I'll save your memory. Let's play Missing Bro!

I wonder who that regal-looking fellow could be?



The monster commander transformed itself into me and took my position.
What? You say you defeated it?
Oh! You have the RoyalRing!! Did you get it back from the monster?
How dependable you three are! How can I return your feat? Please tell me anything you want.
SkyShip? You know, it's mere legend that the ship can fly in the air. However, you all have tremendous power. You might be able to use the hidden power of the ship. Well, I give you this voucher. You can pass the check point in front of the SkyShip.

(Apolo got the King'sVoucher.)

This whole bit is kind of strange. The imposter defeated Helios two years ago, presumably at the South Tower. I guess at some point since then it came and imprisoned the real king. Why it didn't just kill him, I don't know. Hostage, I suppose. It seems like the imposter was using the theft of the RoyalRing as an excuse to not let anyone see him, to help him maintain his disguise. So how did Helios get a hold of it? Maybe the real king gave it to him when he set out, but didn't tell anyone, allowing the imposter to claim it had been stolen. Maybe Helios visited the castle, though everyone said he hadn't been seen since going south. Maybe the imposter took over for the king before Helios got there, and their fight was in the throne room and it gave him the ring then for some reason. Maybe I'm thinking about this a little too much.

The thing about the SkyShip not actually being able to fly is pretty weird too. It'll be pretty funny if it turns out to be true.



(King) You three are our benefactor. We always welcome you.

When you think about it, we've all achieved what we set out to do: Apolo and Dina found Helios, and Helios has saved Alto Castle. This is supposed to be the ending. Still, Henge said that as long as the KingDevil is around, humanity will always face destruction. I guess we should do something about that. Firstly though, let's see if anyone in the castle has noticed the change:



I guess not.



The only thing I can do is praying.

This guy knows our plans, but seems to have forgotten that he's a man-at-arms. He could come help us kill stuff if he chose to.



Thank you so much. I gift this to you as a token of our appreciation. You can save your memory using this stone anywhere anytime.

(Apolo got the MemoryStone.)

This priest knows what's up. The MemoryStone isn't super-useful, since the game is pretty easy and quicksaves whenever you quit (this being an iPhone game, after all), but I'll be using it at least once.



Meet a person who lives in west before that. The person is so familiar to you all. She or he can give you a good advice.

Thanks for the specificity, Seer! This is probably good advice anyway. If we're going to go fight the King Devil, a threat to all humanity, I should probably stop by my hometown and rub it in to everyone that I was right about Helios being alive and they were wrong while I'm still alive to do it. And let our mother know he's alive too, I guess.

Nobody else has anything new to say. Talking to the guy on the left there reminds me that I still haven't found the MiracleHerb. I had thought there might be a passage behind the king or something, but I didn't see one just now. I guess maybe you're supposed to use the "Check" command from the menu on each tile in the castle until you find it? I'm gonna declare that not worth it and move on. I'll swing by the frontline fort and see if there's any new dialogue there.



Good luck.

Thanks, dude! Right, off to get the SkyShip.



OK, use the SkyShip freely.

He steps aside, giving us access to the ship. You know how the king said that it flying is just a legend?



All lies. There isn't even a dialogue where your characters use their magic to activate it or something. It just flies.

Let's have a look around in our new ship:



So sad.



Here's the Devil'sCastle. Looks pretty scary!



Here's a more comfortable sight: Apolo and Helios' hometown of Hast.



Everyone in town is pleased to see us. I didn't take a screenshot, but I tried to creep Helios out by showing him his own grave. The game didn't acknowledge it. Time to go home.



Helios?
You are really Helios?

(Helios) Mom...
I caused you so much worry three years.

(Mom) No problem, I'm happy to see you now!! Helios, who is she?

(Helios) Oh, she is a granddaughter of my magic teacher.

(Dina) Nice to meet you, I'm Dina.

(Mom) Nice to meet you too.

(Apolo) Um...mom...

(Mom) What?
Are you going to fight against the KindDevil?

(Helios) I'm really sorry that we'll make you worry again, but...
I promise we won't die!

(Mom) Um...I...see.
I don't stop you.
Anyway, take a rest enough before going out.

(HP&MP was 100% restored.)

Well. Mom is an understanding lady. It just occurred to me that although Helios left town three years ago, he only actually left the continent and entered into the service of the KingDevil two years ago. A considerate son might've written his mother a letter or something in that first year.

