It had been a long time since I made any new videos for YouTube (Guitar Hero II and Smash Bros. Brawl can be thanked for that) but I finally uploaded another. I started playing the original Japanese hard type version of Final Fantasy IV (the SNES release we got in the US was the easy type version) because I've heard that it's harder than FFIV Advance, even though FFIVA is based on the hard type version.
In particular, I've seen various comments on YouTube videos of Zeromus (the end boss) that say he's so much easier in FFIVA and that you need to be around level 70 to beat him in the original version, as opposed to around level 50 in FFIVA. Now, considering that I can completely kick Zeromus's ass in FFIVA with my party ranging from level 55-58, and I can do it better than a lot of the videos I've seen of people fighting him at level 99, my immediate reaction is to call BS. But I've never fought him in the original hard type version so I can't know for sure.
FFIV being one of my favorite games, I could not let this lack of knowledge stand. I picked up an English patch, slapped it on (though I play the unpatched version for my recordings), and went to it. So far there have only been a few small differences that I've noticed between the original and FFIVA. (Well, besides the menu lag and turn order bugginess in FFIVA, but that only makes things harder.) But one such difference was enough to require a small change in strategy for one of the bosses so I decided to do another video for it and any other bosses that end up requiring alternate strategies from the ones used in my FFIVA videos.
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Final Fantasy IV - Cagnazzo
Video response to: Final Fantasy IV Advance - Cagnazzo
The battle with Cagnazzo (カイナッツォ) on active battle speed 1. This is the original Japanese hard type version.
Tellah Lv23, Cecil Lv15, Palom Lv18, Yang Lv19, Porom Lv18
Cagnazzo is a little faster in the SNES version compared to the GBA version so this fight requires a slightly different strategy. Instead of having Tellah cast Thundaga to do massive damage and break the water barrier at the same time you should immediately have Palom cast Thunder (Thundara is too slow most of the time) to break it or else Cagnazzo will hit your party with Tsunami. Then, since ice is more effective while the barrier is down, have Tellah cast Blizzaga to cause the massive damage. Along with Cecil's and Yang's attacks, two Blizzagas should be enough to kill Cagnazzo.
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And there we go, Cagnazzo being owned just as thoroughly as in my FFIVA video. This fight is actually a bit harder than in FFIVA if you're unprepared for it but otherwise it's not any worse.
