COMMON FAQ - Where'd that time box come from?! At 2:10, I get a time box in the distance. It's not intentional, my shuriken flew off into the distance and ended up breaking a stack of boxes. The boxes are blocking the cubby you see at 2:32. Additionally, I hit a time box at 2:28 - same thing happened - my shuriken flew off and hit a box I wasn't even close to targeting. That time box is normally on top of a stack you'd see at 2:44. I'm not getting any secret time boxes or anything that you can't get on your own. They just got broken out of order, unintentionally. Yuffie's targeting is on drugs.
So for this section, what you have to do is point the camera at a box, point Yuffie at it, see the target highlight the box you want to hit and oh no Yuffie's decided to target something off screen about 20 metres away
@Tanjiro That is exactly how I beat it and I wouldn't be surprised at all if I played it over 100 times like you said too. This one mini-game has the ability to ruin the entire dlc experience it's that awful to me.
@@metalcactuarjumpman7605 This video + Parry + equip skill master and ninja canonball material. Ninja canonball will destrow both purple and orange regardless and all you need is to alternate your abilities to trigger the skill master. Parry will cancel faster any movement.
To anyone coming to this a year and a half late, just spam Triangle/Y nonstop and do the throw+Windstorm combo for white boxes when available, especially on the ones you can only hit at range. Throw+Windstorm on the middle box for the ones in a big clock formation, hits all of em and only takes one more throw on each to break. Beat it with ~15s to spare.
@@Jibb_Buttkiss Practice more I guess? You'll have to know where every box is and figure out a good route to them, the teleport from hitting y/triangle after a throw helps but avoiding backtracking is still ideal. Also, there's one box that's just evil, there's a part where you turn a corner I think left to continue but you need to go around a corner to the right instead to find it. I don't remember if the minigame normalizes your damage but if not, try coming back to it after a few levels or with a stronger weapon.
"Lets make a challenge that requires exact perfect targeting and timing, but make the targeting system complete RNG that has nothing to do with where your camera is aiming so the player has as little control over their characters actions as possible". -Square Enix
This challenge was harder than it needed to be and I literally spent a good 2 hours trying to get this done. Now I got a headache but I finally did it, all for that Exp Materia baby.
I got a nosebleed immediately after defeating Bahamaut with Cloud Tifa and Barret slightly underleveled on Normal. My first play through and i didnt want to backtrack. Every guide I saw said I wanted to have Aerith. But once I figured out how broken Tifa is, it was actually easy but I spent so much time on the boss leading to that point my brain was fried 😭
Little precision that I just noticed : in order to get the hidden time boxes in the 2nd big area, you need to use NORMAL windstorm, not the enhanced one that triggers when the shuriken is attached to a box. The trick is that normal windstorm is weaker but wider, which allows you to get past the wall to break time boxes on the side. Enhanced windstorm is way smaller so you usually can't these boxes with it.
This was SUPER helpful, the major problem for me? Sometimes those hidden time boxes just aren't there. sometimes I break those boxes and get like 20 seconds...and sometimes I clear the whole area and don't get a single extra second. Yuffie's broken targeting and the lack of time box consistency makes this the single most difficult challenge for me, even more so than the box challenges I did with Cloud.
I couldn't agree more - there are plenty of games that manage, FF7R really has no excuse - basically just put a pointer in the middle of the screen and use that to determine what's being targetted - not only is that easier programmatically, it's MUCH more user friendly - so they've made everyone's lives more difficult lol
At 2:49, your Windstorm attack activates where your shuriken is at so if you throw the shuriken first and then use Windstorm, it produces a bigger and stronger Area-of-effect attack and takes out all of these boxes with the single Windstorm. This was definitely a useful guide, and was able to complete this with about 20 seconds to spare. The biggest hurdle really is dealing with the damn targeting system but I had to practice each room til it becomes memory.
Just a heads up, that giant stack of boxes doesn't have a ton of extra time boxes, you're actually destroying a stack with box on top of it through the wall in the final zone, that's where some of the extra time comes from. Video was great though, helped me get it.
you saved me, i thought they made the challenge harder or something cuz i wasnt getting them. but you made me realize i had to use it closer to the wall thank you so much
What I did: Spam Triangle for orange and purple boxes 1 air dashes for orange boxes 2 air dashes for purple boxes Saves you a lot of time instead of doing combos on these smaller boxes. Everything else, just do what he does for the big boxes.
Just wanted to say thank you. I finally managed to do it with your advice rather than switching approach based on type of damage suggested for the crate. Cheers!
Some advice for something that took me a while to realize (sorry if I’d just skipped over it in the video), it’s not enough to turn the the camera to aim, yuffie needs to be pointed at the target too. In fact I think this is more important, once I figured out how to aim properly I did it in 2-3 tries. Only other advice is don’t over spam the throw in rooms with the magic boxes because sometimes you hit your target right away and you don’t want the shuriken coming back
You made this much, much easier, thanks for talking us through this because it would have been a lot more difficult to follow your thought process otherwise
Nice, thank you, great explainer! I appreciate that you also spelled out the more obvious (but still not totally explained) skills - which I realized through these challenge levels - as well as the Windstorm usage, which was the key thing I hadn't figured out & needed help with. Great video!
