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Geni: Days of the Blade
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Index
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1 - Update History
2 - About This FAQ
3 - Controls
4 - Characters
5 - Walkthrough
6 - Enemies
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1. Update History
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v. 1.0 - 2/15/2007 - First uploaded
v. 1.5 - 2/16/2007 - Fixed some errors
v. 1.6 - 2/17/2007 - Fixed some really silly errors on my part.
v. 2.0 - 3/05/2007 - Added another strategy for the final boss fight.
v. 2.1 - 3/26/2007 - Added a readers strategies to the FAQ
v. 2.5 - 8/24/2007 - Fixed up the guide a bit and cleaned up some errors.
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2. About This FAQ
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While Genji isn't the hardest game, there are more than a few areas where it
can get frustrating figuring out what to do. Thus, I put this FAQ together to
help out. Hopefully people will read it before posting to the message boards.
When playing Genji, I prefer to use Yoshitsune at all times when I can, so you
will notice that I present things mostly from his point of view a lot of the
time. It's a simple matter to adapt the strategies to other characters.
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3. Controls
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Left Analog - Move Character
Right Analog - Dodge (evades in whatever direction pushed)
Square - Attack 1
Triangle - Attack 2
X - Jump
Circle - Special Action
L1 - Unleash Kamui
R1 - Block
L2 - Change Weapons
R2 - Focus
D-Pad - Switch Character
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4. Characters
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Yoshitsune
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Yoshitsune is the main character in this game. He is the leader of the group
you will be controlling and is also the best character in the game. He is fast,
but not as fast as Suzaku, and he is strong, but not as strong as Benkei. This
goes for their weaknesses as well, being stronger than Suzaku and quicker than
Benkei. Overall, he is probably the best choice for most situations.
- Don't forget to use Yoshitsune's mobility to your best advantage. Use his
ability to leap off walls, or enemy heads, to maneuver around the enemies and
find your best place to strike them. Don't get cornered if you can help it.
- His jumping circle dive kick is one of his best moves. If you use it and then
hit the square button repeatedly, he will juggle an enemy. This is very good
for breaking up groups of enemies while picking them off.
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Benkei
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Benkei is the slugger of the group, slow and incredibly powerful. He has the
most health of the main characters, but he also risks getting hit more with his
slow dodges. Your best bet when using him is to play aggressively as much as
possible so that you kill enemies before they do too much damage to him. More
than anyone else, his hits carry the greatest chance of stunning your enemies
or even flat out knocking them down. A very useful character when the right
situation comes up.
- Benkei can keep swinging his weapon, even if he is hit mid attack. This is a
crucial ability to learn as it is his only chance of hitting enemies when he is
being badly swarmed.
- When first using him, abuse his triangle attack, fully charged. It's his only
method of crowd control.
- When jumping do not use the square button. This does a belly flop type of
maneuver. Instead use the triangle button, which does a slam with his club.
The belly flop does a lot of damage yes, but it takes too long to recover from.
This leaves you open to being beaten on by the enemies.
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Shizuka
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Shizuka is a bit faster than Yoshitsune and seems to do a bit less damage. But
her speed and the range of her weapon more than make up for this. If used to
her fullest, she can zip around a battlefield, beating on enemies as she goes.
You have to be careful with her though and not let her get too overwhelmed. Due
to her low strength she is something of a liability in large scale and chaotic
fighting and she will die easily to some of the stronger bosses. Use her with
extreme care and do not stop moving and blocking while controlling her.
- Shizuka's basic square attack combo is great for crowd control, but be very
careful when using it. She can easily get snuck up on from behind and beaten on
while doing this attack.
- Her triangle attack attaches something of a bomb to the enemy. To activate
the bomb, you have to hit the enemy again with any attack. It will blow up in a
puff of bluish smoke and send the enemy skyward.
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Buson
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Buson is an odd character. He reminds me of Yoshitsune, but with much worse
attacks. However, his shockwave is very impressive, but it can only be used
fairly sparingly. But he does some nice damage, but his moves are hard to hit
the enemies with. Overall, he's kind of like a jack-of-all-trades, but not very
good at anything. I only use him when I need his Kamui or I don't have a choice
in the matter.
- Use his shockwave only when you must, as the recharge on it can be
prohibitive in large fights. Also, only use it in the air, as his ground based
one is a simple, and useless, twirl of his sword.
- His square attack is pretty bad unless you're in an enemy's face, so be wary
of how you try to use it.
- The most effective way to use Buson is to make generous use of the right
analog stick to dodge. While dodging his moves change and are actually fairly
decent. This, paired up with his ability to dodge up to three times in a row,
makes him a very mobile character that just so happens to have a pretty high
damage rating. However these moves are awkward to use and even harder to aim in
the thick of serious combat. Practice on the weaker ones if you plan on using
Buson very often.
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5. Walkthrough
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- As a starting tip, never use any of your Kamui recharging items throughout
the game, ever. They are far too useful to ever waste on a simple boss or a
group of enemies. Never use them. Only the final boss is worth it. If you
ignore this then you will likely suffer for it late in the game.
- For that matter, also hold onto any of your Vajra crests exclusively for the
harder boss fights such as the named members of the Heishi, especially Tomomori
and the last boss. They are serious pains otherwise.
