Digimon Adventure AnodeTimer/KathodeTimer for Wonderswan FAQ v0.6 05/05/2000 By Aidix/ Chris Turksema EMAIL: Aidix@bigfoot.com INTRODUCTION This manual/faq is for Digimon Adventure for Wonderswan. Digimon Adventure is Bandai's answer to Pokemon. There are various Digimon products available in Japan. Older games focus more on growing your own Digimon and duking it out later. This Wonderswan version focuses on collecting them. You can use link cable or Digimon-Adapter to battle against another Digimon, but the focus is on finishing the RPG part of the game and collecting over 170 monsters. Like the original PocketMonsters the game comes in two more or less identical versions, anoudoteimaa and kasoudoteimaa. This is the japanese way of writing anode timer and cathode timer. Every english site mentioning the game calls it "Another Time", but this is wrong. (They would have used "anazaa taimu") Kasoudo is also a japanese word meaning Virtual, but that's not what they mean here. CONTENTS 1 Manual translated from japanese. At the moment this faq consists only of the translated game manual and some added details such as the item list. Once you figure out how the game works you shouldn't have a lot of problems. The only time you'll need to figure out what the japanese means is at the item menu. Unfortunately you'll use it quite often so memorizing or writing down some of the japanese names is recommended. The game is linear and doesn't bother you with complex puzzles so a walkthrough isn't included. If there's anything else you'd like to see, drop me a line. _______________________________________________________________________________ 1 Manual 1.1 Story Suddenly, Milenniamon appeared from the deepest darkness of Digimonworld. With his eerie powers, he has taken Taichi, Yamato and 8 children prisoner. As for you, together with the escaped Agumon you enter Digiworld to gather your own group of Digimon and fight the others. You'll have to beat Milenniamon and rescue Taichi&friends. This Wonderswan-exclusive cart, Digimon Adventure, comes in two versions: AnodeTimer and CathodeTimer. Basically the story is the same but they contain different digimon. Also, using the communication cable you can complete your digimon analyzer. 1.2 Button configuration Y Not used in the game. X Move cursor or player. START Start game. B Cancel selection or AI combat. A Select. If you press Y when turning on the WS you lose all data. Press B+A+START anytime to reset the WS. This will probably work in most other games as well. 1.3 Basic game overview After starting the game you end up in "The first town". There you'll find some of the most important places in the game, such as the Server, an item shop and the Colosseum. Two screens above the town square you'll find your first dungeon. Dungeons contain enemy Digimon, you'll have beat them all in order to unlock other areas of the game and this is also the place to collect new digimon. If you enter a dungeon you can select a 3 of your own digimon that'll have to do the fighting for you. Once you're inside the dungeon the battles take place on a square battlefield and are turn based. First you get to move, then the enemy. After clearing a battlefield move on to the next, until all are clear. When you return to the town you can find any digimon you may have captured in the Server. There you can add them to your collection and dump any you don't need. 1.4 The first town -Town Square Top left house: Tradingcentre. Here you can trade and upload Digimon. You'll need to connect to another WS with Digimon Adv. with the comms-cable for this. Menu: Login > Trade > Upload Install (add received digimon to group) Remove (remove received digimon) Exit Bottom left house: Shop Menu: Buy Sell Increase Harddisk size (Store more digimon) Exit Items as they appear on the Buy screen: Niku (Meat) 40 Use if your Digimon is hungry Kyodainiku (Special Meat) 70 For very hungry Digimon Floppy 75 Heal injured Digimon Hi Floppy 200 Stronger than normal floppy Neo Floppy 400 Stronger than... Floppy-All 100 Heal everyone Hi Floppy-All 350 Heal everyone, stronger Plug-in 75 Restore some VP Hi Plug-in 150 Restore more VP Plug-in All 150 Restore some VP Hi Plug-in All 300 Restore more VP Recovery FD 100 Recover collapsed Digimon Recovery MO 300 Recover collapsed Digimon, get more DP Attack Chip 150 Recover attack Protect Chip 150 Recover defense Speed Chip 150 Recover speed -Left of town square Top right: Battle training centre. Menu: Training > Standard > Ground Digimon > Air Digimon > Water Digimon Exit After playing the standard battle, you don't have to win, the shop owner will show you a "Digimon Battle" device. Here you can battle Digimon you raised in your Digivice/Digibattleseries/Digimonpendulum/Digitalmonster (separately sold, "BattleTamagochi"). You have to use a "Digimon adapter" to be able to connect the these to your WS. Bottom left: Leomon Colosseum Use comms cable to connect to another WS and battle against someone else's Digimon. -Above town square Left: Server Menu: Receive Delete Exit Use receive to add captured Digimon to your group. You must enter a new nickname for the Digimon. A little knowledge of the japanese writing system would come in handy. Delete is just that. Gone. This does NOT put 'em back on the server. 