FF9 Perfect Game with Offensive Training B - 43 (Ipsen's Castle and the four shrines)
0Welcome,
This is the 43rd episode of a let's play of a "non-Excalibur II perfect game with offensive approach of training" type of challenge, intended for the NTSC US PS1 version of the game.
Link of the complete playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaIe3G8M8kUh9tYa0aIU7F18IAwcbZW66
Link of the first episode in the playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GxUT7eGCQY&list=PLaIe3G8M8kUh9tYa0aIU7F18IAwcbZW66&index=2
There may be actions that are done for practical purpose or for no particular purpose in the playthrough; the mandatory actions done in this episode are the following and they can be used as a guide (note that during this playthrough, certain actions can only be done during a short period of time and others can be postponed; note also that there is the possibility I may have missed events like dialogue replacement, sprite change, additional scenes and so on, since those are not generally considered as goals and are not documented at all):
* Obtain the Aquarius (timecode: 13:03).
* Obtain a Dagger (timecode: 13:07).
* Read the description of the key item "Aquarius" (timecode: 13:15).
* Obtain a copy of Cat's Claws (timecode: 14:12).
* Deliver the letter from Mogki to Kumool (timecode: 15:49).
* Obtain a Broadsword (timecode: 16:26).
* Obtain a Rod (timecode: 18:56).
* Obtain a Barette (timecode: 21:16).
* Read the description of the key item "Earth Mirror" (timecode: 22:58).
* Read the description of the key item "Water Mirror" (timecode: 23:00).
* Read the description of the key item "Fire Mirror" (timecode: 23:02).
* Read the description of the key item "Wind Mirror" (timecode: 23:04).
* Obtain a Maiden's Prayer (timecode: from 33:21 to 33:29).
* Trigger the trap (timecode: 35:03).
* Obtain a Golem's Flute (timecode: 36:05).
* Obtain an Ancient Aroma by solving Odin's puzzle (timecode: 37:55).
* Obtain a Mage's Staff (timecode: 39:56).
* Obtain a Fork (timecode: 40:01).
* Choose "What's our next destination?" or "I want to change party members" when talking to the crew member during the four shrines section (timecode: 47:21).
* Fail at least twice at evading the traps (timecode: from 56:07 to 56:22).
Extra info/corrections/comments on this episode:
* It is forbidden to collect the copy of Air Racket in Ipsen's Castle for the moment (the same applies for the Javelin there but the 100 Javelins carried from Disc 1 prevent you from doing the error).
* Sagtanas' pertrify effect can be used to gain easy AP against Veteran and Cerberus, but not against Agares (this will force you to gain Gargoyle's EXP points).
* The Orichalcon was stolen from Taharka because I need Zidane to do decent damage against Adamantoises when farming Gils automatically (using my turbo controller) before entering Shimmering Island.
* The Avenger was stolen from Earth Guardian so Amarant can master all his battle abilities before entering Shimmering Island (he will have to carry equipped Tiger Fangs until being able to synthesize Duel Claws in Disc 4; if one is undecided between the choice of having a copy of Dragon Claws and the choice of having two copies of Duel Claws, 100 Tiger Fangs must be carried undefinitely, meaning until the creation of the final save).
* The Rubber Suit was stolen from Earth Guardian in order to widen the range of abilities that can be mastered before entering Shimmering Island.
The following is the link of an annex file containing the details on max stats/items/Tetra Master requirements (notably the trainings):
https://www.mediafire.com/file/v75arfocbfl2cxs
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