19th September 2005, 7:58 PM
Honestly, having played Paper Mario and FF games, I'm really indifferent. Doesn't really matter all that much to me. Look, you need to fight the battles to get experience either way, right? The more you fight, the stronger you get, that is the backbone of any RPG, improving your characters through battles. Give the option to skip battles and every one that you bypass means you'll be a little weaker against the next boss or have a little less money to buy good equipment at the next shop. If you're in a previously travelled area, you can bypass enemies on the map, and if you're forced into them, you're higher ranked, so you smash 'em. Either way, 99% of all random battles allow you to run away anyhow.
So I don't really get the big deal abou random encounters versus visible ones.
So I don't really get the big deal abou random encounters versus visible ones.
The Earthworker Race has ended. Everybody wins.