You can't skip it. The only thing that's really free roam is the world of ruin.
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You can't skip it. The only thing that's really free roam is the world of ruin.
I think I have a save state close to the Floating Continent...
EDIT: I have a save state at the beginning of Crescent Mountain, so I'll go from there.
EDIT 2: Strago was dead in my fight with Ultros and when Relm showed up he was back on his feet to speak with her in the battle, but once the battle resumed he collapsed back into his dead state.
Blarg, they revive the members of your party after the battle with Atma.
Picture one: Going in to fight Atma.
Picture two: Killing Atma with just Shadow alive.
Picture three: My status screen after Shadow leaves and before I walk up to Geshtal and the statues.
Well now we know. :P
I would like to point out "holy crap, 53 hours in the first half of the game"
And those are SNES FFVI hours which are screwed up anyway. :P
It's also the playthrough I'm using for screenshots and images for my website so it's not a "standard" playthrough. :p