My Game Blog

Playing Mana Khemia

2010-05-01T13:25:00.001+08:00

been enjoying this game. Hopefully I can finish this by the end of the month. :)

Tales of the world against Wildershin

2008-07-12T17:02:00.003+08:00

Well, today, I decided to take my best characters and try to finish the game. As of now, I have a swordsman, Rutee, Stahn and Eugene. Upon reaching Wildershin, I fought for a good 5 minutes then he launches his meteor strike and wiped all of us dead.

So I guess, I need grind a few more levels and fight again. Now, I will copy and paste the stuffs I see in gamefaqs here in this blog so that I can gain knowledge.

Monster drop rare items tales of the world

2008-05-25T17:15:00.000+08:00

Radiants can be found for each of the 10 classes but their level doesn't increase by difficulty mode. All are level 40 equipments regardless of what mode you fought to get them on.

Following is the list of rare drops by difficulty, normal-hard-very hard modes:

--------Location / Monster Drops--------

---EX. Foot of the World Tree---

-Fossail-

Hyper Gauntlet - Tamagushi Gauntlet - Jack Frost

-Muscipula-

Venom - FPMP - God's weapon
Gale Staff - Uroboros - Hanuman's Staff
Exorcise Bow - Wind Force - Eden's Flare

-Fafflesian-

Red Shield - Blue Shield - Storm Shield
Excalibur - Eternal Sword - Kusanagi Blade

---EX. Hollow Bastion---

-Night Raid-

Bahamut's Tear - Gaia Cleaver - Mjolnir
Osafune - Kotetsu - Shiden
Golden Helm - Amibisage - Desperado
Jet Boots - Persian Boots - Mikagura Boots

-Mirror Goyle-

Bahamut's Tear - Gaia Cleaver - Mjolnir
Venom - FPMP - God's weapon

-Dressing Table-

Jet Boots - Persian Boots - Mikagura Boots
Red Shield

---EX. Orphic Maze---

-Apparition-

Red Shield - Blue Shield - Storm Shield

-Sting Roper-

Charmir - Exzarl - Amelia's Love
Golden Helm - Ambisage - Desperado

-Heterodoxa-

Jet Boots - Persian Boots - Mikagura Boots

---EX. Mine---

-Charge Tortoise-

Angel Halo - Aifried's Hat - Glass Tiara

-Chianorantis-

Charmir - Exzarl - Amelia's Love
Beulosthel - Readhiar - Valmegar

-Skeleton Warrior-

Charmir - Exzarl - Amelia's Love

---EX. Lavacleft---

-Fire Spirit-

Hyper Gauntlet - Tamagushi Gauntlet - Jack Frost

-Lava Golem-

Golden Helm - Amibisage - Desperado

-Salamander-

Angel Halo - Aifried's Hat - Glass Tiara
Hyper Gauntlet - Tamagushi Gauntlet - Jack Frost

---EX. Weald---

-Green Stonail-

Hyper Gauntlet - Tamagushi Gauntlet - Jack Frost
Jet Boots - Persian Boots - Mikagura Boots

-Night Owl-

Exorcise Bow - Wind Force - Eden's Flare
/ - / - Heavenly Garb

-Sandworm-

Charmir - Exzarl - Amelia's Love

---EX. Aelderwood---

-Coryntis-

Beulosthel - Readhiar - Valmegar
Gold Armor - Mumbane - Heavenly Garb

-Cactus-

Venom - FPMP - God's weapon
Gale Staff - Uroboros - Hanuman's Staff

-Grosbelva-

Gold Armor - Mumbane - Heavenly Garb

---EX. Frosthollow---

-Yeti-

Excalibur - Eternal Sword - Kusanagi Blade
Osafune - Kotetsu - Shiden

-Snow Trent-

Angel Halo - Aifried's Hat - Glass Tiara

-Glasruda-

Gale Staff - Uroboros - Hanuman's Staff
Exorcise Bow - Wind Force - Eden's Flare

Source: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=934090&topic=44040168

Tales of the world Rare Items Faq

2008-05-21T17:10:00.000+08:00

Rare Items are obviously the hard to get items of Tales of the World.
Some people refer them as green items but there really is no name for it.

- All rare items can be dropped by anyone. This means even the weakest monsters could drop it, however it is said to be a lower chance. Rare items can also be found in EX-dungeon treasure chests.
- All rare items obtained will be shown with its name in a green font.
- It is said that these rare items have a higher chance of being dropped by ex-dungeon monsters.
- Note that you cannot have more than one of the same rare item name. Meaning you can only have one Excalibur and never two.

All rare items that are dropped will be equal to the difficulty you are currently in.

