Shenmue II - FAQ/Walkthrough Japanese Version by Scream ------------------------------------------------------------------------- INFORMATION: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Scream E-Mail: scream_108@hotmail.com Version: 0.6 Date Started: 09/09/2001 Last Update: 09/30/2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) Copyright 2001 Scream This FAQ cannot be distributed in books, magazines, etc. or in any other form of printed or electronic media in any way. It may not be given away as some sort of prize or bonus with a purchase, and it may not be used for promotional or profitable purposes. Any characters, names, or other objects are copyright their respective companies. This document and its author are in no way affiliated with any company involved with this game. If you wish to use this guide on your site, you may post it without my permission AS LONG AS this document is NOT changed in any way, shape, or form. The latest version of this guide can always be found at GameFAQs (www.gamefaqs.com) or Video Game Strategies (http://vgstrategies.about.com). ========================================================================= 0. TABLE OF CONTENTS ========================================================================= 1. UPDATES 2. INTRODUCTION 3. GAME BASICS - Main Menu - Making Money - Maps - Saving 4. WALKTHROUGH - Disc 1 - Disc 2 - Disc 3 - Disc 4 5. LISTS - Amusement List - Item List - Jukebox List 6. SUB-GAMES - Arm Wrestling - Box Moving - Darts 7 - Excite QTE 2 - Gambling Job - Jukebox - Neo Darts - QTE Title - Space Harrier 7. SHENMUE COLLECTION - Battle - Shenmue Games - YS Games 8. MAPS 9. SECRETS 10. CODES 11. SCRIPT 12. CHANGES 13. LIMITED EDITION BONUS GD'S - Virtua Fighter 4 Passport - Virtua Fighter History/VF4 14. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 15. CREDITS 16. AUTHOR'S NOTE 17. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ========================================================================= 1. UPDATES ========================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Version 0.6 (09/30/01) - Added "Arm Wrestling" to the sub-games section. - The walkthrough now goes up to Green Market Qr. - Added some things to the lists. - Fixed some minor mistakes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Version 0.5 (09/16/01) - First version. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= 2. INTRODUCTION ========================================================================= Welcome to my FAQ/Walkthrough to one of the greatest games ever created, Shenmue II. This is updated often, so make sure you check for updates every now and then. This is only the beginning of the soon-to-be greatest Shenmue II guide. Enjoy :). ========================================================================= 3. GAME BASICS ========================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.1 - MAIN MENU ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - CONTINUE - DIGEST MOVIE - NEW GAME - OPTION - SHENMUE COLLECTION - CONTINUE: If you have a saved Shenmue II game, then go here and load it up. Simple. - DIGEST MOVIE: Forget what happened in the original Shenmue? Or never played Shenmue 1? Then make this your first stop, this section will display a long movie that shows what happened in the original Shenmue. The cut-scenes have been changed around a bit, and the voice actors sound different from the original Japanese Shenmue. I think they took it from "Shenmue The Movie". Well, its worth watching before you start your new game so you know what is going on. Also, you have to insert Disc 4 to be able to access this option. - NEW GAME: Start your adventure into the world of Shenmue II. Choose the left option to start from a cleared original Shenmue save. This save must be from the Japanese release of Shenmue. The American and European saves will not work. If you don't have a saved game, choose the right option. - OPTION: Takes you to the option menu. Which is this: MODE: <ゲームモード> <テキストモード> <シネマモード> <シェンムエモード> This is from left to right, the default is Game Mode. The option will cycle through all these. It changes whether you want subtitles and voices etc... SOUND: <ステレオ> <モノラル> Explains it self. Good sound (stereo) or bad sound (mono). Basically... ANALOGUE CONTROL: Look is the default option, and the best option. It makes the analogue stick look around. I do not recommend putting control, all it is, is move around with the analogue stick and you won't be able to look around either. So leave it as the left option. TRIGGERS: The default is the left option. I do not like it like that, as I am used to the right option which was used in the original Shenmue. It's up to you, but if you played the original Shenmue I recommend changing it to the right option. - SHENMUE COLLECTION: This is a new feature to Shenmue II. You can play all the games you have played in the game here for free. They only can be selected when you have actually played it in the real game. You can also manage your characters moves. For more information, go to section 7 "Shenmue Collection". ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.2 - MAKING MONEY ------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are lots of ways to make money in Shenmue II. I will go through the various ways. - BOX MOVING JOB A day after Joy gets you the hotel room, she will also take you to this job. You can work whenever you feel like it, just by talking to the man in the office. You don't even have to bother doing this job again if you don't feel like it. Theres are lot more freedom with jobs in this Shenmue. To find out about box moving, read the "box moving" part in the "Sub-Games" section. - GAMBLING There are a whole bunch of different gambling games to play and risk all your precious $'s on. Here is a list: Arm Wrestling Dice Pachinko You can read about all these in the sub-games section. If you don't fancy gambling, then why not get a... - GAMBLING JOB Press Y on a person that runs a pachinko stand (a wooden board), and select the right option to get this job. Read about it in the "gambling job" part in the "Sub-Games" section. - PAWN SHOPS If you go into the various pawn shops scattered around the world of Shenmue II, you will be able to sell those collectible toys. You won't get much for a single toy on its own, but if you have the whole collection of a particular series you will get quite a lot of cash. I only really sell figures that I have copies of, as I want to keep the complete collection of toys. Not a very good money earner I would say... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.3 - MAPS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you may have seen, the areas in Shenmue II are simply gigantic! Especially when compared to Shenmue 1. So the maps that are sold in various places in the areas will be your best friend. You will get lost without these, so I recommend buying every map you come across. They only cost $10, and you can mark crosses on them for special places so you can return there later. For example, you could put one at the Pine Game Arcade, so you always know where it is. You might be thinking "nah, I can find my own way about", well, thats what I thought. But when you see how big Shenmue II is, you shall see why maps are important. If you try to buy the same map for a 2nd time, Ryo will not buy it. So if you are unsure whether you have that map or not, just try buying it. You have nothing to lose. You buy maps from a small stand with "地図" and "MAP" written underneath that. It is always outside and near area exits. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.4 - SAVING ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To save your game progress, press the Y button to bring up the inventory menu. Select the bottom left VMU icon option. It will bring up the save screen with three slots, choose one and a question will come up. Choose the left option to confirm your save, or the right option if you changed your mind and do not want to save. So you can save ANYWHERE and this save is PERMANENT. Unlike Shenmue 1 where it would delete it upon loading it up. In Shenmue II, you can continue from the save as many times as you want. You can also save in the area that you sleep in by selecting the left option. ========================================================================= 4. WALKTHROUGH ========================================================================= Before you get into the game, after selecting "New Game", you'll be asked whether or not you would like to continue on from an existing cleared Shenmue 1 file. Select the left option for yes and the right option for no. You can ONLY use Japanese Shenmue 1 cleared saves. You cannot use unfinished Shenmue saves, American saves, and European saves. The advantage of using an existing save is that you will retain almost all of your items, and your cash will be converted into HK $'s. You will also keep all the moves you learnt and what level of experience they were on. If you do not have a Japanese clear file, you'll have to make a new file. Now the walkthrough shall begin... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISC 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+ | HONG KONG | Date: February 23rd, 1987 | Time: 1:00PM | +-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+ The game will begin with the boat Ryo boarded in Yokosuka, docking into the port of Hong Kong. Upon arrival, Ryo will read the letter given to him by Master Chen, just to make sure he knows what he is going to do in Hong Kong. You'll be in the Worker's pier in Aberdeen. I recommend going into the menu using the Y button and checking out what items you got, and what has changed. After you done that, simply walk forward a few steps. A scene will commence with the old people playing the music. After some talking with them, a boy will come up and ask you to put money in the box. Two options will come up: <いれる> <いれない> If you select "Put in" then Ryo will put $10 into the box. Then the old people will point to you the direction you should head. If you don't give them any money, they won't point you in the direction. It is up to you, it won't affect anything at all. Now continue walking up the pier, notice the stalls, you can buy zippo lighters at one of them. Keep walking until a scene starts with some people, one of them will take a photo of Ryo. A woman with her daughter will then inform you of the "Free Stay" building just north-east of them. This is where will Ryo will sleep. You'll get a note from this. Head towards the "Free Stay" building and buy a map from the machine near the entrance. Select the left option to buy it. Look to the left of the map vending machine thing, to see two Gotcha-Gotcha machines. They have a Sega World one, and a harbor toys one. Buy some if you like. Now walk into the actual building. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |LOCATION: Free Stay, Worker's Pier, Hong Kong | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ITEMS: Winning Can Not a very nice place is it? Proceed to the end of the room and pick up the winning can off the shelf. By pressing "A" on your controller anywhere in this room, a little menu will come up: Sleep will only be there if it past 8pm in game time. Save explains it self, and is rather useless. It is useless because you can save anywhere anyway. Unlike the original Shenmue, "anywhere" saves are permanent and won't be deleted upon loading it up. So it makes the save option here rather useless but good to have anyway I guess :). Options is options. You know the options on the main menu? Well its exactly the same as them. Let's move on. Leave the building. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |LOCATION: Worker's Pier, Hong Kong | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Once outside, continue the way you were going originally. Feel free to buy a Sapporo Soft Drink :). Drinks are $5 each. You see that woman at the funny looking stall thing? This lady is a fortune teller, she can tell your fortune for $20. She is a lot different to ol' Lapis in Yokosuka, she gets out a magnifying glass and examines Ryo's hand. You will get a note. Now continue on your way, and through into a new area. We are still in Worker's Pier though, just another part of it. Head east and a man will offer you the chance to arm wrestle. Choose left to accept the challenge, and right to decline. I say go for it! The rules of Arm Wrestling are simple, press the A button as fast you can until Ryo overpowers his opponent. The first match is really, really simple. You should be able to beat him no problem, after beating him you will be awarded $10. Not only that, the man in the red shirt will also give you a note. After that, walk forward some more to begin a scene with a new main character - Joy. After the scene you will get a note. Continue on, make sure you check out the stalls as some of them actually have buyable stuff. Just keep on continuing south, until you see a road leading east to Wan Chai (near Bar Swing). Walk up this road past Fu Hoi Diner and Hong Kong Souvenirs until a cut scene commences. You'll meet a gang who will steal Ryo's bag! We are unable to do anything but watch :(. When you regain control of Ryo, continue your way up the path to the new area - Queen's St. Oh and BTW, you have lost all your items and cash. Including the mirror! So we better go get this bag back fast! +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |LOCATION: Queen's St, Hong Kong | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Make your way down Queen's St until you encounter two drunken thugs. They don't like you much, and are rather hostile towards you. Just as one of them pulls out a knife, Joy comes to the rescue and saves you. Ryo tells Joy about the gang who took his bag, she points Ryo back in the direction of the fountain in Worker's Pier. So make your way back there... +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |LOCATION: Worker's Pier, Hong Kong | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Look around the fountain area until a scene automatically cuts in. Ryo will see the kid who took his bag dancing around. A long QTE chase sequence will begin. The sequence is quite long, but rather easy. If you perform quite well on the QTE, near the end where Wong goes under a fence just make sure you press A. You could get every button right except for the last one and it will mess everything up. So after Ryo slides under the falling pipes - the next button is A. OK? Good. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- IF YOU SUCCESSFULLY DO THE QTE: If you successfully do the QTE sequence then Ryo will catch up with Wong. Sadly, he made it to his buddies, who you will now have to fight. You will only free battle two of them, they are rather easy, so you shouldn't have a problem. After beating them, you will follow Wong (the little kid) to where he hid your bag. IF YOU DON'T DO THE QTE: Alright, slow button man, we got to find where our bag is. Go back through Worker's Pier to the fountain area again. Go right up to the Pigeon Cafe. You will see an alley to the left of it, make your way through it. You will see a shop called "Lai Lai Eatery". Approach it and free battle the two gang members in there. After this easy but very fun free battle (well, look at the damage you caused!), Wong will show you where your bag is. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOTH ON THE SAME TRACK: OK, we're all on the same track now, we have our bag back. We got all the items back, but we are missing our money! Sadly, we will never see it again. Wong has very kindly drawn us a map of where to go (its the least he could do). Doesn't make much sense to us at the moment. Anyways, remember Queen's St.? Go back there. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |LOCATION: Queen's St, Hong Kong | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Continue down the streets of this area (luckily the drunks are no longer there), you'll also have to ignore any shops (we are out of cash). Just keep continuing down these twisty streets until you reach a bridge. Admire the dirty green sewage below you, then continue across the bridge. Also, you should recoqnise this area if you studied the map Wong gave you. Looks like we are in King's Road. Ryo will stop to admire the big crossover bridge, which you will now make your way over. Oh and by all means, feel free to chat with the fellow civilians wandering around. Even if you can't understand them :). They gave them voices for a reason you know :) and you never know, you might even get a few notes in your notebook. Over the big bridge is a new area... +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |LOCATION: Green Market Qr., Wan Chai, Hong Kong | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ More coming in the next update! ========================================================================= 5. LISTS ========================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.1 - AMUSEMENT LIST ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a list of all the amusements the many areas of Shenmue II have in them. STREETS: +------------------------------+ | Worker's Pier | +------------------------------+ |Arm Wrestling (x3) | |Fortune Teller | |Gotcha Gotcha - Sega World | |Gotcha Gotcha - Harbor Toys | +------------------------------+ BUILDINGS: +------------------------------+ | Bar Swing (Worker's Pier) | +------------------------------+ |Jukebox | |Darts 7 (x2) | +------------------------------+ +------------------------------+ | Moon Cafe (Golden Qr.) | +------------------------------+ |Jukebox | +------------------------------+ +------------------------------+ | Pigeon Cafe (Worker's Pier) | +------------------------------+ |Jukebox | +------------------------------+ +--------------------------------+ | Pine Game Arcade (Golden Qr.) | +--------------------------------+ |Excite QTE 2 | |Darts 7 (x2) | |Gotcha Gotcha - Virtua Fighter 2| |Gotcha Gotcha - Sega Collection | |Jukebox | |Neo Darts | |Outrun | |QTE Title | |Sapporo Soft Drinks | |Slot Machines (1, 5, 10) | |Space Harrier | +--------------------------------+ +------------------------------+ | Slot House W (Golden Qr.) | +------------------------------+ |Jukebox | |Sapporo Soft Drinks | |Slot Machines (1, 5, 10, 20) | +------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.2 - ITEM LIST ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RYO'S INVENTORY: +---------------------------------------------------------+ | NAME | USE | +----------------------+----------------------------------+ |Map |Look at the current map | |Notebook |Ryo records all the notes here | |Tokens |Amount of tokens from Slot House | |Watch |Tells you the time | |Sword Guard |- | |Phoenix Mirror |- | |Letter |Master Chen's letter | |Leaf |- | |Chinese Letter |- | |Letter with Circles |- | +---------------------------------------------------------+ COLLECTIBLE LIST: +----------------------+----------------------------------+ | NAME | SERIES | +----------------------+----------------------------------+ | | | +----------------------+----------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.3 - JUKEBOX LIST ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +------------------------------+ | Bar Swing (Worker's Pier) | +------------------------------+ |Heart Beats | |Hip De Hop | |Go! Go! | |Like A Feeling | |Antiquity Tree | |Flower Girl | |Dandy Old Man | |Liquor | |Boz Nov | |MJQ | +------------------------------+ +------------------------------+ | Moon Cafe (Golden Qr.) | +------------------------------+ |NaNa | |Glyfada | |Y.A.D.A | |Linda | |Antiquity Tree | |Flower Girl | |Dandy Old Man | |Liquor | |Boz Nov | |MJQ | +------------------------------+ +------------------------------+ | Pigeon Cafe (Worker's Pier) | +------------------------------+ |Heart made of Iron | |Girl in the Wind | |Tryno-Bass No.012 | |Gifts | |Authorization #737 | |Lunch with Waltz | |Cool Gambler | |Theme (arrange-i/o) | |Sea (remix-i) | |Flower Girl (arrange-i) | +------------------------------+ +------------------------------+ | Pine Game Arcade (Golden Qr.)| +------------------------------+ |Magical Sound Shower | |Hang On Main Theme | |Space Harrier Main Theme | |After Burner | |Antiquity Tree | |Flower Girl | |Dandy Old Man | |Liquor | |Boz Nov | |MJQ | +------------------------------+ +------------------------------+ | Slot House W (Golden Qr.) | +------------------------------+ |Strong | |Destiny | |Harbor Bar | |Harbor Beats | |Antiquity Tree | |Flower Girl | |Dandy Old Man | |Liquor | |Boz Nov | |MJQ | +------------------------------+ ========================================================================= 6. SUB-GAMES ========================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.1 - ARM WRESTLING ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-----------------------------------+-----------+ | LOCATION: Streets | COST: $20~| +-----------------------------------+-----------+ The first match of arm wrestling you do is very, very easy. And when you do your second match, your in for a surprize. The basic rule is to just press A as fast as possible to overpower your opponent. On harder matches, QTE's are implemented which makes it a lot more challenging. The QTE will either be "left" or "right". If you press the right one, you will get a boost and be closer to winning. Pressing the wrong one will give your opponent the boost. It doesn't seem that hard in theory. But when your trying to press A as fast as you can and react to a QTE in a split second - things get rather difficult. On even more advanced matches, you can lose in the first second. As soon as the man says to begin, make sure you press A straight away. Otherwise your opponent can overpower you completely in that second. If you win an arm wrestling competition, you'll be awarded with the amount of money you bet. If you lose, you'll lose the amount of money you bet. Simple. Overall, quite a fun little sub-game. Try it out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.2 - BOX MOVING ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-----------------------------------+-----------+ | LOCATION: Worker's Pier | COST: N/A | +-----------------------------------+-----------+ When you wake up in your hotel room for the first time Joy will be outside. Go outside to meet her and she will take you to the box moving place at the Worker's Pier. You will work with another man, he will shout out at commands such as "left", "right" and "up" etc. You respond to these commands by quickly pressing the corresponding direction on your D-Pad. When you press the right button you will move in that direction and the man will shout another command. If you fail to press any directional button or press the wrong one, then the box will fall in the direction it was supposed to go. But the man will start talking for a few seconds so it wastes your time. If you cannot understand Japanese, then you may have some problems with this sub game. Since he says the commands in Japanese. So if you have this problem read this: Left = Hidari da = 左だ Right = Migi da = 右だ If you still have trouble understanding what the guy is saying, then try and remember which Kanji (Japanese symbol) means what. Make sure you press the buttons quick enough and you will be alright :). If you do quite good, then the game will start to introduce small combinations to make things more difficult. Like press left twice. You will move the boxes for a couple of hours. After a couple of hours, you will be paid some money. How much money you get depends on how many crates you