The GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury for Sega GameGear ----------------- 0.0 Introduction ----------------- Welcome to what is my first FAQ. My name is Bjan Mara, and I go by the on-line name of psxfreak101, incase you hadn't notice :-P This FAQ is for the game GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury, for Sega GameGear. I regard this game as the best game to come out of the GameGear, and seeing that there was a lack of an FAQ for the game, I figured I'd write one up, just for the hell of it. So, here it goes. -------- Contents -------- 1.0 Version History 2.0 Controls 3.0 Ninjas Intro 3.1 Red 3.2 Blue 3.3 Yellow 3.4 Pink 3.5 Green 4.0 Items 5.0 The Walkthrough 5.1 The Order of Stages 5.2 About Crystals and Life Increasers 5.3 A Walkthrough 5.3.1 Castle 5.3.2 Building 5.3.3 Canyon 5.3.4 Factory 5.3.5 Castle revisited 5.3.6 Building revisited 5.3.7 Enemy's Base 6.0 Boss Strategies 7.0 List of Enemies 8.0 Passwords 9.0 Is this the end? -------------------- 1.0 Version History -------------------- Version 1.0 Submitted 16/11/2005 For all intents and purposes, is complete, unless an error or 100 are spotted. Version 1.1 Submitted 5/12/2005 Formatting errors that were missed the first time were fixed. Also, a couple of little tidbits in the typing was corrected. Amazing what proof-reading can do :-P ------------- 2.0 Controls ------------- D-Pad Up - Enters door or elevator - Change current letter on password screen - Can change current selection on stage select screen - Change current selection on Pause screen D-Pad Down - Make ninja duck, can attack in this position - If held while pressing 1, can make ninja jump down a level - Change current letter on password screen - Can change current selection on stage select screen - Change current selection on Pause D-Pad Left - Move ninja left - Can change current selection on stage select screen - Change currently selected letter on password screen D-Pad Right - Move ninja right - Can change current selection on stage select screen - Change currently selected letter on password screen Start - Pauses/unpauses game, opening/closing pause menu - Selects stage on map select screen Button 1 - Uses attack - Pressed during a second jump to allow Green to use 5 simultaneous, spread-out shurikens - Selects option in pause menu - Selects stage on map select screen Button 2 - Makes ninja jump - Pressed a second time at peak of jump to allow Green to make second jump - Held with up to allow Pink's crawling on ceiling ability (more information in section 4.4) - Selects option in pause menu - Selects stage on map select screen ----------------- 3.0 Ninjas intro ----------------- During the course of the game, you will gain control of 5 different ninjas, each with different abilities. Each Ninja also has a special "Tech" unique to them that require the usage of one stored Tech item. A Tech is a special ability which can aid the user depending on the situation. Techs stored will decrease to 1 any time you lose a life. The only exception is when you have 0 Techs stored. The Ninjas are as follows: 3.1 Red -------- Weapon of Choice: Sword. Sharp enough to cut down even the toughest of foes. The sword has the shortest range of all weapons, but does hit for about (if not over) 180 degrees from top to bottom in front of him. Unique Abilities: None Tech: Teleport. Teleports you either to the teleport block (all located near the exit doors) or to the very start of the stage. Exception is in the Enemy's Base where it will just teleport you to the start of the room you're currently in. Personal Opinion: Once you get a second ninja, he's seemingly useful only in Building (and that's if you don't have Blue). Otherwise, you may only see him if you need him to face a boss, or have to teleport to the end of a stage. 3.2 Blue --------- Weapon of Choice: Grapple Hook. Just a hook that launches a fair distance out and then returns to his hand. Good range, and it's just as strong as the sword. Unique Ability: Using the Grapple Hook to latch onto hooks here and there, essentially creating a swinging vine. Tech: Tornado. Turns himself into a tornado for a short period of time, allowing him to destroy all in his path and move anywhere he wants. He is invincible in this mode, so it is useful if you are in a bit of a bind. Personal Opinion: One of my favourites. Nice long range weapon. Plus, if you're not feeling up to making pinpoint jumps to get across pits/gaps/whatever, and you have many spare Techs, whip this guy out and use his Tornado. Plus, he gets to swing around like Tarzan, and that's always cool! 3.3 Yellow ----------- Weapon of Choice: Giant Shuriken. The giant shuriken is thrown forward, and then returns, potentially hitting its target twice if close enough. It has good range and is just as strong as the above weapons. It can also be directed in any upwards direction. Unique Ability: Has the ability to walk on water. Tech: Invincibility. A bolt of lightning appears from the sky, rendering himself invincible for a short period of time. Very useful when under attack, particularly when using Yellow against a boss. Personal Opinion: He gets cool points for the walking-on-water ability AND for having the ability to render himself invincible. On the flip side, his Giant Shuriken returns fairly slowly regardless of whether it hits its target or not. 3.4 Pink --------- Weapon of Choice: Bombs. Pink throws a bomb forward, eventually landing in front of him. If you hold up, the bomb will be thrown forward a bit further. It is just as powerful as the above mentioned weapons. Unique Ability: Can crawl on the ceiling. To crawl on the ceiling, press and hold 2 and Up to cling on, then push in the direction you would like to crawl. Tech: Huge Flash. This has the ability to freeze enemies (doesn't work on bosses) and light up a dark room (only used in one instance). This tech is not likely to be used often. Personal Opinion: My favourite of the lot. He has an awesome weapon in the bombs which do pack a punch, and has the coolest ability in being able to crawl on the ceiling. However, he has one of the least used Techs in the game (I can only think of one instance where I'd use it in an entire playthrough). 3.5 Green ---------- Weapon of Choice: Small Shurikens. Can be used in a rapid-fire manner, and fly out quick and fast. However, they are also the weakest weapon amongst the 5 ninjas, needing at least one more hit to kill enemies. Unique Ability: The double jump. Whilst at the peak of a jump, press 2 again to do a second jump. This gives Green some extra height in jumps, and if you press 1 while in the middle of the second jump, he will shoot out 5 shurikens, split out evenly from down to forward. Tech: Earthquake-type thing. Destroys everything on screen, and at the same time can destroy breakable walls and floors. Personal Opinion: Probably my least favourite, and that is mainly due to the weak weapon in the smaller shurikens. The double jump is pretty cool to use, but is really only needed a couple of times. Otherwise, you can usually use a different method to get where you want to go. --------------- 4.0 Items List --------------- The following is a list of items that can be found in little containers found throughout the game: Heart - Replenishes two bars of health Bomb - Explodes, step away from it to prevent damage Tech(its a white symbol with some Chinese writing) - Increases number of stored techs by one. 1UP - Like most other games with such an item, increases number of remaining lives by one. Two diamonds - This increases your maximum health by two bars. There is one in each of the 4 regular stages. Crystal - There are 4 that are collected, one in each of the 4 regular stages. They usually require a bit more effort to find, and are required to advance to the Enemy's Base. Teleport Block - There is one situated near the boss door of each of the 4 regular stages. These can be used, in conjunction with Red's tech, to teleport to the end of the stage from anywhere else. -------------------- 5.0 The Walkthrough -------------------- The following is the actual walkthrough for the game. Firstly, the stage select screen looks like the following (nothing fantastic to look at, just a simple outlay indicating the general shape): Building / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ / | \ Castle -----Enemy's-----Factory \ Base / \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | / Canyon Notes about each stage: Building A (seemingly) under-construction building (assumed due to floors looking like red scaffolding). There is a major elevator tha can be used, but can't go directly to any floor as the door is broken on some floors. This is where the Yellow Ninja is held captive and also where you can find the Yellow Crystal. Castle An ancient castle, complete with major catacombs section. This is where the Pink Ninja is held captive and also where you can find the Pink Crystal. Enemy's Base Your final destination. A location riddled with traps in almost every room. It will only become available once all 4 ninjas are rescued and all 4 crystals are recovered. Factory An old (seemingly) disused factory. Also has a semi-complex tunnel-like system deep within the factory. This is where the Green Ninja is held captive and also where you can find the Green Crystal. Canyon An ordinary looking canyon. There also happens to be an entrance way to the lower-depths of the canyon, leading to the valley where the water flows down to. This is where the Blue Ninja is held captive and also where you can find the Blue Crystal. Upon defeating the boss lurking in each of the four stages, your health will replenish by two bars if need be. Also upon defeating the boss, the enemies in the same stage will require one more attack to be killed. 5.1 The order of stages ------------------------ Now, this game is fairly open-ended in the sense that you can choose to complete any stage at any point in time. I have played through starting at each of the 4 stages, and there is no difference to which stage you play first. However, if you are looking for the quickest way to collect all 4 crystals AND all 4 life increasers, there are 4 paths that can be taken, all involving a second runthrough two stages. The paths are as follows, using the following legend: - meaning stages can be done in either order N meaning Ninja rescued C meaning Crystal can be recovered L meaning Life Increaser can be collected 1. Building(N), Castle(NL), Canyon(NCL), Factory(NCL), Building(CL)-Castle(CL) 2. Castle(N)-Canyon(N), Factory(NCL), Building(NCL), Canyon(CL)-Castle(CL) 3. Building(N)-Factory(N), Castle(NCL), Canyon(NCL), Building(CL)-Factory(CL) 4. Canyon(N)-Factory(N), Building(NCL), Castle(NCL), Canyon(CL)-Factory(CL) 5.2 About Crystals and Life Increasers --------------------------------------- In each of the 4 stages (Building, Castle, Canyon and Factory) there is one Crystal and one Life Increaser item that can be collected, but each need one or two specific ninjas to reach. The following is the list of Ninjas required for obtaining the crystal and the Life Increasing item for each stage: Building Crystal - Blue Life Increaser - Blue and Green Castle Crystal - Green (method I mention uses Yellow as well, but there is a path using only Green) Life Increaser - Yellow Canyon Crystal - Yellow Life Increaser - Yellow and Pink or Yellow and Blue (using Tornado instead of ceiling crawl) Factory Crystal - Pink Life Increaser - Pink and Blue (could possibly use Blue by himself, but that would probably require a number of Tech uses) 5.3 The Walkthrough itself --------------------------- Now this walkthrough will follow the first path (1.) but with one difference. I start with Castle, and then Building, leaving the Life Increaser at Castle for when the stage is revisited near the end, as I prefer collecting both the Crystal and the Life Increaser in the one visit of any particular stage. The first important note about this walkthrough is that this is only going to concern itself with collecting the necessary items during the course of the game. This walkthrough won't include all items that can be collected, including most out-of-way 1UPs and a couple of techs. However, it does of course mention items that are collected along the way. You are not required to follow this exact route. In fact you could very well just choose your stages at random and find the crystals after collecting your 4 friends. Within this walkthrough contains the locations of the 4 crystals, namely under 5.3.3, 5.3.4, 5.3.5 and 5.3.6. So go there for quick references on where to find the crystals. Enemies are also mentioned during the walkthrough. Refer to section 8.0 and search for the name used in the walkthrough for more information. So, without further ado, let us start with Castle. 