Finally did this. This guide really helped. I forgot to do the level 3 Banishment. Still pulled it off. Of course, my Yuffie and Sonon are already max level, so the Exp Up Materia is totally useless. But, I got my Trophy, and can not just play the game leisurely.
I want to make this comment for people like me who watched this guide but still seem to struggle due to her quirky targeting system and this is why: Even though something may be targetted, Yuffie will always throw her shuriken at whatever SHE HERSELF is facing unless you're fully Locked On. For example, at the start of the run, all you have to do is turn Yuffie to the right and you can throw the shuriken, you don't need to turn the camera. Also, ROLLING IS SUPER IMPORTANT since it summons your shuriken back to you. I tried it for 2 hours with this guide, then just said "fuck it, I'm going to roll after almost every box kill" and then I got it in 2 tries. Basically the pattern is: look at box -> throw shuriken -> do action until box is dead -> roll -> look at next box -> throw shuriken -> do action -> roll, etc. Also that Banishment near the end that clears those six or seven 1500 boxes is really important; without that it's an extremely tight run.
Thanks! I kept getting sooo close but running out of boxes, started to think it was impossible. I was completely missing the tucked away boxes at the very start and that one tucked away big box in the middle. That made the difference
Thank you so very much for this guide!!! This really worked, and I learned a lot of stuff about Windstorm and the other abilities! It was really helpful, thanks again!
Great guide!! Late to the party, but I have a few insights I’m not sure I saw, sorry if I’m redundant: 1. parry materia really helps with zippier movement 2. Using the menu (X) to slow time allows you to patiently and calmly select your next box target 3. Double triangle (PS5) is the quickest way to move between groups of boxes, and 5 sets in a row is the best way to break single 1500 boxes without ATB and which Yuffie can reach; pair with using menu to slow time to keep the weapon or Yuffie from flying off and try not to hit an extra triangle 4. It’s definitely stated, but I would emphatically agree, especially for purple boxes: get used to cancelling actions after throwing to keep Yuffie grounded and in ranged elemental mode 5. This will likely take you many many attempts to learn the path
Some things that could fix this mini-game: Add a damn retry, not that difficult. Fix the stupid targeting system ~ it's god-awful and I don't want to see it in future titles. Make the score requirement 48000 or something. No point making something unbearable for some players and then slapping a bronze trophy behind it.
I just realized that that hitting the orange boxes with physical attacks are effective, whereas spells are effective against purple boxes, as indicated by the sword and wand icon plastered on them.
You are da man. Is still took me some tries. I realised that Yufi’s targeting depends on her movement rather then camera - so one need to move toward the boxes one wants to aim at. Playing on PC I switched to M&K - a bit clunky but found it much easier to turn around quickly.
thank you for this video. man this part was hard and tricky. For a straight forward linear game like FF7 this is actually the most complex part of the game lol.
My route was a little different. I used Wind Storm for most of the boxes. As needed, I built up my ATB gauge by spamming attack twice and dodging to reduce recovery time. For the 100 point boxes, I targeted them to instantly break them. For the 200 point boxes, I just attacked them after throwing my shuriken, in which I used dodge rolls to approach them faster. Then I finished off the last box with a banishment. I also did take advantage of breaking boxes behind the wall, as well.
This was a big help. At the start, I hadn't yet found the time box off to the right. That sealed it for me. I did it a lot like you did but I used windstorm on all the big boxes.
Damn, even with this video I just cant get it right. I think I have to move on and sacrifice that trophy before I go and buy a shuriken just to stab myself with.
You can do it, but not like in this video. You have to return to those boxes in the corner, I managed to do it with like 0.5sec to spare, because they patched it! Nuts
I don't think you notice it as you don't mention it in the video, but at around 2:09 you throw your shuriken off screen and hit a time box that isn't shown anywhere that you can see.
You're not the first person to mention this, and I hate to say it, but I have no earthly idea where that time box is. Sometimes I hit it, sometimes I don't. I just did this challenge for someone last week and couldn't find it. It's annoying because if Photo Mode was allowed during this challenge, I could find it easy.
Yo, the windstorm knowledge helped a ton. I wasn't understanding the different forms of it and peaked at like 46k. 100% made it easier when you know which windstorm is which
Glad it helped! I only figured it out when I was making attempt after attempt, and noticed that one time my windstorm made a much large explosion. Went back to my recording and was like "ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, they NEVER explained that" haha.
@@SweetJohnnyCage I always thought it had something to do with Sonon but seeing it happen at different random times in the soldier run was confusing for sure!
Couldn't get the last 1500 points after 20 tries, using banishment at 3:27 was the trick I was missing. Got it second try after watching your vid! Thank you so much!
Thanks a lot; the windstorm tip does help a lot, although it would’ve helped to clarify that it doing it on her shuriken seems to replace the normal large AOE around Yuffie’s body. It also helped me to figure out that just repeatedly throwing the retrieving breaks the big boxes faster than just whaling on them with Yufee’s melee attacks; and there are a couple parts where using her magic wave attack (hold down attack while her shuriken is thrown) can quickly break a bunch of little boxes at once, if you aim it right.
Alright I still haven't succeeded, however I found out the missing crate have been moved to the final zone instead of being left where they were behind the big stash of mixed boxes. So there's the same amount of time but dispatched in a more difficult way :(
Man, thank you so much! I've followed your strat and managed to complete it with less than a second remaining 😂 It took me a few tries, but it worked, thanks!!
