Tenchu Stealth Assassins U.S. Version ~Contents~ Key Basic moving Attacks Jumps Stealth moving Extra Rikimaru Ayame Attacking items Killing from the Shadows Bonus items Codes Key ~ (these are the default control settings for the game) f = forward ~ b = backward ~ l = left ~ r = right ~ s = square ~ x = x t = triangle ~ o = circle ~ L1 = top left button one ~ L2 = top left button two ~ R1 = top right button one ~ R2 = top right button two + = press buttons or directions simultaneously ~ * = hold button or the direction indicated (ex. *L1 & press any direction = look around) ~ ,= press buttons or directions right after the previous ones (ex. f,f = quick step forward) Basic moving ~ (All moves are based on DEFAULT control settings) f = move forward ~ b = move backward ~ l = turn left ~ r = turn right ~ f,f = quick step forward b,b = quick step back ~ l,l = side step left ~ r,r = side step right ~ b+l = quick turn left b+r = quick turn right ~ s = slash ~ x = jump ~ t = use item ~ o or R1 = stealth ~ L1 = look around L2 or R2 = item select Attacks ~ (All moves are based on DEFAULT control settings, some moves only Rikimaru can do and there are moves only Ayame can do, they are labeld so later on) s = slash ~ s,s = double slash ~ s,s,s = triple slash ~ s,s,s,s = quad slash(Ayame)~ l+s = slash left ~ r+s = slash right ~ l+s,r+s = slash left then right(Rikimaru)~ r+s,l+s = slash right then left(Rikimaru) l+s,s = slash left twice(Ayame) ~ r+s,s = slash right twice(Ayame) ~ while jumping + s = slashing in air f, b+s = turn around slash ~ *o+s = slash while crouching *b = block Jumps ~ (All moves are based on DEFAULT control settings) x = jump ~ f+x = jump forward ~ b+x = jump back ~ l+x = jump left ~ r+x = jump right ~ f,f+x = long jump forward, b+x,x = double jump back(2nd x must be pressed right when they touch the ground, very hard to do every time and not very useful) ~ b,f+x = twisting jump forward(lands facing opposite way) hitting x when jumping next to a wall = double jump off of the wall Stealth ~ (All moves are based on DEFAULT control settings) *r1 or o = stealth ~ *o+f = crouch step forward ~ *o+b = crouch step backward ~ *o+l = crouch step left ~ *o+r = crouch step right ~ *o+f,f = roll forward ~ *o+b,b = roll backward ~ *o+l,l = roll left *o+r,r = roll right ~ *o+x = turn around roll(rolls foraward stops facing opposite way) *o+next to wall = stand against wall(you may move forward or back along the wall depending on which way you are facing it can change between being left or right or forward or back. You may also roll while standing against a wall by tapping twice in the direction you want to roll. By pressing and holding the direction away from the wall you will crouch down next to it and by pressing toward the wall u will stand against it) When crouching and moving on roofs you will not step off or drop off the roof. Only when you are running or rolling will u drop off a edge. Extra ~ (All moves are based on DEFAULT control settings) Pressing up or jumping up to a low topped wall or roof you may grab on to it or by jumping across and barely making it you will automaticaly grab the ledge. You may move along a ledge while hanging by pressing left or right. By pressing up you will climb up the ledge or by pressing down u may drop down from the ledge. Pressing and holding triangle will allow u to aim certain items (shuriken, grappling hook) if you decide you do not wish to throw an item while aiming press the R1 button to cancel. Rikimaru ~ Riki is stronger then Ayame and has a longer reach with his sword. He only has a 3 part forward slash combo but the ending slash is very powerful and at time will break through opponents defense even if they are blocking. His left- right and right- left slash are very good when fighting more than one opponent and when your opponent is on your side. His slash to the left then right not only slashes to the sides but covers a large space behind him, very good for when opponents get in behind you. His crouch slash is his very strong and will knock them on the ground and give you few vital seconds for health restore or even retreating. Ayame ~ Ayame is fast and agile. Her forward slash combo has four parts but you can get more than four hits due to her two weapons and her circle slashing motions. And the fact that she has 2 weapons and from her slashing many times when attacking she is actually slashing forward & backward simultaneuosly which is very helpful for multipule opponents. Her slash twice to the side is good. Her crouch slash also has more parts the Rikimaru's. But her reach is shorter and you must slip in close for attacks. And her final slash to her four part combo leave her WIDE open for counter attacks. So unless you catch the third part you normaly would want to stop there and not continue on to the forth slash. Attacking ~ One of the most important things to remember the way of shinobi is to assassinate or to kill without being seen or even knowing you were there. shinobi or ninja are not samurai not meant to straight out fight every enemy that he comes across. but there are times when you will have to fight one on one.Always remember the mission is paramount. You can go through the entire mission without killing someone and if u are not seen you will get GRANDMASTER. But for those times you do have to fight always remember to block. But also remember you have more than your sword. If you need to use grenades or smoke bombs or health, USE THEM. Use your surroundings as well, if there is a building get on the roof and either throw shuriken or hide until its safe. Water is a very good ally to have as you can swim and NO enemy can. Not even BOSS's. If u can force them into the water you can relax while you watch them uselessly fail around for their lives. Watch there swings. All basic guards only have two parts combos. Watch for side swings and turn around swings as well. Counter attacking can