Pet Pals

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Pet Pals (ペット通信, Petto Tsūshin?) is a dog magazine sold in Timber Pet Shop and Esthar City book store (Karen's Store) in Final Fantasy VIII. Each volume costs 1,000 gil.

Mechanics

Reading an issue will inform Rinoa of one of six new tricks to teach her dog, Angelo, to use in battle. Once the magazine has been read from the Item inventory, the issue's trick will be listed in Rinoa's Status screen with an empty status bar.

The player may select from the list of tricks which Angelo will learn, being further prompted if they attempt to leave the screen without selecting a trick. A trick's status bar fills in correspondence to the number of steps taken with Rinoa in the active party. A distinct chime sounds when a trick's bar is filled, indicating its mastery. Angelo may perform mastered tricks in the Combine Limit Break, or automatically during battle after certain conditions have been met.

List of volumes

Pet Pals Vol. 1: Obtained from Zell on the train to Timber. Also sold in Karen's Store in Esthar. The player must walk for approximately 800 steps to learn Angelo Strike.
Pet Pals Vol. 2: Found on Rinoa's bed on the Forest Owls' Base. Also sold in Karen's Store in Esthar. The player must walk for approximately 200 steps to learn Angelo Recover.
Pet Pals Vol. 3: Can be bought in Timber's Pet Shop. The player must walk for approximately 900 steps to learn Invincible Moon.
Pet Pals Vol. 4: Can be bought in Timber's Pet Shop. The player must walk for approximately 250 steps to learn Angelo Reverse.
Pet Pals Vol. 5: Can be bought in Esthar's Pet Shop. The player must walk for approximately 400 steps to learn Angelo Search.
Pet Pals Vol. 6: Can be bought in Esthar's Pet Shop. The player must walk for approximately 1010 steps to learn Wishing Star.