5.3.1 Castle ------------- For the first visit of the Castle, we will only be concerned with obtaining the Pink Ninja. Mainly because you don't have the ability to do much else :-P Outside Castle You start outside. Head to the right, fending off a Blade Kicker, and then a couple of cannonball hatches, which can be destroyed if you strike the hatch while it is open. There is another Blade Kicker to follow before the first door. Enter the door. Inside Castle Now that you are inside, head to the left. There is a Boomerang Guy coming up, dispatch of him. You'll come up to some little platforms, which you will climb to reach the door back to the outside. To the right of the door is an item box containing a Heart. Outside Castle again To your left, there will be a cannonball hatch that can be ignored as it will only open up if you approach it. Head right, where there is an item box that contains a Tech past the little pit. Watch out, as the tiles adjacent to the little gap will collapse once you step on them (they are of slightly different colour). Head back towards the door you came out of, and jump to the upper level. Then jump two more times and follow the path left, destroying the two cannonball hatches along the way. You will see a peach-coloured tower-looking platform. Use it to jump to the higher level. At this point, you can use the next peach-coloured tower-looking platform to climb up one more time. There will be a Blade Kicker waiting, along with an item containing a heart (only reason why you'd go this way). If you're not climbing the second peach-coloured tower-looking platform, head right and be ready to jump across quickly as the tiles on the floor can and will collapse. You'll now see a door with a large red flashing arrow pointing to it. There is an item to the right of the door which contains a Teleport Block. Enter the door when you are ready. Boss fight - Worm: Description - It's a giant worm. It tunnels up and down the screen in 4 different spots/columns. Attack(s) - Just one, a bomb which it leaves behind upon ending its little tunnelling sequence. Touching it hurts you of course. Vulnerable Point - Its head. Preferred Ninja - Red (not that you have a choice at this point) Strategy - Probably the easiest boss in the game. Just attack its head when you can, and when its about to finish its tunnelling sequence (you'll know this as it won't be moving onto the next spot) walk as far away as possible to avoid the blast from the bomb. After 10 hits with the sword, the Worm is down for the count. Now that the Worm is defeated, the Pink Ninja will appear. Congratulations, you've rescued the Pink Ninja! 5.3.2 Building --------------- Our first visit to the Building, and again we'll only be concerned with saving the Yellow Ninja. As we don't have Blue with us, the entire stage will take place in the main room. Also for this reason, you can use Red for the most part. This is mainly due to the fact that Pink's bombs will only kill a Skater if it hits the lower half of said enemy. To start, work your way right, defeating a Green Blob and a Skater along the way. Climb using the moving platform, and head right where there is another Green Blob and an item containing a Tech. Collect the tech and head back left. In heading left, there is an item containing a bomb and a Skater along the way. You will come across some reachable platforms, work your way upwards, ignoring the Green Blob on first right-hand platform. Follow the upper-most platform to the right. There is a Skater ahead. Once past him, you'll come across some reachable platforms. If you are short on health, walk past the platforms and defeat the upcoming Skater, and the approaching item contains a Heart. Head back to the platforms. Climb up the platforms and wait for the moving platform. It heads from right to left, and approaches another moving platform that moves from down to up. Use them to reach level above. On this following level, you'll come across, in order, a Green Blob, an item containing a bomb, an item containing a Tech, and another Green Blob. Climb the platforms to the right, with an item containing a Heart on the next level. Then wait for the moving platform to your right approaching from up to down. This connects to another moving platform that moves from right to left. The second platform connects to the next level containing a Green Blob and then a working elevator. Enter the elevator and it will send you down one level. Work your way left through a Skater, Green Blob and another Skater. You'll come across some more reachable platforms to climb, reaching the next level. Here, there is another Skater waiting, and then more reachable platforms to climb. Using the reachable platform, if you head left, you'll come across a Skater and then an item containing a Heart. Otherwise, head left, and past the elevator (which has a large red arrow pointing to it) are two items, containing a Teleport Block and a 1UP. Head back to the elevator for your second boss fight. Boss fight - Robot Spider: Description - A giant spider that crawls around on the ceiling, extending its head downwards when its ready to attack. Attack(s) - When it extends its head, one of two attacks will come out of the head: a) A bomb, with a fire running along the ground towards you b) A spread-out acid drop, where 6 drops, 3 on either side, fall at differing distances Vulnerable Point - Its head when it is extended out. Preferred Ninja - Red Strategy - The Robot Spider follows the exact same pattern of bomb and acid drops as follows (- denotes one move used straight after the other): Bomb, Acid, Bomb-Acid, Acid, Acid-Bomb, Bomb-Acid, Acid, repeat When it extends its head, you can get in an attack on the head (regardless of what the upcoming attack is) before it starts its next attack. Then, if it is a Bomb, jump up again right next to it and attack again. Otherwise, get directly underneath the spider and jump up and time an attack nicely. After 10 strikes, the Robot Spider is destroyed. Now that the Robot Spider is defeated, the Yellow Ninja will appear. Congratulations, you've rescued the Yellow Ninja! 5.3.3 Canyon ------------ Our only visit to the Canyon, as we will be rescuing the Blue Ninja, AND obtaining the Blue Crystal and the Life Increase item. The Outside Once you enter, change straight away to your new Yellow Ninja. He will be the one you use throughout the course of the stage (barring one section later on). Over the first gap sees one Riser that will appear in front of you. As you jump over the next little gap onto the next platform, a Flying Dynamite Guy will appear from left of screen. An up-attack will do the job. Jump to the next plateau. Upon reaching the upper part of this plateau, when you approach the right edge, another Riser will appear from behind. Either jump to the next plateau, or turn around and kill. Next platform has another riser the moment you land, appearing to your right. Jump across to the next plateau where there is an item containing a Heart, and a door waiting for you. Another Flying Dynamite Guy will appear from left of screen, so you can dispose of him or head straight to the door. Inside canyon 1 The next room has you in an area where the water rises and falls in time. Cross under the wall while the water falls and enter the next door once it rises back up. Inside canyon 2 At this point you are following the flow of the water down to the lake. Dropping down to the next level, you will come across a Boomerang Guy, and a Riser in the water. However, the Riser can't be reached by a Yellow attack, but he can be bypassed altogether if you just run right past (the flow of the water is quick enough to pass the Riser before he even gets up). There is a second Boomerang Guy just past the Riser, and to his right is an item containing a 1UP. Collect if you must. Continue following the water down, remembering to duck here as its the only way to get through to this point. Once you've crawled through the small gap, another Boomerang Guy awaits. In following the water downwards again, you'll come up to two platforms situated above the lake's water level. The item on the left contains a Tech, while the one on the right contains a Bomb. Follow the water to dry land on the right, and climb the staircase in front of you. As you climb this large staircase, giant boulders will fall from the sky. To avoid them, just hug the walls and wait for a boulder to go past before making your next step. You'll get to a point where you see an item (containing a Heart), go to it and continue right. Change to Pink Ninja and ceiling crawl across to the other side and collect the item containing a Life Increaser! Now, change back to Yellow and fall down the same pit you just ceiling crawled over. At the bottom, you'll see an item to the right, guarded by a Riser. Defeat it and collect the Blue Crystal! Now, work your way back left, passing a Riser, Boomerang Guy and another Riser along the way, and get back to the bottom of the staircase. This time, work your way to the top of the staircase, where a door awaits you. Enter the door. Outside again When you reach the edge of the platform you land on, a Riser will appear from behind, which you can of course defeat. The item to your right is the Teleport Block, and won't be needed unless you have the urge to check out the rest of the stage some other time. Anyway, jump to the next plateau, you'll meet the last Riser at the right edge of this plateau, and a Flying Dynamite Guy will come across from the left of screen. Make the last jump, and follow the red arrow to your 3rd boss fight. Boss Fight - Armadillo: *note: For whatever reason, I've always thought of it as an Armadillo, even though it probably doesn't ressemble one. So unless somebody points out what it's supposed to be, that name stays. Description - Fugly monster with a hard-shell on its back, which also acts as its weapon, launching spikes from it. Attack(s) - Its a two-part attacking monster, where it will do one of each of the following two parts: -Either roll along the ground to opposite side, or high jump there -Shoot 3 spikes, either in the upward-forward or forward direction Vulnerable Point - Its front body. Preferred Ninja - Yellow. Strategy - Like the other bosses in this game, the Armadillo follows a specific pattern concerning his movement and spike launching. The pattern is as follows, indicating movement, then direction of spike: Roll-Up, Jump-Ground, Jump-Ground, Roll-Up, Roll-Ground, Jump-Up Now, the main reason you'll be using Yellow is due to the fact that Yellow's shuriken will pass through the Armadillo through to his "vulnerable" side, thus scoring a hit even if he's facing away from you. You can get a first attack in before the Armadillo curls into a ball the first time, then just follow it back and forth, throwing your shuriken before it emerges from its ball, dodging the spikes and re-throwing the shuriken. Using this method, you should be able to score 3 hits on it from the time comes out of its ball to the time it returns to its ball form. 10 hits, and the Armadillo goes down. Now that the Armadillo is defeated, the Blue Ninja will appear. Congratulations, you've rescued the Blue Ninja AND recovered the Blue Crystal! 