Zoids Legacy is the English-version name for Zoids Saga II. Since Saga I was never released in the US, the name changed. =)

What I hope this page to have:
• Profiles & at least /partial/ spritesheets.
• A screenshot-filled walkthrough? (haha, probably not. too unmotivated. :D;;) Box scans for sure, though.

I've got an English rom, so once I finish my cartridge game, I'll go scap the heck out of a new game on the rom. (I have a bad habit of abandoning older games if I start a new one, so I'm not going to restart until I at least finish my first game. :E) In the meantime, have some screenshots. Apologies for the blah quality, I haven't yet mastered the skill of taking pictures of a GBA screen with my camera. ;)

• Overworld song. Love the song, ripped it with the VisualBoy Advance emulator. Putting it up here so others can nab it too. ^^ (3.6 MB)


INTRODUCTION

Copied from the manual: "ZOIDS are great metal warrior robots from Planet Zi beyond the galaxy. For many generations, ZOIDS and their proud pilots clashed during the Planet Zi wars.

During a recent experiment with the new "ZOS" weapon, Planet Zi experienced an accidental time-space fusion. This fusion created a collision of ZOIDS warriors from all of the different eras. Van, Bit, Prince Athle of Arcadia Kingdom, Republic's test pilot Zan and more all came together at once, causing great turmoil and confusion.

Now, with Planet Zi up in arms, all hope of returning to normal rests with a young but promising ZOIDS warrior -- a warrior by the name of Zeru Jupit."

Controls

Control	Adventure Mode	Data Menu	Battle Mode
Control Pad	Move character/s	(Up) or (Down): Move cursor (Left) or (Right): Next page	Move cursor
A Button	Speak Advance dialog Pick up item	Accept changes Display next page	Accept changes/selections
B Button	Run (press and hold) Close the Worldmap	Exit Menu or section of the Menu Cancel changes	Cancel selection Skip battle animation
R Button	Display the Worldmap	Display next page (in Status pages) Hide stats window (in Database) Toggle Zoid and pilot view (in Status and main Menu)	Display ally team status
L Button	--	Display previous or next page (it varies) Toggle Zoid and Pilot view (in Status and main Menu)	Display enemy team status
Start	Bring up the Data Menu (also pauses the game)	Display Growth Type Setups (on Pilot Status page)	--

I found the stats system confusing as heck when I was first learning the ropes for the game. Here's a chart for the stats that is hopefully easier to understand than the one in manual:

Zoids Stats

Name	Description	Notes
HP	Hit Points (shown as: current health / max health)	A Zoid is destroyed when its HP reaches 0. Pilots are unkillable, as they have no HP. :P
EP	Energy Level (shown as either 'max energy' or 'current energy / max energy')	Most weapons require EP to use. All Zoids start a battle with half of their maximum EP available, and it increases each turn according to its GEP stat. (If you're familiar with Megaman/Rockman X Command Mission's energy system, it works much the same.)
GEP	Energy Generation Rate	Amount of EP regained at the beginning of each turn in battle.
SP	Base Speed	Affects IV and evasion rate.
MM	Mobility	Affects evasion rate.
IV	Initiative Velocity	IV = SP + SR. Affects Zoids' turn order in-battle; highest stat goes first. (If you're familiar with D&D, it's more or less Initiative.)
DF	Defense	Affects how much damage a Zoid will receive from attacks. Higher = better, as with all these defense stats.
AM	Armor	Affects chances of receiving a direct hit. A direct hit may cause its combat system to Freeze.
DCP	Damage Durability	Affects chances of Freezing when directly hit. I think it works in percentages, so a Zoid with a DCP higher than 99 will never get a Combat System Freeze. (This may exclude attacks that are designed to cause Freezes, but I'm not certain.)
SR	Sensor Accuracy (ability to locate opponents on the battlefield)	Affects evasion rate.
CLV	Character level (LVL) required	If the pilot does not at an equal or greater level than this stat, the Zoid's performance will be limited. If the pilot's level is higher, than performance will be boosted. (HP, MM, IV, DCP and SR can be raised this way.)
TP	Degree of Training (Zoid's Level)	Somewhat like pilot level, but it raises more stats, and levelup occurs much more frequently. HP, EP, GEP, CP, and some other stats can be raised this way. (Sorry, haven't done the necessary research yet. ^^;) 200 is the maximum level.
CP	Weapon weight restriction	New (not built-on) weaponry have a Weight stat. The combined Weight of all new equipment should not go above this number, or its performance will be limited. (I don't yet know by how much, haven't tested it.)
SIZE	Size stat.	Only function I've noticed is that XL-sized Zoids can only go in the middle row. Also, people can restrict battles to certain sizes using the size stat, rather than guesswork.

Pilot Stats

Name	Description	Notes
HP	Zoids Health Correction Factor	Increases the HP of the piloted Zoid by this amount.
MM	Zoids Mobility Correction Factor	Increases the MM of the piloted Zoid by this amount.
DCP	Pilot Defense Correction Factor	Increases DCP, based on the pilot's durability when piloted Zoid receives damage.
SR	Zoids Sensor Correction Factor	Increases SR, based on the pilot's ability to spot people and objects.
HR	Hit Rate Correction Factor	Increases weapons' HR, based on pilot's shooting accuracy.
LVL	Current pilot level	Pilot's overall experience level.
EXP	Current number of experience points	EXP comes from winning battles, and is for getting to the next LVL. (But who doesn't know that?)
NEXT	When the next LVL is	Pilots receive an increase to their stats and their piloted Zoid's stats increase accordingly on levelup.
ORGANOID	Listed if there is an Organoid accompanying the pilot	Organoids enhance max HP, max EP, and utilize any Skills they have when they combine with a Zoid.

Pilot Skills: Affect a pilot's ability in battle, based off of their personality and talents. For instance, Juno is very skilled at shooting, and has the Skill "Multi-Fire1", which permits her to fire two different guns in one round. Tita is bad at Ground combat, and has the "Easy Target" Skill, which lowers her Zoid's ability to dodge Ground (melee) attacks; on the other hand, she is good at dodging weaponsfire, which is expressed in the game with the "End Shots+15%" Skill.
And then there are unfortunate souls like Benjamin and Sebastian, who don't have /any/ good skills right-off. ;)

Organoid Skills: Affect what happens to a Zoid, or what it can do, after it combines with the Organoid. This includes boosting Max HP (even more than the Organoid's HP stat will do), attack power, Armor level, and more specialized abilities such as the ZOS system.



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