ACFNATIONALS: Questions by Ike Jose, Billy Busse, Andrew Wang, and Austin ListerudPacket 04
Note to moderator: This Doesn't Actually Count for Points.One of his works contains a list of things he would like to have in Crazy Taxi 2 and a complaint about the Hospital zone in Around Apple. The follow-up to one of his works doesn't contain a single instance of the phrase “from whence you came” despite his previous work containing 18 instances and a running count of how many times it has it. The user slk_23 asked if his most notable work was still worth following since it was not starred. Questions could be sent to this high schooler from West Chester at . Despite the fact that his most notable FAQs were ESSENTIAL to the (*) American JRPG experience, he expressed hopes that a tournament was not going to be “all JRPG crap.” For 0 points, name this FAQ writer who wrote guides for the Golden Sun games under the username Ikillkenny, and hosted forums at doc-ent.com.
ANSWER: Mike Bentley [accept Ikillkenny before mentioned]
1. This boss shares his name with the sole remaining member of the tribe that cares for Spardas in Ys: Memories of Celceta. One strategy in fighting this boss is to have a party member whose level is 80, so it will use L5 Death and L4 Holy on him or her, since those moves are weaker than its other ones. Other strategies involve throwing a tent at him, since he will frequently use Esuna instead of, again, - those much stronger moves. Before fighting this boss, you can give jewels to a series of (*) fairy monsters so that you are able to physically attack him. This boss’s most devastating attack usually inflicts 9,999 points of shadow damage on all 4 party members, in addition to healing that much health as well for himself - that crazy attack is called Doomsday. This boss is located in the Eidolon Cave in the Chocobo’s Air Garden. A swirling sphere of colors is the look of, for 10 points, what optional superboss from FF9?
ANSWER: Ozma
2. After a cave boss fight in this segment of a game, a dying traitor reveals that another character is “next in line to be the Kaiser,” which is never mentioned again. This segment has a subplot involving a “Mobile Surface Supremacy Weapon” that resembles a robotic sea urchin called Ft. Hurricane. A cross-shaped pendant with a red jewel swings back and forth against a starry sky in the background of several scenes in this segment. In a hilarious part of it, a giant white and pink furry character gets (*) crucified. The activation of the Mass Driver facility and destruction of the Soylent System take place during this segment. Many scenes in this segment consist of a main character sitting in a chair narrating events such as the search for the last two Anima Relics before Solaris can get them. For 10 points, name this segment that was hastily made,which is the last section of a PS1 Square game starring Fei Fong Wong.
ANSWER: Xenogears Disc 2 [prompt on partial answers like “Xenogears” or “the second half of Xenogears” or “the end of Xenogears”]
3.Though it is not a jukebox, three little types of these objects can be placed in an L-shaped alcove on the Calnus in Star Ocean 4. In Phantasy Star Zero, you can access items like CONSOLE+ if you enter a password into one of these devices. In Kingdom Hearts, a type of rare, bulky heartless that can be farmed for orichalchum resembles one of these things. In Wall Market, you get a diamond tiara from one of these. You supposedly can hack these when you have enough science points, which you cannot actually get in (*)Barkley Shut Up and Jam:Gaiden. A girl is willing to give the player three different TMs if you give her three different products from one of these devices in another set of games; in those games, a security guard must be bribed with a product from one of these devices to get into Saffron City. For 10 points, name these devices that dole out Lemonade, Soda Pop, and Fresh Water in Pokemon.
ANSWER: vending machines [accept gachapon]
4. In one game, this activity is done by hunters who work for either Red, or those pursuing Arkz; in that game, this activity is done aboard Pioneer 2 using compressed alternate reality data. People who engage in this activity in another game include the High Mages Atenza and Secmeton. Christian Rosenkreuz summons Manawydan Fab Llyr at the end of another game centering on this activity, which is set during the Wars of the Roses. A game subtitled Forbidden Memorieswhose main mechanic is this activity is one of many games to feature a final boss called (*)DarkNite. In a game whose plot centers on this activity, a blue-haired man named Ronald antagonizes the protagonist Mark, who must travel to eight various clubs to engage in this activity. Examples of this kind activity include Tetra Master and Triple Triad. For 10 points, name this activity central to a Pokémon trading game and Yu-Gi-Oh.
ANSWER: card games [accept Xeno-Cards, Triple Triad, Tetra Master before mention]
5.In the two fights against this character, he has 3,141 HP and 5,926 HP. Captions to this character’s artworks include “Any sound can shake the air. My voice shakes the heart!” and “Any tree can drop an apple. I’ll drop the freaking moon!” In a post-game level, this character makes an appearance as “Dr. Pin.” This character transforms into a black anthropomorphic lion with white legs and red eyes called Leo Cantus when he is fought in Pork City. In the Udagawa Back Streets, this character engages in a (*) gunfight with his boss, Joshua, but Joshua stops the bullets in midair. This character refers to the Players as “hectopascals” or “yoctograms”, and his catchphrases include various mnemonics for SOH CAH TOA and “So zetta slow!” For 10 points, name this math-obsessed Reaper who serves as the Game Master in Week 2 of The World Ends With You.