5.3.4 Factory -------------- Like the Canyon stage before, this will be our only visit to the Factory, as we will obtain the Green Ninja, Green Crystal and the Life Increaser item. 1st Room To begin with, it doesn't matter which ninja you choose to play as, but you can choose to be Pink as he will be the one you'll be using for most of the stage anyways. So, change to Pink. Heading right, you'll see 2 Blade Kickers, and then a column where gas will come down from the ceiling. Go past when it's safe. Then, another Blade Kicker awaits. When you reach the conveyor belt, jump to it, and then jump to the platform on the left. If you are in need of health, head straight left, going through 2 Blade Kickers along the way to the item containing the Heart. Then, jump up to the conveyor belt above. You'll see an item (containing a Bomb) to the left, and then a small passage way. If you want to collect another Tech, start ceiling crawling on the conveyor belt towards/through the small passage way. To make things faster, once you've got yourself within the small passage way, change to any other Ninja, and you will end up being in the crawling position on the floor, allowing for faster passage through. Collect the Tech item, and then change back to Pink and ceiling climb back out of there. Jump up to the conveyor belt above, and then across to the conveyor belt on the right. Following the conveyor belt is a Blade Kicker and an item containing a Bomb. Jump to the conveyor belt to the right, watch out for the gas coming from the ceiling, and enter the door. A Dark Room Although you can use Pink's Tech at this point, there's no need to. Just head right to the door, outlined in yellow light. If you're wanting another Tech item, once you've reached the door, jump up and right to a higher platform. You'll see a little yellow light indicating an item box. Collect, and get back to the door and enter. The Big Tunnel At this point, you'll be falling to the ground. Just follow the path around to the right. Along the way, you'll meet two Forcefield Guys. To the right of the upcoming door, there are two items (Bomb, then Heart in that order). Enter the door when you are ready, and then enter the next door in the next room. 2nd Room Work your way directly up, jumping from conveyor belt to conveyor belt to steady floor to steady floor to steady floor (from left to right to left to right to left in that order). Enter the door in the top left. Back to the Big Tunnel Follow the path left. You will meet up with 2 Skeletons along the way. Climb to the above level when you can, and enter the door to the right (this door was visible when you first entered this section). In the next room, follow the path around again. You'll meet up with a Forcefield Guy before seeing a gap to the upper level. Climb up, ignoring the first item (containing a Bomb), and collecting the second item to the left (containing a Heart) if need be. Do NOT enter the door left of the Heart, as this will put you back to where you started entering the Big Tunnel the first time. Instead, head right, defeating the Forcefield Guy along the way, and then entering the door. Follow the path to the left, and use the ceiling crawl to get across the pit. Now follow the path around, meeting up with 2 Forcefield Guys along the way. Near the door, there is another narrow passage that requires the ceiling crawl to get through. Enter the door when you're there. A Dark Room Take Two Here comes your first usage of a Tech. Use Pink's Tech to bring the room back to light. Once done, it's simply travelling left, making sure you use ceiling crawl to get across the first small pit, as there will be no way back up unless you want to use a Blue Tech tornado. First item you see contains a Bomb, while the second item contains the coveted Green Crystal! Once collected, head down the pit and enter the door. Back to the Big Tunnel, yet again Follow the path to the edge, and then fall down a level, hugging the left wall to make it to the lower level. There is a Skeleton to the left. Defeat it, then head left towards the door at the end. Again, fall to the next level, hugging the left wall again. Now, switch to Blue Ninja and use your grapple hook to get across the big gap. There is a Skeleton waiting at the other side. Defeat, then use a Blue Tech to get to the upper level to the right of the next pit. There is an item box containing a Life Increaser! If you are in need/if you want another Tech, fall to the level directly below, enter the door, and follow the path around. There are 3 items along this path containing Bomb, Bomb & Tech, in that order. Head back through the way you came, and fall down the pit. Head to the door on the left. This brings you back to where we first entered the Big Tunnel area. Just work your way back to the 2nd room. 2nd Room, Revisited This time, head right. You'll see 2 gas columns from the floor shooting upwards, a Blade Kicker, and then an item (Heart). Climb the conveyor belt, and then jump onto the conveyor belt on the next level to the left. If you're wanting yet another Tech, crawl to the left on the conveyor belt, being careful of the gas coming down from the ceiling as you go along. When you get to an opening, there will be two items, first containing a Bomb, second containing a Tech. You'll fall back to the start of the room. Work your way back to the conveyor belt that you just crawled on, but this time continue travelling upwards. You'll come across 2 Blade Kickers, an item containing a Teleport Block, and one last gas column from the ceiling prior to the door with the big red arrow pointing to it. Enter to face the last of the 4 regular bosses. Boss Fight - Disassembling Robot: Description - A fairly large robot which can disassemble itself into 4 different pieces. Attack(s) - Another two-part attack monster, much like the Armadillo. It will do one of each of the following: -In flying across the screen, it will either have the 3 body pieces all fly from the position of the upper part, have the 3 body pieces fly from its current position in the order of centre, upper, then lower, OR have the 3 body pieces all fly from the position of the lower part -Once they return to their positions across the screen, the robot will reassemble, turn around, and fire a laser at your current location. Vulnerable Point - Its head, but only when it is not connected to the rest of the body. It becomes invincible the moment it starts to reattach to the rest of the body. Preferred Ninja - Pink Strategies - Firstly, its pattern of flying across the screen: Upper, Current, Upper, Current, Bottom, Current, Current Now, again you can get in a shot before it starts to fly across the screen, but be careful here. Once it starts flying across the screen, dodge the parts appropriately, and then attack the head before or while it flies across. You can try to get another shot in before the remaining pieces fly back to rejoin, and get yet another shot in just before it reassembles itself (needs a bit of split second timing). Then, just lather, rinse, repeat. Again, 10 shots will bring the Robot down for the count. Now that the Disassembling Robot is defeated, the Green Ninja will appear. Congratulations, you've rescued the Green Ninja, AND recovered the Green Crystal! At this point, you have recovered all the Ninjas, but you still have a couple of Crystals to obtain. It doesn't matter whether you decide to go to the Castle or Building first, but this guide will head to the Castle first. At the same time, this guide will be pointing out where the Life Increasers are in both stages. It also assumes that the teleport blocks are active in the Castle and Building stages. If they are not, then you'll have to work your way back to the boss door on your own. 5.3.5 Castle revisited ----------------------- Outside Castle Work your way through to the first door as per before. Inside Castle Change to Yellow Ninja straight away. Now, head right, then cross the water to the left. Drop down to where there is an item containing a Heart to the right. Follow the path to the left. Drop down to the next level again, and head right. You'll meet a Boomerang Guy prior to reaching the door. Enter the door. Outside Castle, Lower Depths Pretty simple. Just follow the water to the right. Enter the door when you see it. Deep Inside Castle Follow the path left, where you'll be firstly met by a Forcefield Guy. There will be a couple of small platforms to traverse to the left, and then you'll see a Boomerang Guy. Defeat him, change to Green Ninja, and use the Double Jump ability to get on top of the wall on the left. You'll see an item containing the Pink Crystal! Change back to Yellow, and head right. Instead of climbing the small platforms, follow the water route. The water consists of another rising and falling deal. Hug the right wall, and once it starts falling, just continue right. You'll have more than enough time to get past both walls in one go if you're already hugging the wall when you start. In any case, just work your way through, making sure that you don't manage to get stuck between the water and a wall while the water is rising again. At the other side, there is a door, enter it. Outside Castle, Lower Depths take two From here, just work your way upwards. At the top there is an item containing a Life Increaser! Once you've collected this, you can change to Red, use his Teleport Tech, and enter the boss door. Congratulations, you've recovered the Pink Crystal! 