Timber Maniacs
Timber Maniacs are magazines that Laguna has written articles in. While they are not important to beating the game, they are somewhat interesting. Once you find and read a magazine, go to the Garden and make your way to the classroom on the 2nd Floor. When you're there, go to the computer and see what Selphie had to say about the magazines. They can be found at the following locations:
Occult Fan
These magazines help explain certain parts of the game better, and can be found at the following locations:
Combat King
Everytime you find one of these magazines, Zell learns a new limit break.
Issue | Location | Limit |
Combat King 001 | D District Prison | Dolphin Blow |
Combat King 002 | Beat Fujin and Raijin in Balamb Town | Meteor Strike |
Combat King 003 | Balamb Hotel (the girl) | Meteor Barret |
Combat King 004 | Esthar Soldier (talk to him a few times) | Different Beat |
Combat King 005 | Lunatic Pandora | Final Heaven |
Pet Pals
By reading these magazines, you teach Rinoa and her dog, Angelo, new limit breaks. Once you've read one, make sure you change Rinoa's settings in the menu to learn the new limit.
Issue | Location | Limit |
Pet Pals Vol 1 | Train going to Timber | Angelo Strike |
Pet Pals Vol 2 | Train assaluting President (on Rinoa's bed) | Angelo Recover |
Pet Pals Vol 3 | Timber Shop | Invincible Moon |
Pet Pals Vol 4 | Timber Shop | Angelo Reverse |
Pet Pals Vol 5 | Timber Shop | Angelo Search |
Pet Pals Vol 6 | Timber Shop | Wishing Star |
Final Fantasy VIII came out in Japan on 11th February 1999. Happy birthday to the most divisive of FF games! It's great obviously.
Last Post By: Jiro Yesterday, 01:25 AMFor the longest time I picked up these magazines and had no idea they effected the story. Either that, or I just forgot. I thought they were nice pieces
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Last Post By: maybee 05-11-2018, 01:39 PMSo I stumbled across this:
And while I generally take FF Peasant's words with a grain of salt (since he kept confusing
Theory : There's certain 'groups' of people when it comes to this game.
But I love FFVIII
Also, after 7 years I've finally hit 100 posts!
Whoo-hoo!
I'm going to try and stand up for this classic game and defend it and show why it's not "trash ".