POPOLOCROIS II Version 1.0 01/28/2000 2000 SCEI RPG 1 Memory card block SCPS 10112-4 Dual Shock Compatible UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!! Written by: Bodi Anderson pietoro@email.com E-MAIL NOTE: If you mail me include "Popolocrois" in your subject header, and be polite or be ignored! ================================================================== VERSION Updates: (All Japan Time) 01/28/00: Started FAQ 01/31/00: Finished disc one walkthrough. 02/08/00: Finished disc 2 and most of 3 walkthrough added some secrets. Sorry about the wait but I've been busy don't expect another update for about a week since my gal and I are taking a small vacation. 02/16/00: Finished ending and I'm all PoPoLoed out for a while. All I have to do is souvenir list, Gabo's sub-quest, items. I'll get to these as soon as I can-sorry ================================================================== DISCLAIMER: This FAQ is meant for personal use only and can only be reproduced electronically. This FAQ can be altered as long as the disclaimer remains unchanged. This FAQ is owned and made by Bodi Anderson. Please don't steal or reproduce any ideas or content from this FAQ or I will track you down like the sick creature you are! Please distribute the FAQ only in its original form to your friends and lovers of the PoPoLoCrois series. This FAQ cannot be sold for profitable purposes, any person or organization attempting to do so will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law! PoPoLoCrois II and most of the character and place names in this FAQ are copyrighted property of Sugar and Rockets and Sony. I, Bodi Anderson, have no professional relationship with any of the aforementioned companies, and I am simply a fan of their great games. This FAQ is dedicated to all of those who waste their time translating Japanese games and all the nice people who love PoPoLoCrois. Enjoy!! END OF DISCLAIMER ================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. The Story 3. Basic game controls 4. Menu Mania! 5. Let's Fight! (Combat) 6. Buy, Sell and Save! 7. Role Call 8. The Walkthrough Story of Disc 1 9. The Walkthrough Story of Disc 2 10. The Walkthrough Story of Disc 3 11. Spell and Waza List 12. A Few Useful Items 13. Secrets 14. World Map 15.Thanks 16.Menu Print Out Page! (Yes thank you!) ================================================================== 1. INTRODUCTION: If you are unfamiliar with the PoPoLoCrois series I highly suggest you check out 1996's PoPoLoCrois Monogatari. Information can be found on Gamefaq's in a little walkthrough I did. In any case it was an amazing game that truly transported you into another world, which, like a good book, a good RPG should do. The plot of PoPoLoCrois Monogatari was simple and fresh and the animation was amazing. The whole game had a simple storybook appeal and fresh epic sense to it (which, considering how many times this has been done is a major accomplishment). The game also had a nice simplicity too it. More time was spent on the plot and getting you into the story and less on spending hours customizing your characters and going on endless sub- quests. All in all it is my favorite RPG along with FF3 and Chrono Trigger. PoPoLoCrois II successfully captures that epic magic that its prequel had with prettier graphics and that nice analog support we all have come to love. Another great thing about the game is that the battles are over quickly. Whereas in certain square games you spend a full minute just zooming into the action, in PoPoLoCrois II the battles (saving the boss fights) are short and sweet, they can be finished in mere seconds even if you include loading time. A final great thing about the game is the dialog, most events have vocal tracks which add to the game a lot. And unlike a certain zombie series that will remain unnamed the vocal tracks really add to the atmosphere of the game. It's a lot like a good anime. The game has the feel of a nice animation to it, and hey, I don't even really like too many anime. In any case PoPoLoCrois II is a good buy and a fun game. If you're unsure it's your thing you might want to try it's cheaper prequel first. I also recommend you play the prequel so you can get a lot of the jokes in the game. Playing PoPoRoGue is however, unnecessary, since the history in the game world seems to completely ignore the events of PoPoRoGue. ================================================================== 2. THE STORY (My slightly embellished translation of the book): Two years ago… The prince of PoPoLoCrois, Pietoro, and his mother, Sanria, fought a great battle with the Ice Demon and his minions. Aided by his friends Narcia, the forest witch, the brave White Knight and the Gami Gami Devil Pietoro destroyed the evil Ice Demon and saved the land from and endless winter of despair. This also marked the first time Pietoro met his mother as her soul was previously trapped in the world of darkness and was only freed by the valiant efforts of Pietoro and his friends. And thus a time of peace and plenty came to the land of PoPoLoCrois. Pietoro has just turned twelve and his time to become a man is close at hand. ================================================================== 3. BASIC GAME CONTROLS Analog Sticks: move characters (run) and select from menus. D-pad: move characters (walk) and select from menus. Circle: accept, search, talk. X: Cancel, (press while walking to run on non-analog controllers.) Triangle: brings up main command menu. Square: brings up local map, press again for world map. Start: shows monster information cards. Select: not used L1: like circle button L2: like X button R1: press while walking to run on non-analog controllers. R2: nothing ================================================================== 4. MENU MANIA When pressed once gives you the following commands. 1. Items 2. Magic and Waza 3. Equip 4. Combat AI 5. Config --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.1 ITEMS: Items come in 5 main varieties listed at the top as follows. medicine weapons armor tools important items Most items can't be used outside of combat except medicine. If an item is highlighted in white you can use if it's gray you can't use it. Scroll through the icons at the top for quick and easy sorting. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.2 MAGIC & WAZA: Here you can view your magic and skills. Like items those highlighted in white can be used outside of combat. The list of your skills appears on the top left and at the bottom right it lists (from top to bottom). Magic level MP used Experience accumulated Experience needed for next level up. At the bottom of the screen is a description of what the magic does. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.3 EQUIP and STATUS: Different characters equip items differently. Gami Gami for instance can equip up to 4 items while Jilva can only equip one. Jilva also doesn't equip weapons since she equips shoes as a weapon. For this reason she can equip 4 defensive items (since shoes also add to defense). Be sure to take note this, though it's pretty easy to understand. The basic screen looks like this…(Pietoro's and Narcia's) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picture & Name HP current/max Equipped Weapon MP current/max Equipped Armor Attack Power Equipped Shoes Defense Power Equipped Talisman Speed Equipped Item #1 Magic Power Equipped Item #2 Luck Current Experience Experience Needed for Level up --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Highlight and select weapons and armor to equip. Be sure to note how they affect your stats! IMPORTANT! Don't forget to equip items. Each character can only equip two types of medicine that can be used in combat. If you don't equip any medicine you cant use it in a fight! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.4 COMBAT AI Choose from the following options for each character… 1. Manual command 2. Do what you think is best 3. Attack full strength 4. Attack strongest monster 5. Use most reliable attacks 6. Don't use magic or waza 7. Defend yourself --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.5 CONFIG SOUND Stereo Mono VOICE On Off MESSAGES On Off VIBRATION On Off BGM from mute to "12" Window Color red green blue RESET OPTIONS ================================================================== 5 COMBAT If you've never played a RPG before I suggest you find something in English first since the combat system in this game is like that of most RPGs and I don't want to waste my time or your explaining stupid things most people know. Combat in PoPoLo II, like it's prequel, is all random. When walking on the battle field suddenly monsters will appear and you fight them where ever you happen to be standing. This is a step down form PoPoRoGue but as I said earlier the combat is quick and fun. Like it's prequel, all status changes (including "death") are healed at the end of the combat assuming you won the fight. The first thing you must do is to decide your course of action. The battle command menu look like this.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Attack (with weapon) 2. Use Magic/Waza 3. Use Item 4. Defend 5. Escape! 6. Change Battle AI (see section 4.4) NOTE:Press X button during combat to change AI mode choice!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next you move your character to the closest enemy (the purple circle you see is his move range). Assuming you chose "attack" you'll see a red square in front of your character simply position him so that your target is in the red square (the enemy will be highlighted). The game won't let you attack open space or your comrades so don't worry if you're not quite sure if your lined up properly or not. Next press the Circle again to execute your attack. When using magic and waza the same rules apply excepts that you can't move before using some spells. Simply place the red area on your target(s) and confirm with the Circle button. Of course some abilities have greater range and area of effect than others. Unlike PoPoLoCrois Monogatari or PoPoRoGue, PoPoLoCrois II doesn't have a "GUTS" meter, instead waza and magic have been combined . They now both use MP to work. An important thing to notice is the color of your selected area different colors mean different things. This will help if you don't know Japanese to determine which attack you're using. Look at the below guide RED= Attack (does damage to enemy) GREEN= Healing (Helps your friends) GOLD= Status Change (Either good or bad. You can't use bad on your friends Or good on your enemies so don't worry) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.1 STATUS CHANGES There are two types of changes "Status Up" and "Bad Status". Status up appears in the from of a glowing light that encompasses the character. Refer to the below guide Blue = Speed Up Yellow = Counter Green (below feet)= Regenerating Gold = All Parameters Up Red = Attack Up Green (full body)= Defense Up On the other hand Bad Status look like the following… ICON EFFECTS Chic Confusion Electricity Paralyze Skull Poison Zzz Sleep Clock Slow Arrow Can't Move Ball and Chain Movement and Speed down Heal bad status with medicine and spells. Some effects (like sleep) will fade after time. ================================================================== 6: BUY, SELL & SAVE: When you go to a shop you will first be asked. 