"One to be born from a dragon..." -- Let's Play Final Fantasy II

Dawnswalker · #**2701** 08-20-2012, 11:34 PM

I know this isn't that kind of LP, but this is still neat (for the first five minutes.)

Final Fantasy IV 64 Room Levels Bug

Meditative_Zebra · #**2702** 08-21-2012, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Brickroad

But a glowy, candy-colored shield generated by the combined power of all eight crystals of light and darkness are no match for the king of the moonbeards! And thus we meet our final party member. Alas, Nintendo Power's coverage of FF2 stopped somewhere around Rubicant, so there's no sweet artwork of FuSoYa with a hilariously inaccurate pirate hat or fu-manchu or anything like that. But never fear, dear reader, for I tried my best to find a reasonable facsimile!

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FuSoYa - Lunar

It seems unfairly dismissive to just write FuSoYa off as "Tellah II", but, well, if the beard fits...

You know, I had never seen whether or not there was actual Amano art for FuSoYa. So I just checked and it turns out that there is. And it's a little bit terrifying!

This not look like the illustration of someone who's a good guy!

But not too dissimilar from a mop!

Kzinssie · #**2703** 08-21-2012, 07:57 AM

He looks like a deranged Dr. Seuss character.

TE-Ryan · #**2704** 08-21-2012, 11:25 AM

I think he looks more like something out of an angry, grown-up version of Ponyo.

McClain · #**2705** 08-21-2012, 11:30 AM

I sort of wonder if that wasn't originally supposed to be art of Zemus or another Lunarian bad guy.

I also forgot that in the other (totally nonexistent) versions of the game he got Regen and Bless. Totally makes him a better character.

Loki · #**2706** 08-21-2012, 11:34 AM

Really? :\

McClain · #**2707** 08-21-2012, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Loki

Really? :\

I may be missremembering, but I thought bless was effective enough that you could let Rydia pretty much blow the crap out of everything for without really worrying about MP.

And free regen is probably better than anything else he could do in the GBA game outside of boss battles.

Of course keeping his squishy ass alive long enough to make use of either is still an issue.

Loki · #**2708** 08-21-2012, 11:46 AM

You edited your post. I mean "Really? You think Amano accidentally painted the wrong character and they just went with it? :\"

McClain · #**2709** 08-21-2012, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Loki

You edited your post. I mean "Really? You think Amano accidentally painted the wrong character and they just went with it? :\"

OH.

No, I mean like maybe he made a design and the character changed in the writing. I don't think he made a mistake, but I'm sure he draws stuff all the time that gets changed in production.

Or even that he just had a slightly darker take on the character than what ended up in the pixels and limited text.

E: Like, who is this dude from the early FFIII art?

Octopus Prime · #**2710** 08-21-2012, 12:19 PM

In the PSP remake, Bless is just Regen, and it's weak enough, slow enough and has a long enough cast time that there's no reason to use it when you have regular, pokey old Cure right there.

All, other then that fact that Fusoya doesn't have enough MP to waste any on something as grand and theatrical as Cure.

ThricebornPhoenix · #**2711** 08-21-2012, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Brickroad

Our sweet new ride also comes equipped with Comfort-o-matic Nightsimulation Energy Pods, as well as an Obese Chocopodian Inventory Management System. (There's a "...but you're still hungry" joke to be had in there somewhere, but it eluded me. Oh well.)

TirMcDohl · #**2712** 08-21-2012, 02:04 PM

Beautiful. Just beautiful.

In FF4 DS, the Big Chocobo on the Big Whale is robotic. That makes it even more terrifying.

Kzinssie · #**2713** 08-21-2012, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by TirMcDohl

In FF4 DS, the Big Chocobo on the Big Whale is robotic. That makes it even more terrifying.

Pics or it didn't happen.

McClain · #**2714** 08-21-2012, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Lilfut

Pics or it didn't happen.

here you go.

Violet · #**2715** 08-21-2012, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Dawnswalker

I know this isn't that kind of LP, but this is still neat (for the first five minutes.)

Final Fantasy IV 64 Room Levels Bug

I'd heard of that bug but never seen it in action. Too bad it's so tedious to set up.

ThricebornPhoenix · #**2716** 08-21-2012, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by McClain

here you go.

Yeah, that is kind of terrifying.

Heffenfeffer · #**2717** 08-22-2012, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Brickroad

Another "Huh?" moment for me came when I saw FuSoYa die - and become a puddle of beard. I found it so amusing that I was disappointed when it didn't occur in two other circumstances:

1: When FuSoYa gets knocked down in an upcoming story event, he doesn't go into beard stasis. Instead, they just draw him on his side for some reason.

