective magazines to learn the various respective moves. All you need is to click on the magazine once and Rinoa will learn the respective skills automatically. What if i have forgotten to take a magazine? You can use Tonberry's call shop ability and buy the respective Pet Pal magazines at various respective shops. You can buy Pet Pal magazines in Rinrin's Pet Shop in Esthar City. _________________________________________________________ | _______ ______________ | | | PHOTO | Angelo Rush |______________| | | | OF | Angelo Strike |______________| | | |ANGELO | |> Angelo Recover |______________| | | |_______| Angelo Cannon |______________| | | Invincible Moon |______________| | | Angelo Reverse |______________| | | Angelo Search |______________| | | Wishing Star |______________| | | | |_________________________________________________________| By clicking at one of the move, you will be able to learn the skill. Notice that there is a red colour gauge bar. Once it is full, you will learn the skill. In order to fill up the gauge bar, all you need is to "walk". As you move around in the field or world map, the bar will gradually fill up. Theory behind this is "dogs love to scroll." Tips:To increase the chance of more powerful moves like Wish Star and and Invisible Moon to appear, you can don't train Rinoa with the less powerful move, but you will never get a chance to see the move of course. Reason why? Because these moves appear randomly so probability of a certain move increases if your have learnt fewer moves. Statistics: Name :Combine. Crisis :Chances of using more powerful limit break increases as crisis level increases. Feature :Combinations of attack between Rinoa and Angelo. Acquired By:Reading Pet Pal Magazines. Listing: _________________________________________________________________ |Limit Break |Magazine |Location | |_______________|_______________|_________________________________| |Angelo Rush |Beginning |Nil | |_______________|_______________|_________________________________| |Angelo Cannon |Beginning |Nil | |_______________|_______________|_________________________________| |Angelo Strike |Pet Pal Vo1 1 |On the Train going to Timber. | |_______________|_______________|_________________________________| |Angelo Recover |Pet Pal Vol 2 |On Rinoa's bed inside the Train. | |_______________|_______________|_________________________________| |Invincible Moon|Pet Pal Vol 3 |Timber Shop [Purchase] | |_______________|_______________|_________________________________| |Angelo Reverse |Pet Pal Vol 4 |Timber Shop [Purchase] | |_______________|_______________|_________________________________| |Angelo Search |Pet Pal Vol 5 |Esthar Shop [Purchase] [Rinrin] | |_______________|_______________|_________________________________| |Wishing Star |Pet Pal Vol 6 |Esthar Shop [Purchase] [Rinrin] | |_______________|_______________|_________________________________| Rinoa's combine can be divided into two main areas. I classify them into mid-battle and command. What do i mean? I'll explain it more detail below. Mid Battle ========== You do not need to select these limit breaks through commands, meaning you do not need to go through the > mark. Chances of using these moves increase as crisis levels increase, especially when Rinoa recieves a huge damage. When it meets the requirement, Rinoa will counterattack the enemy with one of these randomly selected moves as listed below. If you have played Final Fantasy VI before, then this concept will be quite similar to it. ____________________________________________________________________ |Limit Break |Description of the Limit Break(s) | |________________|___________________________________________________| |Angelo Rush |Angelo charges and counterattack at an enemy. | | |[Have you forgotten Shadow and Interceptor?] | | |This attack may be helpful at early stage, but will| | |end up useless towards the end since it cannot do | | |massive damage. | |________________|___________________________________________________| |Angelo Recover |Angelo will recover one of your members' HP. | |________________|___________________________________________________| |Angelo Reverse |Angelo will use Phoenix Down and revive a dead | | |ally. | |________________|___________________________________________________| |Angelo Search |Angelo will steal an item. | |________________|___________________________________________________| Command ======= It is the same way as you use limit breaks for other characters. When you hear a click sound, select Attack and press right to select combine. One of these moves, as listed below will be executed randomly. ____________________________________________________________________ |Limit Break |Description of the Limit Break(s) | |________________|___________________________________________________| |Angelo Cannon |Angelo is being blasted off, attacking one enemy, | | |creating a large explosion. This attack is helpful | | |at early stage, but will end up useless towards the| | |end since it cannot do massive damage. | |________________|___________________________________________________| |Angelo Strike |Angelo grabs an enemy and performs a 360 degrees | | |turn in mid-air. It is slighly more powerful than | | |Angelo Cannon or Angelo Rush. | |________________|___________________________________________________| |Invincible Moon |Has the effect of Holy War Drink. It casts the | | |effect of invincibility on all of your characters, | | |making them immune to all physical and magic | | |attacks. It is very useful but hard to get. | |________________|___________________________________________________| |Wishing Star |Rinoa rides onto Angelo, performing multiple | | |attacks on random enemies. It is by far the most | | |powerful limit break but it is very hard to get. | |________________|___________________________________________________| Angel Wing ========== You can only learn this attack in disc 3 when you are inside the Ragnarok and onwards when you have saved her from the sorceress's museum. To select this limit break, when you hear a click sound, select attack command and hold right and you should see Angel Wing attack below Combine. COMMAND SPECIAL P1 You will see a screen like Attack> Combine this during battle. Magic Angel Wing Draw G.F When Rinoa uses the limit break, Angel Wing, these are the following symptoms: a)Until dead or petrified, you cannot control her until the end of the battle. b)Magic will be casted randomly, including spells belonging to various groups like attacking magic, negative status, Despel etc. c)Magic power will be five times the normal power. d)Casted magic do not affect your magic inventory, meaning you won't waste a single drawn spell. e)Immune against negative status like Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Sleep, Poison etc. ======================================================================= IV)Zell Dincht ======================================================================= Zell's limit break is by far the most unqiueness. I believe the concept of Zell's limit break come from Final Fantasy VI(Final Fantasy III in the US). Remember Sabin's Blitz command. Zell's limit break is quite similar to Sabin's Blitz but this time, there is a time limit and you can chain combos. In another way, his moves are quite similar to Final Fantasy VII Tifa's limit breaks. Even some of the names of the limit breaks are the same like Final Heaven. Just like Squall's limit break, you can let the CPU control Zell's limit break or execute it manually. if your reflex is slow, i suggest you let the CPU control. The disadvantage of letting CPU controlling is that you may not get the combination of combos that you want or the CPU may not perform the moves as fast as you do. Statistics Name :Duel. Crisis :Time Limit increases as crisis level increases. Time :4'66, 6'66, 9'33 ,12'00 Feature :Inputting buttons to perform moves and chain up combos. Acquired By:Reading Combat king Magazines. Limit Break List: _______________________________________________________________ |Limit Break |Button |Magazine | |_________________|__________________________________|__________| |Punch Rush |Circle, X. |Beginning | |_________________|__________________________________|__________| |Booya |Right, Left. |Beginning | |_________________|__________________________________|__________| |Heel Drop |Up, Down. |Beginning | |_________________|__________________________________|__________| |Mach Kick |Left, Left, Circle. |Beginning | |_________________|__________________________________|__________| |Dolphin Blow |L1, R1, L1, R1. |Combat 01 | |_________________|__________________________________|__________| |Meteor Strike |Down, Circle, Up, Circle. |Combat 02 | |_________________|__________________________________|__________| |Burning Rave * |Down, Down, Down, Down, Circle. |Beginning | |_________________|__________________________________|__________| |Meteor Barret * |Up, X, Down, Triangle, Circle |Combat 03 | |_________________|__________________________________|__________| |Different Beat * |Triangle, Square, X, Circle, X |Combat 04 | |_________________|__________________________________|__________| |My Final Heaven* |Up, Right, Down, Left, Triangle. |Combat 05 | |_________________|__________________________________|__________| * are finishing blow. 4'66 and 6'66 will begin the fight with Punch Rush. 9'33 and 12'00 will begin the fight with Booya. Finishing Blow are the most devastating moves, and once executed cannot be chained by another combo anymore. Fast Finish: Below shows the list of combo chain-ups you need to input in order to use any of the finishing blow. _____________________________________________________________________ |Burning Rave |Punch Rush, Mach Kick, Punch Rush, Heel Drop/Meteor | | |Strike, Burning Rave. | | |____________________________________________________| | |Booya, Heel Drop, Meteor Strike, Booya, Burning | | |Rave. | |________________|____________________________________________________| _____________________________________________________________________ |Meteor Barret |Punch Rush, Dolphin Blow, Meteor Barret. | | |____________________________________________________| | |Booya, Meteor Strike, Dolphin Blow, Mach kick, | | |Meteor Barret. | |________________|____________________________________________________| _____________________________________________________________________ |Different Beat |Booya, Meteor Strike, Booya, Different Beat. | | |____________________________________________________| | |Booya, Heel Drop, Mach Kick, Heel Drop, Booya, | | |Different Beat. | |________________|____________________________________________________| _____________________________________________________________________ |My Final Heaven |Booya, Heel Drop, Meteor Strike, My Final Heaven. | | |____________________________________________________| | |Booya, Heel Drop, Mach Kick, Rush Punch, My Final | | |Heaven. | |________________|____________________________________________________| Note:As seen from the list above, you can only use finishing blow, Different Beat and My Final Heaven if you begin with Booya. Getting the Combat Magazines: ============================ Below shows the location of the