Super Mario RPG - Ch. 23 - Weapon World
0Whoops! Just when we thought we were done, there's one more area for us to explore: Weapon World! Honestly, I thought 'Exor' was actually 'Smithy'. But I'm realizing now, that I had no reason to believe this, simply because Exor is prominently featured on the original box art.
Anyway, this video will take us through 'Weapon World' and the area known as the 'Weapon World Factory'. In fact, it's going to take us up to just before the final boss fight. So we WILL be concluding the main story in the next video! Let's get things started...
CHAPTER 23 - WEAPON WORLD
I included this scene in the last video, but just for a refresher, I added the dialogue from when you first arrive here. When you're ready, go up to the next screen. You'll see giant hex nuts on oversized bolts. You'll need to face the direction you want them to go and then jump to make them scoot a bit.
There's only one path forward, so keep going until you reach the room with the green button that is swarmed with 'Ameboid's. Hit the button to make a path open up. In the next screen, you'll find the last Hidden Treasure with a Mushroom. It's in the corner, next to the save block.
Make your way to the next screen and you'll face the first of many boss fights...
BOSS BATTLE - Count Down/Ring-a-Ding - (HP - 2,400/1,200, Weakness - Lightning, Snow)
Count Down is a large alarm clock. It has no physical attacks, but will use various magic attacks based on what time it reads at the time of its turn. The key to defeating it is to first attack the two Ring-a-Dings on top. It's weak against Lightning and Snow, so Mallow is a good choice for this fight.
In the next screen, you'll start to see the monsters coming starting to come out of the Weapon World Factory. They'll pass you by, but another will come through again in a moment. Dodge them however you can, if you don't wish to battle.
Ride the flying tile and switch over to the other one midway to cross over. You'll start to see more and more conveyor belts. Each one has its own dedicated monster to reproduce infinitely. You'll start to even see bosses like Claymorton.
In the next screen, you'll have to deal with some fast-moving conveyor belts. Luckily, you can easily return if you fall off. In the next screen, you'll just see one long but narrow conveyor belt. A duplicate of Bowyer will keep passing down the belt. There's a save block on the next screen.
In the following screen, you'll see a duplicate of Speardovich that keeps dropping down from above. There's a hole below too with a block in the middle. Jump onto that block and fight Speardovich. When he's defeated, the block will break and you'll fall below.
Before proceeding though, head to the top left corner and grab the items in the next area here. If you miss this, you can still grab it later. But if you fall down the hole below, you'll first face a boss fight...
BOSS BATTLE - CLOAKER & DOMINO (HP - 1,200/900)
Cloaker and Domino compliment each other well. One has only physical attacks, while the other only has magic. Try to beat Cloaker first, as you'll face whoever's left standing in a bit of a second round...
BOSS BATTLE - BAD ADDER/MAD ADDER (HP - 2,500/1,500)
This may seem like a tough or long fight, but you should be able to take them both out easily with just physical attacks and a little patience. You can backtrack now to grab the items on the previous screen, if you missed them. Or proceed forwards to enter the factory.
Here, you'll face off against three different factory employees: Clerk, Manager and Director. They're technically boss battles because they're unavoidable, but they're ridiculously easy.
BOSS BATTLE - CLERK/MANAGER/DIRECTOR - (HP - 500/800/1,000, Weakness Status - Fear, Poison, Mute, Sleep)
Each employee will come with its own set of little 'Pounder' hammer monsters. If you take out all the hammers, they'll just respawn. So just focus on the employees and they should fall pretty quickly. After the third one, you'll then face off against the factory chief.
BOSS BATTLE - Factory Chief/Gunyolk - (HP - 1,000/1,500)
This is the last fight before reaching the final boss. Based on the stats, it really doesn't sound all that tough, but it may take you a bit longer than you expect.
After the fight, you'll hit the green button ahead, which activates a crane. It drops you into the pipe where all the monsters seem to be coming from...
Welp, it's time for us to take a break! Join us next time for 'Ch. 24 - Final Boss & Ending'.