ANSWER: ShoMinamimoto [accept either name]
6. In one game, this practice was developed by people to prevent the "End of Dusk" and is needed to build an airship to reach the Unexplored Ruins, which Escha and Loggia do. The final boss from Ys V: Kefin, The Lost City of Sand engages in this activity. The inhabitants of Avenbury of Ragallzineoften did this and appear in a game starring Klein. It’s not medicine, but in Etrian Odyssey practitioners of this activity possess the Scavenge command, which increases item drop rates. Items like Acorns, Grease, and Call Beads can be used to perform this activity in Secret of Evermore. Games whose core mechanics involve this activity include (*)ManaKhemia and the Atelier Iris series. Four elemental lighthouses must be lit to restore this art to the world in the Golden Sun universe. The sham that is chemistry is contrasted with, for 10 points, what LEGITIMATE science practiced by Paracelsus?
ANSWER: alchemy [prompt on "crafting"; prompt on “magic”]
7. The only way to obtain a Gold Gem in one game is by defeating one of these enemies at the bottom of the Lagdou Ruins. Another of these animals, which is attached to a cannon, is a celebrity in the Underthere and is the boss of the Overthere in Super Paper Mario. While leaving the Dauna Mines in Breath of Fire III, Ryu and Garr are attacked by one of these bosses. In Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Morva is converted to an enemy of this type, and wields Wretched Air. One of these animals is the boss of the (*) Pit of 100 trials in Rogueport. Another of these creatures found in the Cave to the Sealed Gate is one of a set of eight optional bosses in FF 6. One of these animals in FF 10 named EvraeAltana can be taken out with a phoenix down. For 10 points, name these undead serpents.
ANSWER: zombie dragons [or Dracozombies accept "undead dragons" until "undead"; accept "bone dragon"; prompt on partial answers]
8. A bizarre enemy in this location is Anubis, who mimics your movements and can only be defeated with fire. The biggest statue in this location features two red triangles painted below its eyes, as well as a red ruby in between its breasts. Before you leave this location, a pair of twins notice halos over eachothers’ heads and bicker about whether the other is 400 and (*) 380 years old. This place is accessed by following a ghost across the desert, and in it are three iron knuckles, the last of whom is a brainwashed sage.In this dungeon, suns with their eyes closed must have light shined on them. The boss fight in this place involves collecting three consecutive charges of fire and ice on your shield. The silver gauntlets and the mirror shield are acquired from this dungeon, which is visited when one is both old and young. For 10 points, name this last temple you visitinOcarina of Time.
ANSWER: Spirit Temple
9. This character always attacks first when he wears pants obtained from a black jackal-like enemy named for Anubis. He is rescued from a pit of white mucus by Princess Lipid. A talking star-shaped gate at the Star Shrine deems this character unworthy to pass until he proves his purity of heart by striking an aurora-colored object. This character can pass over the thorny sections of Dimble Wood by riding inside a dead Sockop. This character relieves the stress of a rock monster by dodging his energy balls for 30 seconds to obtain the (*) Crabbie Grass within Guffahwa Ruins. In the Thunder Palace in Oho Oasis, this character learns the Thunderhand technique. This character initiates attacks such as Knockback Bros. and Bounce Bros. For 10 points, name this green-clad character who stars alongside his brother in games subtitled Superstar Saga and Bowser’s Inside Story.
ANSWER: Luigi
10. At one of these places a man will try to charge 1,000,000 gems for an exotic dance before revealing that he was just trying to “scare the guest” in Terragnima. An artist paints a portrait of Her MoojestyCowlipha for the owner of one of these places in Ni No Kuni. One of these locations is where a character meets a woman playing the piano before she writes the hit single “Eyes on Me.” That woman, who eventually becomes the wife of Fury Caraway, made a living at one of these places named (*)Galbadia in Deling City. A series of flashbacks only viewable in these locations reveals Clyde’s past as a train robber with his partner Baram and his true identity as Relm’s father. At one of these locations in Kaipo, a group of Baron soldiers attempts to kill Rydia, but they are fought off by Cecil. For 10 points, name these places, where you can usually restore all of your HP and get a good night’s sleep.
ANSWER: inns [or hotels or motels, accept obvious equivalents]
11. Using this body part as a weapon while in a certain location will earn the trophy “Inside Joke.” As a level, it features a boss who uses the attack "Birds are Gross," and who, upon defeat, says "Fare thee met and Fare thee well." To get the summon featuring this weapon, you must go to the post office and retrieve a package and give it to this weapon’s owner. As a level, this entity is where you can find a smartphone that lets you befriend a guy named Al, as well as the puppet (*) Mr. Hat. Inside of this location, you can find bacteria that have sworn their allegiance to Adolf Hitler. A snuke must be defused inside of this place, which Sir Douchebag enters because he can shrink. For 10 points, name this body part belonging to a certain character in The Stick of Truth, which on a certain TV show is where Lemmiwinks and Paris Hilton can be found.