Example :
In the case of defeating a monster that dropped a rare item.

--Normal mode--
You obtained Excalibur

--Hard mode--
You obtained Eternal Sword

--Very hard mode--
You obtained kusanagi blade

Therefore, there are certain rare items obtainable only in higher difficulties. Also, in higher difficulties, you may still get the rare items from normal mode.

I'll compose a list of possible rare items available. I may be missing some english names or whole items in general, so feel free to help me complete the list. I will write the type of equipment, the level it is used to equip, and which ****can equip it.

Note that the prerequisite level 40 is from Normal mode or higher, 89 is hard mode or higher, and 144 is from Very Hard mode only.

--type of equipment--

name-level-job

******************************************************************************************************

--------Weapons--------

--Swords--
Excalibur - 40 - Warrior, Swordsman, Ninja, Magic Knight
Eternal Sword - 89 - Warrior, Swordsman, Ninja, Magic Knight
Kusanagi Blade - 144 - Warrior, Swordsman, Ninja, Magic Knight
--Daggers--
Osafune - 40 - Warrior, Thief, Swordsman, Magic Swordsman
Kotetsu - 89 - Warrior, Thief, Swordsman, Magic Knight
Shiden - 144 - Warrior, Thief, Swordsman, Magic Knight
--Axes--
Bahamut's Tear - 40 - Warrior
Gaia Cleaver - 89 - Warrior
Mjolnir - 144 - Warrior
--Staves--
Gale Staff - 40 - Priest, Mage, Bishop
Uroboros - 89 - Priest, Mage, Bishop
Hanuman's Staff - 144 - Priest, Mage, Bishop
--Gloves--
Venom - 40 - Fighter
FPMP - 89 - Fighter
God's weapon - 144 - Fighter
--Bows--
Exorcise Bow - 40 - Hunter
Wind Force - 89 - Hunter
Eden's Flare - 144 - Hunter

--------Armor--------

--Armor--
Gold Armor - 40 - Warrior, Swordsman, Magic Knight
Mumbane - 89 - Warrior, Swordsman, Magic Knight
Heavenly Garb - 144 - Warrior, Swordsman, Magic Knight
--Clothing--
Beulosthel - 40 - Thief, Fighter, Hunter, Ninja
Readhiar - 89 - Thief, Fighter, Hunter, Ninja
Valmegar - 144 - Thief, Fighter, Hunter, Ninja
--Robes--
Charmir - 40 - Mage, Priest, Bishop
Exzarl - 89 - Mage, Priest, Bishop
Amelia's Love - 144 - Mage, Priest, Bishop
--Helmets--
Golden Helm - 40 - Warrior, Swordsman, Magic Knight
Ambisage - 89 - Warrior, Swordsman, Magic Knight
Desperado - 144 - Warrior, Swordsman, Magic Knight
--Headgear--
Angel Halo - 40 - Mage, Priest, Bishop
Aifried's Hat - 89 - Everyone
Glass Tiara - 144 - Everyone
--Gauntlets--
Hyper Gauntlet - 40 - Warrior, Swordsman, Magic Knight
Tamagushi Gauntlet - 89 - Warrior, Swordsman, Magic Knight
Jack Frost - 144 - Warrior, Swordsman, Magic Knight
--Footgear--
Jet Boots - 40 - Everyone
Persian Boots - 89 - Everyone
Mikagura Boots - 144 - Everyone
--Shields--
Red Shield - 40 - Warrior, Swordsman, Magic Knight
Blue Shield - 89 - Warrior, Swordsman, Magic Knight
Storm Shield - 144 - Warrior, Swordsman, Magic Knight.

Source: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=934090&topic=42155725

Xing Cai Personal Item

2008-05-20T14:34:00.003+08:00

Here is how to get Xing Cai's Personal Item in Warriors Orochi...

The mission to do is the first mission of Shu - Chapter 1 "Escape mission"

You have to defeat Zhang He and reach the escape point within 5 minutes

Now this mission took me a lot of tries because ZHAO YUN keeps on dieing, that weak bastard! Well, after nearly throwing my psp after his last death. I thought of a plan and I managed to get the secret item on the first try. Here is what you should do.