5.3.6 Building - revisited --------------------------- At this point, change to Blue Ninja. He will be the one you'll be using for the bulk of this revisit. Work your way through to the crossroad where you have the choice of either climbing the smaller platforms above you, or continuing right. Head right this time. You'll come across an item containing a Heart and then a Skater. Climb the small platform just past the Skater (there will be another Skater just past this same small platform), then jump and grapple onto the hook to your left to swing across the platform. A Green Blob awaits. Enter the elevator to descend down two levels. Upon exiting the door, another Green Blob awaits to your right. Make your way downwards, collecting the item containing a Heart along the way if need be. At the bottom, heading left you'll encounter another Green Blob before reaching an elevator that will take you to the Basement of the Building. Basement A Bumblebee Guy is waiting to your right. You can kill him, but make your way down, passing a Skeleton, an item containing a Heart, and another Skeleton before reaching the bottom floor. Once there, change to Green Ninja and make sure that the green wall to the left is on screen. Use Green's Tech to blast the wall away, then enter the elevator. The elevator will take you up two levels, where an item containing a Life Increaser awaits! Work your way back down to ground floor and change back to Blue Ninja. Work your way right, coming across, in order: Skeleton, Bumblebee Guy, item containing a Bomb, Bumblebee Guy. Once you get the opportunity to climb onto a platform, do so. Once on the platform, jump and grapple onto the hook to the left, swinging to the platform to your left. From here, you'll have hooks that you'll have to jump up to in alternating directions from right to left, then left to right, then right to left again. Here there is a platform that you can jump up to on your right where a Skeleton is hanging out. Past him to the right is 3 consecutive hooks to the right. Time the hooks nicely and you'll land on a little platform where a Bumblebee Guy will be waiting above to the right. Drop directly down to the next floor to find an item containing the Yellow Crystal! Once you've collected this, you can change to Red, use his Teleport Tech, and enter the boss door. Congratulations, you've recovered the Yellow Crystal! Now, all 4 Crystals, along with all 4 Ninjas, have been recovered. The Enemy's Base is now available to be selected! 5.3.7 Enemy's Base ------------------- The Enemy's Base consists of a collection of rooms which link back and forth between themselves. Including the final 5 bosses and the reappearances of the 4 previously defeated bosses, there are 26 rooms total! This isn't much of a typical enemy's HQ in the sense that every room is riddled with traps that are supposed to crush anybody that comes near it. There aren't really any enemies in this place, outside of the 9(!) bosses you can face. This section of the guide will describe each and every room in this level in alphabetical order. It will involve a quick description of the room, and the Ninja for which the room seems to be themed for (and an added note on whether I believe a different ninja is suited better). Finally, it will mention which room it will connect to. The ultimate goal is to reach Room U which is the final room containing the last 5 bosses. You need to reach Room T which is reachable from 2 different rooms. To be able to reach Room T, a minimum of 2 bosses have to be defeated. There are no rooms labelled H, I, J or K. They are assumed to be the rooms containing the 4 regular bosses, and for that reason those 4 bosses will be mentioned after Room G, as you can only reach the 4 bosses from Rooms F & G. So, here comes the room descriptions: A Description: Lava rolls along across the ceiling, dropping at random points, melting away the floor below to reveal spikes. Themed for: Red Getting Through: Basically keep on your toes. The thing that you have going for you is the fact that you can destroy the drops before it reaches the ground. For that reason, sometimes I like playing this as Green seeing that you can abuse his weapon to no end and potentially not have to jump at any point before reaching the door. Connects to: Room B B Description: Lots of spikes on the ceiling and floor. Small moving platforms appear throughout the room. Themed for: Pink Getting Through: This room alternates between ceiling crawling on one platform to short jumping onto the next. If you're not too confident in short jumping (a full jump from the previous platform to the next will result in death by spikes from above) then change to Green and double-jump up from the floor (you'll only have to do this on two occasions. At the second last moving platform, you'll be moving across to another platform and there will be two tiles on the ceiling that you can use to hang around and wait for the platforms return. You can also directly jump onto the last platform, but you will only JUST reach. Enter the door at the end. There is also a Tech that can be collected midway through the room. Connects to: Room C C Description: A wall of spikes on the left will continue moving right, waiting for no one and nothing. Breakable walls hinder your path to the right. Themed for: Green Getting Through: As there is always an item containing a Tech prior to each breakable wall, you should have no troubles getting through. Just have to make sure you're quick about it. At the end, the last walls to be broken split the room to a top and bottom, both leading to two different doors leading down different paths. Connects to: [Top Door] Room D [Bottom Door] Room E D Description: 5 or 6 lower floors of spikes, where the only way through is by grapple hooks. Themed for: Blue Getting Through: Quite simply requires great timing with the grapple hooks. One stuff-up can result in death, but death can also be avoided if you're willing to use some Blue Techs to get across a couple of floors to safety. There is a 1UP that can be collected on the floor prior to the bottom floor. Door in the bottom left. Connects to: Room F E Description: Two sets of platforms moving across the screen from right to left over an entire floor of spikes. Top set are moving at a fast speed, bottom set at a slow speed. Themed for: Green Getting Through: This one can be tough due to the differing speeds. You have to time it so that you can double jump forward from a bottom platform to a top one, and then jump down to the next bottom platform, continuing as such until you reach the door at the end. If that is too much for you, you can always use Blue and use up 2 or 3 Techs to get across (assuming you have that many left). Connects to: Room G F Description: Yellow sparks are flying along the walls, floors and ceilings of each little section in the room Themed for: Yellow Getting Through: Just jump when the yellow sparks are headed your way. As you work your way along, you'll be able to pick up 3 items (Heart, Tech, and Heart). Last segment contains two sets of sparks, one flying through the bottom half, the other flying through the top half, both guarding separate doors. Connects to: [Top Door] Armadillo Boss [Bottom Door] Robot Spider Boss Special Notes: If you are returning to this room for the second time, the top door will be closed off if you've defeated the Armadillo Boss, and vice versa if you've defeated the Robot Spider Boss. If both have been defeated, then both doors will be open, and you'll be moved to the connecting rooms past the boss. G Description: Giant balls on chains swinging back and forth at various sections of the room. Themed for: Colour scheme suggests Red, but I prefer Green here Getting Through: Just jump over the boulders as they start to head in your direction. There will be the odd occasion where a double jump will do the job. Along the way, 3 items (Tech, Heart and Bomb) can be collected. This is another room with 2 doors at the end. Connects to: [Top Door] Worm Boss [Bottom Door] Disassembling Robot Special Notes: If you are returning to this room for the second time, the top door will be closed off if you've defeated the Worm Boss, and vice versa if you've defeated the Disassembling Robot Boss. If both have been defeated, then both doors will be open, and you'll be moved to the connecting rooms past the boss. Armadillo Boss Description: You get to take on the Armadillo Boss again. Follow the same strategy as before. Connects to: Room L Robot Spider Boss Description: You get to take on the Robot Spider Boss again. Follow the same strategy as before. Connects to: Room M Worm Boss Description: You get to take on the Worm Boss again. Follow the same strategy as before. Connects to: Room N Disassembling Robot Boss Description: You get to take on the Disassembling Robot Boss again. Follow the same strategy as before. Connects to: Room O L Description: Floor and ceiling covered in spikes, separated by platforms above and below, which will eventually alternate between appearing and disappearing. Themed for: Pink Getting Through: As mentioned before, either the safety floor or ceiling will disappear, and then the two will alternate between appearing and disappearing. To get across the stage, just continue alternating between walking on the floor and ceiling crawl on the ceiling. Connects to: Room P M Description: Water to cross, with spikes on the ceiling. At certain points in the water, a geyser effect can occur. Themed for: Yellow Getting Through: As you walk along the water, you'll notice small bubbling areas along the way. As soon as you walk over this area, the water will shoot you up straight towards the spikes. At this point, you'll want to instantly walk back left to avoid the spikes. There is an item containing a Heart along the way, but it involves fairly good split second timing so it may not be worth it. Connects to: Room P N Description: 3 levels of spikes on the ceilings and floors. Place is also littered with Exploders. Themed for: Blue Getting Through: At the start, there are 2 Techs waiting for you. From there, use Blue Techs to work your way through to the top right where the door is. There are more Techs that can be collected along the way but the 2 Techs should suffice. Connects to: Room Q O Description: 2 trees left and right. They disintegrate from bottom to top. Themed for: Green Getting Through: Using the left tree, just jump from branch to branch, using the double jump when needed. There are a couple of items that can be collected, but considering the time frame for getting through the stage, you may want to just concentrate on reaching the door at the top. Connects to: Room Q P Description: Bigish room with many hooks to the right, allowing for some major hook grappling across the room. Themed for: Blue Getting Through: Quite simply use the hooks and grapple across the room. If you are looking to reach the top door, you have to start grappling from the top hook to the right. Otherwise, if you miss for whatever reason, you can always use a Blue Tech to get up there. Connects to: [Top Door] Room R [Bottom Door] Room F Q Description: The room is covered in spikes on the floor and single segment spikes in the ceiling. There are small platforms that appear from either the floor or ceiling and work their way towards the opposite side (ceiling or floor). There are small non-moving platforms between moving platforms. Themed for: Green, but Pink can go through just as well Getting Through: Using Green, just make sure you have enough air to double jump from platform to platform. Otherwise, if you're using Pink, then make sure you can ceiling crawl safely from platform to platform. Connects to: [Top Door] Room G [Bottom Door] Room S R Description: Probably the most ordinary looking room. No traps, just varying levels of platform to walk across, with some Wall Guys littered 
             across the stage. You'll recognise them as the wall colour is 
             slightly different.
Themed for: Red, although I prefer Blue here as the grapple hook has much
            better range.
Getting Through: Well, there isn't much to say about this room. Blue is
                 preferred here because the range that is there between
                 yourself and the Wall Guys when they do flip out of the wall
                 is enough for the grapple hook to reach. Just remember to
                 duck when dodging the projectiles.
Connects to: [Top Door] Room T
             [Bottom Door] Room G
Special Note: The top door connecting to Room T will only be open if both the 
              Spider Robot and Armadillo have been defeated. Otherwise, it
              will be closed off and you will have to take the bottom door
              to Room G.

