As soon as you decide to enter Memoria a
very cool battle will ensue. When it is finally over you end up
fighting the "Guardian of the gate to Memoria" -- the
Nova Dragon.
BOSS: Nova Dragon
This is another tactical battle. Have Lulu keep using Thunder on the crane to your right. Once it has come to life, use Tidus's trigger command to use the crane. The crane will then break off the top half of the Oblitzerator. This should stop its counterattack, a few other attacks and take off around 4,000 HP
from it. Then just attack it with Tidus and Kimahri and have Lulu caste Thunder on it.
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After this you will be
in a sort of strange place created by memories, (which you keep
seeing as you go along) Memoria. This is a very hard place for
random battles because there are a slew of hard new enemies,
which you have to pay attention to beating instead of fooling
around with. You will appear on a road outside a castle. You get
to exchange members here if you like, especially since your best
fighters come in handy around here. Upon entering the castle, you
will walk on a little section of stairs where a "?"
appears above Zidane's head. From here you can re-board the
Invincible if you want to, and will arrive right here if you come
back. At the top of the stairs, you will notice a new type of
save point. Be sure to save before heading in. (Finally a glowing
orb of power like from previous games) Treat these like save
moogles. Before going forward, be sure to grab the Kain's Lance
for Freya on the right side of the screen, down a tiny corridor,
right before the entrance to the next screen.
In the next room there is a short
walkway going up and to the left. If you want to battle a phantom
card player, press square on the "!" in the left corner
before ascending the walkway.
Here cross the zigzagging stairs
stopping at the top. There is a little ledge to go on. Pressing
into the right corner of this platform reveals the Tower for
Zidane. Finish going up.
When you finish running up this path
after seeing a flashback in the next screen, you get ambushed by Maliris, the first of the four Chaos guardians in
Memoria.
BOSS: Maliris
This is another tactical battle. Have Lulu keep using Thunder on the crane to your right. Once it has come to life, use Tidus's trigger command to use the crane. The crane will then break off the top half of the Oblitzerator. This should stop its counterattack, a few other attacks and take off around 4,000 HP
from it. Then just attack it with Tidus and Kimahri and have Lulu caste Thunder on it.
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Continuing afterwards, reveals another
memory recall, the destruction of Alexandria. When its over, go
onto the destroyed platform and search in the left corner to find
the Angel Flute for Eiko. Save your game on the right side.
Go up, almost into the eye until Garland
starts to talk to you. When the screen turns normal again, go
back down and pick up the Rune Claws for Amarant in the left
corner at the base of the stairs. Go into the eye and fight
Tiamat, the second Chaos guardian.
BOSS: Tiamat
This is another tactical battle. Have Lulu keep using Thunder on the crane to your right. Once it has come to life, use Tidus's trigger command to use the crane. The crane will then break off the top half of the Oblitzerator. This should stop its counterattack, a few other attacks and take off around 4,000 HP
from it. Then just attack it with Tidus and Kimahri and have Lulu caste Thunder on it.
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Walk across all the stairs in the next
two screens until you get to another save point, where you will
save your game. Go behind the waterfall.
If you want to fight an optional boss
known as
Hades, keep pressing X as you search to the right in the coral of this next
room. An "!" will not normally show up, so this is
necessary. This is a battle not for beginners, but if you beat
him, you get to synthesize rare items from his shop. You can get
rid of the Hammer if you want to see the normal ending, the Save
the Queen (which is for Beatrix, but you can't use it), and the
Pumice (if you have the game's only two pumice pieces) which lets
you summon the best summon in the game, Ark. Strategy on how to defeat Hades is in the Secrets Section. When you are done or
decide not to fight him, continue forward. In this next room you
will fight Kraken at the end of the stairs, the third Chaos guardian.
BOSS: Kraken
This is another tactical battle. Have Lulu keep using Thunder on the crane to your right. Once it has come to life, use Tidus's trigger command to use the crane. The crane will then break off the top half of the Oblitzerator. This should stop its counterattack, a few other attacks and take off around 4,000 HP
from it. Then just attack it with Tidus and Kimahri and have Lulu caste Thunder on it.
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In this next screen, cross the chains
and go into the little outcropping right in front of where you
got off the chain. You can find a hidden save point here. Now
save. Here is another chance to challenge a phantom card player,
there is one through the doorway and press square at the
"!". Continue forward to your left when you are ready.
You talk again and here you have a
ladder into the air to travel up. Go up the next ladder. Before
going up the last ladder, check the corner in the left of this
platform for the Mace of Zeus for Vivi. When you reach the top of
this ladder, you the battle with the last Chaos guardian, Lich. Afterwards, you go into a sort of space world.
Just keep going up and you will reach the Crystal World without
getting lost. Upon entering the Crystal World you find this place
has random battles with crystal versions of the Choas guardians
you just defeated. They are slightly easier but you don't get any
money for your efforts against them.
BOSS: Lich
This is another tactical battle. Have Lulu keep using Thunder on the crane to your right. Once it has come to life, use Tidus's trigger command to use the crane. The crane will then break off the top half of the Oblitzerator. This should stop its counterattack, a few other attacks and take off around 4,000 HP
from it. Then just attack it with Tidus and Kimahri and have Lulu caste Thunder on it.
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After three screens of the Crystal
World, you walk up a spire of crystal, ending up next to a save
point. After saving, you will notice you can transport back to
the entrance from here if you like, but you have to go the whole
path to come back. When you enter the small white cloud, you find
Kuja, who immediately sends Deathguise to destroy you. Upon its
death, you can go back and heal (which is recommended). Now go through again to
defeat Trance Kuja once and for all! When you are done, you get transported to an area
where everyone got knocked near-death. Choose your best four to
fight Necron. When he
finally succumbs to your power, you can view the end to the
possibly best RPG ever seen!
BOSS: Deathguise
This is another tactical battle. Have Lulu keep using Thunder on the crane to your right. Once it has come to life, use Tidus's trigger command to use the crane. The crane will then break off the top half of the Oblitzerator. This should stop its counterattack, a few other attacks and take off around 4,000 HP
from it. Then just attack it with Tidus and Kimahri and have Lulu caste Thunder on it.
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BOSS: Trance Kuja
This is another tactical battle. Have Lulu keep using Thunder on the crane to your right. Once it has come to life, use Tidus's trigger command to use the crane. The crane will then break off the top half of the Oblitzerator. This should stop its counterattack, a few other attacks and take off around 4,000 HP
from it. Then just attack it with Tidus and Kimahri and have Lulu caste Thunder on it.
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BOSS: Necron
This is another tactical battle. Have Lulu keep using Thunder on the crane to your right. Once it has come to life, use Tidus's trigger command to use the crane. The crane will then break off the top half of the Oblitzerator. This should stop its counterattack, a few other attacks and take off around 4,000 HP
from it. Then just attack it with Tidus and Kimahri and have Lulu caste Thunder on it.
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