At the start, defeat all enemies on the building on your way to the exit.
When you are out of the building, quickly summon a horse (need cavalier ability), beat up any officer you see (my triangle triangle combo kills officers in 1 hit btw) and move west.
Rescue your allied officer trapped in a cage
Defeat the officer in GinChiyo Tachibana's base and defeat the enemy base captain for reinforcements
Now move steadily down then try to reach Zhang He as fast as you can
try to avoid the archers (if you get hit, you fall)
try to avoid running head on to officers (the horse will scream, wasting precious seconds)
Hopefully, your new allies will help Zhao Yun survive as you defeat Zhang He.
After you get the item, backtrack to where Zhao Yun is and finish the mission.
You need to be familiar with the map (I memorized it after playing it a lot repeatedly.. darn you Zhao Yun for dieing)

Oh well, the item you will get is Zhang Hei's Necklace. Xing Cai Babe factor + 100 hehe ^_^

SW1 Personal Items

2008-05-20T13:23:00.003+08:00

Warriors Orochi for PSP list of personal Items for SW1 Characters

I'm going to be collecting their personal items then list them here. This initial list is for the SW1 Characters...

Yukimura Sanada Personal Item
Keiji Maeda Personal Item
Nobunaga Oda Personal Item
Mitsuhide Akechi Personal Item
Kunoichi Personal Item

Item is Golden Incense.

You can get this at WU STORY - Chapter 5-X

First off go to the area where Gao Shun is. Zhang He will appear.
Kill Gao Shun, Zhang He and Niu Jin. The gates will open. Make
sure you have 100 kills before you go in. Ally with Da Qiao.
Now go to where her reinforcements are. Sun Shao is the nearest
to the item. It will show you on history if you don't know where it is.
Open the Yellow/Black Box and there will be an item bag inside.
Collect it and then go and kill Dong Zhuo. At the end of the battle
the item will be yours. (Source)
Magoichi Saika Personal Item
Masamune Date Personal Item
Hanzo Hattori Personal Item
Ranmaru Mori Personal Item

Crisis Core Missable Faq

2008-05-20T11:22:00.002+08:00

I recommend you read this faq in GameFaqs. It's about the missable items that you can miss while playing crisis core.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/psp/file/925138/52786

Well, if you are using a faq, I dont' think you need this but if you want less spoilers yet a complete game. This should be useful.

Multiplayer on warriors orochi

2008-05-20T11:08:00.002+08:00

Warriors Orochi for PSP can be played by two players. If you want to do it , here is what you should do.

First player should proceed with FREE MODE or STORY MODE. Now right before the missions starts, (where you see the conditions, officers, etc...), press SELECT to host a game. The second player joins the game by selecting 2P PLAYER MATCHING.

You can now play together.

Just some notes.

The second player controls the same team as the first player. It carries the levels, abilities and items.
After the game, the level of the character the second player used is retained in his own save file however the items they used do not.
Both players gain the same item.
Time and number of KO records are not recorded on coop play.
You can do more combos when your players are right beside each other (there's a red lightning between the two of you).

Move over Disgaea - Warriors Orochi is here

2008-05-05T10:32:00.002+08:00

I'm here to announce that I won't be playing Disgaea after of darkness anymore since it's just too complicated for me and I don't have the patience to learn and play the tactics type of games. But in exchange for that, I just started playing Warriors Orochi yesterday and I'm already addicted to it.

Let me share with you a little intro with Warriors Orochi.

The story is about historical Asia mainly of China and Japan (think of three kingdoms anime or something). These countries have kingdoms and are protected by warriors (high ranking officers with special skills). They got invaded by Orochi and his demon army and are trying to fight for survival.

The game is action type, remember crisis core? you will be controlling your character and doing some hack and slash for the remainder of your life. However, you have missions and you have to finish them in an hour or so. On my first playthrough, I did not even manage to finish the mission because I died halfway through because I still don't know the controls and my character was still weak.

It's fun and addicting so expect lots of Warriors Orochi posts here while I play this game. ^_^

Disgaea after a week

2008-05-04T12:27:00.002+08:00

Ha! I played Disgaea for PSP after more than 1 week of no playing of PSP and guess what, I died (game over) after 5 minutes of playing... darn! I really need to learn how to play it or else I'll switch to another game.

I also played Patapon for a few minutes and all my patapon died in that fire road stage where they just keep getting damaged. I wonder how can they survive that place? Oh well, I'll play again later once I finish my other blogging needs. :)

Officially finished Crisis Core

2008-04-20T20:55:00.002+08:00

After weeks of playing (wasting time) on Final fantasy 7 crisis core for PSP, I just officially finished the game.

What I was doing before was this,

Completing all missions - I did not do the easier missions before because the map was just wide but the enemies just dropped with a swing of my sword. But I realized that I have too if I want to get a special item called Soul Of Heike. Awarded after completing all 300 missions.
Maxing out stats through materia fusion - Before, I used to farm fusion materials just to do this but I did my best to reach minerva so that I can leech stats from her instead. Just read the link on how it is done. It is definitely faster than what I used to do but the problem was how can you reach Minerva's stage which is 9-6-6? You have to go through hell in the other 9-x-x missions.
Completing the Genji equipment. One can be bought in a shop, one can be gotten in a chest, one can be gotten when you get 100% on everyone's DMW screen and the last one and perhaps the most challenging one is to get it from Magic Pot in mission 7-6-6.

