In the Illusion of Gaia code, there is an unused boss fight that is bigger, meaner, and tougher than anything else in the game. It is the true final boss, which was scaled back before release to create Dark Gaia — but not removed from the ROM image.

And now, you can fight it.

This patch repairs and restores Apocalypse Gaia, the original design for the final boss fight of Illusion of Gaia: a marathon battle against an apocalyptic bio-mechanical demon comet. Apocalypse Gaia appears after the regular Comet and Dark Gaia fights.

The code left in the ROM is an unplayable development build. This patch fixes bugs and incorporates playtester input to deliver the battle that the dev build would have become, if only it had not been abandoned.

Bring some herbs; you’ll need them. If you die to Apocalypse Gaia, any herbs you’ve used are refunded.

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