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Conflagration at Suzaku Gate - Suzaku Gate
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- Pursue the Heishi at the fires at Suzaku Gate.
It doesn't take much past the first cutscene before the Heishi are attacking,
heck it happens in the first cutscene. When you gain control of Yoshitsune,
you will find yourself in front of the palace. Practice your controls of the
game now when you have the chance. Get comfortable with it before you start to
head towards the burning palace. Watch the cutscene.
Fight the four enemies and a chest will appear once they are dead. Grab the
weapons from it and choose whether you wish to use them or not, I'm not too
fond of them though. Once you take the weapon more soldiers will come so fight
them off as well. These basic soldiers shouldn't be too much of a nuisance at
any time so whatever strategy you wish for works just fine.
Now head into the burning building, follow your map if you need to. Some rubble
will fall into your path, but don't worry. This is basically showing you how to
use your double jump so press against the rubble and leap before pressing jump
a second time. You will kick off and leap on top of, if not over, the obstacle.
Now run to the Tamayori Sigil, the blue glowing thing. These will refill your
health and also act as save points, so do so if you wish.
Now head through to the next area, but watch the ceiling, it will fall in on
you. There's nothing in the small room to the south, so head north. You must
fight about 8 of the Heishi warriors. Just keep moving, using his special
attack while jumping (the circle button) if you need to juggle them in the air.
Beware though, this is your first chance to taste the horrendous camera. There
are some more straight ahead after you finish these guys off.
Once all the chumps are dead, continue to the north and a cutscene will play.
Now its time for the Kamui tutorial. It's a fairly simple button pressing game,
so it shouldn't be too hard. Now its time for a large horde of enemies to
attack so either use what you have learned from the Kamui tutorial or just kill
them as normal. Defeat them and move forward some more where you will be
introduced to archers. They're not that hard, more annoying than anything. Take
out the lot of them, jumping up onto the walls when you must to get the two
hiding up there.
Now backtrack along the left wall and you will see your Amahagane on your hip
begin to glow blue. This means that there is a Essence of Amahagane nearby. So
start swinging your swords at the tops of the lanterns until you find it. Make
your way to the gathered pots on the left side. Destroy them and you will find
a Kurama Herb, a healing item. There is another one on the right side of the
screen, hidden in the crates. Continue north for another cutscene. Defeat the
spearmen and sword wielders. Be careful of those spears, they can break your
block when they hit you, allowing others to use you as target practice. Now run
to the door and check it with the X button. Read what the game says.
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Benkei's Imposition - Alleyway
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- Benkei is late in reaching the Imperial Palace. Help him join up with
Yoshitsune.
Time to use Benkei! Break the boxes if you choose, but make sure to save your
game at the Sigil. Now head north and you will get a tutorial on breaking stuff
with Benkei. Do so and watch the cutscene. A bunch of enemies will jump out at
you now, so get to killing. Take note that Benkei doesn't have a combo like
Yoshitsune does, so your best bet is to get into a corner and use his Triangle
attack charged up as much as you can. He will spin in a number of circles,
knocking the crud out of anyone in his way. Beat them and then continue west.
You will see a cart ahead of you, move to it. This will show you how to use
Benkei's kick. Now continue towards the bridge to fight more enemies. Once
again, the best method of fighting is to use the dodge function of the right
analog stick to get some space, fully charge a triangle attack and then whip
the enemies with it. Even if you get hit mid attack it wont stop him like it
would to Yoshitsune. You can intersperse this with jumping triangle attacks if
you like. Now open the chest and take the Scarlet Clefstone.
Break the objects near the bridge where you will find another Kurama Herb. Now
proceed to the west further and you will see another cutscene. Huzzah! Now you
can choose between party members on the fly. This is a nice change from the
first Genji game. Now a group of enemies will assault you. I chose to use
Yoshitsune to fight here onward. After they're done, to the left of the stairs
is a Ghost Water.
Now go back to the cart and have Benkei kick it back to the damaged door near
where the cutscene happened. Have Yoshitsune double jump on top of the cart and
then leap over the fence with the damaged door. Continue east until you see a
passage to the south, go that way and kill the archers. Head out of the alley
and destroy the crates in front of you for the Kurama Herb and then kill the
enemies here. Now head to the north for a cutscene. Kill these enemies as well.
There is an essence of Amahagane in the lantern to your north east, so get that
before doing anything else. From here, to the North are the Treasure Vaults,
which are open and to the east are a Masho ward and the entrance to the Royal
Hall (exterior). Head towards the Masho ward, but watch to the north and you
should see another alleyway. Switch to Benkei and head towards it. Now use his
club to knock down the barrier. There is a treasure chest, which has a Loving
Crest in it, and a Roaring crest hidden in the pots just north of the chest.
Get them before doubling back towards the Treasure Vaults.
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Treasure Vaults
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Kill all the enemies that come for you, but beware that Benkei's lack of speed
is a serious problem in this room. Use him for his Kamui if anything before you
switch to Yoshitsune. Air attacks and blocking is key here. When they are all
dead, get the Cerulean Clefstone. The door is locked, so head back the way that
you came. Head back to the Alleyway.
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Alleyway
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Head on over to the Masho seal and then use the Cerulean Clefstone on the door.
