--------------------------------------------------------------------- | Please Note: The egotistical "Prime Time" Greg Protomanni is back. | | After a short and brief stint on the Nintendo "Disabled List", the | | work of "Prime Time" has come back. Sit back and enjoy the 10th FAQ | | for GameFAQs.com. | --------------------------------------------------------------------- F I N A L F A N T A S Y Nintendo Entertainment System Mini FAQ -Final Edition- ======================================================================= (I) Table of Contents (I) ========================= I – Table of Contents II – Introduction To Final Fantasy III – About The Author IV – Review – Credited To Myself V – 25 Areas VI – Monster Information VII – Magic Information VIII – Weapons Information IX – Armor Information X – Codes, Hints & Secrets XI – End of FAQ ======================================================================= ======================================================================= (II) Introduction To Final Fantasy (II) ======================================= The Final Fantasy Series is one that's very interesting. Final Fantasy's 1, 2 and 3 were all released in North America, as oppose to FF4, FF5 and FF6 which are all only available in Japan (minus imports, and Anthologies). Then, the release of FF7 in North America was quite interesting. FF1, FF2 and FF3 had all previously been a part of Nintendo, but FF7 become part of Playstation. Final Fantasy 8, which in my mind, is the best Final Fantasy was released in September of 1999 (I believe), and was a huge success. Final Fantasy's IX, X and XI are all set to be released shortly, depending one when you read this. Now what serious is complete without some shabby rip-offs? Final Fantasy Tactics I own, it's alright, not as good as Final Fantasy 7 or 8, but alright. Also on the "rip off" list, you have Anthologies which is Final Fantasy's that should be on SNES, because of it's graphics belong to the Final Fantasy Series. This of course, pale in comparison to the king of FF rip-offs, Mystic Quest. Don't even get me started on that. It's very boring and DEFINITELY for rookies. Ok, enough about the history and onto the game. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= (III) About The Author (III) ============================ The work of myself, "Prime Time" Greg Protomanni are as followed. SaGa Frontier Character FAQ Pokémon Stadium Mini-Game FAQ WWF WrestleMania 2000 Brian Christopher WWF WrestleMania 2000 Scott Taylor WWF WrestleMania 2000 Cactus Jack WWF WrestleMania 2000 Dude Love WWF WrestleMania 2000 Mideon WWF WrestleMania 2000 Meat WWF WrestleMania 2000 Michael Hayes In the works, I have about 7 or so FAQs that I'm still working on. I really hope to get some of them done, especially this one which I really want to finish. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= (IV) Review – By Greg P. (IV) ============================= Title: The Stepping Stone into an Amazing Serious of RPGs Most people would probably wonder why I'd right this for a game that has very low recognition for a very low recognized system. BUT, this is by far my favorite and the most entertaining game for Nintendo. I admit, it's not a very graphiced enhanced game. It doesn't have a huge list of JOBs or characters any other RPG does. It doesn't have a wide variety of attacks like any other RPG does, BUT it has many dungeons, many monsters, many veichles for travelling, etc. It has it's ups, just like any good RPG, and it has it's lows. So in this Review, I will go through what it is about this game that makes you so addicted. GRAPHICS - 3(/10) Think about it. Nintendo 64 has 64 bits of graphic capability. Nintendo Entertainment System has 8. So, for it's time, I'm sure the graphics were great, but for now, especially in comparison with what there is around the market, they suck. A big 3 for this game in the graphics section. GAME PLAY - 10(/10) It's