It took me a few times through the grotto to get one, thankfully you have a few sidequests that take you through there.
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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch |OT|
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It took me a few times through the grotto to get one, thankfully you have a few sidequests that take you through there.
I'm just kinda hanging out in here now trying to get one. I don't know what other sidequests I have. Maybe I'll just run through the grotto and see if anything comes up.
Crash Station
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So (endgame spoilers)
what exactly is Pea? Stuff was implied, but never outright stated. Was she just Cassiopiea's good/past self becoming independent and looking for help, or could she be an imaginary entity like the council that she unconsciously created after going through such hardship?
Freezasaurus
Member
That was basically what I got out of it. In the same way that
her thoughts made the Zodiarchs real, so too did her conscience separate itself from the White Witch. I mean, that much time alone is sure to make anyone go a little bonkers
Dead Prince
Banned
the fourth game is like the trial with you using both oliver and esther with the stick.
easiest game is platoon.
That I think I spent 2 hours just getting the honky familiar you need for that quest last night. Now the part where I level them all.
Also, 41 hours? I've only just
killed the the Queen's nightmare
TalesOfWin
Banned
DQ8s battle system is even worse. The battles are among the slowest turnbased I ever played, so naturally that dragged down the score for me.
Sanctuary
Member
Before you get that, you also get a spell that allows you to see hidden chests on the minimap outside. It's a plot given spell, so you can't miss it. Casting that will also temporarily freeze monsters that are running away from you, allowing you to catch up.
It's turn based, yet you have infinitely more control. They also aren't any slower than practically any other turn based JRPG. There's a lot more depth to the DQ8 battles than anything in NNK. I take it that you either haven't played, or simply didn't like Nocturne either?
Catastrocerous or Demolicerous!?!?!? AGH SO HARD TO DECIDE. Also I just got a jumbo star to morph him right before I go fightI should wait to morph him shouldn't I?Shardar.
I grabbed two Dinos before leaving that area... because I knew I would be just as conflicted as you. Now I don't have to choose! I just have to get Jumbos...
Catastrocerous or Demolicerous!?!?!? AGH SO HARD TO DECIDE. Also I just got a jumbo star to morph him right before I go fightI should wait to morph him shouldn't I?Shardar.
I went with Cata and don't regret it. However, Demo looks a bit better IMO. As far as stats go, Cata ends up with the highest base attack in the game but has lower defense and accuracy (and higher M defense I think). Also you can catch Demo in the final dungeon, if that means anything.
And you can probably wait to evolve him, though evolving him and getting a few levels would be the best choice.
@daveo42 I know, I was surprised too. I generally end up taking longer than most to finish RPGs, but I guess not this time. And I didn't rush or anything, took my time and did all side quests and lots of exploring. I think the reason why I ended up finishing so quickly was due to Dino and over leveling with Tokotokos, though I honestly didn't even kill that many. They just give a huge amount of experience. Since I was so OP game was easy and I didn't have to fight as many battles since enemies ran away a lot.
Wait what? I haven't seen any Dinos in this area. I'm in the
tower after clearing the miasma.
I actually was thinking about that... Hrm. If I can catch some later I guess I'll just rock Cata then.
Strangely enough I got that one when I was going through the dungeon before I even had that quest but I can't get those other 2 creatures no matter how many I kill. It is definitely infuriating.
Ack sorry Dart, I didn't write that properly. I just meant in the area you find them initially. I tamed two there before moving on. It was painful.
Oh, I get it. I misunderstood. Yeah. It was painful.
Okay just gonna post this here so those still playing the game know what to expect. Will spoiler but they are gameplay spoiler regarding the final boss, not story (aka not saying who it is).
I seen someone in the thread earlier mention that you should be really high leveled for the final boss, and I want to echo that sentiment.
the final (and I mean FINAL) boss is really tough. I was OP for everything before it and still had a few close calls and the battle took quite a while as it has a TON of HP. I was level 65. If you aren't at least 60, but preferably higher, GO GRIND on Tokotokos. Also, be sure to purchase the final merit award in the last row, the one that costs 8. It increases Ollie's HP and MP by 100 each, so it's infinitely useful.
I seen someone in the thread earlier mention that you should be really high leveled for the final boss, and I want to echo that sentiment.
Sanctuary
Member
I honestly don't like the way the Catastroceros looks, with it's "Rhino Beetle" horn, but it's still the one to go with. I think I like the purple and white of the previous form the most.
As far as the final boss goes, someone was saying that they were in their 70s and "overleveled" (Derrick01 I think) for the final fight (which they had not done yet), but really that's not too terribly high for the end. I don't know what the lowest level someone did the rank S arena was either, but that seems about right too.
As far as the final boss goes, someone was saying that they were in their 70s and "overleveled" (Derrick01 I think) for the final fight (which they had not done yet), but really that's not too terribly high for the end. I don't know what the lowest level someone did the rank S arena was either, but that seems about right too.
I did the S-rank already, I think I was 67 or 68. It was tough but doable.
So.... am i the only one who thinks Ni No Kuni should be ported to PS Vita?
Seems like a great title for it. Perfect match.
Would make sense also from a business standpoint. Wasn't it those JRPG's that saved the PSP(Monster Hunter)? Imagine the sales spike for PS Vita not only in Japan but all over the western market.
Seems like a great title for it. Perfect match.
Would make sense also from a business standpoint. Wasn't it those JRPG's that saved the PSP(Monster Hunter)? Imagine the sales spike for PS Vita not only in Japan but all over the western market.
