Bonuses: Collect the gold Oboro Clan Coins during game play to unlock
bonus options in the extras menu, including level select and movies.
Play
as Moritsune: Collect 30 Oboro Clan Coins during game play. Moritsune is
Hotsuma's brother, and is stronger and faster. However, the Akujiki sword
will drain him more.
Play
as Joe Musashi: Collect 40 Oboro Clan Coins during game play. Joe's sword damage
does less than when playing as Hotsuma, however his shurikens are unlimited
in number, do more damage, but do not stun. Also, since he does not use the
Akujiki sword, his energy does not drain constantly.
VR
stage: Collect 50 Oboro Clan Coins during game play.
Hard
difficulty setting: Successfully complete the game under the normal difficulty
setting.
Super
difficulty setting: Successfully complete the game under the hard difficulty setting.
Hint:
Defeating Boss 1B: Stand on the ledge of the building you are fighting him on, and
keep watching the Boss. When he gets close enough and performs his dash
attack on you, jump. He will fall off the ledge, lose a decent amount of
life, and you will not get hurt. When he summons Ninjas to help him, wait
for him to attack you. Jump, and let him fall off. Kill his Ninjas quickly,
and return to your post on the ledge. Note that he can not die by falling;
when his life is almost diminished, you will have to run in and kill him
yourself. If done correctly, you will have defeated him without taking a
single hit.
Stand on the edge of the
building. When he rushes you with his sword, jump up and he will fall off
and lose a nice amount of life. Do this two times and he will summon Ninjas
to help him. Lock on to them by pressing R1 and defeat them quickly.
Then, return to your post at the edge of the building and repeat. When his
life gets down to the point where falling off will not hurt him, wait until
he gets next to you then use your ninja magic (Fire) to defeat him.
Hint:
Defeating Boss 3A: You can either defeat the five or six dogs then attack him with
the glowing Akujiki sword, or just run past the dogs and hit him from the
side. You can hit him about three times before he retreats into his take-out
box. Hitting him in the side causes more damage than hitting him from the
front. He recovers after he returns from hiding.
Defeat all normal enemies with
Akujiki, and conserve Kunais and Makimono until the Boss. Once you begin the
fight with the Boss, repeatedly hit him with your Kunais until you have used
one set of them. Then, if he is still paralyzed, blast him with your Ka'en
Makimono. If done correctly, doing this two to three times will result in
his defeat.
Hint:
Defeating Boss 3B: This is the spider boss, by far the easiest. Dodge its attacks
and wait patiently for its little hench-spiders to pop out. Quickly dispatch
all four and head for the Boss. It is absolutely necessary that Akujiki is
glowing red. Jump up at the Boss and slash at the weak spot on its back. If
done correctly, you should go into a tate in mid air, and all five enemies
will die.
Use two of the three Makimonos
you should have obtained in the level earlier. Wait until eight of his
minions appear and kill only seven of them. Your sword should be red by now.
Jump up on the wall and get close enough to jump off and slash his abdomen.
Repeat this until he is weak enough to use the last Makimono. Use it, and he
will be defeated.
Hint:
Defeating Bosses 3A through 8B: Wait until all of the henchmen appear (about eight spheres should
appear at the top right of the screen). Then, kill all of them as if you
were going for a Tate. Akujiki should turn bright red after you kill seven
of the henchmen. The difficult part is getting the Boss to stay still after
your sword turns red. This may take a few attempts, but you will get a huge
Boss bonus for killing them with one hit.
Hint:
Defeating Boss 4B: To defeat this Benisuzme (the giant flying moth), you must have
one to three Makimonos. You should pick those up while on stage 4B (where
you will meet the Boss). When you first fight Benisuzume, switch your
Ninjutsu (ninja magic) over to Kamaitachi (the razor blade attack). You will
be able to use Kamaitachi six times per Makimono. Lock on Benisuzume and
press L2 to hurl the attack at her. Once she is hit, quickly jump
from the middle platform to the wall. Chase after her on the walls,
repeating the lock-on procedure. Once you run out of Kamaitachi, jump back
to the center platform and wait for Benisuzume to summon her flying moth
minions. Kill her minions until Akujiki glows purple. Jump on the walls
again, run to Benisuzume, and slash her. This will take out more damage than
a regular sword swipe to the head. Note: Always refill your Slash gauge and
watch your health. This procedure will take awhile. Also, Kaven the
exploding flame attack (which is another Ninjutsu attack) has no effect on
this flying demon.
Hint:
Defeating Boss 6B: If you can wait until the Boss lets out the seven little heads,
kill them to get a full powered Akujiki. Then, just slash the Boss once and
he will die.
Hint:
Defeating the last Boss: Attack the crows (the things which shoot out fireballs). Wait
until you have about eight crows at once. When you defeat the crows, you
should have a pink waves around it. Attack him when you reach that level.
Any other color will result in no effect. Keep doing this and you should
defeat him.
Hint:
Defeating Bosses: A rather easy way to defeat any Boss in the game is to wait until
seven or more of their helpers have been summoned. Basically, when you see
eight or more of those orbs at the top right hand side of the screen,
perform Tate and any Boss in the game will die. Note: You will not get seven
or more minions to spawn at certain Bosses, such as the two helicopters and
the giant spider at 3B.
Hint:
Level 1B: Hidden message: When you start fighting the Boss in this level, you will see a
big sign with lighted letters that read "SKILL UP". When you start
fighting the Boss, look at the sign again. The "S" and
"P" will burn out and fall off, and the sign will say "KILL
U".
Hint:
Level 2B: Secret area: When you start the level, there will be a building to the left of
you. Go next to it, then do a double jump and a speed dash over it. In there
are two Hellspawn and two small "birdhouses" with something in
each.
Hint:
Level 8B: Avoiding fights: You can avoid some of the fights by throwing Shuriken at the
stone switches (Kekkai) while standing outside of the rooms. By doing this,
the enemies inside in the room will not appear.
Hint:
Slice more than one opponent: Get a group of enemies around you. If you are at the correct
angle, you can slice all of them in the group.
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