combat king magazine. _____________________________________________________________________ |Magazine Name |Location of the Magazine(s) | |_________________|___________________________________________________| |Combat King 001 |In the first floor of Desert Prison Tower. | |_________________|___________________________________________________| |Combat King 002 |Defeat both Fujin and Raijin inside Balamb Hotel. | |_________________|___________________________________________________| |Combat King 003 |After saving Balamb Town, you will occasionally | | |find a girl at the entrance of the town or at the | | |train there. Talk to her and she will mention | | |something like, "Hey, zell, do you know a girl at | | |the Garden with a pigtail?" Note that Zell must be | | |in your party. Next, go to Zell's house, and talk | | |to his mom, and then check in at the Balamb Hotel. | | |The next morning, simply search the counter in the | | |hotel to recieve it. | |_________________|___________________________________________________| |Combat king 004 |Get it from Esthar soldier during the attack of | | |Lunatic Pandora. | |_________________|___________________________________________________| |Combat King 005 |Inside Lunatic Pandora by using elevator 03 and | | |you should come to a ladder. From the ladder, go | | |left and to the three open doors against the north | | |wall. Go down the hallway and to the left to take | | |the magazine. | |_________________|___________________________________________________| To learn Zell's moves, simply go to item inventory and click on the respective combat king magazine to learn the respective skills. All you need is to click on the magazine once and Zell will automatically learn the skill. What if i have forgotten to take a magazine? You can use Tonberry's call shop ability and buy the respective combat king magazines at various respective shops. You can also buy Combat King magazines in Karen's Book Store found in Esthar City. ARMAGEDDON FIST -Contributed By Kaze Yagami =============== It is actually a chain of near-infinite combo and can be pull off very easily. How to do is very simple: Simply keep on repeating Punch Rush and Booya. Reason, because when a chain starts, it will begin with either one of the both, and then it will loop back to the first one. Punch Rush and Booya are easy to execute and since they remain in a loop, you can perform the move in 0.1 seconds or even less. If you are fast, you can execute about 3 to 9 combos in a second. Each combo can take about 1000 to 4000 damage. Think about it, how long do you need to input the buttons for complex moves like My Final Heaven. Let's do a simple calculation: =>At max str of 255, and max time, 12,00, =>you can do about 36 to 108 combos. =>Each combo does about 1000 to 4000 damage At max, it could mean: 4000 x 108 = 432,000 damage. Note:Armageddon Fist is a name came out by Kaze Yagami. The name the Japanese came up, was Choukyu Bushin Hakken. (Lit, Super Ultimate War God Breaking Punch). ======================================================================= V)Quistis Trepe ======================================================================= Blue Magic was first incoporated in Final Fantasy V as one of the jobs, Blue Mage and ever since then, it came into various forms like Final Fantasy VI, Strago's Lore command, Final Fantasy VII's Enemy Skill materia. Quistis is the only character in Final Fantasy VIII that can use blue magic. The wide variety of attacking and defensive blue magics make her a very balanced character. Instead of being hit by enemies to learn blue magics, Square twisted the concept a bit. Instead, you will have to find certain blue magic items and use it on Quistis for her to learn blue magics. Statistics Name :Blue Magic. Crisis :Rank Up. Feature :Enemy Skill. Avquired By:Using blue magic items on her. As Crisis level increases, rank increases from 1 to 4, with 4 being the highest. The higher the ranking, the more powerful her Blue Magic will be. To learn new blue magic, just go to the item inventory and click on these specific items as listed below and use the items on Quistis. ____________________________________________________________________ |Blue Magic |Item Needed |Acquired By |Description | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Laser Eye |Initial |Nil |Laser Attack on | | | | |an enemy. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Ultra Wave |Spider Web |Mug/Defeat |Tremors of the | | | |Caterchipillars.|Earth on an | | | | |enemy. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Electrocute |Coral Fragment |Mug/Defeat |Electrocute all | | | |Cockatrice/ |enemies. It is | | | |Creeps. |thunder | | | | |elemental. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Lv? Death |Curse Spike |Mug/Defeat |Cast Death at all| | | |Tri-face/Imp. |enemies. Depends | | | | |on the level | | | | |multipler. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Degenerator |Black Hole |Mug/Defeat |Instantly kill | | | |Gesper. |an enemy by | | | | |sending them to | | | | |a new dimension. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Aqua Breath |Water Crystal |Mug/Defeat |Water beam at all| | | |Chimera. |enemies. It is | | | | |water elemental. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Micro Missile |Missile |Mug/Defeat |Firing missile at| | | |GIM52A/BGH251F2.|an enemy. Took | | | | |away half of | | | | |enemy's HP. Like | | | | |demi attack. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Acid |Mystery Fluid |Mug/Defeat |Acidic attack at | | | |Gayla. |an enemy. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Gatling Gun |Running Fire |Mug/Defeat |Rapid firing at | | | |SAMO8G. |an enemy. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Fire Breath |Inferno Fang |Mug/Defeat |Fire beam at all | | | |Ruby Dragon/ |enemies. It is | | | |Hexadragon. |fire elemental. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Bad Breath |Malboro |Mug/Defeat |Negative status | | |Tentacle |Malboro. |at all enemies. | | | | |It includes Sleep| | | | |, Berserk etc. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |White Wind |Whisper |Mug |Restoring all | | | |Adamantoise. |allies' HP but | | | | |do not cure | | | | |status ailments. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Homing Laser |Laser Cannon |Mug/Defeat |Laser Beam at an | | | |Elastoid/Mobile |enemy. | | | |Type 8/ | | | | |Belhelmel. | | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Mighty Guard |Barrier |Mug/Defeat |Positive | | | |Behemoth. |condition on all | | | | |allies. This | | | | |includes Shell | | | | |and Protect also.| |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Shockwave |Dark Matter |Convert 100x |Attack all | |Pulsar | |Curse Spike/ |enemies. [Same | | | |Black Hole to |as G.F Grievel] | | | |1x Dark Matter. |Able to exceed | | | | |9999HP damage. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| |Raybomb |Power Generator |Mug Blitz. |Beam attack on | | | | |all enemies. | |________________|________________|________________|_________________| Note:You may want to consider using Guardian Force, Tonberry's Lv Up or Down command ability on your enemies so that to adjust your enemies' levels to get certain items, either by defeating or mugging. You may also need to equip Rare command for help. *1 - Lv ? Death will be level 4 at rank 1, 3 at rank 2, 2 at rank 3 and 1 at rank 4. Any monsters with multiple of that level will die instantly. *2 - Micro Missile will have 50% of the effect at rank 1, 75% at rank 2, 87.5% at rank 3 and 93.75% at rank 4. *3 - Effects of Acid, Bad Breath and Mighty Guard increases as rank increases. *4 - Shockwave Pulser is the only attack that can cause over 9999HP. *5 - Mighty Guard casts Shell, Protect, and sometimes, Haste, Float, Regen, Aura and even Invincibility on all enemies. *6 - Bad Breath casts Berserk, Poison, Sleep, Blind, Confusion etc on all enemies. *7 - White Wind does not heal any status ailments, only recover HP. Using Quezacotl's Card Mod Ability ================================== _____________________________________________________________________ |Blue Magic | Item Needed |Card Mod Conversion | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |Laser Eye | - | - | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |Ultra Wave | Spider Web |1x Caterchipillar card (Level 1 | | | |card) will refine into 1x Spider | | | |web. | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |Electrocute | Coral Fragment |1x Creeps (Level 2 card) will | | | |refine into 1x Coral Fragment. | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |LV? Death | Curse Spike |1x Tri-face (Level 3 card) will | | | |refine into 1x Curse Spike. | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |Degenerator | Black Hole |1x Gesper (Level 1 card) will | | | |refine into 1x Black Hole. | | | |____________________________________| | | |1x Diablos (Level 9 card) will | | | |refine into 100x Black Hole. | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |Aqua Breath | Water Crystal |5x Fastitocalon-F (Level 1 card) | | | |will refine into 1x Water Crystal. | | | |____________________________________| | | |1x Fastitocalon (Level 3 card) will | | | |refine into 1x Water Crystal. | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |Micro Missile | Missile | - | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |Acid | Mystery Fluid |1x Galya (Level 1 card) will refine | | | |into 1x Mystery Fluid. | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |Gatling Gun | Running Fire |1x SAMO8G (Level 3 card) will refine| | | |into 1x Running Fire. | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |Fire Breath | Inferno Fang |10x Ruby Dragon (Level 5 card) will | | | |refine into 1x Inferno Fang. | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |Bad Breath | Malboro |4x Malboro (Level 5 card) will | | | Tentacle |refine into 1x Malboro Tentacle. | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |White Wind | Whisper | - | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |Homing Laser |Laser Cannon | - | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| | Mighty | Barrier |10x Behemoth (Level 5 card) will | | Guard | |refine into 1x Barrier. | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| | Shockwave | Dark Matter | | | Pulsar | | - | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| |Power Generator| Ray Bomb | - | |_______________|________________|____________________________________| _______________ _________________ |Laser Eye P1 | |Degenerator P2 | To select limit breaks, choose |Ultra Wave | |Aqua Breath | attack and click right and you |Electrecute | |Micro Missile | will be shown a series of |Lv1?Death | |Acid | limit breaks group into four |_______________| |_________________| pages. _______________ _________________ |Gatling Gun P3 | |Homing Laser P4 | The diagrams on the left show |Fire Breath | |Mighty Guard | how the limit breaks are |Bad Breath | |Shockwave Pulsar | grouped into various pages. |White Wind | |Ray Bomb | Click on the respective limit |_______________| |_________________| break to use it. ======================================================================= VI)Selphie