Acrylic7
Member
I got 2 of them on my first try, in the same battle :/
But I still cant catch that Big robot for the stupid guy.
Its kinda infuriating.
and these damn Toko's. I want to scream at them, but the exp makes me happy.
SERIOUS LATE GAME SPOILERS DO NOT CLICK IF YOU HAVE NOT BEATEN THE GAME HELP PLZ
So, the manna fell and the denizens of the towns have been turn into zombies. They said something about not killing them, and blah blah etc. Does this mean that I cannot approach the battles in a normal manner? Do I need to put them to sleep or something to not ruin everything? D:
Lol no go to town on em
zeopower6
Member
You need to fight, lol. If you don't, you'll be missing Compendium entries that you can't get ever again.
They're too cute to scream at imo, lol. I'd just kinda train other Familiars while trying to get a Toko since they give so much EXP and you'd eventually get one.
OH THANK GOD
Can you catch some of em? Hahahha. Time to SLAUGHTER EVERYTHINGYou need to fight, lol. If you don't, you'll be missing Compendium entries that you can't get ever again.
No they aren't familiars.
Also, a lot of them have really weird names. Do I have to see all the unique names, or can I just see the unique beasts themselves?
zeopower6
Member
Not entirely sure (I recall seeing two entries for the same creature probably due to drops or w/e)) but if you need to know, when you have filled entries 387 to 396, you've got them all.
Sanctuary
Member
I apologize to anyone who has this in their GameFly queue and hasn't received it. I've had it for almost two weeks and haven't touched it.
Been in the process of moving.
Someone is doing that with Dead Space 3. I have that, and a handful of other titles that have yet to be released in Q, and they have not sent me DS3 yet. Still worth the subscription price though as long as they ship the game within the next three weeks, since I am on the two out at a time plan.
MotionBlue
Member
Is there an AI tactic somewhere in between "Spam away mana in a single fight" and "watch you die a horrible death while auto-attacking"?
Acrylic7
Member
sadly, no.
You will just have to watch Esther burn through your MP.
every
single
time
Sanctuary
Member
That still doesn't really solve the problem. She won't burn through it as fast, but she will still completely waste mana. Sometimes the game won't heal you until you're at 20%, but often it will heal you if you're only missing 10%. I just put them on "don't use abilities" and then use the go all out function for attacking. When I need healing, I switch to that character.
I set her to "provide backup" or whatever and that seemed to help. ...a very little bit, but it still helped.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Should I be feeding my familiars their favorite foods or just pumping Attack and M.Attack?
You can use whatever, but favorite foods fill up hearts more, which increases the number of stats you can increase.
Those boss enemies get harder as the game goes on. The little poison balls they drop are so annoying.
subtleglitch
Neo Member
really? I found the end boss extremely disappointing because you could evade all of his attacks simply by running behind him whenever he casts, as the majority of his attacks were single enemy based.
Then again I was also level 96 I when I fought him... (I did some serious grinding in the main storyline on some Toko's lol so when I fought the end boss I was about level 90 I think?)
To be honest the most annoying/slightly more challenging thing I found doing was
re-fighting the zodiarch's a second time because you didn't have the queen reviving you, which was quite helpful the first time.
Overall I put about 90 hours into this game, I'm about 3 trophies off of getting the platinum, two of them which are getting 250 familiars and alchemising 30483022830 items, and the other one I can't remember?
I have completed all bounties and errands, and I think I'm at that point where I have no drive to continue doing anything in the game anymore...
My major complaint with this game is the randomisation with stats, and capturing familiars. You can capture two of the same familiar and raise them up to the same level, evolve them the same and then discover later that one of them has better Attack or better Defense.
It's a little bit absurd how random it is.
I also wish there were some sort of game mechanic in place for capturing Familiars', other than random chance...because it just gets tiring after 90 hours of play. I really want the trophy for capturing 250 familiars (and I know it also involves evolving them too), but at the end of the day I don't know if I can be bothered grinding in battle and waiting for the right Familiar to "fall in love" with me.
Those are probably my only complaints with the game, other than that, it is a fantastic game, and I played it with Japanese Audio the whole time because I didn't care for the English VA.
The game looked gorgeous, and the music was fantastic and I enjoyed the time I spent while playing it.
Catastroceros is OP. He got me through the majority of the game...he was going about 800-900 damage towards the end of it lol
OK so spoilers for anyone who hasn't gotten to/through Hameline but wtf I'm so confused;
So I ... Went back in time? I donno if I missed the dialogue or what, but I beat the tank after I went into the sewer and ran into the girly boy sage, and then all of the sudden I'm talking to the emperor in the past?!
After I talked to the girly boy sage though, it spat me back out into the arena where I fought the pig tank, saying I needed to find him some Belief. I saved via the start menu and quit. Did that cause me to lose out on some cutscene or something?
If it is later explained then don't clue me in, I'll figure it out, I just want to make sure I didn't miss out on something...
After I talked to the girly boy sage though, it spat me back out into the arena where I fought the pig tank, saying I needed to find him some Belief. I saved via the start menu and quit. Did that cause me to lose out on some cutscene or something?
If it is later explained then don't clue me in, I'll figure it out, I just want to make sure I didn't miss out on something...
subtleglitch
Neo Member
The game never fully explains it, it's kind of weird, but your thoughts are on the right track. Just go with it.
The game hasn't bugged out or anything like that.Yeah....
The fog that happened as you were leaving was you getting sent back in time. The how and why will be explained a little later. Hint: Someone did it on purpose.