skorch82 plays Brave Fencer Musashi - Part 11 of 70

We've gotten the first piece of the Legendary Armor...but now the village is under threat...

When you take the Bracelet to the appraisal shop, Connor (the appraiser) will identify it as the Legendary Bracelet, or L-Brace. This will allow you to climb certain walls with Fusion and Lumina.

The items that you find in treasure chests that need to be appraised can be appraised here. Most of the stuff you find is going to be useless, and the useless stuff can only be sold here. He won't be able to buy anything that you've bought from other stores, though.

The OldBook is a Comic, which is useless and is worth 400 Drans. The Dagger is a useless Penknife that you can sell for 800.

After you appraise the L-Brace, you'll find out there's steam all around you and that the music has changed. Mayor Govern and his wife Mrs. Govern will tell you that Steamwood has broken down. Steamwood powers not only the village, but the entire kingdom, and if it blows up, the whole kingdom's going with it. You'll have to go up the cliff near the gondola and talk to Administrator Fores to see what's going on. You won't have a choice but to accept this mission.

Go up to the gondola area and leap into the wall nearby. Alternate between X and Triangle to climb up the wall, and you'll find Administrator Forest. Talk to him, and he'll not only let you enter Steamwood, but you'll also find out that Steamwood will blow up in exactly 24 hours. He'll also give you the Manual, which explains how Steamwood works.

You have exactly 24 hours starting...now. Take the side path to the forest and go to the right. Climb up the wall that was originally a dead end. You'll reach the entrance to Steamwood.

Near the entrance and to the left is a treasure box containing an AgedCoin.

At the entrance, go up to the door. Musashi will automatically use the manual.

Another Promotion Blog - SpiderMwa

Here's another channel that I've been wanting to promote since I've started Another Promotion Blog.

Spidermwa is one of those Let's Players from an "unusual" location in the world. Most of them that I've seen are either from the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom; Spidermwa is from Finland. Then again, Pewdiepie is from Sweden, so it's probably not THAT unusual.

Spidermwa has been on YouTube for years and has covered so many games from the early '80s heyday of Atari and Colecovision, games for Commodore 64 and Amiga, Nintendo games during Nintendo's empirical run in the United States, arcade games through the ages, PC games from the days of MS-DOS and beyond, and even Steam and indie titles of the present day. He hasn't covered EVERY single system, but what is there is pretty impressive.

There are also streams on Twitch and YouTube every so often, and there's no telling what Spidermwa might play on those. It may be a game for C64 or Amiga; it may also be a very recent release for PC.

Spidermwa has been doing this for a couple of years now, and it's not often you find a Let's Player who shows off a game for the 8- and 16-bit micros. Those interested in games for C64 and Amiga are advised to check this guy's sometimes humorous Let's Plays out; he totally deserves the followers.

skorch82 plays Brave Fencer Musashi - Part 10 of 70

It's time to head down the waterfall by using a raft from those trees we cut!

From the third log, head to the left and you'll find the tree you'll need to cut to get the fourth log. From there, all you need to worry about is scaling Twinpeak Mountain. It won't take for you to reach Jon, though.

When you talk to Jon with all four logs, you'll learn that his secret is not about the Five Scrolls. Instead, it's about the Legendary Armor, the armor in the legend of Brave Fencer Musashi. There are five pieces in the Armor, each with their own unique power. One of the pieces of the Armor is at the bottom of the river, and you'll need to head down there to get it. Thankfully, the logs that Jon told you to bring will be used to build a raft.

After it's built, Musashi will jump aboard. You can steer the raft with the Control Pad and also make it jump along with you with the X button. If you run into anything that will damage it, like rocks or walls, you'll lose one log. Lose all four logs and you'll have to start the whole section over.

This section will definitely take some memorization to get through if this is your first time playing. The coins that you can follow (and collect a lot of, when you get good enough) give you a good idea of where to go.

You'll go faster on the waterfall, so be careful as you follow the coins so you don't run into rocks on the way down.

Near the end, you'll see Thirstquencher soldiers with spiked balls on fishing poles. If these spiked balls whack you, you're taking a hit. If you're on one or two legs at this point, you'll be walking on eggshells at this point trying wildly not to take any more damage.

When you finally make it to the end, you'll be at a previously unexplored part of the entrance area leading to Twinpeak Mountain. Jump up the stairs and make a U-turn to find a treasure chest containing a Bracelet. You'll need to appraise this to find out what it really is, however...

If you keep going south, you'll find another area that has a Bincho Field and a treasure chest, but your path will be blocked by a rock. You won't be able to do anything here, but you will be returning to this area later.

From here, you can drop down to the entrance and return to the town.

skorch82 plays Brave Fencer Musashi - Part 9 of 70

In this entry, we get down to exploring more of Twinpeak Mountain...

At this point in the game, you'll find various treasures, but you won't be able to do anything with them. Some of them are going to be things you can actually use, while other things are going to be worthless. Until you can find the pawn shop in town and bring them in to the appraiser there, you won't be able to do anything with what you find.

