I finished Popolo this weekend...and I was SOOOOOOOOO unprepared for the last 'sequence'....I was expecting a couple battles...not the epic trek that ended up happening...consequently I ran out of magic in the first battle with the dog guy...so I fought Maria and the bad guy's heart WITHOUT MAGIC!!! ooof that was a loooooooooong drawn out battle!!! but dang it, I did it LOL I seriously kept expecting to die, but I figured I'd try it since I was there...I was too far in by then to go back out and buy more magic refreshing items. I did realize that I could at least summon and orb, buy summoning one of those little guys...like the sleep jewel, and the quick using his majic to summon and orb before he got killed. That helped a little, then I at least had SOMEONE able to use magic...oh and THEN like 3 rounds left, I'm looking for something to use to heal, I try 'Appendage' and lo and behold it gives me MAGIC!!! WOOO...so I was at least able to end the battle with some magic. Fun game...great ending...the battles were cool and the whole 'split up' thing at the end was cool...harder, but cool.