So my character will now retire as I will look for another game to play. Zack, you are now a hero... good night! ^_^

Did your psp game hang?

2008-04-17T10:35:00.002+08:00

This is just a quick tip that I can offer when you think that your psp has hanged. This is the situation, you are playing for some time now and then you noticed that the psp is not responding anymore. The pictures are still there but you get response when you press any button.

The solution here is simple. Just put the psp to sleep and open it back again. Usually that does the trick but if for some reasons, it doesn't then, I'm sorry but you have to turn it off, losing all your game progress in the process. ^_^

Welcome to my game blog

2008-04-16T12:35:00.001+08:00

Official Launching!!! ^_^

Just a brief introduction to this blog.

This will be about the games that I play. I will be posting about my experiences in them. Some tricks and hints that I'm currently using and many more. It will be all about games!

As of now, be prepared to see lots of posts about crisis core since this is the game that I am currently playing. If you have not yet played, crisis core for psp, you have to try. perhaps you will get addicted just like what happened to me. ^_^

Crisis Core DMW Scenes

2008-04-13T21:16:00.000+08:00

As a collector, I want to present you with you the dmw scenes that you can get from each character. I'll try to compile them from different sources. ^_^

Seph

How to kill a beast in one shot
What is it like being 1st Class
Angeal is not coming back after Wutai
Zack trying to help Seph in Midgar, but Seph killing everyone before Zack blinks
Seph talking to Zack about Jenova in the basement.
By the pool of mako on Mt. Nibel where Sephiroth explains how materia works to Zack, in shock that he didn't already know despite being in SOLDIER.

Tsung

Blowing up Banora
Zack is busy, Tseng is behind him
Zack over jumping his ambush of the soldiers, and Tseng shooting them down
The aftermath of the ShinRa invasion, and looking at the whole.
The graves of the two SOLDIERS
Zack emerges from the bathhouse in Modeoheim with the Buster Sword and apologizes to Tseng and Cloud for being late.

Cissnei

Asking out to dinner
Zack lost Hollander
Zack going to help her but the Turk's teamwork taking care of the clones
On the way to Costa Del Sol
Leaving Costa Del Sol
Zack and Cissnei at Junon. Zack is about to head back to Midgar, when Cissnei says she's sorry for reporting his behavior at Costa del Sol.

Aeris

The flowers only like her
So the Slums are your home
Make a promise everytime we meet from now on
The jump up out of the sand
Zack's haircut
Meeting the thief child again

Cloud

Cloud kills an enemy behind Zack
Cloud is Seasick at Junon
Looking at the sky he wants to show Aeris
Telling Cloud he can sleep right now
Defending his sick friend against the soldier's coming for him, and telling them to make it quick.
Cloud in the side car of the motorcycle, on a cliff overlooking Banora. Zack shows concern about Cloud.

Genesis

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From: http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=925138&topic=42637180

Info - Loveless poem of Crisis Core

2008-04-11T21:03:00.001+08:00

Heard of LOVELESS? It's the collection of quotes that Genesis spurts out every time you see him in the game. As a reference, here's the complete LOVELESS taken from the game Final Fantasy Crisis Core

There is two versions of Loveless in the game :

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Final Fantasy VII - Crisis Core
--=[ Loveless ]=--

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LOVELESS ( INTERPRETED )

Loveless - Prologue

When the war of the beasts brings about the world's end
The goddess descends from the sky

Wings of light and dark spread afar
She guides us to bliss, her gift everlasting

Loveless - Act I

The Infinite mystery
The gift of the goddess is what the three men seek
But their fates are scattered by war

One becomes a hero, one wanders the land
And the last is taken prisoner

But the three are still bound by a solemn oath
To seek the answer together, once again

Loveless - Act II

Though the prisoner escapes, he is gravely wounded
His life is saved, however
By a woman of the opposing nation

He begins a life of seclusion with her
Which seems to hold the promise of eternal bliss

But as happiness grows, so does guilt
Of not fulfilling the oath to his friends

Loveless - Act III

As the war sends the world hurling towards destruction
The prisoner departs with his newfound love
And embarks on a new journey

He is guided by hope that the gift will bring bliss
And the oath that he swore to his friends

Though no oath is shared between the lovers
In their hearts they know they will meet again

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LOVELESS ( POEM )

