Ten-minute Mini-FAQ ^_^ === Starting the Game === The intro tells you about how a light fell from the sky one night and landed in the mountains, and there were two babies in the light. Someone finds them and gives them to you to care for. Infants are a wonderful gift, it says, because they have pure, untainted hearts.... It asks you to name the girl, then the boy. They're names are Mel and Dio. After awhile it jumps foward 13 years. Mel is a level-headed girl and Dio's kinda mischevious. I think it says they have mysterious powers such as not getting exhausted easily. During the next sequence you are asked these questions: 1: Name the house 2: Name the animal 3: Are you male or female? 4: What's your name? 5: What do you want Mel and Dio to call you? (This last one can be changed at the frog statue) Mel: "Well, this place is... this place is..." (name the house) Mel: (...) Narrator: This place is the Narikiri House. Mel and Dio live here. It's on an island south of Freland. It's the year 4408 by the Aselia Calandar. It's a peaceful era. Dio: "I'm home-!" Mel: "Welcome back." Mel: "...huh? That child, what's wrong?" (enter Kururu) Dio: "This guy? Hehehe... I found him in the mountains. He followed me!" Mel: "...cute(heart) There's a star mark on it." Dio: (singing) "That's right. Okay! Your name is 'Starlord the Great'!" Mel: "...aren't you going to give him a cute name?" (name it) Kururu: "Kururu! Kururu!" Mel: "He's Kururu..." Kururu: "Kururu! Kururu!" Dio: (grumble) "Kururu... It's so weird...." (idea) "Ah, that's it! Behave! Kururu!" It asks you to learn more about Kururu. After you're done, go around and explore the house (you can't leave yet). Get all the treasure and listen to the explanations. Put a costume on each character but examining the closet things in either bedroom. I suggest Squire (Minarai Kenshi) for Dio and Hunter for Mel. Norun comes to talk to you as you try to leave. She is making Mel and Dio go on a mission to prove that they are not evil. But before they can go on THAT mission, they have to prove they're strong enough to have any hope of surviving. You need to climb the Witch's Tower to prove your strength. Leave the house and try to enter the Witch's Tower (it's got the big heart on top), and you'll find it's locked. Go to Olive Village (just north of the Narikiri house) and talk to the girl by the bridge. She will teach you a song to unlock the door. Dio tries to make it work, but only Mel can sing it right. Go up the tower and fight the boss at the top. === Costume Points === AKA Class Points. After every battle, you receive EXP, Gald, and CP. CP is like EXP for individual costumes. Each costume has a set number of CP needed to be mastered. As you reach a certain number of CP with a costume, the character learns one of that costume's skills. The CP for costumes is always in multiples of 60. Stronger costumes need more CP === Merging Costumes === I think you need to be in the second time period. 420-something. After you beat the first boss (you can do that easily with the wimpy costumes), you can time-travel with the Sun Painting and get to that time. If you're in that time period, go to Euclid go to the building in the upper-left. I think it's an item shop. There should be a black-haired woman in pink in the corner who gives you three options. Choose option "1. Order Maid," choose what costumes you're combining, and what you want them combined into. Costumes are combined three ways: Upgrade Rank -- EX: Squire + Squire = Knight Degrade Rank -- EX: Knight + (Whatever) = Squire Misc. Mix -- EX: Squire + Hunter = Thief === Life Experience === Life EXP is the number of costumes Mel and Dio have mastered. On the main status screen, the number beneath the character's photo is the Life EXP. Some costumes require that you have a certain Life EXP before you can wear it. Mel and Dio each have a special skill that stays the same no matter what costume they wear. For every eight Life EXP, this skill changes. I don't have a chart for it yet.... === Kururu's Shapes === Kururu is a shape shifter. He has eight "Form Levels." He moves up one per every eight normal levels. Per each Form Level, he has three forms (one for each of Kururu's attitudes). +-------+--------+ | Kururu Chart | +-------+--------+---------------+--------------+-------------+ | Form | Actual | Tomodachi | Chuujitsu | Yasei | | Level | Level | (Friendly) | (Faithful) | (Wild) | +-------+--------+---------------+--------------+-------------+ | 1 | 01+ | PenPen Kururu | Ukyuu Kururu |Muffin Kururu| +-------+--------+---------------+--------------+-------------+ | 2 | 08+ | Tail Kururu |Ikkaku Kururu | Toge Kururu | +-------+--------+---------------+--------------+-------------+ | 3 | 16+ | Funyaa Kururu | Kururu Bird | Kururu Ball | +-------+--------+---------------+--------------+-------------+ | 4 | 24+ | Ponyon Kururu | Kururu Gyo | Nyan Kururu | +-------+--------+---------------+--------------+-------------+ | 5 | 32+ |PuriPuri Kururu| Anmon Kururu |Burnin Kururu| +-------+--------+---------------+--------------+-------------+ | 6 | 40+ | Kururu Doll |KaniKaniKururu| Star Kururu | +-------+--------+---------------+--------------+-------------+ | 7 | 48+ | Sea Kururu | Kururudon |Shell Kururu | +-------+--------+---------------+--------------+-------------+ | 8 | 56+ | Giga Kururu | Byuu Kururu | Kururu Jyuu | +-------+--------+---------------+--------------+-------------+ | Info from ChangeV (www.changevworld.com) | +-------+--------+---------------+--------------+-------------+ Unlike Mel and Dio's 21 attitudes, Kururu only has three. His forms depend on his attitude and Form Level. Each form is a stronger version of the same attitude of the previous Form Level. Tomodachi Forms: These forms have high wisdom and TP, but low defense, attack, and HP. They have one offense spell, and the others are status spells like Deep Mist, Barrier, and Pikohan. (Pikohan = Hammer) Chuujitsu Forms: These forms are usually medium stat-wise. They have decent offense, and can cast spells such as those Arche would use. (The ones with English names like Fireball, Tempest, Rock Mountain.) Yasei Forms: Fast with high attack and defense. Huge HP, but low TP. Their skills are elemental attacks like Earth Attack, Air Attack, Freeze Attack, etc. After you beat the first boss, Norun gives you a treasure box. You can't open the box until Kururu has reached Form Level 8. The box has a Metamorphosis Stone, which will change Kururu to a form of the same attitude of an earlier Form Level. === Events === Events are mini-quests that Mel and Dio do to help people. You often get costumes, gald, badges, and/or rare items for completing events. ChangeV's site has an Event FAQ. It has some errors in it, but it'll help. Here are some quests you can do at the beginning of the game for a good start: --- Event #8 - Mister Slump --- Go to the house in the upper-right corner of Valhalla City. Funk, the guy that lives here, is a music composer or something. He's got wads of paper everywhere. Go talk to him and answer yes to his question. Leave, reenter, pic up all the papers by walking over them, and talk to Funk again. Do this until it gives you the little musical signal that the event is complete. You'll get a Clown costume and some gald for your troubles. --- Event #1 - Happy Birthday --- Enter the house to the left of the food store in Valhalla City. The girl inside has a red cloak. This is Elizabeth-san. Answer yes to her question. She'll give you a present to deliver to her friend. Leave town and go to Olive Village. The upper-right house belongs to Alisa, Elizabeth-san's friend. Talk to her. She'll take the present and give you a letter for Elizabeth-san. Go back to Valhalla and give the letter to Elizabeth-san. She'll give you the Healer Costume and some gald. === Accessories === Each character can equip one accessory. The strength of the accessory is determined by the letter after it. "F" accessories are the weakest, and "A" is the best. Tsuyoi Earring - Adds strength. (Strong Earring) Hayai Scarf - Adds speed. (Fast Scarf) Miomamo Ring - Adds defense Kashiko Brooch - Adds Wisdom. (Wise Brooch)