-=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=- Naruto: Narutimate Hero 3: Shodai(1st Hokage) Character Guide. -=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=--=-=-=- ~~~~~~~~~ Contents ~~~~~~~~~ -1- Introduction -2- Who is Shodai? -3- How to unlock Shodai -4- Shodai, and his move list -5- Shodai's button lock list -6- Shodai's combo list -7- Shodai strategy concepts -8- credits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Introduction ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What is Naruto? Well; www.naruto.com That's right! And even if I had a hundred guides, the answer would be the same, muhahahaha! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Who is Shodai? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So you want to know? Shodai, along with Nidaime is the co-founder of the Hidden Leaf Village. Shodai is the older brother and the very first Hokage.His strength and techniques are incomprehenisble, so much so that his specialised technique is moulding his chakra into Tree elementals, essentially a source of life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. How do I unlock Shodai? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well it is a nice day outside. Once completing Udon's and Moegi's little challenge, go to Ebisu(located at the restaurant) and complete his challenge. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Shodai, and his move list ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We're here. ~~~ 4.1 Why Shodai? ~~~ Why Indeed! As Mr Peterman would say. Shodai isn't the typical 'pick and play'character, for better and for worse as the case maybe. Shodai is what I would dub a 'defensive hitter, ender specialist'. For people who enjoy quick paced moves, jutsus and combos then Shod- ai isn't the case. Instead, the opponent should come to him, while trying to position themselves at all times.What he lacks in terms of quick surprise, open space play and combos, he makes up in wall, end of stage scenarios, short and powerful ending combos and a few nice strings to match. ~~~ 4.2 Basic move list ~~~ Legend: O - Circle button /\ - Triangle button [] - square button X - cross button ~ - cancel into, meaning you immediately press + - hold, for instance UP + O means hold up and press O "tech"-ing - read rockman's stuff on teching. but it just means escaping special stun animations by timing the X button as you either fall, spin, bounce etc. XX- dash, done by pressing the cross button twice quickly ougi - the super done by pressing triangle then circle. can cancel the triangle button during chains so that a well timed ending circle will be the ougi hit as oppose to a normal one. JUTSU 1: UP, UP, O (Mokuton Hijutsu(Forest Genesis), branch trap and punch) As with his other jutsu and ougi, Shodai has a slight delay on his jutsu, ougis and some ending moves. This jutsu is one of the quicker ones, but not without some lag. While OK during stints in a combo and only 1/6th chakra usage, it's best used during an ending combo. It's plus is that it's only one hit, and does good damage. JUTSU 2: DOWN, DOWN, O (Mokuton Hijutsu(Forest Genesis), Forest cage explosion). This jutsu has a severe delay both while starting and ending. It's best use is during ending combos. Agian, because it's only one hit it's great for ending combos with this fairly damaging jutsu. While it does block shurikens, it will not block anything else as the trunks are too close to Shodai. Also of note is that you can jutsu clash using this jutsu. O O O(5 hit) Basic combo string. It really has a poor ending hit(the 5th) and few would ever comboto that length. What's good is that the 3rd hit is square cancelable (meaning you can hit square without shooting shurikens) and is great for extra nasty stuff. O,O,O, FORWARD + O(8 hit) Strong finisher, which can be button locked into. Though it's hard against a nasty KNJing opponent since Shodai relies a fair bit on his ending chains. Can shuriken cancel last hitfor a button lock(explained later) near a wall. Does good damage. O,O,O, BACK + O (6-hit) Awesome final hit that can lead to great chains combo wise, grabbing wise near wallsas well as shiryuken cancel near a wall for a lock. Shorter combo wise which means less KNJ chances. Can also Jutsu combo ender from, but unless shuriken canceling, not able to combo with an ougi. O,O,O, UP + O(7-hit) Not a bad combo, thougn nothing great either. can only combo end jutsu with the forrestcage jutsu but at least the opponent death animation means KNJ only. No lock though. O,O,O, DOWN + O(6-hit) Really good combo, and vital for open space play. IF player misses the bounce tech can do all sorts of ending combos like jutsus, and throws. DOWN + O, O (2-hit splash) excellent radius for clearing an overzealous opponent. Works doubly good on near walls as it you can cancel with a shuriken for a lock.can also set up nicely in a chain situation near a wall. UP+O, O (4-hit) Tree elemental branch attack, needs 4 hits though to successfully launch opponent in air,can cage jutsu for there, but no button locks. At least opponent animation stunned.A pretty decent combo starter I may add, one of the quickest outside his normal punch for a combo. BACK + O(Throw) Really clears the opponent away, but even better near a wall(yet again!). Can chain fromsome ending combos not to mention you can 'infinite' with it which shall be explained later. FORWARD + O(5 hit max from close) Nice range to keep the opponent in check, is especially nice up close as you can cancel into a nice set of combos(near wall).as with a lot of his moves, slow start up.So as with his other moves/jutsu, predeterming the timing is vital. (IN AIR/DASHING) UP+O, O (3-hit) Quickly finishes the opponent but not much to string into with. The last hit makes Shodaimove wildy away, which makes it even hard to hit the opponent when on the ground.Average. (IN AIR/DASHING) DOWN + O, O (2-hit) awesome move and VITAL, all sorts of stuff can be chained here. such as combo-reseting, jutsu combos and a simple, quick ougi combo! (IN AIR/DASHING) BACK + O (air throw) Nice poweful move and can be used to chain really well of walls so as to set up locks off wallsand jutsus/ougis through shuriken canceling. (IN AIR/DASHING) O, O, O(3-hit) powers opponent away, fortunately good for wall setups too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Shodai Button lock list ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What's a button lock? What's all this locking nonsense?!Well, Peter Popoff of Team ANBU figured out a way to lock the opponent's buttons for around 5 seconds!! this is done by quickly pressing the shuriken button during a combo or in NH3 this time, a throw. Circle, cross, and triangle buttons are disabled for 5 seconds! On to the locks! WALL LOCKS 1 - [ O, O, O, FORWARD + O, ~shuriken] This lock can be done near a wall, make sure the last hit connects and quickly shuriken cancel into it. 2 - [ O, O, O, BACK + O, ~shuriken] this is easy to do provided the opponent doesnt spin tech! if he doesnt make him pay :) again must be near a wall. 3 - [DOWN + O, O, ~shuriken] near a wall, once that shield ground smash is done in the 2nd hit, quickly shuriken cancel for the lock, also great for starting other chains while they're locked. 4 - [While clinging to a wall, BACK + O, ~shuriken] Will effectively perform an air throw back onto the wall, and if they miss the techs, lock em! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Shodai combo list ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: NH3 is a combo treasure. Here are some I have done. you can always manipulate/change tweak any of them if you can. That's the beauty of the game. Of course all combos assume no Kawarimi's and failed techs(if applicable). But they're still possible in matches,especially if your opponent makes a mistake, runs out of chakra, etc. [O, O, O ~[],