Gold Saucer

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Gold Saucer is an attraction center like none other. Upon arriving at Gold Saucer guest with be greeted by a large Moogle. The cost is 3000 gil but you can purchase a life time entrance pass for 30,000 gil. This life time ticket allows you to enter the park as much as you want. Most of the attractions at the Gold Saucer only use GP. GP is the Gold Saucer's own currency. You can't use Gil on attractions that use GP. You can gain GP from winning Chocobo racing bets or winning games at the Wonder Square. There's loads of stuff to do at the Gold Saucer. It's a theme park with rides, loads of games, Chocobo racing, and a battle arena.

At the battle arena, one person of a group can take part in a number of battles to win battle points which can be exchanged for items. It costs 10 GP to play. The chosen fighter fights 8 random battles, which increase in difficulty. These battles are virtually simulated but effects are added to make it feel as if the participant is really fighting an enemy. The participant will receive battle points at the end of the tournament, which are exchanged for items. If you get a serious handicap, it will bump up your battle points. The max amount of battle points (BP) you can get is 64000, which is enough for the best item. You have to spend your points before you leave the arena or you will lose them. Items can be exchanged for a wide variety of items ranging from a FF7 t-shirt to actually getting an entertainment system with a PS2 and a copy of FF7.

Also available is what is known as Speed Arena. This is a roller coaster where the rider has to shoot targets in front of them and try to beat the day's high score. All you have to do here is shoot the different targets to gain points. Collect 3000 points or more to gain a prize. If you do really well you will obtain a special prize. Keep the laser powered up. Targets range from 30 points to 70. There is one target that is worth 1000 points, it's a large UFO near the end of the course.

The last place visitors can check out is Wonder Square. This is like a mini arcade full of games for visitors to play where they can win GP. Games range in price from 50 gil to 200 gil to play. There are 9 games vistors can play. These games are Arm Wrestling Mega Sumo, Super Dunk, Wonder Catcher, 3D Battler, Fortune Telling, Mog House, G Bike, Snowboarding, and Torpedo Attack. In Arm Wrestling Mega Sumo you can arm have a choice of two opponents A Wrestler and a Sumo. Super Dunk is a basketball game and for every shot you make in you get 1 gil and if you make 10 in a row you double your gil. In Wonder Catcher you exchange your gil for an item. 3D battler is afighting game that's like rock, paper, scissors. You pick an attack and your opponent does the same. If the same choice is made no one takes damage. If one person's attack beats the other's the losing player takes a hit. First to receive 10 hits loses. Fortune Telling is available for 50 gil.

The mog house is a simulation game where you have to achieve the goal of getting the Mog to fly. If you do this you will receive 30 GP. G Bike is a motorcycle game where you will ride a motorcycle and will race against time to save characters of the game who are in trouble. The snowboarding game/Torpedo Attack games are exactly what there names say. In snowboard you gain points for tricks you land and your total score from tricks determines the GP you receive. In Torpedo Attack you man a sub and required to destroy 4 other ships and are given 5 missles. Depending on how many ships you destroy determines the GP received.