_Jade Cocoon_ wants you to merge so much, it merged its monster capture game with an existential dread game.

Ocarina is the absolute perfect instrument to use as a flute in a game that tries to look old and mystical. The instrument is believed to be about 12 000 years old, possibly far older. Many of the ancient ones were made to look like animals, I've got couple that look like birds myself,but I have to say, the plainer ones usually feel better to play. I think the reason why this instrument has was somewhat common to see in games back in the 90s is because in the 1950s quite a lot of schools started using plastic ones at music class and in 1960s a mathematician named John Taylor designed a 4 hole ocarina that can play up to 13 different notes. So it's possible that a lot of people in the development team had grown with this instrument in mind, and wanted to look into it's history when making games. Also during world war 2 American military started using Ocarina as an instrument to bolster morale of the troops. These ''wartime ocarinas'' were made out of stern stuff like metal or bakelite, neither of which would make as good of a sound as one made with pottery. edit: fixed couple of typos.

Hi, one of the editors of the Jade Cocoon Wikia here. If you want an example of *how* powerful that Dragoncrest sword you got is; Any% (No Minions) uses it to entirely skip the first elemental boss of the late game (and if you get a 50% drop from that guy, the second one too) with an item that only costs 200 money. It makes your attack so strong during damage calculation, it's as if you were a creature at level 36. It's a 1% drop from a minion that was added to the story forests from the endless post-game to give more options in non-Japanese copies of the game, and those only spawn 50% of the time. So yeah; pretty rare! :)

18:16 Minor correction/elaboration: Creatures do get generally larger as they level up - but this is done by making each body part scale in a way that broadly mimics how aging changes a body in the real world. Basically, low level creatures have disproportionately large heads, because in the real world babies and young children of most species have large heads. And as they level up ('get older'), the limbs and torso become proportionately larger - in addition to the creature becoming larger overall. Limbs and necks also tend to be proportionately thicker in higher level creatures. I always thought that was a really nice touch of the system.

I love how you put research into the technical part of game. This adds so much to a normal game review.

The first time I played I made my merged creatures early on and stuck with them, refusing to change them. If I wanted new powers I would make something new. I was hugely attached to every single one, they were my freaky little harlequin babies and nobody else had anything like them. The aesthetics and mythology have since inspired me to create a D&D setting with a similar essence, and led me to the discovery and love of the Ainu culture that contributed some of the real-world inspiration. This game was very special to me as a kid, and I replayed as a teenager and understood it more. When I did it out again in the future (and if my PS2 still works) I will play it again.

A correction on the Ocarina that Kikinak gives you. It's not meant to improve your capture but rather summon Kikinak so you can fight him again, in the same area of course. This is a great way to increase Levant's HP as he frequently drops great walnuts. He also gives you MASSIVE lore dumps and basically confesses that he SCREWED OVER EVERYONE in the game because he got horny. I love how the other divine spirits talk to him, calling him a pervert and stuff because it's HIS fault they're all like this and why god hung up the phone on them. Yeah Elrim doesn't like your species a whole lot, most of it coming from you're a constant reminder of the promise that was broken.

I've just remembered growing up I never used Mahbu's ability outside the demo because I didn't want to hurt her.

OH MY GOD!!! You have no Idea what a rush of nostalgia you just gave me! I loved this game as a kid. I never finished it, because I hadno clue what was going on, but the fusion mechanic was so unique and intresting. I'm really looking forward to this video.

YESSSS! This was one of my childhood's "most wanted games"! I used to have this on a demo disc which I played hours and hours, trying to combine the few demo monsters it had to create something new and cool! Some 20 years later I finally got myself the full version and the game was almost as much fun now as it was back then! The story of the game hits differently as an adult and definitely feels much more darker now. EDIT: Seems like many people share the same experience of playing and liking the demo alot, but not owning the full game until much later in life (if at all).

While a lot of plot is presented in an _incredibly_ difficult to parse way, the gist of it is: A Divine Beast (anthropomorphic animal nature spirit - like Kikinak) and a Beast of Knowledge (human) fell in love in the ancient times, and this made Elrhim (God) _so mad_ that he invented a bunch of new forms of suffering, and a bunch of rules that if you break them, you get those forms of suffering. And this is why only women can purify cocoons (if a man tries, the cocoon turns evil and the man goes insane), why women who purify cocoons get cursed brandings, and generally why the forest and civilization have to be enemies. Levant's father, Riketz tried to defy all this by abandoning his rigidly-defined role as cocoon master, and trying to find a way to purify cocoons without consequence. Your role is to prevent Elrhim from throwing another tantrum (the onibubu attacking and everybody turning to stone is essentially the beginnings of said tantrum) by defeating Riketz and bringing him back into line. It's basically 'God is an emotionally-unstable jerk and his rules are arbitrary, but we have to obey and keep him pacified because he's too powerful to fight or overthrow', but said with grandiose metaphors and elaborate terminology. It's like how the ancient Greeks saw their gods, but explained in dense, super-Shakespearean language.

