======================================================================= Soul of The Samurai FAQ Version.102 (C) Konami. ======================================================================= (Kotaro FAQ) Written by Godhand . 13 October 1999. Contents : ------------- -Disclaimer. -About this FAQ -FAQ Existence -Kotaro Walkthrough -Kotaro's Skills -Kotaro Weapons -Kotaro Items -Medicines -Tips -Secrets -Credits -End ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No portion from this article can be re-edited , modified, used or selled without any permissions from the owner. This FAQ is for personal use only . If you want to put my FAQ somewhere ,please contact me first. Please keep in mind that uauthorized modification is illegal under copyright law. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Im glad i did not use any guides or FAQ to finish and reveal this game secrets. And of course im not one of those cheaters.If you want to know, im not interested of any cheats, codes or FAQ. Im sure they will spoil my game. This FAQ is only about Kotaro, the ronin as a main hero in this game. This FAQ was made by my playing experience. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FAQ Existance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.GAMEFAQS http://www.gamefaqs.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Walkthrough ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The story begins at the end of Edo period in japan. Now let me explain about Edo period first. In 1603 , Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun, and founded the Edo Shogunate. The period till the fall of the shogunate in 1867 is called the Edo Era. During this period, the sovereignty was strongly hold by shogun . The shogunate closed the country, and Japan prospered isolated from the most of the world. There was no civil war, people admired the peace. During the two and half centuries, major wars occured only twice. Bushi fought no longer, but governed the country as the bureaucracy instead. Chapter I.Homecoming -------------------- Kotaro Hiba, a masterless samurai in training, makes his return to visit his parents' graves. Upon arrival, he is caught up in a deadly incident with a young girl and the law. The ronin makes his way to a bushido dojo to meet Yukinosuke, a childhood friend. Save : First storm of the year holding an umbrella o'er small chrysanthemums Save : Bellflowers in sight my heart bouncing up and down from pure nostalgia. Chapter II.Mistery ------------------ On the way to the temple, Kotaro is beset by murderous samurai. After defeating the grotesque and sinister enemies, Kotaro comes to the aid of mysterious monk. But too late, the monk dies before Kotaro's eyes, having only the words, Bugs. Save : Cape jasmine flowers remind me of my dear mother lone clouds in the sky Save : Dews drop to the ground This must be a demon's lair or a nest of snakes. Chapter III.Soul Bugs --------------------- The temple priest ,Muga, had been transformed into a bizarre monster. To solve the mystery of the priest's mutation and a mound of newly disinterred corpses, Kotaro, alone, ventures into an underground cave where unknown horrors await. Save : The moon hides her face digging soil for potatoes tell me the season Save : Giant katydid finding no good place to die keep on walking around Chapter IV.The Nest ------------------- In the horrific cavern, Kotaro discovers a subterranean lake. The lake teems with soul bugs, profare creatures that turn mortals into monsters. Kotaro barely escapes the collapsing cave with the knowledge that the fiefdom's ruler is somehow involved. Save : The hem of garments turn vermillion in autumn hoping it never ends Save : The tranquill autumn sea Ghouls and crows in harmony loudly choke in tears. Chapter V.Friend ---------------- Kotaro emerges to find his home village overrun by monsters. Enraged, he mows them down in the knowledge that they are villagers who have been infected by the soul bugs. He hurries to Yukinosuke's dojo to protect his childhood friend from the ghastly carnage. Save : An injured wild boar willow branches are scattered by the winter winds Save : Cold autumn showers Pour over and soak thousands of wandering souls. Chapter VI.Showdown ------------------- Yukinosuke had been under the foul spell of a soul bug. His desire to best Kotaro made him fall prey to Gendo Tohjo's machinations. Clutching his fallen friend's sword, Kotaro races to the castle, his heart filled with sorrow and rage for the showdown with the mad tyrant. Save : Stems start bending down the silver gross realizes its own weight increase From now, use Lin to beat the game, refer to my Lin FAQ. Conclusion ASCENDANCE --------------------- A homecoming ronin and a shogunate ninja seeking her sibbling, brought tohether by cruel twists of fate, are united in righteous anger to end the nightmare. Before their eyes, a stairway appears ,inviting them to come face to face with the ultimate evil. Save : One autumn twilight in the name of the hell lord i slay those demons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kotaro's Skills ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.SPINNING EAGLE Mp : 1 Press : Right + Left + Square 2.PIGEON SONIC Mp : 2 Press : Hold Square & release 3.HAWK DANCE Mp : 3 Press : Square 5 times .... *Only can be used when Kotaro is heavily wounded. 4.PHOENIX Mp : 3 Press : Square rapidly 5.MOONLIGHT CYCLONE Mp : 3 Press : Square 3 times .... *Only can be used with Musashi's weapon, KOGARASUMARU & ONIMARU. 6.RAI-JIN Mp : 2 Press : Hold Square & release *Only can be used with Yukinosuke's weapon, MURAMASA. Note : 1.Command are for the default key setting. 2.Do the skills before you launch your last hit combo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weapons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.DENTA A famous sword, but years of hard use have taken its toll on its edge. Sharpness : Dull 4'3" 46oz 2.MONIHOSHIZAO Named "Laundry Pole" for its remarkable length. Famous as Kojiro Sasaki's sword. Sharpness : Ordinary 6' 71oz From : After beating Ronin (the first boss). 