----- SOUKAIGI FAQ by Chris Murdock Version 1.1 ----- Soukaigi is copyright 1998 Square/Yuke's. All rights reserved. ----- This is a FAQ for the new Squaresoft adventure game Soukaigi. Hopefully this FAQ will help anyone with this very cool game. I don't mind if this FAQ is used for your own use, however, please credit the author and the source when using this FAQ. This FAQ is by no means done. I am still working on the game. I am currently on Disk 2, and I will add more, as I learn more about the game. ----- WARNING: This game contains a fair amount of Japanese. I would highly suggest that you learn some very basic Japanese characters, and some basic Kanji before getting serious in the game. Trust me, It DOES help. This game is for one player, and uses one block on a memory card. It is also THREE disks, however, don't let that intimidate you. There is a lot of movie footage, so it takes up a lot of space on each CD. --------------- CONTENTS: 1. Story 2. Object 3. Menu Translations 4. Characters 5. Controls 6. Gameplay 7. Basic Strategy 8. Simple Walkthrough STORY: A dark act has caused Mt. Fuji to split in half bringing forth the Koran. The Koran are creatures whose soul mission is to take over the Earth. The Koran's power is contained in red, yellow, and blue crystals. There are also large Koran scattered throughout Japan, and they must be destroyed in order to save the Earth from the invasion of the Koran. Brave souls, with the powers of fire, water, wind, earth, and gold will try and stop the spread of the Koran. OBJECT: On each level there are Koran stones. You mission is to destroy all the stones in the level. There may be some stones that you cannot reach yet, but you can get back to them later when you have the techniques necessary to destroy them. As you destroy stones you will receive more power and the monsters in the area will become a little weaker. As you destroy monsters, you will sometimes receive small green spheres called Materia (YES, THAT IS RIGHT, it is called "MATERIA"). The Materia are important because at the start of a new level, you have the option to distribute the Materia among your various skills (Check "Gameplay" for more info). There are also colored points on the ground where you can heal, get your status back, etc.. (Check "Gameplay" for more info). ----- MENU TRANSLATIONS: On the TITLE SCREEN (from left to right): CONTINUE GAME: Continue a saved game. NEW GAME: Start a new game. OPTIONS: Configure the buttons. On the CONTINUE GAME screen, you have three different save slots that you can use. They give you the area name and your location. Choose (from RIGHT to LEFT), File #1, #2 or #3. Press CIRCLE or START to confirm. The cool thing about this (and I wish they could incorporate this feature in a RPG), is they give you a summary of the events that have just happened prior to the level you are going to play. Of course, none of this helps if you can't read Japanese. Press CIRCLE to speed up the TEXT. ON the OPTIONS screen, you can configure your buttons. I would suggest leaving them the way they are. Pressing LEFT or RIGHT will change whether the game is in STEREO or MONAURAL. Press START to exit. On the STAGE SCREEN (with the map of Japan): (from LEFT TO RIGHT): MEMORY CARD: Save or Load a game. BEGIN STAGE: Begin and play the latest level. SELECT STAGE: Choose a stage to start on. On the GAME OVER SCREEN: On the LEFT: Retry. Top CENTER: Continue. On the RIGHT: Restart: Go back to the main screen. ----- CHARACTERS: I am using the instruction book as a reference point. Start at page 27 for the introduction of the characters. CONTROLLABLE CHARACTERS: Naoya Mabui (Page 27) Male, Age 18 HP: 400 This is the character you start out with. He is average in speed and power. Mizuho Mikanagi (Page 31) Female, Age 18 HP: 300 This character you get after the second stage, but prior to the second stage boss. She is slightly faster than other characters, and she has a double jump (the second jump automatically turns her around). Daiki Yashima (Page 35) Male, Age 32 HP: 680 This is the character you get after stage one. He is slower in speed, but he is one of the more powerful characters. His attacks also do added damage when they connect. Hifumi Sudou (Page 39) Female, Age 25 HP: ??? You won't get this character until Disk 2. Azusa Kotohira (Page 43) Female, Age 11 You will get this young girl at the start of stage four. She has one of the longest reach of any weapon (seeing how it is a bow and arrow), but she has no close up attack. She also cannot dash. Kaname Gabu (Page 47) Male, Age 20 You get him after you beat him at the end of stage three. He has no dash, but has powerful up-close attacks. OTHER CHARACTERS: Genseitenson Kahaku (Page 51) Male, 12,000 years old Bukyuutenson Yanron (Page 52) Male, 12,000 years old Reihoutenson Infu (Page 52) Female, 12,000 years old Princess Nami (Page 53) Female Yato Saegami (Page 54) Male, Age 23 Kongou (Page 54) Male, Age 29 Shuuzou Azuma (Page 55) Male, Age 40 Minami (Page 55) Male, Age 10 Hisagi Shiosato (Page 56) Female, Age 20 Sae Tateshina (Page 56) Female, Age 29 ----- BASIC CONTROLS: (under default settings) CONTROLLER: UP: walk forward LEFT: walk to the left RIGHT: walk to the right DOWN: block Double Tap Left or Right: sidestep left or right Double Tap Down: quick jump back SQUARE: Attack X: Dashing TRIANGLE: Jump CIRCLE: Magic L1: turn left 180 degrees R1: turn right 180 degrees L2: move camera up R2: move camera down START: Pause SELECT: Movie Skip ----- GAMEPLAY: All characters have a set amount of max hit points. On the ground, there are colored dots. For each character, each color does something different. Each character has an elemental power, i.e., water, fire, earth, etc.. Depending on the color of the characters element, (water=blue, fire=red, etc..), you can heal yourself from poison, refill your hit points, etc.. There is a bar on the far right of the screen, and it shows the Koran power for that level. By destroying the stones, you can make the overall level of the Koran weaker, and your power greater. As the meter goes up, it will go from red to yellow, to blue. Ideally, you want to get it to blue. Casting Magic: Don't know yet. Any Ideas? ----- STAGES: DISK ONE: Stage 1: Small Village Boss: Kahaku Stage 2: Desert Base Boss: Fire Demon Stage 3: Blue Island Boss: Kaname Boss: Floating Cyclops Creature Stage 4: Desert Boss: Golden Helmet Boss: Infu DISK TWO: Stage 5: Evacuated City Boss: Floating Monolith ----- WALKTHROUGH: Coming Soon. ----- Well, what do you think? Yeah, I know it needs work. It will be more complete as I get further in the game. E-Mail me at murdockl@hotmail.com if you have any comments or questions.