Oh yes.
Welcome back, everyone!
Oh, we're doing this.
You know we're doing this.
One of my favorite games,
of
all
time,
right here.
Illusion of Gaia
by Enix.
Enix proper.
The world was in an age of exploration.
And yeah, I'm gonna narrate this too.
Looking for new lands, man uncovered the relics of ancient cultures.
Ahh, look at that Mode 7.
As time passed, many legends began to
surface.
A legend from each ruin, a legend from each culture.
Various relics were found in the ruins.
One of the legends told of strange
statues in the shape-- err, shapes of spirits.
What was a spirit to the ancient people? The ruins don't tell us.
People who entered the ruins searching
for wealth went in
and were never seen again.
Some said there were traps to protect the
treasure. Others said it was a curse.
No one thought these ruins would bring
about disaster.
So yeah, like I said,
Illusion of Gaia.
One of, if not the, favorite game of my
childhood.
Oh my god, dude.
Boop boop boop!
Oh, whoops! Ha ha!
I forgot, I played a little bit before, uh...
to make sure everything still works.
I, uh...
For those of you who don't know,
I left my Super Nintendo in Socorro, um...
and so today I was in Socorro for something, and, uh,
was able to get it back.
And it's just, ohh, it's so good!
Oh yeah.
You gotta start the journey now.
Uhh, yeah, this all works.
Mmm, excuse me.
It's been a rough day. Alright.
School!
My name is Will.
A year has passed since I went to the Tower of Babel with my father.
My father and his party met with disaster.
Somehow I made it back to South
Cape.
I still can't believe my father is gone. I'll never believe it.
When I grow up, I'll be an explorer and see the world.
Somewhere, I will meet my father.
Wow.
That's all for today's lesson.
You four do your best not to fall behind.
The four of us that are the only students in your class?
Yeah ,we'll try.
Demons have appeared outside of town. If you go very far you must go with your parents.
I'll see you guys at the usual place.
I have to go home first. I'll see you guys there later.
If you don't hurry home, your mother will
think that you were kept after school... Heh heh heh.
Yeah, Will's a bit of a delinquent.
Like always, the cave at the seashore!
Oh Will, please recite with me.
The world shines on brightly through eternity...
I don't know the rest of it, sorry.
So I'm gonna go upstairs here
to the roof of South Cape, an-- What the hell is that?
Like I said, I already know this game quite
well.
Dark Space? The hell...?
I am Gaia, the source of all life. I will help you on your journey.
I have a cat in my lap.
Only one with the Dark Power can see this space.
You are the chosen one.
In the dark space you can record a travel journal.
Stop there before you depart.
Record what's happened so far? Sure! What the hell.
Finished recording.
Continue your journey? Yeah.
Then go.
Okay.
Bye.
And the cat has jumped down from my lap, 'cause I wasn't paying attention to him.
Hey Will. How many times have I told you not to come up here?
You have a habit of jumping down from places.
Well, I guess I can't really stop you.
You're right, you can't.
I'm a rebel without a cause!
Actually, first...
I found a Red Jewel.
And this guy here...
You look like a fast runner. To run, push the Control Pad twice.
Which is a very useful thing to know.
Um.
I travel around to people's houses selling weapons used to fight demons.
We may live in troubled times, but I won't sell a weapon to a child.
Good for you.
Nice strong morals.
My astronomer friend said something very strange:
a star is approaching the Earth.
Ah, that is very strange.
I envy you when I see the sea breeze blowing your hair like that...
Not like mine, under this scarf.
So take the scarf off, you crazy woman!
I feel sorry for Seth.
I understand why. He hates to see his parents fighting every day.
Yeah look at that, the sea breeze.
What the hell?
No sooner was the door to Seth's house opened than a jar came flying out!
What's wrong with having a little fun with my hard-earned money?
Nothing...
Unless maybe, your family's destitute.
It's no joke! That man!
I put up with it for Seth's sake, but if it weren't for him, I'd have left long ago!
Like I said, it's been a long day, so...
This is Lance's house. He lives here with
his frail mother.
Well, that's not very nice.
Your father's been lost at the Tower of Babel for a year now.
It seems like only yesterday...
Boy, you're telling me.
I only just heard about it.
Oh, where is it...
There it is.
You found a Red Jewel.
Those are very useful, by the way.
