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Star Ocean for the Super Famicom is a visually beautiful, mechanically solid JRPG that was unfortunately kept within Japanese borders.

Despite being very enjoyable, Star Ocean suffers from being very short, ~25 hours will easily allow the player to complete the main narrative and most side quests.

Luckily, the developer’s decided to add a rather lengthy and difficult 30 floor post-game dungeon, that will likely require grinding nearly to level 100, which is a lot considering all that is required to easily beat the final boss is leveling up to 40-50.

Star Ocean (SNES) Music Skill song list

Music is incredibly useful in Star Ocean. The variety of effects can make the gameplay so much better, and save you a lot of money on healing items. It also helps characters more readily learn Talents, which is hard and time consuming. Below is a quick list of each song’s effects for your convenience.

Clarinet:

Clarinet 1: 4 black slimes

Clarinet 2: 3 Hound Forms + Gabrielle (hard, but great EXP and items)

Harmonica:

Increases the encounter rate. Harmonica 2 causes a higher encounter rate than Harmonica 1.

Trumpet:

Decreases the encounter. Trumpet 2 lowers it further than Trumpet 1 does.

Sax

Makes MP increase. Sax 2 makes the party’s MP increase at a higher rate than Sax 1.

Guitar

HP will increase as the song plays. Guitar 2 makes their HP increase more rapidly than Guitar 1.

Trombone

HP and MP increase as song plays.Trombone 2 heals faster than Trombone 1.

This is incredibly useful and helps save items.

Violin

Increases the chance of learning a new Talent when performing a related skill outside of battle. Violin 2 is better than 1.

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Warning: Using Violin can freeze the game.

To avoid the bug:

When you gain a talent you will get a message stating you gained the talent and got 50 SP. DO NOT PRESS THE A BUTTON UNTIL THE VIOLIN SONG IS FINISHED.

Shamisen

As far as I know only obtainable by hacking, so annoying. It increases your Fol as it plays, Shamisen 2 does so faster than Shamisen 1.

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Talents and Skills Guide

Star Ocean (SNES) Talents and Skill Basics Guide

The depth of Star Ocean is defined by its incredibly satisfying skill system, which provides benefits both in and out of battle.

Ranging from gaining positional advantage in battle, to smithing, to even playing music, these skills are almost universally useful.

Success of skills is determined not only by RNG, but also by a character’s specific “Talents.”

Talents are a character’s natural inclination to be successful at a particular set of skills. Talents can be innate, the character joins with them, or can be learned, in an often tedious process.

Appropriately pairing skills with the appropriate party member is key in saving the ever valuable SP. Specialization is key in getting everything you need in a prompt manner.

This guide will provide a basic primer on Talents and Skills and when to learn them.

Fire Emblem Thracia 776 Guide: Chapter 1

Chapter 1… so begins our journey through probably the toughest game in the Fire Emblem universe. Thracia 776 acts as a mid-quel to the previous installment of the series, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of Holy War (Seisen no Keifu).

Leif, the primary Lord, and a band of warriors return to the village they have called home for years to find it taken over by Imperial troops. Two of his female companions were also kidnapped in the commotion.

I am trying to keep this as spoiler free as possible, so vague story summary aside, lets get into it.

Enjoy one of the few easy Chapters in the game.

Goal:

simply defeat the boss and use the “Seize” command on the top-rightmost building.

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