I've been playing secret of mana on the Super Nintendo for the past three days and can I just say: What the hell is the 'mini boss' fight with the werewolves. It's completely unfair and even attempting it with new armour and weapons does basically nothing. They heal themselves every few seconds, and they are insanely hard to kill. The hit box is horrid, and the way they attack is nothing but annoying. Can someone please provide some tips on how to defeat them, I've been stuck here forever.
If you don't have a visual on just how annoyingly hard they are, I've provided this youtube video I found:
There is a way to just avoid it completely.
1. Get the girl in your party at the castle.
2. Do NOT go into the Gia's navel cave until after you go to the forest.
3. Go through the forest. When you go to the teleporter that would normally bring you to these wolves, it will bring you to another area instead.
4. Attack these two pillars that look like they have animal skulls on top of them. The girl will say you should go to Gia's navel to get an axe. (She will runaway form you if you attempt to go into Gia's navel cave before getting this dialogue from her.)
Basically, the warewolves only show up if the girl is not in your party. It's supposed to be a rescue scene where you save her from the warewolves. It's more or less the game punishing you for attempting to play the game out of the sequence it wants you to play it in.
Alternatively, you can just go down into Gia's navel cave without the girl and get the much better weapons and armor from there first, but the cave is a little bit harder solo. Then again, it's not quite as bad as the warewolves.
EDIT: Ok, I just watched the video and am hoping your strategy does not look similar to this guy. If it is, I think I can give you a lot more tips than this.
1. There is a village just one screen south of Gia's navel (the area in the screen just south of the teleporter into the forest.) You just leave through the south exit of the Gia's navel area, and then head left. This village has a much bigger armor upgrade than that price-gouging cat will give you. (the stuff sold in the dwarf village at the bottom if the Gia's navel cave is still better, but at least you don't have to fight your way through the cave to get to it.)
2. Make the best use of stun locking that you can.
3. If you do decide to go through the cave first, you will get another party member. Having 2 party members and the girl running around in the back will make for a much easier fight, in addition to the better weapons, armor, and levels.
Ultimately though, the strategy I always go with is to just avoid the fight all together using the method I outlined first.