

The weather changes! They have less health than the one in first stage but still exponentially more threatening. Wabbits show up when there is a "Wabbit Explosion", this event will last for a week, and many of your battles will be with Wabbits for this week. With that said, yes they are optional and only serve the purpose of increasing your Local Item Value. The game is filled to the brim with references to the action and sci-fi genres. Most of the time it was stupid waggle that could have been done with a button press, and that's what turned many core gamers off from the Wii. Now, in order to get Alchemy to work you need to get into a battle and use the skill. Whoever does this task will be rewarded with the deed to Cusco Castle. They took a glitch found in this TAS and exploited it even further, to the point where the Dark Queen just gives up and returns Angelica and Pimple, going off to hatch an even more evil plan for next time. They're Transmogrifrog that makes all enemies turn to frog but you can still harmed by them and the mentioned Gbaa.