S
Description: Passageways slowly leading upwards, enough room for your Ninja to 
             walk. Along the way, boulders will come rolling around from 
             different directions along the way.
Themed for: Any, but I believe the background indicates Red. Yellow can do well
            here with his invincibility Tech.
Getting Through: If you are following the paths cleanly, when the boulders
                 appear you will have more than enough time to dodge them one
                 by one. If you are using Yellow, then your only concern will
                 be whether your Tech will last long enough or if you have
                 more than enough Techs to get through.
Connects to: [Top Door] Room F
             [Bottom Door] Room T
Special Note: The bottom door connecting to Room T will only be open if both
              the Disassembling Robot and Worm have been defeated. Otherwise,
              it will be closed off and you will have to take the top door to
              Room F.

T
Description: Your last "trap-ridden" room. The floor and ceiling are riddled
             with spikes, and there are little moveable platforms that will act
             like weighing machines, or balances. Jump on one, it goes down,
             the adjacent one goes up. There are segments of the ceiling
             which are not littered with spikes. These are used to aid you
             across the room.
Themed for: Pink
Getting Through: The basic idea with utilising the moving platforms is to make
                 sure that you time all your jumping right. Basically, you
                 jump onto the first platform and stay on it until it nears its
                 lowest point. Jump to the second platform (the lack of weight
                 on the first will bring the second down slightly), and then
                 quickly jump towards the ceiling for some ceiling crawling.
                 Basically a lather, rinse, repeat exercise, with a bit of
                 changing in strategies at certain points.

