The Let's Play Archive

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

by 1234567890num

Part 36: Day 149: Unlike Minds



No story scenes this time. Today we're going shopping since we have Munny to burn.

Music: Sacred Moon


We can make 2 Elixirs. Hi-Ethers are easy to make, but I still don't actually make any. I don't need it yet.



We also have a variety of links to Block. This one has a Perfect Block as a material, which prevents knockback from blocking. Block-Counter enables counter attack while Fire/Blizzard Block causes Ignite/Freeze on the attacking enemies, respectively. They can be useful when fighting Zip Slashers, but since I don't bother with them I didn't make any of these.



I do make this one. It's just Chrono Gear with better stats and Blizzard Finish instead of Thunder Finish, which inflict enemies with Freeze instead of Jolt.



I also make this, since its abilities are pretty good. And all weapons do require Bronze along with Gear Component A.



Chain Time increases the time window for chaining. Chain Power increases attack Power during chains. Heart Bonus fully recovers HP for every 300 Hearts collected. The first two are useful, the third one not so much. As for stats:

Chrono Gear 45 18 0 04 2
Duel Gear 56 00 0 12 6
Chrono Gear+ 47 25 0 04 4

The number stands for Strength, Magic, Defense, Critical% and Critical Bonus in that order.



That's what Abaddon Plasma looks like. On another note, these names are kinda like an emo poem. I mean, excluding Kingdom Key, so far we have: ...Okay, the final one doesn't count, but you know what I mean.



Go get some training in Mission 36. I'd call 100 points a passing grade. I'll even reward you.

It's Phil's first training, the one with all the barrels. Turns out there's a reward for it, the game just doesn't tell you explicitly earlier.

There's a good boy. You've beat the 100 point mark. Here's your reward, kiddo. (Obtained: Bronze)
Xion? As if. Poppet already took off.

Bronze is nice since we used up all of them earlier.



I'm sure you all know who this is.



I mean, good for her and all, but it makes me look even lazier...

I know, right?







Like I said, no more proper recon missions. This one's just Hearts collecting.

New Music: This is Halloween
New Music: Spooks of Halloween Town




Ah, our precious skeleton Jack . Spoilers: Christmas Town and Sandy Claws won't appear in this game, which is strange since KH2 imply that Jack meat Sandy during the time between KH1 and KH2 (which is now).

Something new. Something fresh...
I want this Halloween to be a festival of fantastical frights!



I just found Jack to be very cute

*Jack leaves*





This mission is short and sweet. That's what you'd think



Cure recipe.



Creepworms are basically Shadows if they can't become invincible and die in 1 hit. Yeah, they're that pathetic.



Skater Bombs are ice version of Minute Bombs with the same ramming and exploding attack. Only this time the explosion causes Freeze instead of Ignite.



Most of the Heartless are here.



To be honest, I don't know what happened here. Normally the bombs sit still during their countdown. Maybe it's because I knocked it into the air?



Something worth mentioning: Some weapons have an alternate combo that can be activated by pressing Y instead of A when the prompt comes up. In the GIF, the longer combo is with Y added while the shorter one is purely with A. The Y combo is different for each weapon, but most of the time I don't really bother that much with it.



Blizzard Recipe. Now let's move on to the Graveyard. This mission is a breeze with all the Creepworms around. What can possibly stop us?



...Oh.



Make no mistake. These ghosts are VERY dangerous. First, we hit the pumpkin that has been all over the town.



The pumpkin has a countdown. I'm sure you've seen that countdown before.







This kills 2 of them, leaving us 3 more to deal with. And it's actually enough for the regular mission.

Also, that's not Roxas getting hit, that's Roxas healing. I don't know if it's because I have Cure LV 4 or Magic Bracer, but I basically have Leaf Bracer (invincibility when healing) now, so I abuse it.



As for their attacks, they has a hand attack. It's not dangerous, but it has a surprisingly long range. Block is good here.



The other attack...yeah. And that's with Auto-Life. You can avoid it by just...walking away when they teleport, but you can't do that when you're being hit/attacking/casting magic. You can button-mash to escape, but that's assuming your HP doesn't run out first.



You can handle one of them no problem. Five of them? Just use the pumpkin bomb.



Gust Shard. The badge up there is barely reachable with Air Slide LV 2 from the top of the stairs. And that's all for this mission, so we go back to the portal.



Trick or treat!
Huh!?



I can't even be mad at them. That's just a very direct prank it loops back around to being funny.

Ah ha ha ha! We got you! *All three run away*
They ran off... What was that all about? I should get back... *leaves*





*the portal disappears*

What was that? A swirl of sinister smoke, there one minute, then gone... That's never been here before. ...... Something unfamiliar popping up in a familiar place... Popping...
Eureka!



Don't worry, we'll see what Jack's plan is later.

Wonder who it was.
Don't know! Don't care!

That explains why none of them mentioned about Roxas to Sora.

If we see him agian...
He'll get another trick!

*They walks, but Barrel stops*



No, we don't get to see what it is. Instead we get to see our "favorite" place.

Music: At Dusk, I Will Think of You...




KH 358/2=179 Days of Falling Salty Diabetes
Twilight Station Tower: 28
Sea-Salt Ice Cream: 57

Axel won't actually eat an ice cream this time.

Yup, I just got home. *sits*
How ya holding up? Where's Xion?
She's not here yet.
Hunh.
It's getting late.

Music: Xemnus


At least we know where she is now!

Music stops


Xion runs toward the person with a white hair...



...gets defeated...



...and lets him walk away. As you can guess, this is a cut version of a movie, which I will post later when we actually see the full version.

Music: Xemnus


Music: Crossing the Finish Line


We get the usual rewards. You know, slot releaser, synthesis materials...another LV Doubler?! And Sliding Dash too I guess.

New reports:




You know, if you can actually inflict those status effects and not miss because they keep teleporting.