Watch the cinema and now it is time to fight something of a boss battle. These
are Mashogane samurai. They are powered by that weird crystal you saw the guy
jam into his chest in the cutscene. Defeat them with a Kamui to make your life
simple, but take note, they will require up to five hits in the Kamui mode to
kill in some cases. Defeat them and you will acquire Mashogane. They can be
used in large amounts to temper your weapons, increasing their damage. Once the
lot of them are dead, another chest will appear. Open it and take the weapon
for Benkei that is inside.
Now it is time for another character switch.
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Shizuka's Dance - Royal Hall (Exterior)
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- Defeat the Heishi Warriors who have infiltrated the Royal Hall.
Those who played the first Genji will remember Lady Shizuka. Remember her role
as support and Amahagane combiner? Well those days are over. Read the tutorial
on her abilities before fighting the enemies. It may be beneficial to read my
notes on her in the character section above before continuing.
In either case, kill the enemies in front of you before heading up the stairs
and over to the other side. Ignore the door for now as it is barred to you by a
force field of some kind. Defeat the enemies on this side as well and break all
of the objects to find another Kurama Herb. Once the enemies are dead, a chest
will appear. This weapon is good for fighting single enemies with its quick and
fairly strong attacks, but it is not that good for groups. So for now it is
most important that you get good with switching between weapons on the fly.
Now continue forward until you get to another cutscene. Now drop down into the
moat directly behind where you start. You will find a treasure chest down here
as well as an essence of Amahagane. It is located near the pillars to the west.
Now make your way out of the moat and back up on top of the bridge. Now head to
your right and you will see some crates to break, do so. There is another
Essence of Amahagane in the torch brazier over here, so swing at it and get it
before heading back to the where you were after the cutscene. Now head to the
right where you can save your game at the Sigil.
Head further north and watch the new type of Masho ward appear. Now you have to
find each of those "flowers" that appeared and destroy them to continue on.
Destroy the one that appeared right behind you and then go down both sets of
stairs, to your right and left, and defeat the enemies. Now double back to the
area where you started the stage and head to the west of the barrier. Search
the corpse here for the royal hall key. Now head to where the seal was put and
enter the door to the left of it.
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Royal Hall (Interior)
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Follow the corridor and do your best to fight the enemies, even with the
camera working against you. Keep fighting the enemies, open the chest and grab
the Celestial Light and head upstairs. Enemies will come from both sides when
you reach the top so fight carefully and grab the Tengu Herb from this chest.
You will see a pit that requires you to grapple across it. Do so and be aware
that there is an Essence of Amahagane in this area. I'm not sure where, but I
simply used her first weapon to make lots of wide swinging attacks and I got
it eventually. Head through the open door, ignoring the lattice ahead of you.
This will take you back outside.
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Royal Hall (Exterior)
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Head south of where you appear and defeat the spearmen and archers. There is a
Masho flower here to destroy. Now double back and head past the doorway. You
will reach a treasure chest, and just south of it is the last flower, guarded
by some Mashogane samurai and archers. Defeat the lot of them and then get the
last flower. Now drop down. Defeat the enemies out here and backtrack a little
to save your game before you head on through the door.
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Shinsin Temple
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Hey, the gangs all here! Watch the cutscene. So, now that Yoshitsune gone and
got himself trapped. Well, while the others go get that paper charm, its time
for you, as Yoshitsune to get to kicking some serious butt. Your best bet to
handle this and live through it is to abuse your Kamui attacks. Do one as soon
as you can and then try to get it refilled so that you can do it again.
Take note that there is a Celestial Light and Kurama Herb hidden in the jars in
this area. Check the corners of the arena and destroy the jars there to find
these items.
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A Great Barrier Forms - Royal Hall (Exterior)
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- Find the Tamayori talisman in the Treasure Vault so you can break through
the enormous barrier.
Read what the guard tells you and then fight your way through the enemies to
save your game. Now defeat all of the enemies that you find in the area as well
as in the moat to make your life easier. Now head back inside the building that
Shizuka had to enter a bit ago.
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Royal Hall (Interior)
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I suggest using Benkei in here as he handles being in a small area much better
than Shizuka. She needs space and a good camera angle to be useful, neither of
which does this area provide. Benkei on the other hand thrives in here; his
fully charged triangle attack will wipe the floor with an entire hallway worth
of enemies, knocking them all over.
Follow the same path you took with Shizuka, using Benkei until you need her to
go across a chasm and then switch back to Benkei. Now head over to the lattice
that was blocking her path before and bust it open. Save your game while you
are in this room. Grab the Miracle Pill from the chest.
You can either try to hit the switch or wait to do so, but take note that there
is a treasure chest tucked into a corner at the bottom of the stairs ahead.
There is also a Celestial Radiance if you go past the doors downstairs and
destroy the items there. Also, you will need Benkei to hit the doors to unbar
them.
Hit the switch, literally with Benkei and then follow the path ahead of you,
the one near the save Sigil.
I failed this the first time but I got the items, went back, saved and tried
again. It was then that I realized the best path to take. Choose Benkei, unbar
the door just past the save Sigil, hit the switch and then quickly switch to
Shizuka. Now run out the door you just unbarred, jump off the ledge and run for
the secret door. Huzzah, easily done.
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Treasure Vaults
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I suggest that you ignore the enemies for just this moment and run to the save
Sigil to north the so that you never have to do that run again. You can find a
hidden Essence of Amahagane near the well in the easternmost corner of the
area you start off in, hidden over the well.
