Zombie Hunters 2 / Oneechanpon Well , I have been looking for information on this game for a long time , exclusively for the Quests and how to beat them all. After beating it myself (and not finding much info afterall) I thought some people would want a basic guide like this , for the Quests as they are badly translated for the PAL version , and would work as a translation guide for the people that have the NTSC/J. And yes , this is based on the PAL version of the game , which shouldn’t change much from the NTSC/J version of the game. This is also my first FAQ ever , so I hope it is helpful. BASIC MOVES Desperation Attack/Suicide attack : triangle+circle Lusty Madness Move : press square on the white part of the timing bar in practice mode and keep it up. Pierce Move : press forward+square on the purple part of the timing bar in Practice Mode , note that you must not be holding the target button for the forward+square part of it. Normal Combos : press square continuously to do consecutive hits , depending on your Combination gauge you will get extra hits for this. In the Practice Mode , it’s the light blue on the timing bar. COOL Combos : press square at the exact time your attack would hit and keep it up. In the Practice Mode it would be the yellow part on the timing bar (yes it is THAT difficult). QUESTS These all require you to be in at least normal difficulty or above to be beaten. From the upper left to the bottom right , they are written in this order: 1-Sassy Girl : Master a high number of combos against zombies. 2-Genocide : Kill a large number of zombies. 3-Rouge : get covered by a large amount of impurities. 4-Lunatic Libido : Clear the level in Berserker Mode. 5-Seconds from death : Clear the level with an extremely low Vitality. 6-Bloody Sword : Clear the level with an extremely high sword damage. 7-The Beautiful Dancer of Death : Use the Lusty Madness move till it stops. 8-The Dance of the Empress : Score Consecutive kills of zombies beyond the number required. 9-Renzetsu Queen : Clear the level withouth suffering damage from enemy zombies. 10-The Flawless Queen : Clear the level by killing the boss in very little time. 11-Master of COOL : Clear the level with a high success rate of COOL combos. 12-Zombie Piercer : Use the Pierce Move against Rotting Zombies many times. NOTE:After getting a Quest mastered message you DON'T have to clear the entire stage if you don't want to , you can simply quit the game , and it will be considered as obtained.Of course only for the quests that are awarded throughout the stage (1,2,3,7,8,12) TIPS/CORRECTION ON TRANSLATION 1-Sassy Girl : Master a high number of combos against zombies. This one is mistranslated , the correct would be use the Desperation attack many times against zombies . You will probably need a High Vitality for this , I have the approximate numbers for the stages , the less I had to do was 20 times and the higher I had to do was around 30-35. Even if you don’t count , if you keep using the Desperation attack in each stage till you see the Quest Mastered message , you will be fine. Easy really. 2-Genocide : Kill a large number of zombies. Simple as that , just keep killing zombies till the Quest Mastered pops up on the screen. 3-Rouge : get covered by a large amount of impurities. Get a lot of red orbs/kill enemies/Use Clotted Blood/use anything that raises your Berserk Level. I also tested that you don’t have to change back to normal mode after becoming berserk to get this Quest (aka you dont have to worry about Goddesses Statues etc , though it is recommended since you lose life in Berserk Mode heh) Keep doing things that raise/would raise your Berserk level till the Quest Mastered pops up as well. 4-Lunatic Libido : Clear the level in Berserker Mode. Easy just as it says , just become Berserk and destroy the Boss of the Stage , in Stage 5 kill the last monster in Berserk Mode. 5-Seconds from death : Clear the level with an extremely low Vitality. Kill the boss when your life is blinking red , doesn’t have to be 1 tick left if you have a higher Vitality. An easy way is to use the suicide attack before the last hit on the boss (triangle+circle) , and decrease your Vitality Gauge. You can also keep your secondary character with low life , waste the boss with the primary character , then change to the secondary to finish the Boss. 6-Bloody Sword : Clear the level with an extremely high sword damage. The translation on this sucks , but it is telling you that you have to finish the stage with the Sword filled with Blood , just have your secondary character with a bloody sword , waste the boss with your primary , exchange before the end , jump and kill it etc. Stage 5 can be a little trickier , after a while of killing the zombies , change to the secondary and try using attacks that won´t get your sword stuck (you can jump and use your sword , kick , but throwing knives with Aya might be a better idea). 