PSX Sonic

-SaGa FrontieR FaQ-

Release Date- March, 1998

Platform- PSX

Developer- SquareSoft





-This FaQ "Chapter Of Red" v2.0 was put together by "PSXSonic"- 

If ya put this FaQ on any page/site of yours please E-mail me first 

and let me know! and please don't take anything from this guide 

and put it in a guide of your own, if you want then let me or the

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V2.0:



    * Edited parts of the walkthrough.

    

    * Added "Mastering Techniques And Sword Fighting" section Thanx! to Freak.





I. Start Screen:



At the beginning of the game you have to pick which slot your memory card is in

and choose your bloodtype and which magic to specialize in. You don't have to go

through these steps again once you start a game with a character. At the main 

screen you can choose to load a game or start a new one, there's also an option

called Quick Start, this is to start at the place where you left off without 

having to load the game. You can quick save anywhere except in battles by pressing

the R2 and the triangle button at the same time. (Note- you MUST save your game

by going through the main menu if you are quitting, because the quick save won't

save your progress to the memory card!)





II. Main Characters:



    * Red- He's has blue spiky hair, wears a blue cape with red clothing. He also has

       the powers to transform himself into an Alkaiser.



    * Blue- The blonde hair ponytailed girl, wears green clothing. She's a magician from

       the Magic Kingdom, he's goal is to defeat his brother Rouge in a final battle, if 

       your just beginning to play the game use him he's the easiest to play with.



    * Coon- The wolf like creature, he wears green clothing and he's quest in to save his

       dying homeland "Maaguremu". The leader of Maaguramu gave Coon a ring with 

       mysterious powers, now he begins his adventure.



    * T260G- A Robot that was thrown from an alien spaceship, and was taken in by a 

       little boy named Time.



    * Asellus- A green haired mystic, wears red clothing and is pretty good at magic and

       physical fighting. She was killed 12 years ago by a accident. She was revived by the 

       King of the mystics. 



    * Emilia- Another blonde, she's a supermodal that was accuse of killing her husband, 

       now she's after Joker (her husband's killer).



    * Lute- The guy in purple, a musician playing the lute. I don't really know what his 

       chapter is all about because I haven't played him just yet, but from what I heard he's 

       in search for an adventure outside of he's homeland "Yorkland".





III. Characters You Encounter On Your Quest:



    * Asellus- (See Above)



    * Emiria- (See Above)



    * Lute- (See Above)



    * Gen- A bandanna-wearing fighter with a penchant for alcohol. His physical strength 

       and intrinsic sword-fighting ability make him someone to be reckoned with.



    * Feion- Don't know who this is, but will soon....



    * Roufas- Sports Blonde dreadlocks and wears a pair of Star Trek-inspired sunglasses, 

       making him immune to flare attacks. A Versatile fighter.



    * Liza- A purple haired girl. Also a friend of Emilia. Despite her obvious feminity, has 

       an extraordinary amount of strength.



    * Annie- Emeria's ex-cell mate. Another blonde in green shorts. The female version of 

       Gen.



    * Fuse- A green-suited IRPO officer with crimson hair. Possesses enormus potential 

       in techniques; capable of mastering all ultimate attacks even without effort.



    * Doll- Don't know about this character, haven't ran into him/her yet.



    * Rouge- Blue's brother!



    * Mesarthim- A mystic, capable of casting all Rune spells, and is immune to water 

       attacks.



    * Silence- An exotic blonde guy sporting butterfly wings. Apparently has connections 

       to the IRPO.



    * Shirobarahime- <---Don't know! heard through the grape vine!



    * Tokinokimi- Yet another character!



    * Thunder- Lute's childhood friend. A towering brute with fiery-red fur.



    * Cotton- A cute monster saved from torturific genetic experiments.



    * Seioh- The remains of a dead king. Possesses auto-HP refill and some unique 

       attack moves.



    * Slime- A pale jelly-starfish that is actually a gigantic golden blob.



    * Suzaku- An extremely high powered phoenix.



    * Kirin- Haven't collected yet!



    * Tokusyukousakusya- The longest name I have every SEEN!!!  he's a robot 

       with wheels like that of an army tank.



    * BJ&K- Another type of robot, kind of like T260G but built differently.





IV. Mastering Techniques And Sword Fighting:



Humans. The only race capable of spontaneous learning, you'll find it worthwhile 

to invest time in them. Having covered spells, this section will focus on sword and 

techs fighting.



    * Learnable sword attacks and techniques can be classified into four levels: Novice, 

       Veteran, Master and Ultimate. Obviously, what we would be interested in learning

       are Master and Ultimate level attacks as well as the best low-level attacks for

       conserving on WP.



To go about this, you'll first need to gain the two higher level of attacks and then move

on to learn the lower class attacks. Is that possible? Definitely so!  Why? To hasten the

learning process.



Learning Master Attacks:



    * To gain Master level attacks, the way to go about it is similar for sword and

       techniques fighting. Fight harder enemies using your most powerful moves. How 

       well your characters learn will depend solely on the level on your enemies. As well 

       as the number of attacks already learnt. It is a good idea to group human fighters 

       together when training as such. They'll learn better when isolated from other races. 

       It's because when one person learns a cool new move, everyone usually follows suit.



