Final Fantasy X Help Thread (Spoilers possible)

[Polk]

So the question is ... is there anything I can do (other than just keep doing it, over and over and over and over and over again) that will make this a little easier? Train a chocobo better? Anything? For the lightning or the chocobo race? I wouldn't think the butterfly thing could be THIS difficult.

For the lightning dodger, there's a really easy to pull off glitch you can do:

YouTube - Final Fantasy X: Lightning Dodge

Mind, it's a little cheap, but I had the same problems, and laughed after doing this.

As for the Chocobo trainer, I just have some tips:

- If you don't get all 4 balloons in the opening stretch, just quit, and let the game play itself. It's insanely difficult to succeed without this 12 second head start, and you just end up getting more frustrated. Take the next 45 seconds off, and try again.

- Focus on dodging birds. They're the real problem here. Make sure you're secure on your dodging skills, then work on getting balloons.

- The D-pad is your friend. It's much more responsive when it comes to turning and evading.

- Stay towards the center of the track, only moving to evade. Two reasons: One, grinding on the sides slows you down. Two, the chocobo tends to make some weird turns when it hits the edge of the race track, meaning you could be heading towards a balloon, but if you hit the edge, you could turn the opposite way.

- Stay away from the trainer. She tends to steal balloons, and if you follow her a little too closely, you can get hit with her birds.

Other than that, patience and practice. Also alcohol can help.

[Sasquatch]

For the lightning dodger, there's a really easy to pull off glitch you can do:

Thanks! That helps a lot. I still only got to 161 before I got hit (and when I started again, to 92), but I'll try again tomorrow.

- If you don't get all 4 balloons in the opening stretch, just quit, and let the game play itself. It's insanely difficult to succeed without this 12 second head start, and you just end up getting more frustrated. Take the next 45 seconds off, and try again.

- Focus on dodging birds. They're the real problem here. Make sure you're secure on your dodging skills, then work on getting balloons.

- The D-pad is your friend. It's much more responsive when it comes to turning and evading.

- Stay towards the center of the track, only moving to evade. Two reasons: One, grinding on the sides slows you down. Two, the chocobo tends to make some weird turns when it hits the edge of the race track, meaning you could be heading towards a balloon, but if you hit the edge, you could turn the opposite way.

- Stay away from the trainer. She tends to steal balloons, and if you follow her a little too closely, you can get hit with her birds.

I'll try these out, too. I appreciate it, thanks.