Tilmitt ======================================================================= Selphie uses the slot ability and it can be quite useful at times. When you first activate Selphie's limit break, you will be prompted to a screen like this: /Indicate the name of the spell. ___/________ |The End 1 |<--No indicates the number of this type of | | spell you can use. For example, 1 means use |>Do Over | The End one time. | Use |<--Do Over means keep on selecting magics. |____________|<--Use means cast the particular spell. For example, keep on selecting Do Over and you will be shown a list of randomly-selected spell. When you want that particular spell, choose use to cast, in this case the spell cast is The End and you will cast The End one time. Sometimes, you can cast a spells many times. For example, if the word "The End" and "1" are changed to "Curaga" and "3", you will cast 3 times Curaga spell on any random ally. Plus ==== a)Selphie can sometimes many spells at a time. She even can use rare spells like full cure, wall etc. b)Magic cast do not affect your magic inventory, meaning you won't waste a single drawn spell. Minus ===== a)You have to choose your spell fast because the Active Time Bar does not stop when you are choosing, meaning enemies will attack you. Statistics ========== Name :Slot. Crisis Up :a)Chances of more powerful spells appearing is higher. b)Ability to cast more magics increase. =>Note that more powerful spells will appear more often when Selphie's level increases. Feature :Casting of unique spells. Acquired By:Random There are four main rare spells for her limit break, which you can't find it from any draw point or draw from any enemies. The four spells are Full Cure, wall, Rapture and The End. The first time, you use any of these four spells, you will find them recorded in the status screen. I will now list the effects of the four spells. ____________________________________________________________________ |Limit Break |Description of Limit Break(s) | |____________|_______________________________________________________| |Full Cure |Fully recover all allies' HP and status ailments. | | |It does not work on undead characters as it will | | |instantly kill them. | |____________|_______________________________________________________| |Wall |Cast Protect and Shell on all allies, thus raises their| | |physical and magical defense. | |____________|_______________________________________________________| |Rapture |Removes all enemies from battle, causing instant | | |victory. It does not work against bosses and certain | | |specific enemies only. | |____________|_______________________________________________________| |The End |Kills all enemies, causing instant victory. It works | | |for all the enemies, including Omega Weapon, except | | |for undead enemies and final boss, Sorceress Ultimecia.| |____________|_______________________________________________________| _______________________________________________________ |Special | | Full Cure Wall | | Rapture The End | |_______________________________________________________| Note:She had another two powerful moves that were in the data, but was not included in the game due to production time contraint. A real pity to Selphie fans. I heard that it was possible to use the two limit breaks that were not included in the game by using a gameshark. I am not pretty sure since it can be a rumor. If anyone has any information about these two limit breaks, feel free to mail me at . Note:The End is regardless of resistance to Death, but doesn't work on Undeads and the Last Boss. And yes,it works even on Omega Weapon and ultimate weapon ...but I think you would enjoy a good fight with them instead.No point resorting to such despicable moves... Selphie..did i say anything wrong? Tips:Make use of the time during the GF summoning graphics to choose the desired magic. Tips:While choosing your spells, you can actually open up your PlayStation cover and thus freeze your game. This gives you time to choose and select your desired spells. Note that i won't bear any responsibility to any damages done on your PlayStation. Try it at your own risk!!! Limit Break Codes-Contributed By Sam klempner ================= These codes are Selphie's limit breaks sent in by sam Klempner. These codes do not work with the UK version and you need a game enhancer to activate the codes. The format of the codes are still unknown. TRY IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! I will not bear any RESPONSIBILITY if these codes do not work or do any damages to your PlayStation. The codes are: ________________________________________________________ |Description |Code | |_________________________________________|______________| |Selphie have infinite Apocalypse magic. |80077FE6 6314 | |_________________________________________|______________| |Selphie Have infinite Full-cure magic. |80077EB4 6333 | |_________________________________________|______________| |Selphie Have infinite Wall magic. |80077EB6 6334 | |_________________________________________|______________| |Selphie Have infinite Rapture magic |80077EB8 6335 | |_________________________________________|______________| |Selphie Have infinite Percent magic. |80077EBA 6336 | |_________________________________________|______________| |Selphie Have infinite Catastrophe magic. |80077EBC 6337 | |_________________________________________|______________| |Selphie Have infinite The End magic. |80077EBE 6338 | |_________________________________________|______________| Special Thanks to Sam Klempner for providing the cheat codes. ======================================================================= VII)Irvine Kinneas ======================================================================= Irvine's limit break can be considered one of the most originals. I believe the concept came from Xenogears. Remember Billy from Xenogears? Okay, back to the main point. To get Irvine's new limit break, all you need is to find the respective ammos. When using Irvine's limit break, select the ammos you want, you will notice a time bar which is blue in colour. If it runs out, you won't be able to shoot anymore. To shoot, press R1. If you press X, you will not be able to shoot anymore and this will end Irvine's turn. So, don't press X unneccessary unless you don't want to shoot anymore. Please take note that each shot takes up one ammo. You will know that your target is dead when the damage is 0. How to get? Use Ifrit's make bullet ability to convert items into ammos. Once converted into ammos, you will be able to use it and it works the same way as replenishing your ammunition. Statistics Name :Shot. Crisis :More time to shoot as crisis increases. Feature :Firing within the time limit. Acquired By:Find new ammunition. Below shows the type of ammo needed for each shot. _____________________________________________________________ |Ammo |Shot |Effect | |_________________|__________________________|________________| |Normal Ammo |Normal Shot |Single Opponent | |_________________|__________________________|________________| |Shotgun Ammo |Scattered Shot |All Opponents | |_________________|__________________________|________________| |Dark Ammo |Dark Shot |Single Opponents| | | |[Blinds Enemy] | |_________________|__________________________|________________| |Fire Ammo |Fire Shot |All Opponents | | | |[Fire Elemental]| |_________________|__________________________|________________| |Demolition Ammo |Canister Shot |Single Opponent | | | |[Three times the| | | |damage of Normal| | | |ammo] | |_________________|__________________________|________________| |Fast Ammo |Quick Shot |Single Opponent | | | |[Semi-automatic]| |_________________|__________________________|________________| |AP Ammo |Armor Shot (Armour Shot) |Single Opponent | | | |[Ignores Enemy's| | | |defense] | |_________________|__________________________|________________| |Pulse Ammo |Hyper Shot |Single Opponent | | | |[Most powerful | | | |ammo] | |_________________|__________________________|________________| Note:Different shots recovers in different speed. It means that the time taken for reloading is different for different ammos used. Quick Shot recovers the fastest. Tips:At maximum strength, Quick Shot is actually most powerful and effective against single targets (3000-4000 x 20-30) compared to even Hyper Shot. (9999 x 4-5 = 40000-50000) Below are a list of Ifrit's Make Bullet-RF/Quezacotl's Card Mod ability for conversion of items for Irvine's Bullet. Make full use of the list to replenish your stocks. Ammos like Pulse ammos are very hard to find, and mostly obtained through refining. Note:Ammunitions like Normal Ammo and Fast Ammo can be easily bought in most shops. Using Ifrit's Make Bullet-RF ============================ ______________________________________________ |Item | | Conversion | |___________________|____|_____________________| |1x Screw | => | 8x Normal Ammo | |1x Normal Ammo | => | 1x Fast Ammo | |1x Shotgun Ammo | => | 2x Fast Ammo | |1x Fuel | => | 10x Fire Ammo | |1x Steel Orb | => | 10x Fire Ammo | |1x Inferno Fang | => | 40x Fire Ammo | |1x Venom Fang | => | 20x Dark Ammo | |1x Missile | => | 20x Demolition Ammo | |1x Running Fire | => | 20x Demolition Ammo | |1x Cactus Thorn | => | 40x Demolition Ammo | |1x Sharp Spike | => | 10x AP Ammo | |1x Chef's Knife | => | 20x AP ammo | |1x Laser Cannon | => | 5x Pulse Ammo | |1x Energy Crystal | => | 10x Pulse Ammo | |1x Power Generator | => | 20x Pulse Ammo | |___________________|____|_____________________| Using Quezacotl's Card Mod =========================== __________________________________________________ |Card | | Conversion | |_______________________|____|_____________________| |1x Abadon (Lv6 Card) | => | 30x Dark Ammo | |1x Oilboyle (Lv6 Card) | => | 30x Fire Ammo | |1x Trauma (Lv6 Card) | => | 30x Demolition Ammo | |1x GIM47N (Lv5 Card) | => | 1x Fast Ammo | |_______________________|____|_____________________| ======================================================================= VIII)Temporary Characters ======================================================================= Below shows a list of limit breaks for all temporary characters, specifically Laguna, Kiros, Ward, Edea and Seifer. I have described a bit about their limit breaks, hopefully it is not much of a spoiler to you!!! _______________________________________________________________________ Name :Laguna Limit Break:Desperado Description:Laguna tosses out a grenade, goes onto a swinging rope [Like a Tarzan?] and sweeping the enemies with his machine gun, performing rapid firing. When he lands, the grenade explodes. Effect :All Opponents. _______________________________________________________________________ Name :Kiros Limit Break:Blood Pain Description:Holding daggars, Kiros rushes forward to a target, doing six consecutive slashes. [It does shows a reminiscent to Yuffie's limit break, Bloodfest from Final Fantasy VII. Does anyone mention Cloud's Omnislash? But, Cloud is more cooler, especially the final hit.] Effect :Single Opponent. _______________________________________________________________________ Name :Ward Limit Break:Massive Anchor