The Wanderer
The Wanderer is Sundown's chapter in Live A Live and takes place in the wild west.
Its completed chapter icon is of a revolver. Its menu color is orange.
Chapter Description
The American frontier is a place of foolish dreams and dashed hopes. A tired soul rides into dying town terrorized by outlaws. Success, they call it, through to look at it now, none can imagine why. Against a gang of villains, a lone gunslinger stands no chance. But perhaps, by working together with the locals to prepare traps before the Crazy Bunch arrives, one man may yet make a difference...
Chapter Mechanics
This chapter is very light on combat, as the main mechanic is based on finding traps that the villagers can set around as a timer of eight bells counts down.
Managing your time and acting quick in this chapter is key, as it allows the player to get more traps that the villagers can set. To set the traps after getting them, the player must give the found items to the various townspeople inside the Crystal Saloon and have them set them.
For each person, the time it takes to set a trap varies. Some are fast enough to set various traps, while others are so slow that can't even set one. Annie and Billy both have exclusive traps that only they can set: the Frying Pan and the Slingshot respectively. When you find an Empty Bottle and Oil you get the option to craft Bottled Fire which takes some time to do so. They can be used in battle or as a trap.
The player has to both find the traps and have the townsfolk set them down in the span of the eight bells which will be indicated by a bar in the top right corner of the screen. Once the eighth bell rings, O. Dio will show up. The more traps that were set, the less gang of outlaws he will have. Fighting him along with his 14 outlaws is possible, although moderately difficult.
Trap Items
- Coal Tar - Triples the time between the seventh and eighth bells
- Dynamite - Explodes and defeats 4 brothers
- Bottled Fire - Explodes and defeats 2 brothers
- Rope - Trips the Duo Salvaje's horses and defeats them
- Carrot - Knocks a brother out of their horse and defeats 1 brother
- Barkeep's Beloved Poster - Tricks and defeats 1 brother
- Shovel - Creates a pit that defeats 1 brother
- Horse Shit - Creates a second pit when used with the Shovel that defeats 1 brother
- Slingshot - Can only be set up by Billy, defeats 1 brother
- Frying Pan - Can only be set up by Annie, defeats 1 brother
Trap Setting Speed
The following is a list of the townsfolks inside the saloon, detailing their trap setup speed from fastest to slowest:
Cesar is the slowest of all, it would be best to leave him to rest. Delos' speed is randomized; he may either be slower than Cesar, or faster than the Barkeep.
Mad Dog gives hints on what trap to give to who as not all traps are of the same speed in every character.
Secrets
- You can get Annie's Diary, a joke armor item that only gives +2 DEF, by sending Annie to set up a trap. While she is setting the trap, you can get inside her room and check her closet without her interrupting.
- Furthermore, you can give the item back to Annie when she returns, resulting in a scene where she scolds and slaps Sundown, claiming that the town ain't no library.
- If there are many Crazy Bunch members, before the fight begins, Billy will ask us if we will win. By answering "..." , a small scene will play out in which Mad Dog will not show up to the fight, causing the Sheriff to try to assist Sundown instead. However, Mad Dog appears anyway saying that he was planning to let Sundown die here, but changed his mind because that would mean the Crazy Bunch would get the reward for his head.
Boss
The boss of this scenario is O. Dio . He is the leader of the Crazy Bunch. Care should be taken when facing him as you can battle him with up to 14 members of the Crazy Bunch depending on how many traps you've set. Watch out for when he starts charging an attack, as he will use an attack called Gatling Barrage which will deal 999 damage upon contact.
There are three possibilities for the amount of enemies faced in this battle.
- Set traps and kill ALL of O. Dio's outlaws.
- Sets a few traps, and have only a couple of outlaws assist O. Dio
- Set no traps and battle O. Dio and the Crazy Bunch.
The first method makes it easier against O. Dio, while the last method is difficult, as it means dealing with more enemies. However, fighting with a full Crazy Bunch means that O. Dio won't be able to reach the player easily.
Defeating the gang of outlaws
Each trap can defeat a certain number of members. You will end up with a "Trap Point" value depending on how many traps you've set. The amount and type of gang of outlaws defeated is related to this value. For example, if one were to set a Dynamite (Defeats 4) and a Bottled Fire (Defeats 2), you would end up with a "Trap Point" value of 6, meaning that you would defeat 3 Pike Brothers and 3 Dutton Brothers.
| Trap Points | Outlaws Defeated |
|---|---|
| 1 Point | 1x Pike Brother or 1x Dutton Brother |
| 2 Points | 1x Pike Brother and 1x Dutton Brother |
| 3 Points | 2x Pike Brother and 1x Dutton Brother |
| 4 Points | 3x Pike Brother and 1x Dutton Brother |
| 5 Points | 3x Pike Brother and 2x Dutton Brother |
| 6 Points | 3x Pike Brother and 3x Dutton Brother |
| 7 Points | 3x Pike Brother and 4x Dutton Brother |
| 8 Points | 4x Pike Brother and 4x Dutton Brother |
| 9 Points | 4x Pike Brother and 5x Dutton Brother |
| 10 Points | 5x Pike Brother and 5x Dutton Brother |
| 11 Points | 6x Pike Brother and 5x Dutton Brother |
| 12 Points | 6x Pike Brother and 6x Dutton Brother |
| 14 Points | 6x Pike Brother, 6x Dutton Brother and 2x Duo Salvaje (Only possible with the Rope) |
Chapter Endings
Bad End
Achieved anytime during the chapter by simply getting a game over. The screen will fade to outside the Crystal Saloon, a message will appears of the screen "Bury Me Out on the Lone Prairie".
Mad Dog Dead
Achieved from killing Mad Dog in his last showdown with Sundown. During the ending, Sundown will not meet up with Mad Dog, he will just ride his horse through the desert continuing to wander.
Mad Dog Alive
Achieved if you choose to flee during his last showdown with Sundown. During the ending as Sundown is leaving, he will meet up with Mad Dog in a similar fashion as the start of the chapter, and here it is revealed he has tamed O. Dio in his horse form. He will challenge Sundown to a duel, which Mad Dog quickly loses. After Sundown shoots his horse out from under Mad Dog again, as he did at the start, he rides off as Mad Dog gives chase to O. Dio This ending also changes the final Good ending of the game. Take care, as it is still possible to lose this duel, resulting in reloading at the last save point.
Music Tracks
Trivia
- The plot of this scenario was likely based off of The Magnificent Seven (1960) movie, which was famous in Japan due to being a western adaptation of the movie Seven Samurai by the renowned Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
- The plot of both movies could be reduced to a group of strangers being hired to defend a village from raiders by teaching the villagers to defend themselves.
- In "Live A Live Complete Strategy Guidebook", it was stated that the chapter was based on "Shane" (1953). A movie featuring a wandering laconic protagonist who ends up helping the settlers with taking down the harassing rogues.
- On the contrary, the main protagonist appears to be named after The Sundown Kid (1942) and its titular protagonist.
| The Wild West: The Wanderer |
|---|
| Characters |
| The Sundown Kid • Mad Dog • Annie • Billy • Sheriff • The Crazy Bunch • O. Dio |
| Locations |
| Success (Crystal Saloon) |
| Enemies |
| Pike • Pike Brother • Dutton Brother • Duo Salvajo |
| Music |
| Wanderer • Under the Fake • The Wilds • Sancho de Los Panchos |
| Transcripts |
| 2022 (English) • 1994 (English, Japanese) |