Can you defeat all the heroes in one playthrough?

[Hi.standard]

I had 4, then i got last emperor like WTF, did I mess something up?

[Chester]

Not really, no. The only way to do so would be to get the Final Emperor early (there's a trick to doing it involving killing every possible alternative until the Final Emperor shows up - I don't find it very fun and wouldn't recommend).

In the original and remaster, there was a way to manipulate the system to skip the Final Emperor and begin the endgame without them. That's been removed for this version though. Once you get far enough a time skip will automatically happen and the Final Emperor will arrive.

[AliceShiki]

In one playthrough?

Uhn... Yes? The entire goal of the game is to beat all 7 heroes... You beat all 7 heroes in 100% of the playthroughs. It's impossible to clear the game without defeating all 7 heroes.

If you mean in one generation... Only if you get early Final Emperor.

[Hi.standard]

Originally posted by AliceShiki:

In one playthrough?

Uhn... Yes? The entire goal of the game is to beat all 7 heroes... You beat all 7 heroes in 100% of the playthroughs. It's impossible to clear the game without defeating all 7 heroes.

If you mean in one generation... Only if you get early Final Emperor.

Well I mean before you get the final emperor. I got final emperor and had only defeated 4 heroes, is that normal?

[AliceShiki]

The trigger to get Final Emperor is to defeat 5 heroes (Kzinssie included), so... Yes, absolutely normal.

The failsafe trigger to get Final Emperor is if every single other possible Emperor option has already been an Emperor before. This leads to Final Emperor as well, but it will never happen unless you force it.