Now head on into the vaults. Defeat the enemies and head down the flaming
corridor. Take the door to the west to get an Essence of Amahagane and a Vajra
crest while the door to the east has the jade clefstone you need to move
forward. Open the door with the jade clefstone and defeat the warriors in the
room. There is an Essence of Amahagane hidden near the bookshelf in this room.
In the next room, go around the corner but beware the falling debris. Then head
into the southern room and grab the key from the chest to get the library key.
Fight the enemies that appear and then head across the hallway into the next
room. Defeat the enemies and bust up the items to get the Roaring crest. Then
head back into the original hallway and head towards the burning stuff in the
background and follow the passage until you see a door to your west. You can
unlock this door with the library key you got in the other room. Go inside.
Use the save Sigil and then exit the other door. Now head to the west and kill
the enemies over there. There is an Essence of Amahagane near the southern
corner of the room. Then head through the southern door and make your way to
the east. There is another Essence of Amahagane hidden in one of the
bookshelves near the other end of the room. Then exit the room into the small
hallway and then head to the west. Kill the archer and warrior over there and
swing around to get the Essence of Amahagane. Then enter the doorway nearby
and you will find the Tamayori Talisman you came for.
Now double back and make your way out of this area, but beware that enemies
will have spawned into your path so it's not just a quick run. Also, there will
be some falling debris on the way, so watch out for that.
Make your way back to the area you started off in, use the save Sigil and then
unbar the door (either character can do this) before heading through it. You
will find yourself in the room where you got the Cerulean clefstone before.
Head out into the alleyway.
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Alleyway
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Kill the enemies here but take special heed of the archers who are going to be
firing at you from off screen. Then make your way to the east where the
entrance to the Royal Hall (Exterior) is and head on through.
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A Treasured Sword Stolen - Royal Hall (Exterior)
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- Use the Tamayori Talisman to dispel the Great Barrier.
You will appear behind that strong force field that was blocking you out of
this area before. Walk up to it and examine it to use the Tamayori Talisman to
dispel it. Save your game and then head back into the large area, where Shizuka
started her gameplay.
The enemies out here are going to swarm you and archers' further back will keep
picking at you, so I suggest dashing past the enemies and going to the archers.
Once you are near them, activate Kamui and slaughter the lot of them. Then,
using Shizuka, make your way over the gaps and defeat the enemies here as well.
Once again, there are archers, but these guys are up above you and out of reach
so you are going to have to ignore them. If you wish to even bother fighting
the enemies outside, head directly under where the archers are standing and use
that as cover while fighting the others. Then head through the door to the
Shinsin Temple.
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Shinsin Temple
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Head straight north and save your game. If you wish to explore a bit, there are
some enemies and a Kurama herb to the east and there are yet more enemies and
an Essence of Amahagane to the west. Either way, head through the open doorway
towards the barrier when you are done out here.
Watch the impressive looking cutscene, and the silly voice acting. Now it is
time for a boss battle. I found that the best way to approach this fight was to
make sure you use all of your Essence of Amahagane as soon as it starts. Then
switch to whomever has the biggest Kamui gauge (mine was Shizuka and Yoshitsune
with a 550) and then have them Kamui. This should seriously damage the boss and
kill most of his minions. If you want, Kamui again with another character and
the boss will most likely be dead, if not nearly dead. Now simply continue to
kill of the minions once he is gone and that will be that. The boss never even
got a chance to hit me.
You will receive an Unsullied Amahagane once you have killed enough of the
enemies. These increase your entire groups health and kamui bars, as well as
increasing how much Essence of Amahagane you can use to increase your hero's
health. Watch the next few cutscenes, I thought they were pretty cool.
As a note, I would suggest not using the Unsullied Amahagane just yet, unless
you feel you absolutely must. You will have a four-man party eventually and I
wait until I have the entire group before using these.
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To The Peak - Base Trail
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- Cross the mountain so you can strike the Heishi camp from their rear.
You will start using whichever character finished the last fight, so change to
whomever you wish before defeating the enemies. Read what the samurai have to
say once that is done. Read the tip on Yoshitsune's wall run ability before you
save the game.
Start heading along the path and the first soldier to rescue will be to your
left hand side, shortly after you get into the water. Keep moving forward and
fight through the enemy ambush. The next two soldiers to rescue should be easy
to spot once the fight is over. When you see the waterfall, run into it and you
will enter a passage behind the waterfall. There is a ghost water in here as
well as another soldier. There is yet another soldier directly across from the
entrance to the waterfall. Near him there is a hidden Essence of Amahagane, I
found it easier to locate it by using Shizuka's square attack combo. The wide
arcs of it hit the hidden items easily.
Now double back along the path until you see a moss covered wall that is pushed
in a bit away from the river. There is a hidden Essence of Amahagane here as
well that you will need to jump to reach. Now make your way back towards the
beginning of the level and look closely at the left side of the screen, closer
to the save Sigil. You will see three small rocks to use to get onto the upper
level. Rescue the samurai before you and start heading forward. You will have
another fight on your hands, so dispatch them. Now you will need to use
Yoshitsune's wall run to get across this gap, they showed you how to do this in
the beginning of the level, so if you need a refresher simply go to obtained
information in the start menu.
