Alright I'd thought I'd start a thread for this game, because I am considering on running it and was gathering some information about it. So I figured I'd just make a thread for it.
Also to see how much interest in this game is.
And of course for people to possible help me find stuff out. It seems the information on this game is limited.
Moving on to the game itself.
This game is ideal for 2 players, sadly I have no friends so I'm going to try and tackle this solo. You can choose from pocky or rocky, the only difference is visual. (in case I'm wrong, please do correct me).
The most crucial thing is this game is that most of the time sliding/getting hit is probably the fastest, however if you get hit 3 times you lose a weapon upgrade. Which I think should be avoided at all costs. Also, on hard you're probably already close to dead when you get this 5 times or so.
As far as I know this game doesn't have that many random factors in them, but a few are crucial. Because in the first level you can attack a frog and then someone on a cloud appears, sometimes it drops useful stuff other times it doesn't. (it's also a different character appearing on the clouds then) As far as I could tell it had to do with how fast you got there and maybe what weapon upgrades you have. Also the bosses sometimes act differently.
That's all the info I am sharing atm (read: I have to go do stuff), I'm mostly interested in knowing how many people would like to see a run of this game.
Also to see how much interest in this game is.
And of course for people to possible help me find stuff out. It seems the information on this game is limited.
This is what I've found so far:
There are 2 (rejected) TAS runs on Tasvideos.org, both suck heavily and aren't even worth watching (I watched the fastest one to the end, nothing special seen or done. The slower one is just completely retarded so I stopped watching during the 2nd level, maybe he does something special at the end, I don't know I just couldn't stand watching it ;p).
Also, the FAQ's on gamefaq do not seem to help. (Haven't read them completely, but what I read was not useful to me, so stopped reading)
I haven't looked on nicovideo, because I am too stupid to figure that site out. (and I do not have an account)
There are 2 (rejected) TAS runs on Tasvideos.org, both suck heavily and aren't even worth watching (I watched the fastest one to the end, nothing special seen or done. The slower one is just completely retarded so I stopped watching during the 2nd level, maybe he does something special at the end, I don't know I just couldn't stand watching it ;p).
Also, the FAQ's on gamefaq do not seem to help. (Haven't read them completely, but what I read was not useful to me, so stopped reading)
I haven't looked on nicovideo, because I am too stupid to figure that site out. (and I do not have an account)
Moving on to the game itself.
This game is ideal for 2 players, sadly I have no friends so I'm going to try and tackle this solo. You can choose from pocky or rocky, the only difference is visual. (in case I'm wrong, please do correct me).
You can do a normal attack (magic cards) (have no idea why you would ever use this)
You got the 'auto' normal attack which is the normal attack only with a turbo button. (even in a TAS this is faster or equally fast then spamming normal attack)
You have 2 kinds of weapon upgrades, Stronger cards/leaves (blue orbs) or fire (red orbs). As far as I can tell when focussed they are both equally strong, however, at the moment I prefer using fire because it splits up to the side (90 degree angle) when you hit something with it and it's easier to focus it on someone. (it has 2 fireballs next to each other and goes in a straight line)
Cards/leaves have a more spread out shot though, so could be more useful against hordes of enemies.
If you have a fully powered fire attack and pick up a blue orb you switch to the cards/leaves and lose 1 power up level. So you need another blue orb to get it to full strength and vice versa.
You can do a 'whip attack' called magic stick ingame. This attack is really useful. It reflects or stops projectiles that are flying towards you. It also does damage to enemies, but that's not it's primary purpose. Unfortunately you cannot do this skill while moving, so when you do it your character will come to a complete standstill, which costs time.
You also have a slide move that, as far as I know, is only good for dodging things. This is however a faster way of moving then the normal walking, so should be used in speedruns. The downside is that you cannot change from direction or stop prematurely when deciding to slide so you can't spam this like a madman because you would run into all enemies. The trick here would be to find out where to use it.
And last but not least you got a bomb/special move. You need to try to get as much of these as possible because they can reduce boss fights times by A LOT. Unfortunately there aren't that much bombs out there. I am still trying to find out at which bosses it would be most time saving to use them.
You got the 'auto' normal attack which is the normal attack only with a turbo button. (even in a TAS this is faster or equally fast then spamming normal attack)
You have 2 kinds of weapon upgrades, Stronger cards/leaves (blue orbs) or fire (red orbs). As far as I can tell when focussed they are both equally strong, however, at the moment I prefer using fire because it splits up to the side (90 degree angle) when you hit something with it and it's easier to focus it on someone. (it has 2 fireballs next to each other and goes in a straight line)
Cards/leaves have a more spread out shot though, so could be more useful against hordes of enemies.
If you have a fully powered fire attack and pick up a blue orb you switch to the cards/leaves and lose 1 power up level. So you need another blue orb to get it to full strength and vice versa.
You can do a 'whip attack' called magic stick ingame. This attack is really useful. It reflects or stops projectiles that are flying towards you. It also does damage to enemies, but that's not it's primary purpose. Unfortunately you cannot do this skill while moving, so when you do it your character will come to a complete standstill, which costs time.
You also have a slide move that, as far as I know, is only good for dodging things. This is however a faster way of moving then the normal walking, so should be used in speedruns. The downside is that you cannot change from direction or stop prematurely when deciding to slide so you can't spam this like a madman because you would run into all enemies. The trick here would be to find out where to use it.
And last but not least you got a bomb/special move. You need to try to get as much of these as possible because they can reduce boss fights times by A LOT. Unfortunately there aren't that much bombs out there. I am still trying to find out at which bosses it would be most time saving to use them.
The most crucial thing is this game is that most of the time sliding/getting hit is probably the fastest, however if you get hit 3 times you lose a weapon upgrade. Which I think should be avoided at all costs. Also, on hard you're probably already close to dead when you get this 5 times or so.
As far as I know this game doesn't have that many random factors in them, but a few are crucial. Because in the first level you can attack a frog and then someone on a cloud appears, sometimes it drops useful stuff other times it doesn't. (it's also a different character appearing on the clouds then) As far as I could tell it had to do with how fast you got there and maybe what weapon upgrades you have. Also the bosses sometimes act differently.
That's all the info I am sharing atm (read: I have to go do stuff), I'm mostly interested in knowing how many people would like to see a run of this game.
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