A Critical Note- You must keep de-equipping  your characters once they learn more 

attacks. Should the equipped moves fill up the available slots in the inventory, they'll

stop learning. I usually make it a point to leave at least 2 slots empty; so as to retain the 

Master status as well as enable the character to learn a max of 2 moves per fight. In 

learning high-level moves, try to un-equip all the low-level ones and leave the highest-

level moves behind. If they aren't learning, it probably means that the enemies aren't

hard enough.

                   

    - (The enemies in the Swamp or Laboratory for example are a good build up place

       to start with)



You might also want to equip your swordsman with two swords, so they can learn

double sword blocks and attacks. For example, one particular Master level attack 

whereby the attacker jumps up in the air and shoots out fluorescent-green projectiles

at all present enemies has a double-handed sword version which takes up the same

amount of WP but does twice the amount of damage.



Learning Ultimate Techniques:



    * Having gained Master level attacks, you'll next need to learn Ultimate ones. With

       regards to techniques, there four ultimates that one can learn:



1. This move jams four chinese words of destruction against a firestorm of crimson

    and orange, throwing the victim back with tremendous force.



2. Causes the background to turn black by which the attacker draws a glowing triangle 

    around the enemy followed by emanation of three flashing dragons.



3. In the third attack, the executor jumps up and brings down a powerful tornado 

    upon the enemy, wreaking havoc.



These techniques can be most easily learnt fighting bosses or sub-bosses. (I never fail 

to learn an ultimate when fighting the tortoise in the lab.) Or in some cases, getting 

charmed (transference of enemy desperation, I guess).



4. DSC. The final and most damaging physical attack ever is a combinaton of several 

    grab techniques executed in succession. It requires that the character learn AND

    equip six specific moves before it can be learnt.



Learning Ultimate Sword Attacks:



The nine sword ultimates come in a wide variety, and can be learnt in basically two 

ways. The first is similar to learning ultimate techniques. The most powerful move 

by which the executor teleports into four images of himself around his victim, slashes 

him repeatedly, slams him up, throws him down in an explosion of light and blood 

(10WP) is learnt this way. An equip-able ultimate counter where the executor dodges 

an attack and counters back with multiple sword slashes can also be learnt.



The Second is to use innate sword attacks. For example, three complimentary attacks

named SNOW, MOON, and FLOWER respectively can only be learnt by using the 

default attack move of Japanese knifes or 'dao's. All knifes enable the fighter to learn

these moves. Other ultimates are also learnt the same way through swords which are 

equipped with innate attacks.



    * Once your characters have learnt there higher class attacks, it's a chinch to learn 

       the lower class attacks.



-Mastering Techniques And Sword Fighting section is put together by "Silverdude21@

hotmail.com" Much Props goes out to him!-





V. Main Menu:



This is your ingame menu, the list are as follows-



    * Status- This brings a screen where you can view all of your characters stats, if you

       press the circle button you can view your weapons and armor.



    * Items- Viewing all your supplies.



    * Combined Attack- View your combined attacks that you learned while fighting.



    * Rearranged Team- Change your party members and view them.



    * Equipment- View your equipments on party members.



    * Skills Equip- You can change different spells and attacks in this screen, you can

       only equip a few so choose them accordingly



    * Options- In this screen you can change the colors of the menus and the sound etc..



    * Save- Most important option in an Rpg SAVING! don't forget.





VI. Complete Walkthrough for Red:



NOTE: Each mission is to track down your enemy Doctor Klein.



Mission 1: You are sent up to an airship called Cygnus, walk around and talk to a 

girl she's the one that saved you. She will tell you about Alkaiser, from there go

to the ships control room talk with the captian and he'll send you on your first

mission. Baccarat a gambling casino, go through the casino and talk to the guys

in black. After they run away take elevator down (choose the second to the last 

option) you will end up in a parking lot. Fight the enemies and then the Boss that

should end your first mission.



Mission 2: At Shrike. Walk around and fight the enemies if you want, find a room

with books (kind of like a library) and search for a secret passageway. search around 

until you find a room where you can obtain an extra party member, now head into

town. Go around and find a kid walking around talk with him and you'll fight a 

boss this should end your second mission.



Mission 3: At Manhattan. You can buy supplies, weapons, and armor here if you want

afterwards go to the airport and you will be brought back into Cygnus. Here find and

talk with Lady Campbell, now fight all the enemies about the ship and Lady Campbell

will join your party. From here you can search the ship for four more characters

Ruffus, Asellus, BJ&K, and some other character I forgot her name. Go to the second

floor and choose the first choice, run through this way and fight a boss this should

end your third mission.



Mission 4: At Kowloon. Search around until you find a robot fight him and chase after

the guy that runs away. Keep on chasing the guy and you'll end up back in Cynus this 

should end your fourth mission.



Mission 5: At Kyo. Search Doctor Klein's base and you'll end up fighting a boss after 

this you should be back at the airport, end of fifth mission.



Mission 6: At Magic Kingdom. You will be entered in a fighting contest where you'll

go up against 5 opponents, beat them if you can (I didn't) anyway, after the battle

chase after Doctor Klein. Find your way through the place until you get to a room

with bald soldiers, fight them and touch one of the vases in the room to reveal a

secret passageway. Just go with the flow and you'll end up in a room with the boss, beat

him and that should end your sixth mission.



Mission 7: At Cygnus. Talk to hawk and you will end up in the enemy ship, go to the 

3rd floor and talk to the guy. you will end up fighting a boss defeat him and you

will now have to fight three bosses!!!  (I suggest you gain some levels before doing

this) defeat the bosses and you will face the final boss! 





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