Oh no it's been so long since I've played this oh no there's so many side quests oh no they all make me stronger I'm trapped forever oh nononononnonoonoonno
Started a new game since it's been a while since I booted it up. Had to do the first half hour twice because my Saturn was deleting saves for some reason. Repositioning the action replay seemed to fix it? Backing up my saves from now on just in case.