The platforms that move in and out of the wall do so very slowly. More than likely, you won't have to wait to use them as platforms and clear both of them.

The caves are just simple platforming areas. The first one is dead simple: just jump from platform to platform.

The area after the first cave is a dilapidated bridge than can still be crossed provided you're careful. There are soldiers on the bridge, but there are also soldiers in the background that try to snipe at you.

There are vines underneath the bridge, and one of the gaps in the bridge has a vine you can climb down. Carefully jump from one platform in the river to another and you'll free Shepherd Beefalo from the Bincho Field. He can be pretty easy to miss.

Before climbing back up to the bridge, jump to the vines to the left. Underneath the left end of the bridge is a Dagger that you can appraise.

The second cavern contains mini-waterfalls, and you'll have to wait until they stop running down to the water below so you can continue on without taking damage.

After the second cavern, go to the right, but don't go up the wall just yet. Instead, keep going right and you'll find a tree. Strike it down with Lumina Rotation to cut it and get your first log.

From there, climb up the ridge on the wall. You'll find out it's a tail of a dinosaur skeleton.

It's possible to trigger a glitch if you jump into a certain part of the mountain near the skeleton, strangely enough. If you trigger it, you'll go into the mountain and suddenly re-materialize at the exit from the second cave.

Don't forget to go down the pole after you go get up there so you can rescue Knight Lardwick. He'll tell you his brother, Soldier Lardwick, is somewhere else on the mountain.

After you go back up, use the platforms that spin back and forth to get further into the mountain. If you fall and hit the water, you'll respawn back at the last patch of dry land you were on. After the spinning plaforms, go down the next pole to get the second log and rescue Carpenter Carvey.

Go back up and jump on the poles to swing on them. Jump off of them to get from one pole to the next. Climb up the pole and cut the tree here to get the third log.

skorch82 plays Brave Fencer Musashi - Part 8 of 70

In this entry, we free Jon, then head to Twinpeak Mountain...this time for real! The music here is pretty good.

If you go to the store on Skyday morning, you'll be able to get stuff at a small discount.

Press the Select button and charge up the Lumina gauge until it fills up to go to sleep if you can't reach the inn or your room at Allucaneet Palace. Time will pass quickly and you'll get less tired as you sleep, but you'll quickly lose BP.

When you free Jon, he'll tell you to meet him at the top of Twinpeak Mountain...and to cut down four trees on the way up. He doesn't tell you why, as he sees someone coming and quickly leaves.

With that done, it's time to head to Twinpeak Mountain. Keep heading left and you'll eventually reach a new area. If you've ever played the PS1 demo for this game, you'll know that this is the Medium difficulty mission from said demo.

Go all the way to the left when you reach the new area and use Lumina to free Mercenary Meitloife.

You can climb on the poles by jumping on them and holding Up and Down on the Control Pad. At the top of said pole are BP refills, so take them if you need them.

On the other side of the poles is a treasure box. This particular treasure box is a Memory Box. These act as temporary save points of sorts that you can go back to when you die. You'll return to the last Memory Box where you stored your memories up until that point, but you'll lose half of all your money. The Memory Box data also disappears if you turn off the PlayStation.

skorch82 plays Brave Fencer Musashi - Part 7 of 70

We found the key!

You'll see Leno on the other side of the thorns. Go in the direction he barks and you'll find the cemetery. Be sure to clear out the enemies as soon as they appear. 

When you get to the cemetery, Leno will lead you to the grave where the key is hidden. Just walk up to it and you'll get Jon's key. Leave the cemetery and you'll be back in Meandering Forest.

Head back to Jon. He'll tell you to come back after midnight to free him so somebody won't see. 

skorch82 plays Brave Fencer Musashi - Part 6 of 70

Here, we document our first explorations through Meandering Forest. You'll be going through this area a couple of times.

Next to the Mayor's house is one of four entrances out of town leading to Meandering Forest. Here you can jump onto a pipe and walk along it to find some free money. Just watch out for the steam if you decide to explore this area to the east, as it can damage you. You'll also find the Musician Pianissimeat and Acrobat Sausages if you take more of the pipes and walk to where they end.

Enemies here will include green soldiers with lances, pink flowers that hop around and potted plants that will spit three-way shots at you. The mushroom enemies will hit you with sleep powder if you are too close to them after you strike them.

In case it gets dark, you will have a limited field of vision lit up around you.

There is a secret passage that takes you to a Minku. These guys will show up at night and will run around like crazy. You'll have to chase after them and pick them up, but when you do, then run away and leave a Longevity Berry. This will fully refill your health and add 25 HP to your maximum health.

Head back up to the area leading to Twinpeak Mountain during the night. You'll be able to find another Minku next to the path leading down to the village. At least he's easier to catch than the one in Meandering Forest, as you won't have trees blocking your path.

To get past the thorns, you'll have to Assimilate one of the pink flowers. This will give you Hop, which allows you to jump on and over the thorns. When you're over them, press Circle to cancel the move. You'll lose the ability, but there's a jumping flower nearby for when you head back.