Thanks for the help! Made it much easier! One important note… there are no time boxes hidden behind the other boxes at 2:42. It’s on the other side of the wall, and it’s only 1 of them. It’s very difficult to position the windstorm just right there.
I’m not getting anything behind that wall unless they beefed this up and without that extra 20 seconds it’s impossible literally I tried 50 times I’ve platinumed like 20 games so far and I just started a few months ago so I know it’s not my skill I just don’t get them boxes he does. There is no extra time only 2/50 tries did it give me more time
They're hidden and wonky asf, I think they're below ground. You have to target the bottom box at least two boxes in or something for the ability to reach those boxes. Actually, rather, you need to go into the area as far as he does in the video before using windstorm
@@ericforsyth they’re on the other side of the wall. The side that you use banishment on. If you use wind storm on your shuriken’s target it does more damage but if you use it while it’s attached to you it has a bigger radius.
At the very last box of this guide, I would recommend to just use a windstorm when the shuriken is on the box. Using level 1 banishment costed me to fail it a few times when I was stressing about lack of time in a pinch, since it does really low damage.
Literally did both Cloud box smash challenges on my first try. I hate the targeting system in this game. Looking right at a box and she throws her weapon at one off camera. Finally got it. Though not with seconds to spare, literally last second.
After I finally got the hang of it, I got so close but my final banishment came out right after the buzzer. My second full attempt after that got me a clear with only 3 seconds to spare. 😅
My tips for completing it was this. 1.Have Deadly Dodge and Parry Materia. Parry Matreia allows Yuffie to do bigger dodges making her go just slightly faster, and the attack out of deadly dodge destroys orange blocks in a quick two hit. 2. Don't even bother with ninjutsu for the purple boxes, the purple boxes break in two throws and retrieve attacks (the oranges break in one). 3. If the lock-on hits the red box on top of a couple of orange ones and comes back, or you only break the top purple box instead of both the top and bottom one, don't throw it again, just deadly dodge attack. 4. Always destroy white boxes by using the shiruken-enhanced windstorm to weaken or destroy all those around them, if the enhanced windstorm doesn't break every box there, hit the leftover box with either a throw and retrieve or a deadly dodge attack and it should will destroy it.
Figured all this out from sheer will after an hour of trying. Except I still didn’t realize the shuriken is what makes the wind deal mega damage. Thanks!
The 3rd room with all the boxes….2/30 tries there were hidden time boxes so it’s impossible for me to finish. I always run out of time before I can get into the last room it’s driving me nuts anyone else have that issue
Make sure the windstorm near the giant group of crates is a raw windstorm, not a shuriken windstorm. If you have a shuriken out and cast windstorm, the explosion will not reach the time boxes behind the wall.
Thank you! I tried throwing shuriken many times thinking it has to be pixel perfect because it wasn't working until I used plain windstorm and finished the challenge! Cheers!
One extra tip I found is to throw the shuriken on the first side boxes and while the shuriken’s hitting them, use ninjutsu to destroy the purple boxes in the hallway. Once the side boxes are destroyed (you’ll see your points hit 1200), follow this guide from there and you’ll have over 40 seconds out the first room!!
An additional tip, it helped me at least. On the big pile combining red/blue, I also use windstorm but I follow up with throwing it out, rolling then attacking with deadly dodge equiped.
guys I realized if you press R3 the targetting modes toggles between free and focused camera. The latter makes it possible to select the target manually, can help if you need it corrected…
Commented on your other video on how to d complete combat simulator Yuffie & Sonon vs Secret Boss and now I’m here to say this helped with the final FF7R Intergrade challenge for me. Cheers!
Holy crap. After about 45 min straight of trying to beat this S.O.B. I finally did it with about 5 seconds to spare. Biggest thing to remember is to press Triangle at the silver boxes to keep your shuriken spinning on them and use windstorm to destroy them quickly. Also equip the steel reaper with power wrist guards. Good luck!
In one of my attempts, I just had one box remaining, but that moving plate barred the banishment spell I casted and I failed. It's probably better to use windstorm, just to be sure.
For everyone struggling with the target lock, don't bother aiming with the camera. Instead, turn Yuffie to face the direction you want her to throw the shuriken. For example, at the start, if you hold right on your left stick and spam triangle, she will go to the hidden boxes immediately. Once you start to know the layout better you barely need to use the camera at all, though be careful what you have line of sight to because if you throw too early and you can't see the box you want to hit, you'll go to another one or just randomly across the room.
FINALLY got it this morning. This challenge was pissing me off so much. I kept comparing myself to where you were at the same point and wondering how the hell you had so much more time than me at certain parts. Just beat it with 1.5 seconds remaining because even though I finally managed to make it to the final room and do Banishment 3 on the group of 1500 boxes at the same time you did, I somehow screwed up on that 1500 box behind the moving barriers. I must've missed my throw and not noticed it, casting Banishment I, which missed... but thank God I had another ATB left so I threw again, landed it, used Banishment I, and just got to 50000. I hate this challenge and never want to see it again.
I'm gonna have to take the L on this one. For whatever reason, the hidden time at 2:51 never turns up for me when I do windstorm, and then it's always game over no matter how I slice it at that point. Anyone else have this problem?