Description:His limit break, Massive Anchor, catapults him into the air and splashes him down with an explosion similar to that of an atomic bomb. [Ward's limit break does show a reminiscent to Cid's limit break from Final Fantasy VII.] Effect :All Opponents. _______________________________________________________________________ Name :Seifer Limit Break:No Mercy [Fire Cross] Description:Seifer charges all his energy to his gunblade, conjuring a fireball and then blasts it at all enemies, follow by a blade swing at all enemies. Effect :All Opponents. _______________________________________________________________________ Name :Edea Limit Break:Ice Strike [Sorcery] Description:As a mighty sorceress, she creates an icicle and throws it at the target. [It does shows a reminiscent of what Edea does to Squall in the FMV at the end of disc 1.] Effect :Single Opponent. _______________________________________________________________________ ======================================================================= IX)Gilgamesh ======================================================================= I notice that other faqs do not have much details about Gilgamesh's attacks so this will be an exclusive section dedicated to Gilgamesh. _______________________________________________________________ |History/Overview | |_______________________________________________________________| |Gilgamesh made his first appearance in Final Fantasy V. For | |those who has played and familiar with Final Fantasy V, you | |should know that Gilgamesh was banished to the 'Cleft of | |Dimension.' Gilgamesh was the righthand man of Exdeath, an evil| |black mage in Final Fantasy V. How or why he appears again in | |Final Fantasy VIII remains a mystery to me. Can anyone explain | |why to me? Anyway, it's great to see Gilgamesh making a | |comeback in Final Fantasy VIII, don't you think so? Anyway, | |Omega weapon is back now, so why not Gilgamesh too as well? | |_______________________________________________________________| |Location |You must have gotten Odin first before fighting | | |against Seifer at the end of disc 3 in Lunatic | | |Pandora. Now, wait for a while, and enjoy the event! | |_________|_____________________________________________________| |Tips |Don't attack Seifer as Gilgamesh will appear soon. | | |Instead, keep drawing Aura spells from Seifer. | |_________|_____________________________________________________| |Attack |Zantetsuken, Excalibur, Excalipoor and Masamune | |_________|_____________________________________________________| |General Information about Gilgamesh | |_______________________________________________________________| |Like Odin, Gilgamesh cannot be junction to a character, neither| |does he have any ability for you to learn. However, like Odin, | |he will appear randomly during battle. Unlike Odin, it can | |appear in the beginning, middle of the fight, whereas Odin can | |only appear in the beginning of the fight, if not, Odin will | |not appear for the remaining half of the battle. As Gilgamesh | |is summoned, you will notice that there are four swords descend| |-ing down together with Gilgamesh. Each of these four swords | |represents an attack- Zantetsuken, Excalibur, Excalipoor and | |Masamune. He will choose any of the four swords randomly and | |that sword choosen will use that particular attack. | |_______________________________________________________________| |Do you know? | |_______________________________________________________________| |According to , he says that after all the | |four swords had descended and stopped rotating, Gilgamesh will | |pick the sword that is at the back of him. Good observation | |from !!! While so, you still cannot | |determine the attack that Gilgamesh will use because you don't | |know which sword will land at the back of him. In general, | |Gilgamesh's attacks are still random. Does that make sense to | |you??? I hope so!!! | |_______________________________________________________________| |Credit |The information listed above is contributed by | | |. | |_______________|_______________________________________________| |Name Of Attack |Effect and Special Note | |_______________|_______________________________________________| |Zantetsuken |This attack is inherited from Guardian Force, | | |Odin. It will slice all enemies apart, causing | | |instant victory. However, Zantetsuken does not | | |work against bosses. | |_______________|_______________________________________________| |Excalibur |Strong damage against all enemies. [Refer to | | |the table below for more details.] | |_______________|_______________________________________________| |Excalipoor |It is a fake version of the sword, Excalibur as| | |it does only 1 HP damage to all enemies. | |_______________|_______________________________________________| |Masamune |Strong damage against all enemies and is more | | |stronger than Excalibur. [Refer to the table | | |below for more details.] | |_______________|_______________________________________________| |Credit |Special thanks to for | | |the names of Gilgamesh's attacks as used in | | |English version. | |_______________|_______________________________________________| |Below shows a table, listing out the attacks, damage, levels | |of the swords, Excalibur and Masamune. | |_______________________________________________________________| |Listing-Contributed By Kaze Yagami | |_______________________________________________________________| |The attack level of Guardian Force, Gilgamesh depends on the | |average level of the party member, similarly to Guardian Force,| |Phoenix. The higher your luck is, the chances of Odin/Gilgamesh| |appearing will be higher. | |_______________________________________________________________| | Attack Level | Masamune | Excalibur | |___________________|____________________|______________________| | 1 | 2625 | 1000 | |___________________|____________________|______________________| | 10 | 3750 | 1562 | |___________________|____________________|______________________| | 20 | 5000 | 2187 | |___________________|____________________|______________________| | 30 | 6250 | 2812 | |___________________|____________________|______________________| | 40 | 7500 | 3437 | |___________________|____________________|______________________| | 50 | 8750 | 4062 | |___________________|____________________|______________________| | 60 | 9999 | 4687 | |___________________|____________________|______________________| | 70 | 9999 | 5312 | |___________________|____________________|______________________| | 80 | 9999 | 5937 | |___________________|____________________|______________________| | 90 | 9999 | 6562 | |___________________|____________________|______________________| | 100 | 9999 | 7187 | |___________________|____________________|______________________| |Note|The values are subjected to variables as different enemies| | |have different defenses. However, the variations are very | | |neligible. | |____|__________________________________________________________| ======================================================================= X)Report Cards ======================================================================= So, what's a report card? Well, it just a summary of your current progress in the game. There are a total of 3 battle reports, naming Battle, Character and Guardian Force reports. You can view these reports via the tutorial menu. So, how do you get it? Battle Report ===================== When Squall has promoted to a SeeD in disc 1, talk to Cid Krammer in the Headmaster Office in 3F of Balamb Garden to receive Battle Report. Note that this can be done only in disc one. Character Report ===================== When you are in Desert Prison in disc 2, head to floor 10, enter the door and you should see a card player and a save point. [And a hidden draw point as well.] Challenge the player there and when you win, he will give you the Character Report. This can be done only in disc two. Note that each card game you play with him costs 300 Gil. Guardian Force Report ===================== After returning back to Balamb Garden from Desert Prison and has beaten Master Norg, go to the Training Center [Training Centre] and CC Joker will occasionally appear there. Note that chances of CC Joker appearing there are random. He appears as a merchant, selling items. Talk to CC Joker and play cards with him. Once you defeat him, you will get the Guardian Force Report. Qns:So, what is the use of these Report cards? Ans:Well, nothing much actually! Remember the "The Man Who Knows ALL" in Final Fantasy V? Oh, never mind, if you can't remember or don't know. Each report card summarises different things. [Refer below for more details.] Battle Report ===================== It tells you the number of times you have: a)Walked b)Battles c)Won d)Escape Character Report ===================== It tells you the number of times each character has: a)Killed [No of monster killed under your hand!] b)KO'd [No of times your character has died!] Guardian Force Report ===================== It tells you the number of times each Guardian Force has: a)Killed [No of monster killed under your hand!] b)KO'd [No of times your Guardian Force has died!] It also lists down: c)Abilities d)Menu Refinements That's all that these report cards will tell you! ======================================================================= XI)Obel Lake Mystery ======================================================================= At first, i didn't really want to add in this section because Scott Ong has already covered it in his faq. Secondly, i was quite lazy. Well, i got several mails, asking me about Obel Lake mystery. I have solved the mystery quite long ago but...... judging from the amount of mails i got, perhaps i should..... You might also want to refer to Scott Ong's faq/walkthrough Part II for Obel Lake mystery. Note that the mystery to Obel Lake can only be solved in disc three. The most important thing to do now is to locate where the Obel Lake is. You are now in disc three and have the Ragnarok airship. Take the Ragnarok and fly to Galbadia continent near Timber. You should notice a very small spit that curves into a lake. Land your Ragnarok somewhere nearby and walk to the edge. Press X for the American version and Circle for the Japanese version to search and you should notice a message that pops up something like this: This must be Obel Lake. Throw a rock. >Try humming. Choose the second option and hum. A message pops up again like this: A black shadow rose to the surface. Throw a rock. >Try humming again. When the Black Shadow appears, keep talking to him until he asks you to find his friend, Mr. Monkey. He hints that his friend, Mr. Monkey is somewhere in the forest. So, search the forest just to the west of Dollet near the train station on the Hasberry Plains. But before that, choose to throw a rock until it says 'The rock skipped many many times.' "It's my friend, Mr. Monkey... Can you find him for me?" Walk around the forest and a message will pop out, giving you two choices to choose. Choose the first option to throw a rock. If you get a message saying, 'The rock skipped many many times,' you should see this message: "...OUCH! ...D-Darn it! ...You're gonna pay for that!" Enraged, Mr. Monkey will throw a stone carved with some writing on it at you. The letters on the carving are "URHAEO." If you throw a stone and the message says that it skip between 1 to 5 times, you will always get a message like this: "Ahh Darn it!" Y-You're just a big loser. I can make the rock skip as many times as I want! So there! Ha-ha! Loser! Dork! Idiot! Your mom wears combat boots." There's the monkey! >Throw a rock. Sing. Return to Obel Lake and talk to the Black Shadow. Keep on talking to him until he gives you four useful hints. Each hints tell you where the location of a special stone with words carved on it is. Here's the hints: ======================================================================= First Rock ========== Hint:"At the beach in Balamb, something special washes a shore all times." Go to Rinaul Coast located east of Balamb Town. Walk around there and you will find a message pops up: It looks man-made, and has some carving on it... You have found the first stone already, now search for the other stones now. The letters on the carving are "STSLRM." ======================================================================= Second Rock =========== Hint:"Mr. Monkey had a rock like this i think..." Yes...The rock which Mr. Monkey throws it to you is the second stone. However, if you didn't manage to get the stone just now, Shadow will tell that, "If he's not around, perhaps he took a train towards Dollet." =>Only when Mr. Monkey escapes. =>You can find Mr. Monkey again in Hasberry Plains located near Dollet. The letters on the carving are "URHAEO." ======================================================================= Third Rock =========== Hint:"This long narrow stretch of island is located east of Timber and next to the railroad bridge that leads to Fisherman's Horizon and Esthar. Go to Mandy Beach east of Timber. It's an isolated island and it is rather hard to find. Search along the island and a message will pop out somethibng like this: You found a piece of rock by your foot... Now, only left with one more stone. The letters on the carving are "REAIDR." ======================================================================= Fourth Rock =========== Hint:"There's also something on top of a mountain with a lake and cavern." Your next destination is Monterosa Plateau. Follow where the river flows and it will lead to a waterfall. Land your Ragnarok on top of the mountain and search the edge of the waterfall and a message will pop out something like: A bird is warming an egg. >Check it out. Leave it alone. Choose the first option, 'Check it out.' You will encounter a fight against 2x Thrustaevis. They are quite easy to defeat. Once they are defeated, you will find the last rock. The letters on the carving are "EASNPD." ======================================================================= Now, return back to Obel Lake. _________________________________________ |No. |Location of the Rock |Letters | |____|_______________________|____________| | 1. |Rinaul Coast |S T S L R M | | 2. |From Mr Monkey |U R H A E O | | 3. |Mandy Beach |R E A I D R | | 4. |Monterosa Plateau |E A S N P D | |____|_______________________|____________| Now, can you begin out the mystery? Okay, If you read from right to left starting from top to bottom, the hint is, "MORDRED PLAINS HAS TREASURE." Okay, time to head to Modred Plains. Modred Plain is located north from the Great Plains of Esthar. The treasure is rather hard to find. So, if you want an ASCII diagram of the exact location of where the treasure is, refer to Scott Ong's walkthrough/faq Part II. Ignore what the other coloured rock says. Search for a red-faced rock and the rock will tell you to move in opposite direction. Follow what the red-faced rock tells you and the location of the treasure, Three Star is located in the centre of the star [From Scott Ong's ASCII art.] There's another item which you can also get from the clues that the other coloured rock gives you. But, i am not going to list out every single clues. Simply go to Minde Island at the lower left part of the Esthar Continent. Search around and you will find another item, Luck-J Scroll. So far, these are the only treasures that i know. You can only solve Obel Lake's mystery in disc three. Don't worry if you can't solve the mystery or you are already in disc 4 and have not solved it yet. The treasures, in my opinion, aren't quite worthwhile. Firstly, solving this Obel Lake takes quite a long time. Secondly, though i agree with everyone that Three Stars is a valuable item, but don't forget that you can convert Squall's card to 3x Three Stars. This is just my personal opinion and you can choose to accept it or not! ======================================================================= XII)Song Lyrics ======================================================================= Below are the lyrics for Eyes On Me and Liberi Fatali. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Eyes On Me ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Composer:Nobuo Uematsu Vocalist:Faye Wong Whenever sang my songs On the stage, on my own Whenever said my words Wishing they would be heard I saw you smiling at me Was it real or just my fantasy You'd always be there in the corner Of this tiny little bar My last night here for you Same old songs, just once more My last night here with you? Maybe yes, maybe no I kind of liked it your way How you shyly placed your eyes on me Oh, did you ever know? That I had mine on you *Darling, so there you are With that look on your face As if you're never hurt As if you're never down Shall I be the one for you Who pinches you softly but sure If frown is shown then I will know that you are no dreamer So let me come to you Close as I wanna be Close enough for me To feel your heart beating fast And stay there as I whisper How I loved your peaceful eyes on me Did you ever know That I had mine on you Darling, so share with me Your love if you have enough Your tears if you're holding back Or pain if that's what it is How can I let you know I'm more than the dress and the voice Just reach me out then You will know that you're not dreaming *Repeat Credit:Thanks to Heero Yuy for allowing me to publish the lyrics in my faq. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberi Fatali ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Excitate vos e somno, liberi mei. Cunae non sunt. Excitate vos e somno, liberi fatali. Somnus non eat. Surgite. Invenite hortum veritatis. Ardente veritate Urite mala mundi. Ardente veritate Incendite tenebras mundi. Valete, liberi, Diebus fatalibus. Children of Fate ---------------- Wake up, my children, The cradles are gone. Wake up, Children of Fate, The peaceful sleep is over. Rise up Search for the Garden of Truth With fiery truth Burn off all the deceit of the world With fiery truth Light up the dark world. Goodbye, children, The next moment of meeting is the moment of fate. Credit:Thanks to kaze Yagami for correcting the mistakes in the lyrics, as well as doing the translation for Liberi Fatali. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================= XIII)Final Fantasy VIII OST List ======================================================================= Are you a fan of Nobuo Uematsu? Final Fantasy VIII Original Sound Track has been released. With a total of 74 tracks that are spread across four CDs, fans of Nobuo Uematsu shouldn't miss it. I will now list the name of the tracks below. Disc 1 ====== 01.Liberi Fatali 02.Balamb Garden 03.Blue Fields 04.Don't Be Afraid 05.The Winner 06.Find Your Way 07.SeeD 08.The Landing 09.Starting Up 10.Force Your Way 11.The Loser 12.Never Look Back 13.Dead End 14.Breezy 15.Shuffie or Boogie 16.Waltz for the Moon 17.Tell Me 18.Fear 19.The Man with the Machine Gun 20.Julia 21.Roses and Wine 22.Junction 23.Timber Owls Disc 2 ====== 01.My Mind 02.The Mission 03.Martial Law 04.Cactus Jack (Galbadian Anthem) 05.Only a Plank Between One and Perdition 06.Succession of Witches 07.Galbadia Garden 08.Unrest 09.Under Her Control 10.The Stage is Set 11.A sacrifice 12.Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec 13.Intruders 14.Premonition 15.Wounded 16.Fragments of Memories 17.Jailed 18.Rivals 19.Ami Disc 3 ====== 01.The Spy 02.Retaliation 03.Movin' 04.Blue Sky 05.Drifting 06.Heresy 07.Fisherman's Horizon 08.Odeka Ke Chocobo 09.Where I Belong 10.The Oath 11.Slide Show Part1 12.Slide Show Part2 13.Love Grows 14.The Salt Flats 15.Trust Me 16.Silence and Motion 17.Dance with the Balamb-fish 18.Tears of the moon 19.Residents 20.Eyes On Me Disc 4 ====== 01.Mods de Chocobo 02.Ride On 03.Truth 04.Lunatic Pandora 05.Compression of Time 06.The Castle 07.The Legendary Beast 08.Maybe I'm a Lion 09.The Extreme 10.The Successor 11.Ending Theme 12.Overture ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================= XIV)Exclusive Features ======================================================================= To show my thanks to everyone who has been reading this faq, i thought it will be nice of me to share some informations with you and these information are exclusive and can only be found in my faq(s) only. A special thanks to Kaze Yagami for the contributions again. So, wonder what's the information about? Well, it isn't going to be of much help to you in the game but... Are you excited by the idea of riding a train, seeing various train stations that are scattered throughout the Balamb and Galbadia continent? How fast can the train move? Wow, Ragnarok is back. It was once an esper/sword in Final Fantasy VI. How did it become an airship? With such a cool name, are you dying for a ride? Back to the main topic. This section will feature all specifications of Balamb Train and Ragnarok. I will start with Balamb Train first. ~~~Balamb Train Specifications Exclusive Information!!!~~~ ---------------------------------------------------------- Trains are used to move from city to city. It is a gray train with curvaceousness. You can see railways in Balamb and Galbadia Continent One of the trains is double-decked while another one looks very old shaped like a steam locomotive. There is even a special train for SeeD cadet's exclusive use. DATA ----- Name :TEMPEST (TTS-II with turbo shaft engine) Length :144 metres (Estimated the length of 6 cars) Width :4.3 metres Height :6.1 metres Maximum speed:260 kilometres per hour (Km/h) Weight :313 tonnes Capacity :360 passenger ~~~Ragnarok Specifications Exclusive Information!!!