2: In FFIVDS, he doesn't disentegrate into beard when he dies - he just pulls an Obi-Wan and disappears while his empty cloak falls.

In conclusion, beards.

Octopus Prime · #**2718** 08-22-2012, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Heffenfeffer

Another "Huh?" moment for me came when I saw FuSoYa die - and become a puddle of beard. I found it so amusing that I was disappointed when it didn't occur in two other circumstances:

1: When FuSoYa gets knocked down in an upcoming story event, he doesn't go into beard stasis. Instead, they just draw him on his side for some reason.

2: In FFIVDS, he doesn't disentegrate into beard when he dies - he just pulls an Obi-Wan and disappears while his empty cloak falls.

In conclusion, beards.

In the PSP remake, he literally turns into a puddle while his beard rests beside him.

Which is pretty alarming!

LancerECNM · #**2719** 08-22-2012, 04:37 PM

So basically, some or all of FuSoYa is in fact liquid he's coalesced into a body.

I can dig it.

Vega · #**2720** 08-22-2012, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Meditative_Zebra

You know, I had never seen whether or not there was actual Amano art for FuSoYa. So I just checked and it turns out that there is. And it's a little bit terrifying!

This not look like the illustration of someone who's a good guy!

But not too dissimilar from a mop!

I like to think the artwork is intentional, and that both American and Japanese gamers have a thing for inaccurate art, just in different ways. Americans want inaccurate features, hence the Nintendo Power art, while the Japanese want innacurate poses, hence this drawing.

Nobuyuki · #**2721** 08-22-2012, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Heffenfeffer

2: In FFIVDS, he doesn't disentegrate into beard when he dies - he just pulls an Obi-Wan and disappears while his empty cloak falls.

Wait, what if that ridiculous beard is actually fake? An enormous beard-wig falls to the ground, but the limited SNES hardware just made it look like a beard puddle.

mopinks · #**2722** 08-22-2012, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Vega

Americans want inaccurate features, hence the Nintendo Power art, while the Japanese want innacurate poses, hence this drawing.

b-b-but the Nintendo Power art was drawn by a Japanese guy

Torzelbaum · #**2723** 08-22-2012, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Heffenfeffer

Another "Huh?" moment for me came when I saw FuSoYa die - and become a puddle of beard. I found it so amusing that I was disappointed when it didn't occur in two other circumstances:

I had some other thoughts on that picture of the different "fainted" poses. Rosa and Rydia both look like they're taking a nap. But Edge looks like he has actually been killed. Even if you do enough damage to FuSoYa to destroy his body his beard will still remain (and protect his head).

Vega · #**2724** 08-22-2012, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mopinks

b-b-but the Nintendo Power art was drawn by a Japanese guy

... for an American audience. It's in the same vein as Punch Out and Mystic Quest.

Kishi · #**2725** 08-22-2012, 09:31 PM

An old friend of mine made this about seven years ago.

McClain · #**2726** 08-22-2012, 09:39 PM

I forgot to mention earlier that I love that the effect of trying to buy something you can't afford is everyone fucking dies.

Sky Render · #**2727** 08-22-2012, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Nich

The shopkeepers in FF2 are imported from Nethack.

Actually, I'm pretty sure they're close relatives of the shopkeeper on Koholint Island.

Do not mess with a shopkeep who has mastered Force Lightning.

Loki · #**2728** 08-22-2012, 10:06 PM

I don't know what crazy version of the game that is. In the Link's Awakening I'm familiar with the shop keep is that evil birdphone.

CokoBean · #**2729** 08-24-2012, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Vega

I like to think the artwork is intentional, and that both American and Japanese gamers have a thing for inaccurate art, just in different ways. Americans want inaccurate features, hence the Nintendo Power art, while the Japanese want innacurate poses, hence this drawing.

Hypothetical Future Musings:
I love Amano & Terada's (the np artist's) designs. Terada finally got an rpg with his own designs in the hypothetical future: Wizardry Busin.

Square sometimes ignored Amano's own designs (look at bartz/lenna of a hypothetical ffv)

Kzinssie · #**2730** 08-24-2012, 09:49 AM

There's a part of me that wants to write a NP-style guide to the leaked FF2j English prototype, complete with awful artwork. The characters names would be the Fighter, the Woman, the Brute, and I don't know what Leon would go by.

You know, in an alternate universe where there is a different FF2. this alternate universe thing is stupid and you should feel stupid