Category: challenge run

  • Is This the Worst Final Fantasy V Challenge?

    This Series Challenge Runner Thinks So

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    Video creator Seer recently took an uncharacteristic series detour to take on his FFVI challenge.

    This sparked rampant viewer speculation on whether he had been bested by FFV.

    Says Seer:

    Final Fantasy 5 is one of the most played entries in the series when it comes to challenge runs.

    The way the game is designed, it’s easy to remove numerous sources of power to make the experience that much more harrowing.

    Knowing this, I decided I could do something a little more meta; remove the usage of the menu.

    It turns out, that is one source of power that you SHOULD NEVER remove.

    And now we must ask whether beating Final Fantasy 5 Without the Menu, Running, or Spending Gil is a reasonable thing to achieve?

    The answer is definitely not.

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  • Spotlight: The Only Known Victory Against the Final Boss Using a Solo Berserker

    Final Fantasy V Challenge Runs

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    (Originally uploaded Sept 5, 2011)

    It took an absolutely ridiculous number of attempts, but considering that the odds are even more ridiculous than that, this is still a very lucky win.

    I had two computers running, each with six instances of ZSNES on max frameskip, continually automatically initiating battles with NeoExdeath. I had ZSNES recording each one onto an external harddrive, and when I looked back and finally saw the “The End” screen, I was able to load back that video and re-record the victory, then capture it in a .avi format with CamStudio (which didn’t pick up every frame, whoops).

    Gear used: Earth Hammer / Aegis Shield / Thornlet / BoneMail / WallRing

    The odds of getting that many Earthquakes in one fight? Very very very low. It’s a 25% chance each time.

    (Thanks to Moi-Me of the GameFAQs message boards for providing the Earth Hammer + Thornlet strategy. This was beyond crucial.)

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  • Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn – Live Now

    Ironman Playthrough by NeoKakarot

    NeoKakarot is a fanatic of JRPGs, anime, and DOTA with an especially soft spot for games by Nihon Falcom. You can follow Neo’s work via YouTube or Patreon.

    Writes Neo:

    Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn playthrough begins. And during the stream I got a donation that made me change this run into an ironman!

    The second stream of the playthrough is below, so check it out!

    For the series playlist, click here.

    So, what do you think? Will Neo successfully complete the challenge? Comment below, or hit us up on Discord.

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  • Final Fantasy V Advance

    Bonus-Jobs Run by Supraprika

    Supraprika is a content creator specializing in covering FFV and challenge runs. Supraprika’s challenge runs are co-commentated with friends. You can follow Supraprika’s projects via YouTube.

    Fans of FFV may know that the Advance version locks four new jobs behind the endgame.

    Three of the jobs require collecting the four tablets in the Merged World.

    The final job requires beating the final new superboss.

    But what is it like to do a full run using just the bonus jobs from start to finish?

    Yes, a challenge run in the style of the Four-Job Fiesta, modified to access the jobs from the start.

    Using a cheat code1 for this purpose as confirmed when asked by FFV Central, Supraprika answers that question in this video.

    What do you think? Should there be an achievement for completing this run? What’s your favorite bonus job?

    1. Our modding team after an independent investigation believes this can be done via RAM writing value 0x80070080 to memory address 0x200DF7C. Unlike other codes available on the web, this one is intended to unlock the bonus jobs without also unlocking the vanilla jobs. Reach out to us if you need troubleshooting assistance. ↩︎

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