at the beggining of the game, if you answer queen brahne for bakus question 64 times, ruby comes out and yells at you....i also believe you get an extra scene at the end of the game....ok now put in some of your favorite tricks!!!

when fighting masked baku at the begging steal from him alot and you will get a mage masher and that starts you off alot easier through evil forest

If you give all the earth spirits what they want and then fight Ozma you'll then be able to hit him with physical attacks.

(I know it's a bit bollocks)