~~~ ------------------------------------------------------ ~Super High Mobility Flying Ship "RAGNAROK"~ Made of red body, with the word 'ESTHAR' visible on the body, Ragnarok was made more than twenty years ago. It was highly regarded as one of the strongest flying ships. It was reportedly made secretly in an unknown country. There are at least 2 or more such flying ships of the same kind, with different markings. DATA ---- Highest Output:3450t Lowest Output:2850t Total Length:108m Total Height:54m (Landing) 65m (Cruising) Total Weight:2,850 ton (Without Propellant, Charge and Occupants) 3,134 ton (1/3 Propellant, Full Charge and Occupant) 3,450 ton (Full Propellant, Full Charge and Occupant) Total Wingspan:77m Main Weapon :609mm Electron Particle Beam x 1 Sub Weapon :152mm multi-barrel Laser x 2 Main Engine :Reaction-Type 12-Level Compressor Turbine (Power output 22500kg) x 2 Sub Engine :Reaction-Type 6-Level Compressor Turbine (Power output 24800kg) x 4 Occupant :4 crews (Navigator, wireless operator, cannoneer, and a cox) =>Able to carry more than 10 occupants. Top Speed :11.8km/s, 708km/min, 42480km/h =>Second cosmic velocity;can launch a rocket into space. How? Do you like it? Are you interested about the specifications of these vehicles? Hopefully, you don't think it as a waste of time. I spent the time to type everything out. Hey, come on! Show some appreciation, please? Thanks! The specifications look really cool, in my personal opinion but is that true in the game or in real life, i honestly don't know. What do you think? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================= XV)Frequently-Asked-Question ======================================================================= If you have any question that you would like to ask me, please read below. You may find your answers to your problems here. More questions will be added to the frequently-asked-question section with each new update of the faq. In future, if you wish to ask any question, please read through this frequently-asked-question section at least once. From now onwards, i won't entertain anymore question that can be found here in this section. However, if the question you want to ask can be found here and you still cannot solve, feel free to e-mail me and tell me what your problems are. If you don't describe the problems, then i will not entertain. I hope you can understand that as i want to reduce the number of junk mails that i get almost everyday. One Final Note: =============== If you have any question, please write an e-mail and send it to my mailbox. Don't take the bother and try to ask me via ICQ because it is likely that i will avoid answering. Of course, chatting is another different matter but that also depends on whether i have the time because i may be occupied with replying e-mails and so on. I found it quite fustrating to answer questions via the ICQ. So to make things easier for me, please send an e-mail instead. Last Updated:11th March 2000 ======================================================================= 1)Why is there a mod chip protection installed in the Japanese version of Final Fantasy VIII? The mod chip protection is something which prevents modified PlayStation from playing Japanese Final Fantasy VIII. A modified PlayStation breaks the codes and allows the system to play both the US and Japanese games. However, with this mod chip protection, you can't play Japanese Final Fantasy VIII. Note that the US version do not have any mod chip protection. ======================================================================= 2)Why is there a mod chip protection? What's the purpose for? Square wants to curb importers from buying Japanese version of Final Fantasy VIII. As for the real reason why, i don't know. Perhaps, Square wants to discourage importers so that they know the exact sales of Final Fantasy VIII in Japan. ======================================================================= 3)How do i overcome mod chip protection? The only way is to use a gameshark. You can refer to the gameshark codes in the gameshark code section. There is another way also but i strongly discourage it. In Asia, where piracy is rampant, they have figured out a way to bypass the mod chip protection. Refer to below for more informations. ======================================================================= 4)How do these people do it? According to my friend who has bought pirated Final Fantasy VIII CDs, the SquareSoft Staff Of Final Fantasy VIII Introduction was taken away from the game. It's the same thing you see in the introduction film you see in the US version. But, you would probably agree with me that this introduction film doesn't mean much at all. The SquareSoft Staff Of Final Fantasy VIII Introduction was taken out because that's where the Mod Chip Protection is being found. Once that's being taken out, you can play Final Fantasy VIII on a modified PlayStation. Since the Mod Chip Protection code is found in all SquareSoft Staff of Final Fantasy VIII, all the SquareSoft Staff of Final Fantasy VIII was taken out from all discs, meaning those who bought the pirated games would miss it. ======================================================================= 5)How many discs does Final Fantasy VIII [PSX] have? Four discs. It's one more disc extra than Final Fantasy VII for the PlayStation. ======================================================================= 6)What is the technological advancement Final Fantasy VIII has over Final Fantasy VII? Final Fantasy VII runs in 15 frames per second but Final Fantasy VIII runs in 30 frames per second. As seen from the games, the characters are no longer deformed as before in Final Fantasy VII. ======================================================================= 7)Who is Faye Wong? This is a silly question. She's the most popular singing in Hong Kong and is agruably the best Asia Singer, and well-known as the Heavenly Queen in Asia. If you don't know her, then you are... ======================================================================= 8)What song did Faye Wong sing? Faye Wong was hired by Square to sing the song entitled 'Eyes On Me'. Nobuo Uematsu was told to write a love vocal song for Final Fantasy VIII to suit for the love theme. The song, as expected was 'Eyes On Me.' According to what i know, Square paid a reasonably high amount of money to hire her to sing. ======================================================================= 9)Why did they choose Faye Wong to sing 'Eyes On Me'? At first, they were thinking of who would be suited to sing 'Eyes On Me.' They listened to many albums and they could not find a suitable one until they heard one of Faye Wong's songs. ======================================================================= 10)What is the PocketStation? The Pocketstation is a memory card with a screen, control pad, 2 buttons,and battery powered. It allows you to save your game, as well as play mini games (outside of PS). There is apparently an extra mini-game called 'Choco World' or 'Odekate Chocobo RPG.' Final Fantasy VIII is one of the few games that support a PocketStation. Other few games that support PocketStation includes Metal Gear Solid Integral, Monster Rancher 2 etc. The US Final Fantasy VIII supports PocketStation as well but you need to import a PocketStation directly from Japan, which is quite expensive. ======================================================================= 11)Do you mean that the PocketStation we imported from Japan can play US games? I suppose so! According to Kaze Yagami , he told me that his PocketStation can play both the Choco World for the Japanese and US version. ======================================================================= 12)How much does a PocketStation cost? And, how or where do i import a PocketStation? Honestly, i don't know how or where you can import one. According to Kaze Yagami, a PocketStation is very rare and hard to find and is currently out of stock in Japan. In Singapore, it costs around Sing $70 but the actual price is around Sing $45. This is rather expensive. I don't have a PocketStation so i really don't know much about it. ======================================================================= 13)When is Final Fantasy IX being released? From what i have heard in Final Fantasy:World Apart, the CG for Final Fantasy IX has been completed. Square has also announced that Final Fantasy IX will be released in Japan, right after the release of Dragon Quest VII, meaning we won't see Final Fantasy IX before Dragon Quest VII. Square said that they can't imagine how the whole market will be like when two great RPG franchise, Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy is released together. So, they decided to postpone the release date. As for the US release of Final Fantasy IX, the earliest we can wait is until 2001. [Refer to Question #77 for more details!] ======================================================================= 14)Is Final Fantasy VIII a continuation of Final Fantasy VII? Definitely not! Just like tradition, each Final Fantasy has no story connections with the previous incarnations. The same goes to combat system. ======================================================================= 15)When is Final Fantasy VIII released in the US? Final Fantasy VIII has been released in the US on 9-9-99. For those impatient fans, you can preorder a copy first. The European release date is somewhere on late October 1999. So, have you started playing it yet? ======================================================================= 16)Is Edea the final boss? I heard you can use her in the party. No. Edea is not the final boss. Yes. But, she's a temporary character and can only be used in disc 3 for a certain duration. As for her real identity and why she appears as a villain first, i won't comment too much. You find out on your own. ======================================================================= 17)Is there a way to make Seifer into your party again after the Dollet mission? Sorry, no for the time being! And, i am not pretty sure about it. Perhaps, use a gameshark, i suppose. That may applies to getting Edea permanently also. But, that's cheating so i won't consider that this is the proper way to get both Seifer and Edea. ======================================================================= 18)When is PC version of Final Fantasy VIII released? Will the PC version of Final Fantasy VIII has 'Choco World' or 'Odekate Chocobo RPG.'