Mahbu's voice actress also voiced Yukari from Persona 3. Thanks Josh for covering this one. Brought tears to my eyes to see a dearly held childhood game finally get the recognition it deserves

I loved this game as a child. The voice of the man you fight in a dream at the beggining terrified me (at least in the french dub). Even my little sister who was in pre school remembers him. I should try to play it to the end one day.

As a big Studio Ghibli fan I couldn't help but think, "Hey, you got your Princess Mononoke in my Nausicaa!" "Well you got your Nausicaa in my Princess Mononoke!" Just for that, I'm intrigued.

I knew somebody would find this gem eventually. That monster combining system was ridiculously innovative for its time and that music during the opening fights? Iconic.

After playing this game on and off for 20+ years by this point, I've discovered a way to merge Arpatron in such a way that he has routinely become my ultimate minion in terms of versatility and power to the point that even Earth types are no match for him. So, this is my way of merging Arpatron into what I consider to be the ultimate water minion of the game. to start: *(Long read ahead)* The aim is to merge Arpatron to the point where he has all possible water magic spells, and all 5 Special attack slots filled. Horn is pretty much always "water" and Foot is all enemies, but Fang, Claw and Tail can be up to you to decide on what they are. For me, Arpatron's Specials look like this; Horn - Water Attack Fang - Sleep - +Accuracy Claw - Poison Tail - Critical (as in the 1hp critical attack) - +Accuracy Foot - All Enemies Here's the merging process I use, first you'll want a few Arpatrons, I normally get all 12. Here's the glitch to get them. 1) Initiate "Capture" when you meet Koris for the first time. 2) Weaken and capture the Arpatron you encounter. 3) Return to the gates, save your game and then load it. 4) Go back to the Beetle Forest, and press X where Koris once stood, (he'll be invisible), and you will activate his training menu. Repeat for as many Arpatron as you want, up to the max of 12. From there, throughout the story you'll want to capture the following minions, merging each into the various weaker Arpatrons you'll captured, (their stats can vary slightly): Mukhambu (water hopper in Beetle Forest) for the Medina spell (healing). Skwoot (air snake in Beetle Forest) for the poison claw. Ohma (water tortoise in Dragonfly Forest) for the Foot special. Ojiae (water flat bug... thing in Dragonfly Forest) for Fang +Accuracy and Vahlis, as base Arpatron only has Vahli. Maskhira (air white bird in Dragonfly Forest) for sleep fang. Doglchu (water troll in Spider Forest) for Selahm/ailment cure. (Note, you don't want to overwrite poison claw with Doglchu's Claw - Critical). Patakuga (fire troll in Spider Forest) for Tail - Critical. Radgore (water dragon, very similar to Arpatron in Spider Forest) for the shape of the body. Note: You'll be needing a lot of these guys, but only if you're like me and want to retain Arpatron's original shape. Embla (water tree in Spider Forest) for Deva Vali. Note: Deva Vali can only be merged into another minion when that minion is 100% water, same for the other elemental Deva spells. It simply won't appear otherwise. This is the second reason you'll want lots of Radgores and more than one Arpatron, to merge out the other elements and make the finished product pure 100% water minion. Make sure you level up the first two Arpatrons you got as they remain unmerged. This is to maximise their stats and stat growth once finally merged as a level 1 Arpatron won't have as high a stat base as an Arpatron that is a level higher than the secondary sample you'll use to merge into Arpatron. it's okay to periodically merge an already merged Arpatron into another spare to free up room and sort of renew the base. (You want your strongest Arpatron as the base, remember this). If all goes well, you'll have 3 remaining Arpatrons, one you've left unmerged and levelled up to be the base, the second you've likewise levelled up to be the merging petri dish which should have all the abilities and the right body shape thanks to the Radgores as well as the skin of Arpatron from another instance. Finally, a third Arpatron, no matter the level, to be the skin given to the final piece to complete the minion in the Eternal Corridor. That way, the 1st Arpatron, when finally merged, will have all the abilities, the body shape and the skin of the original Arpatron, without losing his stats. There are a couple of other minions you need to get from the Moth Forest onwards to "complete" him, but at this point, you've got a water dragon that can (if levelled enough) solo the Fire, Earth and Final bosses' minions. (The Air Boss's minion has proven too challenging due to Arpatron's lack of resistance to sleep). The last few minions are: Radtodon (big water troll in Moth Forest) for Tail - +Accuracy and Medina if you somehow didn't get that yet. And finally either Srikarta (water three-headed flyer in Beetle Forest Netherworld) or Amasag (water ball bird in Dragonfly Forest Netherworld) for the magic spell Vahlia. Personally, I prefer Amasag as Srikarta gives +accuracy to claw and increases the mana needed to use poison, and my fighting style usually revolves around conserving mana through fights, but you may use whichever you prefer to suit your style. From there, a few more Radgores found in the Eternal Corridor, (might take a while with how utterly random the place can be) and, if you've still got that 3rd Arpatron, merge them in the right sequence and ta-da, a completed Arpatron that should be able to take on most other minions, Fire, Air or Earth. (Keep in mind, Status effects are his primary weakness other than Earth attacks). Sorry if this is too word-y, tried to make this as detailed as possible without writing a novel. If any questions are had, please ask. There is a Jade Cocoon wiki that has the stats, abilities and other information about all minions in the game, it's helped me a lot in perfecting this process, as well as helping me make ultimate minions of other elements as well. I hope at least someone finds this useful if they still play this game to this day like I do on occasion. (Again, 20 plus years of playing this game on and off have given me plenty of time to refine this method).