When you cross the first pit, you will see the seventh samurai to rescue and
once you do so, you will get ambushed again. Dispatch them and then wall run
over the next pit. If you can't seem to do it without falling down, run at the
wall that you are going to wall run against and jump before you do so. This
gives you a higher start on the wall so that when you start to come down, you
will have more room to at least grab the ledge and pull yourself up.
In either case, when you get across, run forward until you reach an area where
the path gets wider for a bit. Look to your leftmost corner and you will see a
small area to jump up to. Use Yoshitsune's double jump off the wall to get up
there and get the loving crest. When you reach the waterfall, drop down and
start to hug the right wall of the river path. You will eventually see an area
where you can jump up and get to the last samurai. Do so.
Now your guys are going to wait until night to actually go for the summit, and
you will appear in the waterfall cave, near a save Sigil. Use it and head out.
You are going to face a horde of Mashogane crabs out here. I find the best way
to defeat them is to use either Yoshitsune or Benkei. With Benkei, you can use
the charged up spin attack to decimate them. For Yoshitsune, you will want to
use his diving kick attack to knock them into the air where you can hit them
with a square button combo. This will allow you to take them out one at a time
with a lesser chance of getting hit. Benkei lets you kill them quick,
Yoshitsune gets a lot of Mashogane from it. Your choice really. The SAFEST of
the characters to use is Shizuka as she strikes a middle ground, killing them
in about three hits of her disk... thing, and she gets a fair amount of
Mashogane for it, but not as much as Yoshitsune.
Continue further and you will fight more crabs, but watch your left side for
any brown logs. You will want to destroy these to make your life easier. Keep
on going until you reach the end of the path. There you will fight two winged
Mashogane spearmen. They are easily to kill, just wait for them to come to your
level and combo them or jump up with either Yoshitsune or Shizuka and combo
them in the air. Either way, get rid of them and then open the chest. Now start
your descent up along the left side like you did earlier.
When you reach the first gap, switch to Benkei and walk over to the edge of the
platform you are on. Power up a square attack and destroy the fallen log if you
didn't do so before. Use Yoshitsune to get across the first gape. There is no
way to destroy the second log from up here if you didn't do it earlier. Either
way, get the Essence of Amahagane to the right of the wall that you are going
to use to get across the pit. Now head across. Go back to where you got the
chest before, using Yoshitsune's double jump, and get the next Essence of
Amahagane up there. Now use Shizuka to get across the next path and you are at
another cutscene.
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Mountain Trail
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Head up the trail but keep your eyes open for another Essence of Amahagane that
you will come across fairly soon into the area. Take note that you CAN fall off
the ledge here. This does damage and sends you back to the beginning of the
level. You will find yourself having to fight giant wasp type Mashogane
creatures. The best way to fight them is to use Shizuka's range to its best
advantage and keep away from the ledge.
As you move, watch the left wall. You will soon see a ledge sticking out, so
jump onto it and head that way. You will find a Healing Breath item, these are
very useful items. Now head back and continue along the path. Soon enough you
will come to a place where you need to jump onto a big rock to proceed. Keep
moving forward carefully before you do so and attack to find another Essence of
Amahagane. Now go up. Keep moving forward and you will see a gap in the road
ahead. Kill all of the wasps before leaping over it or using the wall run if
you're paranoid like me. Now you will find yourself needing to jump from ledge
to ledge. Keep killing wasps before making any risky jumps.
Go to the left most platform and you can find another hidden Essence near the
bottom of the ledge, just use Shizuka and swing wide. Now get to the next ledge
to the north and you can find a Tengu Herb in a breakable crate. Jump to the
last ledge and get away from this damnable area.
You will see a rock bridge in front of you. Switch to Yoshitsune and run to it.
As soon as you step on it, it will begin falling apart. Scramble over it by
running and jumping as fast as you can before it falls apart under you. Ignore
the bugs completely. When you get past that, watch the cutscene. I suggest that
you use Yoshitsune here as well. Just have him run up and dodge the rocks by
running to the left for the right one and then dodge to the right to dodge the
left one. It's easy when you get the hang of it. Even if you get hit, you can
likely make it to the top before a second pair hit you.
Now you have to face a boss, but read what the game tells you carefully. It is
going to be important. You have to circle the boss and dodge an attack. While
he recovers from his swing, attack his back with a combo and then back off or
he will likely hit you. Repeat this until you take him out. If you are daring,
you can use Yoshitsune and get really tricky on him. Charge him, double jump
off of his HEAD and you will dodge an attack by him. You can now turn and hit
him in the back. Take note that you can hurt him as normal if you use Kamui
mode to fight him. It does seem a waste though as he is so easy to fight.
Watch the next cutscene, and it is a shocker to any who played the original
Genji game. I thought it was pretty freaking cool.
Now you control Buson. Defeat the four winged spearmen however you choose, I
just kind of flubbed through it as Buson was hard for me to use. After you beat
them, open the chest and get the weapon.
Back to the others. Head along the east path, towards the save Sigil. Once you
save the game, start heading along the northwestern path. When you see a rock
to the left, head over there and use Benkei to destroy it. At the end of this
small path is another Essence of Amahagane. Get it and head along the main path
again. A masho ward will block your path, so time to find the flowers again.