? The PC release has been confirmed and will be released in late January next year in 2000. It has been reported that with the advanced capabilities of the PC, the graphics are far more superior to the PSX version. Of course, you can expect very high requirements to play Final Fantasy VIII on your PC. And, from what i have heard, Final Fantasy VIII for the PC should be out now. ======================================================================= 19)How many discs does Final Fantasy VIII [For the PC] have? A total of five discs. That's what i heard from my friends. The extra fifth disc is the installation disc. The same goes to Final Fantasy VII for the PC, which has four discs, with the fourth disc as the installation disc. ======================================================================= 20)What's the minimum requirement to play Final Fantasy VIII in the PC? You can find more information about Final Fantasy VIII PC version at Final Fantasy: Worlds Apart. The minimum PC requirments to play PC Final Fantasy VIII are: Window 95/98 Compatible System Intel or 100% Compatible CPU Pentium 200 [Pentium II 266 recommended] 32MB RAM [64MB recommended] 8MB 3D Accelerator Graphics Card [16MB recommended] [Highly recommended] 8x CD-ROM Direct 6.1 [Included] DirectSound and DirectMusic compatible sound card The information above is taken from Final Fantasy: Worlds Apart at ======================================================================= 21)Do you think i should buy the PC Final Fantasy VIII even though i already have the PSX version? Of course, if you are a Final Fantasy franchise, go ahead and purchase it to support Square but please buy original game. It's no use buying pirated games. Of course, if you think you have enough of Final Fantasy VIII [like me after playing through it so many times], the PSX version is more than enough. It's advisable if you have a good PC with at least 266 MMX, 3-D accelerator, AWE64 sound card and so on, if not, i suggest you don't buy it or it will look even more terrible than the PSX version. Furthermore, if you are buying a PC version, make sure you have a controller at home. The control will really be sucked if you play it on a keyboard. Besides, a keyboard and a dual shock controller with vibrational function. Which one do you prefer more? The answer is obvious. Dual shock controller, right? Of course, if you do not have a PocketStation, you may consider buying Final Fantasy VIII PC version to play Choco World. ======================================================================= 22)How do i tune up weapon? What is Weapon Monthly Magazine for? Please refer to the advanced tutorial for more details. You can tune up your weapons by finding certain junk items and then tune up at any Junk shops. Also, the Weapon Monthly Magazine tells you what type and the quantity of items needed for you to tune up. ======================================================================= 23)I heard there is a bug in the Japanese Final Fantasy VIII. Is it true? Yes. In disc three, if you don't get Odin within the given time, the disc will freeze. However, this is not a crucial bug since you can collect the Odin at disc 2, or just make a save before entering. Also, there are some rumors that the game will also get jammed if you enter Shumi Tribe in disc 2. Also, there's a bug called Junction bug which allows you to junction one spell to various attributes. Note that all the bugs are applicable to the Japanese version only. The bugs have been fixed in the US version. For more information on Junction Bug, refer to the secret section. Square, however deny that the bugs exist in the Japanese version. ======================================================================= 24)I saw a demo version in the internet of Final Fantasy VIII (Ball Dance) for the PlayStation 2. Is Square going to re-developed Final Fantasy VIII for PlayStation 2. Well, that's a tough question. The ball dance demo is just part of the demo for PlayStation 2. I don't think Square will re-developed Final Fantasy VIII for PlayStation 2. I guess the demo is there to show the capabilities of the PlayStation 2 and tell people how many times advanced it is over PlayStation. ======================================================================= 25)Is PlayStation 2 backwardly compatible true? Will all PlayStation games be enhanced when it is played in PlayStation 2? Yes. PlayStation 2 will be backwardly compatible, meaning all PlayStation games can be played on PlayStation 2. However, Sony has announced that there won't be any enhancements. From what i have heard, PlayStation 2 ultises an emotion engine and it's indeed really very powerful. Talk about realistic facial expressions. The screenshots in Final Fantasy Movie are perfect example. Since PlayStation 2 is backwardly compatible, you can expect to use PlayStation Peripherals like dual shock controller, and even PocketStation too etc on PlayStation 2. That includes even the PocketStation, PDA. ======================================================================= 26)Can PlayStation play PlayStation 2 games? Of course, not! The PlayStation 2 games are more technologically advanced than the PlayStation games. Obviously, the PlayStation can't play the PlayStation 2 games. And, i guess the answer is pretty obvious. If PlayStation can play PlayStation 2 games, what for do we need a PlayStation 2 system? The PlayStation 2, on the other hand, can play PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games. Does that make sense to you? Logical, right? ======================================================================= 27)I heard that there are some PlayStation games that PlayStation 2 can't play it. Is that true? I heard about it too. This may sound a rather bad news but don't forget that majority of the Japanese PlayStation games still work on the PlayStation 2. Sony has listed about 15 PlayStation games that aren't compatible with PlayStation 2. But, thanksfully, most of the games are old games that aren't really very good. This is more on techical problems. PlayStation 2 is the first console to be able to support backward compatibility. But i believe that in the future PlayStation 2 models, more PlayStation games will be able to be played on the PlayStation 2. The chip works like an emulator for the PlayStation. And, don't forget that there is no emulator yet that can emulate a console successfully, meaning with ALL games on that particular console being compatible and without suffering any slowdowns, common gitches and so on. Therefore, i don't think it's rather surprising. Anyway, Sony is currently testing out thousands of PlayStation games on the PlayStation 2 and we can expect a list of non-compatible PlayStation games on the PlayStation 2 to be released very soon. I sincerely hope that all the technical problems on the PlayStation 2 will be fixed soon and that all PlayStation games can run smoothly on the PlayStation. ======================================================================= 28)When is PlayStation 2 going to be released? PlayStation 2 has already arrived in Japan in 4th March 2000. As for the US release of PlayStation 2, you probably have to wait until late 3rd quarter of the year or early 4th quarter of the year. As for me, i think i am not buying a PlayStation 2 this year, which is 2000. Perhaps, next year, 2001 until the price drops furthur and a modified PlayStation 2, that can play both Japanese and US games, is released. [Hope that a PlayStation 2 that can play all PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games, whether it is English or Japanese games, will be released soon.] You can find related information regarding PlayStation 2 in related sites like IGNPS2, www.videogames.com etc. ======================================================================= 29)Now that PlayStation 2 has arrived in Japan, what's your view about it? Do you think that PlayStation 2 can beat Sega Dreamcast and be able to compete with the upcoming Nintendo's Dolphin? Basically, i think the system is awesome. I heard that within two days, more than a million PlayStation 2 has been sold in Japan. For the exact figures, i am not pretty sure. I heard that there was a long queue for people who was purchasing a PlayStation 2. The PlayStation 2 release is indeed a big phenomenon. I heard that import of PlayStation 2 in Japan is now illegal. Well, not really sure if that's true! So, will PlayStation 2 exceeds Sega Dreamcast in terms of sales? I personally believe that this is possible. While Sega is well known for sports and arcade games, Sega Dreamcast lacks RPG genre. As you know, the most popular game genre in Japan is RPG. Furthermore, Working Design will not be producing games for Sega Dreamcast. What does that mean! No lunar games for the Dreamcast. I expect Working Design to continue the lunar series in PlayStation 2, thus furthur expand the PlayStation 2 RPG saga. However, i can't deny the fact that Sega Dreamcast has RPG games like Phantasy Stars etc. However, don't forget about Final Fantasy and Draqon Quest. One Final Fantasy game alone can sell more than ten Sega Dreamcast games or perhaps even more. And, according to Sega, it seems like sales of Sega Dreamcast has started to decline in Japan. Perhaps, it's because that everyone is saving money to buy a PlayStation 2. [Did anyone mention about Square Millennium Show???] As for online gaming, i don't really care much. Of course, the ability to play online games with your friends is cool [Of course, money too.] I personally think that online support isn't that important when it comes to RPG. Of course, i may be wrong. That's just personal opinion. It just makes me wonder how RPGs like Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XI are going to provide online support to compete with Sega Dreamcast. Perhaps, just download some datas, i suppose. In my opinion, online support appeals more to outside Japan like US. As for the PlayStation 2 launch games, i think they are incredible. Street Fighter Ex 3, a new Ridge Racer from Namco, Gran Turismo 2000 and so on... Overall, i still can't comment anything as i do not have a PlayStation 2 yet. Keep a look out at Tekken Tag Tournament for the PlayStation 2. I think it will beat Sega Dream- cast's Soul Calibur. And, i suppose Tekken 4 will be on the PlayStation 2. Will Namco make games for Sony PlayStation 2 or Sega Dreamcast? I don't think that Namco will make many games for Sega Dreamcast like Tekken 4 even though Namco's Soul Calibur is on the Dreamcast. That's because no other system can handle Soul Calibur perfectly, other than Sega Dreamcast in 1999, right? Get what i am trying to say? As for Nintendo's Dolphin, i can't comment anything. But, we can be sure that the Nintendo's Dolphin will be on par with the Play- Station 2 in terms of specifications. ======================================================================= 30)What about Nintendo's Dolphin? I don't know. Nintendo hasn't made any official announcement about Dolphin. But, you can expect it to be a great system, just like PlayStation 2 with many advanced chips. I personally believe that the next Nintendo system will be another name, definitely not Dolphin, which i think it sounds awesome. Dolphin is perhaps just a codename. The new Nintendo system will definitely be on par with PlayStation 2, if not perhaps better. This time, i expect Nintendo's new system to be CD/DVD-based, instead of sticking to the old cartridge format. [Refer to above questions for more details.] ======================================================================= 31)Will Square ever move to Nintendo or Sega? As for Sega, it's very unlikely and i honestly don't wish that to happen. The market in Japan is quite small for Dreamcast yet. There's still a possibility that Square might join Nintendo in future. According to a report, this is what it says: Before the PlayStation came along, Square had a long history of being a very Nintendo-system-centric publisher. It looks like that could soon change as a recent comment made by Square's President, Tomoyuki Takechi, makes it sound like the company might once again be in Nintendo's corner. Square held an event in mid-July to allow the American press to meet with members of design teams behind future US titles like Final Fantasy VIII, Saga Frontier 2 and Vagrant Story. The event was headlined by a speech from Takechi, who started his address with one main note- something we were not expected at all. Square is interested in Nintendo's Dolphin. "The gaming industry is becoming more and more exciting judging