Knife Guy: Difference between revisions

It is in this team-up phase that the battle's real difficulty lies: each turn, Knife Guy will either use [[Blizzard (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars move)|Blizzard]] to damage the whole party, or [[Crystal (move)|Crystal]] to damage one character. The odds of each is 1/3 in favor of Blizzard, and 2/3 in favor of Crystal. While Blizzard does not have much power, especially backed by Knife Guy's somewhat low Magic Attack, the fact that Grate Guy will be using [[Meteor Blast]] every turn allows it to quickly wear out Mario's group. This phase's length is determined by a hidden counter, as well as Knife and Grate Guy's HP. Each time Knife Guy takes damage, the counter is increased by 1, and each time Knife Guy uses either of his spells, the counter is increased by 2. If either Knife or Grate Guy is defeated, or the counter reaches at least 5, they will separate and return to their first phase. The battle comes down to defeating one of them as quickly as possible, as neither Knife or Grate Guy are much of a threat on their own. Knife Guy should be eliminated first, to limit the number and duration of team-up phases. While Grate Guy will be a bother with his status attacks, Knife Guy has 200 less HP and is weak to Fire: if Mario has learned [[Super Flame]], he can easily inflict a couple hundred damage to Knife Guy.  

If Mario keeps playing, the game will get progressively more difficult. If Mario wins on the highest difficulty level, Knife Guy will give him the [[Bright Card]] needed to get into [[Grate Guy's Casino]].