Zoids FMC

[Zi Rat]

I'm seriously thinking of getting this. Since I don't have a japanese gamecube I have to get a freeloader correct? I have found a couple sites where I could get them:

FMC site:
www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-27-49-en-70-us4.html

ebay link

us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-j/section-games/pid-1004077242/

Freeloader:

www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-28-49-en-70-1ssh.html

amazon link

I want you guys opinion on this since I'm new at buying international games. Any dealer I should stay away from? Anything I should look out for? Is their a better freeloader?

I have some questions about the game...is it worth it? It looks cool but I mean is it better than Zoids battle legends? Another one is can you knock the zoids armor off? I saw that in a gameplay but I wasnt sure if it was in the same game. The last is since it's in japanese can I understand it? I know the voices and subtitles for the voices are in japaese but I mean like the basic parts of it? Main menu, set up, save, ect.

Thanks for your help guys. ;D

[Zzgashi]

play asia is a good place to get FMC and a Freeloader.

FMC is definally worth it, being able to customize your zoids a lot more than the Versus/Battle legend games. it's only better graphically and you don't have to put up with annoying voices. you can knock off almost all the armor a zoid has as long as: A-it isn't apart of a weapon or fuzor B- not fully intregrated with the zoid (like tails, some of the built in armor). most of the menus and what not are in english (zoids names and menus), and don't worry about the text in the single player campaign thing b/c it will just show up as gibberish (i think there is a story guide around here somewhere). FMC is a good game overall and its fun even after you beat it.

if your interested in other japanese zoids games look for zoids versus III, its better than BL and has actual flying zoids in it, along with some newer zoids (Gairyuki & LZ Falcon).

hope this helps.

[Zi Rat]

Sweet! Thank you so much for your help!

[KAndrw]

Actually, everything except for system messages (while saving and loading) should be readable when using freeloader to play FMC, because it uses a custom Renderware font instead of the Gamecube's built-in font renderer.

The VS games are the ones that go horrible when using Freeloader to play them on a US console.

My (dodgy and semi-literate) story walkthrough is on the video games board, fifthish from the top. Running through the story takes a bit of time, but it's worth doing it for the unlocks

[Zi Rat]

Thanks^

I'm getting the ebay game and the amazon free loader. Since I live in america the freeloader that has the american flag is the one I should get right? stupid question i know. lol

I have one more question... my freind said when she got the freeloader it didnt work on hers. She has the black game cube and I have the silver one. The box said it was the 'platinum edition', I got that about 3 years ago. Is an old GC not compatible with the freeloader or something?

[miniv]

I was wondering if someone could tell me how i save data only got the game yesterday and also dont know what i have to do to start unlocking stuff.

BTW NERF THE GOJULAS GIGA ITS IMMENSE !!!!!!!!

[Zzgashi]

there is an autosave option in the options menu when you go down the the save/load (it has a picture of save|load and in that its the bottom option).

to unlock zoids and some pilots do the story mode (about 3-4 times to go down all the paths) to unlock pilots play the Zi-fighter mode (it starts out with only 3 battles but it goes up by one each time you play it until there is a total of 8 battles.

zoid unlockables include:
LZ Schneider, panzer, and Jager (jager is awsome)
Deathsaurer/stinger
Murasame (?) and Murasame Liger SC

pilot unlockables include:
Zairin from genesis
the story Characters that you encounter
some Battle story characters (Rei & Anna)
GF & NC0 characters

sorry there is no way you can nerf the giga (unless you drop the difficulty down to 1).

[miniv]

Meh no worries i owned it with pretty much every zoid once i mastered the controls, was a bit of a pain with the command wolf and the blade liger though.

[Zzgashi]

I love taking down almost any zoid with the command wolf (especially if I equip it with dual pile bunkers). I don't use the blade liger for the fact that it sucks (its slow and its good attacks are somewhat hard to pull off) in the versus games the blade liger rocks in FMC not so much.

[Sn!p3r]

Ok I've been playing zoids fo a while and I having trouble unlocking the gatlin guns? Can some one help!

[KAndrw]

The Gattling guns are unlocked in Zi Fighters mode, IIRC. Just keep playing through and you'll keep unlocking stuff (in the shop - you still need to buy it from the shop to be able to use it).

[Sn!p3r]

i HAVE BOUGHT EVERY THING BUT STILL NO GATLIN GUN! When I paly story mode I see the gatlin guns but as soon as I pass the game still no gatlin gun?

[KAndrw]

What do you mean you see the gattling guns in story mode? Do you mean the Saber Tiger SS that you can use in the Coliseum? Unfortunately that is only available in story mode, at least until you unlock the bits.

The shop starts off pretty empty, and you have to unlock things to fill it up. I assume that there are still lots of entries in the shop marked '', right? Each time you pass Zi Fighters mode (initially 3 rounds, building up to 6 or 7), another one of the '' entries changes to a thing.

Hope that helps.

[Sn!p3r]

no what I mean is that in story mode I can see the Gatling gun on most zoids I'm not talking about the saber tigers but I can't see them in zi the gatling gun I also got all the zoids! Ps I've passed all the game all I need is the gatlin gun.

[Zzgashi]

its some weird glitch, that I don't understand. I unlocked everything I even bought the darn things yet it doesn't appear at all when I go to customize, and the only way I've found that fixes it deleting the file and start over from the beginning (which sucks after you have basically everything unlocked).