Aspen

For Ten and maybe also Levi

Magatama List

I do not believe that any of these are permanently miss-able, but they are not all acquired through the main story.

1. Marogareh – Acquired automatically
2. Wadatsumi – Defeat Forneus (story boss)
3. Ankh – Junk Shop (Great Underpass of Ginza) or part with Pixie
4. Iyomante – Junk Shop (Shibuya)
5. Shiranui – Junk Shop (Shibuya)
6. Hifumi – Junk Shop (Great Underpass of Ginza)
7. Kamudo – Junk Shop (Great Underpass of Ginza)
8. Narukami – Defeat Thor (story boss)
9. Anathema – Defeat Ose (story boss)
10. Miasma – Defeat Mizuchi (story boss)
11. Nirvana – Junk Shop (Asakusa)
12. Murakumo – Defeat Ongyo-ki (optional boss, Ikebukuro) and find in a cube
13. Geis – Finish Manikin Boy puzzle in Asakusa
14. Djed – Defeat Fate Sisters (story boss)
15. Muspell – After Obelisk, defeat Mara (optional boss)
16. Gehenna – Junk Shop (Asakusa)
17. Kamurogi – Junk Shop (Asakusa – Collector Manikin)
18. Satan – Defeat Black Frost (optional boss, in Kabuchiko after completing Yoyogi Park)
19. Adama – Defeat Alciel (Story boss)
20. Vimana – Junk Shop (Asakusa – Collector Manikin)
21. Gundari – Defeat Bishamonten (optional boss, Kimon Stone needed to unseal Temple of Ueno. This is obtained by sacrificing a demon and letting a miner use it in the subway tunnels beneath Yarakucho Station. Again, the demon will not be returned)
22. Sophia – Junk Shop (Asakusa – Collector Manikin)
23. Gaea – Mantra HQ B1F (open door with 24 base strength, min)
24. Kailash – Junk Shop (Tower of Kagutsuchi 3)
25. Masakados – Bandou Shrine (after obtaining all other Magatama)


True Demon Ending

Broadly, this requires doing two separate but inter-connected things; defeating the ten Fiends and completing all five Kalpas in the Labyrinth of Amala. A scene will occur at the bottom of the Labyrinth of Amala, and the player will be locked into the True Demon Ending, regardless of prior alignment.

Note that the True Demon Ending adds an additional final boss that is significantly more difficult than the normal final boss and requires very specific preparation.

1. Matador – Story boss3. Hell Biker – Walk south on the highway near the (previously blocked) exit from Mantra HQ5. Red Rider – Outside Terminal in Great Underpass of Ginza
6. Black Rider – Room 204B in Shinjuku Medical Center, after completing the Obelisk7. Dante – Third Kalpa. I am not sure if he influences the appearance of any of the others, but it is probably best to defeat him as soon as possible
8. Pale Rider – Asakusa, will be encountered during the story if other Fiends have been defeated, before going to Yushima Station
9. Mother Harlot – After completing Yoyogi Park, at the West Park Entrance
10. Trumpeter – Yarakucho Station, will be encountered during the story if other Fiends have been defeated
The Fifth Kalpa is unlocked by defeating Beelzebub in the Fourth Kalpa and then:

"Returning to the Second Kalpa and talking to the Efreet at the end of the Cursed Corridor, talking to Loki in Nyx's Lounge in Ginza, and finally receiving the Star Key from the Collector Manikin in Asakusa. The key must be used to open the locked door in the Third Kalpa and using the alternate Warp Zone to activate the switch in the Fourth Kalpa. The Candelabrum required to open the Fifth Kalpa is none other than the one given directly to the Demi-Fiend by the Lady In Black."

Despite owning this game for a month and a half or something, I didn't get the chance to start playing until last week (during my break between semesters). I haven't played at all since (when I put in about 20 hours) but I am eagerly anticipating jumping back in this weekend.

This game has been hailed as one of if not the best JRPGs of this (console) generation and something of a revival of the genre. While I feel like this opinion is mostly supported by individuals who don't actually play JRPGs, my takeaway so far is that Xenoblade is an absolutely amazing game and needs to be played by everyone for reasons that go far beyond showing Nintendo of America that the US still has a market for this (Xenoblade was part of the almost tragic Operation Rainfall movement)

I'm not going to give the game a review, but I am going to make a short writeup of the things that make this game, in my opinion, special.

( If there are any spoilers here they are really minor )

My feelings on the game told chronologically in emoticons

:D

. . . . :'D

..... :|

..... :'|

..... :<

..... 8<

..... >:|

..... >8|

..... :D

And then it alternates between those last two until the end.

( My feelings on this game in words )

Last time I gave La Dispute the spotlight, so now it's EMA's turn.

I'm revisiting a story format that I did once, because I really enjoy it and I feel that the other instance is some of if not the finest writing I've ever done, where I write a series of very short narratives inspired by the songs on a particular album. In this case, Past Life Martyred Saints.

This is very much a first draft, though, and I'm still disappointed in most of them. Except for Coda which is perfect.

( I saw Joseph carrying the gun, I saw Mary carrying the gun, I used to carry the gun... )

And I'm not going to summarize the story, but I will talk about my overall reaction to it.

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--So I finally looked it up and the way debuffs break down is actually like this:

Tarunda - decreases physical AND magical attack by 1/8 for All
Enemies
-> Warcry - decreases physical and magical attack by 1/4 for all
enemies

Sukunda - decreases accuracy and evasion by 1/8 for All Enemies
-> Fog Breath - decreases accuracy and evasion by 1/4 for All
Enemies

Rakunda - decreases defense (phys and magic) by 1/8 for All
Enemies
-> Taunt - decreases defense by 1/4 for All Enemies BUT it also
increases physical attack by 1/2 for the enemy party (Taunt is
2x Rakunda AND 4x Tarukaja on the enemy).

Game you are ridiculous. You are being ridiculous right now.

And I'm really not sure what to make of the fact that I've only been pushing these to half of their effectiveness and they're STILL making things hopelessly easy.

(buffs all work normally, with four levels, so idek)

[EDIT - EVERYTHING IN THIS POST IS WRONG BECAUSE ASPEN IS SILLY]

Whoop I'm not doing a good job of keeping up with this. But really, not much has happened. I've progressed through exactly one dungeon since the last time I wrote and it only took about 6 hours. Yeahhhhhhhh

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