It's frustrating cuz the hidden time boxes are literally hidden and out of sight. I'm assuming it's just below the panel floors. Anyways, the best method I found to break them is to stand in the middle of the clutter and use windstorm as it is WITHOUT the ninja star thrown. Hope this helps.
one tip i have for people struggling is if you miss a few towards the end areas, dont fixate on them and just go onwards first. there are alot of time boxes at the final area so once u clear the final area there should be enough time for u to get back for those u missed
took me 2 hours, after 1 hr i found your video... 15 minutes later i got to 48500 and the last banish was blocked lol so i used windstorm and had 4 seconds to spare! Thanks man
Dude thank you so much for this. I just beat it and that was a nightmare. The camera for doing this is horrible, but I somehow barely made it. It seems like the lock on is based on where Yuffie is facing and not where the camera is facing which is really weird and took me a while to wrap my head around it.
You made this look so easy, thank you so much for the video. I never would have finished this challenge without this video! I beat it with 0.204 seconds left though....
@sweetjohnny is a certain setting or difficulty this needs to be done at? I swear I’m following your guide to a tee, but I’m always at like 15 seconds when I get to the ramp no matter what I do be it running or dashing. Doesn’t make sense.
My shurkien flies off in the distance and breaks a stack of boxes that would normally be blocking the alcove at 2:32. You can see it's gone for me. It wasn't intentional.
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COMMON FAQ - Where'd that time box come from?!
At 2:10, I get a time box in the distance. It's not intentional, my shuriken flew off into the distance and ended up breaking a stack of boxes. The boxes are blocking the cubby you see at 2:32. Additionally, I hit a time box at 2:28 - same thing happened - my shuriken flew off and hit a box I wasn't even close to targeting. That time box is normally on top of a stack you'd see at 2:44.
I'm not getting any secret time boxes or anything that you can't get on your own. They just got broken out of order, unintentionally. Yuffie's targeting is on drugs.
I don't get any time box behind the big stack at 2:45! Is it possible?!
Make sure you do not have your shuriken out at that time. You want to do a windstorm without targeting anything in particular.@@DavideBattisti
I saw where you got the time box from. It is on the other side of the room when you come down the ramp
Would you be able to help me with this on ps5 via shareplay? I can't win this for the life of me.
Yea I can give it a shot for you. Add me on PSN, SweetJohnnyCage@@ApexWolfStudios
So for this section, what you have to do is point the camera at a box, point Yuffie at it, see the target highlight the box you want to hit and oh no Yuffie's decided to target something off screen about 20 metres away
For real. EVERY TIME. Her targeting isn't wonky. It's total garbage.
Every f#@◇king time
It took me like 100 times but if you dodge after every move and aim and lock on first you can do it
Hahahhahahahaha so true
@Tanjiro That is exactly how I beat it and I wouldn't be surprised at all if I played it over 100 times like you said too. This one mini-game has the ability to ruin the entire dlc experience it's that awful to me.
The targeting machanism is what makes this challenge most challenging in this game.
ofc
It freaking sucks! I'm targeting what's in front if me, why the hell is it targeting something not even on screen?
@@metalcactuarjumpman7605 This video + Parry + equip skill master and ninja canonball material. Ninja canonball will destrow both purple and orange regardless and all you need is to alternate your abilities to trigger the skill master. Parry will cancel faster any movement.
The true boss of ff7r
No that's the pull ups
@@Voiya what? the pull ups are a cake walk compared to this.
@@Voiya these two quests running in each other direction in a velocity of 80 km/h. Which one is more irritating? 🤯🤯
@@Voiya pull ups are piece of cake compared to this lol
true boss is Jules pull ups
To anyone coming to this a year and a half late, just spam Triangle/Y nonstop and do the throw+Windstorm combo for white boxes when available, especially on the ones you can only hit at range. Throw+Windstorm on the middle box for the ones in a big clock formation, hits all of em and only takes one more throw on each to break. Beat it with ~15s to spare.
Jesus dude, nice tip. First try with this method.
THANK YOU!!!! It took a couple tries but had a moment of disbelief when I finally got the 50k!
This comment should be pinned.
i cant even do it with this strat
@@Jibb_Buttkiss Practice more I guess? You'll have to know where every box is and figure out a good route to them, the teleport from hitting y/triangle after a throw helps but avoiding backtracking is still ideal. Also, there's one box that's just evil, there's a part where you turn a corner I think left to continue but you need to go around a corner to the right instead to find it. I don't remember if the minigame normalizes your damage but if not, try coming back to it after a few levels or with a stronger weapon.
@@Khadas1 ya i finally did it i dont think i was going after the silver boxes in the right order
"Lets make a challenge that requires exact perfect targeting and timing, but make the targeting system complete RNG that has nothing to do with where your camera is aiming so the player has as little control over their characters actions as possible".
-Square Enix
This challenge was harder than it needed to be and I literally spent a good 2 hours trying to get this done. Now I got a headache but I finally did it, all for that Exp Materia baby.
haha ...two hours ....HAHAHAHAHAHA
last night...all day today...and still just shy of the 50k... *shivers and drools*
I got a nosebleed immediately after defeating Bahamaut with Cloud Tifa and Barret slightly underleveled on Normal. My first play through and i didnt want to backtrack. Every guide I saw said I wanted to have Aerith. But once I figured out how broken Tifa is, it was actually easy but I spent so much time on the boss leading to that point my brain was fried 😭
I'm at 5 hours now. I fucking suck
Little precision that I just noticed : in order to get the hidden time boxes in the 2nd big area, you need to use NORMAL windstorm, not the enhanced one that triggers when the shuriken is attached to a box.