moved. The average pay you will get on your first few tries should be around $75-100. To get this job later, you must return to the building with the door that has a "staff wanted" poster on it. To get to this area in the first place you must go through the gate past the guard in Worker's Pier. He will let you through as soon as you have been through with Joy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.3 - DARTS 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-----------------------------------+-----------+ | LOCATION: Arcade, Bars | COST: $5 | +-----------------------------------+-----------+ Darts 7 is the darts game that can be found in quite a few locatations in the Shenmue II world. This one is the original and best, the other darts game is Neo Darts and isn't very good. But Darts 7 is really good! The aim of the game is of course to get the highest amount of points. You must know the rules of darts! Press the A button to throw the dart at the dart board. The trick is to wait for Ryo's hand to go over the highest scoring area of the dart board then press A. Aim for triple 20, as that will give you the highest amount of points (60). If you manage to get over 120 points, you will be awarded a free 2nd game in which your score will carry over so you can increase it even higher. If you manage to get over 240 points, you will be awarded another free game. But you can't another free game after that. You have five darts to throw in each game, so make them count. There is also a time bonus, if you throw the dart within the time that is displayed on the machine then you will get an amount of points depending on the amount of time you had left. Nothing much though, about 6 or 7 points is the average. Those that are familiar with the Darts 7 from Yokosuka will feel right at home with this. As it is exactly the same (if not easier). However, the Darts 7 has one major change in Shenmue II, you are now able to challenge people at it. Every location with a Darts 7 machine always has two of the machines and with one person always playing on the other one. Talk to them (with X though not A), and select the left option to begin the challenge. Depending on the person, an amount of money will be bet. Usually $10. If you manage to beat them you win $10, if not you have to pay them $10. Sometimes when you beat a person they offer to play again but for an increased amount of betting money (which you select). It gradually gets higher and higher until you are doing mega bets of about $300. When the amount of money betted is increased, so is the difficulty of the challenge. You will have to get at least 50 points or so with every dart to stand a chance of winning when you start betting in the 100's. So make sure you save your game before challenging people, as you don't want to lose all that hard earned cash. That's about all I can say on Darts 7. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.4 - EXCITE QTE 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-----------------------------------+-----------+ | LOCATION: Pine Game Arcade | COST: $5 | +-----------------------------------+-----------+ I find this the hardest game out of all the games in Shenmue. You will be pleased to know however, that it is a LOT easier than in Shenmue 1. It is now possible to get over 300,000 (well, it was possible in Shenmue 1, but you had to be a QTE god to pull it off). The game is now a bit slower, which makes it much easier (and better). The rules are simple, press the button that appears on the screen. Unlike QTE Title, this game uses all the buttons on your controller (except for Start and the triggers). So, make sure you get the controller in the right position in your hands. Left, right, up, down, A, B, X, and Y are all used in this game. You have three lives, if you are too slow in pressing the button, or press the wrong button. You will lose a life. As a bonus, the quicker you press the right button, the more points you get. After about 60,000 points, the difficulty will be raised a level to "Middle". Then after about 98,000 points, it will be raised again to "Expert". They try and trick you out by not implementing the Y buttton until much later on, at around 70,000 points, the Y button will pop up. So make sure your ready for it. Not much else to say, except for it takes practice before you can get over 300,000 points and be awarded the collectible figure for this game. It sure is tough, but it's possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.5 - GAMBLING JOB ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-----------------------------------+-----------+ | LOCATION: Any Pachinko Board | COST: N/A | +-----------------------------------+-----------+ If you press Y on a gambling person (the ones standing next to wooden boards), and choose the right option. The guy will offer you a chance to work there for a couple of hours. A new choice will come up, pick the left option to confirm that you want to work there, or pick the right option if you do not want to work. Please note you can only get this job after the "Y" option is made available for use ($ icon). It is made available after Joy gets you the hotel room. Once you get the job, your employer will wander off leaving you to run his little business on your own. Press the A button to advertise your little gambling shop, so press it whenever someone walks by. If your lucky they will approach and question you about it. Now they will either say they don't want to play and walk away or hopefully, they will say they want to play. The rules are simple, you drop a little red ball down the wooden board with pins sticking out of it and at the bottom of the board are about 5 spaces (depending on the board) seperated by pieces of wood. The 5 spaces will have either a red spiral (like the Dreamcast logo) or a cross. The ball goes down the board, bouncing off the pins, and lands in one of the 5 spaces. If you got it in a spiral space you win a point. If you got it in a cross space you get nothing. Its the best out of three rounds. The person with the highest points after the three rounds wins the game and must pay the other person the amount of money betted. If it ends up a draw after three rounds the game will continue in a 'sudden death' situation. So say if you missed and your opponent scored during 'sudden death', your opponent will win the game. If you manage to beat your opponent, you get to keep his cash. Of course, if he wins you will have $50 deducted from your 'bank'. The 'bank' is what the employer gave you to start with, it is always $300. The more you get the higher amount of pay you get when the employer comes back. If you lost to your opponents frequently, and the amount of money you have is less than $300 then don't expect to paid too much. The employer comes back after a couple of hours. You should be paid around $75 to $100 (if you done well). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.6 - JUKEBOX ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-----------------------------------+-----------+ | LOCATION: Most Bars, Cafes | COST: $5 | +-----------------------------------+-----------+ The name says it all. Drop $5 into one of these machines and you will be able to select a song of your choice to listen to. You can wonder around the building listening to it, but once you step outside and onto a new area it will stop playing. Each Jukebox has a selection of different songs, they are listed in the "Jukebox List" section in the "Lists" section. So go find out where your favorite song is and listen to it! The songs available from the Jukebox's in Shenmue II are: After Burner Antiquity Tree Authorization #737 Boz Nov Cool Gambler Dandy Old Man Destiny Flower Girl Flower Girl (arrange-i) Gifts Girl in the Wind Glyfada Go! Go! Hang On Main Theme Harbor Bar Harbor Beats Heart Beats Heart made of Iron Hip De Hop Like A Feeling Linda Liquor Lunch with Waltz Magical Sound Shower MJQ NaNa Sea (remix-i) Space Harrier Main Theme Strong Theme (arrange-i/o) Tryno-Bass No.012 Y.A.D.A ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.7 - NEO DARTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-----------------------------------+-----------+ | LOCATION: Pine Game Arcade | COST: $5 | +-----------------------------------+-----------+ This less good darts game can still be enjoyable. However, you will be playing purely on the basis of fun since you will not be awarded a collectible figure no matter how high your score is. The point of the game is the same as Darts 7, throw the dart at the area which will get you the highest points. You have 5 darts. You cannot get an extra game like Darts 7. The way Ryo moves his hand has been completely changed for this Shenmue and it makes it very hard indeed. You will have to look carefully to know where your dart is going, so you will find yourself just pressing the A button randomly. You can get a maximum of 500 points. Even if you manage to get that, you will be rewarded with nothing. Which makes this game worthless. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.8 - QTE TITLE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-----------------------------------+-----------+ | LOCATION: Pine Game Arcade | COST: $5 | +-----------------------------------+-----------+ This is basically the same as the one in Yokosuka. Except that it is harder and the way Ryo hits the pads is different. It's kind of distracting the way he hits them at first, but you'll get used to it. The aim of the game is to press the button that shows up on the machine. There are three pads on the machine. From left to right, the first one is X, the second is A, and the third is B. So it is kind of the same layout as the joypad. This makes it easier. As you progress the pads will come up faster, and a combination of pads will come up. So be quick. If you fail to press the button, or you press the wrong button you will lose a life, you have three lives in total. When you reach around 200,000 points, two pads will come up at the same time. So you have to press two buttons exactly at the same time, not one after the other, but at the same time. This is where most new players lose a life, as they are not holding the joypad in the correct way. So when your playing this game, make sure you are holding the joypad in a way that makes it possible for you to easily press two buttons at the same time. Once you get over 300,000 points, you have secured your collectible figure. Just keep going for as long as you can! When you lose all your lives and if you have got over 300,000 points, the arcade man will give you the little QTE Title collectible figure. Which is the same as the one from Yokosuka. After about 500,000 points, the machine will play a sneaky trick on you, putting up the pad, then quickly putting down again. I always seem to lose a life on this bit, as its kind of impossible to tell the pad is going to be brought back down again. So just be aware of that. Thats about it for QTE Title. You should practice often on it to brush up on your QTE skills. But if you really want to be a master of QTE, your going to have to master the incredibly hard Excite QTE 2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.9 - SPACE HARRIER ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-----------------------------------+-----------+ | LOCATION: Pine Game Arcade | COST: $5 | +-----------------------------------+-----------+ This super fast shoot 'em up returns. If you played the one from Shenmue Chapter 1: Yokosuka. You will know exactly what this is like. It is exactly the same as that one, except for there is no clock in the bottom right hand corner. Which helps I guess, so you don't get distracted wondering what time it is. Anyways, the rules are simple, dodge and shoot. Do your best to dodge out of the way of all the objects (tree's, rocks, mammoth's etc..). While dodging the objects, keep your finger rapidly pressing one of the four buttons on your controller! Shoot down everything! You have infinite ammo so why not put it to good use? There is one really good tactic to succeeding in this game. It is what I call, "the circle technique". To do it, just use the d-pad to move around the screen in a circular motion. This really helps against the later bosses, and it will be impossible for them to kill you. And by moving around in a circle, I don't mean keep on doing it literally. As you will sooner or later bang into something. Just whenever you move, make sure it is a circular motion. Do you see? Good. This will keep you alive throughout the game. When you get over 5 million points, you will be awarded an extra life. You start with 2 lives, so it is possible to get a maximum of 3 lives in this game. Do not waste them. One thing to remember, you can complete this game with 1 life, its just a little more difficult. If you venture deep into the game, all is going well, and you think you are going to complete it, and then, bang, you lose two lives just like that. Do NOT despair. As I used to have that feeling whenever I lost multiple lives. You get a feeling of its all over. Well, it ain't over until you lose all your lives. So keep going as strong as you were going before. If you do this, then you shall succeed. I think that is the trick to beating this game. Well, along with lightning fast reflexes :). Upon first play, you will probably be rubbish at it. Again, do NOT despair. A common rule in Shenmue is that you learn things over time. Just keep playing every once and awhile, and you will soon become good at it. Practice makes perfect. That is how I became 97th out of 4400 people in Tokyo, Japan with a total score of 17 million points :). Although I never completed the game, I can say I came VERY close to it. Maybe one day I will finally put Space Harrier to rest, who knows. When you get over 10 million points, the arcade owner will reward you with a small Space Harrier collectible toy. Exactly the same as the one Yuji Nito from Yokosuka gave you. That is why I have two now :). On progressing through the game, the levels will get tougher, and hell of a lot faster. Just keep your concentration level high, and you will be fine. On the third version of the level with the diamond things and checkered top and bottom floors, thats when the game really starts to get really hard. You may have to even pause on this level to see what is coming ahead of you (although it IS possible to do it without pausing). The first words that came out of my mouth when I was managing to dodge everything were "I can't believe I am doing this!". Yep, thats how fast this game gets. This is why it is the best sub-game in Shenmue. If you hate Space Harrier, I suggest you go to the arcade and give it another go. Maybe with my circle technique you will get further and begin to like it. After a while, you will begin to get tired of pressing that button over and over (unless you have a turbo fire joypad). So take a few small breaks by pressing pause. But do NOT take large 10 minute breaks, as when you get back to the game, your brain will have to re-adjust back to Space Harrier mode. During this time, your concentration level will be lower, meaning you WILL lose a life. So be careful :). Thats about all the advice I can give to you on Space Harrier. Its more about the mental side of things with this game, so a walkthrough will not help very much. But I may decide to do one later on in my life... ========================================================================= 7. SHENMUE COLLECTION ========================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.1 - BATTLE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Move Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.2 - SHENMUE GAMES ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - QTE Title - Excite QTE 2 - Darts 7 vs. Ojii-san - Darts 7 vs. Gee-Mu - Darts 7 vs. Ratsupu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.3 - YS GAMES ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Space Harrier - Out Run - Hang On - After Burner ========================================================================= 8. MAPS ========================================================================= Coming soon... ========================================================================= 9. SECRETS ========================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.1 - AUDIO WARNINGS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play track 2 of any the Shenmue II gameplay CD's to hear an audio message about playing the CD's as music CD's and how "bad" it is. They are spoken from various characters from Shenmue II. DISC 1: Joy DISC 2: Ryo DISC 3: Ren DISC 4: Shen Hua The Virtua Fighter GD's have a woman saying the warning. It is the same on both. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.2 - BONUS ITEMS ON GD'S ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insert any game disc of Shenmue II into your CD ROM drive on your PC to see extra bonus material the developers so kindly put in. You will find the secrets in the 'OMAKE' directory of the GD's. Here is what you get: DISC 1: Shenmue Goodies 2 DISC 2: Shenmue Characters DISC 3: Shenmue CG Illustration DISC 4: Shenmue Special Movie ----------------------------- + DISC 1: SHENMUE GOODIES 2 + ----------------------------- SIZE: 120KB FILES: 121 DESCRIPTION: As there is no passport disc for Shenmue II, the developers decided to put it on the actual game disc as a HTML file. Scroll down and click "go to Shenmue Goodies 2". There are VM animations, in GIF format. If you move your mouse over a picture it will begin to do an animation. On the top of the main screen, there is a piece of Japanese text that says: - ENGLISH: "This was drawn up secretly after the development of Shenmue II. It cannot be downloaded to VM, but please enjoy this homepage. When the mouse pointer is placed in the face of the character, you can view the animation." - JAPANESE: "密かに作成されていた、あつめてシェンムー2です。 VMにダウンロード出来ませんが、このホームページでお楽しみ下さい。 キャラクターの顔にマウスポインターをのせると、 アニメーションがご覧になれます。" On the left is a menu with these options: - ENGLISH: Companions HEAVENS Yellow Heaven Meeting & Gate Extra - Japanese: 仲間 HEAVENS 黄天会&蚩尤門 エキストラ Clicking on a option will take you to the section with GIF animations relevant to the name. Have fun and enjoy the animations! ------------------------------ + DISC 2: SHENMUE CHARACTERS + ------------------------------ SIZE: 1.21MB FILES: 57 DESCRIPTION: When I first saw the name characters mentioned in this file, I thought "Yes! They have profiles and information about every character in Shenmue II in HTML format!". But no, it didn't turn out that way. It was in fact pictures and some information on the main characters. Not that is bad or anything, but I would of prefered character profiles for everyone in this huge world. On the first page, scroll down and click on "go to charapage". On the main page, you will see a menu on the left: - ENGLISH: Ryo Hazuki Shen Hua Shuei Joy Kaoru Ren Souryuu Chin Shou Uon - JAPANESE: 芭月　涼 玲　莎花 紅　秀瑛 ジョイ 薫　芳梅 レン 蒼龍 陳　貴章 ウォン Clicking on a character will bring up pictures with information on them. Enjoy! ------------------------------------ + DISC 3: SHENMUE CG ILLUSTRATIONS + ------------------------------------ SIZE: 905KB FILES: 39 DESCRIPTION: The name says it all really, excellent computer generated graphics of the Shenmue characters ready to put as your wallpaper :). Enter the main page and choose a option out of the 10 there, they all lead to a picture. Underneath the picture you will notice some Japanese writing with the word "zip" in it and a small picture of a PC monitor. Click the writing to download the zip file with the wallpaper of the picture you have selected. I like the Nozomi one the best :). --------------------------------- + DISC 4: SHENMUE SPECIAL MOVIE + --------------------------------- SIZE: 24.4MB FILES: 18 DESCRIPTION: This section is pretty much self-explantory. There are two movies of Shenmue II to watch. They are MPEG movies. The two movies can be selected on the right, they are: - ENGLISH: GAMEJAM Ending Movie Promotion Movie - JAPANESE: GAMEJAM エンディングムービー プロモーション用 ムービー The movies are very entertaining, so enjoy :). ========================================================================= 10. CODES ========================================================================= Coming soon... ========================================================================= 11. SCRIPT ========================================================================= Coming soon... ========================================================================= 12. CHANGES ========================================================================= This section will be up when the English language version is released. As I cannot compare any two versions, since only one version is out at the moment :). ========================================================================= 13. LIMITED EDITION BONUS GD'S ========================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.1 - VIRTUA FIGHTER 4 PASSPORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ 13.1.1 - INTRODUCTION - VIRTUA FIGHTER 4 PASSPORT _________________________________________________________________________ Let me begin by saying I was very disappointed with VF NET. The design is awful, even I can make better web pages than VF NET. I put it aside though and said graphics/design don't matter to me, I was expecting to find a lot of good content. Well...The content is not very good. All there is, is endless pages of Japanese text linked to each other. To make it worse, they're not even linked together properly and I actually got stuck a few occasions as there is no link back to the main page. I had to use the slow method of back, back, back etc... You may be thinking, well text is not too bad, it will give you lots of information. That is not exactly true, there is about a few sentences on each characters moves. Which is not something I find very interesting. If you can't understand Japanese, the experience is made even worse as you can't even understand the main content. Upon connecting I was excited about how it would be, I was thinking it would be like the Shenmue passport. With nice presentation, lots of good information and pretty graphics. But it ended up to be a very slow, badly designed, HTML document! Even the HTML files on the gameplay discs of Shenmue II are better designed than this. Also, on top of that, the majority of the sections aren't even open. It also does not seem to be updated regularly either. My main point is, how could they release the disc like this!? It's a crime! I bet if Yu Suzuki saw this he would cry. Now, I hear a majority of import gamers cannot get the VF Passport disc to work. If you want to get it to work, then read on... _________________________________________________________________________ 13.1.2 - HOW TO GET IT TO WORK - VIRTUA FIGHTER 4 PASSPORT _________________________________________________________________________ If you do not understand Japanese, then you may be very puzzled by this disc and not able to do much with it. Read this section to find out how to play this Passport disc :). -------------------------- - GETTING A DRICAS ACCOUNT -------------------------- First, you need to sign up for a Japanese internet Dricas account. It is free. Go to http://www.revels.fslife.co.uk and download the program "CHABSIGN". Unzip it and open it up. Yes the program looks strange, thats because it is a Japanese program. From the drop down bar, select "LAN". Then select next which should look like "__(N)>". Click that. There will now be a blank screen, which will soon fill up with Japanese text. It is connecting