Loveless - Prologue

When the war of the beasts brings about the world's end
The goddess descends from the sky

Wings of light and dark spread afar
She guides us to bliss, her gift everlasting

Loveless - Act I

Infinite in mystery is the gift of the goddess
We seek it thus, and take it to the sky
Ripples form on the water's surface
The wandering soul knows no rest

Loveless - Act II

There is no hate, only joy
For you are beloved by the goddess
Hero of the dawn, Healer of worlds

Dreams of the morrow hath the shattered soul
Pride is lost
Wings stripped away, the end is nigh

Loveless - Act III

My friend, do you fly away now?
To a world that abhors you and I?
All that awaits you is a somber morrow
No matter where the winds may blow

My friend, your desire
Is the bringer of life, the gift of the goddess

Even if the morrow is barren of promises
Nothing shall forestall my return

Loveless - Act IV

My friend, the fates are cruel
There are no dreams, no honor remains
The arrow has left the bow of the goddess

My soul, corrupted by vengeance
Hath endured torment, to find the end of the journey
In my own salvation
And your eternal slumber

Legend shall speak
Of sacrifice at world's end
The wind sails over the water's surface
Quietly, but surely

Loveless - Act V -Made by Genesis-

Even if the morrow is barren of promises
Nothing shall forestall my return
To become the dew that quenches the land
To spare the sands, the seas, the skies
I offer thee this silent sacrifice

*** Acts IV and V in interpreted are mentioned as "yet to be discovered" in the game. Act V [Poem] is also yet to be discovered, so Genesis makes up an ending for Loveless ***

From http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=finalfantasy&thread.id=232184

Tip - How to get Zack's fanclub

2008-04-09T23:15:00.002+08:00

Did you join any of the fanclubs of Sephiroth, Genesis or Angeal? Well, as a spoiler, Zack will also get his own fanclub later in the game. It was first hinted when he became a first class soldier and the receptions at the shinra building was like stalking him by knowing his info...

well, here is how to get your own fansclub.

In mission 7 Junon Raid, where you have to chase Hollander, after the "Guard the perimeter" mini game (defeating robots), go back to the entrance of central tunnel, but don't enter it. There's a gondola near it. Access the gondola and you'll trigger a scene to talk with Cissnei. She'll tell you about Zack's fan club.

In chapter 8, go talk with Sephiroth's elite fan (play ground Slum), Genesis Fan (Fountain), Genesis' Study Group (Loveless Ave), And then go talk with the left receptionist at Shinra Building.

Gamefaqs topic ->
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=925138&topic=42610874

Note that you don't need this scene just to the 100% DMW. Happy gaming!

TIP - transferring stats from mission rewards to other materia

2008-04-07T19:07:00.002+08:00

I do not claim ownership of this post. I'm just posting it here it will soon get archived by gamefaqs and the knowledge will be lost.

TIP - transferring stats from mission rewards to other materia

Congratulations, you've cleared a mission and now you have a mastered materia with a hefty stat bonus. But what if you don't like Aerial Drain or Stop Sword?

Here are the ways you can transfer the significant stat bonuses (+X) from various mission rewards to other, more useful types of materia (e.g., Darkness, Graviga, Mug, etc.).

Once you have converted your mission reward to Status Ward(+X) or Dispel(+X), use the method described here to move the stat bonus to other materia:

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=925138&topic=42337043

(M) means the materia is mastered.

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Mission 2-5-1 - Assault Twister(ATK+40)(M) (rank 3)

Option 1 - using Dark Firaga(rank 5)
(a) Dark Firaga + Assault Twister(+X)(M) = Firaga Blade(+X)
(b) Firaga Blade(+X) + VIT Up = Status Ward(+X)

Option 2 - using Dispel Blade(rank 7)
(a) Dispel Blade + Assault Twister(+X)(M) = Dispel Blade(+X)
(b) Dispel Blade(+X) + VIT Up = Status Ward(+X)

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Mission 2-5-2 - Hell Blizzaga (MAG+35)(M) (rank 7)

(a) Hell Blizzaga(+X)(M) + VIT Up = Status Ward(+X)

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Mission 3-5-3 - Wall (MAG+60)(M) (rank 7)

(a) Wall(+X)(M) + ST-type materia(rank 7 or less) = Status Ward(+X)

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Mission 5-4-5 - Quake (MAG+45)(M) (rank 7)

Option 1: using Hell Firaga(rank 7)(M)
(a) Hell Firaga(M) + Quake(+X)(M) = Hell Firaga(+X)(M)
(b) Hell Firaga(+X)(M) + VIT Up = Status Ward(+X)

