1. WANZERS! |
| Wanzers are made up of 5
parts: two legs, two arms, and the sexy body. Each arm can hold a
weapon and a missile launcher or shield. When the Wanzer gets its
legs destroyed, it can still operate like nothing happened but its
movement span is only a few spaces. When the Wanzer gets its arms
destroyed, it can still operate like nothing happened but you lose
whatever those arms were holding (you lose them just for that
battle, they're not permanently gone). When the Wanzer gets its body
destroyed, that's when they're screwed! The Wanzer blows up and the
pilot magically escapes unharmed. Destroyed arms and legs are
automatically repaired for free after a battle, but you have to pay
the repairs of Wanzers that blew up. |
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2. BODY PARTS |
| There's just one thing you need to know before you read the
following, "Hit" is a number that represents the chances of you
making a successful blow to the enemy and "Engine" represents how
much weight your Wanzer can hold. |
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► Arms |
| Arms have their own HP and defense, they use up some of your
"Engine" so be careful. Arms can also increase or decrease your
"Hit"! Pay close attention to that! |
► Bodies |
| Bodies, the most important part. Bodies have their own HP
and defense. They contain the main engine that supports the weight
of itself and every other body part. Some bodies have a large engine
while others have smaller ones. |
► Legs |
| Legs have their own HP and defense, they use up some of your
"Engine" so be careful. Legs can also increase or decrease your
movement span. |
► Computers |
| Computers are very important to your success in battle!
Indeed!! Computers can increase or decrease your success rate with
fighting, close-range weapons, long-range weapons, and agility. Yes
agility, the number that represents the chances of you dodging an
attack. |
► Backpacks |
| Backpacks are awesome! They have their own engine that
assists the main engine so that you can handle more weight!!
How cool is that?! Calm yourself down. AND they let you store more
items. |
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► Rifles/Flame Throwers |
| These close-range weapons are powerful and can severely
damage the enemy in one shot! But... its just one shot. You have a
1/5 chance of missing. |
► Machine Guns/Vulcans |
| These close-range weapons are perfect to use when the enemy
is severely damaged in more than one place. They help ensure a
defeat when the enemy's body has barely any HP left. |
► Bazookas/Grenade Launchers |
| When you run out of missiles or trying to conserve them,
these weapons can satisfy your long distance needs. But... all good
things have a string attached, these weapons have a 2/5 chance of
missing. That may not look too bad as a fraction but it feels like
9/10 when you use them in the battlefield. |
► Clubs/Bats |
| There aren't too many of these in the game. If you have a
Wanzer dedicated to fist fighting, then these fighting sticks will
help make their attacks stronger. |
► Missile/Rocket Launchers |
| Missile launchers are the best part of Front Mission!
Missile attacks are so devastating and allow you to pick off enemy
Wanzers in a couple rounds. Sometimes you can even destroy them with
just one missile attack! Some shoot just 1 missile while others
shoot 2 or 3. |
► Shields |
| You MUST always have a shield equipped! Shields can REALLY
save your ass against the heavy bombardment of enemy attacks and
their devastating missiles. Shields protect your Wanzers pretty good
against every type of weapon except Machine Guns/Vulcans. |
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4. ITEMS |
| Obviously, each Wanzer should always have repair items in their
inventory. You might want to also give each Wanzer a smoke grenade
or chaff grenade and an acid bomb. Smoke/chaff grenades are great
for lowering an enemy Wanzer's accuracy. They're especially useful
against those giant, powerful enemies like the "Clinton Type" and
that thing with guns for arms. Acid bombs are great for those
annoying generals that have such strong armor, they decrease the
defense on every part of an enemy Wanzer. |
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► Hitting the part you want damaged |
| There's a little trick you can do to get your desired outcome in an
attack. Use the save state feature to save your game right before
the screen goes black to enter a battle. If your Wanzer didn't hit
the part you wanted it to, then just reload the save state until it
hits it. |
► Raising success
rate of attacks |
| That's easy! Just equip your Wanzers with the most powerful
computers. How, you ask? Save state hacking! Open up your save state
in your favorite hex editor and punch in 63 into offsetts DD2D-DD38.
When you're done it should look something like this. What this does is put 99 of each of the
best computers in your inventory. If you don't know how to hack into
save states then refer to my Save State Hacking guide. |
► The Ultimate
Cheat |
Want to start a new game
with 99 of every item, weapon, Wanzer body part, and $9,999,999 too? Then
download my hacked save! This save begins all the way
in the beginning with Lloyd in the first town.
Click here to download my
hacked Front Mission save state! ~201 KB
The zip file contains an SRM save and a ZSNES ZST save state. They have the exact name as my Front Mission ROM so all that you need to do is drag-and-drop the SRM (or ZST if you're using ZSNES) into the same folder that the ROM resides. If you need further help using these here's my YouTube video about using savess.
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