how were 7 year olds in 96 supposed to figure this out? even with all the clues its far from easy or obvious. the only letter given to you is the l, the r and s have multiple spots they can be. Im pretty sure I didnt even have a conception of what pearls were when I was that age. even as a fully formed adult this was too difficult.

I bludgeoned my way through it somehow. I have replayed it as an adult and don't know how I pulled it off

>>11852616 (OP)
I'm pretty sure I figured it out on my own when I was 8.

>>11852616 (OP)
I figured it out in kindergarden before I even learned how to read. I was also blindfolded, playing with my feet, and getting pegged at the same time.

>>11852616 (OP)
Sounds like a single couch session of trial and error to me.

I couldn't figure it out until an older kid told me.

>>11852616 (OP)
>its a word
>there is an "S" in the word
>the word is something found on the ocean floor
>the word has 2 vowels
>the word has 4 consonants
>at least 2 consonants are touching (this clue is actually useless, considering the previous two clues. you cant break up a 6 letter word with 2 vowels in a way that 2 consonants arent touching).
>the word has an "R" and an "L", with the "R" coming before the "L"
it literally gives you 3 of the letters, and the order of 2 of them. how many 6 letter nautical words fit this criteria? its literally just corals and pearls.

if you truly cant figure it out as a kid (sorry for your IEP, faggot), then ask an older sibling or an adult. or buy the strategy guide, lol. it really isnt that hard.

>>11852616 (OP)
It's pretty easy when you look at the possible letters, and consider what word types they could make. there's only a few possible bases/combination outside of really weird edge case words. Took me like 5 minutes and I only had the hint about the s and l and r. But the main hint is just that it's found at the bottom of the sea. Even just knowing it's a six letter word found at the bottom of the sea, you couldd find it by bruteforce pretty quick

You could also just do the 3D maze if you're struggling.

>>11853893
Just hug a wall, uh...

>>11854252
fuck this maze with a rusty spoon. was worse than the password.

>>11852616 (OP)
How the fuck did you not know what pearls are? Are you an ESL or were you home-schooled?

>>11852616 (OP)
It was designed for children. Not just children, but Japanese children. Japanese children who need every single tutorial and story point repeated to them multiple times in a row in game or they won’t get it. You’re stupider than a Japanese child.

>>11855389
Home schooling typically produces better results than public schooling. You might retort with something about Christianity, but then someone will likely point out how public schools push equally nonsensical ideologies.

>>11852616 (OP)
>Im pretty sure I didnt even have a conception of what pearls were when I was that age
Your parents failed you. Didn't they ever take you to the beach?

>>11852616 (OP)
I incorrectly deduced the clue as “OYSTERS”

>>11855547
The Y in oysters isn't a vowel.

>>11852616 (OP)
I collected gaming magazies back in the day and one of them revealed the password

>>11855568
>The Y in oysters isn't a vowel.
It is.
/ˈɔJstəɹ/

>>11855583
I can’t read that, I’m not financially crippled by student loans.

>>11855583
>/ˈɔJstəɹ/
That didn't survive posting

>>11852616 (OP)
i have no memory of this so i guess i got thru it without issue

>>11852616 (OP)
>niggers cant imagine an apple
yea you can forget about pearls then

>>11852616 (OP)
I figured it out when I was 8. Maybe you're just slow.
>>11852696
Confirmed, OP was just a retard child.

>>11852616 (OP)
I figured it out back in 1996 and I was 13 back then with it being my first RPG, it's not that difficult or cryptic at all. There are plenty of NES games that even today are confusing bullshit. If you are having troubler with this as an adult you must have brain damage.

>>11855887
Isn't it past your bedtime, grampa?

>>11855990
No, but it's clearly past yours kiddo

How many different words can be crafted through the six blocks?
Now, out of those words, how many have an R before an L?
And out of THOSE words, how many are nautical?
It's really not that difficult to deduce at all.

>>11852616 (OP)
My 2 year old knows what a pearl is...

>>11855389
Pearls are found at the bottom of the ocean? I thought they were inside clams.

>>11852826
Not to mention that on top of all of this, it's not a blank text entry field. You have a choice from 5 letters for each of the 6 letters of the world, that severely narrows it down.

>>11856328
Clams are found at the bottom of the ocean.

Japanese version seems easier to brute-force, but that may be due to limitations. Interesting that this thread also came up with corals and oysters from the English version, so if misdirection was intentional then pearls is a very good replacement.

