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Secrets and Rumours
This following feature is an interesting look at some of the curiousities about the
game. It is from Castle Snape's old Terranigma site (that hasn't been active for a few years
now, at least last time I checked). This info has also existed in various incarnations on
other Terranigma sites over the years also, though I am led to believe Snape was the
original author.
Before we get into Snape's List, I'd like to mention a couple of more:
The Cadets in the towers. Most of the time, when they look at you, it says
"Cadet casts a look. Ark is immobilized!". But every once in a while, it says,
"Cadet casts a sexy look. Ark is immobilized!". And they even cause little love
hearts to momentarily appear. The first time I saw this wasn't
until my fourth or fifth play of the game a few years after getting it, so my
initial reaction was that I was seeing things, combined with "WTF?"
Another Cadet-related thing. I have only recently played 'Legend of Zelda - A Link to
the Past' (SNES) all the way through, and I noticed a startling resemblance that the
'Wizards' in the game have to the 'Cadets' in Terranigma.
They both hover around, they
both wear capes, their faces are both hidden deep underneath pointed hats invisible except
for their glowing eyes - And they both hurl crescent-shaped spells at you. Is this Quintet
making a respectful nod to Zelda, or a blatant rip-off? Of course, the Zelda wizards look
smaller and 'cuter' than the cadets, but they're obviously not as randy...
Now for the rest:
Terranigma Secrets & Rumours
This is a page sorting out all the secrets and rumours from the game. Whether it's fact or fiction or unknown. And if it is fact, find out more about it here.
Secrets
Resurrect Polynese
After you've resurrected the five towers in the underworld, you can go to a small cave located west of Tower 5. Kill the guards inside, then either use an ice ring, or throw pots at the fire-swirling monsters that you can't reach.
This means you can visit Polynesia, one of the islands near Yunkou. You can sleep there and where you can take a nap for free. You'll be burnt in the morning, and you're 'Macho Appeal' raises by 10. This has no relevance to the game.
Resurrect Mu
Not as well known as the one above, the cave is located north of Tower 3 and looks like a small cluster of snow. Simply throw the rocks blocking your path out of the way to get to the control room.
Mu features in Terranigma's predecessor, Illusion of Gaia/Time. It was one hard level. The importance of resurrecting Mu is that as the surface world and the underworld are linked, Mu will be resurrected in the other world as well.
This means you can visit Mu in the surface world where you can obtain one of the four special weapons - the EnbuPike.
Bits 'n' Pieces, Pots 'n' Pans
Not an important secret, but some don't know of it. Did you know that you can throw pots/pumpkins at certain people in Crysta, and actually hit them ? Like go into the house to the left of the weavers and into the room on the right. Pick up the pot in there and chuck it at the boy. He'll be well annoyed at you and tell you so. This also works for the boy outside the house mentioned above, chuck a pumpkin at him. Most people in the elders house can be hit as well. You can even get a three-in-a-row by power-throwing a pot at the people sitting at the table ! They'll spin round, then complain. The only other time this seems to work is in Liotto. One of the houses has a monkey that does the Samba. Throw a pot at him, then talk to the woman sitting opposite him.
A Pleasant Experience
When fighting the Parasite in the Ra Tree, it'll eventually shoot some orange claws at you during it's second attack. These are worth about 55 Experience points ! Simply kill them all, then wait until they're spit out at you again and repeat.
Thanks to Dais for this information.
Grave Danger
When you fist enter Louran, you'll undoubtedly meet a man who doesn't know what to do with his money when he dies. Tell him to take it with him to his grave. When the town turns into a zombie-infested ruin, go to the cemetary. One of the graves has 500 Gems with your name written all over it.
Don't rub me the wrong way !
Pretty well known this one. Visit the Quatto's, originally south of Litz but they move later on to the north of Liotto, and go into the northwest tent. Talk to the woman inside and she'll ask you for a massage. Agree, then push into her back. She'll say something like, "ooh that's good !". Keep pushing and eventually she'll tip you 1 measly Gem. But every time you do it after that, she'll tell you that you've improved and give you 5 Gems. Try pushing her front, she'll have a go at you, telling you not to get fresh !