The Red Jewels are a, uh...
a device.
There are 50 of them in the game,
and if you collect all 50 of them, you get into the, uh,
the secret level.
My friend Erik lives here.
This is the biggest house in South Cape.
Will envied people born to rich families.
It's the little things in life that make you rich or poor.
Well, heard any good stories?
Great.
Everyone is jealous of this big house.
It's nothing! We move to this town before anyone else.
Okay.
Don't worry, I'm not on fire.
It's just a treatm-- *cough*
It's just a treatment for my sore body.
Cleaning this big house all day makes my brain ache.
You said it was your body...
Now you're talking about your brain?
The hell's wrong with you?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5...
6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
C'mere.
How long have we been playing this?
It's strange. This game is like Red Light, Green Light.
I'm worried. There have been a lot of strange merchants lately doing business.
Mmm, nice smell.
There's no stove, so I'm cooking in this pot.
This is my house.
The pie that Grandma Lola is making smells really great.
Welcome home, Will. Dinner isn't ready yet. Go outside and play for a while.
Okay, but first I'm gonna talk to Grandpa.
Coming home at this hour probably means you had to stay after school again.
Ha ha, excellent! Even if a boy can't study he should show a little initiative.
Which of course is not at all what's been going on, but ehh, whatever.
Oh, no!
What are you doing? This child! Honestly!
I love it when you do that.
It jus-- It's fun.
Alright, uh, this guy here.
Gosh, I can't pull it up.
Uhh, that, uh...
sounds a little dirty there, dude.
Might not be wanting to tell a child that.
Seaside Cave.
It was natural for the four friends to call this seaside cave their second home.
Usually when lessons were done at the school, they gathered there to talk and play games until sundown.
Ah ha ha. I'm gonna win this-- I'm gonna win again for sure.
What is it, Will? It's late. I'm playing cards with Seth. Wait a minute.
Suddenly Erik rushed in with a desperate look on his face.
Ah! News! Big news!
The princess of Edward Castle has run
away!
They say she came to South Cape!
Sorry if I clipped the microphone there.
That's all?
You came in such a hurry, that I thought something really big had happened.
The princess is probably that spoiled girl, Kara. The one you like so much!
Liar!
Maybe the soldiers will come here looking for her!
The soldiers from Edward Castle look so cool.
I want a steel helmet too!
Whatever.
And I thought everyone would be surprised...
I'm not interested in girls. I like adventures better.
Will, get over here and sit next to Erik.
Alright.
Everyone's here. What should we do today?
I wanna see Will's mysterious power.
You haven't seen it? He can move things without touching them.
He moved that statue that's in the corner of the cave.
Will. Show me again.
And you're supposed to ask him, how the hell am I supposed to do that?
Draw it to you by spinning the flute around like a baton.
Well, you're...
You're expected to have read the uh, the manual here.
Oh, it moved!
No matter how many times I see it, I'm still amazed.
But why can you move the statue when you can't move anything else?
If only I could do that.
Err, If I could only do that.
Next, pick a card, any card.
I'll put four cards face down. Pick the one you think is the Ace of Diamonds.
Of course, it doesn't matter which one you pick.
But that's...
That's part of the charm of the game, you know, whatever.
Pick the one you think is the Ace of Diamonds.
You just told me that, but whatever.
Will picks up a card. It's the Ace of Diamonds, of course!
Ahh! Right!
I'm speechless!
Sorry, I hit the desk there.
Hey Seth, this is some kind of psychic power, right?
Yeah, it must be some kind of psychic power thing.
If I didn't know better, I'd think it was
magic.
Most people have five senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch.
I think Will's psychic power is some kind of sixth sense.
What Seth says is too complicated for me to understand.
Seth, let's play one more game.
Ah ha ha, I'm gonna win again for sure.
And yeah, he goes back to saying that.
One more game with Seth and I'm going home.
If only-- err, If I could only do that... Yeah.
So, we've done everything that we needed to do in the seaside cave, here.
Err, yeah.
It was already dark by the time Will left the cave.
Well, Will's gonna...
go in and out of the cave a few times, here.
Uh, actually...
Y'know what? I'm gonna do this off camera,
because we're already past time, and uh,
this is a little tedious if I'm not lucky, so uh,
until next time, I will see you guys later!
If I can get-- There we go.
I'll see ya.
