============================================================================== ============ Mr Driller 2 - Japanese Version - Gameboy Advance =============== ============================================================================== 1 - Updates ------------ - Version 1 - 1st April 2001 - Version 2 - 4th April 2001 2 - Introduction ----------------- - Game overview 3 - Menu Translation --------------------- - Main Menu - Hitori de Driller Menu - Futari de Driller Menu (no information yet) - Records Menu - Options Menu - Mission drilling pause menu - Endless drilling pause menu - Time attack pause menu 4 - How To Play ---------------- - Controls - Basic Gameplay 5 - Gameplay Types ------------------- - Mission drilling - Endless drilling - Time attack 6 - Secrets ------------ - Driller Cards - Other Secrets??? 7 - Still to come ------------------ - To do - Cries for help 8 - Conclusion --------------- ============================================================================== ============================= 1 - Updates ==================================== ============================================================================== Version 1 - Initial FAQ, Very basic menu translations, basic gameplay and controls explained. Driller card tabl started. Version 2 - Version history added, Additional driller card found, Pause menus translated layout changed to make things look nicer, driller cards moved to secrets section, General tidy up of a few things. ============================================================================== ============================= 2 - Introduction =============================== ============================================================================== Mr Driller has a problem, there are coloured blocks coming out of the ground and he must drill through them to reach the source. Mr Driller is a cute puzzle game which I have played in the arcades and on home consoles but it never really gripped me until I played the stunning good translation on to the Gameboy Advance. It may not be a tetris for the 21st century but I really enjoy playing it. I recommend picking up a copy. ============================================================================== ============================= 3 - Menu Translations ========================== ============================================================================== Main Menu --------- Option 1 - Hitori de Driller (Access Single player menu) Option 2 - Futari de Driller (Access Two player menu) Option 3 - Records (Access High scores menu) option 4 - Option (Access Options menu) Press left and right to select characters. Character with pink and blue suit is Susumu Character with hite suit is Anna (Japanese for hole???) Hitori De Driller - 1 player game Menu -------------------------------------- Option 1 - Mission Driller (Normal game) Option 2 - Tokoton Driller (Endless Option) Option 3 - Time Attack Driller (Time Attack Levels) Futari De Driller - 2 player game Menu -------------------------------------- 2 Player option is only available with 2 GBA units and a link cable. I only have one unit so no information on this section yet. Records - Gameplay statistics Menu ---------------------------------- Option 1 - Hitori de Driller (One player records) Option 2 - Futari de Driller (Two player records) Option 3 - Other (General Records) Option - Gameplay Options Menu ------------------------------ Option 1 - Driller Cards (View Driller Cards) Option 2 - Key Configure (Alter Keys) Option 3 - Ending (View Endings) Option 4 - Cant read (Name Entry) Option 5 - Cant read (Data Clear) Mission drilling - Pause menu ----------------------------- Option 1 - cant read (resume gameplay) Option 2 - cant read (mid game save, you can switch of the machine and resume playing next time you start up) Option 3 - Retry (Start this stage again) Option 4 - Stage something (Go back to mission driller difficulty select) Option 5 - Owaru (Return to main title screen) Endless drilling - Pause menu ----------------------------- Option 1 - cant read (resume gameplay) Option 2 - cant read (mid game save, you can switch of the machine and resume playing next time you start up) Option 3 - Retry (Start this stage again) Option 4 - Level something (Go back to endless drilling difficulty select) Option 5 - Owaru (Return to main title screen) Time attack drilling - Pause menu --------------------------------- Option 1 - cant read (resume gameplay) Option 2 - Retry (Start this stage again) Option 3 - course something (Go back to time attack course select screen) Option 4 - Owaru (Return to main title screen) ============================================================================== ============================= 4 - How to play ================================ ============================================================================== Basic controls -------------- D pad - Aim Drill/Navigate Menus A/B - Drill/Select while on menu screen L/R - Drill Basic Gameplay -------------- In all modes (except endless, which is endless) You must drill until you reach the base or the stack of blocks. You can drill up, down, left or right from your current postion. The game is over wen you win the game, get crushed by falling blocks or run out of air. Air can be recovered by collections air capsules scattered around the stack. Air capsules recover 20 percent of your air. Any