1. Buy 2. Sell 3. Quit After selecting an item to buy/sell. Be sure to notice how it affects your status. When you've decided look at the choices at the bottom of the screen and select either 1, 5, or 10 of a given item. The last choice spends all the money you can on an item, thus you'll end up with 99 of an item and no money unless you're careful! Simple, huh. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you go to an inn you'll be asked. 1. Rest 2. Save 3. Quit When you save you'll have two choices. The top is to save over a highlighted save. The bottom is to make a new save file. Press circle a few times and when you hear the little music you know your game has been saved. You can also save at other places besides for inns. Sometimes you'll see beds in strange places (i.e. middle of a dungeon) walk up to them and the above choices will come up. There's also a weird haling save point-looking light symbol which heals you and lets you save. ================================================================== 7. ROLE CALL 7.1 Playable Characters (In order of appearance) Pietoro 15 year old Prince and Protagonist. He is half dragon (his mom) And that's why he kicks so much but! Gon Wacky solider side kick (Yes Gon and Don are the Vicks and Wedge of PoPoLoCrois). Don Even more wacky soldier sidekick (Yes Gon and Don are the Vicks and Wedge of PoPoLoCrois). White Knight Heroic, Goofy and Barrel shaped. The White Knight has good intentions and the true spirit of a questing knight. Gabo Baby Dragon. Cute or annoying? You make the call. Narcia Blond forest witch. She's grown and now wears a black top. Will her and Pietoro ever admit their true love? Kai Narcia's other form, more tomboyish and tough. Since she is a forest Witch she has to switch forms when she travels off the continent. Shinan Doji Mysterious samurai. Whay is he afraid of dogs? Jilva The princess of Roma. She's a bit spoiled and an excellent dancer. Gami Gami Devil The one, the only, gizmo-crazed, Narcia-obsessed, weird Bearded old man we've all come to love. Reona A slick and tough archer with a nice set of… morals. Has the ability to talk to animals --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.2 Non-Playable Characters Paulo The King Of PoPoLoCrois. A bit on the barrelish side… Sanria The Queen and Pietoro's Mom. She's really a Dragon! (Play PoPoLoCrois Monogatari for more info) Elena Pietoro's little sister. Cute if you don't hear her voice. Minister Momu The King's right hand man. Naturally incompetent, pompous and Full of lectures on "this, that and the other". Gilbert The big and friendly green dragon. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.3 The Bad Guys Bokushi Annoying and annoying. Oh did I mention he's annoying? Zool Leader of Maira's goons. Speaks in a funny way and has a hat. Gapu A sneaky old hag. Every good story has one. Gog He big, not much speak parts in game. Maybe he like fight. Maira The Goddess of beauty don't quite look like what you thought? Screw that eye of the beholder crap it wouldn't kiss that snake With your ten foot pole! ================================================================== 8: THE WALKTHROUGH STORY OF DISC ONE The walk through is done in a loose story style. All the directions you must follow in order to advance the game are written in CAPS with a star next to them for easy reference. NOTE: "You" and "Pietoro" are used interchangeably. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.1: PROLOUGE: The Story begins with a speech of the History of the world. "Long, long ago before there was anything there was only blackness Thus forth a Goddess was born. Her name was Gyuon. >From her imagination was born that of the world and the Gods. Thus forth she made stars and Chaos for balance. Next she bore Fairies and Dragons of fire. Then the Gods made humans of water and earth. A long time has passed and humans have all but forgotten their humble past. There was goddess of beauty. This Goddess…" Brrrrrrringg! ---Fade to classroom Sapo giving a speech to schoolchildren. Next Momu is looking for the prince, Pietoro. After finding him he tells Pietoro that he's wanted by his father. *GO TO THRONE ROOM Here the King tells Pietoro that you've reached the age of 12 and you must begin your quest to succeed the throne. Pietoro must fetch the Crown of Wisdom from the Cave of Kings in order to do this. The King assigns Gon and Don to help Pietoro. He also informs Pietoro that he will soon have a little sister. *GO TO TAKINEN (North East of PoPoLo town) NOTE: if you access the world map (square button twice) you'll see an icon Showing you where you're supposed to be heading. Whenever your Told to go somewhere use this method if you're unsure where it is. *GO TO GUILDA'S TREEHOUSE (east of Takinen) When you get to Guilda's tree house you'll have to fight a laser demon so make sure you have built up your levels a little bit. At first it looks like Don and Gon are going to abandon you, but they say that they've become stronger than before (Amusing if you've played the prequel). After trouncing the demon you ask Guilda the way to the Cave of Kings. She says Narcia will show you the way. Gon and Don are forced to help Guilda with her housework since Pietoro must fetch the crown alone. *GO TO CAVE OF KINGS (auto sequence) Here Narcia will heal you and save your game. If you choose the middle choice she will give you a healing item. Once inside the cave make your way to the bottom. Watch out for the stupid zombies since they can reproduce themselves and once enough of them appear they reproduce faster than you can kill them. If this happens, just escape! Once you grab hold of the crown you are warped to a place of blackness. Here you meet a mysterious man named Pasqual he tells you of a prediction. He predicts that the world will soon be in danger and that PoPoLoCrois is facing another disaster. In order to save the world Pietoro must find the True Treasure of Kings ("TTK" henceforth). Once Pietoro acquires the TTK his light will shine on the world and PoPoLoCrois will be safe. Pietoro is naturally unsure of what this treasure is. Pasqual answers that only time will guide you to the treasure. Only when Pietoro has found the treasure may he come back to the cave of Kings! Upon leaving Narcia is concerned why Pietoro is so glum. After all he is holding the Crown of Kings. Pietoro returns to the castle with the crown and is applauded. Still he is not happy. Time passes (3 years to be exact), and peace and tranquility comes to the land of PoPoLoCrois. Pietoro' s sister, Elena, is born and the Kingdom prospers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.2 CHAPTER ONE: THE EARTH DRAGON Chapter one begins with Naguro (remember him from the prequel), mining for gems. Here he encounters, well you can see for yourself what it is! In any case back in PoPoLoCrois there is a big ruckus over the sighting of a Dragon in Pasela. The King holds a council. Pietoro (Now a man of 15), volunteers to find out about the Dragon, since he is after all part dragon. Of course the King protests but finally allows him to go (another prequel joke). Sanria informs all that much like humans not all Dragons are good. In the world there are good dragons and bad dragons. Thus Pietoro should be careful, and thus Gon and Don are ordered to go as well. Night falls and Pietoro says hello to his sister (Ahhh, her voice is really annoying). Meanwhile in Pasela a meeting is taking place. Two guys at the bar are talking about how to get to the Dragon. Finally they decide that Boxy (the little guy) should be able to fit inside the cave and get to the Dragon. The scene cuts again and we see our old friend the White Knight trying to figure out a way to get into the cave. *GO TO PASELA (south of PoPoLo) Once you arrive in Pasela Don is edgy to do some dragon slayin' but Gon decides that it's best to explore the town and question people first, and meet at the bar later. Feel free to explore. You can buy weapons and armor from the various merchants around town. There's a scene where people are talking about the poor miner trapped inside the caves. Also you can also take a boat ride to Burionia (The floating island from PoPoLoCrois Monogatari) for 50G (Yes that's Pammie selling the tickets). When you are finished. *GO TO THE MOONLIGHT BAR Here Pietoro meets a man by the name of Zool. It seems that Zool owns a circus, and he heard that there was a dragon here so he thought he'd check it out. After Pietoro leaves a drunk informs Zool that he was just talking to the great prince Pietoro of PoPoLoCrois. *GO TO THE CAVE (highest point in the city) Here you find a certain somebody in a bit of a jam. After realizing who you are the White Knight swallows his pride and breaks free of the rocks. As you proceed down the cave you soon find that your companion rooster has changed. *GO DEEPER INTO CAVE Here you see what Pietoro mistakes as Naguro (His old friend) in the dragon's mouth and in much pain. Pietoro pleads with the dragon to let his friend go but the little guy gets mad a pulls out a dagger thus enraging the dragon. Recalling that there are good dragons and bad dragons Pietoro decides to fight the dragon. This is an easy fight so don't worry. After killing the dragon Pietoro's famous Dragon Sword breaks! Pietoro is shocked! Boxy also reveals his true form and laughs at you stupid humans saying that you fell into his plan exactly as he planned. He says something about having to chase after the spirit of the dragon since it will show him the way to the Land of Dragons. He leaves you with his little pet dog to fight. *FIGHT BOXY'S DOG After wuppin dog but retrieve your broken sword and continue into the cave. Here Pietoro discovers