Option 2: using Status Strike(rank 8):
(a) Status Strike + Quake(+X)(M) = Hell Firaga(+X)
(b) Hell Firaga(+X) + VIT Up = Status Ward(+X)

Option 3: using Wall(rank 7)(M):
(a) Wall(M) + Quake(+X)(M) = Wall(+X)(M)
(b) Wall(+X)(M) + ST-type materia(rank 7 or less) = Status Ward(+X)

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Mission 6-5-5 - Drainga (HP+500%)(M) (rank 7)

Option 1 - using Wall(rank 7)(M)
(a) Wall(M) + Drainga(+X)(M) = Wall(+X)(M)
(b) Wall(+X)(M) + ST-type materia(rank 7 or less) = Status Ward(+X)

Option 2 - using Gil Toss(rank 8)
(a) Gil Toss + Drainga(+X)(M) = Gil Toss(+X)
(b) Status Strike + Gil Toss(+X) = Status Strike(+X)
(c) Status Strike(+X) + VIT Up = Status Ward(+X)

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Mission 6-5-6 - High Jump (ATK+40)(M) (rank 5)

Option 1 - using Dispel Blade(rank 7)
(a) Dispel Blade + High Jump(+X)(M) = Dispel Blade(+X)
(b) Dispel Blade(+X) + VIT Up = Status Ward(+X)

Option 2 - using Dark Firaga(rank 5)
(a) Dark Firaga(M) + High Jump(+X)(M) = Elemental Strike(+X)(M)
(b) Elemental Strike(+X)(M) + (any Status Magic or Status Sword Skill) = Dispel Blade(+X)
(c) Dispel Blade(+X) + VIT Up = Status Ward(+X)

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Mission 8-6-6 - Stop Blade (ATK+60)(M) (rank 4)

Option 1: using VIT Up(rank 1)
(a) Stop Blade(+X)(M) + VIT Up = Dispel(+X)

Option 2: using VIT Up(rank 1)(M)
(a) Stop Blade(+X)(M) + VIT Up(M) = Status Ward(+X)

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Mission 9-3-3 - Gravity (MAG+38)(M) (rank 2)

Option 1: using Dark Fira (rank 3)
(a) Dark Fira + Gravity(+X)(M) = Dark Fira(+X)
(b) Dark Fira(+X) + VIT Up = Status Ward(+X)

Option 2: using Stop Blade(rank 4):
(a) Stop Blade + Gravity(+X)(M) =
(b) Stop Blade(+X) + VIT Up = Dispel(+X)

Option 3: using MBarrier(rank 3):
(a) MBarrier + Gravity(+X)(M) = MBarrier(+X)
(b) MBarrier(+X) + ST-type materia(rank 3 or less) = Status Ward(+X)

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By ladytanaka

Original Source from Gamefaqs - http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=925138&topic=42406661

Tip for transferring stat bonuses between materia

2008-04-03T19:09:00.000+08:00

I do not claim ownership of this post. I'm just posting it here it will soon get archived by gamefaqs and the knowledge will be lost.

Tip for transferring stat bonuses between materia

This trick is useful if:
(1) you want to add additional stat bonuses to certain mastered mid-ranked materia without changing the type of materia;
(2) you want to transfer the stat bonus from a higher-ranked materia to a lower ranked materia.

Why go through the trouble? Well, it's handy when you want to move that +90 Atk bonus from one materia to another. The SP cost is quite low, because you're not upgrading the stat bonus, but merely transferring it.

This is probably most helpful if you're in the process of putting bonuses on mid-ranked materia (e.g., Mug or Darkness) but haven't maxed out those stat bonuses. Unfortunately, if you master Mug or Darkness (deliberately or accidentally via Moogle), you can't fuse it with anything else because you get an automatic +1 fusion rank bonus, which will turn the materia into Gil Toss or Quake, respectively.

So how can you stop a mastered Mug or Darkness from changing to Gil Toss or Quake? Well, you can't. But with a bit of wrangling, you can change your mastered materia back to an unmastered materia through multiple fusions.

This basically involves turning your mastered Rank 5+ materia (typically Mug or Darkness) into Status Ward (rank 4). Once you have a Status Ward with your stat bonuses, you can use the normal fusion process to change that Status Ward into any unmastered Rank 4+ materia (e.g., Mug or Darkness) while retaining your stat bonus.

The process goes as follows:
(A) fuse your mastered Rank 5+ materia (let's say Mug or Darkness) with any Rank 7+ materia which inflicts status effects (e.g., any of the Hell -ga, Death Twister, Dispel Blade, Status Strike) -- this results in the same Rank 7+ materia, but with the Mug or Darkness materia's stat bonus.
(B) fuse the materia produced in step (A) with any VIT UP or SPR UP materia -- this produces Status Ward (rank 4), again with the original Mug or Darkness stat bonus.