be very effective, but make sure they are in range. The computer tends to attack in then reatreat out of your reach, espcially the pike men,(spears) And watch your back and sides, the computer will try to get around your defenses to your undefendable sides. You can not block to the side or back. The twisting somersault is very good. You can jump over them and land facing there back and they are wide open to your attacks, but make sure you are close enough that you jump OVER them and do not land in front of them with your back to them. Crouching and rolling can be good to considering you roll farther than you side step (very effective against dogs when they jump you can roll under them or to the side) and not to mention you can crouch slash which is very strong after the roll. But be careful when attempting this as you can not block from a crouch. Shuriken are effective in fight too. But don't stop to aim as they will try to dodge them ,& will dodge them when you attempt it, just stand striaght toward them and throw the star. Watch there blocking, if you are attempting a combo, watch if they block all he slash's before the final and decide weather its worh the risk to attmept the final slash and a counter attack against you. And always try to fight your enemies one at a time. Much easier to dodge one spear then dodging the spear to have a sword thrust in your back. And dont be to ashamed to run away, you are a ninja, a stealth assassin not an army soldier. You can run and return when things are calm and unsuspecting to your silent blade. Items ~ (all basic items) shuriken = (throwing stars) Very good for dogs, kills them in one hit. Not too effective for men unless they have already seen you due to the fact no matter where you are when you throw it they will spot you for a second or two. and you can pick them back up if you miss. health restore = Very good for levels with boss's, for in levels without them you arent suppose to be seen, hence you shouldnt need it, but they are alway helpful to have along. But if using in a boss fight remember to get away to a safe distance for it take 2-3 seconds use it. calthrops = Good if you are being chased, but if you are in such need of these from being chased all the time I dont think being a ninja is quite the job for you. I havent found a level that these where very helpful on. Do not step on them and you cannot pick them back up. gernades = Very helpful mid range weapon. Definatley good for knocking boss's on their ass for a quick health restore or to just take a chunk of life away. Not to good for a stealth weapon as the are pretty nosiy and tend to make a big fire show. smoke bombs = Good weapons to distract or in a straight fight as the tend to make your opponent hack and cough up their lungs while you can easily disembowel them. land mines = Good for beginning levels stages as they kill most guards on the spot but later on the gaurds hit points tend to raise and take more then one to kill them. but make sure you dont step on them yourself, you cannot pick them back up. (setting the game to hard also raises enemy hit points) poisoned rice = Very, very good item. Men and dogs alike will take to this tasty treat. Not only will they leave there post but they will choke on it for about 8 seconds after they eat it. But a cute trick is while they are walking to pick it up you can kill them before they even get to it. therefore u can keep your rice to kill again. colored rice = I havent found this item to helpful, unless your map skills are so useless you cant find your way around, I would recommend an easier game. One where you dont have to do more then hit a button or two. Killing from the Shadows ~ The way of the ninja, killing without being seen or heard. there are many tricks to learn on this subject many I will try to teach you now but alot will come from practice and playing on your own and more than anything be PATIENT. Patience will be your most deadly weapon of all in this game. Wait until your enemy has his back turned or wait until he is closer or no one else is around. Sometimes it will take time just stay clam and don't fret over alittle waiting. Use your KI METER. You will almost always sense someone before you see them. And even when you can't see them you can use the meter to tell weather they are close or far, walking toward you or away, or even if they are walking at all. There is a interesting effect to your location tp your eneimes and their actions. As in they dont move and really aren't even there until you are close enought to see or sense them. They dont move unless your there for them to perform for really. So if you leave a body behind no one will see it until you get close enough to them to allow them to provide action. So remember if kill someone that is close to another enemy, if you leave before he sees the body, he wont see it until you come back and let him. So don't expect him to act as if he knew that corpse was there all along when you return, give him time to see it and react. Then wait until things are safe to move again. Stealth... your stealth mode will be very helpful as you can get closer without being seen when crouching or standing against a wall than when you are standing regularly. The roofs are your best friend, any high place you can get to is good as most gaurds dont tend to look up unless you alert them to your presence. Watch thier patrols from a safe vantage and move when you know they will not be ready or can see you. And as soon as u dispatch an enemy, LEAVE! get away quick to a safe place as if another enemy should happen to see the dead guard they will sound the alarm and start searching for you. And scout the entire area around your victim before attempting to kill him, make sure he is alone and if he isn't decide which is the best way to meet all the threats without being detected. And never foreget the mission is all that matters. Killing is only