Chocobo World

Final Fantasy VIII - Chocobo World

Chocobo World is a mini-game that was originally for the PocketStation in Japan. In the mini-game you control a Chicobo called Boko and is assisted by Cactuar & Moomba.

You must first find Boko in the main Final Fantasy VIII game; this is done by completing a Chocobo Forest, afterwards Chocoboy will offer you Boko who will follow the Chocobo you ride on the world map.

From this point on, Chocobo World becomes an option on the Save Game menu, selecting this option allows you to send Boko to Chocobo World, bring him home, start over with a new Chicobo and learn how to play.

Story

Mog, a MiniMog, wants to go treasure hunting with his friends. But the treasure is in the 'Scary Mountain'.

Everybody tells Mog, "We're not going! It's too scary!" but Mog wants to go so badly. No one can stop him now!

Mog finally decided to go by himself. Then... Two days passed... Three days passed. Mog did not come home. Moomba and Cactuar imagined Mog being barbecued by the Demon King.

"We have to go help Mog with Chicobo!".

Moomba said, "I'll find weapons!"

Cactuar said, "I'll find treasures!"

What's Chicobo doing with a TV and Fishing Pole?

How to play

The mini-game is split between 2 main parts; walking and battle. The controls below will be referenced based on the PC version of Final Fantasy VIII.

On the walking screen; use the direction buttons to move Boko up, down, left, and right and Ctrl to open the menu.

On the battle screen you can use left and right buttons (alternate between left and right) to speed up the ATB timer.

While walking, open the menu to see where you are and where "Events" can be found, make your way to these events (Hold down direction arrow to go faster). Events can be one of the following:

Battle Event
Moomba Event
Cactuar Event
Koko Event
MiniMog Event
Demon King Event
Rest Event

Battle Event

When in battle, each combatant has their HP (Left for enemy, right for player) and a timer in the middle.

When the timer reaches 0, the combatant will attack; you can speed your timer up by alternatively tapping left and right.

Your attack power, and therefore damage, is determined by your weapon stats; if you have a weapon with the stats 2450, you will deal damage of 2, 4, 5 or 0 which is chosen at random.

After the battle is won, you will get to place a dot on the level up grid; this is random but the goal is the get 3 in a row either vertically, horizontally or diagonally to level up.