U
Description: The grand finale. Nothing fancy here. One door to the right, a
             lower level containing 4 doors, 2 to the left, 2 to the right. A
             couple of spikes in-between either sections, and 3 items (randomly
             consisting of 2 Hearts and 1 Bomb) in the centre platform on the
             lower level.
Themed for: No theme. You need to play as each of the 5 Ninjas during the
            course of this room.
Getting Through: The room to the right will not open until the 4 rooms below
                 have been entered. Each of the 5 doors lead to your final 5
                 boss fights, and I will list the bosses in order from
                 bottom-left and work right, leaving the boss in the top right
                 to last of course.

                 *note that for the remainder of this walkthrough, you'll be 
                  seeing a fair bit of copy/pasting going on, just so you
                  know...

                 So, to the left door, we find our first boss, Dark Blue Ninja!

Boss Fight - Dark Blue Ninja:
Description - Well, its a Ninja in black attire, with shades of blue. Mimics
              your Blue Ninja (of course).
Attack(s) - Has a big ball of spikes which he swings around on a chain. One of
            two attacks can occur. His first movement while swinging the chain
            around is to jump towards you. In mid-air, he may swing his ball
            of chain downwards and slightly forward. Otherwise, once he lands
            he will launch his ball and chain along the ground.
Vulnerable Point - The bone above his left knee... nah, just hit him with the 
                   Blue Ninja's grapple hook. It is his only vulnerability.
Preferred Ninja - Blue.
Strategies - Now, here I'm not too sure whether DBN follows a certain pattern 
             like the previous bosses. This is probably due to being too
             excited at the time that I face him. Keeping low and staying
             close will help you here. Just attack when you see an opening. If
             you "melee" it like I do (stay close and just attack everytime
             he's on the ground, and get the odd jump-attack in as well)
             you'll be able to beat him losing only 4 bars of energy, maybe
             less. 

             10 successful hits on the DBN and he'll magically explode, 
             signalling the end of the battle.

                 Upon exiting, the 3 items in the centre will reappear, and
                 the items are randomised. Collect your Hearts to regain any
                 health and enter the second door on the left for boss No.2,
                 Dark Yellow Ninja!

Boss Fight - Dark Yellow Ninja:
Description - Well, its a Ninja in black attire, with shades of yellow. Mimics
              your Yellow Ninja (of course).
Attack(s) - Uses a spinning blade which is either used as a projectile or as a 
            returning projectile (a la your Yellow Ninja's attack).
Vulnerable Point - The bone above his right knee... nah, just hit him with the
                   Yellow Ninja's shuriken. It is his only vulnerability.
Preferred Ninja - Yellow.
Strategies - The fact that you are Yellow in this battle helps you immensely...
             provided you still have a Tech or 2 left over. If you do, use one, 
             and just attack attack attack. Like Dark Blue Ninja, this one
             won't really be able to get in enough attacks to be of any
             danger, especially with a Tech or 2.

             10 successful shots on the DYN and he'll magically explode, 
             signalling the end of the battle.

                 Upon exiting, the 3 items in the centre will reappear, and the
                 items are randomised. Collect your Hearts to regain any health
                 and enter the first door on the right for boss No.3, Dark Pink
                 Ninja!

Boss Fight - Dark Pink Ninja:
Description - Well, its a Ninja in black attire, with shades of pink. Mimics
              your Pink Ninja (of course).
Attack(s) - Drops bombs (duh!). When the bomb lands, it will explode in one of 
            two different manners, where the explosion will follow in a
            consistent bouncing manner (2 different heights).
Vulnerable Point - You see that tiny point above his left eye... nah, just
                   Pink's bombs will do the trick. Nothing more to it.
Preferred Ninja - Pink.
Strategies - Luckily, Dark Pink Ninja is easily defeated if you follow exactly 
             what he does. When he is ready to drop a bomb, jump to avoid it,
             and release one of your own. After he's dropped his bomb, he'll
             jump and climb the ceiling to go past you. Follow him to wherever
             he lands, and hit him with another bomb on the way down. Then
             it's a matter of lather, rinse, repeat again.

             10 successful blows on the DPN and he'll magically explode,
             signalling the end of the battle.

                 Upon exiting, the 3 items in the centre will reappear, and the
                 items are randomised. Collect your Hearts to regain any health
                 and enter the second door on the right for boss No.4, Dark
                 Green Ninja!

Boss Fight - Dark Green Ninja:
Description - Well, its a Ninja in black attire, with shades of green. Mimics
              your Green Ninja (of course).
Attack(s) - Two attacks: one double-jump shuriken which splits into 3 when it
            hits the ground, and two shurikens thrown in a crouching position.
Vulnerable Point - No wise crack here. Just use Green Ninja's shurikens.
Preferred Ninja - Green.
Strategies - Much like DPN, Dark Green can go down with ease. DGN likes to
             follow the pattern of 2 double-jump shurikens followed by the
             crouching shurikens. Using that pattern to your advantage, just
             attack him as he lands from the double jump, jumping before he
             uses the crouching shurikens.

             17 hits later on the DGN and he'll magically explode, signalling
             the end of the battle.

                 Upon exiting, the 3 items in the centre will reappear, and the
                 items are randomised. Collect your Hearts to regain any health
                 and double-jump back to the top level to enter the final door
                 on the right, facing the last man standing before the Red
                 Crystal: Dark Red Ninja!

Boss Fight - Dark Red Ninja:
Description - Well, its a Ninja in black attire, with shades of red. However,
              it mimics all other Ninjas (OMG different!)
Attack(s) - A whole FOUR attacks! They are as follows:
                A giant shuriken from the sky (hello Yellow)
                A grapple hook on the ground (hello Blue)
                A bomb from the sky (hello Pink)
                The same double-jump shuriken from Dark Green Ninja (hello
                                                                     Green)
Vulnerable Point - He is vulnerable to Red Ninja's sword. Yep.
Preferred Ninja - Red.
Strategies - The DRN has two "modes", following the err... following patterns:
                 Mode 1 - jumping, throwing the giant shuriken towards you
                        - upon landing, will do a long low jump in your
                          direction
                        - upon landing, will use grapple hook
                        - jumps to other side to start again

                 Mode 2 - double jump separating shuriken
                        - double jump bomb
                        - sometimes a double jump without attack inbetween

             For mode 1, if you stay close enough to him in a crouching
             position, the giant shuriken should miss. Get an attack in,
             watch him low long jump across, then jump as he's throwing his
             grapple hook and attack while you're landing towards him. Repeat
             until you've landed 5 hits, in which he'll enter mode 2.

             For mode 2, just stay close to him. If you are practically above
             him when he jumps, his attack won't hit you. Just slash as he
             lands, then position yourself directly below him as he jumps and
             attacks. Another 5 hits for the total of 10 hits will culminate in
             the defeat of the Dark Red Ninja.... or does it?

                 Upon landing the 10th blow on DRN, the animation indicates
                 that he is defeated. But, it seems that we have a problem.
                 He seems to be moving to the right of screen, and now
                 TRANSFORMING into some hideous looking beast!

Boss Fight - Dark Red Ninja, Part II:
Description - Fugly monster thing. Fills half the height of the screen, has
              many eyes, and seems to have a hard coat of armour on him. How
              nice :-)
Attack(s) - Fugly monster has 3 attacks. Yes, one less than his Ninja form,
            but 2 of the attacks pack quite a punch. Attacks are as follows:
               -Bomb released from its head, exploding in manner similar to
                Worms
               -Lightning strike from the sky, is powerful
               -Large-ish Beam attack from the head, is powerful
            Both powerful attacks have the potential to make you lose at least
            4 bars of health in the one shot! (don't know the exact number off
            hand, usually when I get hit by it, I'm already down to 4 bars
            left anyway, resulting typically in death)
Vulnerable Point - Its head area. Seriously. Don't attack the body, it won't 
                   work. Again, only with Red Ninja.
Preferred Ninja - Red.
Strategies - Despite the awesome powers at DRNII's disposal, he does follow an
             exact pattern in his attacks, which is as follows (where -
             indicates the second attack following the first straight after):
                 Bomb, Beam, Bomb-Lightning, Beam, Beam-Lightning
             To avoid the Bomb, stay very close to him. To avoid the beam,
             just duck. Finally, to avoid the lightning, when he signals for
             it, move.

             To the actual beating of the final boss, just make sure you're
             not jumping when he's about to start a beam, because it will
             hurt. Make sure you get your attacks on the head in while he's
             walking forwards or backwards, and sometimes during attacks if
             you can manage to do so, and you'll be fine.

             10 slashes to the head will result in the Dark Red Ninja being 
             defeated.

Congratulations, you've just recovered the Red Crystal and beaten the game!

As a sub-note for the Enemy's Base, the following are the two quickest routes
in getting from Room A to Room U, in 14 rooms apiece:

A -> B -> C (upper) -> D -> F (upper) -> Armadillo -> L -> P (lower) ->
F (lower) -> Spider Robot -> M -> P (upper) -> R (upper) -> T -> U

A -> B -> C (lower) -> E -> G (upper) -> Worm -> N -> Q (upper) -> G (lower)
-> Robot -> O -> Q (lower) -> S (right) -> T -> U

Boths routes can have the bosses beaten in the opposite order. Just remember
to loop back to F or G as soon as you can, or you will have to face at least
a 3rd boss to work through to U, thus going through more rooms than required.