from the recent announcement of the next-generation Dolphin machine from Nintendo at E3," he said. The quote by itself could carry little more meaning than Square's surprise to hear of Nintendo's next platform, but when, how and to whom this information was presented makes it all the more curious. As previously stated, this was his first main comment- and it definitely was not prompted by any line of questioning. Takechi clearly wanted to deliver the message of the company's excitement over the system;it was quite unexpected, and frankly a bit surreal. A large reason it was such a surprise was that he delivered this message to the American media, who for the most part tend to read into information far more than the Japanese media. Takechi had to have known that this statement would be construed as something more. When we questioned the Final Fantasy VIII team on whether or not they could see the Final Fantasy series ever returning to a Nintendo platform, they responded saying that while the Dolphin is intriguing, they wouldn't make a decision until they had seen its final specs. Even so, it's extremely interesting to hear Square's excitment over the Dolphin system-that they would go on record in the system's support makes one wonder just how strong their loyalty for Sony is. This report is found in Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue #122 ======================================================================= 32)What is Final Fantasy the Movie? Is it a game? Will Final Fantasy the Movie has some story connections with the past Final Fantasies? No. It's just a movie made by Square using computer-generated graphics. Final Fantasy the Movie will hit the world's theaters in 2001. From what i have heard, Final Fantasy the Movie will star a whole new cast of characters. See the old man in one of the screenshots? It's computer-generated graphics but it's hard to tell the difference between him and a real man. The list of actors who will be providing voices for the movie were recently announced, and include such heavyweights as Alec Baldwin (The Hunt for Red October) and Ving Rhames (Mission:Impossible). Other cast members include Ming-na Wen (Mulan), James Woods (Contact), Donald Sutherland (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Steve Buscemi (Armageddon) and Peri Gilpn (Frasier). Quite a lot of big names for a movie based around a video game world, eh? This $70 million project is currently under way at Square's Hawaii-based studios. [Hopefully, we can to see our famous favourite bird, chocobo in the movie as well.] ======================================================================= 33)I heard about the Final Fantasies Collection and Final Fantasy Anthology? Can you explain to me what is it all about? Final Fantasy Collection is a compilation that contains the Japanese Final Fantasy IV [II in US], Final Fantasy V [Never released in the United States before] and Final Fantasy VI [III in US]. Due to time constraint, Final Fantasy Collection will be released in the United States as Final Fantasy Anthology without Final Fantasy IV and it will contain only Final Fantasy V [Never released in the US] and Final Fantasy VI. To make up for the loss of Final Fantasy IV, Square added a music CD containing favourite scores from Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI. Both Final Fantasy Anthology and Collection are available now. A few enhancments have been made to the game such as CG, a bonus option for Final Fantasy VI etc. ======================================================================= 34)Why isn't Final Fantasy IV released as one of the package in Final Fantasy Anthology? Honestly, i am not sure why. It can be because that there is time constraints. Don't forget that Square needs to translate Final Fantasy VIII at the same time so that Final Fantasy VIII can be released to the market in September. Some say that Square has to cancel off the plans to release Final Fantasy IV in the package, is due to the lengthy text and therefore, more time have to be spent on translating. However, it doesn't make any sense since Final Fantasy IV has been released as Final Fantasy II before. Thirdly, it can be because that there are two versions of Final Fantasy IV, the easy and the hard versions. Final Fantasy Collection had the easy version instead. As for the actual reason why, i am not pretty sure. [But, that goes my chance of having to try Final Fantasy IV.] ======================================================================= 35)Where or how can i draw Apocalypse magics? You can draw Apocalypse magics from Ultimecia: Her Final Form. Besides that, other than using a gameshark to get it, i don't think you can draw it from anywhere else. If anyone knows it, feel free to inform me and i will give you credits. Apocalypse magic is by far the strongest spell, if not slighly more lethal than Ultima magic. But the bad thing is you can only draw it from Ultimecia and that means you cannot junction Apocalypse to your character statistics. ======================================================================= 36)Someone told me about Seifer's R1 gunblade that worked like Squall. Is it true? Yes it is, but timing is a little bit faster, and more difficult. However, his limit break, Fire Cross: No Mercy does not have this R1 feature help like Squall's Renzokuken. ======================================================================= 37)I have problems finding Grasharaboras/Doomtrain. Can you help me? Refer to the G.F list and strategy. You can refer to other faqs or walkthroughs. You need to have 6x Remedy Plus, 6x Steel Pipe, 6x Malboro Tentacle and 1x Solomon's Ring. ======================================================================= 38)Will Square release sequel to games like Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana? Yes. Chrono Cross, the sequel to Chrono Trigger and Legend of Mana has been released in Japan. The US version will probably arrive next year. Other games that Square is making includes Vagrant Story, Parasite Eve, Dew Prism and so on. You can expect all to be a great game. However, sadly, the team from Dragon Quest will not be helping Square to develop Chrono Cross. As you know, Akira Toriyama (fame for Dragonball) is responsible for the character design in Chrono Trigger. One look at Crono, and you will notice that his hair, appearance resembles Goku, a character from Dragonball. As Akira Toriyama has to help Enix for Dragon Quest VII, he is unable to help Square in the Chrono Cross project. Anyway, you can expect all games to be great! ======================================================================= 39)Do you know there is a comic based on Final Fantasy VIII? Indeed, this is true. The comic is being released in Hong kong, and will follow every plot in Final Fantasy VIII. Thanks to Kaze Yagami who told me about the existence of the comics. If anyone wants to know more about Final Fantasy VIII, this is a good chance now, provided that you know how to read chinese word characters. Also, the comic can also be found in Singapore. However, you must be warned that the comic can be misleading in certain plots. And, it's not officially licensed by Square and from what i have heard, due to copyrights, the comics have been banned, even in Hong Kong. Right now, i don't think i can find any more Final Fantasy VIII comics in Singapore. The new issues aren't coming anymore... ======================================================================= 40)When is PocketStation released in the United States? Probably 2000 or later. Sony hasn't made any announcement yet. You just have to wait and see. ======================================================================= 41)I heard that the loading times are extremely long for Final Fantasy Anthology/Final Fantasy Collection. Yes. The load times are extremely long, even longer than Final Fantasy VII and VIII. I have Final Fantasy Anthology and i think Final Fantasy VI has the longest load times. Many people were very displeased with the long loadings. Both Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI suffer serious slowdowns. ======================================================================= 42)Where can i find Card Queen in disc four? You mention that it is in Abandon Plains. I have searched almost everywhere but to no avail and Abandon Plains is just too big. The Queen is found in the escape retrieval pod in Abandon Plains just at the southern most tip of Esthar Continent. It's invisible in the world map. Simply land your Ragnarok nearby and make your way to the southern tip. The world map screen will change to the field screen and you should see card queen. I got several mails, asking me about the exact location of Card Queen. The location is rather tricky. Notice that the major region of Esthar Continent is being surrounded by huge wire frames or walls. It's located just outside this major region in the south. Try going into the main menu and check if you are in Abandon Plains. [Assuming if you are outside this 'major region'!] Then, just land your Ragnarok and walk south. I have to admit i do have problems finding the Card Queen at first. Just be patient! If you simply just walk along the southern tips, you will definitely encounter Card Queen. The location is the same as where you discover Piet in in disc three. Refer to my basic card guide for more details. ======================================================================= 43)I can't seem to figure out the riddles or puzzles in a particular Chocobo Forest? Refer to Scott Ong's faq/walkthrough. He has typed out a very precise and detailed solution to solve the riddles in each Chocobo Forest. Therefore, i won't be going through this. ======================================================================= 44)What's wrong with your Crisis level theory? At Dollet city, when Seifer is at 100% of his HP with the two other remaining party members dead, i can use Seifer's limit breaks all the time. You don't really need to have 84% of his total HP? Bingo! The theory is correct but it's just that you have forgotten something. You did mention that two other members are dead, did you? If you look at the negative status bonus table in the limit break section, you should notice that it will increase your crisis level up by 16%. So, 84% + 16%= 100%. Doesn't that prove the theory? If you still don't believe, try reviving your two other members alive and check if you still can use limit break when Seifer is at 100% of his max HP. Of course, the same concepts applies to everybody, without using any Aura spell. ======================================================================= 45)I can't defeat Omega Weapon! He's too strong! I can't believe it. You can actually beat Omega Weapon without using any Hero Drink or Holy Wars Drink or summon a Guardian Force, Phoenix. Refer to the secret section in my basic guide or my weapon faqs if you really need help. If you want to find out how to get Hero Drink or Holy Wars Drink, you can find it in my weapon faqs too or at the additional section. The process of refining is rather tedious and take quite a lot of time. Anyway, good luck! Lastly, i can't believe it! People