2:45 I grew up with Jade Cocoon 2, having never played the original until MUCH later. For those who want to know a bit about it: It takes place roughly 100 years after the original, with the main character of the first game acting as a mentor for the new main character. You yourself don't fight, and instead have multiple divine beasts fighting for you at once (up to eight arranged in a circle around you so that up to three can be active at a time). As a result, combat is very different, but also very unique and I personally really liked it. The world is split into the hub zone and the four elemental forests that you teleport to. Forest designs are rather uninspired, palette-swapped mazes but get the job done. There's not much of an overall story to the game (The main plot is that you need to collect some things to un-curse yourself), but the world still feels alive as the various NPCs have goals and lives of their own that move forward as you progress through the game. Creature merging is kinda still a thing, but not to the same extent. You have your beast and you can merge it with the essence of another beast to gain its moves/abilities and raise your level cap, but nothing changes visually (Though the evolutions that can happen mid-fight are cool) and your beast gets reset to level 1 each time. The cutscenes are now all 3d renders, which looked really good at the time but unlike the 2D anime style of the first game, they have aged. Every NPC in the game is voiced though, no matter how minor, so that's cool.

Love to death this game, gave it to a friend to play one weekend when we where teens and he managed to get to the earth boss in the dark forest using only Levant, english wasnt our native tongue and he really didnt study it, so when i saw him again the first thing i did was ask him sbout which cool monster he had made, his eyes bulged out from his face so hard, we still laugh about this game to this day and his achievement of makingn it that far in hard mode

This game was massively important to me and my friends as a kid. Thank you for covering it.

This and Azure Dreams were some of my favorite games growing up, but only because I loved catching monsters so much. The music was also GOAT in jade cocoon.

Picked this bad boy up in the preowned bin of electronics boutique and never looked back, truly a hidden gem

I played this game as kid and absolutely loved it. The world and it's atmosphere was so strange and yet so beautiful. I think I never finished it, but I remember the story was kind of creepy? In my twenties there was a time, in which I thought I had made this game up in my head, because no one seemed to have heard of it and I couldn't remember the name :D thank you for covering this game and catapulting me back in my childhood.

One of the first RPGs I played as a child and ignited my passion for JRPGs. I remember listening to the town music for hours. Nostalgia overload

I feel like this game could benefit from a remake which would refine a lot of the convoluted aspects of the game and simplify them greatly. I love the Studio Ghibli art style, too.

This game is like trying to remember a weird dream you had.

Had you told me Josh was working on a "was it any good?" For a story focused creature collector in which you must fuse monsters to make them stronger I'd have assumed a "Was it any good? Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series"

Dammit, right after Future Cop LAPD now you cover this hidden gem too? You’re really giving so much validation to my entire childhood, thank you! Fun fact: one of the first area songs of Final Fantasy 16 is almost identical to the forest music in this game!