--------------------
6.0  Boss Strategies
--------------------

The following is a copy-paste job from the walkthrough, outlining everything 
about each of the bosses in an easily accessible location. Added to the 
copy-paste job is the location that you would find them. So, here we go:

Name - Armadillo
*note: For whatever reason, I've always thought of it as an Armadillo, even 
       though it probably doesn't ressemble one. So unless somebody points out 
       what it's supposed to be, or wants to confirm for me, that name stays.

Found - Canyon, top door at end of Room F in Enemy's Base
Description - Fugly monster with a hard-shell on its back, which also acts as
              its weapon, launching spikes from it.
Attack(s) - Its a two-part attacking monster, where it will do one of each of
            the following two parts:
               -Either roll along the ground to opposite side, or high jump
                there
               -Shoot 3 spikes, either in the upward-forward or forward
                direction
Vulnerable Point - Its front body.
Preferred Ninja - Yellow.
Strategy - Like the other bosses in this game, the Armadillo follows a
           specific pattern concerning his movement and spike launching. The
           pattern is as follows, indicating movement, then direction of spike:
               Roll-Up, Jump-Ground, Jump-Ground, Roll-Up, Roll-Ground, Jump-Up
           Now, the main reason you'll be using Yellow is due to the fact that 
           Yellow's shuriken will pass through the Armadillo through to his 
           "vulnerable" side, thus scoring a hit even if he's facing away from
           you.
           You can get a first attack in before the Armadillo curls into a ball 
           the first time, then just follow it back and forth, throwing your 
           shuriken before it emerges from its ball, dodging the spikes and 
           re-throwing the shuriken. Using this method, you should be able to 
           score 3 hits on it from the time comes out of its ball to the time
           it returns to its ball form.
           10 hits, and the Armadillo goes down.

Name - Dark Blue Ninja
Found - Enemy's Base, Room U, 1st door on the left on the bottom level.
Description - Well, its a Ninja in black attire, with shades of blue. Mimics
              your Blue Ninja (of course).
Attack(s) - Has a big ball of spikes which he swings around on a chain. One of
            two attacks can occur. His first movement while swinging the chain
            around is to jump towards you. In mid-air, he may swing his ball of
            chain downwards and slightly forward. Otherwise, once he lands he 
            will launch his ball and chain along the ground.
Vulnerable Point - The bone above his left knee... nah, just hit him with the 
                   Blue Ninja's grapple hook. It is his only vulnerability.
Preferred Ninja - Blue.
Strategies - Now, here I'm not too sure whether DBN follows a certain pattern 
             like the previous bosses. This is probably due to being too
             excited at the time that I face him. Keeping low and staying
             close will help you here. Just attack when you see an opening. If
             you "melee" it like I do (stay close and just attack everytime
             he's on the ground, and get the odd jump-attack in as well)
             you'll be able to beat him losing only 4 bars of energy, maybe
             less. 
             10 successful hits on the DBN and he'll magically explode, 
             signalling the end of the battle.

Name - Dark Green Ninja
Found - Enemy's Base, Room U, 2nd door on the right on the bottom level.
Description - Well, its a Ninja in black attire, with shades of green. Mimics
              your Green Ninja (of course).
Attack(s) - Two attacks: one double-jump shuriken which splits into 3 when it
            hits the ground, and two shurikens thrown in a crouching position.
Vulnerable Point - No wise crack here. Just use Green Ninja's shurikens.
Preferred Ninja - Green.
Strategies - Much like DPN, Dark Green can go down with ease. DGN likes to
             follow the pattern of 2 double-jump shurikens followed by the
             crouching 
shurikens. Using that pattern to your advantage, just
             attack him as he lands from the double jump, jumping before he
             uses the crouching shurikens.
             17 hits later on the DGN and he'll magically explode, signalling
             the end of the battle.

Name - Dark Pink Ninja
Found - Enemy's Base, Room U, 1st door on the right on the bottom level.
Description - Well, its a Ninja in black attire, with shades of pink. Mimics
              your Pink Ninja (of course).
Attack(s) - Drops bombs (duh!). When the bomb lands, it will explode in one of 
            two different manners, where the explosion will follow in a
            consistent bouncing manner (2 different heights).
Vulnerable Point - You see that tiny point above his left eye... nah, just
                   Pink's bombs will do the trick. Nothing more to it.
Preferred Ninja - Pink.
Strategies - Luckily, Dark Pink Ninja is easily defeated if you follow exactly 
             what he does. When he is ready to drop a bomb, jump to avoid it,
             and release one of your own. After he's dropped his bomb, he'll
             jump and climb the ceiling to go past you. Follow him to wherever
             he lands, and hit him with another bomb on the way down. Then it's
             a matter of lather, rinse, repeat again.
             10 successful blows on the DPN and he'll magically explode,
             signalling the end of the battle.

Name - Dark Red Ninja
Found - Enemy's Base, Room U, door on the right on the top level.
Description - Well, its a Ninja in black attire, with shades of red. However,
              it mimics all other Ninjas (OMG different!)
Attack(s) - A whole FOUR attacks! They are as follows:
                A giant shuriken from the sky (hello Yellow)
                A grapple hook on the ground (hello Blue)
                A bomb from the sky (hello Pink)
                The same double-jump shuriken from Dark Green Ninja (hello
                                                                     Green)
Vulnerable Point - He is vulnerable to Red Ninja's sword. Yep.
Preferred Ninja - Red.
Strategies - The DRN has two "modes", following the err... following patterns:
                 Mode 1 - jumping, throwing the giant shuriken towards you
                        - upon landing, will do a long low jump in your
                          direction
                        - upon landing, will use grapple hook
                        - jumps to other side to start again

                 Mode 2 - double jump separating shuriken
                        - double jump bomb
                        - sometimes a double jump without attack inbetween

             For mode 1, if you stay close enough to him in a crouching
             position, the giant shuriken should miss. Get an attack in, watch
             him low long jump across, then jump as he's throwing his grapple
             hook and attack while you're landing towards him. Repeat until
             you've landed 5 hits, in which he'll enter mode 2.

             For mode 2, just stay close to him. If you are practically above
             him when he jumps, his attack won't hit you. Just slash as he
             lands, then position yourself directly below him as he jumps and
             attacks. Another 5 hits for the total of 10 hits will culminate
             in the defeat of the Dark Red Ninja.... or does it?

Name - Dark Red Ninja, Part II
Found - Enemy's Base, Room U, door on the right on the top level.
Description - Fugly monster thing. Fills half the height of the screen, has
              many eyes, and seems to have a hard coat of armour on him. How
              nice :-)
Attack(s) - Fugly monster has 3 attacks. Yes, one less than his Ninja form, but
            2 of the attacks pack quite a punch. Attacks are as follows:
               -Bomb released from its head, exploding in manner similar to
                Worms
               -Lightning strike from the sky, is powerful
               -Large-ish Beam attack from the head, is powerful
            Both powerful attacks have the potential to make you lose at least
            4 bars of health in the one shot! (don't know the exact number off
            hand, usually when I get hit by it, I'm already down to 4 bars
            left)
Vulnerable Point - Its head area. Seriously. Don't attack the body, it won't 
                   work. Again, only with Red Ninja.
Preferred Ninja - Red.
Strategies - Despite the awesome powers at DRNII's disposal, he does follow an
             exact pattern in his attacks, which is as follows (where -
             indicates the second attack following the first straight after):
                 Bomb, Beam, Bomb-Lightning, Beam, Beam-Lightning
             To avoid the Bomb, stay very close to him. To avoid the beam,
             just duck. Finally, to avoid the lightning, when he signals for
             it, move.

             To the actual beating of the final boss, just make sure you're
             not jumping when he's about to start a beam, because it will hurt.
             Make sure you get your attacks on the head in while he's walking
             forwards or backwards, and sometimes during attacks if you can
             manage to do so, and you'll be fine.

             10 slashes to the head will result in the Dark Red Ninja being 
             defeated.

