a couple of these hints/cheats (1 and 4) are kind of lame but they work. don't bug me about this.
1) Battle: keep running around the edge of the vortex holding down A, then use the special L+R technique. This is how I beat the first and second bosses.
2)excavation: use quick, flowing strokes instead of holding down the stylus. That, and choose your drills wisely.
3)excavation: use the L drill to remove all of the rock from near the fossil/mineral/other while pressing down L or R (or both, for that matter) to scan, so that you don't damadge the fossil/mineral/other. then finish using the S drill. Variation: you don't have to do the above tip; it's just a fun and easy way to do it. another way to do it is to leave out the part with the L drill altogether, replace the S drill with solution (if you bought it), and just dissolve the area around te item. just be careful, and Voila! a perfectly excavated item!
4)excavating (again): for minerals, buy the giga tool! I mean it! the only downside is that it only perfectly excavates minerals that you have to have excavated another before. It doesen't work on
any fossils, no matter how many times you excavated one. I learned that the hard way.
5)random fact: the back of the Spectrobes instruction manual has a picture of Grildrgagos (grill-drag-os), the evolved form of Grilden.
Grilda-Grilden-Grildragos. Thanks for reading!
