Dawn of Mana Speed Run (New Game - Easy) in 2:32:37 (Seg 8)

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Published on May 7, 2008 12:16:19 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCtSv9ONZek

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Dawn of Mana (2006)

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Dawn of Mana (Playstation 2) - Completed by Nicholas 'Sir VG' Hoppe on November
22nd, 2007.

Chapter 7 - Warriors of Hope

The end of Chapter 6 brought some startling revelations (not shown here due to
skipping the cutscenes), and also gave Keldy a new weapon. His sword was
enhanced by the sword that the Masked Guru carried, creating a new Sword of Mana.
With this, my whip level starts at 2, allowing me to chuck heavier things.

7-1
I wander through a swamp. What, you expect something more detailed? Ok, I
jump because walking through water is slow.

7-2
A new type of escort misssion begins here. During 7-2 and 7-3, I'm escorting
Watts through the level, fighting tons of monsters. The objective is to defeat
all the monsters so Watts stops shooting at them and goes after his real
target, the giant walls. So I'm stuck moving to a crawl here. The bridge collapsing
slowed me down some, but I got across ahead of Watts.

7-3
At the start, I'm able to get well ahead of Watts to start clearing some of the
junk out of the level, but I can't stay ahead of Watts...too much crap here to
deal with. The last room in 7-3 is an absolute nightmare as all the enemies
cause lag like you wouldn't believe. It's worse on higher difficulties as they
throw in even MORE enemies. What was Square Enix thinking?

7-4
7-4 is probably the toughest section here, mainly due to the Thanatos
Orcadactyls. You have to beat them to get the keys and they like to sit JUST out of
reach. The worst spot is the NW quadrant of the last section where I have to
fight two of them, both by jumping off the ledge to get them. Even though I fell
once, being able to get each one in one pass is difficult to do in an OOTB
speedrun, since I need to get two hits on them.

7-5
Grim Golem Generalissimo
For a big bad tank, this guy is a total pushover compared to the prior bosses.
Technically his weakness is Jinn (and the big giant landmines scattered about
the area) but Wisp Hexorbs does a damn good job, especially at the start when
I use them to take the bridge out. With lots of hexorbs and a well placed Full
Tilt, he falls quickly.

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