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Quick 999 question, since the actual 999 thread I just checked for is closed. I've just really started it and gotten to what I believe is the first choice to determine an ending (to go into door 5 or door 4), and I'd like to know which one I should choose first to avoid repetition. Usually I'd figure this out for myself, but I'm actually just borrowing the game and want to get all the endings with minimal fuss. Anyone feel like giving some advice on which routes to go/how to get them in order to do this?
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Shoopuf posted:Quick 999 question, since the actual 999 thread I just checked for is closed. I've just really started it and gotten to what I believe is the first choice to determine an ending (to go into door 5 or door 4), and I'd like to know which one I should choose first to avoid repetition. Usually I'd figure this out for myself, but I'm actually just borrowing the game and want to get all the endings with minimal fuss. Anyone feel like giving some advice on which routes to go/how to get them in order to do this? Advice: Door 5. Explanation: if you haven't done a certain ending on the door 5 path, you can't access the true ending on the door 4 path. Full route flowchart (minimal story spoilers, but shows exactly what choices lead to what endings): http://www.gamefaqs.com/ds/961351-nine-hours-nine-persons-nine-doors/faqs/62430
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May 3, 2013 18:08
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Thuryl posted:Advice: Door 5. That's exactly what I needed! Thank you. On a related note, does the 3DS!VLR still have the glitch about saving in puzzle rooms?
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May 3, 2013 18:17
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Shoopuf posted:That's exactly what I needed! Thank you. Yeah, as far as I know that hasn't been fixed. Aksys has apparently been in active contact with the dev studio and made efforts to track down the cause of the bug, but with no success so far. While I'm here, if you want some advice on what order to see 999's endings in: IMO the best dramatic progression comes from Sub, then Axe, then Safe, then True. Knife is pretty forgettable, but you might as well do it before Safe if you intend on seeing it.
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May 3, 2013 18:26
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Yeah (999) I would not recommend going straight to Safe even if you can, it kinda ruins the dramatic tension. 4-3-2 is good as a first run.
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May 3, 2013 18:29
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Admiral H. Curtiss posted:Yeah (999) I would not recommend going straight to Safe even if you can, it kinda ruins the dramatic tension. 4-3-2 is good as a first run. Well, (999) I've already gone through 5, but the chart seems to indicate I can still do 5-3-2 from here. Sounds like I'll be doing 5-7-1, 4-7-6, 5-8-6, then True. Am I going to be missing anything that way?
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May 3, 2013 18:44
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Yes, let's do the Top 10 in a completely partial manner!  My Top 10:
As a note on that tie: I bought Pushmo on Xmas day 2012 while I was stuck on an airport. I bought Mario last Friday. What the gently caress is wrong with me.
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May 3, 2013 18:44
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Shoopuf posted:Well, (999) I've already gone through 5, but the chart seems to indicate I can still do 5-3-2 from here. Sounds like I'll be doing 5-7-1, 4-7-6, 5-8-6, then True. Am I going to be missing anything that way? ...You're never going through 2 and 3 on your list here, so yes, you will. Unless you mean you're doing 5-3-2 as your first? Yeah that works, sure.
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May 3, 2013 18:51
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Really, you shouldn't worry about it your first time through, you aren't going to ruin the game for yourself unless you have amazingly bad luck.
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May 3, 2013 19:00
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Admiral H. Curtiss posted:...You're never going through 2 and 3 on your list here, so yes, you will. Unless you mean you're doing 5-3-2 as your first? Yeah that works, sure. Yes, that's what I meant. Awesome. Hace posted:Really, you shouldn't worry about it your first time through, you aren't going to ruin the game for yourself unless you have amazingly bad luck. Nah, it's not ruining the game that I'm worried about. As I said, I'm borrowing the game and would rather not take forever getting through it so I can return it when I'm done.
