FF7 -- how can you fight Tonberry and Ho-chu outside of the battle arena?

[LegacyHero]

So, apparently, Tonberry and Ho-chu can only be fought in the battle arena.  The scenes they can be found in don't allow random battles to develop.

Anybody got any suggestions for a workaround to this?  Namely, I want to fight Tonberry in the Northern Crater (first trip) and Ho-chu in the Ancient Forest, but am not certain what the best way to do this is.  I suppose I could overwrite an enemy ID, formation, and battle script in a different scene that is encountered in battles, but I was wondering if there was a better way or an easier way to accomplish this?

Thanks to all who have created this community!

 

[Sega Chief]

The formations exist already, so what you'd do is open the flevel using Makou Reactor, go to one of the fields on Whirlwind Maze/Ancient Forest, then add their formation ID to the encounter table:

Tonberry
738, 739

Ho-Chu
795

 

[LegacyHero]

Thank you!  That worked perfectly!

 

[sneazzy95]

Worked great for me too, thank you so much !