~無双OROCHI~ Musou OROCHI Translation Guide by BlackKite/The Giant Hoeruo (blackkite2128 (at) yahoo (dot) co (dot) id) Version: 1.3 =============================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS =============================================================================== I. Version History II. Introduction III. Translations 1. Main Menu 1a. Story Mode 1b. Free Mode 1c. Gallery 1d. Options 2. Intermission (Barracks) Menu 3. Pre-Battle Menu 4. Pause Menu 5. Element List 6. Skill List IV. Frequently Asked Questions V. Copyright VI. Credits =============================================================================== I. VERSION HISTORY =============================================================================== V 0.3 (04 April 2007) Guide Made V 1.0 (05 April 2007) Added Pre-Battle and Pause menus, as well as some more tidbits and FAQs V 1.1 (06 April 2007) Added some more FAQs V 1.2 (08 April 2007) More tidbits to the Element&Skill lists, and translation of requirements for skill acquirement in Team Information [2. Intermission (Barracks) Menu] V 1.3 (07 July 2007) Added explanation on Standby Recover skill. =============================================================================== II. INTRODUCTION =============================================================================== This is the Musou OROCHI Translation Guide made by BlackKite aka. The Giant Hoeruo at GameFAQs Boards. This guide is made to help import gamers who play Musou OROCHI, a hack'n'slash game made by KOEI, which is currently available only in Japan. This guide contains Japanese text which is saved in the Shift-JIS format, so in order to be able to show the Japanese text, you need to change your browser encoding to Japanese (Shift-JIS). All names here are written with the surname-firstname order. Zhao and Sanada are surnames; Yun and Yukimura are firstnames. Thus, Zhao Yun and Sanada Yukimura. =============================================================================== III. TRANSLATIONS =============================================================================== First things first, remember the two most basic things in Japanese games: 1. はい (Hai) means Yes, and いいえ (Iie) means No. 2. Circle button is used to confirm things instead of Cross in NA games, and Cross button to cancel things instead of Triangle. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. Main Menu +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ After seeing the KOEI logo, Dolby Digital, Omega-Force and either watching or skipping the opening movie, a huge Musou OROCHI logo should appear. Press Start, and you'll enter the main menu. The Menu is listed as below. For more details regarding the modes, please check their respective submenus. Story Mode Free Mode Gallery Options ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1a. Story Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Story Mode is, well, the main mode of this game. Its system is similar to DW4, which is kingdom-based Musou Mode. There are 4 different kingdoms to play: Shu, Wei, Wu and Sengoku. However, don't expect that all characters from that kingdom belong in that kingdom's story. Sometimes you'll get Wei characters in Shu story, Wu characters in Sengoku story, etc. As you enter this mode, you get to choose from one of the kingdoms. 蜀 Shu, green and represented by a dragon 魏 Wei, blue and represented by a phoenix 呉 Wu, red and represented by a tiger 戦国 Sengoku, yellow and represented by a lion (Thanks to Geese911 and many others for giving information on this. It really isn't Genbu at all...) After that, you'll go through the intermission menu (see "2. Intermission (Barracks) Menu" for more details), and then to the stage selection. Note that you can only use characters that belong in the kingdom's story. For example, Shimazu Yoshihiro belongs in the Shu story, not Sengoku, so you can't use him in Sengoku story. There is, however, a way to make any characters available, which is by finishing the kingdom's story. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1b. Free Mode ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As usual, in Free Mode you get to use any characters in any stages. As you enter this mode, you get to choose three different characters. After that, you'll go through the usual intermission menu and stage selection. The only notable difference is that enemy generals you defeated will have a dying quote instead of retreating quote... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1c. Gallery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gallery is the place where you can see the artistic section of this game. On the first menu, you can see the character illustrations. The 1st picture is available as you unlock the character. The 2nd one is unlocked when you have learned all skills from that character. The 3rd one is unlocked when you have maxed out the character's attacker level. The 4th one is unlocked when you get the character's specific item. On the second menu, you can see larger images of weapons you have obtained. On the third menu, you can see movies. You can also see opening movies of all DW-SW games and their expansions, from Shin Sangoku Musou 1 (DW2) to Sengoku Musou 2 Empires (SW2E). The last menu is MobileJOY, and as the name suggests, this has to do with KOEI