1.5 Main menu Pressing A on the world map will present you with the main menu: Information Item Save Exit Information gives an overview of the Digimon you carry with you. The first screen shows a picture, race and nickname. Select any digimon and you'll get a status overview. __________________________ (Manual doesn't mention it) DP Life AP Attack SP Speed PP Defense VP Variable points EP Food UP Unchi (Sh!t) MP Movement ___________________________ Generation can be something like baby, mature etc... The characteristic for Agumon is 'reason'. Pressing A again will take you to the Variable screen. Think of Variables as magic spells. VP are the 'MP' used in most other games. Press B to return to previous screens. Item menu Use food to fill the stomach of hungry Digimon. Once you get the Digimon Analyzer (after clearing the first boss) you can access it from the item screen. It's a lot like the Pokedex. Check out the picture and description of Digimon you already have. The ones you've only seen in battle only show their face. You can get a total of 186 Digimon, 170 of them can be found in this game. Save Saves the game 1.6 Variables As soon as you enter a battlefield with other Digimon on your side various Digimon will start to react. Certain combinations of two Digimon in one team will 'unlock' variables (magic spells) in one or both of the two. This unlocking takes time, stronger variables take more turns to show. Variables are permanent but using them costs VP. VP can be restored with "plug in" type items. 1.7 Battle/dungeon Upon entering a dungeon (if you have more than 3 digimon) you'll get the choice between using the same Digimon as before or selecting a new group. Top choice is select new group. The battlefield consists of ground, mountain and water tiles. A Digimon has an element wich is either air, water of earth. Air digimon can fly and have a lot of movement points. Water Digimon move at normal speed in water and are slow on normal soil. Earth digimon slow down when moving on water. Battles are turn based. Each Digimon can use an item, use a variable, attack or walk. Moving before attacking doesn't cost you AP or other kind of points. Select the Digimon who's turn it is to get to the battle menu. Menu: Walk (Attack) Variable Exit Attack is available if you stand next to an enemy. If you press A on any other tile you'll get the options menu. Menu: Status Item AI > Offensive AI > Defensive AI Exit AI does the fighting for you. If you select Offensive AI the AI will also use Variables to attack. After dealing with all the enemies on a Battlefield you'll get some items and gold and you'll get to the following menu: Menu: Next battlefield Leave dungeon Save If you save the game and load it later on you'll always end up in the next battlefield. After finishing the last battlefield (usually the third) you'll be taken back to the old man. 1.8 Getting new Digimon As you destroy enemies you'll receive points for the Digivice. Digivice is the top selection on your item screen. The digivice is Digimon's version of the Pokeball. Using the Digivice on an enemy allows you to capture it. Your chances increase if you have more points on your Digivice. The manual is very unclear about this so no specific details here. It depends on the generation (age) of the target digimon. It seems you need at least 20, 40 or 80 points, depending on the generation. And the chance can vary from 50% to 100% If you successfully capture a Digimon you'll lose all Digivice points. If you don't capture Digimon with the Digivice some of them will end up in the server anyway (at random it seems) after the battle is over. 1.9 Hints 1 Where do I go next? You can always ask Genmei for help. Genmei is the old man living in the first town. Clear every dungeon, go through gates as they open to get to new continents. There's a gate at the open field below town square. 2 Enemies are too strong! -Visit some dungeons you already cleaned out. Digimon level up after beating enemies. There is no progress indicator or level counter, but you'll see stats like attack and speed increase after clearing a dungeon. -Try to capture the stronger Digimon you encounter. -Use the variables! Try different combinations Digimon to unlock new variables, and use them wisely. 3 I don't get Variables! Talking to the residents in town will provide you with useful tips about combining different Digimon. Why not keep track of the combinations you've already tried? 4 How do I fill the Digimon Analyzer? You only get the complete record if you: -Trade/receive a Digimon -Capture it with the Digivice -Receive it from the Server __________________________________________________________________________________ This FAQ is copyright 2000 Chris Turksema (Aidix@eurosat.demon.nl) Thou shalt not copy, rip or steal anything from this document without my permission.