>>11855547
>>11856518
>oysters
oysters is 7 letters and does not have an L or R. that anon is a retard.

>>11856769
Oyster does have an R. You might also be a retard.

>>11857965
Looks like we got a spelling bee champ over here.

>>11857991
Here's a spelling bee for you: https://youtu.be/G2nTbqbtGug

You're the fifth round.

>>11856328
>I thought they were inside clams
Anon, I think it's time you were told the truth about rocky mountain oysters.

thats the easy part.

the real gay part is the 6 doors at the end

>>11856518
>6 blocks
>8 letters

>>11861145
the japanese word for aquarium is "suizokukan."
Break down the word "suizokukan."
Su i zo ku ka n
obviously its written in their own language (like katakana or something) not the english alphabet.

>>11861187
...I see now.
So that retranslation hack edited alphabet to syllabary, only replacing what was needed for it to work, and broke down the new translated solution as a-qu-a-ri-u-m
I'm just impressed that the way to do that was...annoyingly simple.

>>11861187
The katakana for the English word aquarium also has 6 characters: アクアリウム.

>>11852616 (OP)
>Im pretty sure I didnt even have a conception of what pearls were when I was that age.

>>11852616 (OP)
At the time, video games were usually played by more well off social groups who were often better educated than the masses on average. It's not that others couldn't afford them at the time, it's just that the perception was that video games were only played by pasty white nerds. As such, most development, especially for RPGs, assumed a certain level of education.

>>11855407
Nah. Homeschoolers are fucking retarded. They have no idea how to work in a group, have practically no social skills and since they've never been challenged in what they know or believe by peers, tend to be either extremely arrogant or extremely fragile when their worldview turns out to not be shared with others. Anything in between these extreme is a rare fucking blessing. They're the goddamn worst.

>>11856493
And beach bars are found by the beach but I wouldn't say that cold beer is something "found at the beach"

>>11852616 (OP)
I didn’t solve it at the time. I have never solved it. On my most recent playthrough, I gave ChatGPT all the clues and it was able to solve it.

>>11854356
It was not worse. Annoying, but especially if you are seasoned at navigating 3D environments, it can be solved pretty quickly.

>>11864380
My son is in 2nd grade by age and is at a high school reading level. You think you’re somehow better for taking state-mandated Holocaust classes.

>>11864380
It's honestly a mixed bag. They do tend to be brighter than public school students but they do seem to be more socially stunted than them too. Neither of those are a hard and fast rule, but that does seem to be how things gravitate.

Personally, I wouldn't homeschool my kid because I think navigating the public school system is invaluable social experience, but I did volunteer to teach math and IT/programming/basic computer skills to a group of homeschooled kids on Fridays. Their parents meant well, but I have a dual masters degree in CIS and math, so I felt like I would be better suited to do it for middle/high school school students. The students were overall fairly quick to grasp the subjects and their standardized test scores reflected it, not that those tests are particularly difficult.

>>11864415
Guarantee there are more incels per capita from the public school system than there are from Christian homeschool environments

>>11864420
I'm not so sure about that. Logically speaking, people in more regular contact with others, especially those of the opposite sex, are far more likely to have engaged in sexual activity. I can't speak to how things are now, but pretty much no one in my high school graduating class was a virgin by the time they left, not that that's a good thing.

>>11864401
Bars are found everywhere. Clams are not. That is a bad analogy.

>>11864380
“Home school” is somewhat of a misnomer because they’re not always, maybe even commonly, literally schooled at home, alone. I’m aware of many home school groups in my area that meet and confer with each other. Maybe you’re actually speaking from experience with multiple home schooled people you’ve met, but if not you’re also presupposing they’d never encounter a situation where they would meet other kids, like playgrounds or libraries.
Somewhat of a tangent, but if you’re a parent and you’re relying solely on school to socialize your kid, you’re a bad parent.

>>11864586
What irks me is the whole process could be more efficient, if all those people trying to homeschool their kids would get together and figure out how to work it.

Like, I'm >>11864415 and I only taught about 8 or so kids. I could reasonably make the class public and structure it as such with a set curriculum focused on educating anyone enrolled. It would sit somewhere between a public school and homeschool, more akin to learning a trade or similar.

But a lot of parents are selfish and want the small class size and convenience. I can understand that, but their kids would get better teaching with many people pooling their resources like a public school. It's just that public school is fettered by a state mandated curriculum and the worst, a no child left behind policy that really translates to no one gets ahead.