GBC Quest

Information for GBC Quest Brian's Journey first full playthrough, mostly blind race

Projected time to finish the game: 6-10 hours (very rough estimate)

HP goes up when you hit an enemy with your staff and per PHYSICAL TYPE (usually close range) attack that you receive.
10 staff attack hits or getting physically attacked = 1 HP early on.
This may or may not scale much later.  It seems as thought it does not.

MP goes up per instance of magic attack connecting.
Hitting multiple enemies counts as two connections.
Early on, 17 magic attacks connecting gives 1 MP.
I am unsure how/if this scales later.

Agility goes up per step you move from the center of the arena in battle, and only when NOT escaping.
Early on, 10 steps in battle = 1 Agility
One step is the smallest unit of distance Brian can travel.
Grinding this agility early on is extremely fast.
The arena gets larger and agility takes 50 steps in battle later.

Defense goes up based on the amount of damage you take.
Early on taking 102 damage gives you one defense point.
This may or may not scale much later.  It seems as thought it does not.

Battles with multiple enemies seem to give more experience per enemy.
Each enemy killed gives experience even if you run.

New spells are obtained by stacking elements in all of the elements that are pressed when casting.
Healing level 1 is 4 water, 3 earth.
Magic Barrier is 12 earth, 12 fire, 12 wind.
Magic Barrier will probably not block physical attacks, which many enemies seem to have at close range.  I have not tested this.
You will access most of the spells with 12-16 in all spirits.
A few spells require as high as 22 in applicable spirits.
Damage seems to be purely based on the level of the first element pressed when casting the spell.

Grinding stats actually seems quite fast in this game.
It is up to you to determine how you want to split your elements.

This is pretty much everything I know.  I beat the first boss once, but most of this has just been mechanics testing to make our lives easier during this race.