•============================================================================• | Final Fantasy VII | | Playstation | | Gold Saucer Guide | | Version 1.00 | | Sunday, January 04, 2004 | •============================================================================• Contents: I About this FAQ I I Version History I I I Basic Information I V Battle Square V Chocobo Racing V I Event Square V I I Ghost Square V I I I Round Square I X Speed Square X Wonder Square X I Misc. Info X I I Notes and Thanks •============================================================================• | I ABOUT THIS FAQ | •============================================================================• _________ FAQ Sizes ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Pages 18 Words 7 256 Characters without spaces 32 348 Characters with spaces 51 086 Paragraphs 844 Lines 988 _________________ Mission Statement ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Looking through the many FAQs that are posted over the web pertaining to Final Fantasy VII, I noticed that there was a lock of one FAQ in particular - a Gold Saucer FAQ. In this FAQ I hope to show explore deeply into every aspect of the Gold Saucer amusement park. 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End of Version, every section has a fair amount of information (some are finished some still have a bit of work to get completed, but it is finally presentable). __________________ Version Statistics 1.00 Sunday, January 04, 2004 51.9 Kb ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ •============================================================================• | I I I BASIC INFORMATION | •============================================================================• ____________________ What is Gold Saucer? Basically the Gold Saucer is a giant amusement park ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ that Square added into the game in dramatically increase both replay value and to go along with many parts of the story. ______________________ How Much Does it Cost? The first time you come to the entrance of Gold ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Saucer, you are asked if you would like to buy a single day pass. If you chose this option, then it will cost 3 000 Gil. The other option is a lifetime pass for 30 000 Gil, which by the time you are finished with the game, you will realize just how good of a bargain this is. ____________________ What can I do there? You can do anything from race chocobos to fight a ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ series of beasts. There is an arcade area where you can play games. You can take a roller coaster ride while shooting targets out. There is even an Inn if you get a little tired (Be careful though, it's haunted!) During the game, you will even go on a date here and get to act out a play. ________________ What is this GP? GP is pretty much like "Gold Saucer Money" you will earn ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ GP if you do well in games or win chocobo races. However, many of the games that you will come to enjoy will cost GP, which can be hard to come by sometimes, especially when you are looking to buy some good materia for a couple thousand GP at a time. Don't worry, if you leave the Gold Saucer for any reason, you will still be able to hold onto any GP that you have earned. __________________ Where do I get GP? You can earn GP from many of the games that are in Gold ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Saucer. Every once in a while, a person will show up outside of the main entrance you will be able to buy GP from him. It is also possible to win GP from winning Chocobo races. _____________ Can I Buy GP? It is possible to buy GP. Every once in a while a man will ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ appear outside the entrance of the Gold Saucer (above the save point). You will be able to buy up to 100 GP from him, for 100 Gil per GP. However, he only appears about 13% of the time, so you might need to enter and leave a few times for him to appear. •============================================================================• | I V BATTLE SQUARE | •============================================================================• The basic idea of Battle Square is a place where you can practice your fighting techniques and strategies without there being game-ending consequences. However, to make the game more interesting, Square added a couple extra variables to the preverbal equation. One: Before each round of fighting the proceeds the initial round you will be given a handicap that will last until the end of the set of eight fights. Two: Each