This is for Brian-Sama. I agree that the Final Fantasy IV translation was stilted; Japanese directly translated into English usually is, and the language wouldn't have half the popularity it does if it wasn't for anime and video games. Thank you for mentioning Tactics, and the mistranslations there were amusing. However, I probably won't do a guide to it, as PS emulation is a big fat suck.
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Well, go to the Cathedral, seeing how it's the only place you can go, on account of the bridge being destroyed by Magus' forces and on account of the fact that the Chancellor has been hanging out here and on account of the fact that the Queen was last seen there, making you wonder just why the hell the search party was to the east. That would be like the NNYPD finding out someone was missing in Harlem and sending a search party to TriSol, all the way in the Forbidden Zone. The nuns transform into Naga-ettes, which can slow you down and put a white aura around you which lets you know that you've been slowed down. They also attack you. They're mostly harmless. |
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This is a double-tech. It's called Fire Whirl and it will be very useful while you're here. However, it also consumes your scant MP rather fast, forcing you to rely on regular attacks. |
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A frog who's the only character who talks like this in the entire 6th century arrives and fights off the rest of the Naga-ettes who surround you. |
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Lucca, scientist that she is, sees the frog and reacts much in the way Rydia would if she ever met Lucca. |
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Lucca lets him come with him for the greater good. Name him. I stick with Frog. It's a really original name, isn't it? Japanese get longer names and, but their assumption that people in Laos and Italy wouldn't be playing their version ruined it for anyone who wants to name him Kermit. |
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The hidden door opens when you play the organ. How anyone knows the right sequence of notes to play is beyond me. Or maybe it opens when someone plays it and Crono just picked something that sounded nice. |
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Diabloses kick you. That's all you need to know. If they do anything else, you probably won't know about it because they die really quickly. Oh, and you get to use Frog in battle. He uses a sword and can lick people to heal them. Only thing he can't do is make it rain. |
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The Bromide is... well, I don't know what it does. The Chrono Compendium points out that a bromide is a photograph and says the Japanese version makes it out to be an obscene picture of a Naga-ette. Some guy wants it in exchange for a magic tab or something that's actually useful. You have to fight two henches and a naga-ette (or maybe it was three henches) for it. They have a lot of HP, and as usual, they rely on physical attacks. |
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Gnashers are weak to fire. And they're paired up. You know what this means, don't you? |
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Unlike the rest of the monsters here, these ones seem to be under the impression that you aren't humans, merely monsters in the guise of two humans and an anthropomorphic frog. They don't attack you, even though they're a bit suspicious, as Frog would have a hard time sneaking into a furry convention. They don't seem to like anything amphibian, according to a snarky guide I read once. Or avian. Or even primates. |
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These Diabloses don't attack you, as they're also convinced you're disguised or maybe they're just too busy singing their Magus song, which seems to be written by Oscar the Grouch, although someone just crossed out the word trash and wrote Magus in Crayola. |
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They sound lovestruck. |
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They overuse the word Magus in the chorus. |
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Ah, Mad Bats. They're by far most annoying enemy here. They're hard to hit and not positioned for a Flame Whirl. |
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Sneak up on these henches (they're not convinced you're monsters; who would disguise themselves as an batrachomorph? They don't even know the secret handshake!) and play the organ. |
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The sign said no door here. You're not supposed to be in here. Read the damn sign. This isn't a cartoon, you can't just get in by drawing a chalk outline of a door and turning the chalk knob. |
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Tis Sir Frog to ye. |
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The chancellor's really a monster! Yakra belches out bowling balls, rolls around like a spastic bear in a little cart and hits everyone, and uses Needle Spin to put an assload of hurt on a character. |
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X-Strike will be your best friend in this battle. |
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I think this is Needle Spin, anyway. |
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Do the pose, free the real chancellor from the box, and head back to the castle. |
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You'll be seeing the result of that pretty soon. |
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You probably locked yourself in the meat locker again. |
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Marle is really freaked out by frogs, especially frogs that talk like they're in a Shakespeare play. Anyway, 600, kiss my shiny metal ass. We're going back home. |
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Good news everyone! Lucca has perfected her hypno-ray, which allows you to put monsters to sleep. |
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Here are some green imps practicing for the soccer tournament against the blue imps with a Roly. I'll see you back in 1000 for Chapter 4. Assuming things don't go wrong with the portal again. |