very hard to think of an RPG that doesn't have an amazing storyline to it. This game does. I really liked the ''aginig'' part of the game (Don't understand? Play the game and you'll see) since it makes you go from a childish wizard, to a lethal grown adult who is now a sorcerer. Game Play gets a big 10 because the Game Play is AMAZING!! ENJOYMENT - 8(/10) I go on and on about how it's a great game and you wonder why I give it an 8 for enjoyment? Simple. If you have another system such as Playstation, Nintendo 64, DreamCast or Playstation2 depending on when you read this, or it may already be out when you read this. You'll soon feel that 8-Bits cannot satisfy your gaming pleasures anymore unlike a 64 bit Zelda, or sports game can. What I'm trying to desperately say here is this, Yes you will get bored eventually from playing this. Unless you're a hardcore NES fan. CLOSING COMMENTS This game is a must for any NES set. Buy it, play it, and most importantly, enjoy it. SCORE: 7/10 (Please Note: This was brought down deeply by the graphics because it's 8-Bits) ======================================================================= ======================================================================= (V) 25 Areas (V) ================ 1) Castle & Town of Coneria 2) Temple of Fiends 3) North Bridge 4) Matoya's Cave 5) Pravoka 6) Elfland & The Castle of Elf 7) Dwarf Cave 8) Marsh Cave 9) Northwest Castle 10) Melmond 11) Titan's Tunnel 12) Earth Cave 13) Sarda's Cave 14) Crescent Lake 15) Guru Volcano 16) Ice Cave 17) Ryukahn Desert 18) Cardia Islands 19) Castle of Ordeal 20) Onrac 21) Gaia 22) Lefein 23) Sea Shrine 24) Waterfall 25) Mirage Tower 26) ???? 27) ???? ======================================================================= ======================================================================= (VI) Monster Information (VI) ============================= Name HP Average Weak Don't Use It Uses Agama 296 31-62 ICE FIRE FIRE Air 358 53-106 QUAKE, BANE, etc. Ankylo 352 98-196 Arachnid 64 5-10 Asp 56 6-12 Astos 168 26-52 RUB Badman 260 44-88 BigEye 304 92-184 LIT QUAKE, FIRE STUN, DARK Blue Dragon 454 92-184 FIRE QUAKE, FIRE LIT Bone 10 10-20 FIRE ICE, RUB, etc. Bull 164 22-44 Carbie 92 22-44 LIT QUAKE, FIRE Catman 160 30-60 Cerebus 192 30-60 ICE FIRE FIRE Chimera 300 30-60 ICE QUAKE, FIRE FIRE Cobra 60 22-44 Coctrice 50 1-2 STUN Crawl 84 1-2 Creep 56 17-34 FIRE Earth 288 66-132 FIRE ICE, LIT, QUAKE, etc. Evilman 190 55-110 RUB, BANE, etc. XXXX, NUKE Eye 162 30-60 QUAKE XXXX, RUB Fighter 200 40-80 RUB, HEAL Fire 276 50-100 FIRE RUB, FIRE, QUAKE Frost Dragon 200 53-106 FIRE FIRE, ICE, LIT Frost Gator 142 56-112 LIT QUAKE, FIRE Frost Giant 336 60-120 FIRE LIT Frost Wolf 93 25-50 FIRE ICE ICE Gargoyle 80 12-24 QUAKE Garland 106 15-30 Gas Dragon 352 72-144 ICE QUAKE POISON GAS Gator 184 42-84 LIT QUAKE, FIRE Geist 59 8-16 FIRE QUAKE, RUB, etc. Ghost 180 93-186 FIRE QUAKE, RUB Ghoul 48 8-16 FIRE QUAKE, RUB, etc. Giant N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Great Pede 320 73-146 ICE, FIRE Green Medusa 68 20-40 FIRE ICE STONE Green Ogre 132 23-46 Grey Imp 16 8-16 Grey Naga 420 7-14 LIT, STONE Grey Shark 344 50-100 LIT QUAKE, FIRE Grey Wolf 74 14-28 Grey Worm 280 50-100 ICE QUAKE, FIRE QUAKE Guard 200 25-50 RUB, BANE Hydra 212 30-60 Hyena 120 22-44 Iguana 92 18-36 Image 86 22-44 FIRE RUB, BANE, etc. Imp 8 4-8 Irongol 304 93-186 LIT, ICE, etc. RUB, XXXX Jimera 350 40-80 ICE QUAKE, FIRE BANE, etc. Kyzoku 50 14-28 QUAKE Lobster 148 35-70 LIT QUAKE MadPony 64 10-20 Mage 105 26-52 RUB, FIRE Mancat 110 10-20 QUAKE, FIRE, etc. XXXX, STONE Manticor 164 22-44 QUAKE Medusa 68 20-40 STONE Muck 76 30-60 LIT RUB, BRAKE, etc. Mudgol 176 64-128 LIT, ICE, FIRE, etc. FAST Mummy 80 30-60 FIRE RUB, ICE, etc. Naga 356 9-18 LIT QUAKE, FIRE DARK, HOLD Naocho 344 35-70 Nitemare 200 30-60 ICE RUB, FIRE, etc. DARKNESS Ocho 208 20-40 LIT QUAKE, FIRE Oddeye 10 4-8 LIT QUAKE, FIRE STUN Ogre 100 18-36 Ooze 