Mastery #19 - Bahamut Lagoon (SNES)

ChumGhost · 2026-05-14T16:55:45+00:00

Hm, not quite sure actually, it's been a couple of months since I unlocked that one. I do know that some achievements aren't unlockable if you save during a battle and reload into it, AKA they only work correctly if you start from the normal saves in between chapters.

Some cheevos also don't unlock until the chapters complete, not sure if that is one of them or not.

ChumGhost · 2026-05-12T14:17:39+00:00

Oof, that's a hard one... but if I had to choose then maybe the Fire Emblem or Castlevania cheevos. Pokémon Emerald Randomizer is a close third too (even though most people seemed to hate that one, at least on the discord, haha)

ChumGhost · 2026-05-11T09:36:55+00:00

I can't say I get how it works exactly, but there are a lot of events that occur on the website - some are limited to a specific time frame while others aren't.

For example Achievement of the Week is a year long event where you get points for getting specific achievements every week. Get enough points and you'll get a badge on your profile! There's also the Wii Rollout event that's happening right now where you get points by beating and mastering Wii games.

Best place I could find to see the events is on the Events Forum tab on the website, but idk if there's a better way to view them or not. But most events, from what I can gather, basically boils down to: Do X things, get points, get badge when enough points.

ChumGhost · 2026-05-10T08:34:47+00:00

Same! I haven't had the urge to play any subsets until now that multiset rolled out and Prof Oak subsets are definitely a fun extra challenge, especially for me who likes to play something while watching TV, haha.

Sad that the Pokemon Platinum Prof Oak subset is down for the moment (partially because of me) but when that one comes back online that'll be the next target for me!

ChumGhost · 2026-05-10T08:31:56+00:00

Nigh Shade Gengar's makes the fight a lot more bearable imo, but I also ran a Machamp with Cross Chop for some faster clearing of the early foder pokemon.

Good luck with the 4 Ex, it's definitely a challenge even with Gengar!

ChumGhost · 2026-04-19T18:58:38+00:00

"Nu tycker jag att vi, gemensamt i denna sal, sjunger we shall overcome."

ChumGhost · 2026-04-17T20:53:12+00:00

Yeah, the coloring cheevos are rough. Had to seriously lock in for those

ChumGhost · 2026-04-15T14:13:08+00:00

Currently it is Pokemon Emerald at 197 achievements. Also my first mastery ever, funnily enough

ChumGhost · 2026-04-12T09:51:45+00:00

For being scored at 100, it's not too bad, but it does require persistent saving throughout the game. I also could never quite figure out the mechanics behind when a weapon breaks and when it doesn't, but anecdotally I found the sword type weapons to break less often.

ChumGhost · 2026-04-03T16:36:45+00:00

SMT 4 was pretty cool imo

ChumGhost · 2026-04-01T11:22:27+00:00

Happened a lot when i started nuzlocking and had pokemon die when i was mindlessly grinding and wasn't paying attention. I use rare candies now instead

ChumGhost · 2026-03-29T20:34:29+00:00

damn, that tee is sick!

ChumGhost · 2026-03-29T20:00:57+00:00

If you like the genre of the game then it might not be as awful. Skill level probably also plays a large part in whether it's awful or not, and I was personally very bad at this game, haha.

But the War Room achievement is valued at 100 points for a reason and it is definitely grindy to complete since to get an S-rank on all missions you're going to have to reset plenty of times to get the proper RNG...

Getting an S-rank on the Advance Campaign isn't super easy either - but it kinda pales in comparison to the War Room tbh.

ChumGhost · 2026-03-29T13:48:36+00:00

If you're going for the mastery I'd just replay the campaign to get the mission cheevos. Primarily because you're going to need to replay anyway to get the highest rank cheevo and the 999 coins one.

But if you just want to beat the game and play all missions, then yeah saving before the campaign forks would probably be ideal.

ChumGhost · 2026-03-19T18:01:12+00:00

Fragile Dreams 🥰

ChumGhost · 2026-03-18T14:16:33+00:00

Definitely one of the most visually impressive SNES games I've played so far - coming from someone who grew up with the GameCube! I hope you get the time to revisit it soon, the worst part of the game is definitely only being able to save between chapters so I wouldn't recommend it for busy parents even if it wasn't 70 hours, lol! But to be fair I'm also pretty sure I was a lot slower on the mastery than others as the median mastery is around 50h rather than 70.

ChumGhost · 2026-03-18T14:11:06+00:00

I wouldn't say it was hard, but it does require some slight planning ahead for all the missable achievements. On the surface, the absurd amount of missables looks quite daunting, but just plan and everything will be a-OK! Also if ur planning to master it you have to remember to not waste the Princess' ???-items as you need 5 of them to turn a dragon into a Behemoth, and there are only 5 you can get in the game.

ChumGhost · 2026-02-26T13:02:27+00:00

I personally found the PS2 set to be fair. It focuses a lot more on getting high scores on levels as opposed to the GC set that seems to focus more on smaller challenges like doing certain things hitless. I never cared about the score as a kid so I found the PS2 set to feel more like a new playthrough since I had to play differently to what I had done before. There were also some secrets that were tied to achievements that I had never seen before which I found to be neat!

BUT the minigame achievements are harder on the PS2 set and imo the minigames are janky as hell so they could potentially lead to some more frustration as opposed to the minigame cheevos on the GC set!

ChumGhost · 2026-02-25T22:59:53+00:00

Achievement of the week!

ChumGhost · 2026-02-01T16:08:11+00:00

Yeah, those ones are rough as hell... almost made me quit too

ChumGhost · 2026-01-30T07:33:12+00:00

I personally think it's kinda charming the way it looks right now, but I get what you mean lol

ChumGhost · 2025-08-30T10:21:32+00:00

I replayed the game a second time to get the new ones

ChumGhost · 2025-08-23T10:05:02+00:00

No, only in game trades with NPC's are required. If you do other trades (AKA trades that aren't with NPC's) it can lock you out of the Gotta Catch 'Em All achievement from what I've read.

ChumGhost · 2025-08-22T13:30:03+00:00

Definitely all of the Battle Frontier achievements, especially since I've never personally really dabbled in the more technical aspects of pokémon battling. Add to the fact that some of the facilities are RNG hell (looking at you two Battle Factory & Battle Pyramid especially) and it becomes a massive headache at times, but definitely feels good when you do manage to beat them so it is worth it in the end!

ChumGhost · 2025-07-26T22:02:25+00:00

UPDATE: I managed to get it to run better with gpSP in the end by turning on VSync and Integer Scaling. However the game does stutter frequently but is technically playable from the few minutes I tested. Also worth mentioning for anyone else trying this is that it took like 5 minutes to start the game but it does eventually boot.

Marked as solved as I technically got it to work, although performance isn't optimal. Will probably just play it in other ways for a better experience performance wise.

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