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May 3, 2013 19:01
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My top ten would be... 1.) Fire Emblem Awakening (290:10) I'm working real hard to complete the support log and also fetching skills for... basically everyone. Most importantly the children though. 2.) Harvest Moon: A New Beginning (253:11) I don't know what happened here. Then against, Harvest Moon games do take a pretty long time to finish, and I'm still not done! 3.) Samurai Warriors Chronicles (215:09) I'm a pretty big fan of the Samurai Warriors franchise!!! 4.) Nintendo 3DS Sound (62:16) My lack of an MP3 player. I'll invest in one sometime... 5.) Ocarina of Time 3D (27:29) 6.) Mario Kart 7 (18:03) 7.) Internet Browser (17:10) 8.) Mii Maker (5:56) 9.) Nintendo eShop (5:17) 10.) Fire Emblem Awakening Demo (5:07) Huh... I spend a lot of time on the 3DS.
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May 3, 2013 19:29
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You have played more than three hours of Fire Emblem every day since it came out. 
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May 3, 2013 19:37
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I'm sure it's been said before, but hoo boy, Kid Icarus' controls are rear end. I'm a lefty, so I got hit with it harder than most, but even with the CPP I honestly cannot think of a game I've played in the last decade that controls worse. So far the rest of the game's solid enough so that I'm sticking with it, but it annoys the hell out of me to just know that I could break every challenge over my knee if not for these gimped controls.
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May 3, 2013 19:40
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Katana Gomai posted:You have played more than three hours of Fire Emblem every day since it came out. ...Mine's higher, sadly. Though I do idle a lot and leave the 3DS on while doing other stuff.
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May 3, 2013 19:42
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Soul Glo posted:Did you skip all the side battles and Paralogues? I'm playing almost every one between missions. My current playthrough is at 11.5 hours (I restarted the first two after about a half an hour because I didn't like my Avatar), and I've only just beaten Chapter 12. Hell, I've only seen FOUR Paralogues so far. Did all the missions and paralogues but didn't grind support dialog. I probably could have given that 50% of the people I dragged onto missions only existed to stop enemy spawners. By end game I either one shot the final boss or killed the dragon on its turn with my all but literally unharmable Chrom + Female PC combo. To be fair though I turned off combat animations instantly and used the skip enemy turn feature so each battle took me very, very little time. It got ridiculous around half-way through the game as I would purposefully send my Chrombo out into the middle of the enemy forces and leave everyone else back and then just end my turn because it was faster to have the enemies fling themselves to death on them for no damage then actually use my heros turns. Barudak fucked around with this message at 19:53 on May 3, 2013 |
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May 3, 2013 19:50
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Looks like I'm at 175 hours on Fire Emblem, on top of the 250 I put into the Japanese version on my Japanese 3DS. Sort of curious to see if anybody can beat 425 hours on any 3DS game.
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May 3, 2013 20:02
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1. Animal Crossing: Wild World - 123:17 2. Swapnote - 65:53 (Most of that was recently - drat YOU GOONS AND YOUR 3D DICKS) 3. Mario Kart 7 - 31:13 4. eShop - 25:33 (  )5. Internet Browser - 24:46 6. Netflix - 24:37 7. Super Mario 3D Land - 23:08 8. Theatrhythm - 22:02 9. Mii Plaza - 22:01 10. New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 20:38 I have 307:23 total play time on my system, with 177 titles played. Most of my numbers are between 15:00 and 20:00 because I have too many drat games, but if these numbers are anything to go by, I am going to be in a hell of a lot of trouble when Animal Crossing New Leaf comes out in a month. As for steps taken: 
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May 3, 2013 20:10
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1) Harvest Moon: A New Beginning - 70:03 2) Fire Emblem Awakening - 54:54 3) Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers - 33:45 4) Crimson Shroud - 19:47 5) Swapnote - 16:35 6) The "Denpa" Men - 12:31 7) Pushmo - 6:25 8) (Demo) Fire Emblem Awakening - 3:41 9) Nintendo eShop - 2:13 10) Mario Kart 7 - 1:42 I should probably buy more games.
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May 3, 2013 20:15
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cheetah7071 posted:Looks like I'm at 175 hours on Fire Emblem, on top of the 250 I put into the Japanese version on my Japanese 3DS. Sort of curious to see if anybody can beat 425 hours on any 3DS game. I'm almost there.  415 hours on Fire Emblem. Got it midnight when it was released. Somewhat in my defense, I've been unemployed the last month!