76 32-64 ICE, FIRE RUB, LIT, STUN, etc. Pede 222 39-78 Perlisk 44 20-40 ICE QUAKE, FIRE RUB Phantom 360 120-240 FIRE [A lot] XXXX, RUB Pirate 6 8-16 Red Ankylo 256 60-120 Red Bone 144 26-52 FIRE RUB, ICE, etc. Red Caribe 172 37-74 Red Dragon 248 75-150 ICE QUAKE, FIRE FIRE Red Gargoyle 94 10-20 QUAKE, ICE, FIRE FIRE, HOLD Red Giant 300 73-146 ICE FIRE Red Hydra 182 20-40 LIT QUAKE, FIRE Red Sahag 64 15-30 LIT QUAKE, FIRE Rockgol 200 70-140 LIT, FIRE, ICE SLOW Saber Tooth 200 24-48 Sahag 28 10-20 LIT QUAKE, FIRE Sand Worm 200 46-92 QUAKE QUAKE Sauria 196 30-60 STONE Scorpion 84 22-44 Scum 24 1-2 N/A N/A N/A Seasnake 224 35-70 LIT QUAKE, FIRE Seatroll 216 40-80 LIT QUAKE Sentry 400 100-204 LIT QUAKE, RUB, etc. Shadow 50 10-20 FIRE QUAKE, RUB, ICE, etc. Shark 120 22-44 LIT QUAKE, FIRE Slime 156 49-98 Sorceror 112 1-2 N/A N/A N/A Specter 52 20-40 FIRE RUB, QUAKE, etc. N/A Sphinx 228 23-46 QUAKE Spider 20 10-20 Tiger 132 73-146 T Rex 800 115-230 Troll 184 24-48 Tyro 408 65-130 Vampire 156 76-152 FIRE RUB, ICE, etc. STUN Warmech 1000 128-256 QUAKE, ICE, etc. NUCLEAR Water 300 69-138 ICE QUAKE, BANE, etc. Werewolf 68 14-28 Wizard 84 30-60 BANE, ICE, FIRE, etc. Wizard Mummy 188 43-86 FIRE RUB, ICE, etc. Wizard Ogre 144 23-46 QUAKE RUSE, ICE Wizard Sahag 204 47-94 LIT QUAKE, FIRE Wizard Vamp. 300 90-180 FIRE RUB, ICE, etc. LIT, ICE Wolf 20 8-16 Worm 448 65-130 QUAKE Wraith 114 40-80 FIRE [A lot] Wyrm 260 30-60 QUAKE Wyvern 212 30-60 QUAKE Zombie 20 10-20 FIRE RUB, QUAKE, etc. Zombull 224 40-80 Zombie DRGN 268 56-112 FIRE RUB, BANE, ICE, etc. Lich 400 40-80 FIRE ICE, RUB, BANE, etc. Kary 600 40-80 LIT, ICE, FIRE, etc. FIRE Kraken 800 50-100 LIT QUAKE, FIRE DARK Tiamat 1000 49-98 ??? ??? ??? *King Chaos* 2000 100-200 ??? ??? ??? ======================================================================= ======================================================================= (VII) Magic Information (VII) ============================= Level 1) Town of Coneria Level 2) Pravoka Level 3) Elfland Level 4) Elfland Level 5) Melmond Level 6) Crescent Lake Level 7) Gaia Level 8) Lefein X – Indicates first version of character (i.e. Fighter, Thief, Black Belt, Red Mage, Black Mage, White Mage) O – Indicates final version of character (i.e. Knight, Ninja, Master, Red Wizard, Black Wizard, White Wizard) # - Indicates both versions can learn spell SPELL LEVEL FIGHTER THIEF BLACK BELT RED MAGE WHITE MAGE BLACK M Cure 1 O # # Harm 1 # Fog 1 O # # Ruse 1 O O # Fire 1 O # # Sleep 1 O # # Lock 1 O # # Lit 1 O # # Lamp 2 O # # Mute 2 O # # Alit 2 O # # Invs 2 O # # Ice 2 O # # Dark 2 O # # Tmpr 2 O # # Slow 2 O # # Cur2 3 O # # Hrm2 3 # Afir 3 O # # Heal 3 # Fir2 3 O # # Hold 3 O # # Lit2 3 O # # Lok2 3 O # # Pure 4 # # Fear 4 # Aice 4 # # Amut 4 O # Sleep 4 O # # Fast 4 O # # Conf 4 O # # Ice2 4 O # # Cur3 5 # # Life 5 O # Hrm3 5 # Hel2 5 # Fir3 5 # # Bane 5 O # Warp 5 O O Slo2 5 # # Soft 6 # Exit 6 O O Fog2 6 O # Inv2 6 O # Lit3 6 O # Rub 6 # Qake 6 # Stun 6 # Cur4 7 O Hrm4 7 O Arub 7 O # Hel3 7 # Ice3 7 O # Brak 7 O Sabr 7 O Blnd 7 # Lif2 8 O Fade 8 O Wall 8 O Xfer 8 O Nuke 8 O Stop 8 O Zap! 8 O XXXX 8 O ======================================================================= ======================================================================= (VIII) Weapons Information (VIII) ================================= # – Indicates first version of character (i.e. Fighter, Thief, Black Belt, Red Mage, Black Mage, White Mage) O – Indicates final version of character (i.e. Knight, Ninja, Master, Red Wizard, Black Wizard, White Wizard) X - Indicates both versions can equip the weapon [S] Sword [D] Dagger [N] Nunchuck [St] Staff [H] Hammer [A] Axe [K] Knife Weapon Fighter Thief Black Belt Red Mage White Mage Black Wooden [N] O X Small [D] X X X X Wooden [St] X O X X X X Rapier X X X Iron [H] X O X Short [S] X O X Hand [A] X O Scimitar X X X Iron [N] O X Large [D] X X X X Iron [St] X O X Saber X X X Long [S] X O X Great [A] X O Falchion X X X Silver [K] X X X X Silver [S] X O X Silver [H] X O X Silver [A] X O Flame [S] X O X Ice [S] X O X Dragon [S] X X X Giant [S] X O X Sun [S] X O X Coral [S] X X X Were [S] X O X Rune [S] X X X Power [St] X O X X X Light [A] X O Heal [St] O X Mage [St] O X Defense O O O Wizard [St] O Vorpal O O O CatClaw O O O O Thor's [H] O O O Bane [S] O O O Katana O XCaliber O Masmune X X X X X X ======================================================================= ======================================================================= (IX) Armor Information (IX) =========================== # – Indicates first version of character (i.e. Fighter, Thief, Black Belt, Red Mage, Black Mage, White Mage) O – Indicates final version of character (i.e. Knight, Ninja, Master, Red Wizard, Black Wizard, White Wizard) X - Indicates both versions can equip the armor [A] = Armor [B] = Bracelet [S] = Shield [H] = Helmet [G] = Gauntlet Armor Fighter Thief Black Belt Red Mage White Mage Black Mage Cloth X X X X X X Wooden [A] X X X X Chain [A] X O X Iron [A] X O Steel [A] X Silver [A] X O X Flame [A] X O Ice [A] X O Opal [A] O Dragon [A] O Copper [B] X X X X X X Silver [B] X X X X X X Opal [B] X X X X X X Gold [B] X X X X X X White Shirt O Black Shirt O O Wooden [S] X O Iron [S] X O Silver [S] X O Flame [S] X O Ice [S] X O Opal [S] O Aegis [S] O Buckler X X X Prot. Cape X X X X X Cap X X X X X Wooden [H] X O Iron [H] X O Silver [H] X O Opal [H] O Heal [H] O O Ribbon X X X X X X Gloves X X X X X X Copper [G] X O Iron [G] X O Silver [G] X O # Zeus [G] O O # Power [G] X O # Opal [G] O Prot. Ring X X X X X X ======================================================================= ======================================================================= (X) Codes, Hints and Secrets (X) ================================ --------------------------------------------------------------------- |Please Note: This section was entirely taken straight from | |GameSages.com. They are an amazing site to get codes from, and I as | |well as many others know this site is amazing. So, check it out. | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Advanced Items Early After beating the earth fiend, you can get the canoe from the circle of sages at crecent lake. After getting the canoe go to the ice cave and get the floater, then go to the castle of ordeals and get the rats tail (having fire 2 or 3 helps alot). Go and get all of your guys upgraded and then get 50000 gp's and go to the caravan and buy the bottle, go to Gaia and get the oxyale from the farie, go into the submarine at onrac and work your way up stairs and get all the treasures in the top room. Don't worry, there are no enemies in this room. GET THE SLAB then get out of there. Go to melmond and learn Leifinish, then go to Leifin and get the chime which lets you into the mirage tower. After that go take the canoe up past Onrac and into the waterfall to get the cube from the robot. Go through the mirage tower (collect treasures if you think you can, need some luck here) and go to the sky castle to get the adamant then get out as fast as you can and go to the dwarf. Get excalibur. By now you should have very advanced equipment and you haven't even fought the fire fiend yet. With some luck you can pull this off and the rest of the game should be a lot easier. Beat the Kraken Easily When you fight Kraken, just use Lit3 over and over again and he'll be fried in no time. It helps to use fast on the black wizard so he can cast Lit3 quickly. Bonus Game Get on the ship and press A+B 55 times. You'll be taken to a screen with a game where you can play a sliding puzzle game. Submitted by David Colfack Easy Money with the Ship Get the ship and save at the first town (30gp INN). Save and TURN THE NINTENDO OFF. Don't reset or it won't work. Turn it back on and restart your game. Head south and back to you ship. Keep sailing south and you should get attacked by