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Eien no Filerna

Eien no Filerna (Eternal Filerna, sometimes romanized as Filena) looks like Final Fantasy V, plays like an especially backtracky JRPG, and sounds a bit like a bad hangover. Combine that with the fact that it came out a couple weeks before Chrono Trigger and you don't exactly have a recipe for success. What little chances it had of making it out of Japan were shot down by the sexual themes and unsubtle lesbian overtones, but at least the birth scene is slightly less awkward than the one in Final Fantasy VI.

Music Player#

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To access the game's hidden music player, highlight the リラのでんしノート item ("Lila's PDA" in the 2009 English fan translation) in the inventory, then press A once to make the cursor start flashing. Hold L + R, then press A again. The configuration menu will appear with a new fourth option, おまけ (Bonus). Selecting it opens a barebones sound player. Up and Down scroll through the game's 35 tracks, and A plays the currently selected one.

(Source: 時の無限回廊)

Unused Music#

Some of the tracks in the music player don't seem to be used anywhere in the game.

Music ID

Audio

Comments

08

Happy slappy bass time. Doesn't loop, so it's probably unfinished or meant for a scrapped cutscene.

26

A heavy, ponderous track with the game's ubiquitous poorly-looped string samples on full display.

30

Some short, droning little string thing.

32

A very unfinished piece, judging by the drums that vanish after a few measures, lack of looping, and generally unrefined composition. The battle themes are pretty much the only tracks with percussion in this game, so it was probably meant to be another one of those.

(Source: KungFuFurby)

Unused Items#

Quite a few of the game's items aren't used. A few are disabled debugging leftovers, while others are perfectly normal items that apparently just didn't make the cut.

To access these in-game, enter the pair of Pro Action Replay codes given in the tables below to replace the first slot in the inventory with the given item.

Debugging Leftovers#

Codes

Name

Description

Comments

7E05AA0D
7E06B701

いじょうかいよび

なし

Considered a status restorative, but it's permanently greyed out and can't be used.

Spare status recovery potion

Nothing

7E05AA0E
7E06B801

TPかいふくよび

なし

A TP restorative, but it also can't be used.

TP Refill

Nothing

7E05AA22
7E06CC01

ヂバッグ日記

データをロードする

When used, this opens a menu containing the numbered options "Load 1" through "Load 4", but selecting any option freezes the game. Presumably, this allowed files to be loaded without resetting the game in earlier versions.

Debug Diary

Loads data

Weapons#

Codes

Name

Description

Attack

Defense

Weight

Sell Price

Comments

7E05AA5D
7E070701

コラ

攻げき『切り』

110

0

28

1125 CR

A two-handed blade usable by Filerna and Laris.

Kora

Attack type: "Slash"

7E05AA61
7E070B01

アークブレード

攻げき『切り』

168

0

43

5250 CR

A two-handed blade usable by Filerna, Nest, and Laris.

Arc Blade

Attack type: "Slash"

7E05AA6F
7E071901

フラムベルク

攻げき『つき』

105

0

27

1125 CR

A two-handed spear usable by Filerna, Lila, Milika, Laris, and Amanela.

Flamberge

Attack type: "Pierce"

Helmets#

Codes

Name

Description

Attack

Defense

Weight

Sell Price

Comments

7E05AA9E
7E074801

うさぎちゃんはっと

ぼうし

0

64

17

900 CR

A hat wearable by Filerna, Lila, and Milika. Gives bonuses of +5 to stamina, +10 to speed, and +5 to dexterity.

Bunny Hat

Hat

7E05AAA4
7E074E01

バイキングのかぶと

かぶと

0

115

29

3000 CR

A helmet wearable by Filerna, Lila, Nest, Laris, and Amanela.

Viking Helmet

Helmet

Accessories#

Codes

Name

Description

Attack

Defense

Weight

Sell Price

Comments

7E05AAC4
7E076E01

ローラーシューズ

すばやさが止がる

0

0

5

750 CR

Boots equippable by Filerna. Give a bonus of +40 to speed.

Roller Shoes

Increase speed

7E05AADF
7E078901

かいのくびかざり

『じゅうしょう』をかいひ

0

0

1

3750 CR

A necklace wearable by Filerna, Lila, Nest, Milika, Laris, Gappy, and Amanela.

Ocean Necklace

Prevents "Wounded"

7E05AAE5
7E078F01

なし

なし

0

0

0

Can't be sold

A filler entry for the 58 unused slots at the end of the item table. It's considered a necklace, but no characters can equip it.

Nothing

Nothing

Miscellaneous#

Codes

Name

Description

Comments

7E05AA17
7E06C101

キキリキのやくそう

めにききます

Presumably, this was the key item associated with the quest in Little Laritenia to find a Kikiriki herb to heal Filerna's eyes. In the finished game, the herb is used in the cutscene immediately after it's found, so there's no need for this.

Kikiriki Herb

Heals eyes

7E05AA4F
7E06F901

かいがら

???

Possibly meant to be another collectible item that could be exchanged at the black market after gathering ten of them, in which case it would most likely have been associated with the unused Ocean Necklace.

Shell

???

(Source: 時の無限回廊)

Quick Run#

You found "Quick Run"!

While not unused, this useful item is hidden in an incredibly obtuse way, and there's no hint in the game that it even exists. Go to the outside of the Coliseum in Dorah, where there are four statues that look like ordinary background decoration. Numbering the statues from left to right, face the front of each one and press A in the following order: 1, 3, 2, 4. There's no audio or visual confirmation for each press, but inspecting the final statue yields the クイックラン (Quick Run), a pair of boots that quadruples the party's running speed on the overworld when equipped.

Note that this item is the last one in the game's internal ordering before the filler slots of "Nothing", suggesting it was a late addition.

(Source: 時の無限回廊)