Dawn of Mana Speed Run (New Game - Easy) in 2:32:37 (Seg 4)
28Dawn of Mana (Playstation 2) - Completed by Nicholas 'Sir VG' Hoppe on November
22nd, 2007.
Chapter 3 - The Guardian and Gaia
3-1
Introduced here is the Spirit Wisp (aka Lumina, in past games). Her power here
is very helpful for fighting the boss of this level. Shortly after, if you
walk around the cliff correctly, it's possible to skip the first dialogue (though
skipping it doesn't save time, but it's interesting to pull off). Trying to
dodge all the flying objects (which all come from off screen) is difficult to
do, since most of the time you don't know they're coming until it's too late.
This is the major annoyance of this section. The most common place to get nailed
as at the spot where I use the lift stone. I tried to take a difficult
shortcut by the Orangepus, but once I fell, I settled for a slightly modified version
of it.
3-2
This section requires you to press 4 large switches. This triggers the door to
go on to 3-3 (sending a Goblin flying in the process. No, this cutscene isn't
skippable). The big dot you see on the radar is actually the boss. You can't
kill him, but if you fire a cannon at him and connect, you can earn an Angel's
Grail.
3-3
The visit to Shade is required to complete this section. After that, it's an
annoying run up the mountainside to reach the mine cart. I need to hit 4 Gob
Targets in order to get the special key, but I can't just run down the ride and
hit them. They are only vulnerable when the mine cart is around them. I also
set the track to take the 'Yellow Route' which puts me closest to the space
where the special key is used. The boss reappears here, but can't be hit at all
(except by pebbles, but they don't do damage).
3-4
This section is, undoubtably, one of the most confusing sections in the game,
due to the level design. Many travelers have gotten lost here. But the key to
getting through is to look for the purple stagmites throughout the level. If
you find them, you're on track. The Golem Friar near the end has my special
key.
3-5
Finally, we've found Gaia. In case you're not familiar with who he is, he's
the large stone face and hands that are built into the mountain summit, and also
he's protecting the Guardian Beast. He appeared in Legend of Mana under the
name Gaeus.
Wyvern
At first I pause, as Gaia always gets the first hit off. The panic time is
small, but I get a few hits off and also get my lock established. After that,
it's pretty simple on this difficulty: hit with Wisp when he's in the air, let him
fall, use Full Tilt (Lv 3 magic spell) for fast, massive damage, rince and
repeat. I ended up needing less hexorbs then I expected, due to getting enough MP
medals to reach MP Level 4 (refilling my MP level so I can use Full Tilt some
more).
Time: 00:16:45
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