FEVER ! In the morning...
Some people are unsure what to do with the Fever medicine given to them by the Litz doctor. Well, once you've economically progressed Suncoast far enough, you'll find a Japanese couple upstairs in the inn. The bloke is in bed sick with a... guess what... fever, so equip the medicine and talk to his wife. You'll get a MagiRock for your troubles.
Child of the Corn
You'll find a couple in Yunkou who abandoned their daughter Chija at birth. Tut tut. But they really want to know how she is, and it just so happens you can help. Make sure you have a Pretty Flower from the woman in Loire, then go to the Nomads near Louran. In one of the tents (I think it's the upper-right one), you'll find a small girl. Equip the Pretty Flower and talk to her.
Hmmmmmm... seems a bit thick really. Oh well. Go back to Yonkou and tell her parents. Then go all the way back to see her at the Nomads again, then aaaaaaaaaallllllllll the way back to Yunkou and talk to her parents again. And what do you get ? A MagiRock. Yippee.
Ghost of Christmas Programmer
There's an empty lot with a trash can next to it in NeoTokio. Go inside the trash can and you'll appear in a messy room. A ghost appears, which you must beat, the best way to beat it is to use Pyro Rings. When you beat it, a chicken will appear and thank you. You'll then be transported back outside the can, the empty lot has now been replaced with a building where you'll be able to meet and talk to Quintet, the Terranigma team who are the dudes who made, designed etc. the game you're playing !
Why do birds... Suddenly appear
Expand Freedom a bit, and go to the shop. Go down the flights of stairs to get to the basement. Oh my, it's a black market ! And they've got the KingBird as a prisoner ! Once again, it's up to you to sort things out. Talk to the guard a couple of times and then pay him 5000 Gems to release him. Then, go all the way to the KingBird's nest at Sanctuar and he'll have a MagiRock for you. Bless him.
The best way to get money is to head for NeoTokyo sewers and go left, then fight the dog-like creatures to get between 300-350 Gems.
Thanks to Ferme for the information on the Kingbird's release cost and money-making methods.
Home, sweet home
Some people don't know about this either. You need to expand Loire to the max. Go to second avenue, then east to Loire Realty. Buy an apartment at the Rococo building for 800 Gems, then go next door to the furniture shop attached to Loire Realty, called Michelle Furniture. You can buy the following furniture for your house :
Rug
Bookshelf
Desk
Shelf
Dresser
Each for 100 Gems. Then go west to get to the Rococo apartment and use the Apartment Key on the first door on the right. Your new home, furnished and all ! You can save and sleep to regain energy here.
Don't chicken out...
Enter the circled area just north of Loire next to the bridge and you'll come across a shack. The old guy inside explains that he races chickens. Leave his house and go off the screen to the north to get to the chicken races. Give 10 Gems to the woman next to the counter to get a tip for the winning chicken, then talk to the bloke at the counter to make your bet. Depending on the odds and of course picking the winning chicken, you can make off with a load of cash, up to 800 Gems if the odds are 16 to 1. Much easier than killing monsters for money !
Catherine the Great
Also, does anyone know the significance of the small boy at the chicken races ? He stands there staring at the chickens, saying nothing but, 'Catherine'. Has he named one of the chickens, and fallen in love with it ? Or is there some other reason. I will try to find out as much as I can about this.
Grandma's Special Chicken
Even more oddities on the Chicen Races - why is that chicken fenced off by itself from the rest of the flock ??? Is this chicken Catherine maybe ?!?
Flight of the Navigator
Speak to a bloke north of Alaska and he'll talk about different migratory paths of gulls. You can travel using these gulls, if you find certain places called Stopovers. The migratory paths are :
Alaska to Australia
N America to Kamiyo
N America to Savannah
S America to Greenland
The one in Alaska is to the northwest corner, and takes you to just north of Suncoast. The S America one is Southwest of Liotto, and takes you to Greenland just north of Penguina. There are also three in the Kingbirds nest in Sanctuar.
