Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago

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Wherein I bully the final boss with my vastly overleveled gang of rapscallions (hoho). The battle took a bit longer since I wanted to cast some different spells for variety. The original plan was to use the Ninja - Black Belt - Sage - Sage arrangement from my Famicom playthrough, but I went with this group instead.

The Pixel Remaster changes various abilities and attributes, borrowing some from the 3D remake directly and others being brand new. Black Belt's Boost doesn't destroy his defense, so it's a more viable move than it was in the Famicom version.

The dialogue during the ending sounded a little weird at parts, but I can't quite explain how. Also, it's a bummer that the little character cast thing between the ending and staff roll wasn't in this.

I am actually pretty proud of the awful names I gave the characters, even if the names were only relevant for the first 3 minutes.

Mostly irrelevant to the video, but Golem Staffs are among the deadliest weapons in the game and I love them. They have 100% chance to add a stage of Gradual Petrification on anything it hits (assuming no immunity), so dual-wielding them makes an enemy instantly 2/3 petrified. They work on many of the random encounter enemies, even in the World of Darkness.

A few months ago, when I played the fan translation of the Famicom original, I didn't see myself playing the game again so soon, but here we are. It was worth it both times.

Chapters
0:00 Inventory/Stats Display
0:35 Confrontation
1:25 Final Battle
7:45 Ending
14:56 Staff
25:02 The End
25:12 Completed Game Save