User manual GAMES PC FINAL FANTASY IX

[. . . ] 1 WARNING: READ BEFORE USING YOUR PLAYSTATION® GAME CONSOLE. A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights. Exposure to certain patterns or backgrounds on a television screen or while playing video games, including games played on the PlayStation game console, may induce an epileptic seizure in these individuals. Certain conditions may induce previously undetected epileptic symptoms even in persons who have no history of prior seizures or epilepsy. [. . . ] TIP: You gain only AP from enemies you have defeated by using Petrify and/or Stop. You will not receive any EXP, Gil, or items. TIP: When an item is stolen, you cannot recover it. Defeat enemies that have larcenous tendencies first. 16 ABILITIES LEARNING ABILITIES ABILITIES 17 Using your Abilities wisely is the key to victory. TO USE AN ABILITY Equipping certain items brings out the characters' dormant abilities, which they can then use. Until the character learns the ability, he or she can only use it while the item is equipped. You can select items according to what ability you want your character to learn, or equip them only when you need to use a certain ability. To learn abilities, you must earn the necessary AP (Ability Points) for each ability. Every time a battle is won with the appropriate item equipped, AP are added to each ability being learned. You can check the acquired AP in the Ability Menu (see below), or by pressing the button in the Status Menu. 1. Equip Item When you equip an item, you can see the amount of AP required to learn the new abilities. An ability embedded in the equipped item can be used. If the item is unequipped, the ability can no longer be used. The character can use the learned ability even when the item has been unequipped. 2. Acquire AP through Battles The acquired AP are awarded to all the abilities being learned. 3. Acquire the Required AP When the gauge for an ability turns red and the 555 mark appears, you have learned that ability. HOW TO READ THE ABILITY MENU AP: Represents the amount of AP acquired (left), and the amount of AP necessary to learn the ability (right). The AP acquired remain even if you unequip the item, allowing you to go back and finish learning the ability later. Item: The icon for the item from which you are extracting the ability. When the ability is learned, the icon is no longer displayed. It Depends on the Character: #1 If the same item is equipped on different characters, each character will extract different abilities from that item. Characters can only extract abilities that match their dormant abilities. It Depends on the Character: #2 The amount of AP necessary to learn an ability is different for each character. Even with the same ability, some characters can learn faster than others. TIP: You can steal up to 4 different items from the same enemy by using Steal repeatedly. TIP: When you use Zidane's Detect ability, the item that is the hardest to steal appears first, and the easiest item to steal appears last. 18 ABILITIES SUPPORT ABILITIES ABILITIES Abilities that only function during battle are called "Support Abilities. " Support Abilities are equipped by distributing the magic stones that the character earns. The stronger the ability, the more magic stones required to equip it. Support Abilities can be recognized by a green diamond-shaped slot with the letter "S". Whether learning or fully learned, a Support Ability cannot be used unless a magic stone is equipped in its slot. [. . . ] No part of this manual or the described software may be copied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form without the prior written consent of SQEA. The described software may not be reverse engineered, decompiled or otherwise disassembled. RETURNS WITHIN 90 DAY WARRANTY PERIOD ­ To replace defective media within the 90-day warranty period, send the defective media, a copy of the original sales receipt, a return address, and a small note describing the difficulties you are experiencing to Electronic Arts Customer Warranty, P. O. If you have warranty questions, you can also contact Customer Warranty at (650) 628-1900, fax (650) 628-5999. [. . . ]