XENOGEARS
Stand Tall and Shake the Heavens

THE TOURNAMENT

When you wake up, go down to the first floor of the hotel and save your game at the memory cube near the door.

You have two jobs to do here. Fei should win the tournament and Bart must find Margie and rescue her. You will be shifting from one job to other.

Right now you have the control of Fei and Citan. Leave the hotel and go to the Fatima Castle by going /NORTH\, passing by all the towns. Once inside the castle, go to either Aveh soldier guarding the entrance of the tournament place. Then go straight ahead and you'll see another soldier guarding the entrance. Talk to him.

When he lets you through, go in the colorful tent on the [right]. Push the <S> button and equip Fei. It will help Fei in the battle if you use better equipment. Inside the tent, you will see a familiar figure looking at the upper left corner. Talk to him. A sequence follows.

After the sequence you'll be able to control Bart. Jump out of the window and climb the stairs on the /EAST\ side of the town. Go back to the well where the old man is. Stand on the grills and examine it to open it. Jump in!

BOSS FIGHT
GONZALES
400 HP
Try not to lose this battle. The game will continue but I'm not sure if this will give Bart enough time. Use a deathblow right away. He will attack you with "can't take it anymore" which is powerful considering the number of your HP and experience. Heal yourself with a chi spell, the 'Inner Healing' when your HP drops to below 150. The damage caused by "can't take it anymore" can reach up to 140 so be careful! The guided shot chi spell will cause only 1 HP damage so it's not worth using it. If you ran out of HP, you can use aquasol but it will only restore 50 health points. After the battle, you'll have control of Fe's menu. Go to ITEMS and restore the EP using a Rosesol or Bizfruit if you have them and the HP using Hob-Jerky or Aquasol.

After the battle you'll be controlling Bart. Take note that you can swim faster by holding on to the <C> button. You really have to do this because the you'll be swimming against the current and the speed of the water will increase every now and then. The underground water system is a maze. When you get down from the ladder, head /NORTH\. Turn /NORTHEAST\. You'll notice that if you don't press the <C> button, the current will pull you back when it gets strong. When it gets strong, pressing the <C> button will not make you go forward but you won't get carried with the water either. When the current slows down, then you can swim forward. It is a long swim before you get to any 'intersections'. Turn /SOUTHWEST\. In the next 'intersection', turn /NORTH\. At the end you'll see an intersection of two 'rivers'. Choose the one that leads to the /NORTH\. At the end will be the floodgate. Swim as near as possible to the floodgate. Don't worry, touching it won't hurt you. When it goes up, swim inside. Once inside, go /NORTH\ and turn to /EAST\ and climb on the ladder. There is memory cube there so SAVE! You've come a long way so I recommend you save on another memory card for backup. You'll never know what will happen. Anyhow, talk to the old man weird brown. Climb up the ladder on the /SOUTH\.

BOSS FIGHT
BIG JOE
800 HP
Big Joe is all over the place! Even in this tournament he trying to catch everyone's attention. This character may be harder to beat because of his fans. His fans can heal him and even cause damage to you. His attacks will only cause 1 HP damage to you but his fans can cause 80+ damage.

Keep on healing yourself. I'd recommend a combo for him. Try to accumulate as much saved APs as possible. When you attack choose the <T> attack and resist the temptation to launch deathblowS. Watch your AP at the top of screen increase. Heal yourself every now and then. Wait until your AP reach 28. A Raijin deathblow costs 4 APs so if you do a Combo, you can execute 7 Raijins in 1 turn!!! After the big combo attack, attack him with single Raijin deathblows per turn.

After the battle, assuming you won, you'll see Fei's menu again. Use the items to restore your HP and EP. When I was playing, I got a Metal Vest after defeating Big Joe. So I replaced my Martial Wear with it add 16 to my defense. You'll be able to control Bart at this point. Run /SOUTH\. It is inevitable that you will run across Aveh guards and corporals so get yourself ready. The Head Hunter deathblow of Bart will eliminate an Aveh guard in one turn. Heal yourself with Aquasol or Hob-Jerky.

Looking for Margie is difficult. There are many rooms and floors on the palace. Go to that big door and enter it. You should find yourself in a big hall. Climb up the stairs. There will be big door facing the stairs at the top. Open it.

BOSS FIGHT
SCUD
600 HP
Like Big Joe, the best way to attack this guy is to use a combo. Save up APs for a big combo. At this point I guess you're capable of Senretsu. Remember that the max unused APs which can be collected is 28. Senretsu consumes 5 APs. You can combine different deathblows per combo. It's up to you how much APs you will save up and the deathblows to be used. Scud can only cause 1 HP damage so it's save to keep on saving APs. For the 28 APs I saved, I had 3 Senretsus and 3 Raijins, consuming 27 APs (efficient!). Like Big Joe, Scud will stop healing himself after the big combo attack.

You'll be able to see Fei's menu now. Heal him with items or his ability (inner healing). Bart is now at the second floor and he can see the garden below.

If you're facing the door from where Fei entered, turn [left] at the corridor then [left] at the end of the corridor. You will see a door. Open it.

BOSS FIGHT
DAN
450 HP
According to the Walkthru by Gino Caparas, you will be able to get the wedding dress by healing/defending yourself. Dan will run away.I haven't tried that yet. What I did was attack him and I won thanks to Senretsu and the Inner Healing Chi.

Heal yourself again.

BOSS FIGHT
WISEMAN
UNDEFEATABLE
You will not be able to hurt him. Wiseman will not respond to your attacks. Later he will talk to you.

Back to Bart. He's now in the East tower. You should see that the stairs look different. Go up the stairs. You should see a big door but don't open it! Turn [right] instead. Open the door and you'll find yourself in a place with a long hallway. Go /NORTH\. At the end of the hallway is a door. Guess who's in the room?

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