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May 3, 2013 20:15
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1. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity - 76:26 2. Kid Icarus: Uprising - 71:03 (massive drop-off after this) 3. Paper Mario: Sticker Star - 21:04 4. Swapnote - 18:31 5. Nintendo eShop - 16:17 6. Internet Browser - 14:53 7. Mutant Mudds - 11:53 8. Dillon's Rolling Western - 10:40 9. Donkey Kong - 8:33 (this is the 1994 Game Boy version) 10. Nintendo 3DS Sound - 7:58 Most of my time is split amongst various smaller eShop and VC games. Those three at the top are the only big retail games I've gotten so far, and probably will be until Animal Crossing comes out. The eShop really does have a lot of great games!
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May 3, 2013 20:25
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400 hours in three months is just insane. That's how much I clocked in tf2 after eight years.
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May 3, 2013 20:50
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Thuryl posted:Yeah, as far as I know that hasn't been fixed. Aksys has apparently been in active contact with the dev studio and made efforts to track down the cause of the bug, but with no success so far. What's this bug? I'm probably picking up vlr someday after i get all the 999 endings. Can I ruin my savefile in vlr by saving in a puzzle room or something like that?
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May 3, 2013 21:09
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Is it okay to wipe a naked XL screen with the sleeve of a cotton shirt, or like any old piece of cloth? Or is some type of microfiber fancy thing recommended for safety?
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May 3, 2013 21:34
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LibbyM posted:Can I ruin my savefile in vlr by saving in a puzzle room or something like that? That's exactly it. Rule of thumb, never save in puzzle rooms. Also yeah, use that flow chart. I played through it twice before looking up stuff online andgot the coffin ending first then the knife, which you can totally skip. I also totally agree with whoever previously said to totally dodge the safe ending till after you do just about every other one.
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May 3, 2013 21:38
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Minidust posted:Is it okay to wipe a naked XL screen with the sleeve of a cotton shirt, or like any old piece of cloth? Or is some type of microfiber fancy thing recommended for safety? If you're riding bareback I'd say you should go with the special cloth. Honestly though, I'd get a screen protector if you're at all worried about that sort of thing.
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May 3, 2013 21:41
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I've wiped my screen with anything from my t-shirt, my hoodie, a kleenex to a microfiber cloth. I agree with monkeyboydc though, if you worry about ruining your screen by using something other than a microfiber, buy a screen protector for peace of mind.
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May 3, 2013 21:49
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I'd post my top 10, but I ended up setting my 3DS to the wrong year when I got it.  I only ended up noticing when I was writing a swapnote and the days didn't match up. I'm guessing there's no way short of a complete system wipe that I can get the log to start over? I wouldn't mind parting with my small pile of coins and the plaza progress I have if that's what is needed, but I'd like to know if I'd lose any downloadable game saves in the process. (I picked Mario 3D Land as part of the XL promo. I completed the 8 main worlds and the 8 special worlds, but haven't yet unlocked the very last level.)
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May 3, 2013 22:56
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How do I know what ending to avoid in VLR if I don't know what the ending is or how you get there? I just started playing.
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May 3, 2013 23:01
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Why do you want to avoid an ending?
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May 3, 2013 23:04
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Are you guys aware of the VLR thread (which double serves as the 999 one, too)? Also, Amazon UK slashed the price of New Art Academy by 50% off over night -- currently, £11.22. I have no idea if this is a permanent reduction, but if you were on the fence about it, here is your chance to get it cheap.
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May 3, 2013 23:06
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I don't want to quote them since I don't want to read the spoilers, but Commissar Ken said that a certain ending ought to be avoided until you've done most of the other endings on this page.
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May 3, 2013 23:08
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Vanilla Mint Ice posted:Why do you want to avoid an ending? If you go down the true ending path before getting the other endings you get an incomplete ending and basically told to go back and do the others first.