KYSOKUS, the blue pirates. These will always attack you if you follow this process, allowing you to earn 2000gp in about 4-5 fights. You can then buy the good LV 4 magics and good weapons/armor to make leveling up easier before going after the crown. Submitted by Ravin Lunatic Facts about the Black Belt/Master The Black Belt may seem weak at first, but when you get him to level 10...watch his attack strength sky rocket! The Black Belt's DAMAGE rating is always equal to double his level, unless he has a weapon equipped. So basically, don't equip any weapons on him. Same goes for his defence. His ABSORB [the defence level] is always equal to his level unless he has armor equipped. So when you get him to level 50, his ABSORB will be 50, which is pretty good, considering the highest a Knight can get is 74, so the Black Belt/Master is the best character to have. He requires no armor or weapons. You can test this yourself, Get a Master at L50, and a Knight at L50 and the Knight equipped with the Masamune. Cast FAST on them both, or not. The Master will do far more damage than your Knight, I've checked this myself. Find Master Unne To find Master Unne, the professor who studies Lefineish, get the Slab from Kraken's Castle Underwater. To understand the Lefineish, Master Unne MUST decipher the Slab. Take the Slab to the village that the Vampire destroyed the clinic in. (If you are confused, it's the first town you go to after Nerdrick destroys the rock with TNT. ) He is in the Upper-left corner of town, by the graveyard. Once he deciphers the Slab, go to the Lefineish's Village! Quick Experience 1. Through the mountains near Pravoka & North you will find a spot where you can only go back. Walk back & forth on the very top row of 2, you will be attacked by Frost Wolves, Giants, Tryos, and other Nthern World Enimies. 2. In the Earth cave go straght west on the first floor till you loop around. You will be attacked by Giants & Igaunas each step. Quick Experience, Method 2 For quick experience in the beginning of the game go to Astos castle.After you get the Mystic key you can go into the treausure room.There are three chests and in front of each one there is always a fight.It is usually either Mummy's or Images.If you have Harm2 and Fire2 you can beat them without much trouble.Every time you step in front of a chest there is a fight so you can get fast experience.You get roughly 60 ex. for each Image and 75 ex. for each Mummy.They come in packs of 3-6 and give good money too. Secret Magic Shop In the town of Lefein (the last town) go to the northeast corner and find the hole in the wall. go through it and keep going till you reach a building. Inside you will find the White Magic spell LIF2 which brings a warrior back to life with full HP and the black magic spell NUKE, which does roughly 400 points of fire damage to all enemies. They are both level 8 magic and can only be learned by the wizard of a matching color. Warmech In the sky castle, there is a long bridge just before you fight Tiamat. On this bridge it is possible to fight an enemy even more powerful than Tiamat herseif called Warmech. Warmech has 1200 HP and can cast some mean spells like nuke. If you encounter it just use Nuke and fight with your Master Knight or Ninja. Heal with the white mage. The warmech is a powerful foe and fighting him is optional. If you can kill him than you truly are a Final Fantasy Master. World Map To bring up the world map press SELECT and B at the same time. A map should appear with towns and levels marked. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= (XI) End of FAQ (XI) ==================== Well folks, that's it. My tenth FAQ for GameFAQs.com is finished, and I hope you enjoyed anything and everything. As always, if there is anything that needs to be corrected, contact "Prime Time" Greg Protomanni at Syxx669@aol.com. Peace. =======================================================================