handicap will give you a certain amount of battle points, or "BP", that accumulates until the end of the round. Three: With enough BP you will be able to buy rare and unique items and materia. Four: Get good enough, and you will be entered into a special battle where you must fight some of the toughest enemies in the game... by yourself. __________ Basic Info ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cost: 10 GP Difficulty: Varies Necessity: High Before going into the actual arena, you will be asked whether you would like to participate in the Regular Battle or the Special Battle. This, of course, is assuming that you have already earned the Special Battle privileges. To earn Special Battle privileges, you must first have bought W-Summon and Omnislash. Once you have bought both of those, make sure that Cloud has learned Omnislash and that he has Ultima Weapon. Once all of these requirements have been met, then Dio will come out and invite him to the Special Battle. If you choose the regular battle, or haven't earned the Special Battle, you will be asked which character you wish to participate. Choose and then you will run into the arena. The first round of fighting you will have no handicaps and will be a normal fight. But once you beat that set of enemies you will be asked if you would like to continue. Your choices are "Off Course" and "No Way!". Should you chose to go on you will have a slot come up that you must stop. When it stops you a handicap will be displayed and that will be caste upon you. If you are able to beat that enemy you will be given the BP for that handicap and the process will begin again. All in all you will fight eight rounds of enemies. If at any time you chose to quit you will still receive you BP, however, if you are killed, then you will receive none. ________________________ Enemies - Regular Battle ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ •===========================================================================• | R O U N D O N E | •=================·=======·==========·======·===========·===========·=======• | NAME | LEVEL | HP | MP | STEAL | MORPH | MANIP | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• | Dual Horn | 30 | 2 500 | 0 | Pepio Nut | n/a | yes | | Foulander | 27 | 800 | 100 | n/a | n/a | yes | | Garuda | 29 | 1 400 | 200 | n/a | n/a | yes | | Jayjujayme | 28 | 640 | 20 | n/a | n/a | yes | | Razorweed | 27 | 1 000 | 145 | n/a | n/a | yes | | Bizarre Bug | 28 | 975 | 0 | n/a | n/a | no | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• •===========================================================================• | R O U N D T W O | •=================·=======·==========·======·===========·===========·=======• | NAME | LEVEL | HP | MP | STEAL | MORPH | MANIP | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• | 8 Eye | 30 | 500 | 220 | n/a | MagSource | no | | Acrophies | 35 | 2 400 | 220 | WaterRing | n/a | no | | Adamantaimai | 30 | 1 600 | 240 |AdamanBangl| n/a | yes | | Bizarre Bug | 28 | 975 | 0 | n/a | n/a | no | | Kelzmelzer | 30 | 800 | 0 | Antidote | Antidote | yes | | Slaps | 29 | 900 | 50 | n/a | Hyper | no | | Tail Vault | 28 | 960 | 0 | n/a | n/a | yes | | Tonadu | 30 | 1 600 | 0 | Bird Wing | n/a | yes | | Under Lizard | 29 | 1 400 | 140 | Remedy | Remedy | yes | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• •===========================================================================• | R O U N D T H R E E | •=================·=======·==========·======·===========·===========·=======• | NAME | LEVEL | HP | MP | STEAL | MORPH | MANIP | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• | 8 Eye | 30 | 500 | 220 | n/a | MagSource | no | | Adamantaimai | 30 | 1 600 | 240 |AdamanBangl| n/a | yes | | Ancient Dragon | 34 | 2 400 | 450 | n/a | n/a | yes | | Doorbull | 35 | 2 800 | 160 | Hi-Potion | n/a | no | | Jemnezmy | 24 | 800 | 80 | n/a | n/a | no | | ToxicFrog | 26 | 500 | 100 | Impaler | Remedy | yes | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• •===========================================================================• | R O U N D F O U R | •=================·=======·==========·======·===========·===========·=======• | NAME | LEVEL | HP | MP | STEAL | MORPH | MANIP | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• | Acrophies | 35 | 2 400 | 220 | WaterRing | n/a | no | | Boundfat | 27 | 500 | 80 | Dazers | Dazers | yes | | Hippogriff | 37 | 3 000 | 280 | n/a | n/a | no | | Ice Golem | 40 | 4 000 | 30 | Hi-Potion | n/a | no | | Jumping | 24 | 999 | 0 |AntarcWind | Hi-Potion | yes | | Malldancer | 32 | 600 | 100 | Pheo.Down | Hi-Potion | yes | | Trickplay | 24 | 1 500 | 100 | n/a | n/a | no | | Vlakorados | -- | 33 333 | 0 | Carob Nut | Elixir | yes | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• •===========================================================================• | R O U N D F I V E | •=================·=======·==========·======·===========·===========·=======• | NAME | LEVEL | HP | MP | STEAL | MORPH | MANIP | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• | Frozen Nail | 28 | 1 300 | 100 | n/a | n/a | yes | | Lessaloploth | 34 | 2 000 | 400 | Pheo.Down | n/a | yes | | Magnade | 35 | 1 000 | 100 | Pheo.Down | n/a | no | | Shred | 32 | 900 | 100 | n/a | n/a | yes | | Snow | 32 | 4 000 | 160 | Circlet | n/a | yes | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• •===========================================================================• | R O U N D S I X | •=================·=======·==========·======·===========·===========·=======• | NAME | LEVEL | HP | MP | STEAL | MORPH | MANIP | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• | Cuahl | 33 | 1 300 | 60 |Tranquilizr|Tranquilizr| yes | | Evilhead | 28 | 740 | 45 | n/a | HolyTorch | yes | | Headbomber | 35 | 1 600 | 200 |Tranquilizr|Tranquilizr| yes | | Sculpture | 32 | 1 700 | 100 | n/a | n/a | yes | | Stilva | 40 | 2 000 | 300 | n/a | HolyTorch | yes | | Zolokalter | 30 | 950 | 90 | n/a | Antidote | yes | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• •===========================================================================• | R O U N D S E V E N | •=================·=======·==========·======·===========·===========·=======• | NAME | LEVEL | HP | MP | STEAL | MORPH | MANIP | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• | Blue Dragon | 41 | 8 800 | 500 | n/a | n/a | no | | Dragon Rider | 35 | 3 500 | 180 | Hi-Potion |MindSource | no | | Gigas | 40 | 6 500 | 100 |GigasArmlet| n/a | no | | Gremlin | 36 | 1 500 | 100 | Tent | X-Potion | yes | | Ironite | 30 | 2 400 | 100 | Phoe.Down | n/a | yes | | Malboro | 44 | 4 400 | 900 |M-Tentacles| n/a | no | | Tonberry | ?? | ~35 000 | ??? |TurboEther | Elixir | no | | Wind Wing | 36 | 1 900 | 350 | Hi-Potion | Phoe.Down | yes | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• •===========================================================================• | R O U N D E I G H T | •=================·=======·==========·======·===========·===========·=======• | NAME | LEVEL | HP | MP | STEAL | MORPH | MANIP | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• | Ghost Ship | 44 | 6 600 | 100 | Phoe.Down | GuideBook | no | | Ho-chu | ?? | 8 000 | 290 | Circlet | Ribbon | yes | | Sea Worm | 22 | 9 000 | 200 |Drag Scales|Drag Scales| no | | Serpent | 40 | 14 000 | 240 | WaterRing |Mind Source| no | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• •===========================================================================• | S P E C I A L B A T T L E | •=================·=======·==========·======·===========·===========·=======• | NAME | LEVEL | HP | MP | STEAL | MORPH | MANIP | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• | R1 Sea Worm | 22 | 9 000 | 200 |Drag Scales|Drag Scales| no | | R2 Ho-chu | ?? | 8 000 | 290 | Circlet | Ribbon | yes | | R3 Unknown 3 | 52 | 15 000 | 150 |BoltArmlet | MagSource | no | | R4 Serpent | 40 | 14 000 | 240 | WaterRing |Mind Source| no | | R5 Wolfmeister | 43 | 10 000 | 200 | n/a | n/a | no | | R6 Behemoth | 45 | 7 000 | 400 | Phoe.Down | n/a | no | | R7 Max. Kimaira | 49 | 4 000 | 350 | n/a |GuardSource| no | | R8 Proud Clod | ?? | 200 000+| 500 | n/a | n/a | no | •-----------------·-------·----------·------·-----------·-----------·-------• _________ Handicaps After each round of battle you will be awarded more BP. Here is ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ a chart that shows just how much BP you will get each round depending on what handicap you were given the previous round and what round you are in. •==============================• | Handicap | Abbr | •=======================·======• | Poison | Pois | | Toad | Toad | | Mini | Mini | | Break Summon Materia | Summ | | Break Support Materia | Supp | | Break All Materia | AllM | | Break Accessory | Acce | | Break Item | Item | | Lucky Seven | None | | Halve Speed | HSpe | | Halve HP | H-HP | | Halve MP | H-MP | | Halve HP and Halve MP | Both | | Zero MP | 0 MP | | Break Weapon | Weap | | Break Armor | Armo | | Time 30 Damage | Time | | Descend 5 Levels | 5Lev | | Descend 10 Levels | 10Le | | Restore HP | ReHP | | Break Magic Materia | Magi | •=======================·======• •============================================================================• | HAND | ROUND 1 | ROUND 2 | ROUND 3 | ROUND 4 | ROUND 5 | ROUND 6 | ROUND 7 | •======·=========·=========·=========·=========·=========·=========·=========• | Pois | 4 | 6 | | 16 | 33 | 82 | | | Toad | 6 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 130 | 520 | 3 069 | | Mini | 5 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 108 | 453 | 2 940 | | Summ | | 18 | 37 | | | | | | Comm | | | 17 | 41 | | | | | Indy | | | | 99 | | 1 014 | | | Supp | | | | 91 | 279 | | | | AllM | | | 59 | | 463 | | 10 000 | | Acce | 10 | 18 | 35 | | 248 | | | | Item | 13 | 23 | | 118 | 355 | 1 368 | 7 200 | | None | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | HSpe | 5 | 7 | | 19 | | | | | H-HP | 13 | 22 | 40 | 84 | 204 | | | | H-MP | 12 | 20 | 36 | 73 | 173 | | | | Both | | | | 94 | 244 | 775 | 3 134 | | 0 MP | | | | 70 | 171 | 502 | 1 855 | | Weap | | 37 | 67 | 130 | | 1 575 | | | Armo | | 17 | 33 | | | 654 | | | Time | | 15 | 26 | 54 | 130 | | | | 5Lev | 5 | 8 | 13 | | | | | | 10Le | | 16 | 28 | 53 | 118 | 308 | 968 | | ReHP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Magi | 15 | 28 | | 145 | 445 | 1 755 | 9 425 | •============================================================================• ___________ Spending BP Once you have received your BP you will be able to spend them ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ on buying some rare and useful items as well as some really helpful materia. •===============================• •==============================• | DISK ONE - BEFORE TINY BRONCO | | DISK ONE - AFTER TINY BRONCO | •===============================• •==============================• | Item | BP | | Item | BP | •-----------------------·-------• •----------------------·-------• | Potion | 80 | | Phoenix Down | 100 | | Phoenix Down | 160 | | Remedy | 200 | | Shrapnel | 320 | | Mimett Greens | 400 | | Ether | 640 | | Enemy Lure | 800 | | Mimett Greens | 1 280 | | Choco Feather | 1 600 | | Fury Ring | 2 560 | | S-Mine | 3 200 | | Enemy Lure | 5 120 | | Pre-Emptive | 6 400 | | Pre-Emptive |10 240 | | Speed Plus |12 800 | | Speed Plus |20 480 | | Champion Belt |25 600 | | Champion Belt |41 960 | | Omnislash |51 200 | •-----------------------·-------• •----------------------·-------• •===============================• | DISK TWO - DISK THREE | •===============================• | Item | BP | •-----------------------·-------• | Remedy | 100 | | Enemy Lure | 250 | | Right Arm | 500 | | Pre-Emptive | 1 000 | | Reagan Greens | 2 000 | | Speed Plus | 4 000 | | Stardust | 8 000 | | Champion Belt |16 000 | | Omnislash |32 000 | | W-Summon |64 000 | •-----------------------·-------• __________ Strategies ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ___________________________________ Early Game (Pre Temple of Ancients) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Choose the character that is the most balanced in your party, because you do not know which handicaps you will get. This way, no matter what you should be safe. I generally choose Cloud. As far as your equipment goes, make sure that you have the best weapon and armor that you have - you should also have White Cape equipped to protect you from Frog. Once you have this much it comes down to your materia set up... The first and most essential materia that you should have is Enemy Skill. This thing will work wonders for you. Make sure that you have Beta, Big Guard, White Wind, and possibly Aqualung. Also equip your character with Long Range (assuming that you are not using a long range weapon). If you have any strong summons you should also try to put them in also. As long as you have that set-up, you should be decent. But you should try to have a large supply of Ethers to restore you MP usage. Once you get there, your biggest problem will be recovering from the handicaps that the game gives you, which most of the time will be fixed with White Wind. As far as your attacks go, just check out what sort of HP the enemy has using the chart above and if they are too strong for your normal physical attacks, then simply use Beta or Aqualung or any summon to finish the enemy off. ____________________________________ Early Game (Post Temple of Ancients) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Since you get your first Ribbon in the Temple of the Ancients, this is a major turning point in your ability to win often in Battle Arena. Obviously, you should have it equipped on your character. Once you do that give your character their best weapon. As far as the armor goes, you should try to give them the Dragon Armlet. With your set-up you should have a few more materia slots open. With these make sure that you have Enemy Skill (Big Guard, White Wind, Beta, and Aqualung). You should try to have Restore with at least Regen, Counter Attack, Long Range, and as many