/vr/ - Retro Games

Final Fantasy Legend II has a few different things that only show up once.

When you start the game you have three monsters you can set as one of your party members: Slime, Baby Dragon, and Imp. The Slime and the Baby Dragon are just weaker versions of monsters you fight later, but the Imp is a unique monster. I mean, it's clearly part of the Fiend monster family, but you never actually fight an Imp anywhere in the game. You'll only see one if you start with one in your party.

It always seemed weird to me that the Shogun has his own unique battle sprite, mainly because all the other mid-bosses to that point either were generic enemies from later areas or, in the case of Dunatis and Echigoya, still used the battle sprites of the generic enemies you see throughout the game. There's also an optional "Dolphin" enemy you can fight right after the Shogun that has its own sprite for whatever reason. Apollo's Minion also sorta fits with the shogun in that it's not a major boss but has its own sprite.