The first is along the small path where you got the Essence just before. The
second one is located near the save point, behind a large rock to the right of
it that Benkei must destroy. As you head that way, the little Mashogane spirits
that emerge from defeated warriors are going to horde you. Use Shizuka's Fleck
weapon, with the square combo to defeat them quickly. Now destroy the second,
and last, flower and save again if you so choose. In either case, head back to
where the ward was blocking you before.
You will have to fight three more of the winged spearmen when you reach where
the ward was. Head forward and Buson will catch up to you. Watch the cutscene
and then beat the enemies that attack you. You will need to defeat a fairly
decent amount of them before this ends. Another cutscene follows.
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Ichinotani Battlefield - Ichinotani Beach
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- Combine your four comrades strength and defeat the Heishi forces.
Once you regain control of your character, you are going to be in for a fairly
tough fight. I suggest using your kamui attack to thin the enemies. There is a
Essence of Amahagane hidden to the north of where you start, it is inside one
Of the braziers. Kill the group of enemies in front of you and then head to the
right. You are going to be fighting off group after group of enemies so keep
changing whom you are using to keep health's high and using Kamui when needed.
Keep beating on the enemies and making your way forward into the fighting. It
is important that you keep on killing the enemies as fast as it is possible or
you will overwhelmed by them. After killing the enemies to the right, head back
the way you came, killing enemies all the while. Use Kamui wherever possible
and look for the two hidden Essence of Amahaganes here. I would love to be more
descriptive, but this level was so chaotic I had no idea what was going on.
The basic gist of it is to head to the right and beat the enemies there. When
you get the warning that their is an attack on the Genji camp, run back to the
area where you started the level and defeat the enemies there. Then you will
have to run all the way back to the rightmost area on the level and beat the
enemies there. This takes awhile.
Eventually, you will come face to face with the boss, a giant skull faced crab.
Use whichever character you like to destroy its claws, but dodge them before
trying to attack them. You cannot block ANY of his attacks. Once the claws are
gone, he will start dashing at you. Switch to Benkei and use a charged attack
to break the face off of him. Now that his purple "face" is exposed, target all
of your attacks on this, but beware his dash attacks as they do a fair chunk of
damage. I prefer to wait till this moment and to Kamui, this wears his health
down good, but if you use the circle attack finisher, it will likely miss him
so simply pound him to death. If that doesn't work, just one Yoshitsune and use
the diving kick, do a combo and then dodge away rapidly. It will wear him down.
In either case, when that's done you get another Unsullied Amahagane. You also
get a weapon for every character.
*********** architeuthis submitted this tip on this fight **********
Hopefully I got the order correct:
NOTE: Always use the Kamui to thin out the enemies as you said or on the
boss crab; use the unsullied Amahagane stone to increase your health and kamui
level; you will most likely need to use some of your artifacts that you picked
up along the way to restore your health from time to time.
-use Yoshitsune as he is very quick and as you say his melee combo is the
best compromise for this. the first thing you should do is try to take out the
enemy (Mashogano Elite?) as these guys can summon additional enemy warriors.
These are the guys with the little golden rods/wings on their helmet. Kill off
the rest of the enemies and then head over to the right side and you will find
another Mashogano Elite and about 4 or 5 Mashogano Spearman. Kill them all.
-if the enemy is not attacking the Genji camp yet use Buson to kill the
enemies that are behind the two log fences by pressing jumping (x button) and
then the square button to use his shockwave attack to kill all or most of the
enemy soldiers. This will even weaken the heavily armored Mashogano General if
you get him to come to the log fence - if you don't want this heavily armored
Mashogano General to break through the fence yet, after doing the shockwave,
Have Buson run to the left side of the field until the camera angle changes or
Loses sight of this enemy area and the heavily armored leader will return to
His initial position. This will reduce the effort needed to clear this area
out. Note that you should wait for at least one wave or two of the Mashogano
Spearmen to come running up from background fight scenes. They can't get pass
the log fence and the sonic attacks will kill the Mashogano Spirit too. For
the most part, these Spirit will be trapped behind the log fence but they may
once in a while shoot an energy burst from their mouth and it do a little
damage to you.
-change to Benkei and use his charge triangle attack to break the log fence
and kill the heavily armored Mashogano General and the one or two remaining
enemy Mashogano Spearman. Note that when Benkei does his charged triangle
attacks, you can control the direction of his path and therefore do a lot of
damage to the Mashogano General. This should end very quickly and it really
will take only two or three of these charged triangle attacks to take out the
general if you direct Benkei correctly.
-after you beat off the enemies that are attacking the Genji camps on the
right-side of the field, you will get another round of the Mashogano Elite and
about 4 Mashogano Spearman approach from the right-hand side. Kill them all.
head back to the right side to fight off the additional enemies, it is
important to note that you should use Benkei and head towards the log tower in
the top-right side of the field. Just to be safe, Benkei should charged his
triangle attack and break all log fences. This is how you get to the next
stage. WARNING: if you don't do this, you will literally be fighting an
endless wave of 6+ enemies coming in from the lower-right hand corner. I did
this for about _two plus hours_ before realizing that it was never going to end
and the Boss Crab would never appear. Of course, fight off these few warriors
allow you to rebuild your vitality level and max up your Kamui (on all four
characters) in preparation for the Boss Crab fight. Only one or two of these
enemy warriors will leave an energy circle to restore your health. I used
Yoshitsune to do the battle then change character right before picking up these
energy rings in order to restore their respective health level.