mobile website contents which is obviously Japan-only. Expect this menu to disappear from the overseas versions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1d. Options ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Options section is, obviously, where you can change the game system settings. Remember that 初期設定に戻す means Return to Default Settings. ゲーム設定 Game Settings 体力表示 Life Display Here you can set if you want to have a life bar displayed above enemies or not イベント表示 Event Display Here you can set if you want to see events or not コントローラ設定 Controller Settings 設定開始 Change Settings Depending on which controller presses the Circle button, you will go through that controller settings (e.g. pressing 2P's Circle here will make you go to 2P Controller Settings) 振動機能 Rumble Function Here you can set if you want to have controller rumble/vibration on or off 操作キャラ切替 Character Change You can change the way of changing characters. The default is Type A, where R2/L2 is used for this. Choosing the other type (B) will switch R2/L2 to Map Change, while you'll change characters with the D-Pad ボタン設定 Button Setting Here you can change the button assignments. Here are the defaults. 通常攻撃 Normal Attack: Square チャージ攻撃 Charge Attack: Triangle 無双乱舞／奥義 Musou Ranbu (DW) or Ougi (SW): Circle ジャンプ Jump: Cross シフト■ガード Shift / Guard : L1 タイプアクション Type Action : R1 (This is when you do the new specials) マップ切替 Map Change : R3 サウンド設定 Sound Settings システム System Here you change the sound system between ステレオ Stereo, モノラル Monaural, Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby Digital BGM音量 BGM Volume 効果音音量 Sound Effects Volume セリフ音量 Voice Volume These three are self explanatory. サウンドテスト Sound Test More like BGM test... Anyway, this is where you can listen to the BGMs you have heard in this game 画面調整 Screen Adjust Self explanatory, this is where you adjust the screen. Remember to press Circle to confirm adjustment. 武将能力初期化 Character Ability Reset Here is where you can reset the characters back to Level 1. セーブ／ロード Save/Load Self Explanatory, isn't it? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2. Intermission (Barracks) Menu +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Actually, this menu is named 兵舎 Barracks, but since this menu is similar to the Intermission menus in Super Robot Wars and SD Gundam G Gen games, I can't help naming it the "Intermission" menu. Anyway, the menu consists of... メンバー変更 Member Change Here you can change the members of your ultimate trio. Remember that you can change costume color with Triangle, and they're available from the beginning. Note that this doesn't exist on Free Mode's Intermission, since you already got to choose characters the moment you enter the mode. 武器装備 Weapon Equip This is where you can change equipped weapon. But actually this is also available in the Pre-Battle Menu... 特技装備 Skill Equip You can equip up to 7 skills you have acquired. For a list of skills, you can check the "6. Skill List" section. This is also available in the Pre-Battle Menu. 経験値振分 Experience Distribute Here you can distribute stock experiences to any characters you have unlocked. To speed up things, you can press Square to immediately raise a level, provided that you have the necessary amount of EXP. 武器融合 Weapon Fusion Yes, this is the new feature of Musou OROCHI. You can fuse the weapons to make a weapon stronger. First, you choose the base weapon you want to put upgrades at. Then, you choose another weapon, the stats of which you are going to put in the base weapon. After that, you can add elements from the second weapon (There is a list of elements at the "5. Element List" section), and their max level is 10. You can also add attack bonus, the maximum point of which is 20. You can add slots as well, as long as there aren't 8 slots in the base weapon. Note that the money used here has the same amount as the stock experience you use in Experience Distribute. When you're done, don't forget to choose the last blue option. チーム情報 Team Information Here you can see the information of the characters in your current team. The first one is the requirement to learn a new ability. Note that these requirements, ranging from defeating a certain number of enemies to defeating a certain number of generals without using Musou-reducing attacks, have to be done by the character him/herself. This will no longer be shown after the character has learned all his/her skills. Here are some guidelines on the requirements. xx人撃破 - Kill a number of people (Generals included) x武将撃破 - Kill a number of generals (Peons not included) xx人撃破かつx武将撃破 - Kill a number of people including a number of generals 戦闘開始後xx分以内にxx - Succeed within a certain time limit 体力xx%を維持しxx - Succeed with keeping HP above certain percentage 無双消費アクション未使用でxx - Succeed without using Musou-consuming attacks The second one is a diagram of the character's current moveset. The third one is the general controller configuration. You can also see this in the Pre-Battle Menu. チュートリアル Tutorial Here you get to see explanations of the game's new features... in Japanese of course. セーブ Save Self Explanatory. 進軍開始 Begin Advance Exits the Intermission Menu and proceeds to the stage selection screen. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3. Pre-Battle Menu +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ After you have chosen a stage, and either saw the prelude narration (Story) or not (Free), you will go through this menu before going into battle. You know, that menu with a big map on the right. Many of the menus are accessible in the previous ones, so I won't include descriptions for those already available before. 武器装備 Weapon Equip 特技装備 Skill Equip チーム情報 Team Information 勝敗条件 Victory and Defeat Conditions You can see the battle conditions here, and make sure you check it so that when you go into battle you don't lose immediately just because your HQ has been taken over by an enemy blitzkrieg. :P The above one, 勝利条件, is the condition for winning, while the bottom one, 敗北条件, is the condition for losing. The mentioned general is marked on the map to help you determine who you need to kill/defend. 軍団情報 Troops Information Here you can see a list of generals, in your force, the enemy force, and the third force as well. 設定変更 Setting Change You can change some options here. The first option is to (de)activate the life bar. The second is similar, but for events. The third one is the same, but it's for the rumble/vibration function. 戦闘開始 Begin Battle Like the name says, if you're ready, choose this to enter the battle. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4. Pause Menu +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Anytime during a battle, you can press Start to go into pause menu. It's basically the same as Pre-Battle menu, just with a slightly different menu. チーム情報 Team Information 勝敗条件 Victory and Defeat Conditions 軍団情報 Troops Information 情報履歴 History You can see all messages you've seen here, like someone has defeated somebody else, a reinforcement army has arrived, things like that. It might be useful if you want to know if you have triggered an event or presence of unique items. 設定変更 Setting Change 途中保存 Interim Save If you want to suspend a battle and continue it at a later time without restarting from beginning, this is your best friend. Might be useful if you're having difficulty triggering items or defeating a boss. 終了 Quit This is, a safer way to reset your game than the usual soft reset (Start+Select). Make sure you've used the interim save unless you don't want to continue the battle. 戦闘再開 Resume Battle Self Explanatory. Exits the Pause menu and returns to the battle. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5. Element List +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This is the list of elements that you can equip to your weapon. However, these elements will only activate during charge attacks. You can equip up to 8 of these in a weapon, and the max level is 10. 炎 Fire - Gradually decreases enemy HP as long as they haven't recovered yet 雷 Thunder - Deals Damage to surrounding enemies 氷 Ice - Chance of freezing enemies temporarily 陽 Yang - aka Blast in US versions; Deals damage even when the enemy is guarding 斬 Slash - aka Vorpal in US versions; Chance of instant-killing peons; generals hit with this element lose a considerable amount of HP 吸生 Life Drain - Self Explanatory; Absorbs HP 吸活 Energy Drain - Absorbs Musou* 破天 Sky Crusher - Deals more damage to enemies on-air (like being juggled) 勇猛 Valor - Deals more damage to generals 旋風 Whirlwind - Weapon range up 分身 Bunshin - Bunshins (Clones) will appear when you attack 神速 Godspeed - Attack speed up 極意 Main Point - Attack power up 背水 Last Stand - The lower the HP a character has, the higher the damage the character can deal Note that you can't activate Fire and Ice at the same time, so it's basically not recommended to put Fire and Ice together in a weapon. Another bad example is Ice and Sky Crusher. When can you deal air damage when you can't juggle them because they get frozen? *In case you don't know yet, this game's Musou system is similar to that of Capcom's Devil Kings (Yes, not Sengoku BASARA, it's Devil Kings): you won't fill up the Musou bar by hitting enemies. Without the Energy Drain element, the only way to replenish Musou other than Musou recovery items/skills is to switch characters, and the character will refill his/her Musou gauge while being benched. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 6. Skill List +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Like in SW2, there are skills that can enchance stats and abilities. However, unlike SW2, you can not activate all of the skills (as that would make the game too easy indeed), so like Gundam Musou, you can equip but a limited number of skills: up to 7. Descriptions of skills will only be added if they are not self explanatory. 体力増加 Life Increase Max 20 無双増加 Musou Increase Max 20 攻撃強化 Attack Enchance Max 20 防御強化 Defense Enchance Max 20 速度上昇 Speed Rise Max 20 馬術強化 Horse Skill Enchance (Enchances attack & defense while mounted)* Max 10 運上昇 Luck Rise (Chance of getting better items & weapons) Max 10 力型強化 Power Enchance (Increases strength of Power-type characters) Max 20 速型強化 Speed Enchance (Increases strength of Speed-type characters) Max 20 技型強化 Technic Enchance (Increases strength of Technic-type characters) Max 20 特殊強化 Special Enchance (Charge attack power up) Max 20 必殺強化 Sure-Kill Enchance (Increases power of attacks that consume Musou) Max 20 経験値増 Experience Up Max 20 待機回復 Standby Recover (Recovers Musou when standing by) Max 10 消費軽減 Consumption Reduce (This reduces amount of Musou consumed by specials) Max 10 連撃回復 Combo Recover (For each 10 hit combo, HP recovers) Max 10 回復体力 Recover Life Max 10 回復無双 Recover Musou Max 10 *The Horse Skill also determines what horse you'll be riding. At its max level (10), you get to ride the best horse depending on the nationality of your first character. For Chinese characters (including Da Ji), you'll have the Red Hare. For Japanese people (including Orochi), you'll ride the Matsukaze. =============================================================================== IV. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS =============================================================================== Q: Is this game available for two players? A: Yes, it is. Note that the two players share the roster of the trio deployed at the time. Q: Does this game have online? A: No it doesn't. Q: Do Fu Xi, Nu Wa, Shibata Katsuie, Sasaki Kojirou and Honganji Kennyo show up in this game? A: No they don't. The latter 3 are excuseable since they're still NPCs (Katsuie & Kojirou only had mixed-up movesets in SM2E), but I still can't understand the exclusion of the former two. Q: Is there Edit Officer / CAW (Create-A-Warrior) here? A: No there isn't. Q: How do I get 4th weapons? Are there 5th weapons? A: To get 4th weapons, it's very simple. All you need to do is to play in Hard difficulty, 4-star stage, and anything harder than that. (May also be possible in Hard, 3-star stage, if you have a high luck skill), And there'll be a chance one of the weapons you get is a 4th. And for the second question, that's a no. Q: How do I unlock the Gaiden stages? A: The Gaiden stages are automatically unlocked as you progress through the main story. To unlock Shu & Wei's 4th Gaidens clear their 3rd Gaidens. The 7th Gaiden will be available after clearing the 6th Gaiden. To unlock the 8th/last Gaiden, you need to fulfill some tasks in the 7th stage (Main story, that is) Shu : Have all ally officers including yourself escape the castle within 2 minutes after the castle starts to burn Wei : Kill Da Ji within one minute after her betrayal Wu : Rescue Sun Jian & Quan within 3 minutes Sengoku: Get 1000 KOs These requirements are from this site. Check it if you know Japanese. http://sasugawiki.ddo.jp/orochi Q: To unlock Honda Tadakatsu I need to impress him in all 4 7th Gaidens. But how? A: It's a bit complicated, but thanks to Cheng at the GF boards, here are the methods to impress him in each Gaidens. Also, if Lu Bu makes an appearance, it is recommended to kill him after an event and/or conversation between him and Tadakatsu. Shu: Have every peasants escape the map alive. Wei: Immediately go south and secure Honda army's base. Wu: Kill all of Honda's generals before defeating Tadakatsu two times. Then when Orochi's army appears, exterminate them. Do these ASAP. Sengoku: Successfully escort the messenger, then kill Date Masamune after your reinforcements arrive. Q: Will there be a US version of this game? A: KOEI Warriors (http://koeiwariors.simgames.net) stated that this game is slated for release in Europe before October, so US should be getting it earlier. You'll know the overseas release is near when I stop updating this guide. =============================================================================== V. COPYRIGHT =============================================================================== Musou OROCHI is a trademark of KOEI and Copyright 2007 KOEI. This Musou OROCHI Translation Guide is Copyright 2007 BlackKite (The Giant Hoeruo at GameFAQs Boards). Feel free to distribute this guide as long as: 1. No parts of the guide are altered 2. Proper credit is given 3. This guide is shared for free (no money involved at all) However, I will only post up-to-date versions on GameFAQs (http://www.gamefaqs.com) If you have any questions about this guide or the game, you can contact me by either: 1. E-mailing me (E-mail address provided at the top of the guide); or 2. Posting at the GameFAQs Musou OROCHI Board. However, I do not recommend contacting with e-mail, as I don't open my e-mail often. So please use the latter method. :) Oh, and one more important note, if you want to mail me about this game, be sure to write the names in the appropiate order. If you write them in a wrong way (such as 'how to unlock Zhou Tai and Hanzo Hattori'), I don't care if it's intentional or not, but I will NOT respond to that mail in any way. =============================================================================== VI. CREDITS =============================================================================== Thanks to: God, for creating me My Parents, for conceiving me Me, for creating this guide. :p KOEI Japan, for creating the nifty crossover game Musou OROCHI CJayC, for putting this guide at his site, GameFAQs Guys at 2ch Historical Game BBS (http://game10.2ch.net/gamehis/), for being the fastest source of MO information Guys at GameFAQs & KOEI Warriors (http://koeiwarriors.simgames.net) forums, for sharing MO tidbits Alexmagno aka. AlexAMCS, for posting the translations first in the GF board Cheng, for posting methods on impressing Tadakatsu Geese911, for being the first person to give information about the Sengoku story animal opfer_gv, for being the info god of MO [really. He did much more than I am ;)] And last but not least, You, for reading this guide. :)