The scene at 4:08 looks exactly like Cloud and Tifa's talk in the Nibelheim flashback in FF7. Seems the team had more than one famous game on their minds. Great video!

My favorite franchise back then! So underrated.

wow Jade cocoon's environment visual is amazing

One of my favourite games to this day, really hoped for a remake or even a film/tv show but one can only dream. Such a great game.

I just found your videos and the nostalgia and pure AWESOMENESS is unmatched! The fact I've played and not beaten most of these games in my childhood just adds to the joy. Thank you sir for this fantastic KZfaq channel!

I had so many battles against my best friend with the fused custom monsters. It was the pre internet era so experimenting to find stronger fusions and challenge friends in multiplayer was so much fun

AHHHH JADE COCCOON! This was my JAM when I was a kid! I remember WAY into my playthrough when I was in the endless Corridors I ended up really liking the design of those two legged fighting goat lookin Monsters. so I made a goal for myself that I wanted to get ALL the elements and make "super" versions of them that had like all the special attack options AND looked like the Originals.... I think each Element took me weeks... if not months to complete... because I had to first gather monsters to get all the special attack options... then I had to capture ENOUGH of the battle goats to re-merge it back to its original form... they were very meh in magic but BOI they could throw a punch.

Jade Cocoon was my JAM!!! I remember my grandparents took me to some no name store that had a small N64/PS1 section and told me to pick out one game. I grabbed Jade Cocoon and ended up being one of the best gaming decisions I ever made.

As a Genki racing game enthusiast I was really curious about this title. Thanks for covering it, I love how it has all of the characteristics of their racing games even despite being in completely different ballpark of genres. Lots and lots of background plot with mature themes, but completely disconnected from the actual gameplay? Check Insane amounts of waiting due to poor foresight and/or questionable design? Check Very complicated, obtuse system for what is basically just a fluff (Creature appearance and B.A.D. names)? Check Great soundtrack and cutscenes? Check It's a great shame that this studio died, they were making proper bangers, even if they were way too niche.

Hell yeah! I’ve only recently discovered these videos, but I’ll tell you I DEVOURED them when I did. Something about the way you break down games and critique them is very satisfying, even if, like this game, it’s a game I’ve never played.

This was one of my favorite games as a kid and I go back every few years to replay it. Fusing monsters was such a cool idea.

Looking forward to you covering Jade Cocoon 2! I really enjoyed both games when I was younger, but definitely preferred the presentation and mechanics of the sequel.

The level of research is.. awestriking! Quite the feat, and I commend it highly

The merging makes me think of the demon fusion from the Shin Megami Tensei games. But, as you mentioned in the video, their appearences are static and recognisable in those games.

This game defined my childhood and I largely credit it for making me who I am today. It sculpted my taste towards JRPGs, monster collectors, and deep plots meshed in heavy metaphor. Thank you so much for reviewing it and giving it an honest shot.

Seeing you play this cult RPG gives me hope that you'll someday review my favorite PS1 RPG some day. Legend of Legaia. Great video for such a little known game.

This is my favorite childhood game and you made this video three weeks ago without me knowing. Decided to randomly search for the game and found this, wow!

What a throwback. I loved this game as kid. I remember not understanding that the area after the actual game was infinite and being confused AF. Shame you didnt mention the music at all, i still have the villages theme stuck in my head from time to time. Great video as always !

Dude I’ve watched all of your content but never commented. However, this is the video I’ve been hoping for and waiting for you to do. I’ve searched your channels every now and then, in hopes of you covering Jade Cocoon. I’m about to watch this one, but I was too hyped up when I saw the upload, and wanted to comment first. You, sir, are a legend. So many fond memories of this game. I wish a modern game would use some of these creature catching/merging systems.

Hi, i follow this channel from a long time ago and I do watch and re watch some of the videos. You have helped me a lot in some dark days and I am very grateful for this. Even if you don't realice it immediately, you bring a lot of good humor and smiles to so many people's lives. Thank you Josh Strife

Another video from one of my favourite channels! Thanks Josh. These videos are such an awesome de-stresser for me! 😄

This right there ladies and gentlemen is my childhood... thank you so much for that nostalgia trip Josh!

This game is such a gem. It's still on my list of unfinished games that I loved but didn't finish for on reason or another (loss of my memory card in this case)

Thanks for covering this game. A large part of my childhood and it was absolutely amazing to play (Along with Jade Cocoon 2). I appreciate the exposure to these more obscure games, good or bad.

