Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Meisou no Rondo (鋼の錬金術師: 迷走の輪舞曲)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Wandering Rondo - Gameboy Advance
Card Combination Guide - version 1.0

Written by Elaine V.! - e l a i n e n a r a @ y a h o o. c o m
First release: April 4th, 2004
Last update: April 4th, 2004

This guide is encoded in Shift-JIS format.  If you don't have Japanese 
support on your computer, you will still be able to read the important stuff 
- the English translation.  You simply won't be able to see the original 
Japanese.  :>

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I. Basics
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This is a short and sweet FAQ detailing what cards combine into what in 
"Fullmetal Alchemist: Wandering Rondo".  This is not a walkthrough for the 
game itself, so I will address no gameplay issues there.

The card combination system, the basis for Edward's attacks, is amazingly 
simple.  On any given card there are five things:

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|    Color     |
| ------------ |
| |          | |
| |   Pic    | |
| |          | |
| |          | |
| ------------ |
|              |
| Mass   Value |
|    Level     |
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Color: Depicts the basic element of the card.  Grey represents metals.       
       Yellow-orange stands for stones.  (It looks orange, but the           
       instruction booklet swears that it's yellow).  Green is nature, and
       purple represents darkness.
Pic: Shows a cool picture of what the card represents.
Mass (質量): The weight of the item.  Ranges from 1-7.  Listed in Arabic      
       numerals. 
Level (レベル): Indicates how many cards were transmuted to make the card,    
       as well as its strength.  Determines what alchemic techniques can be  
       utilized when using the card.  Ranges from 1-5.  Listed in Roman      
       numerals. (I - V)  This does NOT affect what the final 
Value (価値): How much the item is worth.  Ranges from 1-7.  Listed in Arabic 
       numerals.

During every battle, or if you activate the Alchemy command from your main 
ring menu by pressing the L button outside of battle, five cards will be 
displayed.  This is your current alchemy selection list.  You can choose to 
use a card, combine cards, or discard cards.  If you use a card, it vanishes 
from your list, and another one, randomly generated, appears in its place.  
If you combine cards, your old ones will disappear, your new special card 
appears, and your 'hand' is refilled to five cards.  If you discard cards, 
your hand is again refilled.  You will never have more or less than five 
cards in your inventory.

What happens if you combine cards?  More importantly, under what conditions 
can you combine cards?  Ah, here is where the fun comes in!

Every card, once it is generated, starts at level I.  The mass and values 
are also randomly generated.  Some permutations do not appear naturally, and 
only appear if they are transmuted from existing cards.

First, choose your first, or base, card.  The element of your base card will 
be the element of your final product.  Second, choose the card you wish to 
combine with your base card, then press confirm.  

If the second card is a nature (green), metal (grey), or stone (orange) 
component, the mass and value will ADD to that of the base card.  If the 
second card is darkness (purple), then the mass and value will SUBTRACT from 
the base card.  Regardless of what cards you use, the levels will always ADD 
together.  

Ex. 1:  A green Sand (3 II 1) card combined with a grey Titanium (1 I 5) 
card will create a green Wine (4 III 6) card.

Ex. 2:  A green Tree (5 III 7) combined with a purple Obsidian (2 I 2) will 
create a green Clay (3 IV 5).

Ex. 3:  A purple Obsidian (2 IV 2) plus a orange Rock (3 I 1) will give you 
a purple Dark Stone (5 V 3). 

You can combine multiple cards at once, as long as the order you combine 
them in does not cause either Mass or Value to go over seven during the 
sequence, or the cards you combine do not gain a Level above 5.

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II. Combination Charts
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Grey: Metals (金属)
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   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1  T T T T T T G
2  K K K C C S G
3  K K K B B B G
4  L L L B B B S
5  L L L I I I H
6  H P P I I I H
7  P P P I I I H

T - Titanium (チタン)  
H - Steel (鋼)         
K - Chrome (クロム)    
C - Copper (銅)        
S - Silver (銀)        
L - Lead (鉛)          
B - Bronze (青銅)      
I - Iron (鉄)          
G - Gold (金)          
P - Platinum (プラチナ)

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Yellow: Stones (石)
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   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1  P P P P A A D
2  P P P P S S C
3  P P P P R R C
4  J J J J J A C
5  D B B B K K C
6  D B B B M M C
7  D B B B M M C

A - Amethyst (アメジスト) 
D - Diamond (ダイヤモンド)
P - Pebble (小石)         
S - Sapphire (サファイア) 
R - Ruby (ルビー)                 
C - Crystal (水晶)        
B - Boulder (岩)          
J - Jade (翡翠)           
K - Amber (琥珀)          
M - Marble (大理石)      

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Green: Nature (自然)
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   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1  D D D G G F F 
2  D D D G G F F
3  S S C C C W W
4  S S C C C W W 
5  O L L B B T T
6  O L L B B T T
7  O L L B B O O

S - Sand (砂)               
C - Clay (粘土)             
B - Black Terracotta (黒土) 
D - Distilled Water (純水)   
W - Wine (ワイン)            
O - Oil (油)                
L - Log (丸太)               
T - Tree (樹木)             
G - Grass (草)              
F - Flower (花)            

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Purple: Darkness (暗黒)
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   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1  A A A A A M M
2  O O O O B W W
3  O O O O B W W
4  S S S P B J J 
5  S S S P B M J
6  C D D P B J M
7  C D D P B C C

O - Obsidian (黒曜石) 
A - Black Paper (ブラックペーパー)
W - Black Wood (ブラックウッド) 
P - Black Pearl (ブラックパール) 
B - Black Onix (ブラックオンニキス) 
J - Dark Jewel (ダークジュエル) 
S - Dark Stone (ダークストーン)
D - Dark Water (ダークウォーター)
M - Dark Matter (ダークマター) 
C - Dark Crystal (ダーククリスタル) 

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III. Version Notes
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Version 1.0 - April 4th, 2004
      - Did pretty much everything you see here.

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IV. Credits
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Arakawa Hiromu - for creating these guys to begin with.  ^^

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