there are differences in rewards depending on the routes. if you get sams quests you fight 2 bombs as the Colosseum special fight and if you dont, you fight the special cutter, each fight on hard mode obtains a different SP book Volumes for your characters weapons.

Did johnny yeah, sam tails and poor mans course = Sam quests

This is false guide, I did Johnny yeah, heads for Sam and standard m***age. Outcome was madam m quest, when it should’ve been quest with Sam.

I went , Johnny Yeah , Luxury, No Deal = Madam M

wrong choices on which route, take 3k gil for madam M

The guide was wrong when it came to clouds dresses. Followed it to a T, and got the wrong one after that grueling boss battle.