ANSWER: Mr. Slave’s butt [accept more vulgar answers]
12. In Magical Vacation, the NPC Pizza can be paid in pinecones to modify this kind of object. In Romancing SaGa, there is a 1% chance you get one of these items after every random encounter. The collector's edition of Ys: Memories of Celceta comes with the game's soundtrack, a compass, the game, a diary, and one of these things. Black and White types of these accessories are equippable by Vyse to lower the encounter rate in Skies of Arcadia. To get to the Temple of Courage, the player has to close their DS to alter one of these objects in Phantom Hourglass. Andrew (*) Wang stopped playing Etrian Odyssey because he couldn’t create these objects properly, as creating them is essential. You can buy these things from Tingle inMajora’s Mask. For 10 points, name these objects, one of which is obtained from Daisy Oak in Pokemon Red, and which is often viewed before using the HM Fly.
ANSWER: maps [or charts]
13. At this location, you will always lose against an invisible enemy in a fight that occurs after you win against a man in a red superhero suit and a man with an afro. A haunted item shop at this location features a shop owner who is a doll that is suspended from the ceiling whenever you try to purchase something from him - that occurs in a haunted house where you can hear Kefka’s laugh. You can turn a dragon named Valvados into a princess by kissing it in a fictional work here set in the Kingdom of Galdia. That occurs since you’re the one hundredth (*) couple here. In another part of this location, a giant UFO should be destroyed for a thousand points; that’s part of a mini-game in which you ride a roller coaster and use your lasers to shoot at things at Speed Square. This location is where the main character can go on a date with Barrett. For 10 points, name this amusement park from FF 7.
ANSWER: Gold Saucer [accept Wonder Square]
14. In Fire Emblem: Awakening, one boss compares himself to part of a flea that is in one of these objects. Although he isn't Chris Ray, that boss with a distinctive one of these features says the line “Blasted science, you have...played me for a...fool…” when defeated, and is named Cervantes. Reyn’s mocking nickname for Vangarre, the Colonel of the Colony 9 Defense Force, refers to the fact that he possesses a square one of these features. The Grandpa slime in (*)Dragon Quest Monsters 2 distinctly has these things. Many fans criticized Tyrell's father Garet for having one of these things in the TRAVESTY that isGolden Sun: Dark Dawn. This thing gives its name to a statistic that allows the player to land more critical hits and get better discounts while shopping in the Mario & Luigi series. For 10 points, name this notable facial feature possessed by Cyan Garamonde in FF6.
ANSWER: mustaches
15. Macha’s Epitath User, Endrance, is often seen with an AIDA named Mia that takes the form of one of these animals. In the Wild Arms series, the peppy acorn can cure misery, a status condition in which you have been turned into one of these. In Trails in the Sky, one of these animals named Anton is the only witness to the heinous crime of cigarette theft and must be bribed to help capture the perpetrator. In one of the endings to Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, a Laguz who can transform into this sort of creature may accompany Ike as he leaves Tellius - that’s (*)Ranulf. In Ni No Kuni, one of these animals rules the kingdom of Ding Dong Dell. Janus has a pet one of these animals named Alfador. Several of these animals can be obtained as pets for Crono’s house. The only Pokemon that can learn Pay Day by level-up is, for 10 points, what type of animal exemplified by Persian?
ANSWER: cats
16. One of these objects is fought as a boss in a cave north of Preamarl, a town from Lufia II whose residents are mermaids. The party explores one of these named Atherum where you find a Holy Symbol in Tales of Vesperia. Princess Louvia was killed at one of these locations in The Legend of the Dragoon, which is where you must fight a boss in which the commander and his knights must be defeated simultaneously. One of these locations, known as the Funky Francisca, is the site of a fight with Hayreddin Barbarossa in Bravely Default. In the (*) TRAVESTY that is Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, one of these locations is home to the Azul Summon Tablet, and contains the fight with the Star Magician. In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker,the phases of the moon determines where one of these vehicles will appear. For 10 points, name these vessels on the ocean with no crew.
ANSWER: ghost ships
17. Fazz leads a group of these people in Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth. After the death of Judo, the player becomes the leader of theNorius group, which consists entirely of these people in Spectral Force 3. Rid Dek, Amenhart, and Del Dee are characters with this occupation in FF Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time.Leaders of groups of these people in the Suikoden series include Wilhelm and Mueller in Suikoden V and Victor and Flik in Suikoden II. Although his true desire is to become a knight of Lazulis, in the beginning of (*) The Last Story,Zael is but a member of this occupation. Members of this unpromoted class in the Fire Emblem series includeOgma, Dieck, Gerik, and Gregor; in most Fire Emblem games this class promotes to Hero. After the death of Zack Fair, Cloud moves to Midgar and takes on, for 10 points, what occupation, in which combat services are sold for money?