the truth… The Dragon wasn't really an evil dragon but simply a mother protecting her young. By chance a baby dragon is being born just a the shock hits Pietoro. Pietoro and the White Knight root it on as it fights to come out. Thus a baby dragon is born. He's kinda cute and says "Gabo" a lot. He also takes an immediate liking to the White Knight (Gee, I um, uh, wonder why?). Cut to the castle. Pietoro is informed that what he ahs done has grave consequences. He must travel to the Land of Dragon and beg forgiveness of the Great Dragon. Since the Land of Dragons can't be reached by normal means Pietoro must consult Guilda for advice. Sanria can not come with Pietoro since she must look after Elena, who is sick. Sanria also tells them to bring Guilda the Dragon eggs since she will know best what to *GO TO GUILDA'S TREEHOUSE Along the way Pietoro and White Knight hear some singing. They come across an embarrassed Narcia, singing by the fairy pond. The White Knight comments on how Narcia has grown. He also insinuates romantic sparks between Pietoro and Narcia (This is a theme that's been going on since the first game. There always both oo shy to admit anything). Upon arriving at the tree house and explaining everything to Guilda, she suggests you seek passage from the Uranose. The Uranose is a strange creature that floats in through the sky stopping only every decade to rest briefly upon mountaintops. Luckily there is one resting nearby, but since only forest witches can communicate with the Uranose Narcia must accompany them. Guilda also agrees to take cares of the eggs. But after commenting as to what kind of ugly baby dragon has attached itself to the group she gets bitten. She also informs the White Knight that a baby dragon thinks the first thing it sees is its parent and naturally it thinks this of the White Knight (Big Surprise). She also asks the White Knight the dragon's name. After much thinking he decides on "Gabo" do to the sound of its cry. Guilda opens up the path to the Uranose. *GO TO THE URANOSE (exit north of Takinen) Upon arriving at the Uranose you find it in a deep slumber. After explaining everything it agrees to take you to the Land of Dragons. When you arrive it goes back to sleep. *GO TO MANSEL TOWN (follow the path south) In this town be sure to shop and save at the inn. You also see and old guy trying to push a glowing block. Take note of what this block looks like. *GO TO CAVE (south of Mansel) Watch out since the monsters are tough inside the cave. After pushing blocks and solving puzzles you'll finally come upon Boxy and a Dragon that he is torturing by holding it hot springs. Boxy repeatedly asks the dragon the way to the Land of the Dragons and just as the big guy is about to give in you arrive. Boxy is mad and comes out to teach you a lesson. *FIGHT BOXY After that easy battle the Dragon tells you his name is Gilbert. After hearing your story he agrees to take you to the Land of Dragons. Once you arrive there make your way to the Great Dragon. The following thus ensues… The Great Dragon explains that according to the Law of the Dragons everything is a tooth for a tooth, thus Pietoro is a Dragon killer and he must die! Pietoro accepts his fate. But Narcia protests saying that Pietoro is the Prince of PoPoLoCrois and that the Great Dragon should take her life instead since his death would cause much grief across the land. To this point the White Knight says that if Narcia were to die this would cause Pietoro much sadness and the the Great Dragon should take his life instead. Finally the spirit of the Earth Dragon appears and asks that the Great Dragon forgive Pietoro since he meant well and is obviously sorry. Thus Pietoro is forgiven. The Dragon enquires as to the well being of Sanria and we learn that he is her father! Then after a little thinking we learn that Pietoro is the Great Dragon's grandson! The Great Dragon tells Pietoro that the blood of kings runs strong in his body and that he must one day become a great ruler. In order to restore power to the sword Pietoro must collect 3 Dragon Orbs. Finally our heroes head back home. The White Knight decides that it is best for Gabo to stay with his own kind but Gabo protests. Finally the White Knight admits that he too would be greatly saddened if he were separated from little Gabo and he agrees to stay behind in Dragon Land for a while. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8.3 CHAPTER 2: THE MYSTERIOUS CIRCUS The story open with Zool explaining to the king that his circus is in town. He offers the King two free tickets with the best seat in the house. He also brags about the star attraction, the fabled Black Lion! Sanria gives her tickets to Pietoro. Elena, who is still a little sick can't go so Sanria suggests that Pietoro invite Narcia since she is always helping Pietoro. Just as Pietoro is about to leave Sanria gives Pietoro a necklace and tells him that a young man must always bring a present with him when he asks a young lady for a date. "DATE!?!?" replies Pietoro. After some motherly convincing Pietoro agrees to bring the present. *GO TO GUILDA'S TREEHOUSE Here you'll find Guilda with a little problem. Pietoro begins to ask where Narcia is then she suddenly appears. You can choose form the following Ask Narcia what? 1."Cir- cir-circus!" 2. "Umm, I…" In any case you invite Narcia to the circus after explaining that you have two tickets and that um, yeah. She agrees and Pietoro quickly escapes. Cut to Narcia in her room thinking about Pietoro. Narcia is happy since Pietoro has never once invited her out to do anything (ed.-Besides saving the world and fighting monsters, both which make for pretty exciting dates in my book.). Guilda comes in and tells Narcia that she can dream all she wants now but it is best to forget Pietoro. After all Narcia is a forest witch, and forest witches can't live as humans do, thus she will never truly be able to be with any human. Since this is the law of the forest witch it cannot be helped. With a sigh Guilda leaves the room. The next day Pietoro is concerned as to why his date seems a bit on the downside. Narcia says that it's nothing and that they should just try and have fun today! *GO TO THE CIRCUS (east exit from PoPoLo town) At the Circus be sure and buy the Black Lion souvenir since this is your only chance. Zool teases you about being a couple and you both get embarrassed. Once inside you'll see an anime sequence. That night Narcia worries that the Black Lion doesn't look very happy. Suddenly she sees a shooting star so she decides to make a wish. She says "I wish that me and Pietoro… Oh nevermind… " Pietoro gives her the present which makes her very happy. She then makes a hasty escape. Cut to castle bedroom. Elena has a nightmare where Pietoro didn't help her even though she was in danger. Pietoro assures her that he'll always protect her. Cut to the next morning. Pietoro wonders where Elena is and when he gets to the throne room he finds out that all the children in town are missing. They eventually decide that it might have something to do with the circus which has mysteriously left town after only one night! Guilda and Narcia meet Pietoro outside the castle and tell him that they found Elena' s teddy bear near Pasela. Pietoro heads for Pasela, Narcia wants to follows but Guilda tells her to wait. Guilda then gives Narcia the Gold Key (ed.-For those of you who haven't played the prequel forest witches can not travel near the ocean, in this case they must change into sea witches. The gold key gives Narcia the power to turn into Kai. Kai has different powers and is a much more forthcoming personality compared with Narcia, though they are essentially the same person. And please save your thesis on this somehow being connected women's oppression for another day.) *GO TO PASELA (south of PoPoLo Town) When you get to Pasela sleep at the inn. Here you'll meet Pasqual again. He says ask if you are still seeking the TTK. Pietoro says that he can't right now since he has something more important to do, he ahs to find his sister. Pasqual then asks which is more important to Pietoro's finding sister or seeking the TTK. He tells Pietoro to think hard about this and then he vanishes. In Pasela the towns people say that the children there have vanished too. They think the circus might be heading to Roma, in the east. And that there would be a good place to look for clues. Pietoro announces his identity and his mission and they agree to open the road to Roma, which is closed do to the fierce monsters on the path. *GO TO ROMA (exit south east by the Burionia ferry) Along he way Pietoro and Narcia meet a strange fellow by the name of Kimen Doji. After hearing out Pietoro he agrees to join them on the road to Roma, since he is heading there anyway. He also says there is something nostalgic about Pieotoro's name but changes the subject quickly. Along the way Narcia is forced to change into Kai since they'll be close to the ocean. Be sure to stop in the abandoned ship for a rest if you need it and take a little time to gain some exp. and gold since Kimen is a tough ally. When you finally arrive in Roma Kimen makes a suspiciously quick exit at the sign of a dog. You can buy lots of things here including the useful kung-fu shoes (most expensive shoes) which will come in use in the near future. Yan, the guy with the cannon from PoPoLoCrois Monogatari is also here. When you've finished looking around *GO TO THE CASTLE The King is in a fit since his daughter has been kidnapped by some guy known as the Steel Devil and he can't imagine the horrible things being dome to her. Pietoro explains his situation and agrees to find this Steel Devil since it may have something to do with the missing kids. You head out towards the Devil's fortress. *GO TO POLEH POLEH (exit south east from Roma) Along the way you encounter a village called Poleh-Poleh. Here People talk of the fearsome Steel devil and say that he has also kidnapped many of the town's musicians. Stay at the inn and upgrade your equipment properly. Exit east when you're finished. *GO TO STEEL DEVIL CITY After shopping around and resting be sure to check out the Gami Gami Theater and Museum! If you have played previous games the museum is great fun to look at. The movie is also like the old plays from the prequel. Take a break from monster killing and enjoy this part of the game. Along the way you'll also discover many musicians being forced to play for various quirky robots. You've gotta love Gami Gami for his great sense in weird robot making! And