[Spoilers] No Fish on Solitary Island?

[smænch]

I'm already past Solitary Island and I ended up having Cid die but only because there were no fish in the water. Not a one. I haven't seen any similar issues for other players.

What gives?

[♠Arachnid Gaming♠]

Isn't Cid supposed to die anyway?

[smænch]

Originally posted by Penumbra the Plague Doctor:

Isn't Cid supposed to die anyway?

He lives if you give him enough fish. Although choosing to let him die let's Celes' character develop even greater in the story.

[Shadow Wolf]

If you want him to live, you have to only give him the good fishes (generally the ones that swim faster). The game keeps score with an internal value that determines his survival.

If you happen to see no fish or only the slow rotten ones, go back to the house and talk to Cid, that will trigger the respawn of the fishes. Keeping him alive just makes one more useless NPC that you have no reason to talk to ever again after leaving the island.

Depending on much in hurry you are to progress in the story, you want to kill off Cid since depending on your luck, it can take a while to get enough good fish for him to recover.

[smænch]

Originally posted by Epex aetonix:

Originally posted by smænch:

He lives if you give him enough fish. Although choosing to let him die let's Celes' character develop even greater in the story.

Where in the game does it develop her character more?

When Celes tries to kill herself. If you choose to save Cid, this type of character development doesn't happen.

[Shadow Wolf]

Would have been nice add on in the hidden achievement list since its not clearly explained in game how to save Cid, unless you know because played a previous version on FF6 or looked it up in a guide.

All the game tells you is that, you need to get fish for him, doesn't teach you anything about the lesser quality ones