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I think Magical Yard Gnome had said that it wasn't much of a game.

FO was playing the SNES Lion King to take screenshots, and I can't get over how gorgeous it looks. The animation is about Donkey Kong Country-caliber, but hand-drawn. The art work is solid. Some character deaths could be from Looney Toons. The scenery is interesting, like the elephant's graveyard. There's varied color schemes. The title screen is of a sunrise, and it just plain looks beautiful.

I didn't like the movie, and there is one negative for the game's graphics: Simba looks like a snot-nosed arrogant brat. You just want to smack him.

I guess I'd have to finish the game myself to see if it impressed me all the way to the end. I wasn't quite as impressed with Kirby's Adventure graphics when I played the game as when I saw FO play it -- it seemed a little one-dimension when I experienced more of it. But right now, it seems like The Lion King has everything going for it that games for years have not.



Anyway, I played a little more Breath of Fire. I went into the forest, and met the fake town leader, and beat his two-headed pet. Bo joined.

That part of the story was a little confusing to me. I felt like I went into the forest for purely gameplay reasons -- that's the only place left to go, and I haven't beaten the game yet, so I went there. FO said, well, the fake town leader, when he was back at the town, probably said something about how I needed to go there. He wanted to trick me to capture me. And it's really easy to miss a plot point when only one character says it. As a contrary example, there's no way you could miss the river being dried up -- everyone mentions it and you can see it for yourself. Also, the fake king's plan wasn't good -- obviously, by trying to capture us, we just beat him and rescued his other captives.


After that, I went back to Romero. Someone told me to go southwest to get purifying water for the zombies. So I did that and ... opps. When I got there, I couldn't take the water with me. Someone *had* told me that, "A couple used to sell water jugs." But I hadn't gotten that.

I did get the water jug before going to bed last night, so that's where I saved. After you get it, I guess it makes sense that the clue was phrased so strangely -- The couple *used* to sell water jugs, but now they're old, and one is a zombie. Still, I don't think anyone would actually talk that way. Maybe I should tread lightly here, though, since any number of NES RPGs had bad grammar.

There were other bits of dialogue that seem as though the character's speaking them know they're talking about a videogame. Like, one guys says, "If Bo is at the front of your party, you will have an easy time getting through the forests." The weird thing about that is, he says that even before Bo joins your party.


Anyway, I got the purifying water, and went to Agua, a floating tower. I beat the boss there, a ghost guarding a key. It didn't take much damage from my attacks, but I was able to easily keep up with healing the damage he dealt.

I must have to return to that area later. There were other things I wasn't able to do there. For one thing, there was a weak spot in a wall that was blocking treasure chests I couldn't reach. And there were a bunch of locked doors. The locked doors mostly did not prevent me from reaching anything -- they just would have been short-cuts if they were unlocked. I thought they might have unlocked on the way back down, but nope. So, maybe they'll unlock on another trip.

After going through the robot and returning to town, the two towns celebrated a wedding. Everyone from the human town was gone, because the wedding was at the kobold town. While we were there, the general took control of the robot, rode it to the human town, and destroyed it. Then we re-entered the robot.

When we confronted the general, he turned into the Gremlin boss! FO said that that was one of the hardest bosses in the game. She also said that it was good of me to have beaten it on my first try.

Probably the most notable thing about that boss was that it had an attack that was pretty strong that hit all three party members. It was the biggest problem for Bo, for some reason. Maybe his armor wasn't as good. Sometimes, I'd need to have Bo use a Cure rather than an Herb.

The other notable thing about the boss was that its "second wind" lasted a long time. This is subjective, but it might have seemed to have lasted as long as its original life meter! Also, I think it's possible that during its second wind, it just did that powerful attack on every round. During its original life meter, it would do several normal attacks against a single target for every powerful attack.

I just played with some caution, making sure to heal when needed, and I didn't shy from having two characters heal in one round if that's what I needed. Towards the end of the fight, I'd have all three characters heal in one round, then have all three attack, then all three heal.

After beating the robot, there's a cinema scene which may supposed to be poignant.

And then I fought a dragon boss in a dragon palace. It was easier than the Gremlin. And beating it got me my first dragon powers!