the Final Fantasy Challenge: The Trials of Heroes (Day 106)

After the battle with the Robot of Babel, the new GBA version of Final Fantasy IV has a new added feature, the trial of the other heroes. You're allowed to use previous characters at Mysidia, and the new dungeon, a new section at Mt. Ordeals is opened. The purpose of that area is so that you can get final weapons and armor for the other characters: Yang, Edward, Cid, and the twins. I went through it without much trouble. You'd have to have them in your party, so it's best to take them one at a time. If you're gutsy, you can get 2 or 3 at a time.

For instance, your battle for Yang's final weapon brings you to a fight with a Storm Dragon. Not too difficult at level 53, but I think you can do it in your high 50's. Always have Rosa with you, so she can heal your party up. It's probably the most important person in your team. By now she has Curaja, and everything should be easy with that at your disposal. After defeating the Storm Dragon, you'll be rewarded with the "Hand of Gods" - probably the same final weapon for Tifa in Final Fantasy VII. Cid's trial leads you to a fight with a Death Mask, and his reward is Thor's Hammer (an item from Final Fantasy I, found in Kraken's underwater dungeon). Edward's trial leads you to a fight with a Gigas worm, where you are rewarded with Apollo's Harp. I think this is genuinely a new item, unless it was created in Final Fantasy V. Porom's boss fight is with a T-Rex, and upon defeating it you will receive the Seraphim's Mace. Palom's boss fight is probably the most difficult, but nothing too bad with cautious fighting. Defeating the Master Flan will grant you Triton's Dagger.

All in all my quest is nearing the end. I still haven't defeated Odin, but it's a matter of time before I can get my HP high enough to survive one strike. Of the final weapons for my own team, I have acquired two: the Muramasa and Holy Lance (which was once the Lance of White in the SNES version). I finally got the two Ribbons from the Lunasaurs and the Crystal Plate for Cecil. More leveling to be done until I fight with the uber bosses before the end.