The trick is that normal windstorm is weaker but wider, which allows you to get past the wall to break time boxes on the side. Enhanced windstorm is way smaller so you usually can't these boxes with it.
This was huge! Thank you
Bump this up! Exactly the info i looked for when I never got any bonus time there! Thx mate 💪🏼 2:47
Thank you so much.
You know what I'd like?
A try again button.
Having to go through menus over and over and over again, Jesus Square just help us out a little.
Square think highly of us .. they didnt expect we need re-try button .. they forgot ff7 fan are aging grandpas
This was SUPER helpful, the major problem for me? Sometimes those hidden time boxes just aren't there. sometimes I break those boxes and get like 20 seconds...and sometimes I clear the whole area and don't get a single extra second.
Yuffie's broken targeting and the lack of time box consistency makes this the single most difficult challenge for me, even more so than the box challenges I did with Cloud.
The auto-targeting is simply unbearable here. It’s inconsistent and makes no sense. Ugh 😵💫
I couldn't agree more - there are plenty of games that manage, FF7R really has no excuse - basically just put a pointer in the middle of the screen and use that to determine what's being targetted - not only is that easier programmatically, it's MUCH more user friendly - so they've made everyone's lives more difficult lol
At 2:49, your Windstorm attack activates where your shuriken is at so if you throw the shuriken first and then use Windstorm, it produces a bigger and stronger Area-of-effect attack and takes out all of these boxes with the single Windstorm. This was definitely a useful guide, and was able to complete this with about 20 seconds to spare. The biggest hurdle really is dealing with the damn targeting system but I had to practice each room til it becomes memory.
Just a heads up, that giant stack of boxes doesn't have a ton of extra time boxes, you're actually destroying a stack with box on top of it through the wall in the final zone, that's where some of the extra time comes from. Video was great though, helped me get it.
He said “on the other side”
you saved me, i thought they made the challenge harder or something cuz i wasnt getting them. but you made me realize i had to use it closer to the wall thank you so much
What I did:
Spam Triangle for orange and purple boxes
1 air dashes for orange boxes
2 air dashes for purple boxes
Saves you a lot of time instead of doing combos on these smaller boxes.
Everything else, just do what he does for the big boxes.
Just wanted to say thank you. I finally managed to do it with your advice rather than switching approach based on type of damage suggested for the crate. Cheers!
This here is the best tactic, kudos.
How do you make the Air dash?
@@santiagoruizvalle5668 tap triangle If I remember correctly keep tapping triangle to perform air dashes
Thanks for the air dash info! I would've been stuck doing regular attacks for a while if it wasn't for this.
Some advice for something that took me a while to realize (sorry if I’d just skipped over it in the video), it’s not enough to turn the the camera to aim, yuffie needs to be pointed at the target too. In fact I think this is more important, once I figured out how to aim properly I did it in 2-3 tries. Only other advice is don’t over spam the throw in rooms with the magic boxes because sometimes you hit your target right away and you don’t want the shuriken coming back
It’s honestly just better to always use the enhanced windstorm instead of an art of war. The animation is quicker and does bigger aoe anyway
You made this much, much easier, thanks for talking us through this because it would have been a lot more difficult to follow your thought process otherwise
Nice, thank you, great explainer! I appreciate that you also spelled out the more obvious (but still not totally explained) skills - which I realized through these challenge levels - as well as the Windstorm usage, which was the key thing I hadn't figured out & needed help with. Great video!
Finally did this. This guide really helped. I forgot to do the level 3 Banishment. Still pulled it off.
Of course, my Yuffie and Sonon are already max level, so the Exp Up Materia is totally useless. But, I got my Trophy, and can not just play the game leisurely.
I want to make this comment for people like me who watched this guide but still seem to struggle due to her quirky targeting system and this is why: Even though something may be targetted, Yuffie will always throw her shuriken at whatever SHE HERSELF is facing unless you're fully Locked On. For example, at the start of the run, all you have to do is turn Yuffie to the right and you can throw the shuriken, you don't need to turn the camera.
Also, ROLLING IS SUPER IMPORTANT since it summons your shuriken back to you. I tried it for 2 hours with this guide, then just said "fuck it, I'm going to roll after almost every box kill" and then I got it in 2 tries. Basically the pattern is: look at box -> throw shuriken -> do action until box is dead -> roll -> look at next box -> throw shuriken -> do action -> roll, etc. Also that Banishment near the end that clears those six or seven 1500 boxes is really important; without that it's an extremely tight run.
Thanks for posting this! I didn't even realize there were boxes at the beginning that majorly helped! Let alone the Wind mechanic.
This was one of the most frustrating thing in gaming, ever. And it was all because of the stupid targeting -.-
Thanks! I kept getting sooo close but running out of boxes, started to think it was impossible. I was completely missing the tucked away boxes at the very start and that one tucked away big box in the middle. That made the difference
Thank you so very much for this guide!!! This really worked, and I learned a lot of stuff about Windstorm and the other abilities! It was really helpful, thanks again!