yes the "Steel Devil" sure seems like the Gami Gami Devil. *GO TO STEEL DEVIL FORTRESS Watch out for the monsters since you have only 2 members in your party it's easy to get wiped out. Inside the castle you'll have to activate a number of switches to open doors and bridges. There are also some blocks to move. If it looks like you've reached a dead end (the switch after the assembly line) back track a little and you'll find a new path. Be patient and you'll eventually come across a room below an elevator (be sure to look for this). Here you can rest and save so be sure and do so. After saving head up the elevator and into a room with Jilva, the princess of Roma. It seems that she's being forced to dress like a certain someone. Finally after she trounces the server robo a red alert goes off and you have to fight! *FIGHT TRIPLE ROBOS This can be tough if Pietoro hasn't had his "Dragon Fang" spell upgraded to "Dragon Breath", and even then you should be careful. Also have Kai use her "Fire Bird" to take them out when they group together. After winning Jilva explains who she is and is a little more than impressed with Pietoro for beating up the robots. She complains that the Steel Devil kept on calling her Narcia and made her wear some horrible clothes (Again, for those of you new to the series Gami Gami has a thing for Narcia. I know, I know, he's an old guy and she, at least in the first game, a pre-pubescent girl. Let's just say this sort of thing is looked upon more lightly in Japan) She joins the party and agrees to fight the Steel Devil with you. Keep on going till you come to a room with a giant steel devil. He claims that he is the Steel Devil and not the Gami Gami Devil. The perturbed devil then asks what Jilva did with her clothes. After he finds out that she trashed them he whines "But I worked so hard to make them" Jilva replies "Euuu. You made them?! Yuck!" The Devil then gets mad at Pietoro who he says also messes up everything he works hard to make. *FIGHT STEEL DEVIL After this easy fight you find out that yes indeed it really is Gami Gami. He threatens to blow up everyone (Again, remember the sequel). Kai changes into Narcia to try and stop him but the shock of it all causes him to mistakenly push the self- destruct lever. He escapes and tells Narcia that he'll see her again later! You escape out of the dust chute (seems familiar) even though Princess Jilva has second thoughts about it. Finally you end up back in Roma castle where Jilva insists a bath is more important than anything else. And yes, you gotta love Gami Gami for blowing up his whole fortress for no real good reason every time he looses a fight. In the next scene it looks as if Narcia, perhaps propelled by a potential rival, is about to finally admit her feelings to Pietoro. She even gets as far as "Pietoro, I…". When suddenly Gon and Don pop in to tell you that Guilda has determined that the Circus folk headed towards a small island called Kotori. The White Knight went ahead and is already there. Gon and Don are tired form their journey so they take a quick nap. Pietoro decides that he'll ask the king of Roma for a boat to Kotori. The next day the king is sad that you won't stay longer and join him for a dance party, or even a quick step or two. Jilva, after much coercing, worms her way into the party and you're off! *GO TO KATORI (take boat from Roma City) Along the way you meet Gami Gami. Who reluctantly accepts your help and agrees to join you, not for your sake but for Narcia's sake. In the next scene the four bad guys are in the act of looking for a tablet in some old ruins. They all talk about how tough they are and how much work they've been doing. Only they big golem guy, Gog, ahs yet to do anything so he's depressed. Finally you arrive on the island. The guy who brought you there acts just like an inn. Explore the ruins and descend towards the bottom. The treasure chest you find in front of the big Viking-like statue has a good sword for Pietoro in it, be sure to equip it. You will then come upon some goblins, one goblin in particular seems to be trying to tell you something, but since all it can say is "Gobo Gobo" you can't understand it. Next you run across the black lion and a strangely familiar looking goblin who points the way to Zool. Here you see Zool transform a little girl into a goblin. At first he greets you but when he finds out that you just saw him do what he did he assumes his real form! *FIGHT ZOOL After this fight you get a Dragon Orb that helps to heal your Dragon Sword. You also find out that the black lion was really a warrior by the name of Reona. She came to fight Zool since she knew he was doing evil things. You also find the White Knight and your sister. Elena is overjoyed and knew that if he waited you would come and save her. Jilva, realizing her earlier mistake tries to befriend Elena. But Elena calls her a mean old lady! Gami Gami gets a big kick out of this since everyone is always calling him a "dirty old man". Jilva doesn't agree with him and the White Knight joins your party. Reona says that she heard Zool was looking for a tablet and that is all she knows. Head past where you fought Zool till you come across the tablet pick it up and get a glimpse of another anime, and your first look at Maira. *END OF DISC ONE ================================================================== 9. THE WALKTHROUGH STORY OF DISC 2 9.1 CHAPTER III: LAND OF THE GODS In the opening scene we find out that Pietoro has fallen into a coma due to Maira's attack. His friends ponder what to do. The White Knight decides he will consult the Great Dragon. Sanria says that if it truly was Maira who attacked Pietoro that they must seek the help of Yuris, the leader of the gods. They think that they can reach the Land of the Gods through Mt. Raduk and the friendly old sage who lives there (He helped Pietoro travel to the Land of Darkness back in the prequel). The only way to get to Raduk, however, is by air travel. Thus Gami Gami's assistance is needed. At first the old guy is a little to happy that just he and Narcia will be riding alone to Raduk But then we find out that Reona is going as well. *GO TO GAMI GAMI CITY On the way there you find Jilva's escorts (Don and Gon) have been assulted you also find Jilva and she forces her way back into the party. Once in Pasela you'll find that the railroad has been completed. Take this to Roma and walk to Gami City from there. In Gami city be sure to check out the new moive at the theatre. It's a laugh! Once you're ready proceed to the inn and rest. When you wake up you'll find a path in the room you rested in. Go down the stairs, solve a few easy puzzles and make your way to Gami's new ship. Once there Jilva has her doubt's about wether this piece of junk can fly but Gami Gami assures you that it's safe. In any case after the crash you end up in the jungle. Go inside the ship and you'll find an inn. You'll also find vending machines with surprisingly good items in them. Wander the jungle till you come to stinky cross-roads here go north and wander into a village with a giant idol of… No it can't be! In any case a certain someone is thought to be a god by the local villagers even though he protests that he's a devil instead! After a feast the villagers ask their god to rid the village of the horrible stench that has driven away all the animals. Our reluctant diety passes this job off on Jilva and Reona and is only quick to follow when he finds out Narcia is going as well. *GO TO SMELLY CROSSRAODS (south this time) Here you find a big dinosaur who is really a nice dinosaur but she has a weird growth on her back. She begs you to remove since no one will go near her since it appeared. *FIGHT STINKY After all the wandering you've done Stinky should be pretty easy. From this point on in the game you should try and avoid fights if possible since there are far too many random encounters. The only problem is that without Pietoro's "Magical Road" spell you have to fight the monsters since running away makes you loose money. In any case try not to build yourself up in levels too much unless you enjoy a game without challenge. Back in the village you meet the White Knight who tells you that the Great Dragon could not help in any way but to suggest that you go see Yuris. In any case Gilbert agrees to fly you to the Land of the Gods and Gami Gami is held back by his followers who beg him to protect them from the big dragon that just appeared. Jilva is pleased to ditch Gami Gami since they don't have any thime to spare. Next you find yourself in Hata Hata village. Here you can rest and shop and make your way up the mountain till you come to the Mountain sage's house. It appears that the sage has become sick form eating some bad fish and his servant, Janbo, has gone off to fetch some medicine. It's just that Janbo has been gone for a suspiciously long time. Our heroes agree to go and find him. *PROCEED UP THE MOUNTAIN UNTIL YOU REACH A CAVE In the cave dungeon you'll end up earning way too many levels and running into way too many monsters. I don't know who the hell decided on the encounter rate but they suck! This is the only real problem with the game. In any case in order to open the door at the bottom of the ladder you must solve three puzzles. The first too can be found at the bottom of the two ladders. For the third you must backtrack back up the ladders into the north most room on the first floor. Here you will find that the water ahs gone down and you can now solve the third puzzle, light the candle and go into the door. Once the door is open you find a tied-up Janba and Gog looking for a tablet. In any case Gog ain't too happy that you came so *FIGHT GOG Yawn, gee if you hadn't earned soo many levels then this fight may have even been challenging. In any case Gog escapes and you save Janbo who heals the sage. When you're prepared talk to the sage and he'll teleport you to the Land of the Gods. You might want to save first. In the Land of the Gods your final destination is Yuris. Along the way however you have a chance to boost your statistics by facing the challenges of the many Gods. Their solutions are as follows… The Victory God (muscled and winged guy) The Challenge: Fight 5 sets of monsters. You can't use waza! The Prize: +10 Attack Strength. Strategy: Umm, err.. Fight! The Courage Goddess (Tough looking goddess) The Challenge: Escape from the fuse she's lit just before it explodes. The Prize: +5 Magic Power. Strategy: This is tough but the prize ain't worth resetting the game. If you run when the final circle starts you might be able to win. The Love Goddess (Aren't you kinda short for a Goddess?) The Challenge: Compose a love song. The Prize: +10 Defense Strength. Strategy: You'll have to choose 5 times and each time there are 3 choices. Choose Like so (1=top choice, 3= bottom). 