This was one of my favourite games! I still listen to the soundtrack

For what it's worth, the best weapons in the game aren't the ones with high attack but the ones with high speed so you don't get attacked before summoning a creature (seems to have happened to you a lot) Also a bit disappointed you didn't mention the pvp mode, it was pretty cool (for 20 minutes until you got bored of the commentary lol)

I hope you do Turok was it any good soon!

This is a game I always wanted to play as a kid but didn't have a console to do it on. So thank you for covering this

‘And I mean, yeah, she just tasked us with arresting a tree’ fricken broke me 😂😂😂

This game reminded me of Eternal Eyes! Another PS1 creature merging game, but with a tactical rpg flavor. Might be a nice one to review on this channel!!

This is one of those games in the PS1 days that I regret not trying out. Also if I can make a suggestion for your next game, might I suggest Azure Dreams for the PS1. It's one of those games that I picked up, have no idea on how it goes, get my ass kicked, get annoyed, stop playing for a while, then try again. Then after really learning the system I found myself really enjoying the game, so much so that I actually finished the game.

i feel like ive seen many of this game's scenes in my dreams, its beautiful

This game has the greatest OST from a game I've ever heard, truly transcendental

Josh should start a series called 6 degrees of The Bouncer.

I found this game as a kid and it ended up getting passed around between my friends for years. It's one of my favorites of the era.

It is CRAZY this renaissance of Jade Cocoon, Star Ocean 2nd Story, Dragonseed and Monsterseed with you Josh and other creators making content - these were 2nd party games in the bottom rack at Kmart new (34.99 to 40) and no one at school for 15 years knew what I was talking about it ever had played them too. Awesome!

Played this over 23 years ago. All I really remember was a boss had the same voice actor of Cosmo from The Fairly Oddparents.

You might be right about the fact that Jade Cocoon didn't have a mascot to use, but not being invested in your creatures? I still to this day remember the Arpatron that you get at the beginning of the game. I got so attached to that guy, I flat out refused to ever merge him.

First Silent Bomber and now this. Holy crap what a nostalgia rush. Loved Jade Cocoon!

This game made me think of Jade Empire from back in the day. In my opinion one of the best at the time martial arts game. I wouldn't mind seeing you do a break down of that game, though newer as it is compared to what I have seen you do on here.

So basically crimes against Charles Darwin... the game

I loved this game as a kid, despite not really understanding anything about it. Loved it so much I actually have it emulated on my tablet so I can play it whenever I am out of the house. That and Legend of Legaia.

This series is the best way to absorb weird old RPGs that I've had interest in but not enough to grind through

Thank you so much for making a video on this game, it was one of the first games I've played on Playstation and I got a warm wave of nostalgia seeing it in my feed.

This was my pokemon as a kid and I loved it. The monster merging was the best part. Am excited to see what Josh created in this video.

I remember getting legit sad when the village froze way more than aerith dying in ff7. I liked talking to the villagers and hearing the stories it was the best voice acting since Blood Omen

That guy just gave me my childhood back, thanks Josh!

That silly running animation is the most memorable part of this game for me

I have to point out that 26:33 was not the first Key you found! It was the first you picked up. However at 23:55 you had a key on the screen, but instead of picking it up you just left back out to heal forgetting all about the Key. Also to the right of Koris's hut there is a screen with a teleporter and a keystone for it. There is also a level 3 monster who protects it who is either air or earth depending on the respawns. I am glad to say that yes I do in fact love the series and it was a shame Disney got the hand on the IP and wrecked the series.

Isn't the infinite corridor that thing San Germaine was obsessed with in the Netflix Castlevania show?

"when stoned you attack slower." that makes surprisingly a lot of sense x)

This was my childhood game. I'm more addict to this than pokémon at the time.

Super excited for this! I’m pretty sure most of my life I was the only person who knew about this gem!

The plot(twist) of Yamu giving back the ring (of your love) that you actually sacrificed with a broken heart and a bad conscience is touching. Not so much because Yamu doesn't like that it doesn't shine when he has it, but on a grander meta-scale: You are giving away the one important present of your (childhood)wife who constantly suffers physically and emotionally due to your actions, but then it's like a higher force (aka the devs ^^) decides that you should keep that precious token in respect for her loyalty.

