Final Fantasy: Lost in Japanese

When we last left off in our saga of Final Fantasy IV, our heroes were just set to begin a battle with the Four Elemental Lords inside the giant robot that Golbez had summoned on Earth. I’ll pick up the story from that point…

With little fanfare, the battle starts. The four lords come at us one after the other, with no breaks in between. At first I was a bit confused, as they simply change shape in the middle of the fight, so I didn’t know whether I was fighting a different form of the first lord, or a different lord altogether.

By the time the third lord came around, however, I realized what was going on, and that allowed me to free up more of Rydia and Rosa’s magic points. We started pouring on damage. The battle dragged on forever, but with Rosa and FuSoYa casting heals as necessary, we never really seemed to be in danger.

After about fifteen minutes, however, during our fight against Barbariccia, the last lord, things changed dramatically. She cast some sort of massive tornado and instantly all five of our party members were below ten hit points. Crap! Frantically, I tried to heal our party, but before I could Rosa was dead. No!!! I’m doomed, I thought, but just as I had given up hope, Barbariccia faded away to nothingness! The battle was over! We had won!

Not much happened after this. I expected the giant to implode or something dramatic to happen, but that was not to be. It simply appears that the path is now clear to continue on.

Status: Killing Stuff with a Purpose

Life is quickly getting back to normal, but I still have a couple of loose ends to tie up. Sorry that I missed the May 10 return, but things look very good for May 12 or May 13.

On the whole, things are looking very good for a nice long run of consistent posting, and I’m very much looking forward to getting back to this! See you in a couple of days!

Oh, yes, one more thing… I’ll read and reply to all comments at that time as well.

Hi All,

I’m very sorry for the disappearance again. I was hoping to be able to maintain posting through March and April, but that looks to have been a bit too optimistic.

I had a stretch over the past ten days or so where I could have posted some, but I got sidetracked by a DS game called Shiren the Wanderer. That little window has now closed again, and once again work has gotten incredibly busy.

Fortunately, however, the end is in sight. After the early part of May, life looks to get back to a normal pace. Along those lines, I think I can say with as much certainty as is possible in life that I’ll be back posting on Saturday, May 10, 2008. From that point on, I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to get a nice long run of consecutive days of posting. I’m really looking forward to finishing Final Fantasy 4 and moving on to Final Fantasy 5.

Thanks for your understanding. (Although I’m a little scared to look in the comments section.)

See you in a month!

Got a bit overwhelmed with work this week. I’m hoping to make our next post by Saturday, maybe Friday if things go well.

Sorry for the delay.

When we arrive on Earth, we land near the Tower of Babel. It turns out that Golbez has already awakened the massive Mechwarrior. It lumbers out of the tower and starts destroying mountains. Then help arrives, as all our long lost comrades converge on the robot to battle the beast. It’s like a Final Fantasy All-Star Game, as Yang, Edward, Cid, and even Porum and Palom are back.

Someone comes up with the idea of having Cid drop us into the giant so that we can destroy it from within. Everyone thinks this is a wonderful idea, and a little while later we find ourselves inside the beast, winding our way through its insides in search of a way to destroy it. Various laser beams and mini-robots attempt to stop us, but we are a force to be reckoned with now. Infused with confidence from our victory over Bahamut, we roll over our opponents.

After a bit, we find a safe spot where we rest and save our game. Shortly thereafter, we come upon what will surely be a battle for the ages. Blocking our way are the Four Elemental Lords: Scarmiglione, Rubicante (didn’t we kill him about five times already?), Cagnazzo, and Barbariccia. They look ready for war…

Status: Killing Stuff with a Purpose