needed if it cannot be avioded or if you just like watching the cinematics of throat slices or skull crushes. But killing can have a good value as to give you more points to make up for anyone that has spotted you. The more you are spotted the harder it will be to make grandmaster and get the secret item. And dont always try to get close to do the special kill, for it takes a few seconds to do when you could be spotted and you have to be very close. When you are in doubt of the safety of the area go for a quick slash and run. Posioned rice is one of the most helpful items I have found for silent killing. As it can get them to walk away with their back to you, or divert their attention while you kill somone else. Yet even better to get them to walk to a secluded place where their body wont be easily seen. If you run into dogs and have shuriken, use them. You can kill a dog with one star from a very safe place, even if someone sees the dead dog you can be far enough away to hide until things calm down. And dogs can see farther than men, use caution when they are near. Always try to be as close as you can while not being seen before you strike, less of a chance for them to turn around on you or for you to be seen. Always try to go for the high ground. But in the event the enemy has the high ground use the LEDGE. You can hang and shimmey your way aross to them from the ledge and they will never see you. Just aim your grappling hook lower as so you wont jump up the ledge but just grab and hang from it. And the most dangerous place for you to be is inside a building as there are hardly anywhere to run or hide without being seen. Use extreme caution when entering buidlings. Watch the water. It can be very useful to sneak up to your prey but they will hear the water splash if you are too close when entering the water, and if you are in their line of sight they will spot you immediately. And listen closely. You will able to hear gaurds walking your yawning or even yell if they see you. Pay attention to everything around you. Know your enemies and where they are. And watch where you are, for a missed step and a short fall off a roof can be disaster. Bonus weapons ~ (dont read this if u dont want to know all the secert items) Super shuriken(iron darts) = i havent found much usefulness from these items, for you cant really aim them. you can point them in the right direction and let them go but thats about it. Lightfoot scroll = very cool item but i havent really found a level that this made a major difference on, you can run very very fast for a short time thats it. but fun to play with Fire-eater scroll = very good to use on strong opponents, such as boss's. its good that u can slash them while they scream and are on fire. fun to play with but you can only carry 3 have limited range, i would recommend gernades over this. Amulet = good for boss's that u straight out fight without the use of gernades or extra weapons but I would perfer the ninja armor and some gernades over this. Sleeping potion = can be useful for putting to sleep gaurds that dont want to turn the one direction you need, or can even be used in a fight for a free slash combo. but once alert guards do not stay asleep for more than a few seconds. ninja armor = a very, very good item, reduces damge by 30 percent. good for boss fights or just those unavoidable fights and also changes the outfit of your ninja for a new look shadow decoy = a good idea for an item but i perfer the rice over it, for one they actually walk to the rice and will eat it and gag, as the decoy just just get there attention. ressurection leaf = a very good item for the 2nd to last and definatley the last level, will bring u back to life as soon as u die, you dont even hit the ground. chameleon suit = this item is the 1nd most helpful bonus item, you can just run past or up to anyone and they never know unless u swing at them or do a jump flip or some other ninja action that give u away, very easy to sneak around with this item. but take note it does not work on dogs, they can smell you i suppose or something. dog bone = kinda neat to have your on little attack dogn but not to helpful as they give u away and dont take off much damage, but i suppose can give you they feeling to be galford with poppy (samurai showdown) but i didnt find it very helpful decoy whitsle = this is the MOST helpful item there is, make distracting noises to fool your enemies into thinking your something else. as if they see u but not definately (! or !?) use this and they go right back to ?, even if they find a dead body blow this once and they go right back to there business a definate must have for every mission. Codes ~ (execute these codes while at the item selection screen) increase items ~ hold L2 & press left, left, down, down, square, square, triagnle, x 99 item carry ~ hold L1 & press left, left, down, down, square, square, triangle, square bounus items ~ hold R1 & press left, left, down, down, square, square, tirangle, circle all missions ~ (may need to be done on the misson select screen, not sure as i have not needed or tired it) hold R2 & press left, left, down, down, square, square, triangle, square health restore ~ (during game) hit pause then press left, left, down, down, square, square, triangle, triangle. (you will hear a sound effect when dont correctly) That concludes about what u can learn from reading. You really just have to play it learn for yourself and get the feel for being a true shinobi. Just remember what you are... a ninja, not a samurai, & not a mercenary. Kill without being seen, and the mission is what truly matters!! And if u dont learn anything atleast learn this you have to be patient to be a ninja, and have fun. I can give a detailed guide to each level in the game if you really want it, or if your having that much trouble, email me at wingchun79@aol.com and tell me which level you want or for any questions.