Great guide!! Late to the party, but I have a few insights I’m not sure I saw, sorry if I’m redundant:
1. parry materia really helps with zippier movement
2. Using the menu (X) to slow time allows you to patiently and calmly select your next box target
3. Double triangle (PS5) is the quickest way to move between groups of boxes, and 5 sets in a row is the best way to break single 1500 boxes without ATB and which Yuffie can reach; pair with using menu to slow time to keep the weapon or Yuffie from flying off and try not to hit an extra triangle
4. It’s definitely stated, but I would emphatically agree, especially for purple boxes: get used to cancelling actions after throwing to keep Yuffie grounded and in ranged elemental mode
5. This will likely take you many many attempts to learn the path
Some things that could fix this mini-game: Add a damn retry, not that difficult. Fix the stupid targeting system ~ it's god-awful and I don't want to see it in future titles. Make the score requirement 48000 or something. No point making something unbearable for some players and then slapping a bronze trophy behind it.
wwwwaaaaaa make it easy!!! i dont want to work for something
@@PrincessAmanda2290 lol, guilty.
@@PrincessAmanda2290 this
@@PrincessAmanda2290 didn't know clunky auto lock is part of the difficulty of the game. Sigh
@@PrincessAmanda2290 oh I bow to thee, the godgamer that's able to deal with shitty auto targetting.
I just realized that that hitting the orange boxes with physical attacks are effective, whereas spells are effective against purple boxes, as indicated by the sword and wand icon plastered on them.
It explains this in the tutorial
That's literally what the tutorial info explains
You are da man. Is still took me some tries. I realised that Yufi’s targeting depends on her movement rather then camera - so one need to move toward the boxes one wants to aim at. Playing on PC I switched to M&K - a bit clunky but found it much easier to turn around quickly.
Thanks for the guide, mostly followed this and managed to break the last box with 32 seconds to spare. Now I never have to do this again.
I swear, some of the 100 boxes act like they're glitched because they just don't break even after I beat the shit out of them.
Thank you so much!! This was an absolute nightmare and I´m glad it only took me an hour. Great Video :)
thank you for this video. man this part was hard and tricky. For a straight forward linear game like FF7 this is actually the most complex part of the game lol.
Thank you so much for this! Was driving me crazy
You have now helped me with the two last Trophies. Love your guides!
The time boxes at 2:46 can reliably be hit when using windstorm without throwing the shuriken
My route was a little different. I used Wind Storm for most of the boxes. As needed, I built up my ATB gauge by spamming attack twice and dodging to reduce recovery time. For the 100 point boxes, I targeted them to instantly break them. For the 200 point boxes, I just attacked them after throwing my shuriken, in which I used dodge rolls to approach them faster. Then I finished off the last box with a banishment. I also did take advantage of breaking boxes behind the wall, as well.
Hmm there's no time boxes for me at 2:48...
Edit: it's the time box on the other side that gets blown up. I was finally able to finish this.
Oh dang really? I was wondering about that
Same they are not there for me maybe it’s a glitch
This was a big help. At the start, I hadn't yet found the time box off to the right. That sealed it for me. I did it a lot like you did but I used windstorm on all the big boxes.
Damn, even with this video I just cant get it right. I think I have to move on and sacrifice that trophy before I go and buy a shuriken just to stab myself with.
You can do it, but not like in this video. You have to return to those boxes in the corner, I managed to do it with like 0.5sec to spare, because they patched it! Nuts
@@sinetwo motherfuckers patching already fucking pain in the ass trophy
I don't think you notice it as you don't mention it in the video, but at around 2:09 you throw your shuriken off screen and hit a time box that isn't shown anywhere that you can see.
You're not the first person to mention this, and I hate to say it, but I have no earthly idea where that time box is. Sometimes I hit it, sometimes I don't. I just did this challenge for someone last week and couldn't find it. It's annoying because if Photo Mode was allowed during this challenge, I could find it easy.
That the time box behind 2 big box
See 2:07 and then 2:17
He aim it unintentionally
This post is 🐐 status. Got it done thanks to you, and the windstorm tip made the rest of the game so much easier!
Glad it helped!
Thanks! Took me five tries with 12 seconds to spare with this strat.
I appreciate it!
I was using deadly dodge materia to attack the purple boxes.
Yo, the windstorm knowledge helped a ton. I wasn't understanding the different forms of it and peaked at like 46k. 100% made it easier when you know which windstorm is which
Glad it helped! I only figured it out when I was making attempt after attempt, and noticed that one time my windstorm made a much large explosion. Went back to my recording and was like "ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, they NEVER explained that" haha.
@@SweetJohnnyCage
I always thought it had something to do with Sonon but seeing it happen at different random times in the soldier run was confusing for sure!
Which windstorm??? There are several of them?
Couldn't get the last 1500 points after 20 tries, using banishment at 3:27 was the trick I was missing. Got it second try after watching your vid! Thank you so much!
Went through like 3 other guides before this one helped me out first try. What a champion, thanks for the help!
