[kupoartist]

Originally posted by Spank-A-Thon
Trust me, the junction system does make sense after a while!

agreed ^_^ - FFVIII seems confusing at first glance (was my first FF as well), but too many people get confused by the junction system. To be honest, you don't really need to worry about it too much at the begining of the game: just stock up on GFs (some are in sidequests others are obtained using the "Draw" command - Siren in the SeeD exam for instance)

Later on, you will want to use it, but its only really vital for the "big three" - Omega Weapon, Ultima Weapon and "the final boss" (no spoilers o course ^_^ ) - the key is just to get plenty of a highly powerful magic, and junction it to a stat that you want to be very big (100x Ultima on Squall's strength stat is probably the best you can do... but you're unlikely to be able to until around Disc 3 anyways)

You'll probably just be able to go through easily by drawing the occasional spell, and just use auto-junctioning.

Edit: as for getting FFVII.... In Europe its a fluke to find it, and you can't really order it. Not sure how it is in Argentina, but keep looking: you won't regret it ^_^