The left one takes you to the Savannah, the animal paradise.
The middle one takes you to Kamiyo, on the island of NeoTokyo.
The right one takes you to the Windvale cave.
Rumours
Baby when you're gone...
In the bar in NeoTokio, a women says something to do with 'B A B Y'. People are associating this with a Snes joypad button sequence. To my knowledge, this has no relevance.
I'll treasure it forever
You need an emulator to ponder this one. In the woods northwest of Nirlake, where you get the logs from the Gumin monsters, there is a hidden treasure chest to the right of the entrance. Use the ZSnes / Snes9x sprite control to turn of a certain background and you'll see it.
Now this is a curious one. You can go right up to the chest, but for some reason - it won't open. I think an overlooked mistake by the developers perhaps ?
Macho, macho man...
People have been asking me the point of your Macho Appeal raising when you take a nap at Polynesia. Some people claim it raises your defense the first time. I think it doesn't do anything. I think it was a joke, and don't really see how people can think of it as anything else. Philistines !
And yes, this also goes for the blood pressure being raised by the three fashion girls in Freedom.
The Beruga Triangle
I was looking at Paladin's stumped page, and noticed that some tit had left a message in his guestbook asking how to resurrect Bermuda. I've had a couple of E-Mails about this, and would like to say... YOU WHAT ?!? Think about it, there are 7 continents - it applies to the game as well 'cos the planet is supposed to be Earth. Trust me. I hope they did mean Beruga, because then it becomes a valid question, otherwise they're probably either thicker than the offspring of a TV Weather girl and Forrest Gump, or they're stirring it, big time.
Undiscovered Land
I received an E-mail recently asking if it was possible to travel across South Africa. When you fly over this land, it gives the names of the two sections of South Africa as Kalahari and Capetown. As far as I know, there is no possible way to get here, it's just for show.
Of course, I am completely welcome to any information regarding this land, there is nothing special about the way it looks, apart from the three trees.
Anyway, there are no ports and no airfield strips, no caves joining them and as far as I can see, no flight paths from gulls.
More info on this has arrived, thankyou to Ferme. Capetown is the place you begin in Illusion of Gaia and the Enix team probably wanted to make a link between these two games, but you can't get to them. I always thought that you started Illusion of Gaia in South Cape, but I could be wrong. Thanks Ferme.
Even more info for this has arrived. It is SouthCape in Illusion of Gaia, but in the ending when the worlds change form, South Cape is located in South Africa, as is CapeTown. Thankyou to err... Gorfious Bafoon for that.
Expansion Pack
What is the deal with Litz ??? It's one of the towns that can be progressed like the others, but for some reason it's the only one that doesn't become a grey city (fully evolved). Although there have been people saying that they have seen it done... if anyone has any information at all on this, then let me know as this is one of the most undiscovered rumours I have seen.
Staff dismissed
A person in Suncoast mentions the mystical qualities of Staffs. To my knowledge, the only staff is the GeoStaff which has an Earth elemental quality, but there are several other weapons with elemental qualities as well. Is there more than one staff ?
Secret Walls Anonymous
In Dragoon castle, when you try to escape with Elle and Meilin stops you, there is a small side path heading off to the right. It looks like there could be a secret door in the middle of the wall, or you could knock the wall down with the Speed Shoes but you can't, even though Meilin's reaction indicates that their probably is a door there. Is there ?
Talking to Squirrels...
Not an important one, but is there any reason that you can talk to the squirrels south of Liotto when you're supposed to not be able to communicate with plants or animals any more ?