HP Plus materias that you have. Bahamut should also be very helpful if you still have the room for it. As soon as you begin to fight, cast Big Guard on yourself - this will set up Barrier, MBarrier, and Haste. The next round cast Regen on yourself to keep your HP up if you get hit. From there just attack with strong Enemy Skills, or if you have good physical attacks, use them also. If your MP runs low be sure to use Ethers and Turbo Ethers. At this point you should be able to win if you have some skill, but if you get unlucky with the slots there is not much you can do. ___________________ Mid-Game (Disk Two) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This should be getting fairly basic at this point in the game. One of your characters should have their ultimate weapon by this point in the game. Give them that and equip them with that, one of the Ribbons, and any strong armor that you like to have. Materia setup should be the same as before, but this time you can rely more on physical attacks than anything else. To do this simply equip a 4x Cut materia or the Slash-All materia. Just Big Guard, Regen, and hack away at the enemies. The first action in each round of fighting should be used to counter whatever handicap you have had inflicted on you (if possible). You should also try to save your limit (if you get it) for the last battle if possible. To easily get around having to use it, equip Deathblow or Mug and attack that way. From this point on, you will not need to rely on strategy anymore. You should be strong enough to destroy just about every enemy that gets in your way. •============================================================================• | V CHOCOBO RACING | •============================================================================• Up until you are receive the Highwind, you will not be able to actually race your chocobos. This, obviously is due to the fact that you are not able to have any chocobos. However, if you are so inclined, you are able to bet on races. I would not recommend doing this simply because it is long, tedious, based on nothing more than luck, and you will not receive anything so spectacular that it can not wait. In my next few updates, I will get statistics and tendencies on the betting aspect of racing. _________________ Basics of Racing: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Once you decide to start racing, you will need to have a chocobo in your stables, preferably one that has been bred, but is not necessary. Once you do that, go into the arena and talk to Ester (the lady standing on the left side of the screen. She will ask you which chocobo you wish to race (if you have multiple). Then she will ask you which course you would like to race in, the long or the short. Then you will be off to the races! HA! HA! HA! Get it? It was a pun... ha ha ha The next thing that Ester will say to you is •===================• that your chocobo will be racing in a specific | Class | Races Won | class. There are a total of four different •=======·===========• classes you can be in, depending on your skill | C | 0 | If you have won a certain amount then you will | B | 3 | move up to the next class as shown in the chart | A | 6 | on the left. Each class you will face tougher | S | 9 | opponents, however, you will receive better •-------·-----------• prizes for winning - So it is a fair trade in most cases. Once you get things figured out you will be able to win almost always. Similarly to how they asked during Snowboarding, if Tifa or Cid are in your party when you choose to race, they will ask you if they can race. Likewise, there is no change in effect other than they are racing, if you choose to allow it. _______________ It's Race Time: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ After you have decided to race you will come to a lineup screen. It is always good to check out how good your opponents are. This is necessary for many people for a while because there is one opponent, Teiho, that will always have better stats than you. It is also nice to check out what sort of prizes you will be getting once you win. Press Start and you will off to the track. You have two different options for how you are going to race. Manual and Automatic. I like to think of my chocobo as a transmission, if you choose Automatic, then you don't ever have to do anything to race, you just go. If you chose manual, then you are able to control when you speed up and slow down and such. Most people prefer manual. The key to winning chocobo races, especially when Teiho decides to show his ugly face, is getting an early lead and NOT getting stuck behind other chocobos. To do this, turn on your manual "transmission" and turn your chocobo until you are to the side of the others and just go around them. Once you get out in the front just watch your stamina and you should do fine. There is one part in each track that is devastating to many chocobos. For the short track, you fear space. For the long, the waterfall is your demise. Either way, you have to prepare for it. These two spots are right at the very end and will slow your chocobo down! This can be avoided by having colored chocobos which are immune to the effect. ______________________ Post-Race Celebration: ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ After the race is over and you have won all of the cards will be turned over. Each card has a different combination of two numbers from 1 to 6. They represent which chocobos finished first and second. On the back of the card is a symbol, this symbol matches up with one of the symbols next to the prizes on the bottom of the screen. This is the prize that you will win - or you could trade the prize for GP. After the race you will be given the option. The following chart shows just how much each prize is worth, and what classes you are able to win the prize in... •====================•=========•==========• | Item Name | Class | GP Worth | •====================·=========·==========• | Potion | C | 5 | | Hyper | B C | 10 | | Phoenix Down | S A B C | 10 | | Tranquilizer | B C | 10 | | Hero Drink | S A B | 15 | | Hi-Potion | A B C | 15 | | Antarctic Wind | A B C | 20 | | Bolt Plume | S A B C | 20 | | Fire Fang | A B C | 20 | | Ether | A B C | 30 | | Fire Veil | S A | 50 | | Ice Crystal | S A | 50 | | Swift Bolt | S A | 50 | | Turbo Ether | S A B | 150 | | Elixir | S A B | 200 | | Counter Attack | S A | 300 | | Enemy Away | S A | 300 | | Megalixer | S | 300 | | Precious Watch | S | 300 | | Sneak Attack | S A | 300 | | Chocobracelet | S | 400 | | Cat's Bell | S A | 500 | | Magic Counter | S | 500 | | Sprint Shoes | S | 500 | •====================•=========•==========• •============================================================================• | V I EVENT SQUARE | •============================================================================• Besides a quick scene during your date during story mode, there is literally nothing that you can do here.... Nothing •============================================================================• | V I I GHOST SQUARE | •============================================================================• Outside of a quick scene during the story mode, there is not much you can do in Ghost Square that you can not do in just about every city and town in the game. There is a small shop with some basic items that you might need to stock up on early in the game and there is a hotel where you can get some well earned rest. •===============================• | Item | Costs | •===================·===========• | Potion | 50 Gil | | Phoenix Down | 300 Gil | | Ether | 1 500 Gil | | Antidote | 80 Gil | | Maiden's Kiss | 150 Gil | | Cornucopia | 150 Gil | | Soft | 150 Gil | | Echo Screen | 100 Gil | | Hyper | 100 Gil | | Tranquilizer | 100 Gil | •-------------------+-----------• | One Night (Hotel) | 5 GP | •===================·===========• •============================================================================• | V I I I SPEED SQUARE | •============================================================================• This game is a fairly simple game. You ride around on a roller-coaster while shooting out targets. Each target has a designated point value. If you are able to achieve a high score you will be rewarded with a prize. •===========================• | Score | Prize | •=======·===================• | 3 000 | 1 / 35 Soldier | | 3 000 | Masamune | | 3 000 | Super Sweeper | | 5 000 | Umbrella (Disk 1) | | 5 000 | Flayer (Disk 2+3) | •===========================• Note: Future updates will contain a information on targets and further explorations into this game. •============================================================================• | I X ROUND SQUARE | •============================================================================• Round Square will take you on a tour of the Gold Saucer, you will be put into a two person car (this means you must leave one of your party members behind if you have three) and sent around the park. You will get to see a series of FMVs that show you everything from Speed Square to Battle Square to Ghost Square. All of this and it only costs you 3 GP! •============================================================================• | X WONDER SQUARE | •============================================================================• Wonder Square is the arcade area of