1 / 2 / 1 / 3 / 1. After choosing 5 times you'll be shown your choices and asked to confirm. The Wisdom God (Hint: look for books) The Challenge: Answer 10 questions about the game. The Prize: +1000 exp. for a perfect score Strategy: Answer as follows (1= top choice, 2= middle, 3= bottom) 2 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 2. The Luck God (But he's just a kid!) The Challenge: "Red Light / Green Light " The Prize: +10 Luck. Strategy: I won by rushing him. You can try over as many times as you want, So keep trying till you win. Finally You'll arrive at Maira's temple but find that she's currently out on business. And maybe it's just me, but her place seems a bit messy for being the Goddess of Beauty. When you come to Yuris's temple save. Before you head into the main chamber hange a left and catch the God of Fortune (as in cash). Don't open any of the chests outside his hut till after you finish his challenge. The Fortune God (He hides it all under his futon ) The Challenge: Give him all your money! The Prize: +5 all parameters! Strategy: After hearing his speech about how important money is he asks For a donation. Choose the last choice (give all money) and he'll Be shocked, then he doesn't take your money but still raises your stats! Finally you'll meet Yuris. Or at least what once was Yuris. It seems he's been turned to stone. Jilva is a little upset since you came this far. Only after Narcia pleads with Yuris does he respond. He tells you the story of his daughter Maira. Maira was the Goddess of beauty. But that wasn't enough she had to be more beautiful and she would go to any length to achieve this. For this reason she decided to track down the 4 tablets of creation. When the universe was born these 4 tablets were created to control the powers of all that dwelled within it. They were then divided to prevent any one being from possessing all the tablets, as one who possessed all the tablets would be granted infinite power to do whatever they wanted. Maira in her quest for self-perfection is seeking the power of these tablets to make herself more beautiful. Finally she became so beautiful that Yuris himself could no longer bear to look at her, and thus at her mere sight he was turned to stone. And while Maira remains in possession of two tablets she has become even more warped and power hungry and now desires all four tablets to reshape the world at her will Yuris then says that Maira attacked Pietoro with the power of darkness that grew within her heart. Even though Pieotoro is strong and has a bright heart her powers are greater. Thus he gives you a leaf to heal Pietoro with. In the leaf is the power of Maira's lost heart. Though he tells Narcia that in order for the magic in the leaf to work she must understand Maira's lost heart. You finally reappear in PoPoLoCrois to find Don worrying about the prince and then saying "Ahh. Princess Jilva you are so beautiful but your also too much of a tomboy". Jilva reacts to this statement accordingly. *GO TO PIETORO'S BEDROOM Here you will see an anime in which, without knowing it Narcia's discovers the mystery of Maira's lost heart and revives the prince. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9.2: CHAPTER 4- THE CASTLE OF THE FAIRY QUEEN Our story resumes with Elena and Jilva quarrelling over who gets to help Pietoro, and the prince insisting that he can walk by himself. The King hints that there might be something going on between Jilva and Pietoro (mostly Jilva's doing), he also says that he received a letter from the king of Roma stating that perhaps the two should be set-up (romantically speaking), since they both have that royal blood thing in common. In any case Pietoro is instructed to give Jilva a tour of PoPoLoCrois city and Elena decides to tag along for the ride. Cut to the White Knight and Reona in a bar. It seems that Reona like to drink but the White Knight can't quite stand the stuff (or stand up after drinking it that is). In any case after a few drinks she refers to him as Whitey (My bad translation of the affectionate style of speech she used to address him). Needless to say he's a bit embarrassed by this and mistakenly chugs a pint of ale. This leads to a drunk White Knight and to make it worse the guys at the next table try to pick up Reona. It's only after they touch her…bow (yes, I'm serious!) that she gets really pissed and asks to take the whole thing outside. Cut to Pietoro walking along arm in arm with Jilva outside. Narcia, who saved Pietoro and can't quite compete with Jilva's style of flirting (since Narcia is a shy and sweet girl) sees the two and flies off looking lonely. Next we see that Reona is about to shoot an apple off of the drunk guy's head. But he chickens out and asks if anyone else is brave enough to do it. The White Knight volunteers and the drunk guy warns him he'll be killed. After this whole thing Elena asks Pietoro where Narcia is since she likes Narcia more than Jilva who won't let go of Pietoro (she wants to hug him instead). Then Pietoro decides to go visit Narcia since she saved him after some minor protests from Jilva. The White Knight and Reona happen to show up and gets mad since they were planning to go to see Narcia without inviting the White Knight and Reona along. Jilva assures them that they were "Umm… Going to see the baby dragons. Yeah that's it. Errrr yeah." Jilva then says that they didn't invite them since they were obviously on a date. And she takes time to reenact the apple scene slightly embellished. This in turn gets both Reona and the White Knight embarrassed. They decide to go but Elena gets called away since it's her study time. *GO TO GUILDA'S TREEHOUSE Next we cut to a lonely Narcia walking along and recalling Guilda's words about Forest witches and humans never being able be together. Suddenly a strange old lady (looks familiar, huh) comes out and asks her why she looks so sad. She says that it looks like a love problem. And when she finds out that Narcia's a forest witch she then understands. "It's too bad she says, there's just nothing you can do… But wait, oh I know, the Fairy Queen, yes you must speak to the Fairy Queen". As it turns out the old lady explains that the Fairy Queen has the power to change a forest witch into a human, and if Narcia was human she could.. well you know. The old lady says that she too would like to see the Fairy Queen's castle just once and that she knows the way to get there, but she can not open the gate since only fairies and forest witches can do that. Narcia says that she'll have to ask Guilda first, but the lady says the Narcia must act now or she'll never have a chance again. Narcia ponders this for a while and then agrees to go with the lady. When you get to Guilda's you see… "Awww how cute!" lots of baby dragons, and Jilva hugs one just a little to hard. After it becomes clear that nobody knows where Narcia is Guilda decides to look in her magic well. Here we see Narcia in Pasela with a strange old woman. Narcia then throws the Golden Key (let's her transform into Kai) into the ocean. The White Knight says that he thinks that Narcia must have run away because she was upset about Pietoro. Jilva then says "Hey, Don't look at me!" *GO TO PASELA In Pasela talk to a guy by port and/or by the station and find out that Narcia's gonce to Roma. If you aren't sure if you talked to the right people check your world map and make sure your destination marker has changed to Roma. In any case take the train and.. *GO TO ROMA Once here talk to a guy in front of the inn and find out that she's gone up the northern Mountain pass. Again check the map to make sure your destination has changed. *GO TO NORTH MTN PASS (exit north from Roma) At the top of the mountains you discover a city of gold. Here an old guy comes out and talk to you telling you that you must visit the chief of the village and enjoy some of their famous hot springs. You can buy expensive and useless gold weapons and souvenirs from the merchants and stay at the Gold inn if you like. Oh yeah, there's also a little bit about Jilva trying to take some of the gold with her but the White Knight telling that she mustn't. Oh yeah again, Jilva of course freaks out when she hears that there's hot springs (she has a bit of a thing for baths you know) Finally make your way to the chief. His follower insists that you take a bath before meeting the king since you are smelly from traveling. After this you will all dine together. In the bath scene Pietoro begins to hint as to why the White Knight wears armor in the bath but he quickly gives up when it's obvious that ol' Whitey doesn't find it in any way peculiar. This is interrupted by hearing Jilva and Reona. Jilva says something about how the water almost smells like soup! Then you hear her slip and Reona says something about her bottom being red from doing so. This gets the to guys in a bit of an uncomfortable position. Finally Jilva invites Pietoro over to "come and visit". Pietoro almost feints and Jilva says that she was of course joking and blames Pietoro for being naughty. Finally you get out and go to dinner. In a little plot thingy that I'm sure you saw coming miles away everyone asks why the Chief isn't eating. He says that he'll eat later and insists that his guests eat as much as they can. Of course Jilva ends up saying how the bath water smelled like soup and then the chief says it was soup and.. * FIGHT HUNGRY BOSS (forgot his name, sorry) After the next event go into the cave and buy and save next head down the mountain path till you come to a hut. Here you meet Reona's father and find out about Reona's past. She has the power to talk to animals so she was shunned by her village and came to live in the mountains with her father but she wasn't lonely since she had animal friends. Then one day when she was shootin' at some food, opps sorry! When she was protecting the animals from bad guys she was turned into a black lion. Her owl friend says that she saw Narcia with a strange old lady in the fairy forest. She says that she'll guide you there tomorrow. You can save in the hut the next day and Reona's father will give her a bow (automatically equipped) and.. *GO TO THE FAIRY FOREST Here you must follow the owl exactly or you'll get lost if you're