@Bond:
So…can you still re-do the game without fully upgraded characters?
Because as it stands, there doesn't seem to be a way around this problem.
yes i can, but i would have to start from scratch with the UC1 savefile i had before playing UC2 , there is no fun in having to upgrade every character all the way up again from level 5ish to level 30, i'd also have to redo all the fishing rod parts, make food items to increase HP/SP etc, etc.
i can still play the game with the upgraded characters, but then i am stuck in unlimited mode with no bosses to re-fight, only random soldiers etc.
the only other thing i can do is vs mode and or boss rush in unlimited mode.
i really hate this game for not having a failsafe option build in, those minibosses only spawn once and if you can't get the map pieces from them you're screwed…
unless you had saved the game before attacking those minibosses, but there is no way anyone should know they'd need to do that beforehand.