What's the preferred way to get all the talk topics?

[odinfan]

Just got back into it recently, and I was just wondering how...... I might need a few people's opinions on this one, because I know you can't get them all in one game..... Basically, how many games would it take to get them all?

There are some topics between the girls that are listed as "random", I'm not so sure on how to get those?

Had the chance to complete my IPD hunt and recipes, and this is the only thing that I'll be needing to get 100 percent.

I just want to get all the topics and endings in the least amount of time. So it's a question of "what's the best course of action?", I guess.

It would also be nice to mention where to save as well, because I know I'll be missing a few, even if I follow a guide(happened to me in P3!!).

[Eleinia]

You need to play the game pretty much two times (well, not quite, but close to anyway) to get all the talk topics.

First, you should make one save before you get Cynthia's 12th shop event. And that save should be before you return to Grand Bell Hall (after the first IPD therapy event). This way you can easily get the Cynthia talk topic for each girl. For the first playthru, just give the Cynthia talk topic to either Luca or Cloche.

Then you should make another save before the path split. This one should be pretty obvious.

After that, just choose one of them and play, but don't select a girl as partner until just before the final boss. When you are near the end game, save the game and then dive into Jakuri to get all her talk topics that require high level Cosmosphere. Then defeat the final boss to get the Extra menu open up.

When that's done, reload the previous save and pick the Luca or Cloche (whoever you chose to protect) as partner and get all her talk topics that require high level Cosmosphere. You don't actually need to beat the game again unless you want to see the ending. As long as you save the game, the new talk topics you acquire will show up in the Extra menu.

After that, reload the first save and give the Cynthia talk topic to whoever you didn't give to. After getting the talk topic, save the game (so that it appears in the Extra menu).

Now reload the second save just before the path split. Choose to protect the other girl you didn't choose last time and collect the rest of the talk topics.

[odinfan]

Thanks, and really detailed description there, much appreciated, can't expect any less from a guide writer.

I really need to set my old avatar..... kind of a pain to do over.

[Eleinia]

You are welcome!

Actually, about that Cynthia talk topic, you may want to give it to Cloche on the first time because, IIRC, you can't get it until after the path split. So it would be quicker to reload to get Luca's later.