ever not sure which way she went back track and try another route. Also use Pietoro's "Magical Road" to cut down on encounters and make the game more enjoyable. Eventually you'll run into a giant talking tree who informs you that you can't open the gate since you're human but that he'll take you there if you'll kindly move all the bird nests on him to a safe place. *REMOVE NESTS (4) This little sub-event is goofy but a nice change from fighting. Simply collect all 4 nests and go to the top of Mr. Tree and put them in a safe place. La la la. Watch out for smurf attacks though! Cut to Narcia and Gabu, oops, I mean mysterious old lady. Here they open the Fairy castle and Narcia is just about to go and talk to the queen when! In any case the Queen mistakes Gabu for Narcia then it's too late. When you finally arrive at the castle a horde of monsters rush in before you! * GO INTO FAIRY CASTLE This is super simple just follow the path till you get to where you saw Narcia. Finally Jilva again mistakes Narcia as a monster and until her pendant falls out so does everyone else. Though they just think it's a nice monster and not Narcia. Next you meet the queen who tells you that you must rush to the tablet room to prevent the tablet from being stolen! She also mumbles something about Narcia. Them humans ain't too bright. In any case Maira, who is shocked to see Pietoro still alive, gets the third tablet (one to go) and you… *FIGHT GABU After you defeat Gabu you'll get another Dragon Orb. Then what feels like an earthquake starts. It turns out that the castle will collapse if the tablet is removed. You make your way to safety outside. After Jilva realizes what she's done she feels bad and starts get paranoid. But the White Knight Assures her that no one is blaming her for anything. Narcia, in her weakened state tries say to Pietoro "Pietoro, I.. I..". But Pietoro tells her that she doesn't have to say anything. Narcia says that she's happy because Pietoro is with her. Even if just for a moment she is happy. As the scene fades out Pietoro assures her that he'll always be there for. ================================================================= CHAPTER 5 ????? As chapter five opens we find a tired Narcia confined to bed. When the others leave to go talk she cries out in her sleep begging Pietoro not to leave. Pietoro assures her he'll be close by and she finally falls back into a peaceful rest. In the next scene everyone is talking about why that Narcia tried to run away. Guilda says it's probably because she wanted to become human. She explains what she told Narcia about humans and forest witches not being able to be together, but, after Pietoro protests, saying that he is the child of a human and a dragon. Guilda admits that she's not really sure about what she said to Narcia, and that it's just a legend really. Finally she realizes that Narcia isn't a child anymore and that maybe she can decide things for herself. Next we're given a glimpse into Narcia's past where we find out that she's actually a fairy and not a human! We see Guilda raising Narcia telling her that all forest witches have antenna (Ooops, that was close). You also get to try and name Narcia this is fun to play around with but she doesn't like it till you choose "Narcia" as her name (3rd choice). "Narcia" means "blue water fairy" we also find out. It's only when Guilda remarks how big Narica is for a fairy that we find out that she must be of Royal Fairy blood (That also explains why the queen was so happy to see her). Finally Reona brings up the fact that Maira has collected 3 of the tablets (The Human, Gods, and Fairy tablet as Jilva points out), and she only has one left to go before she can invoke the power of the Balaban (the power to reshape very world for those of you who've forgotten). That tablet is, of course, the Dragon tablet. *GO TO POPOLOCROIS Along the way Reona is forced to leave as some little cute forest critters inform her that her father has fallen ill. Jilva is also taken away by her mom who insists that she must return to Roma to practice more dancing and ladylike manners. When you finally talk to your parents and tell them that you intend to go to the Land of Dragons to protect the tablet the queen she says that you should rest. Since the Land of Dragons is protected by powerful Dragons Maira won't be able to just barge in there. So Pietoro goes to sleep only to meet Pasqual again. Pasqual asks if he knows why the god of beauty is now so ugly. He also asks Pietoro what is the force that governs him, but before he can explain Pietoro is awakened! Da Da! Talk about a bad way to wake up! In any case after the drama unfolds a certain somebody takes possession of a certain somebody else's body. The first (evil) certain somebody then laughs at the second saying that she is stupid since it was her love that made her loose. Pietoro also pisses off the first certain somebody when he asks how she could try and kill her own father! Though the little thing about her turning so ugly that her heart is also ugly was what really pissed her off. In any case now that Maira has taken control of Sanria she plans to get the dragon tablet from the Great Dragon in the guise of her daughter. * GO OUTSIDE THE CASTLE You hop on Gilbert and rush to the land of the Dragons where you are greeted by Gabo! Unfortunately you are too late! Luckily the Great Dragon is not so easily fooled and he's kicking Maira's ass (or, umm snake). Though when Maira brings up the fact that she's really using Sanria body and not just assuming her shape the Great Dragon pauses just long enough. After the carnage ends Maira gets the tablet and Sanria is well, you can figure it out I'm sure. In any case Pietoro freaks out and gives up all hope saying that he doesn't care about the world any more. Then the White Knight slaps some sense into him telling Pietoro that the world is worth fighting for. That's why his mother banished herself to the Dark World for ten years (If you haven't played the sequel then you probably don't get this). He also says that Pietoro has so many friends in this world, and what about his father and his little sister! Alas Pietoro comes to and vows to destroy Maira and save the world. The Great Dragon tells Pietoro that he's proud of him and that he must continue to fight no matter what. Maira still needs to go to Kotori island before she can activate her powers. * GO TO KOTORI ISLE (via Gilbert) Your plan is to intercept Maira on Kotori island. Gilbert takes you there. There's a save point and a shop (looks like a post box) outside the entrance to the temple. When you go in you have the pleasant chance to * FIGHT GOG (h.p. 32,523 ) After that you'll find Maira in the room on the lower left in the next room (Just stick to the left wall and you hit her). Of course you're too late sit back and watch the anime unfold it's pretty easy to understand even if you don't speak any Japanese… ================================================================== 10. THE WALKTHROUGH STORY OF DISC 3 You re-materialize in the Land of the Gods. * GO TALK TO YURIS Yuris tells you that they failed in defeating Maira but he managed to delay her for a while. It seems that Maira managed to revive the lost continent of Remuria. From here it's only a matter of time before she tracks down the Balaban! Yuris says that even though Maira is his daughter she must be destroyed, and in reality she ha changed so much that she is no longer the daughter he once loved. Yuris then tells Pietoro that no one guardian has the ability to stop Maira and that they must combine forces if they want to stand a chance. He says that Pietoro must never forget that friendship and love are the most powerful forces in the world. His daughter has forgotten about these things in her deranged narcissistic quest and that is why he feels that she has changed. *CUT TO POPOLO CASTLE Here you meet the Raduk Mountain sage and your father. After telling them all that has happened Paulo tells Pietoro that he must never give up hope and not let Maira destroy this world that he has come to love. Yes, his wife is dead but Paulo can't give up there are so many wonderful things in this world that loves, his people, his castle, his daughter, and yes, his son. Pietoro decides to scour the world for his friends. Paulo says that Pietoro has finally become an adult! *GO OUTSIDE THE CASTLE Here the White Knight says that they can use Gilbert to travel the world. Since Pietoro doesn't know how to whistle he'll use his ocarina to call Gilbert. In order to do this simply select it from the items list (it's an important item and it looks like an ocarina). Now you are free to roam the world! You can call Gilbert any time you are outside. Basically you should gather your friends together and explore the world. Now is also a good time to explore the subplots of the game (look at section 13). When you feel you're ready head for Remoria. For a list of choices look below… ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 PoPoLoCrois Castle 2 Takinen 3 Pasela 4 Roma 5 Poleh-Poleh 6 Gami Gami city 7 Northern Mountains 8 Hata-Hata Village 9 Mansel town 10 Land of dragons 11 Hunbahunba village 12 Land of the Gods 13 ???? (Land of the Sun) 14 Reomria ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After you recruit a character wait a while and they'll appear in the front room of the castle. Talk to them to exchange members. To get Jilva: Go to Roma Castle and go to Jilva's room. You find out her mom is trying to make her more ladylike. You ask to her join you but her mom prohibits it since Jilva is through with her dance training. Jilva finally can't stand it and takes off. Now you have to track her down. Go to the following places. 1. The Fountain Room (close to Jilva's room) 2. Library (basement) 3. Green House 4. Castle Entrance Finally her mom gives in. It also seems that Jilva forgot that she had a giant book on her head… Go figure. But in any case her mom deems her fit to help save the world and they make up. Jilva says she'll come to PoPoLoCrois when she's ready. To get Reona: Go to the North mountains and see her and her father training. She tries to shoot a powerful bow by herself when finally she can't her father says that she is too confident in her own strength and that the strength of just one may not always be enough. After Pietoro gives her a pep talk she tries again and succeeds! Finally she passes out from exhaustion, but only after saying she'll meet you in PoPoLoCrois. To get Gami Gami: Head to Hunbahunba village into the main hut. Here you'll see Gami Gami enjoying the good life when a villager makes a request of him. Since he's a god he says it's no problem he can do anything! Ha ha ha! He says he wants Gami to marry his daughter (left of Gami), then they can live in the village for the rest of their lives. In the next scene a distraught Gami insists that he wants to marry Narcia, but to no avail since the name of the daughter, or at least her nickname is Narcia! For once Gami Gami is happy that Pietoro has butted in. He gets off at Gami Gami city and says he'll meet up with you later. He has to use his Gami Gami super DX diet machine first since he ate a bit too much. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you're all ready proceed to the city of Remoria. Gilbert will ask you if you're prepared before you land. Once inside collect the chests and look at the strange things there if you like. When you reach an outside place (though not the place you were dropped off) you can use the ocarina to call Gilbert. Eventually you'll come to a temple where, once you enter, your characters will be separated. Also be sure to fight the monsters along the way as they'll give you powerful items. When you're all ready proceed to the city of Remoria. Gilbert will ask you if you're prepared before you land. Once inside collect the chests and look at the strange things there if you like. When you reach an outside place (though not the place you were dropped off) you can use the ocarina to call Gilbert. Eventually you'll come to a temple where, once you enter, your characters will be separated. Also be sure to fight the monsters along the way as they'll give you powerful items. Once you're separated you gain control of Pietoro first. Walk through the dungeon and you'll find a gold door, once you do go up and examine it. Next you'll cut to your second character. They also will find an unopenable door. And thus you'll be with your third character. You'll find what looks like a puzzle and then be cut to your final character. They'll find a collapsing bridge which, will open the way for your third character to solve a puzzle. Next you'll switch to Pietoro. Go through the newly opened wall and you'll see a beached killer whale. Push it into the water and continue up the stairs and you'll find a weird skeleton playing an organ which knocks you out. This will open up a path for your second character. This character will now come to the room with the organ and fight the player! 2nd CHARACTER FIGHT ORGAN BOSS () They will now continue till they come to a magical seal, where they'll wait. Now cut back to your third character. Move the blocks till the purple one is in the glowing light. Next continue down the path till you to meet the second character. Now we'll cut to the fourth character. Follow the slug until you find it and it turns into a monster. *4th CHARACTER FIGHT SLUG BOSS () Your fourth character will now continue on to find the other two. Now we cut back to Pietoro who has a short trip to find the others. Now that you're a team again the big doors will open. Go through this door and you'll discover a save/heal point (whew!). If you really want to leave the dungeon now is your chance. Right behind the save point (bottom right of the screen) there's a path that'll exit! For those of you who've decided to continue go through the big double doors and meet the enemy you wish stayed dead the first time you killed him… *FIGHT BOXY This guy has tons of H.P. but he ain't too tough. Anyway keep pounding on him till he's finished. Next you'll see Maira who has almost fully absorbed the power of the Baraban. At first she wonders why you've come, but then she "figures out" that you've come to see the most beautiful being in the world (her, of course). She then attacks Boxy, even though he's begging for her help, because she deems him ugly! Pietoro can't understand how she could kill one of her own friends. She then says she has no friends and that they were only her tools. This gets Pietoro mad. *FIGHT MAIRA Watch out she has many parts to her body! Use Pietoro's Dragon Transform to kick some tail. And BOOM it all ends with a final "Sword Flame" by the White Knight and I've beat Maira! Or well that's what you thought. She finally gets the strength of the Baruban. She now will show you the true meaning of power she says. *ANIME After a message from your dead mom you find yourself inside Maira's body! Luckily there's another save point.. Fight the easy monster inside till you reach.. The Baruban, which is now Maira's heart. *FIGHT THE BARUBAN Wow whew.. *FIGHT MAIRA'S FACE Ahem… *FIGHT MAIRA'S UGLY FACE Err.. * HEY WHY NOT, FIGHT IT AGAIN! Uh, Yeah.. *CAN IT GET ANY MORE MELTED? Yeah it's finally dead!! Finally it's gone and your mom congratulates you. She's proud of you. But you say you're not finished there's still one more thing you want to do. Your mom says she knows what it is and there's no need to say it. You then say your final good-byes. *ANIME Gilbert congratulates you and says you should go home but Pietoro says he still has one more thing to do. You ask him to bring everyone else back first. Pietoro then says he must stay and guard the Baruban forever so it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. Well you can see for yourself what happens next. Everyone's waiting for Pietoro. Narcia can't live in a world without Pietoro. ANIME Finally you meet Pasqual in your state of unconsciousness. Pietoro is saddened that he couldn't even protect the person most important to him. Pasqual then explains that if you don't love others you can never truly be loved. And this, as it turns out is the True Treasure of Kings. Then Pasqual (who we find out is really Yuris) grants Pietoro one wish and Maira thanks you for helping her find her lost heart. In any case it's pretty obvious what you wished for. *GO TO FIND NARCIA Well just as it looks like Pietoro and Narcia are about to kiss (With a little prompting from the little fairy) *GAME OVER! Here you'll be asked to save your game. After loading this save you now have access to ALBUM MODE in the game. With this you can re-live all the old moments of the game. I'll post a list of these once I'm ready. ================================================================= 11. SPELL AND WAZA LIST The magic system in PoPoLo II differs from its predecessors in that its magic system is more traditional. In previous PoPoLo games there was a guts gauge and Gami Gami's powers worked on an ammo system. In PoPoLo II all magic uses MP. Each Character has their own style, Pietoro "Dragon Powers" and Narcia "Forest Magic". Magic works in levels. At the end of a fight you get both EXP and SP, the SP add to you spell levels. As a spell increases in levels it's power and attributes change. Most spells also increase in form, for instance Pietoro's "Dragon Fang" eventually changes into "Dragon Breath". The list below is pretty self-explanatory. "Lv" refers to the level the character gains the spell at. Everything is listed in the order that it appears when you bring up the spell menu. Be sure to check the level of your character before you start casting spells. Also look at the color of the spell (Red is attack). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.1 PIETORO Name Lv Effects Wind Slice 5 Ranged wind attack. Line pattern Dragon Fang 3 Fireball attack. One target Dragon Water 8 Restores HP Lightning Arc 26 Attack enemy with lightning Dragon Change 40 Pietoro turns into a Dragon and cleans house! Magical Road 12 While in effect decreases the chance of random encounters. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.2 NARCIA Name Lv Effects Wind Sheet 2 Attack enemies with wind. Holy Burst 12 Powerful Holy attack. Breath of the Forest 23 Nature based attack. Magical Wind 14 Boosts allies defenses. Mist Screen 7 Protects from physical attacks. Speed Blaze 16 Raises allies speed. Heal Rain 4 Restores HP Fate Bringer 10 Acts like regeneration Cure Light 5 Restores Bad Status --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.3 KAI Name Lv Effects Topikera 12 Transform in to a dinosaur fire attack. Dolphin 8 Transform in to a dolphin and restore HP Panther 6 Transform in to a Panther and Slash. Fire Bird 15 Transform in to a Fiery Bird and attack --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.4 White Knight Name Lv Effects Jump Giri 6 Jump Attack. Spin Giri 4 Spin attack nearby enemies. Earth Giri 18 Ground Shaking Attack Illusion Slash 22 Mysterious attack. Dash Giri 3 Dash Attack Sword Flame 30 Hmm. You'll just have to guess. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.5 GAMI GAMI Name Lv Effects Gami Missile 6 Blow up the enemy. Spinner 8 Powerful but difficult to aim. Watch out! Gami Robo 10 Mini-Robo Attack Pachinko 16 See below explaination Yo-yo 4 Attack all opponents in a line. Magical Hand 12 Swat the enemies like insects! Magnet Catcher 20 Steal items from enemies Gami Gami's Pachinko attack works like the "throw" command from the Final Fantasy series. You know all those items you've been collecting (under the "tools"). The ones that seem useless. Well depending on what you toss you'll get different effects. If you can't read Japanese just toss whatever, make sure you don't throw your other items though! (Unless you really want to, but it's better to sell them) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.6 Jilva Name Lv Effects Nice Dance 15 Restore HP Throw Breaker 19 Gives Jilva "Counter" status Axle Spin 18 Damage surrounding enemies Gods Trample 16 Gods' giant feet crush enemies Graceful Step 9 Heal status of surrounding allies Phantom Sliced 7 Attack enemies for big damage! Illusion Dance 15 Attack a group of enemies from a far --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.7 Reona Name Lv Effects Long Shot 8 Attack enemy with long range arrow Arrow Wave 4 Attacks target with many, many arrows Light shot 12 Attack enemies with light beam arrows Explosion Arrow 14 Well, um… it explodes. Cat Call 20 Summons kitties to attack all opponents Medicine Bow 6 Heals target's HP Shadow Eraser 17 Causes bad status (I think) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.8 Kimen Doji Name Lv Effects Double Sword 4 Slashes an enemy many times Leaf Slash 13 If it works kills an enemy in one blow! Moon Slash 10 Attack for big damage. Strength Boost 16 Kimen's attack level up! Sliding Door 7 Restore an ally's HP and Status. Kaminari 25 Attack enemies with lightning! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.8 Gabo Name Effects SORRY NOT DONE YET! ================================================================== 12. A FEW USEFUL ITEMS ================================================================== 13. SECRETS & SUB-PLOTS 13.1 Gabo's True Power: Go to the basement of PoPoLoCrois castle with Gabo in your party and look at the glowing dragon painting. You'll be warped into the painting and a dragon will speak to you. He recognizes Pietoro as a member of the royal dragon family. He then says that he'll give the true power of a dragon to Gabo. But you have to fight him first! Esperanza (his name): If you win he gives Gabo the power to summon his strength. Next you can go to different places across PoPoLoCrois and find more powers for Gabo As follows… TO BE CONTINUED (sorry) 13.2 How to get Kimen Doji: First go to the ???? location on Gilbert's destination list. This turns out to be the Land of the Sun. If you've seen a few samurai films or TV shows in Japan there's a lot of inside jokes here (i.e. "Lone wolf and Cub" & "Mito Komon"). Walk into the castle and into the little Jail and you'll find Kimen locked up. When you ask him why he says that it's a long story. As it turns out there was a dragon god in the land of the Sun who died. If the Dragon died it is said to be unlucky for the country (thus the bad weather). The country needs a dragon charm to protect it from the wrath of dead dragon. Pietoro thinks there is probably one in PoPoLoCrois. Kimen was sent to find a charm but he failed so they tossed him in prison. After Pietoro explains everything that's happened Kimen says that he would like to help but he can't. His pride prevents him from escaping jail he will only do so if his name is cleared. Next make your way up the elevators and to the top of the castle and you'll meet the emperor who has a super-duper long name, but you can just call him "Tono". Pietoro begs him to let Kimen Doji free but he refuses. His follower comes in and explains that he failed to bring the Dragon's Beard. If you can bring it to him the emperor will set Kimen Doji free. The emperor gives you a pass that lets you get past the checkpoint (located in the north east corner of the town below the castle.) You must speak to the guard before he'll let you in. Here you'll ride a boat to the other side of the country. Here you make your way up a monster-infested mountain. Along the way you'll find a small shop and inn here you can rest and buy souvenirs outside. There's also a cross road here, take the lower path (right hand side). After crossing a bridge you'll enter a cave. Once you reach a sumo ring you'll bump into (step on?) a weird sumo frog? Or kappa? Or something like that. In any case you must fight him. He's fast so watch out! After beating he turns into a raccoon and takes off (In Japanese mythology raccoons have the ability to change their shape). Next you'll go up the steps and get the Dragon's beard. Return to the castle and bring the beard with you. After receiving the beard make sure to look how he uses it! The emperor will then give you the key to Kimen's cell. Free him and he'll make his way to PoPoLoCrois. Also if you go into his cell you'll find some items. After leaving you'll see a scene with Kimen's flashbacks. Here you'll see that he was supposed to protect the dragon god's eggs so that young could be born. You also see him and his family outside their village as the wrath of the dead dragon starts. He swears that he will no longer dwell in the past and goes out to fight to save the world. 13.3 The Monkey Kingdom!: First go to Roma station with Reona in your party. Here you'll find out that monkeys from the monkey kingdom have stopped the train. Talk to the station master and he'll ask you if you want to help. Choose "yes" (top ), then go out to the beach road that leads to Pasela. You can't bring Narcia with you since she can't transform into Kai. Along the way you'll find that the gate for the station has been opened. Go in it and onto the tracks and into a cave where there's a save point. Exit left into the train tunnel here you'll encounter some punk monkeys. Reona can understand what they say. They're trying to mug you it turns out. FIGHT THE MONKEY BOSS (hp 12523) He is so easy that if you have to use magic to kill him you suck! In any case follow the path and come to the Monkey Kingdom and you're surrounded by monkey soldiers. You end up in monkey prison where members of the monkey underground help you out. Next you hear a really long speech from the monkey underground head monkey. Well the head monkey informs you that you are now part of the monkey resistance. You'll be asked if you want to join, choose yes (top)! I mean who wouldn't want to be part of the monkey underground! Your job is to take out the monkey Kaiser, the leader of the monkey kingdom! Leave the complex and head for the monkey fortress. Along the way you'll fight a bunch of monkeys (big surprise). You will then meet the monkey Kaiser and kick his monkey butt! FIGHT MONKEY KAISER (hp 38,075) Afterwards remember to shed a tear at the sad demise of monkey Kaiser. Oh where did he go wrong?!? And you will also get the 3rd and final dragon orb! The nice monkeys thank you and you're off! 13.4 Elena's Amulet: After you reach the third disk go and talk to Elena (In her room). She'll give you an amulet that she made. Only Pietoro can equip it. If you talk to her again she asks if you'll be coming home to stay soon. ================================================================== 14. WORLD MAP: You shouldn't get lost but if you do here's my lame attempt at a map… -------------------------------------------TOP------------------------------------------------------ Land of Dragons Land of Gods Takinen PoPoLoCrois North Raduk Mountain Jungle Pasela Roma Gami City Land of the Sun --------------------------------------BOTTOM------------------------------------------------------ ================================================================== 15. THANKS As always thanks to the guys at Sugar and Rockets and Sony for making a great game. I think this might even be my new favorite RPG. At least it's better than anything that came out last year! Also thanks to Gamefaqs and all the other swell sites that post faqs for all to be had. Also I'd like to give thanks to my sweetie pie for helping me out sometimes with quick translation and for always calling me into the room when the PoPoLoCrois II ad came on TV (It really is cute)! Thanks to Donna and Rei for being swell neighbors. Big thanks to umu-umu for being the cutest (and soon the fattest) chinchilla in all of Japan. Sometimes when I was playing he'd hop on my lap and watch for a while (30 seconds which is a long time for a chinchilla to stay still). Also thanks to Freebo for putting out "Blue Moon" an excellent CD. And hey I didn't listen to any music while playing PoPoLoCrois II since there was so much voice acting! Also thanks to all the nice people who play the PoPoLoCrois series and e-mail me and thank me for my faq. You know I once started a faq for lagend of mana, but all the people who wrote me were so rude that I stopped it. On the other hand all the PoPoLo fans I've encountered are cool and nice people. LONG LIVE THE POPOLO! LOOK OUT FOR POPOLOCROIS 3 COMING TO PLAYSTATION 2 SOMETIME THIS YEAR!! And I'll see you again then! e-mail me if you have questions about anything PoPoLo. Thanks for using my Faq! Copyright 2000, Bodi Anderson ================================================================== 16. MENU PRINT OUT PAGE: This is here so you can print out the most common menus and have them all on one page so you don't have to flip back and forth through the Faq every time you walk into a shop or get in a fight. I used to hate having to do that so I'd cut and paste my own little reference sheets. Well I've done the work for you! If you're someone who writes faqs I hope that you do the same thing with your faq too! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- *MAIN MENU COMMANDS (Triangle button) 1. Items 2. Magic and Waza 3. Equip & Status 4. Combat AI 5. Config ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- *ITEMS: Items come in 5 main varieties listed at the top as follows. medicine weapons armor tools important items ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- *EQUIP / STATUS MENU | MAGIC INFO Picture & Name | Magic level HP current/max | MP used Equipped Weapon MP current/max | Experience Equipped Armor Attack Power | Exp. for level up Equipped Shoes Defense Power |------------------------------- Equipped Talisman Speed | Equipped Item #1 Magic Power | Equipped Item #2 Luck | Current Experience| Exp for Level up | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *COMBAT AI 1. Manual command 2. Do what you think is best 3. Attack full strength 4. Attack strongest monster 5. Use most reliable attacks 6. Don't use magic or waza 7. Defend yourself ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- 4.5 CONFIG SOUND Stereo Mono VOICE On Off MESSAGES On Off VIBRATION On Off BGM from mute to "12" Window Color red green blue RESET OPTIONS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *COMBAT COMMANDS 1. Attack (with weapon) 2. Use Magic/Waza 3. Use Item 4. Defend 5. Escape! 6. Change Battle AI (see section 4.4) NOTE: Press X button during combat to change AI mode choice!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *MAGIC COMMANDS (number in parenthesis indicates level gained) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *PIETORO *NARCIA *KAI Wind Slice (5) Wind Sheet (2) Topikera (12) Dragon Fang (3) Holy Burst (12) Dolphin (8) Dragon Water (8) Forest Breath (23) Panther (6) Lightning Arc (26) Magical Wind (14) Fire Bird (15) Dragon Change (40) Mist Screen (7) Magical Road (12) Speed Blaze (16) Heal Rain (4) Fate Bringer (10) Cure Light (5) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *WHITE KNIGHT *GAMI GAMI *JILVA Jump Giri (6) Gami Missile (6) Nice Dance (15) Spin Giri (4) Spinner (8) Throw Breaker (19) Earth Quake (18) Gami Robo (10) Axle Spin (18) Illusion Slash (22). Pachinko (16) Gods Trample (16) Dash Giri (3) Yo-yo (4) Graceful Step (9) Sword Flame (30) Magic Hand (12) Phantom Slice (7) Magnet Catcher (20) Illusion Dance (15) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * REONA *KIMEN DOJI *GABU Long Shot (8) Double Sword (4) sorry not done yet! Arrow Wave (4) Leaf Slash (13) Light shot (12) Moon Slash (10) Explosion Arrow (14) Strength Up! (16) Cat Call (20) Sliding Door (7) Medicine Bow (6) Kaminari (25) Shadow Eraser (17) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------