It was nice to see Mom, but the seer told us we were going to get some advice from someone familiar to us all, and I don't think Mom telling us to have a rest is what she meant. But who else do we know?



That's great!!

This guy is the only person in Kant with anything new to say. You might remember him as the one who was concerned that Alto castle was in trouble, so it makes sense he'd have something to say about it now. But that's not advice.

There are only three people left in the world for me to get advice from, and I have no intention of visiting the dudes in the shop in the forest again. Which leaves:



(Helios) I must apologize for my long silence.

(Witch) I know you've decided to fight against the KingDevil. However at this rate, you won't win.

(Apolo) Why...?

(Witch) Maybe you can defeat him by cooperation of you three once or more. But you'll be surely surprised after that.

(Apolo) ...?

(Dina) ...?

(Helios) What do you mean?

(Witch) Anyway...
I'll give you this MagicCrock.

(Apolo) MagicCrock?

(Witch) Yeah, this can lock a weak monster in itself.

(Apolo) Weak monster...

(Witch) Yeah. Hey, here it is.

(Apolo got the MagicCrock.)

(Witch) Well...
What I will say from now is very important. When KingDevil is very damaged and become like a weak monster, you must see something changed on his body. Then use this MagicCrock. It's not reusable. You can use it only once. If you use it in wrong timing, you'd never have a chance to win. Don't forget it.

(Apolo wrote down the points of Witch's advices.)

(Witch) Take care.

Right! Looks like I got some good advice there.



(Don't miss something changed on the KingDevil's body. The MagicCrock is not reusable. If we use it in wrong timing, we'd never have a chance to win.)

This is downright decent of the game. If you forget this info, you can't win, so it's nice to have it on hand whenever you want.



OK, so we're prepared. Back to the Devil'sCastle!



Better play it safe, just in case.

Next time: The thrilling conclusion!

Technically he said he was letting Apolo and Dina "use this bed".*bow-bow ooooooh chikachika*

So wait, is Dina actually Dionysus?

I'm... not actually sure what that suggests this might be leading to.


Edit: Oh, right, Diana, duh! The Roman version of Artemis, Apollo's sister.

Are you ready, Helios, Dina?

(Helios) Yes.

(Dina) I'm ready.

(Apolo) OK. Here we go!!



It's a fairly straightforward dungeon. You can see the stairs to the next level on the left there.



Here are some of the enemies in the castle. As you can see, Deaths have the awesome power of Megagiga, my personal favourite spell in the game. Except when enemies use it.



One loop around the perimeter gets us to the next level.



On level two you loop around twice, once clockwise and the other widdershins. There's a patch of black floor in the middle of the room. I'll investigate:



I think this might be the only place in the game where you have to use the check command. It takes you back down to the ground floor, in the previously inaccessible center section.



Off to the left is a talking fire.



Oh, it's a firebeast.



I make short work of it, and more stairs appear.



Looks like we've found the KingDevil's lair. That's him in the top corner.



Probably not a bad idea to heal up at this point.



Surprisingly, you reached here at last. I don't remember the last time human being came into this castle. Not only that, you are trying to defeat me. Interesting!! I'm really excited!! Let's enjoy this battle. I forbade other monsters to attack you. Come directly to me.

What a nice guy! Before we kill him though I wanna take a proper look around the ground floor. Should be easy since the enemies are forbidden to attack me. I head back up the stairs.



There are another three Firebeasts, one in each of the cardinal directions from the entry. Each has something different to say to you. They also heal themselves in fights, which is just as annoying as in any other RPG.



I love that one of these guys is concerned enough to tell you that fighting the KingDevil is reckless, then tries to kill you. Also, contrary to what KingDevil said, the regular enemies will still attack. I think there are no encounters in the basement where he is, though. OK, time to take on the final boss.



Better save, just in case.

I say again...
Welcome to my castle. I'm really impressed with your courage. Hahaha...
Anyway, this is my first battle in a long while. Please keep fighting as much as you can to amuse me. Hahaha...

(Helios) You underestimate us, don't you? You should know the winner is not clear yet.

(KingDevil) The winner is not clear? Don't push your luck!! This battle is just a kill-time for me. There is no possibility that you win.

(Apolo) I believe our possibility. We'll show you our power!!

God, what a jerk.



So he attacks me and I attack him and eventually he dies.



(KingDevil) Cough, cough...
Well, you are stronger than I expected. But it's still meaningless. I have an eternal life. I can revive infinitely even if you defeat me.