Now that you have the Status Ward with the transferred stat bonus, you can combine it with any Rank 4+ materia and get that Rank 4+ materia with the same stat bonus. You can also further fuse the resulting Rank 4+ materia with other materia and items to add additional stat bonuses, etc.

Here are some examples (with * representing the stat bonus you want to transfer):

Example 1 - Changing mastered *Mug to an unmastered *Mug:
(a) *Mug(mastered) + Hell Firaga = *Hell Firaga
(b) *Hell Firaga + Vit Up = *Status Ward
(c) Mug(unmastered) + *Status Ward(unmastered) = *Mug(unmastered)

Example 2 - Changing mastered *Darkness to unmastered *Darkness:
(a) *Darkness(mastered) + Hell Firaga = *Hell Firaga
(b) *Hell Firaga + Vit Up = *Status Ward
(c) Darkness(unmastered) + *Status Ward(unmastered) = *Darkness(unmastered)

Once you've got the unmastered *Mug and *Darkness material, you can now fuse them with other materia and items without changing them to Gil Toss or Quake.

Example 3 - Transferring a stat bonus from *Quake (rank 7) to *Darkness (rank 6):
(a) Hell Firaga + *Quake = *Hell Firaga
(b) *Hell Firaga + Vit Up = *Status Ward
(c) Darkness(unmastered) + *Status Ward(unmastered) = *Darkness(unmastered)

Example 4 - Transferring a stat bonus from *Ultima (rank 8) to *Darkness (rank 6):
(a) Status Strike + *Ultima = *Status Strike
(b) *Status Strike + Vit Up = *Status Ward
(c) Darkness(unmastered) + *Status Ward(unmastered) = *Darkness(unmastered)

Theoretically, you might be able to get this trick to work with other classes of materia, but the Status Defense class is the easiest because the Hell -ga and Vit Up materia are easy to obtain.

I hope people find this helpful. I've tried this with various materia (Mug and Darkness), and it seems to work fine. However, I make no guarantees so SAVE BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS PROCEDURE!

by ladytanaka

Original source from gamefaqs -
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=925138&topic=42337043

Max stats with minerva and phoenix downs

2008-03-30T14:51:00.002+08:00

Hello there,

Do you know Minerva? She is the strongest boss in the game where you can find in mission 9-6-6. You don't have to do anything in that mission but just to fight her. In my first few tries fighting her, I ended up dead everytime because her magic deals 99,999 damage so I realized I needed max stats especially max for Spirit to defend her spells...

So here's the recipe...

Materia and Item Needed

Mug or Steal - to steal 99 phoenix downs from Minerva
Brigand's glove - to make a successful steal all the time.

A phoenix down when fuse will give a +10% HP bonus so if you fuse 99 phoenix down, you will get +999% hp. However, the materia should already have a +hp bonus else it won't work.

Here, I will be using HP up since it's the lowest kind of hp increasing materia... So what I will do here is to fuse HP up + the materia you want to have the stat + 99phoenix down...

you will get a materia with +999% bonus, now fuse it again with the following

fat chocobo feather to turn it in hp (whats the use)
adamantite
mythril
dark matter
and other stat boosting items, you only need one...

and voila! you will now have Materia + 100stats.

How to defeat Minerva in Crisis Core?

2008-03-20T10:11:00.000+08:00

If you don't know, Minerva is the hardest boss in the game and it's the toughest mission you will face in Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core. If you don't come prepared, you will become ground beef or simply kiss the floor in just a few seconds upon seeing her.

Well, first and foremost, you need to have max stats in VIT and SPR so that your defense will be good. You can read a guide on how to gain max stats here.

Here is my materia and item set-up:

Costly Punch HP 999%
Energy Spirit 100
Gil Toss Vit 100
Rebirth Flame Mag 80
Mug Vit 100
Curaga HP 999%
Super Ribbon
Ziedrich
Genji Glove
Genji Armor

You can read a FAQ made just for defeating her here in Gamefaqs (just click the whole sentence) hehe.

Since in the faqs, they say that she has 10million hitpoints, you need to hit her with costly punch at least 101 times (or 100 if you want the final blow be through your sword which might give it rust, wear and tear)

So some tips ::

Do not fight her unless you have max vit and spr ... else her spells will kill you instantly (99999 damage). With max SPR, her damage is down to half or 1/3.
Always have reraise status. You will die if you don't have it.
Judgement Arrow, her limit break, will erase the raise status so make sure you pop another phoenix feather on yourself.
You can steal 99x phoenix feather from Minerva so you don't have an excuse of running out of them.
Make sure that if Judgement arrow hits you, you are still alive because if you die, you die since the spell cancels the raise status (I learned this the hard way)
You can dodge her spells. It just takes timing and getting hit a lot of times to learn when it will hit.