coloured blocks except silver (time attack only) and brown can be destroyed by drilling them once. If 2 or more blocks of the same colour are beside each other they form only large block which will vanish whien any part of it is drilled. If 4 blocks or the same colour land together they will vanish. a block comprised of 4 or more similar coloured blocks falls and distance it will disapear. Silver blocks are indestructable. Brown blocks can be destroye at a cost of 20 percent of your air by drilling them 5 times. ============================================================================== ============================= 5 - Gameplay Types ============================= ============================================================================== Mission Drilling ---------------- This option is the normal game with three difficulty levels. You must drill to a specified depth with no time limit before your air runs out. There is no time limit. An extra life is awarded at 20 000 points. You have three lifes per attempt. America - Normal - 1000 Meters Egypt - Hard - 2000 Meters India - Easy - 500 Meters Endless Drilling ---------------- This option isthe same as mission drilling but it lets you drill as deep as you can without ever ending. Again, there are 3 difficulty levels. Extra life at 20 000 points. Easy - 5 lives Normal - 3 Lives Hard - 1 Life Time attack Drilling -------------------- These are single player time attack levels. The levels are always exactly the same rather than randomly generated as in Mission Driller or Tokoton Driller. There are ten time attack levels arranged in 4 tiers at first only the first tier is available. Once you beath the reqired time for each level on tier the next tier opens up. Tier 1 Level A - 100 Meters - Finish in under 24 seconds Level B - 100 Meters - Finish in under 16 seconds Level C - 100 Meters - Finish in under 46 seconds Level D - 100 Meters - Finish in under 16 seconds Tier 2 Level E - 100 Meters - Finish in under 28 seconds Level F - 100 Meters - Finish in under 37 seconds Level G - 100 Meters - Finish in under 28 seconds Tier 3 Level H - 200 Meters - Finish in under 43 seconds Level I - 200 Meters - Finish in under 36 seconds Tier 4 Level J - 300 Meters - Finish in under 1 Minute 45 seconds ============================================================================== ============================= 6 - Secrets ==================================== ============================================================================== When I first started playing Mr Driller I didnt think there were any secrets at all but upon completing my first 10 000 meters of drilling I got a secret driller card! There are 20 to collect and each one is unlocked after acomplising a particular task. Driller Cards ------------- Card 1 - Finish India (mission driller easy mode) Card 2 - Finish time Attack Tier 1 Card 3 - Finish time Attack Tier 2 Card 4 - Finish America (mission driller normal mode) Card 5 Card 6 - Finish time attack Tier 3 Card 7 - Finish time attack Tier 4 Card 8 Card 9 Card 10 Card 11 - Drill 10 000 meters Card 12 Card 13 Card 14 Card 15 Card 16 Card 17 Card 18 Card 19 Card 20 Other secrets??? ---------------- I have just finished Mission driller on normal mode with both characters and have noticed there is another time attack ending called Time Attack Ura which I have yet to unlock. Dont know anything about how to access this yet. Will keep playing and post it up when I know. Im pretty sure Ura is like a way of saying over or even harder or something so logic would dictate a harder set of time attack courses??? Also im pretty sure there is another Character playable. This is partly becuase there is a silouette in the manual with a question mark over it and partly because card 11 show the drills of Susumu and Anna along with a third drill. ============================================================================== ============================= 7 - Still to come ============================== ============================================================================== To do ----- If there is enough interest in this FAQ i will add the following information. - More driller Cards - Records and options menu in depth explainations - Time attack and endless recrds section - Game review - Manual translation of story and 2 player mode - information on scorins and extra lives. Cry for help! ------------- If anyone has any info on the following I would love to here about them. Ill even make a credit section especially for you! - Ura time attack mode - Driller cards i dont have yet - Any information 2 player mode thats not in the manual - Record depths and fastest times and high scores ============================================================================== ============================= 8 - Conclusion ================================= ============================================================================== Contact Me ---------- Email - dpurdu(@)yahoo.com - remove brackets around @ symbol Copyright --------- All characters and game information about the Mr Driller series is Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001 Namco Ltd This document is Copyright 2001 by David Adams It may not be reproduced at any site other than www.gamefaqs.com without my express permission. Any infringment on this copyright will by punished to the fullest extent of the law.