the amusement park. Here you will be able to play your favorite mini-games that you have playing throughout the game, as well as many others that you haven't. You are able to both win and buy prizes, some of which are very unique and you will definitely want to pick up before the end of your game. _____________ Arm Wrestling ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cost: 100 Gil Difficulty: Sumo Wrestler (Medium) Wrestler (Hard) Prizes: 1 GP (Sumo Wrestler) 2 GP (Wrestler) Description: This game is a button-mashers dream. You will choose which opponent you would like to face. You have two options, the Sumo Wrestler, and the wrestler. If you are able to beat them you will get 1 GP and 2 GP - respectively. In order to beat them you will need to tap the confirm button as quickly as you can. Not much to it, especially if you have a rapid fire controller. __________ Basketball ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cost: 200 Gil Difficulty: Varies Prizes: GP (amount will vary) Description: Step up to the free throw line and see how good you are. If you are able to get the timing down on this game, then you will be able to rack up some serious GP. There is not too much I can do to help out with the timing. One pattern I have noticed - if you hold it as long as the lights are lit up that go around the platform that you behind Cloud's head then that will generally allow you to make the shot. The game will award you for every shot that you make. The first 10 shots that are made each net you 1 GP. After that every x1th shot will double your current GP award and add then add on the one for the shot made. •===================• | Shots Made | GP | •============·======• | 1 | 1 | | 6 | 6 | | 10 | 10 | | 11 | 21 | | 20 | 30 | | 21 | 61 | | 30 | 70 | | 31 | 141 | •============·======• ______________ Wonder Catcher ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cost: 100 Gil Difficulty: None Prizes: Nothing! Potion 1 GP 3 GP 100 GP Phoenix Down Elixir Description: We all have played these games before... The kind where you throw your money into the game that has a claw that you want to pick up a stuffed animal that you would like to have, but you never can get it and you end up throwing away 5 bucks with nothing to show for it. Anyway I have heard of people getting other prizes - and as always, I will continue to test this out to get numbers more exact and to see if there are any rare prizes that I haven't gotten yet. These numbers were gotten after a total of 432 attempts. •============================• | Prize | Probability | •==============·=============• | Nothing | 29 .167 % | | Potion | 38 .657 % | | 1 GP | 20 .370 % | | 3 GP | 6 .944 % | | 100 GP | 1 .157 % | | Phoenix Down | 3 .472 % | | Elixir | 0 .231 % | •==============·=============• ____________ Random Woman ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cost: Varies Difficulty: None Prizes: None Description: There is a random woman that is standing right by the arm wrestling machine. If you talk to her, you will be given an option to buy some items from her. Here are the items and how much they cost. The cost of the items DO NOT change throughout the game. •===========================• | Item | Cost | •================·==========• | Potion | 1 GP | | Ether | 20 GP | | X - Potion | 80 GP | | Turbo Ether | 100 GP | | Gold Ticket | 300 GP | | ??????????? | 500 GP | | (Carob Nut) | | | ??????????? | 1 000 GP | | (Gil Plus) | | | ??????????? | 2 000 GP | | (Exp Plus) | | •================·==========• ______ G-Bike ŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cost: 100 Gil Difficulty: Easy Prizes: 2 GP 10 GP Description: This is the first mini-game that you have played at any point in the game. While running away from Shinra Headquarters during disk one, you had to defend the motorized vehicle with your swords while you were on a motorcycle. This game is an exact duplication of that game. This time around, however, you will be given points for every enemy that you can knock off of their bike, and will have points deducted for every time an enemy hits that vehicle that you must protect. If you are able to get 10 000 points then you will be rewarded with 10 GP, if you fail, then you will only be given 2 GP. As an additional reward, the first time that you get to the 10 000 point plateau, you will receive a Speed Source ______________ Fortune Teller ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cost: 50 Gil Difficulty: None Prizes: You get to know your future (sort of) Description: Drop your 50 Gil in this machine and it will give you a prediction for the future. Don't expect anything too specific or for that matter actually