-use Benkei and start to destroy all the log fences and this will open the
next mini next stage. A couple wave of enemies come in and then finally the
Boss Crab. I did not make any attempts to break the claws but concentrated on
simply breaking the face and then kill him after that. I mainly used Benkei's
changed triangle and circle attacks in addition to Yoshitsune when Benkei's
health level is running a little low. You can use your herbs and artifacts to
restore health if you need to.
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Chasing Rainbows - Dilapidated Shrine
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- Unravel the mysteries behind the Heishi's power.
Save the game once you get control of your characters again. I suggest you try
out the new equipment while you have the chance. Then go down to the south and
go near the tree before you use Shizuka to jump up and attack. You should find
a hidden Essence. Once you have that, head past the red barriers and make your
way back to the weird glowing thing beyond them.
Watch the cutscene and prepare for a boss fight. This chick is quick and hard
to hit, but there is a way. I find the best way to fight her is to use
Yoshitsune as his melee combo seems to have the best chance to hit her. Use a
Kamui attack to start and try to do as much damage as possible. Now chase her
around the battlefield, trying to hit her with a combo after she either tries
to hit you and you dodge it, or after she has just jumped away from you. In
either case, after a few missed swings, if you keep moving with her, you should
be able to land a combo. Just beware of her when she starts to glow red. This
is like her Kamui mode and your best bet is to simply dodge her attacks. Even
if you hit her, she will hit you back, so avoidance at all costs is best.
After you take about a third of her health, she will summon in some of the
winged spearmen. Use them to refill your kamui bar and dispatch them. She isn't
that hard once you get used to her. Beat her silly and watch the cutscene. This
lady is insane. She is now going to attack you again, but this time she can fly
around. This is the harder fight.
Your kamui attacks aren't going to do too much to her, so don't rely on them
now. The best thing to do, is use either Yoshitsune or Shizuka and keep moving
about as she tries to charge at you. When she stops, charge her and start
trying to hit her with a combo again. It might take a bit, but you will hit
her. Keep up doing this until you hurt her enough and then she will land. This
is similar to the first part of this fight, so don't relent and use what has
worked so far.
Eventually, she will take to the air again and attempt to use her own version
of the kamui mode, Masho Kamui. Here you must once again hit the correct
buttons as shown on the screen. If you fail, you get hit hard, if you succeed
you will eventually knock her out of it with a counterattack. If you find that
you are having a lot of problems with this strategy, especially late in the
fight as she gets so fast, switch to Benkei. Hold block while dodging around
her. When she stops, use a jumping triangle attack to try and knock her out of
the air. While she is down, either hit her or charge a square attack and paste
her in the face when she gets up. This is a more dangerous way to fight her,
but it works and it is less tedious.
After you kill her, watch the cutscene. Well, several cutscenes. They sure are
pretty, aren't they?
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Separated - Netherworld Cult Chamber (Primary)
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- An enemy trap has left Yoshitsune and the others separated. Unite them and
escape from the Netherworld.
You will start this level controlling Yoshitsune. Save your game at the Sigil
and break the jars nearby for a Kurama herb. Ignore the way to the west for now
and head to the north. Fight the Mashogane warriors in here and destroy all of
the jars to find a Vajra crest. Ignore the large dresser for now and head north
yet again. There is another cutscene for you.
Continue to the east fighting off the enemies you encounter. When you see a
passage to your west along the corridor, break the two giant pots in front of
you and leap attack to get another Essence of Amahagane. Then head down the
passage. In the room, hit the crystal to activate it before dispatching the
enemies that appear. Now break all the objects in the room to get some items
before you leave. Now head to the north and defeat all of the enemies along the
way. When you reach the dead end, break the objects to get another crest before
you head back to where Master Kiichi spoke to you.
Now head to the west in this area. You are going to have to navigate via wall
run to get past the pit. There is an Essence of Amahagane hidden in the jars
right in front of your character. Get it and continue along the passage until
you see a door. Go inside and activate the crystal. Dispatch the enemies and
then go to the southwest most corner of the room. There is an Essence of
Amahagane hidden inside the large dresser. Get it by using jumping attacks on
the dresser, regular ones will just bounce off. Now head back the way you came
from. Beware though, when you enter the doorway to get back to the save Sigil
and the portal, you will be attacked by a new enemy type. They're nothing all
that special, but their charge attack is pretty killer. So get rid of them as
fast as you can.
Now use the save Sigil and then head to the portal. Time for a character swap.
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Netherworld Cult Chamber (Centre)
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You start this section out controlling Buson... lucky you. Make sure you are
using a weapon that does his silly square spinning attack. Run up to the
floating ball things and use this attack on them to destroy these nests as fast
as you can. Then dispatch any of the bugs flying around and break all of the
jars here to find another Kurama herb.
Yoshitsune, yay! You may want to save your game and heal your characters, as
you like it or not. Then head through the portal to the next area, which is the
Netherworld Cult Chamber (Secondary).
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Netherworld Cult Chamber (Secondary)
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Dispatch the enemies in here and then head for the door. Switch to Yoshitsune
and wall run over the gap, defeat the enemies and then break the large jars for
another Kurama herb. Now head over the next gap using wall run.
