Mike McElroy email-MJM1981@msn.com Any corrections or additional info is welcome. Tenchu FAQ Menu translation- Main menu- 1st New game 2nd Training mission 3rd Options Option menu- 1st Easy or Hard 2nd Stereo or Mono 3rd Volume- 1st music volume 2nd sound fx volume 3rd exit 4th Sound Test- 1st music tracks 2nd sound fx tracks 3rd exit 5th Memory Card- 1st autosave on or off 2nd load game 3rd save game- yes or no 4th exit 6th Analog vibration- on or off 7th Exit To exit any screen or the game hit start and select at the same time Moves- Note-some moves seems very hard to do on the analog joystick Jump- X Block attacks- hold down Slash- Square ( Can combo by hitting square 4 times for Ayame or 3 for Rikimaru) Ayane- Left Slash- hold left and hit square twice Right Slash- hold right and hit square twice Rikimaru- left, right slash- hold left hit x, hold right hit x right, left slash- hold right hit x, hold left hit x Jump slash- hit square while jumping Crouch- R1 Crouch attack- hold R1 and hit square Roll- hold R1 down and double tap the direction you want to go i.e. hold R1 and double tap up to do a forward roll Front flip- double tap forward and hit x Back flip- hold back and hit x Side step- double tap any direction (up, down, left, right) Side jump- hold left or right and hit x to do a short side jump Back to wall- go next to wall and hold R1 (tip for adjusting view which ever way your looking when you hold R1 down is the direction you'll probablly will see though not always because of the bad camera angles) Forward lunging attack- double tap up and hit square Attack behind you- hit up then down then square (the up, down must be done quick) A jump leaves you facing the opposite dirrection when you land-hit down, then up then x (very hard to do for some reason, Must be done very quick) Look Around- hold L1 down Select weapon-R2 or L2 Use weapon- triangle Look at map- hold select (the X is where you start in the mission not your objective or where you are) Character - Rikimaru or Ayame Rikimaru is more powerful but is slower and less agile then Ayame otherwise they are the same Weapons- Grappling hook- you are automaticly equipped with it and it is extremely usefull. Use it to pull yourself out of pits or onto rooftops In order from left to right on shelves 1st shelf Shiruken-ninja stars do about 20 damage, somewhat usefull Caltrops-drops little spikes behind you that enemies may step on while chasing you not really usefull Health-recovers your life to 100 Bomb- pretty powerful, made to be thrown on enemy so it explodes but if you don't hit anyone, it may go off eventually or you may be able to pick it up and reuse it. Smoke bomb- lets off a bunch of smoke that will cause the enemy to choke for a while leaving them open for attack. It also works on the bosses Land mine- lays a mine that if anyone steps on it it will explode causing lots of damage. Poisoned food-throw to dogs or people and it may distract their attention or they may go over and eat it causing them to be poisoned and unable to fight for a while. Sleeping powder- extremely usefull, use it to cause enemies or dogs to fall asleep even when they have spotted you and are in the middle of attacking. When they fall asleep run into them to make them get up then you can get the silent attack animation in which it kills them in one blow. Doesn't work on bosses. Marker- leave a marker on the ground so you know if you've been there. Useless 2nd Shelf- Bonus Items (see how to get in points section) Leaf-When you die and you have this you will automaticly resurect with half life Clothes- these are awesome. It dresses you up as an enemy and then you can just walk up to an enemy and Silent Kill him and he won't suspect a thing. It wear's off after a while or after you kill an enemy. Paper-causes yellow dust to appear around you. Don't know what the dust does though Yellow Scroll-Teleports you forward Purple Scroll-creates a dummy of you that the enemy will attack 5 knifes- Causes you to throw 5 knifes in a spread out pattern Bone- causes a dog to appear that will help you and attack your enemies (leaves after certain amount of time or if it takes to much damage) Red scroll-causes flame to appear on sword, seems useless Flute- on the detection indicator if the indicator is small but pink (they haven't detected you but they think something is there) use the flute to make an animal noise and they will ignore you. Doesn't work if they see you Point system- After you beat a mission you will get a ranking screen which will give you points in these catergories Silent Kills(animation)number of kills/number of possible You get 20 points for each one Normal Kills number of kills/number possible You get 5 points for each one Number of times you were detected You start with 400 and you get less for each detection How many civilians you killed (Blue) You get minus 30 for each civilian kill If you get 400 points you get the secret weapon for that stage and under 400 you get more normal supplies the higher your score Mission Goals Level 1-You have to kill the accountant that has been stealing Level 2-You just have to cross the bridge and return home Level 3-You need to rescue your ninja companion Level 4-You need to reach the top of the large Buddah statue Level 5-You need to reach the ship and kill the boss Level 6-You need to find a flower at the top of the mountain Level 7-You need to kill the boss at the top of the building Level 8-You need to kill both of the bosses in this level Tips Level 1&2- merely require you to travel by rooftops most of the way to the objective and there is no real need to fight the enemies on the ground. Level 3- go into the cave with that glows with fire halfway in and grapple over all the pits in this cave, you can't jump them. Kill the bear (has unblockable attack) before fighting the boss. Avoid his first overhead lunge and after that he is easy Level 4- head to the large building and grapple to the top of Buddha to fight the boss he is very easy. After you beat him another boss will pop out with 200 life. He is harder and has some unblockable attacks but he leaves after his health is reduced to 100. Level 5- Watch out for the men with guns on this level as they are powerful but take a while to shoot so take them out quick. Head to the docks and one of the two ships there will have the boss. Easy ways to kill him are to either knock him into the water (No enemies in the game can swim and they all will drown) or run off the ship and kill him with ninja stars from far away Level-6- Big falls on this level will kill you, Just head to the top of the mountain and get the flower, there is no boss Level-7 Head to the top of the tall building from the outside and fight the boss with 200 health again. Watch out he will heal himself and you need to take off all 200 points this time. Level-8 Pretty straight forward level untill you fight the first boss. After that explore the underground caverens (you can stand in the lava but it hurts you a little bit it will kill the enemies) continue till your in a room with something covering a hole in the ground a cutsceen will get rid off it. Jump in to the final boss. He has a lightning attack that will do 30 damage that you need to avoid. But otherwise he is also not that hard. Gameplay tips- Detection meter- The little green ball at the bottom of your screen becomes bigger the closer you are to an enemy and turns red if he dectects you. Use it to spot enemies before they spot you Quick kill-attack a enemy from behind or if they're waking up from sleep powder before they detect you and you will get a animation showing you kill him with one hit (The girl and the guy both have three different animations) this is a silent kill. Water- Use Water to your advatage and lure enemies into it because they can't swim. Rooftops- on missions with rooftops thats were you should be the whole time enemies can't see you on the roof and you can just drop down behind them when their not looking and get a Silent Kill Codes Instant healing during the game-pause and hit up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, square, triangle. if you did it right you will hear a shout. Level Select- on the stage select screen hold R2 down and press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, square, triangle. Increased Carring Capicity- Lets you hold 99 weapons, at the weapon select screen hold L1 down and hit up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, square, triangle. To get all the Secret weapons at the weapon select screen hold R1 down and hit up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, square, triangle. To get more weapons at the weapon select screen hold R1 and hit up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, square, triangle. Each time you do this all the weapons you have on the shelves increases by one. The secret weapons will never go past 3 and the normal ones can go to 99. To get 12 secret weapons though like clothes though use the code till you have 3 than pick all three into you inventory than do the code 3 times again and take thoses into your inventory ect.