correct. _________ Mog House ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cost: 100 Gil Difficulty: Easy Prizes: 30 GP (once) Description: For many, this game will be hard the first few times around. However, there is an extremely easy trick to beating this game with no effort. After following the long-winded story for a while you will be asked to feed the mog. Continue to give the mog food until you hear a chirping sound. At this point do not feed it any more and wait. There will be another round of feeding a little bit later. Do the same thing and wait for the story to pan out. Once you beat the game talk to the guy looking at the machine and he will give you the 30 GP. __________ 3D Battler ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cost: 200 Gil Difficulty: Varies Prizes: 2 GP 20 GP Description: Glorified paper rock scissors. That's all this game really is. You will have to face an opponent and choose High / Mid / Low. They will choose one of the three also. If you choose correctly you will attack. After 5 hits you will win the battle. If you are able to defeat three guys then you will receive 2 GP. If you can take down the fourth then you get 20 GP. I have not been able to get the fifth guy down so I don't know what happens next, if you have done it, email me and I will give you full credit. _________ Submarine ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cost: 200 Gil Difficulty: Varies (mostly easy) Prizes: Ink T/S Bomb Dragon Fang Dragon Scales Cauldron 20 GP Description: This game is exactly like the Huge Materia side quest game that you played mid-way through disk two. All you have to do is take out different types of enemy subs (The harder the level the more there are) all the while keeping yourself alive. Each time you beat the game you will receive 20 GP also you will receive the following prizes the first time you beat each given level. •==========================• | Level # | Item Received | •==========·===============• | Original | Ink | | Level 1 | T/S Bomb | | Level 2 | Dragon Fang | | Level 3 | Dragon Scales | | Level 4 | Cauldron | •==========·===============• ____________ Snowboarding ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Cost: 200 Gil Difficulty: Varies Prizes: 30 GP 100 GP 300 GP Safety Bit All Materia Crystal Bangle Description: This game emulates the snowboarding adventure that you had in the beginning of disk two, after leaving Icicle Inn. Every once in a while, if you have either Tifa or Cid in your party, they will ask you if they can play this game. If you allow them to, the game play will not change in any way. Your basic goal of this game is to go down the mountain in as quick of a time as possible. However, you do not want to fall down, and to make things just a bit more interesting you will have to collect balloons on the way down. You will be given points for Time (how long you take to get down the mountain), Style (how often you fall) and Balloons. Each balloon will is assigned the following point amounts... •=======•========• At the end of each run you will •========•=======• | Color | Points | be given the overall point value | Score | Rank | •=======·========• of your run. Your points will •========·=======• | Red | 1 | then be set into a category. | 0-49 | Bad | | Blue | 3 | These categories are listed to | 50-69 | Awful | | Green | 5 | the right, and what scores you | 70-100 | Good | •=======·========• must get to obtain them. •========·=======• Once you are able to score a good on the beginners track (Course A), then the intermediate track (Course B) will be open to you. Finally, the same applies to get Course C open. Likewise once you receive a good on any given level, you will receive your prize for that level, and they are as listed below... •=============================• | Level | Prize | •============·================• | Course A | 30 GP | | | Safety Bit | | Course B | 100 GP | | | All Materia | | Course C | 300 GP | | | Crystal Bangle | •============·================• •============================================================================• | X I MISC. INFO | •============================================================================• _________________________________________ How often does the GP selling guy appear? ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Right now I am still working on an more precise number, but it appears to be about once out of every 8 times by my current notes, but like I had mentioned, I definitely will be experimenting much more extensively. Right now I have gotten him to appear 41 out of 300 times attempts. ___________________ What is the max GP? 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