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TIL Final Fantasy XII has a fishing sidequest/minigame - what other games have you completely missed content?
- Thread starter Vashetti
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FF12 too. Apparently there's a super strong weapon called the Zodiac Spear but to even have a chance to get it you have to get specific treasure chests at specific places, if you see a chest in the overworld and decide to get it, you're almost certainly locked out of getting it forever. Also aside from the first mandatory hunt, I missed the entire clan hunt quests on my first playthrough.
The Zodiac Spear is one of the most known weapons in the game mainly cause the method to obtain it is so notorious. It makes sense if you weren't looking up anything about the game that you'd never know though. The fishing sidequest is a lot more obscure by comparison. People don't talk about that one as much. I think it's because that sidequest is only there to obtain part of the key needed to unlock a weapon in the game that's mostly useless by the time you obtain it - the Wyrmhero Blade:
I think it's a Dragon Quest reference? I wonder how many people know about this weapon.
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Not quite, there are four specific chests you can't open. The unlock methods are also entirely different in The Zodiac Age version of the game.
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I played all of Persona 3 Portable without ever checking in on Iwatodai Station until the very last day
I always assumed the little circle to the bottom of the Iwatodai Strip Mall area would just take me to the world map so I never clicked on it, because I always just scanned the whole map and exited from the left or right. I felt like a big ol' idiot and I'm curious just how much dialogue I missed.
I also never did the Aerobics in Animal Crossing for the GameCube because what kid is getting up at 6am for a single week during the summer break
I always assumed the little circle to the bottom of the Iwatodai Strip Mall area would just take me to the world map so I never clicked on it, because I always just scanned the whole map and exited from the left or right. I felt like a big ol' idiot and I'm curious just how much dialogue I missed.
I also never did the Aerobics in Animal Crossing for the GameCube because what kid is getting up at 6am for a single week during the summer break
Sound Novels
The Sound Novels (サウンドノベル, Saundo Noberu?) are minigames in the Japanese version of Final Fantasy Tactics. Unlocked when the specific artefacts is earned, they are minigames that consist of four "sound novels" related to the elements in the Chronicle section of the game. The sound novels have no...
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Sound Novels
The Sound Novels (サウンドノベル, Saundo Noberu?) are minigames in the Japanese version of Final Fantasy Tactics. Unlocked when the specific artefacts is earned, they are minigames that consist of four "sound novels" related to the elements in the Chronicle section of the game. The sound novels have no...
YO WTF?!?!?! Not 15 posts and my mind is already being blown
Method of accessing said sidequest/minigame
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You can only access it fairly late-game apparently:
Fishing (Final Fantasy XII)
Fishing is a minigame in Final Fantasy XII played in the South Bank Village of the Dalmasca Estersand. The loot item Lu Shang's Badge is obtained by doing the fishing sidequest, an item needed for the Wyrmhero Blade. To begin the sidequest, the player must have completed the cactite family...
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What the fuck???? FFXII is literally one of my favorite games and I didn't know this.
I'm losing my mind right now.
I'm losing my mind right now.
You can get the Zodiac Spear as a randomly spawning chest, it's just very rare, so getting it that way is very time-consuming. I assume this is the way the developers originally intended people to get it.
The whole "don't open these specific chests" method is probably a trick that was added later for people who didn't want to do it the normal way.
I made a thread about this where a lot of people first found out about it, but it was years until I realised there's a whole extra layer to time-outs and double KOs in the Street Fighter 3 games called the Judgement Girls.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/th...dom-expansion-of-an-existing-mechanic.313303/
https://www.resetera.com/threads/th...dom-expansion-of-an-existing-mechanic.313303/
Wait until you try to get Seitengrat (strongest weapon) in the Zodiac version. It is from an invisible chest that has 1% chance to spawn, 20% containing an item, and 5% containing Seitengrat. Without RNG manipulation you have 1/10,000 of getting it.
What!? How?? I just recently replayed the game and have never heard about this
WTF!! Never knew about thisI made a thread about this where a lot of people first found out about it, but it was years until I realised there's a whole extra layer to time-outs and double KOs in the Street Fighter 3 games called the Judgement Girls.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/th...dom-expansion-of-an-existing-mechanic.313303/
I love this game, and never knew... I think I even got the platinum on PS4?
My memory is really bad, or I just ignored this completely.
My memory is really bad, or I just ignored this completely.
I made a thread about this where a lot of people first found out about it, but it was years until I realised there's a whole extra layer to time-outs and double KOs in the Street Fighter 3 games called the Judgement Girls.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/th...dom-expansion-of-an-existing-mechanic.313303/
i remember that thread. you did a great job
I made a thread about this where a lot of people first found out about it, but it was years until I realised there's a whole extra layer to time-outs and double KOs in the Street Fighter 3 games called the Judgement Girls.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/th...dom-expansion-of-an-existing-mechanic.313303/
This is a small thread filled with earth shattering revelations.I also never did the Aerobics in Animal Crossing for the GameCube because what kid is getting up at 6am for a single week during the summer break
For me both insanely stupid and awesome at the same time. The Witcher 2....
I figured doing Roche path would be slightly different and not worth a replay. I was wrong.
And yes, I feel very stupid because it actually is pretty obvious but hey. Pretty cool that you can experience a completely different game on second playthrough though.
I figured doing Roche path would be slightly different and not worth a replay. I was wrong.
And yes, I feel very stupid because it actually is pretty obvious but hey. Pretty cool that you can experience a completely different game on second playthrough though.
You can only access it fairly late-game apparently:
Fishing (Final Fantasy XII)
Fishing is a minigame in Final Fantasy XII played in the South Bank Village of the Dalmasca Estersand. The loot item Lu Shang's Badge is obtained by doing the fishing sidequest, an item needed for the Wyrmhero Blade. To begin the sidequest, the player must have completed the cactite family...
Ah i see, i did the cactite family sidequest but nothing else.
I missed the trophy hunters in phon coast during my first run too.
Thanks.
Thanks! I enjoyed making it and all the shocked reactions were gold lol
I did more reading into FF12 and it has a foot racing mini game? I don't have any recollection of this either.
...I had about 800 hours into FFXII and beat every boss including Yazmat.. How did I not know about the fishing mini game?!
I really hate when shit like this is so hidden in games, imo if you can't reasonably find something in the game without looking at outside resources it's a failure in game design. Final Fantasy has always been particularly bad about this.
But if you can't reasonably find something in the game without reading a strategy guide, then it's a win for strategy guide publishers ^^
Back in the day (or before the internet really) these little nuggets used to be hidden just so they could be told to strategy guide publishers