Oh man, he's back and he's invisible! This is a sticky wicket. Like the witch told me, I need to use the MagicCrock when something on the KingDevil's body changes. How I'm supposed to do that when I can't see him I don't know. I'll just hit him a few times before using it and hope for the best:



Well, crud. Remember, this is a single-use item. I go into the item use menu again, but it isn't there anymore:



So basically I've doomed humanity. Good job, me. Then something terrible happens:



The KingDevil reappears. Note that his eyes have changed colour. This is the point at which I should have used the MagicCrock. Guess I'll just hit him for now.



He gets up again and I still don't have the means to seal him away. Luckily, I saved before the fight. Let's try this again:



This time I saw when he changed, but he died in the same round of combat so I wasn't able to use the MagicCrock. Kind of irritating.



He gets back up and knocks Dina down. You might remember that you can bring the dead back to life with regular healing magic. Turns out that this doesn't work in fights.



Eventually he reappears. I assume that the invisibility is a glitch rather than a feature, but it sure does make it easier to tell when you're supposed to use the MagicCrock. Speaking of which:



Wh...Wh...
What do you have?

(Apolo) It's MagicCrock.

(KingDevil) Wh...What?
Um...I know...
It's the Witch's idea. She gave you such thing.

(Apolo) Say your prayers, KingDevil!!

(KingDevil) No...No...

(Apolo) MagicCrock!! Inhale the KingDevil!! Lock the wrong power with him!

(KingDevil) No!! Stop it!!
N..Nooooooooo!!!

Then there's a little animation of the KingDevil shrinking and spiralling down into the MagicCrock.



(KingDevilLie) I regret I underestimated you. Remember!! Human-beings!! I'll surely come back someday!! And I'll kill you all!! Remember!! Remembeeeeeeer!!

.....



We did it...
didn't we?

(Helios) Yeah, we did.

(Dina) We won?

(Helios) I'm not sure if we won.

(Apolo) I'm sure the Alto castle will become peaceful.

(Helios) Yeah, that's the first priority.



Let's get out of here!!

I don't think there are any more fights left, but it'd be sad if Dina finished the game dead.



(Helios) Oh!!

(Apolo) Devil'sCastle is disappearing!!



This is a very sad day for that skeleton near the South tower.



How horrendous...
Oh, where is the MagicCrock?



So I left it there.

Our hero, ladies and gentlemen.



Then it is at the bottom of the sea now.



(Helios) You know he has huge power and tenacity. Maybe he can release himself someday.

(Dina) Scary...



(Dina) Why?

(Helios) Why are you so confident?

(Apolo) Dina is a granddaughter of that strong witch. And Helios is her talented disciple. If you two get married, your kids must be stronger than KingDevil.



Our hero, ladies and gentlemen.



Yes, it was the first. Maybe the KingDevil will come back someday with huger power. However, we don't need to be worried as Apolo said. So let's celebrate peaceful days now. With the Legendary Brave-Men's family...



There we have it! Thanks for reading, guys.

Final thoughts: There's been some discussion in this thread about the badness of this game. In some ways, I agree. The use of the English language in this game in particular is not exemplary. On the other hand, it's always clear (aside from some of the spell names), and it's always pretty charming. The graphics, similarly, are not exactly great, but they have a certain charm. The dungeons are tiny, but really who wants to wander around lost in mazes all the time? (I'll admit that sometimes I do, but sometimes I don't). The battle system is really simple, but it's also lightning fast. One thing Missing Bro doesn't do is waste your time (aside from when you're waiting for Dina to go away). It does what it does and it does it efficiently and with charm. You could argue that the whole game is a waste of time, of course, but I've enjoyed it and I hope you all have too.

Also, I just had a look on the app store, and it looks like a sequel is out: Find The Treasure.



I'll be playing it. Will you?

But the Legendary Brave-Men are the children of a witch's granddaughter and said witch's apprentice. I don't think I could possibly find treasure that they hid.

Maybe if it's some other group of Legendary Brave-Men.

Or if I owned an iDevice.

The way he says this makes me think Apolo must be no more than ten years old. Obviously the best possible hero to defeat KingDevil.

This game knows the best way to phrase things.

Ah, it's a Dragon Quest clone to the end, isn't it? I'd almost call it a DQ1/DQ2 hybrid (with the latter's party system and the former's everything-else), only way easier and with higher numbers all around. It didn't seem to be terrible on any technical level, just... well, uninspired and short. I'd say I hope the sequel's better, but that doesn't really seem very likely. At least I hope it's no less adequate.

Excellent.