Name - Dark Yellow Ninja
Found - Enemy's Base, Room U, 2nd door on the left on the bottom level.
Description - Well, its a Ninja in black attire, with shades of yellow. Mimics
              your Yellow Ninja (of course).
Attack(s) - Uses a spinning blade which is either used as a projectile or as a 
            returning projectile (a la your Yellow Ninja's attack).
Vulnerable Point - The bone above his right knee... nah, just hit him with the
                   Yellow Ninja's shuriken. It is his only vulnerability.
Preferred Ninja - Yellow.
Strategies - The fact that you are Yellow in this battle helps you immensely...
             provided you still have a Tech or 2 left over. If you do, use one, 
             and just attack attack attack. Like Dark Blue Ninja, this one
             won't really be able to get in enough attacks to be of any danger, 
             especially with a Tech or 2.
             10 successful shots on the DYN and he'll magically explode, 
             signalling the end of the battle.

Name - Disassembling Robot
Found - Factory, bottom door at end of Room G in Enemy's Base
Description - A fairly large robot which can disassemble itself into 4
              different pieces. 
Attack(s) - Another two-part attack monster, much like the Armadillo. It will
            do one of each of the following:
                In flying across the screen, it will either have the 3 body 
                pieces all fly from the position of the upper part, have the 3
                body pieces fly from its current position in the order of
                centre, upper, then lower, OR have the 3 body pieces all fly
                from the position of the lower part
                Once they return to their positions across the screen, the
                robot will reassemble, turn around, and fire a laser at your
                current location.
Vulnerable Point - Its head, but only when it is not connected to the rest of
                   the body. It becomes invincible the moment it starts to
                   reattach to the rest of the body.
Preferred Ninja - Pink
Strategies - Firstly, its pattern of flying across the screen:
                 Upper, Current, Upper, Current, Bottom, Current, Current
             Now, again you can get in a shot before it starts to fly across
             the screen, but be careful here. Once it starts flying across the
             screen, dodge the parts appropriately, and then attack the head
             before or while it flies across. You can try to get another shot
             in before the remaining pieces fly back to rejoin, and get yet
             another shot in just before it reassembles itself (needs a bit of
             split second timing). Then, just lather, rinse, repeat.
             Again, 10 shots will bring the Robot down for the count.

Name - Robot Spider
Found - Building, bottom door at end of Room F in Enemy's Base
Description - A giant spider that crawls around on the ceiling, extending its 
              head downwards when its ready to attack.
Attack(s) - When it extends its head, one of two attacks will come out of the
            head:
            a) A bomb, with a fire running along the ground towards you
            b) A spread-out acid drop, where 6 drops, 3 on either side, fall at
               differing distances
Vulnerable Point - Its head when it is extended out.
Preferred Ninja - Red
Strategy - The Robot Spider follows the exact same pattern of bomb and acid
           drops as follows (- denotes one move used straight after the other):
               Bomb, Acid, Bomb-Acid, Acid, Acid-Bomb, Bomb-Acid, Acid, repeat
           When it extends its head, you can get in an attack on the head
           (regardless of what the upcoming attack is) before it starts its
           next attack. Then, if it is a Bomb, jump up again right next to it
           and attack again. Otherwise, get directly underneath the spider and
           jump up and time an attack nicely. With the acid, you can possibly
           get in two attacks.
           After 10 strikes, the Robot Spider is destroyed.

Name - Worm
Found - Castle, top door at end of Room G in Enemy's Base
Description - It's a giant worm. It tunnels up and down the screen in 4
              different spots/columns.
Attack(s) - Just one, a bomb which it leaves behind upon ending its little
            tunnelling sequence. Touching it hurts you of course.
Vulnerable Point - Its head.
Preferred Ninja - Red.
Strategy - Probably the easiest boss in the game. Just attack its head when you
           can, and when its about to finish its tunnelling sequence (you'll
           know this as it won't be moving onto the next spot) walk as far
           away as possible to avoid the blast from the bomb. After 10 hits
           with the sword, the Worm is down for the count.

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7.0  List of Enemies
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Made up the names. Introduced to go with a description. Also number of attacks
indicated to kill is based on first entry of stage, and based on all weapons
bar Green's small shurikens.

Name: Blade Kicker
Found: Castle, Factory
Description: Looks like a street fighter, attacks with a bit of a blade kick.
To Defeat: 2 strikes

Name: Blue Statue
Found: Castle
Description: A blue statue which kinda looks like a fish. Attacks with a ray
             of fire.
To Defeat: 1 strike

Name: Boomerang Guy
Found: Castle, Canyon
Description: Guy that hangs from the roof, throws a returning boomerang.
To Defeat: 1 strike

Name: Bumblebee Guy
Found: Building
Description: Reasonably big guy with bee-like wings (hence the lame name...). 
             Stays suspended in mid-air for a moment before charging towards
             you.
To Defeat: 2 strikes

Name: Exploder
Found: Enemy's Base (Room N)
Description: Large-ish robot looking thing that explodes when you are near it.
To Defeat: Approach it...

Name: Flying Dynamite Guy
Found: Canyon
Description: The name is fairly self-explanatory. This guy flies across the 
             screen, dropping dynamite as he flies by. Sometimes will fly back
             the way he came.
To Defeat: 1 strike

Name: Forcefield Guy
Found: Castle, Factory
Description: Guy wearing a nice blue chunk of armour. Also reflects out a
             yellow forcefield when you get close, which makes him invincible
             for the time that it is up.
To Defeat: 2 strikes

Name: Green Blob
Found: Building
Description: A green blob that drops down in the form of a person if you are
             one tile away from it. Doesn't actually attack, but it is supposed
             to throw you off, guard thus losing health by touching it.
To Defeat: 1 strike

Name: Riser
Found: Canyon
Description: Guy that rises from the ground and tries to stab you with some 
             pointy piece of equipment. Comes in two colours and will either
             stay where he is, or move towards you upon diving back into the
             ground.
To Defeat: 1 strike

Name: Skater
Found: Building
Description: A skater who just skates back and forth along the ground. He is
             invulnerable to attacks directed at his top half.
To Defeat: 1 strike

Name: Skeleton
Found: Building, Factory
Description: A skeleton with a beating heart. Walks real slowly, but has a
             thrusting attack. For non-sword weapons, you have to crouch and 
             attack to hit his weakpoint (the heart).
To Defeat: 2 strikes

Name: Wall Guy
Found: Enemy Base (Room R)
Description: Guys with projectile attacks hidden in the walls. Will turn
             around if you are within range.
To Defeat: 1 strike

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8.0  Passwords
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So, you don't want to put in the hard work, and feel like inputting a password
to get to a certain point in quick time. Because I'm such a nice guy, I'll
provide you with some passwords that I've found during the course of playing the
game.

First point is that passwords only retain 3 pieces of information: the Ninjas 
rescued, the Crystals recovered and the Life Increasing items taken. In all 
cases, you will start with 4 lives remaining, and 0 Techs stored. Also, no 
Teleport Blocks will be uncovered.

From what I've gathered, there isn't just one password for one particular 
combination of collected stuff. For example, my first password on the list
with just Pink rescued, there is more than one password for the same result,
so these aren't unique by any stretch of the imagination.

Anyway, here comes a short list, consisting of my preferred path from stage to
stage, and one code at the end that leaves little margin for error in the
Enemy's Base:

A0D4D - Pink rescued
00363 - Pink and Yellow rescued
B4AF6 - Pink, Yellow & Blue rescued, Blue Crystal obtained, 1 health increases
36CB6 - All Ninjas Rescued, Blue & Green Crystal obtained, 2 health increases
BE8BA - All Ninjas Rescued, Yellow Crystal remaining, 3 health increases
9F2D3 - All Ninjas Rescued, all Crystals obtained, 4 health increases

9F3E3 - All Ninjas rescued, all Crystals obtained, 0 health increases!

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9.0  Is this the end?
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Random Dynasty Warriors quote :-P

Anywho, that's it for this FAQ. Not much else to add except thanks for reading
my FAQ on what I regard as the best GameGear game in existance!

If you're wanting to contact me for whatever reason, whether it be pointing out
a mistake in the FAQ, or just wanting to tell me that the game sucks, use this 
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