7-The Beautiful Dancer of Death : Use the Lusty Madness move till it stops. The Lusty Madness move is the one you have to hit Square when the timing bar of Practice Mode shows White , you can start it after the 3rd hit of Aya if I am not mistaken , and then have to keep the timing up , my only advice is to practice a little before trying , because you need around 25 hits. It can be done in any Stage , and you don´t have to hit anything , just clear an area and keep whacking the air (you will know when you missed a hit if Aya does a different movement , by turning around and finishing the combo with another hit , just start it over if it happens). An easy way to do this is to find an area with a Blood Gate , clear the area and use the gate to do this , hit it till your sword is full of blood (the more blood the sword has , the slower you hit and the timing for this slows up as well) and since your sword doesn’t get stuck on the Blood Gate it works well. Not sure if you need a full Combination Gauge for this since I had it when I got this , but if you can’t beat it withouth Full Combination , just max that stat first. As soon as you get it right , the Quest Mastered message pops up. 8-The Dance of the Empress : Score consecutive kills of zombies beyond the number required. This one I opened tier 1 and 2 in Stage 3 , in the garage just before the boss , for the first one I did 30 consecutive kills and for the second one I did 70 consecutive kills. Tier 3 I did in stage 6 , got it at 110 cck and Sensual combo rating , the room used was one of the mini- boss rooms (with boss music and everything) that pops only zombies. I am pretty sure the combo rating is required also for this Quest , so performing a Full COOL combo before starting to throw knives with Aya (which is the best way to do this) must be a good way to beat tier 3. 9-Renzetsu Queen : Clear the level withouth suffering damage from enemy zombies. Use Stage 1 on Normal dificulty , you can repeat it the three times needed there. If you have high power enough , Aya can kill Saki in just a few Ranged Attacks. 10-The Flawless Queen : Clear the level by killing the boss in very little time. Normal difficulty helps , high power and Berserk too , not sure on the time but it shouldn´t be too dificult , use a Power Gem if needed. The time required on Stage 5 is pretty different from the others , just kill stuff as fast as you can. 11-Master of COOL : Clear the level with a high success rate of COOL combos. I can’t believe I beat this , it was SOOO hard , the funny thing is , after I beat it in stage 1 , I ended up beating it again in stage 5 by accident (was not needed , but if you reach the pre-hequisites the game lets you know) I wrote down the number of suscessful complete COOL combos , and the unfinished ones for stage 1. Complete COOL combos : 20 Unfinished COOL combos/other hits (failed) : 5 That’s a total of 80% requirement , took a lot of practice , but now I can do Aya’s full COOL combo almost all the time heh :D Also I DON’T recommend using Practice Mode to learn the COOL combos , because you end up depending on the timing bar too much , and THAT my friends , is not in the normal game. Try starting by the sounds , hitting square the exact moment you hear the sword clash on something (Blood Gates can be nice to practice , the actual gate and not its interior :O). Then also practice whacking the air , you WILL know when you did it right , even though there is no white flash , you see the screen blur a little. Note that you NEED a full combination gauge to beat this. ***Tip from zblazer on the forums : "Getting the "Cool Master" Quest is actually quite simple from what I've discovered. You'll need decent Power for Aya though. Around 4-5 bars should be enough. Simply use a complete cool combo at the start of the stage. This will be considered a 100% rate for cool combo. Afterwards kill everything using throwing knives. You will get Cool Master at the end of the stage, since you technically had a perfect rate of complete cool combos. If you already knew this, good for you. If not, hope it was helpful." Thanks! 12-Zombie Piercer : Use the Pierce Move against Rotting Zombies many times. The Pierce Move is not Piercing with your sword (as i though the first time too...) , its a move that is a "bit" like the Lusty Madness Move , for learning. Go to Practice Mode , do a 3 hit and then forward+square when the timing bar hits Purple. If done correctly Aya/Saki will move forward and do a palm strike. You have to use that move against the Rotting Zombies (the ones that can only be killed in Berserk Mode , and have their cores/hearts showing). That should rip their hearts off and kill them , you also get the item Clotted Blood every time you do this succesfully. Go to a place where they respawn (Stage 3 before the boss sounds good) and keep using it till you get the Quest Mastered message. It seems you have to retry the stage for the second and third tiers , those require more hearts ripped as well. GENERAL FAQ Q-What stats should I raise first? A-First of all Power , then Vitality , Combination and Range in that order. Use the stat pills (they add +1 to a stat) to help you raise the current status you want to max out. Note that status pills cycle colors , being each color for the status Red=Power Green=Vitality Pink=Combination Blue=Range Q-I can’t beat boss “insert boss name here” any tips? A-Raise your power/vitality/combination , learn to dodge and learn how to do full COOL combos. Also when you get hit some of the life lost will be in a deep blue on the life bar , if you let the character rest in the secondary slot , life will recover gradually , so take advantage of that. For the easier difficulties a bit of power should be enough , for Rampage difficulty you would better have everything maxed , at least for Aya. Q-What are the pros and cons of Berserker Mode? A-Pros: -Double power -Double running speed -Red orbs/Clotted Blood recover your life Cons: -Doubled damage received -Your life keeps going down slowly -You look ugly For higher difficulties you WILL need to be in Berserker Mode to beat the bosses. Q-How do I get the item Clotted Blood?What does it do? A-Just use the Pierce Move (explained above) on the Rotting Zombies , and you will get one for each you kill this way. Using it while not in Berserker Mode raises your berserk gauge by around 35% , using 3 will put you in Berserker Mode. Using it while in Berserker Mode will recover some of your life. Q-Who is Futaba? A-Futaba is the last name of 2 sisters in the game which are Riho Futaba and Makoto Futaba , they have their own story , even though you play on the same stages as Aya/Saki/Reiko, you have to re-do it in Riho/Makoto story to unlock more costumes/features. When you finish the 2 "branchs" of the game in any difficulty , you will be able to put girls from different stories on the secondary slot , as the first girl you choose will tell the game wich branch you are choosing. Meaning that you could take an overpowered Aya to help in the Futaba story after you finished it on easy with only Riho/Makoto :D Aya/Saki/Reiko = 2-sister story Riho/Makoto = Futaba Story Q-I keep raising Reiko’s power , but her shotgun kills as slow as before! A-Well it IS A SHOTGUN afterall , your Power shoudn’t affect the damage it does. Note that the knives that are THROWN by Aya do get increases in the damage when her power is raised. Q-What about the blood gate , How do I open it? A-The blood gates can be opened with a certain sequence of COOL combos , the lesser the stage the lesser COOL hits are required. Every stage has 3 Blood Gates and after clearing them you get an item that fills the ??? bar. Filling it rewards you with a new costume for Aya , but you shouldn´t worry so much with blood gates for now , as you need a full Combination Gauge for the blood gates on stage 6. Q-What are COOL combos? A-Look around in this FAQ , I explained it at least twice. Visually speaking you will see a white flash when you hit something in a COOL combo , or your character hitting faster/the screen blur a little when you hit the air during a COOL combo. COOL combos also give you an extra hit (as if you had +1 bar in the Combination Gauge) when done correctly. Q-Any tips for COOL combos? A-Yeah , practice a lot , withouth depending on the timing bar of Practice Mode , also try to keep your sword clean as the timing changes the bloodier your sword gets. Use the sounds of the sword when hitting something for starters , and start doing it in an empty room when you get the hang of it (more or less). Q-WOW the Practice Mode is really good! A-Yes it is! Try putting a Rotting Zombie there and you can practice a lot since they can only be killed while in Berserker Mode or when you do a Pierce Move (palm strike). Q-Your guide sucks! A-Maybe , but it is still the only guide in English you will find about this. Q-Thanks a lot , I thought noone would ever write a guide about this! A-You are welcome ! I also thought the same as you. Q-Any chance you can get us the story translated , my version is Japanese and I can’t understand anything! A-The story really isn’t THAT great , but if you check the message boards , I did put the story of Aya/Saki/Reiko branch up to Stage 6. I haven’t gotten the ending story going yet as it seems to require too much effort , BUT I will if people ask for it enough. Still , if your PS2 can run games from different regions , you could always get the PAL version of it , since it DOES GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO PLAY ON NTSC . Q-Will you also write a guide about how to beat the Stages? A-Probably not , progression is easy , just follow the blinking star on the map. Q-On Stage 6 , in the second room of zombies , suddenly zombies stop appearing and the doors won’t open! HELP! A-Yeah it is not a bug , just something that was badly implanted in the game , you have to pass above a part of the floor that will trigger their appearance and after beating them the doors should open. Looking on the ground you will see a few different “kinds of grounds” , they are grey and like a square. Try running in lines through those grey squares (the one in question should be the one to the left of the map , and the point to trigger the zombies should be to the right of it somewhere in the yellowish part). Note that the trigger is NOT on the grey square , but somewhat nearby it. CREDITS , etc That’s it , if you have any more questions , or want to add more info to this guide , just post on the Message Boards , and I will try to answer/update the guide. I did write this all by myself , but I would like to credit IzunaOtoshi from Youtube as he helped me find out about the mistranslation on Quest 1 as well :D. Thank you ! Metis Connetis from www.elotrolado.net forums tested and confirmed that you can quit the game after getting a QUEST, thanks! zblazer from the gameFAQs forums showed an easier way to do the Master of COOL combos quest (quest 11). If you want to post this somewhere else please ask for permission first. Good luck! Roufas2008 01/07/2008 - GUIDE IN! 01/16/2008 - Fixed a few errors! 01/24/2008 - Fixed Credits , sorry IzunaOtoshi :D! 02/05/2008 - Fixed info on general quests! 28/01/2009 - Added tip from zblazer regarding Master of COOL combo quest!