3.OSAFUNE The reowned sword, Bizen Osafune. With a good balance of reach and heft, this sword is extremely easy to use. Sharpness : Good 4'3" 36oz From : After beating Priest Muga. 4.RAN-UN A jaggeed sword that is said to beekon storms. It appears to have been made in a foreign land. Sharpness : Good 5'4" 34oz From : After you defeat Urabe. 5.DOUJIKIRI The sword that is said to have vanquished the legendary monster Shutendouji. Over time, it gained the power of fire. Sharpness : Good 5'4" 34oz From : After you escape from underground cave. 6.MASAMUNE A short sword that is commonly known as 'butcher knife' MASAMUNE. Its compact size enables rapid slashes. Sharpness : Good 2'9" 26oz From : some room in Yukinosuke's dojo. 7.MURAMASA Perhaps because of Yukinosuke's lingering despair, this sword could only be used for quick draw attacks. Sharpness : Excellent 4'1" 33oz From : Yukinosuke corpse. 8.HOUHOU An ancient japanese sword. Although its sharpness is merely average, it exudes an oddly evil atmosphere. Sharpness : Good 5'6" 37oz From : Tohjo Castle 9.KOGARASUMARU & ONIMARU Two reowned swords that are specifically intended for use as a pair. It is unknown how Musashi came into their possesion. Sharpness : Good 4'3" 36oz From : Refer to my Secret section. 10.NIHON A magnificent sword that glitters with divine brilliance. Its sharpness is simply outstanding. Sharpness : Excellent 5'9" 26oz From : Refer to my Secret section. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Items ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.ARCHER FIGURE One side of a statue of a two-headed demon. It holds a bow and arrow in its weapon. 2.SWORDSMAN FIGURE One side of a statue of a two-headed demon. It holds sword in its weapon. 3.DOJO KEY A key that you can get a monster in dojo somewhere. It needed to open the door of training room. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Medicines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.HEAL HERB A mix of mugwort and other plants that cures infection HP Recovery : Low 2.OINMENT An oinment that suppresses bleeding. Also prevents infection. HP Recovery : Medium 3.FOREIGN MEDICINE A medicine that instantly stops bleeding.Its ingredients are unknown. HP Recovery : High 4.ANTIDOTE A curative herb that neutralizing poison. It must be ground into a paste and igested. HP Recovery : Cures poison. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tips ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dont put your weapon up ready if you want to ignore that common enemies troops.Just keep your weapon at its place , and run over through the enemies screen by screen Beware, this is takes so much risk. And , try to back to the visited place , you will find some more medicines. Dont waste your medicines in boss fight. Just wanted you to know, your health will completely restored in each chapter Fun with blood colors, he he he.. in the chapter 1. Kill one villager, then go to option, change the blood color. Kill another one, choose different blood color, kill again ,repeat it, and you will see a very colorful murderous. XD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Secrets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.CHANGE CLOTHES ---------------- In chapter V, kill about more than 250 zombie villagers and Now try go to Ito place, the only survival tailor in the town located at North-West from the town Square. You will encounter with him attacked by 2 zombies. Well, what are you waiting ? Go save him ! After a few scene , Kotaro will be able to change his clothes. Here is the clothes type : 1.Your Normal Cloth. 2.Red cloth. 3.Black Ninja looking Cloth. 4.Geese Howard looking Kotaro. 5.Standard blue samurai cloth. 2.WEAPON KOGARASUMARU & ONIMARU ------------------------------- First, do the instruction above. And now try to go back to Yukinosuke dojo, you will encounter with great legendary swordsman called, Musashi in the front gate. He ask you to keep your honor by challenging him at Ganryu beach. Now, go find and follow him to Ganryu beach. Beat him and he will ask you to take his swords. 3.WEAPON NIHON -------------- First of all, in chapter II, you will encounter with a pretty lady named Kurenai. She is a daughter of Beni, the blacksmith shop. Well, you must protect her until you beat Pries Muga,the boss in Chapter II. She will ask you to promise her to visit his father at his shop. Now... In chapter V, you will be attacked by hundreds of zombie vilagers. Try to kill 300 zombies of them. And you will received a "Rusted Sword". If you still cant kill 300 zombies. Try to get weapon MASAMUNE first. Since it have incredible speed, so get it, finish the game and save it. Play again using that save till you reach chapter V again. Bring that "Rusted Sword" to Kurenai father at blacksmith shop Beni. the shop is located at the screen before you get into Raven Forest. Give him your Rusted Sword, and he promised to repair it. But that need a time. So, makes your way until you reach Chapter VI. Back to his shop and you will see Kotaro's strongest sword is well prepared for you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Credits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Godhand (St.Evan Lee Yonny) For writing this FAQ. - My hand This what i need to write this FAQ. - Henry A Moriarty (http://mmcafe.syste.ms) For teach me about japanese history. - All Konami Staffs For creating this game. - God For letting me keep alive this far. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for you participations, i hope im not spoiling your game. Feel free to email me at FAQ@Godhand.Net for your corrections or feedbacks. This FAQ is copyright Godhand Productions.Co.Ltd. 1999. ======================================================================= Godhand (Stevanus Lioni) FAQ@Godhand.Net Godhand Production. 885-3868. 17148. 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