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: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.
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.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.
Say what?
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...finalfantasy.fandom.com
You can only access it fairly late-game apparently:Wait wtf? I remember a sidequest with that npc but it wasn't a fishing minigame.
To begin the sidequest, the player must have completed the cactite family sidequest and the story at the Draklor Laboratory. After speaking with Ruksel at the South Bank village, the player must travel to the Balfonheim Port and speak to the Fishing Enthusiast outside of the Aerodrome.
The player must talk to him twice and ask about the fishing rod, then run to the Aerodrome's entrance and back to the same spot without leaving the area. The Muramata fishing rod will be near the wall where he was sitting. The player can now return to Ruksel at the Dalmasca Estersand to begin the minigame.
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.
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.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.
I've completed the game on PS2 and PS4, and had no idea this was in the game. I'm mindblown. What games have you experienced where you later learned you completely missed out on content?
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 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've completed the game on PS2 and PS4, and had no idea this was in the game. I'm mindblown. What games have you experienced where you later learned you completely missed out on content?
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
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...finalfantasy.fandom.com
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 ^^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.
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 publishersI 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.