Thanks to Shinrin, I was inspired to do
this. It's a run of FF1 in Dawn of Souls, which goes all the way until all four bonus dungeons are completed. See the commentary for more. Made with VisualBoyAdvance v1.71
[spoiler=Movie, parts 1-3]Part 1: Goes pretty smoothly, and ends when I decide to brave the Penninsula of Power.
Part 2: The time spent here is more meant for money than leveling, though the two go hand in hand here. However, after this large leveling session much of the story progresses. Movie ends at the entrance to the Ice Cave.
Part 3: Much ado about collecting. My run in the Ice Cave was much luckier than I expected, though my luck doesn't end there. Ends when I land at the Yahnikurm Desert.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Movie, parts 4 & 5]Part 4: More time is spent leveling, but this time for the sake of leveling, to prepare for what awaits at the Temple of Chaos and the four bonus dungeons. Included are a couple of surprise encounters... Ends in the bowels of the Temple of Chaos.
More time spend in the bowels. It's the fastest spot to level in the entire game, so I decide to spend as much time as I realistically can down there. Interesting note, when each movie ends is when I made a fork to try and take out Chaos. All attempts ended in failure.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Movie, part 6]First movie involving the new dungeons, my first victim was the Earth dungeon. To take out all four bosses, I make four runs in. All four bosses die rather quickly. Ends near the entrance to the Ice Cave.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Movie, part 7]And now, the water dungeon.
I'm not sure what possessed me to do the longest dungeon second, but I had a gut feeling that I would survive fairly easily in there. My feeling was confirmed for the most part.....until I got to Deathgaze...[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Movie, part 8]Now begins my runs in the fire dungeon. I ultimately make a crucial mistake, and wind up never fighting Rubicante.
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[spoiler=Movie, part 9]I park at Melmond, only to backtrack back to the airship. This segment is entirely a leveling session in the Floating Castle.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Movie, part 10]Run 1 of the water dungeon. My target first was Omega, since he's the harder of the two.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Movie, part 11]Run 2 of the water dungeon. The only target left was Shinryu...[/spoiler]
And that, as they say, is that.
We have EVEN MORE themes now, but some old ones are gone...