Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remaster Bug Leaves Players With Dead Party During Magic Master Fight

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Starting from last year, Square Enix has been re-releasing a few of its classic Final Fantasy games under the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster banner. These new Pixel Remaster releases also include a variety of updates to each game, such as newly-drawn sprite work that is faithful to the originals, along with quality-of-life and musical improvements. This includes the ever-popular Final Fantasy 6.

Since this updated version of Final Fantasy 6 has seen multiple changes, there were bound to be some bugs that would also be introduced. One fan has discovered a rather interesting bug during the late-game with a boss fight against the Magic Master. This boss can be fought at the very top of the Cultists' Tower, a location where the party needs to visit in order to find the Soul of Thamasa Treasure. Upon obtaining said Treasure, members of Kefka Palazzo's cult will hound the player and summon the Magic Master to fight the party. The Magic Master is extremely powerful, specializing in high-level spells such as Ultima.

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That last spell in particular will be cast when the Magic Master is defeated, which the party will need to avoid or else it will result in a game over. This can be done by either using FF6's Reraise spell on the party to revive them after Ultima has been cast or by using the Jump move to avoid the attack. Alternatively, the party could still win the battle without needing either strategy, as demonstrated in a video uploaded by benryhenson

According to benryhenson, it involves the player needing to defeat the Magic Master boss using the Quick Spell. This spell in Final Fantasy 6 allows the party member who casted it to give them two