Thanks a lot; the windstorm tip does help a lot, although it would’ve helped to clarify that it doing it on her shuriken seems to replace the normal large AOE around Yuffie’s body. It also helped me to figure out that just repeatedly throwing the retrieving breaks the big boxes faster than just whaling on them with Yufee’s melee attacks; and there are a couple parts where using her magic wave attack (hold down attack while her shuriken is thrown) can quickly break a bunch of little boxes at once, if you aim it right.
I hate literally everything about this section.
2:51 Unless this was patched, I’m not getting a single time box. At all.
Its behind the wall around the corner I think past the big group of 1500s. I never get the time boost there either
Same that is very frustrating it seem they've patched it. I guess I'll have to beat it on new game+... I feel patching this is unfair.
Alright I still haven't succeeded, however I found out the missing crate have been moved to the final zone instead of being left where they were behind the big stash of mixed boxes. So there's the same amount of time but dispatched in a more difficult way :(
The weird thing is I was getting time boxes but now I’m not and I’m not sure what happened. I’m not doing anything different.
Did they patch this cause I'm constantly running out of time and it is quite literally impossible now? Why would they do that?
Man, thank you so much! I've followed your strat and managed to complete it with less than a second remaining 😂
It took me a few tries, but it worked, thanks!!
Glad I could help!
VERY HELPFUL thanks so much. I also found that pausing in between rooms while watching this really helped.
You're welcome!
Thanks for the help! Made it much easier! One important note… there are no time boxes hidden behind the other boxes at 2:42. It’s on the other side of the wall, and it’s only 1 of them. It’s very difficult to position the windstorm just right there.
He said it's behind the wall in the video and also got 20 seconds from it.
I’m not getting anything behind that wall unless they beefed this up and without that extra 20 seconds it’s impossible literally I tried 50 times I’ve platinumed like 20 games so far and I just started a few months ago so I know it’s not my skill I just don’t get them boxes he does. There is no extra time only 2/50 tries did it give me more time
@@sinister_steve_442 he's just built different
They're hidden and wonky asf, I think they're below ground. You have to target the bottom box at least two boxes in or something for the ability to reach those boxes.
Actually, rather, you need to go into the area as far as he does in the video before using windstorm
@@ericforsyth they’re on the other side of the wall. The side that you use banishment on. If you use wind storm on your shuriken’s target it does more damage but if you use it while it’s attached to you it has a bigger radius.
At the very last box of this guide, I would recommend to just use a windstorm when the shuriken is on the box. Using level 1 banishment costed me to fail it a few times when I was stressing about lack of time in a pinch, since it does really low damage.
After some weird targeting and rotation struggling, I finally finished with 13 seconds left. Thanks for this video, man.
Thank you. I made some mistakes during my run but with the time given I still had a change to recover!
Literally did both Cloud box smash challenges on my first try. I hate the targeting system in this game. Looking right at a box and she throws her weapon at one off camera.
Finally got it. Though not with seconds to spare, literally last second.
Thanks! Helped lot to understand Yuffies combat.
The time boxes at 2:50 are not there for me, how am i supposed to beat this already near impossible mini game?
Wtf. At 2:11 you randomly get 10 seconds.. what box did you break to get that?
It's the red box at the back of the room, top centred at 2:09. He randomly throws his Shiruken and hits it.
That windstorm tip is the game changer. For the life of me I couldn’t understand how to destroy them efficiently.
After I finally got the hang of it, I got so close but my final banishment came out right after the buzzer. My second full attempt after that got me a clear with only 3 seconds to spare. 😅
My tips for completing it was this.
1.Have Deadly Dodge and Parry Materia. Parry Matreia allows Yuffie to do bigger dodges making her go just slightly faster, and the attack out of deadly dodge destroys orange blocks in a quick two hit.
2. Don't even bother with ninjutsu for the purple boxes, the purple boxes break in two throws and retrieve attacks (the oranges break in one).
3. If the lock-on hits the red box on top of a couple of orange ones and comes back, or you only break the top purple box instead of both the top and bottom one, don't throw it again, just deadly dodge attack.
4. Always destroy white boxes by using the shiruken-enhanced windstorm to weaken or destroy all those around them, if the enhanced windstorm doesn't break every box there, hit the leftover box with either a throw and retrieve or a deadly dodge attack and it should will destroy it.
You’re an absolute legend! It still took me a while to get the hang of it, but I did it. ❤
Figured all this out from sheer will after an hour of trying. Except I still didn’t realize the shuriken is what makes the wind deal mega damage. Thanks!
Ahhhhhhhhh, nice one. I had no idea! Going to try this tomorrow!
Love it! I was so stuck! Thank you!!
The 3rd room with all the boxes….2/30 tries there were hidden time boxes so it’s impossible for me to finish. I always run out of time before I can get into the last room it’s driving me nuts anyone else have that issue
Make sure the windstorm near the giant group of crates is a raw windstorm, not a shuriken windstorm. If you have a shuriken out and cast windstorm, the explosion will not reach the time boxes behind the wall.
Thank you! I tried throwing shuriken many times thinking it has to be pixel perfect because it wasn't working until I used plain windstorm and finished the challenge! Cheers!
This was very helpful. I kept missing a box. Completed it with 7 seconds to spare. Thanks.
Congrats!
