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Battle Square:

 

This is one of the best areas in the gold saucer, the battle arena. Test your might against up to eight random battles.  One member can take part in this fight for victory by paying 10GP (not Gil) and win very valuable prizes.  You will have handicaps after every fight in the whole battle.  Be careful, or you may lose yourself a sure victory.  After any win in the battle, you can have the option to either keep fighting, or quit while you're ahead.  Any Battle Points you have accumulated during the battle will then be awarded to you, just be sure not to leave the Battle Arena if you have earned a lot of points, for they will all be lost once you leave.  You can not save up Battle Points if you leave the Arena.
    If you are defeated in the Arena, you will not actually be killed, but you will be thrown out of the fight and all of your Battle Points earned for that battle will be lost, not to mention the 10GP you paid to fight.
    Before going in to a fight, pick the character you want to fight with and equip him/her with the stronger Materia that you have and the strongest weapons he/she may have.  If you plan to live long in the Battle Arena, the Ribbon Accessory is a MUST HAVE!  This stops any negative effects monsters in the fight may put on you or the Mini, Frog, or Poison effects you may acquire through handicaps.
    Equip Materia slots with the Restore, Time, Counter, and Barrier Materia.  Also Flash and 4x Hit come in real handy against the last opponents in each battle.  Even if you have all these Materia equipped, if you hit the All Materia Broken Handicap, you can forget the victory unless you are a very strong and skilled fighter.
    The first item you should save up your Battle Points for is the W-Summon Materia.  After getting this, it will be a breeze to beat more enemies in the Battle Arena so you can then save up to get Cloud's Level 4 Limit Break, Omnislash.
    After collecting W-Summon, Omnislash, and 64,000 Battle Points, you are offered to fight in special battles where you can win Gambler, Masamune Blade, Combat Diary, and Autograph.
 

	All Materia Broken:  All the Materia you have is disabled, but your HP rises quickly.		Armor Broken:  Fighter's armor is broken; base defense is used to determine resistance to attacks.
	Command Materia Broken:  All Command (yellow) Materia is disabled and all extra commands are lost.		Accessory Broken:  Fighter's accessory is broken and its effect is lost.
	Independent Materia Broken:  All Independent (purple) Materia is disabled.		Item Command Sealed:  Fighter can no longer use items during battle.
	Support Materia Broken:  All Support (blue) Materia is disabled.		HP: Fighter's maximum HP cut in half.
	Summon Materia Broken:  All Summon (red) Materia is disabled.		MP: Fighter's maximum MP cut in half.
	Magic Materia Broken:  All Magic (green) Materia is disabled.		HP & MP:  Fighter's maximum HP and MP are cut in half.
	Mini: Fighter is shrunk at the beginning of the next battle.		Zero MP:  Fighter's current MP reduced to zero.
	Frog: Fighter is transformed into a frog at the beginning of the next battle.		10 Levels Down:  The fighter's level is reduced by 10, which causes a loss in statistics.
	Poison: Fighter is poisoned at the beginning of the next battle.		5 Levels Down:  The fighter's level is reduced by 5, which causes a loss in statistics.
	Speed: Fighter's speed is reduced to half of current speed.		Time x30 Damage:  Fighter losses HP equal to the time in the fighter's bar at the end of the last battle times thirty; doesn't kill the fighter.
	Sword Broken:  Fighter's sword is broken, base strength is used to determine damage done.		Cure: Fighter is fully cured at the beginning of the next battle.
			Lucky 7:  Fighter receives no handicap.

Chocobo Racing:

Chocobo Racing is a hard thing to do unless you have the right chocobo.  You should either race with a Great Chocobo, Wonderful Chocobo, Green Chocobo, Blue Chocobo, Black Chocobo, or preferably, the legendary GOLDEN CHOCOBO.
    After winning several S Class Chocobo Races, you will be rewarded with the Cat's Bell, Counter Attack Materia, Precious Watch, and The Choco Bracelet. 
    You should feed your chocobo greens, greens, and more greens to get their speed, stamina, and intelligence all to the max before you even worry about being in a race.  Once you do all this, you should race until you get to the S-Class Chocobos for the really good prizes. There are two cheats for the chocobo racing:
hold L2, L1, R2, R1 all at the same time, this slowly increases your chocobos stamina.               

hold L1, R1 this increases your chocobos speed

Wonder Square:

  If you love arcades, the Wonder Square is the place for you.  This place is packed with games such as:                                                                     

    Arm Wrestling Mega Sumo:   where you can challenge either a Sumo Wrestler, or a Wrestler.  The Sumo Wrestler is a little easier than the Wrestler, but both are easy to defeat.  Just tap the "O" button until you pin his arm down.
   Super Dunk: is another game to play.  In this game, you have to shoot a large  basketball at a basketball hoop.  This is also fairly easy if you have good timing.  Just hold the "O" button down for just less than a second to charge your shot and release it.  If done correctly, you will SHWOOSH it and 1GP will be yours for the taking.  If you make 10 in a row, you get a double play where if you make a shot, you get 2GP, but if you miss, you start all over again.
    Wonder Catcher: is the simplest game in Wonder Square.  All you have to do is insert 100 Gil and receive either a small amount of GP, a Potion, or 1GP.
   3D Battler: is a game of strategy.  You have to pick an attack pattern to fight an opponent.  He will either punch you in your head, stomach or lower body and you have to counter those with another hit.  The Triangle button is for Upper body, the Square button is for Middle body, and the X button is for Lower body.  HAVE FUN!
   Fortune Telling: isn't really a game, but for 50 Gil you can have your "Fortune" told.  Don't play it more than once in a row per visit because the message won't change unless you leave that portion of Wonder Square.  If you want another fortune on the same visit, just leave and come back in.
   Mog House: is a game where you have to teach Mog to fly.  If you give Mog too many Nuts, he won't fly and your game is over.  You need to watch his reactions.  If he rubs his tummy, then he wants another Nut, but if he has had plenty to eat, he'll squeak and get up and fly.  If you defeat Mog House, the girl behind you will give you 30GP.
   G Bike: is just like the bridge escape.  You need to keep the enemy Shinra Bikers from attacking the little blue truck/buggy.  If you successfully do this, you will receive either just Gil or Gil and an Item.
   Snow Boarding: is just like the escape from Icicle Inn.  You need to avoid the Mogs and the Snowmen.  If you successfully make it down the mountain and still have a lot of points, you will receive a prize.
   Torpedo Attack: is like the race to sink the Shinra Submarine that was carrying the Huge Materia earlier in the game.  During your battle, check your radar to find all the enemy subs then seek them out and destroy them.  If you destroy all the subs it requires you to without getting sunk, you will get prizes.

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