That was a great video, I've been bingeing this series, I'd love to see your take on legend of legia. That was my favorite ps1 game

The locust that eat everything where it goes are named the honey boo boo

Wonderful exploration of Jade Cocoon it got me thinking on how Jade Cocoon could have used game mechanics to support the story and vice a verca. The story deals if the feelings of being stuck to tradition, relationship and expectation. Yet the mechanics strain this, if one is attached to a creature (physical form) one will not be able to improve and advance as that would drastically change the form of the creature. So the only options are: have a creature friend or progress the game/story. I think this could used to reflect on the story with, listen to someone struggle with being bound to attachment then struggle to progress until you merge your favorite creature with another creature loosing the form you where attached to. Id like to think that the devs will find a way to make the game mechanics and story support each other, capitalizing on the unique traits of gaming and fulfilling the dream (if this is it). Do you think it could be pulled off?

Just have to point out, Ghibli is pronounced with a soft G. It is written 'ji bu ri' in japanese, as in the logo 'スタジオジブリ.' Just a pet peeve.

For perspective, Mahbu's voice actress is still active today, she did Juni in Street Fighter 5 and 6. She's been at it a while now.

very eager to see your jc2 in depth reveiw , great work sir.

Brought back so many child hood memories seeing this. Loved this game. You should also cover 'Monster Rancher'. Most unique system where you get creatures from your CD collection.

Totally forgot about this game! I think it was my first JRPG ever. Brings back memories.

Your point bout them having no identity is correct. Even more than 20 years later I still remember this game and the merge mechanic, but no creatures.

I watch all your videos working graveyard and you really help get me through Josh thanks for making these longer videos

That levelling taking 42 years is exactly the kind of thing i want to see my immortals/vampires be all about. Someone give me a manga about a gamer vamp and her mummy pal grinding this game while the world crumbles around them please. Awesome stuff as usual Doctor Strife.

Thank you for your videos Josh. My father recently died and im bingin all your videos nonstop, because it is the only thing that gives me peace. Your work is greatly apreciated and i will soon work out a way to donate to your patreon. Much love and many thanks.

crazy coincidence with how I randomly stumbled upon this game last night and now you post a video the next day.

Oh man, I got Jade Cocoon for my 14th birthday back in the 90’s and it was my jam. I loved merging the monsters

Loved this game, too bad they discarded the merging in the sequel and tried a more pokemonesque attempt. I think you missed one important thing with the capturing. The capturing Musik you play, gets more complicated the higher your capture rank is, i really liked that detail. Also the Level of your Creatures dont just make them bigger, their features gets more distinct, it really felt as if they are growing to adults

Thanks for this. I've always been curious about Jade Cocoon, but was never going to have time to play it. This is just what I needed.

Here are some tips: 1. DO NOT SAVE AT A SAVE CRYSTAL IF YOU HAVE ANY FIREFLIES.. If you save while holding fireflies, your creatures inside the fireflies will lose their abilities.. 2. if you kill a monster there is a rare chance it will drop a legendary weapon.. It seems to depend upon the species.. Dragon killer sword for dragon types, and the Palemoon axe for the Ogre or chu type minions.. 3. Rare spider minions are found after the divine tree is captured, and Cyrus is turned to stone, which you can capture, as well. if you die during thi time Mabu will revive you. If you do go after the rare spider minions don't save after you catch some, or else the save glitch will wipe out their ability.. I say this because those spiders have a group lighting spell for the air type, and the fire types have an instant death spell.. 4. best minions in the game are from the beetle forest, because they have the most balanced growth rates of any creatures in the game..I know this because i merged a pata(fire) wasp with a ska(air) wasp, and I was able to solo the game with it.. No extra abilities or spells needed.. 5. mixing elemental types- reduces the potency of their elemental abilities, but it also reduces their weaknesses as well.. Two elements with neutral relationship can make a perfectly balanced minion with no real weaknesses like Fire/earth or water/air.. Yes I have played this game a lot.. Maybe too much.. Oh well.. I find it to be a great game regardless.. No regrets.

Eu adoro essas análises! Continue firme, amigo!

Oh man, I absolutely loved this game as a kid! I could never understand what was actually happening in the merging system, but I loved playing with it and creating crazy creatures that did all sorts of fun things. I grinded in the endless corridor for a while until it eventually got boring at the power levels. I personally think you lost a chunk of the joy and uniqueness of the game by a) min-maxing stats instead of mashing for fun (and doing some grinding along the way so progression wasn't painful RNG bosses) and b) Finding that insane sword so early that really threw off the loop. But it is what it is and your review was, as always, super fair and full of excellent points. I've always wanted to try Jade Cacoon 2, but could never find it... Thanks for the nostalgia trip! For more crazy merging action and more hard-to-follow plot, this time in a medival setting from Squaresoft, review Vagrant Story next!