to Dricas. When it has finished connecing click "__(A)>". Don't select the "N" one this time as it will exit it. The program will present to you a form in Japanese, in the two top left input boxes copy this into them: バスワ-ド Make sure you copy into both of them. You will now see two input boxes below the ones you just copied into. In these ones, copy and paste: あいえう Again, make sure you paste into both of the two input boxes. Now there are a couple of drop down boxes to the right of the input boxes you just filled in. The top one is if you male or female (first option is male, second is female). The bottom one is your date of birth, which you can work out easily enough :). There will be 6 more lines of input boxes underneath the date of birth. Here is what they are: 1. Zip Code. Enter a 3 number combination in the first box, and a 4 number combination in the 2nd box. For example: 1st: 123, 2nd: 1234 2 & 3. Address. Enter a made up address into these two input boxes. For example: Cosmo Canyon Road, Gaia Wan Chai 4. Telephone numbers. There are three input boxes in this line. 1st: 123456 2nd: 12345 3rd: 12345 Just enter that in, or a number combination that fits the amount of numbers I have put in. 5. Username. There are three input boxes. Put in the username you want most in the first one and then put other usernames you might want if your choice is taken up. You MUST fill in all three boxes to continue. 6. Just leave this blank. Once you have finished. Click "__(N)>", to go to the next part. Not much longer now. It will ask you if you want to confirm your choices, select "__(Y)>". If you were successful it will bring up your details. Along with your username and password. If you wern't successful, try changing your usernames. Now there will be an input box, this is your Dricas chat name, so just enter whatever you want to be known by in a chat room here. Click "__(N)>" Now make sure you write down all your details! Keep it in a safe place. Now click finish, and it will show some of your details. Then click OK, you have now successfully created your Dricas internet account! Well done. Just make sure you write your details down. -------------------------------------------------- - SETTING UP YOUR DRICAS ACCOUNT ON YOUR DREAMCAST -------------------------------------------------- Go to http://www.revels.fslife.co.uk and download the "PlanetWeb Browser" and you will also need the program "Disc Juggler". You can find Disc Juggler on this site here: http://www.padus.com/ - Just download the free trial version of it. Thats all you need. Now install Disc Juggler onto your PC. Then unzip the PlanetWeb file. Make a note of the directory address it is in. For example: C:\PWDCB1.CDI Now open up Disc Juggler and select "File" then "New". Choose "CD Image to CD Recorder". A window will come up with lots of options. Look at the top left corner for the "Source" input box. And copy and paste the address of the PlanetWeb file on your PC into that box. So I would put it in "C:\PWDCB1.CDI". Once you done that, select the "Advanced" tab above the source input box. Change the mode from the drop down box to "Mode 2". Now, insert a blank CD into your CD Writer and click "Start". After the burning process, put the CD into your Dreamcast and start it up. WARNING: You will be erasing your ISP settings, which means some games may NOT work until you put your old ISP settings back in. So please make a note of them. On the main menu, press start, and select "Options". Go to "internet connection" and erase everything, and put in your Dricas details. NOTE: If it doesn't take you to the main menu and to a different screen with ISP options (has a picture of a keyboard in the background) then you must select the second option on that page. The one about other ISP settings. If you are confused, you can put anything in "real name", the dial number must be blank, and the DNS settings must all be set to just "0". Your username is your Dricas username you were given (make sure you put the @????.dricas.com bit in). Then click OK three times. Then go to E-Mail account if you want to use E-Mail, and put in the details you were given. However, for the username part in the E-Mail section, only put the first part of your username NOT the whole xxx@???.dricas.com thing. Just the xxx. Then click save. ------------------------------------------------- - SETTING UP YOUR ISP ON THE VF NET PASSPORT DISC ------------------------------------------------- Insert your VF Passport disc into your DC and load it up. Select the bottom option. Confirm the message that comes up, then a question message will come up. Select the right option, you don't want to connect just yet. Now, press L on the page when it loads up. Select the option with a backwords "E" in it. This is a Japanese character btw. By telling you this, it will make it easier for you to find the right option. Click that option with the backwords "E" in it, to be taken to the internet settings. Click the option in the bottom right (not the one right at the bottom, just above that one, its in the main menu thing). Some more Japanese will come up, go to the 2nd option, and move the selection to the middle option then press A. Enter in your ISP phone number in the first input box. Then leave the rest blank, and then click the bottom right option to continue. In the first input box, put in your ISP username. And then your ISP password in the bow below it. (Remember, your actual ISP settings on your PC NOT your Dricas settings). Select the bottom right option once again to continue, keep pressing it and leaving the rest of the forms blank (they are unimportant, unless you want E-Mail). Anyways, keep pressing that option until a screen with Dreamcasts appear. Select the Dreamcast with "IN PASS" on it. Then again, keep pressing the continue option until your back to that main internet screen again. Then exit this menu. When your back on the page, press "L" and go to the bottom option. A message will come up, select the left option. It will restart the disc. On the main menu, select the bottom option again (we are nearly there). Press A to confirm the first message, on the 2nd message, select the left option. This will connect you to your ISP. It should work, if not then you will have to check your settings and make sure they are right. When you connect, scroll down the page past all the Japanese text and you will see two options in yellow. Pick the left option, this will accept the terms and conditions. Now on the next screen will be a button, click it :). If you get an error after clicking the button about SSL, then you must press R and select the 2nd from bottom option. It will show the time, select the left option to update your time. Now it will work. So people who use the import trick that disables your battery, you will have to use this. On the next page will be two input boxes, in the first one type your Dricas username in (the whole E-Mail address). In the second one, type in your password. When you have finished, click the left option at the bottom. On this page, will be some Japanese writing, scroll down and select the left option. Another page will load up with more Japanese writing, select the only option there. Thats it! You have done it! Press L and choose the last option then select the left option to restart the disc. Go into the VF.NET option this time. A message will come up, select the bottom option to connect. If you did everything right, it will connect. After connecting a message will come up, press anything to confirm. Then it will load up the web browser, you will now have to connect again for some reason. So choose the left option, and it will connect to VF4 NET. Well done! You connected to VF4 Net from outside of Japan :). Now read the gameplay guide below. _________________________________________________________________________ 13.1.3 - THE GAMEPLAY GUIDE - VIRTUA FIGHTER 4 PASSPORT _________________________________________________________________________ When you connect, you will be on a plain white page with the VF Net logo at the top and a button under it. Click the button. Next is a blue page with 10 links on it. There are 9 links to various sections on the VF Net and the 10th link is the one at the bottom with the telephone symbol next to it. Only 1, 4, 7, 10 are active. They will probably add the rest later. 