Good luck beating the crap out of Minerva! ^_^

Hardest mission in Crisis core? Minerva?

2008-03-18T15:00:00.001+08:00

Ha!

Yeah I agree... I got owned after seeing her. She's kinda pretty but too bad I have to destroy her.

After defeating her, I will posting tips in crisis core in the blog so stay tuned... Right now, I have to do other things like beefing up my character since I just die in less than a minute while fighting Minerva. ^_^

Beating crisis core mission 9-6-1

2008-03-16T10:22:00.002+08:00

Heh! I'm proud to say that my plan worked! Yesterday I posted about my experience where I am kissing the floor always because of the enemies, I just changed my equipment and now I am past 9-6-1.

Now let me tell you more about the enemies (sorry I could not remember their names)

Mr. Yellow Worm - This worm is annoying. Even if you have ribbon, it's spell, absolute stop will still give you a status stop. Now that's annoying.. because...
Mr. Grass - This tiny thing is also annoying because of it's energy spell and it also has a one hit kill (death). Imagine getting stopped by the worm and getting death. You will be kissing the ground.
Mr. Kactuar - This annoying supposedly dmw dude has a 1000 needles, 10000needles and 100000 needles (instant death). They keep hitting you with 10,000 needles with would mean 10,00 damage and a mini stun.

So their strategy is for the worm to use absolute stop on you and then the grass and kactuar will beat you up. Easy kill huh? But we must be the one who will kill them so let's prepare our items...

Ribbon - Important item because it will block the status effects of mr grass
Adaman Bangle - You need more than 9999 life else you will die in every attack of Mr. Kactuar
Brutal - Let's break the damage limit. Kactuar needs four 99999 hits to die.
Ziedrich - Stats! ^^

For materia

Costly Punch - Your damage maker
Curaga - Heal
Wall - Defense

Items

Phoenix down - Just in case you die

This is my setup which I manage to beat the mission. The boss in this mission has 3 Kactuar. Imagine 30000 damage if they gang up on you. It's a good thing that you can dodge them to minimize damage.

Just prepare a Phoenix down (for raise status) because the 100,000 damage of Kactuar is an instant kill unless you manage to dodge. Just keep trying and you will succeed.

I hope you found this useful. I'm still trying to reach Minerva... :D

Crisis Core Mission 9-6-1 keeps letting me kiss the ground

2008-03-15T12:23:00.002+08:00

I'm currently on the last chapter of Crisis Core where I decided to take a break and do some missions to get some nice items. So far I got genji helm and ziedrich on the list of uber strong items. I'm still trying to get the other genji items and hopefully finish all the missions.

Right now, I'm writing because I just died again in mission 9-6-1. The enemies there gives you a status effect of Stun and after that, you just see Zack kiss the ground. I'm wondering what strategy should I use to avoid dieng a lot because I can't progress if this goes on. I want to finish all missions before finishing the game so I am still thinking.

If I used the ribbon accessory then I have to sacrifice an accessory. Right now, I'm wearing Ziedrich, Genji Help, Adaman Bangle and Brutal. Let us see what they can offer and see who is the weakest link.

Ziedrich - Halves elemental damage and a whooping +100 to all stats!
Genji Helm - No MP and AP usage and a Libra materia effect
Adaman Bangle - Breaks the HP limit of 9999
Brutal - Breaks the Damage Limit of 9999

Seeing these, which do you think will be the weakest link? For me, it's Genji Helm! So I'm going to replace Genji Helm with ribbon just to survive Crisis Core mission 9-6-1.

My Crisis Core Status

2008-03-13T12:42:00.000+08:00

The game I'm currently playing is Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core for PSP.

I am already on the last chapter (as informed by the faqs) but I am not yet finishing the game because I want to collect the strongest items. As of now, I'm trying to boost up my stats through materia fusion. This is what I have so far...

Curaga Master + HP 999%
Costly Punch Master + HP 999%
Mug Level 1 + Vit 100

I'm still going to add a +100 SPR, + 100ATK maybe or +100Mag but I don't know which materia I'm going to add them too.

I'm still farming for items to add to the fusion and also for SP since when you want to fuse to get +100 in stats, you need to spend roughly 1 million SP. So I still need about 3million SP or more... This is going to take me a few days more so expect more crisis core posts in this blog. ^_^