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Cid wants fish so Celes gets him fish but I've done this like 20 times and nothing has happened

the fish's speed and his comment about their taste is what matters iirc, you'll get two different scenes if you catch a few of the fast moving/tasty ones or a few of the slow moving/bad tasting ones.

PMarth2002 posted...

the fish's speed is what matters iirc, catch the fast moving ones.

This.

Cid also has an invisible HP count that decreases with each second (or close to), so you're basically having to race against the decreasing HP of the old man while also shoving tasty fish into his mouth.

It's why the mini game can take longer on some playthroughs than others if you go back and being him not tasty fish, as the moderate moving fish don't actually do much in the way of increasing Cid's HP compared to what he loses as you travel between the screens.

I believe it's quicker to simply reset the screen to try to get a fast moving fish, than it is to catch a moderate moving one because of this,.

I didn't realize there was a minigame to this tbh

It's been a long time but I seem to recall that there are four different kinds of fish and only 3 swimming speeds. Each fish is a different key item and has a unique description.

Slow fish significantly damage him.

Medium fish will either slightly damage or moderately heal him.

Fast fish will significantly heal him.

So "only get fast fish" is also to avoid accidentally damaging him with the wrong medium fish. If there are two medium speed fish you can grab both for a small net gain but with the time deterioration it's basically just stabilizing him.

I accidentally killed him.