01. News Page 04. Weird Section 07. VF4 Characters 10. VF Net Help ---------------- + 1. NEWS PAGE + ---------------- This section tells you all the latest news on Virtua Fighter. Its all in Japanese, so if you can't understand it this section is pretty useless to you. -------------------- + 4. WEIRD SECTION + -------------------- This section is massive, there are more and more links the deeper you go into it. It would be impossible to document here. Just search through it and have fun :). -------------------------- + 7. VF4 CHARACTER MOVES + -------------------------- First select a character by using the circle thing next to their names. Then press the button at the bottom to go to a section all about that character moves. The section about the character will look like this: 1. Move List/Profile 2. More Moves 3. More Moves 4. More Moves 5. Not Selectable 6. Some text information (not worth going into) -------------------- + 10. VF NET HELP + -------------------- Not much except for a phone number and E-Mail address. PHONE NUMBER: 0570-057-060 (open 10:00am to 18:00pm) E-MAIL: vf_net@sega-rd2.com Thats it :). Not much is it? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.2 - VIRTUA FIGHTER HISTORY/VF4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This disc is really cool! It has loads of movies, music and information about every Virtua Fighter game ever released. On the main menu is two options: - History - The making of VF4 ----------- + HISTORY + ----------- In this section first select whether you want to see movies or hear music using the left and right buttons. Now use the up and down buttons to select a game. Here is what you get: - VIRTUA FIGHTER MOVIES: V.F.History Prototype Opening Loop Into the Game MUSIC: Opening Game Start Jacky Jeffry Sarah Kage Pai Wolf Lau Akira Game Over Name Entry Ending - VIRTUA FIGHTER 2 MOVIES: Texture Mapping Opening Loop Into the Game SEGASATURN MUSIC: Destiny Virtua Fighter 2 With a clenched fist Black Cat Moon The Hermit Hong Kong Beauty Young Knight Ruler of the Seven Seas Ninja~A Secret~ Escape Song of the Hero Ride The Tiger Mutation Chicago Jacky~VF2 MIX~ Sarah~VF2 MIX~ Afterimage Longing - VIRTUA FIGHTER 3 MOVIES: Motion Capture Model3 Image of V.F.3 Motion Test Another Costumes Opening Loop Into the Game 3tb Opening Loop Into the Game 3tb MUSIC: Rowdy Virtua Fighter 3 Next Challenger Keen Head Tedium Whisper Dance Coral Groove Underground Battle in the Cave Hiding Open the Deadgate Hermit in Hong Kong Raging Wind Ancient Times On The Circle The Hall Tender Steel Afterimage 2 Tell Me Your Memories Game Over Stage Clear Go for the Next Level Modesty Inpudence The Killer Mantis Brandished Fist Persevering Cool Bell Falling Tears For You... - VIRTUA FIGHTER KIDS MOVIES: Opening Loop Into the Game Akira's Ending Jacky's Ending Sarah's Ending Wolf's Ending Jeffry's Ending Lau's Ending Pai's Ending Lion's Ending Kage's Ending Shun's Ending Dural's Ending MUSIC: We are VF Kids. Virtua Fighter 2 With a clenched fist Black Cat Moon The Hermit Hong Kong Beauty Young Knight Ruler of the Seven Seas Ninja~A Secret~ Escape Song of the Hero Ride The Tiger Chicago Mutation Longing (VFK ver.) Opening Afterimage (VFK ver.) That's a lot of content. Most of it is very good as well, so check them all out. Now onto the next section. --------------------- + THE MAKING OF VF4 + --------------------- You can select - Character - Akira - Jacky - Sarah - Lau - Pai - Kage - Wolf - Jeffry - Lion - Shun - Aoi - Lei-Fei - Vanessa - Dural - Movie - Information Selecting a character will bring up loads of pictures of them. If you select movie, you can watch these movies: Ignite Your Heart Vanessa Lei-Fei Opening Loop A Opening Loop B Into the Game The Ignite Your Heart movie is really cool :). Anyways, after watching in awe at the movies. Check out the information section. Which of course contains lots of information :). Its like a series of magazine scans, its not your average information section. At the end is a picture and message from Yu Suzuki, the man who made Virtua Fighter and Shenmue (and countless other ground-breaking games). Yu Suzuki says: "Creating a game that combines both realistic fighting techniques and quality gameplay has been a formidable challenge. If is characteristic of the Virtua fighting series. Our goal in developing "Virtua Fighter 4", was not only to advance this concept, but to also create a sense of community among players. We hope that this release will see the development of tournaments using the new system as well as foster the birth of a new generation of star players. We will be happy if, in some small way, we are able to convey the depth of the game and the beauty of the fighting techniques to the players." And that signals the end of this disc. This is a absolute MUST for any dedicated VF fan. It may not come out with the English language of Shenmue II, and it only came out with the Japanese Limited Edition copies of Shenmue II so try and get it now before its too late! ========================================================================= 14. FAQ ========================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Q. I cannot get my VF4 Passport Disc to work! I read the help section and done it but it didn't work! A. First of all, make sure you have done everything mentioned in that section. Make sure you done these things correctly. Check everything you have done. If you are still stuck, then E-Mail me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Q. I got the VF4 Passport Disc to work, but I tried it the next day and it didn't work. What's going on? A. Make sure you save the ISP settings you entered into the VF4 passport disc onto your VMU. Otherwise you will have to enter them in everytime you load up the disc. It automatically saves them when you quit the web browser by select the last option from the "L" trigger menu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) Q. When I connect to VF4 Passport Disc it says an error message which mentions "SSL" or something. What do I do? A. Press the R trigger to bring up the menu. Go down to the 2nd from bottom option and select it. You will see the current time. Now select the left option, and then the left option again in the next message. Your time should update to the real current time. It will now work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= 15. CREDITS ========================================================================= This section is for all the people that have helped this FAQ become what it is. If you contribute towards the FAQ in anyway, or do something helpful you'll be put on this list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- + CJayC (www.gamefaqs.com) - For running a great site dedicated to helping people. - Posting this FAQ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= 16. AUTHOR'S NOTE ========================================================================= If you would like to contact me, please E-Mail me at this address: scream_108@hotmail.com If you are unsure of something, please make sure you check this FAQ for the required information first. If it isn't in the FAQ, then feel free to E-Mail me and I will try and answer your questions. All questions which are answered in this FAQ will be ignored. That's all for now. Check back soon for updates. ========================================================================= 17. 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