Those who want to get down on some Destiny Islands grinding here is how its done.
Simply beating your friends to a pulp is incredibly inefficient, even riku only gives you 5xp for winning.
Me and P Bear manufactured a new improved grinding method.
Tech points are big in KH1, you can get several levels without actually defeating your opponent. Wakka is the most obvious, ever time you hit his ball it gives you 1TP and his strong strike gives you 2 TP which is exactly the same as an XP. (Beating wakka gives you 1xp as a reference)
The problem is that wakka throws his ball whenever he damn well pleases and you will hit him with the ball occasionally which will eventually kill him. Wasting precious time re-initiating the fight.
The hands down best way to gain TP is Tidus, and P Bear figured out the best way to do it.
Assuming youve chosen the sword you get slide dash quicker making this technique easier.
The idea is to keep an eye on your lock on symbol.
When Tidus is running towards you your lock on will show 4 splits. When he gets closer it changes to 2 splits. When you are right on top of him it will be multiple shades of blue and extravagant.
If you initiate your slide dash JUST before the lock on turns to two he will ALWAYS parry it giving you a whopping 2TP.
After he parries it run away immediately and he wont do his other moves which dont give any TP for parrying, he will either do a back flip then follow you or just follow you and either way that is your opportunity to get another tech and repeat.
If you are too close after the tech he will either do a flash kick strike, or a front flip. Both of which waste your time. If he does those moves he will occasionally be ticked with himself or say something regardless of whether or not he hits you. Another waste of your time.
Ive gotten like 25 techs in a row without him doing anything out of character. The technique is sure fire.
At level 18 with the sword you get tech plus giving you 4 TP per parry.
Its an obscene amount XP for the area.
Without ever leaving the fight ive gotten 2 levels, or around 1200 XP at lvl20. That took about 11 minutes.
It takes some practice but once you get it the levels just fly by and its loads of fun