One extra tip I found is to throw the shuriken on the first side boxes and while the shuriken’s hitting them, use ninjutsu to destroy the purple boxes in the hallway. Once the side boxes are destroyed (you’ll see your points hit 1200), follow this guide from there and you’ll have over 40 seconds out the first room!!
this really helped. Thanks 🙂
THANK YOUUU didn’t take many attempts after watching this 🙏🏼
Thank you soooooooo much!!!! Yufies targeting being a fricking nightmare to master... this video helped me soo mixh with the right strategy
Thanks for the help bro, I actually had to go back to the previous room bc I forgot two boxes and still got it right as the clock hit 0.
Where is the extra 10 seconds coming from at 2:12? What box did she hit?
Dude, THANK YOU. Still took me awhile but FINALLY did this! Felt soooo good when i finally did it!
Happy to help!!!
I just f***** did it right now, thanks for the guide this was freaking me out. The last millisecond I swear 😂
An additional tip, it helped me at least. On the big pile combining red/blue, I also use windstorm but I follow up with throwing it out, rolling then attacking with deadly dodge equiped.
guys I realized if you press R3 the targetting modes toggles between free and focused camera. The latter makes it possible to select the target manually, can help if you need it corrected…
Thanks for doing the legwork on this, John.
Commented on your other video on how to d complete combat simulator Yuffie & Sonon vs Secret Boss and now I’m here to say this helped with the final FF7R Intergrade challenge for me. Cheers!
Holy crap. After about 45 min straight of trying to beat this S.O.B. I finally did it with about 5 seconds to spare. Biggest thing to remember is to press Triangle at the silver boxes to keep your shuriken spinning on them and use windstorm to destroy them quickly. Also equip the steel reaper with power wrist guards. Good luck!
Wow that's amazing, I'd like to add this: if you equip the deadly dodge materia, it will be a lot faster to break the orange and time boxes
In one of my attempts, I just had one box remaining, but that moving plate barred the banishment spell I casted and I failed. It's probably better to use windstorm, just to be sure.
how do you hit that hidden "time box" at 2:10... it's a nightmare
Thank you for your service! This game is so easy I never even considered spamming Triangle does more damage lol
For everyone struggling with the target lock, don't bother aiming with the camera. Instead, turn Yuffie to face the direction you want her to throw the shuriken. For example, at the start, if you hold right on your left stick and spam triangle, she will go to the hidden boxes immediately. Once you start to know the layout better you barely need to use the camera at all, though be careful what you have line of sight to because if you throw too early and you can't see the box you want to hit, you'll go to another one or just randomly across the room.
wow man, beautifully done video! thanks!
FINALLY got it this morning. This challenge was pissing me off so much. I kept comparing myself to where you were at the same point and wondering how the hell you had so much more time than me at certain parts. Just beat it with 1.5 seconds remaining because even though I finally managed to make it to the final room and do Banishment 3 on the group of 1500 boxes at the same time you did, I somehow screwed up on that 1500 box behind the moving barriers. I must've missed my throw and not noticed it, casting Banishment I, which missed... but thank God I had another ATB left so I threw again, landed it, used Banishment I, and just got to 50000.
I hate this challenge and never want to see it again.
I'm gonna have to take the L on this one. For whatever reason, the hidden time at 2:51 never turns up for me when I do windstorm, and then it's always game over no matter how I slice it at that point. Anyone else have this problem?
It's frustrating cuz the hidden time boxes are literally hidden and out of sight. I'm assuming it's just below the panel floors. Anyways, the best method I found to break them is to stand in the middle of the clutter and use windstorm as it is WITHOUT the ninja star thrown. Hope this helps.
Thanks for this vid, that banishment is what made this 10x easier
Thanks! This helped. It’s simple now.
Okay for some reason im not getting extra time when i windstorm that stack of boxes
one tip i have for people struggling is if you miss a few towards the end areas, dont fixate on them and just go onwards first. there are alot of time boxes at the final area so once u clear the final area there should be enough time for u to get back for those u missed
Thanks mate this worked really well
took me 2 hours, after 1 hr i found your video... 15 minutes later i got to 48500 and the last banish was blocked lol so i used windstorm and had 4 seconds to spare! Thanks man
Thanks. I didn't use Banish once. I only used Windstorm and I had a bit over 8 secs left :)
Dude thank you so much for this. I just beat it and that was a nightmare. The camera for doing this is horrible, but I somehow barely made it. It seems like the lock on is based on where Yuffie is facing and not where the camera is facing which is really weird and took me a while to wrap my head around it.
Thank you, i mange to get it on my second try by following this guide
You made this look so easy, thank you so much for the video. I never would have finished this challenge without this video!
I beat it with 0.204 seconds left though....
Hey, you beat it, that's what matters. Congrats!
@sweetjohnny is a certain setting or difficulty this needs to be done at? I swear I’m following your guide to a tee, but I’m always at like 15 seconds when I get to the ramp no matter what I do be it running or dashing. Doesn’t make sense.
Nope. It's the same minigame regardless of your difficulty setting.
@ 2:10 where are you getting the extra 10 seconds from? I don't see any box to break.
My shurkien flies off in the distance and breaks a stack of boxes that would normally be blocking the alcove at 2:32. You can see it's gone for me. It wasn't intentional.
thanks dude got it in about 10 attempts had about 2 seconds spare.
Two years later, thank you. Spent three hours before your guide and about 15min after it.
Congratulations! It's an insanely difficult minigame.