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May 3, 2013 23:08
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Goddamn, this thread is making me feel better about hitting 140 hours in FE:A today. I'm only about 20 hours higher than that for total play time due to death resets, too.
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May 3, 2013 23:08
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Barudak posted:If you go down the true ending path before getting the other endings you get an incomplete ending and basically told to go back and do the others first. That doesn't make sense and I don't want to go to much into it here but don't worry dude just play the game as you see fit. There's no reason to avoid a path because the game is all about bumping your head into sharp corners in dark corridors until you find the light.
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May 3, 2013 23:17
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Sure, I'll bite. 1) Etrian Odyssey IV: 78:44 (I've yet to go through the post-game content, but I'm taking a break from it to catch up on all the other games I own and have yet to play) 2) Ocarina of Time 3D: 31:57 (Never played it on the N64 and kind of motored through it; traded it in since I don't think I'd ever play it again) 3) SMT: Devil Survivor Overclocked: 30:32 (Just started Day 4 I believe, kind of got bored of it) 4) FE: A: 23:34 Only started playing it a couple of weeks ago after beating EOIV) 5) Mutant Mudds, Tetris (GB), eShop, Crashmo, Cave Story, Luigi's Mansion. All around the five and a half hour mark. I still have a pile of games at the "unlocked Streetpass" mark lower on the list that I haven't gotten around to playing, and it'll only get worse by the time Animal Crossing rolls around. I like these games, I just never have time to play them. Literally all my time on it is binging on weekends - usually six to eight hours each Saturday and Sunday. I'm playing FE on casual mode just to clear the story and get a feel for whatever changes there are, and I'll revisit it in the new year most likely in classic mode.
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May 3, 2013 23:23
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gameface posted:I'd post my top 10, but I ended up setting my 3DS to the wrong year when I got it. It'd be nice if there was. One time I took out and replaced the battery in my 3DS, resetting the clock as would be expected. Of course, for the brief moment I had System Settings open to set the clock back, Activity Log recorded the time I supposedly played it back in January 2011. 
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May 3, 2013 23:31
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Can I just say..... The leather pouch and the screen protectors recommended in the OP are loving GREAT. Man these things are awesome, especially the leather case. The screen protector also gives me peace of mind of not being able to mess up the screen in any way, and being a quality product. If any of you guys are looking for cases/screen protectors, I HIGHLY recommend the ones in the OP. (Also,FireEmblemIsAGreatGameAndEveryoneWhoOwnsA3DSShouldGetIt.OkayBye.)
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May 3, 2013 23:43
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Yeah sure I'll jump on the bandwagon. 1. Etrian Odyssey IV - 69:01 2. Harvest Moon: A New Beginning - 37:08 3. Etrian Odyssey IV Demo - 16:12 (I laughed a bit when I saw this) 4. Fire Emblem Awakening - 14:03 5. Pokemon Platinum - 13:14 6. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers - 5:49 7. Umihara Kawase Kanzenban - 5:42 8. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - 2:35 9. Brain Age: Concentration Training - 2:20 10. Pokemon White Version 2 - 2:08 33,335 steps taken. I've mostly been playing HM recently and putting time into Umihara Kawase since I just imported that a couple weeks ago. I'd be surprised at how little time I put into FE:A except I set it aside when EO4 came out and haven't gone back to it quite yet.
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May 4, 2013 00:15
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Eruonen posted:I don't want to quote them since I don't want to read the spoilers, but Commissar Ken said that a certain ending ought to be avoided until you've done most of the other endings on this page. I played and finished VLR last week and the first path I went down turned out to be the true ending one, so I know it doesn't matter. Go down whatever path you feel like. Since the save bug has been mentioned, I'll add that the game can also crash. Don't think you're safe if you don't save and keep it on standby!
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May 4, 2013 00:15
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Guys, guys, you're talking about two different games. In VLR you can just do whatever in terms of endings due to how the flowchart works. In 999 you should avoid getting Safe until you have at least, say, two other endings because it'll ruin a lot of the dramatic tension in the rest of the endings.
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