FF9 Perfect Game with Offensive Training B - 8 (Qu's Marsh and Chocobo's Forest)
0Welcome,
This is the 8th 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):
* Refuse to recruit Quina when requested by Quale (I don't think this meets the criterion of triggering extra scenes, but I recommend doing it anyway; timecode: 01:55).
* Recruit Quina (timecode: 03:29).
* Arrange to make Quina equipped with Needle Fork and "Add Status" (needed later for to petrify enemies; timecode: from 04:30 to 04:32).
* Talk five times to Mene (timecode: from 18:26 to 18:36).
* Obtain an Ether (timecode: 20:04).
* Obtain the Moccha Coffee (timecode: 20:18).
* Refuse to pay the 60 Gils (timecode: 24:12).
* Choose to try Chocobo Hot & Cold later after paying the 60 Gils (I don't think this meets the criterion of triggering extra dialogues, but I recommend doing it anyway; timecode: 24:16).
* Trigger Mene's message about the impossiblity to find other Chocographs (I don't think this meets the criterion of triggering unique events, but I recommend doing it anyway; timecode: 37:59).
* Arrange to possess 100 copies of Javelin that you will have to carry until a certain point in Disc 4 (timecode: 45:45; selling the items from Chocobo Hot & Cold will help).
Extra info/corrections/comments on this episode:
* Limit Gloves was learned at 23:00 to make some sections easier later.
* Besides recruiting Quina, what was done in the 15 first minutes of the video was to ensure that the golden frog is present in the pond of Lachenta Wetlands, to determine its gender (the current one in my save file is female), and to ensure that it is not affected by the "8th slot bug", which is a glitch that makes the frog affected not taken into account at all in the mating process; this consists of the following steps:
1) Make a save in Lachenta Wetlands before entering Qu's Marsh (I will refer to this save as the "Save A").
2) Enter Qu's March and recruit Quina, then to ensure that a golden frog is present among the eight frogs of the pond, pass by the pond in your way out of the Qu's Marsh without catching any frog as Quina (reset and reload the "Save A" if the golden frog is not present).
3) Make a save in Lachenta Wetlands in another file (I will refer to this save as the "Save B").
4) Reenter Qu's Marsh and catch frogs so that you leave only the golden frog with two female frogs (female frogs have pink feet and a black stripe all over the body) in the pond, then reenter the pond after leaving Qu's Marsh without saving in the meantime, and if the pond still contains the three frogs, the golden frog is a male and the gender determination test ends here (go to the next step if you find only two tadpoles).
5) Reset and reload from the "Save B", enter Qu's Marsh and catch frogs so that you leave only the golden frog with two male frogs in the pond this time, then reenter the pond after leaving Qu's Marsh without saving in the meantime, and if the pond still contains the three frogs, the golden frog is a female and the gender determination test ends here (reset and reload from the "Save A" and repeat from step "2)" if you find only two tadpoles again, because this means the golden frog is the one affected by the "8th slot bug").
* You can check the section from 08:20 to 16:30 in the following video if you want more info related to frogs catching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbM3o-gC6FE
* You can also check the "Qu's Marsh FAQ" guide written and uploaded in GameFAQS by SoftReset to find the Qu's Marsh mechanism info on which I rely.
* If you have trouble getting 8 treasures regularly in Hot & Cold games, I recommend to check the tips from 02:15 to 08:18 of the video mentioned two lines above.
* You can leave playing Hot & Cold for later, but I recommend finding "Healing Shores" before entering Gizamaluke's Grotto, to not waste time by backtracking later (the requirements regarding Mene's dialogue may also change if you delay the first time you enter Chocobo's Forest).
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/xwzew7offtrkuny
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