Dummying
Dummying is when Items or events have been taken out of a translation (usually from Jap -> USA) for one reason or another. A total of EIGHT items are mentioned in the game's dialogue, but are nowhere to be see. All of these come from Dais, comments 'an all :
| Name |
Description |
Comments |
| Aloe Leaves |
"Leaves from an aloe plant." |
I am positive this does not mean the Ginseng, Fever Medicine, Air Herb, Giant Leaves, or any kind of bulb. These are all listed elsewhere. Hmm. |
| Carrot |
"A Carrot." |
Perhaps you could originally introduce different crops to farmers in an early version... |
| Heaven Statue |
"Used to summon rainfall." |
Could have been used in Zue and/or Nirlake.
Not to be confused with the Heaven Statue in Actraiser. |
| Grass Whistle |
"Made of woven grass." |
VERY unknown. What could it be used for ? |
| Airplane Parts |
"No description." |
That really is it's description. Probably changed to the Airplane Plans. |
| Grenade |
"No description." |
Also the actual description. VERY unknown, and NOT the Time Bomb. |
| Beeper |
"No description." |
Ditto with the description. Hmm. Part of the trade in technology ? |
| Powered Gear |
"Enabled lifting of heavy objects." |
When I first saw this, I thought it was something like the Airplane Parts. Then I played a bit of Zelda 64. Remember the gloves, for lifting things ? This could've been the same thing ! After all, there are a lot of rocks you can't pick up. Perhaps Quintet thought they shouldn't rip off Nintendo. |
Dialogue Questions
The following items are to do with the games dialogue from the script file :
Asked by Dais :
"Also appearing in the script are these words,
which I have no recollection of ever seeing :"
"Choose what you want to see.
Dev. Rm Mole
Chicken Eating
Oh. I see. You don't want to. I see.
Choose what you want to see.
Sqrl Vil NY Town
Sqrl C NY City
Oh. I see. You don't want to. I see."
Comments
It occurs in the same text block as all the Quintet staff sayings.
"That letter...
You don't mean to...
No!
I'm not ready !
...Pardon me ?
A letter from people who survived a terrible fire?"
Comments
I ACTUALLY SAW the following text, but its confusing as hell. It occurs when you bring one of the Nirlake letters to Marily. What did she expect ?
A friend in need...
We all know Royd's friend was killed by one
of the bad guys (even though we don't know
the killer OR the victim). But who is Fyda's
friend? When Fyda visits you in Loire, she talks
about her friend. I know she could be referring
to SFP Elle, but I doubt it. And at that point,
she still thinks Royd is a mercenary.
Fluffy... oh fluffy.
Less important, why are the names of characters
totally different from who they are? And, in the
german text, excuse me, but why does the word 'Fluffy'
appear over and over?
Asked by Cyrus :
"Ok, from a. my own observations, and b. looking through Dais' reposted Terranigma script, I've come up with a short list of things to investigate :"
Luki, Luki I got Hooky
Luki, the woman who looked after you during your sleep in Lhasa, is apparently supposed to contract some kind of disease, according to the script, but there's no dialogue about her getting better. I have completed the game numerously, on level 50, but have no recollection of Luki ever getting ill !
Moovin' and Groovin'
The Quattro's talk of settling down. They move from Litz to north of Liotto, but is that where they actually settle down for good ?
Mystery Man No.1059
There is dialogue where you meet a botanist who has taken up residence in a peaceful forest somewhere. He talks about being happy, then later talks of people ruining the forest and wanting to turn it into a resort. Where is this man, and does he have any kind of a story behind him ?
Gumin's Log, Stardate 21.5
Someone in the game supposedly talks about Gumin, the elemental protecting the forest. It's not very important, but I don't recall anyone talking about Gumin. Maybe Molly ?
More info on this - Dais and Scnunez tell me that Molly is the one that says this, right after you make the sleeping potion. Thanks guys.
Mole Patrol
In the Evegreen section, they mention a mole setting up shop. Any comments on this ?
Hey, it's flag day !!!
In the Crysta section, someone talks about being 'the hunky flag guy who's the talk of the town'. Then asks you to choose up or down, then there are a load of options about a sound test. What is this all about ?
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