Continue down the path and ignore the right turn at the intersection,
continuing straight. Defeat the enemies, enter the room and defeat more enemies
in here. Now break all of the items in the room to find some items. Exit this
room, go through the small hallway and into the next room. There are some items
hidden inside of the jars here, but more importantly there is an Essence hidden
in the upper left corner of the room. The enemies in here are no pushovers
however. There is a Mashogano General, several Mashogano samurai and even a few
of the Mashogano claw soldiers. Be very careful fighting them as they can keep
you perpetually blocking and then the General can hit you... hard. Keep moving
and I suggest you use Yoshitsune for his speed. Beware the camera in this room,
it is a very bad one for fighting a general in.
Head out of this room, down the next small hallway and into another room that
is chock full of enemies. Kill them and then exit using the east most door.
Take note that if you would rather not fight all of this, and I'm sure many
Will be smarter than me on this, take the right hand turn at the intersection
and switch to Yoshitsune. You will now have to wall run over a succession of
gaps in the floor. This is tricky, but a bit smarter than wasting your time
fighting all of the enemies.
In either case, use the save Sigil and continue onward. There is an Exuberant
crest hidden in a small alcove along the path. Use the door and be ready for a
headache. You do not have to fight any enemies in this room and that's good as
they are never ending. This is a good place to build up Mashogane pieces to use
on your weapons, just run to the save point to heal whenever you get hurt. Do
not make the mistake I did and use healing items here. Do what you will here,
and then move on.
In this hallway, stop off in the first alcove you come across and attack the
light on the left wall to get an Essence of Amahagane. There is a Ghost Water
stashed in the second alcove inside jars, grab it and then head through the
door. This is another infinite spawning room, so kill however many you choose
but beware; there are Mashogano Generals in this room. Head onward when you are
ready. This next part is a serious pain in the rear. You have to wall run over
a series of pits, while archers are shooting explosive arrows at you. There is
no real best way to handle this. Just try to block their attacks and wall run
when there is an opening. Do your best to not let yourself fall in, because if
you do, you're going to have to fight a horde of enemies before you get
teleported back to the beginning of the area and have to start over.
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Netherworld Cult Chamber (Centre)
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Step onto the candle lit area and watch the little cutscene. Now jump onto the
moving platform and then wall run to the next ledge. Enter the portal to the
Netherworld Gojo Bridge.
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Netherworld Gojo Bridge
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Watch the cutscene. Remember this guy from the first game? He was a pushover
then, but now, with his Soul Edge looking spear, he is fairly tough. You have
to avoid being hit at all costs or you are in for a world of hurt. If he hits
you with one of his poke attacks, he is going to follow it up with a bunch of
rapid-fire mini-hits, these take about a third of your health bar if most of
them hit. His charge attack and flaming charge attack are easy to dodge, just
be ready to evade at all times. The best thing to do is hit him after he misses
an attack, trying to hit his back if possible. If it hits, combo him, if he
blocks it, back off and then try again later. Don't take very many risks in
this fight or you will find yourself dead rather suddenly. I didn't need to use
any healing items against him but I did need to switch to Buson for a bit.
After he is dead, you get a piece of the Yata Mirror, the Blue Violet Shard.
Take it and go back through the portal to the Cult Chamber (Center).
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Wandering the Chaos - Netherworld Cult Chamber (Tertiary)
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- Benkei and Shizuka have come to. Help them as they hurry to Yoshitsunes side.
You will be controlling Shizuka and Benkei for this section, which is a much
better team than Yoshitsune and Buson. There is a Kurama herb in the jars here
as well as an Essence of Amahagane hidden in the bookshelf on the west wall. I
used Benkei to knock the books off the shelf, this revealed it to me. He can
also kick the big dresser looking things to shatter them.
Save your game and head out the door. Hit the crystal to make pillars appear.
Shortly after doing this I got an Essence of Amahagane, but I'm not sure where
it came from to be honest.
Use Shizuka to get across the pit, or go fight the enemies down there. Either
way, get across the pit. Head into the next room and defeat the enemies. Use
Benkei to destroy the stuff in the room, getting you a Ghost Water. Now head
to the right, into the next room and drop into the pit. You can find a Kurama
herb in the crates down here, but then climb back up on the other side of the
pit. Hit the crystal to make more stone columns appear, this lets Shizuka go
back the way you just came. Now drop into the pit again and enter the northern
door. Break the rest of the things in the room for a few items and another
Essence of Amahagane. Go through the west door. Kill the enemies in here and
head all the way back to the room where you first went to the east. Go north.
The advantage to going to the east first is that you get plenty of Mashogane
and there are less enemies to fight should you fall in this room. Jump onto the
floating box and use Shizuka to grapple to the pillar across from it. Head to
the north towards the door and enter the room. Kill the enemies in here and
break the dressers to get the two tengu herbs and continue through the west
door. Break the two barriers in your way and defeat the two shield warriors.
You can actually destroy the left wall about halfway down the corridor and
fight one of the Generals, but there is a treasure chest in there as well with
an Exuberant crest. Keep moving down the corridor. You will see two more
barriers, break the first one and kill the enemy and then destroy the right
wall. There is a jar with an Essence of Amahagane in it. Then destroy the next
barrier and kill the enemies before going through the door.
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