Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Strategy Guide (Page 02)

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7. Heliport
STAGE BOSS: Shredder
At last, you get to face your nemesis in a fight to the finish!  He's strong,
has good reach, is reasonably fast, and has a wide variety of combos at his
disposal, but he's not especially difficult to beat.  Start by throwing any
shuriken you have at him, then get close to him and dash away when he attacks.
Retaliate by hitting him in the side or the back.  He can't counter your
combos, so hit him as many times as you can before backing off.  Leonardo and
Donatello, with their extra reach, can afford to be a bit more aggressive than
Michelangelo or Raphael.  Shredder's defense gives him quite a bit of lasting
power, but he'll eventually fall if you keep up the pressure.

Once you complete this area with the fourth turtle, Shredder will flee and you
will follow him to the last area for the final battle.

8. Shinto Palace
FINAL BOSS: Oroku Saki
If you thought that Shredder would be an easier foe without his armor, think
again.  He's very fast and very powerful, has superior defense, and makes
liberal use of stun attacks and air combos.  You'll also notice that the flames
around him change from blue to red if you start to gain the upper hand; when
they turn red, he becomes faster, stronger, and even more aggressive.  Thank-
fully, your credits are fully replenished when the fight begins, so you can
afford to be a little reckless.  Start by using all of your Gembu attacks and
shuriken on him, which should deplete about half his life.  Then go combo crazy
on him.  You'll die a few times, but he should run out of life before you run
out of credits.  If you get off to a particularly bad start, switch to hit-and-
run tactics, dashing away after every third hit or so to avoid his punch and
kick combos.  Try to hit him when he jumps; if you're fast and your timing is
good, you'll be able to juggle him for a little while.  Be ready to run when he
hits the ground, though.
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V. Challenge Mode
A. Overview
Challenge Mode is a special game mode that is unlocked once you clear Story
Mode with all four turtles.  It consists of a series of one-on-one battles
against various bosses with occasional regular enemies thrown in during bonus
rounds.

The Gembu attack is disabled in Challenge Mode, and you don't have any credits.
Aside from the food that you collect after each round, you don't recover life,
either.  There's no time limit on the fights, however, so pace yourself and
fight intelligently.

You can carry up to 99 of each different kind of shuriken in Challenge Mode,
and the ones that you don't use carry over into the next round.  If you collect
a lot of shuriken early on, save them for future opponents.  I most strongly
recommend using shuriken against the enemies whose names are marked with an
asterisk (*).

At the end of each round, six boxes with random contents will appear near the
edges of the arena.  You have only a few seconds to break as many of them as
you can and claim the contents before the next round starts, so decide which
ones you want to go after and smash them quickly.  Go for adjacent boxes to
save time.

B. Enemy Lineup
Round 1 - Dragon Face
Round 2 - Casey Jones
Round 3 - Giant Mouser Robot
Round 4 - Nano Monster Ver. 2.1
Round 5 - Mouser
Round 6 - Mystic Wind Ninja
Round 7 - Mystic Earth Ninja
Round 8 - Mystic Water Ninja
Round 9 - Mystic Metal Ninja
Round 10 - Mystic Fire Ninja
Round 11 - Prototype Mouser
Round 12 - Evil Turtlebot Ver. 1.5*
Round 13 - Foot Gunner Ninja
Round 14 - Quarry
Round 15 - Razorfist
Round 16 - Foot Ninja
Round 17 - Elite Foot Ninja* (sword wielder)
Round 18 - Elite Foot Ninja* (axe wielder)
Round 19 - Elite Foot Ninja* (trident wielder)
Round 20 - Elite Foot Ninja* (spear wielder)
Round 21 - Hun*
Round 22 - Foot Ninja
Round 23 - Dr. Stockman
Round 24 - Shredder*
Round 25 - Oroku Saki*
Round 26 - Hamato Yoshi

C. Strategies
Mystic Water Ninja - Whatever you do, don't break the box!  If you do, you'll
be unable to avoid taking damage when he floods the arena.

Hun - Use the same strategy you used to beat him in Story Mode, but remember
that not even explosive shuriken can knock him down.

Shredder - His air attack can carry him all the way across the arena, and
there's a good chance he'll use it if you try to hide in a corner and pick him
off with shuriken.  It's wiser to throw shuriken at him from medium range, then
dash up and combo him while he's staggering.

Oroku Saki - Use all of your spare shuriken on him.  You won't need them in the
next fight.

Hamato Yoshi - Coming soon!
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VI. Secrets
A. Versus Mode Characters
Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael are available by default.  In
addition, there are six characters who can be unlocked by playing through
Story Mode and one who can be unlocked by playing through Challenge Mode.

Casey Jones    : Defeat him in Stage 1, Area 2 of Raphael's Story Mode.
Evil Turtlebot : Defeat him in Stage 3, Area 6 with any character.
Splinter       : Defeat him in Special Stage - Ordeal of Leonardo's Story Mode.
Hun            : Defeat him in Stage 6, Area 1 of Michelangelo's Story Mode.
Shredder       : Defeat him in Stage 6, Area 7 with any character.
Oroku Saki     : Defeat him in Stage 6, Area 8 with any character.
Hamato Yoshi   : Defeat him in Challenge Mode with any character.

B. Passwords
Fulfilling certain conditions in the game will reveal passwords that can be
entered to unlock special features.

LDMSD - Alternate costume for Leonardo
Obtained by: Clearing Story Mode with Leonardo

DDSMS - Alternate costume for Donatello
Obtained by: Clearing Story Mode with Donatello

RRLMD - Alternate costume for Michelangelo
Obtained by: Clearing Story Mode with Michelangelo

DMDML - Alternate costume for Raphael
Obtained by: Clearing Story Mode with Raphael

LMLSD - Increased attack power for Leonardo
Obtained by: Unknown

DRLDS - Increased attack power for Donatello
Obtained by: Unknown

MSRMM - Increased attack power for Michelangelo
Obtained by: Fulfilling unknown condition in Special Stage - Ordeal with
Michelangelo (Time/no damage requirement?)

RDSRL - Increased attack power for Raphael
Obtained by: Unknown

SMRDM - Unlimited shuriken for Leonardo (Story Mode only)
Obtained by: Clearing Story Mode with Splinter

MSRLS - Play as Splinter in Story Mode
Obtained by: Defeating Oroku Saki in Story Mode

SRLMD - Play as Casey Jones in Story Mode
Obtained by: Clearing Story Mode with Splinter and defeating Hamato Yoshi in
Challenge Mode

MSSLD - Infinite exploding shuriken for Michelangelo (Story Mode only)
Obtained by: Unknown

LSDRM - Opens Playmates toy database
Obtained by: Unknown

If you know of any passwords that I didn't list or how to obtain any of the
passwords for which no method has been verified, please e-mail me.

C. Easter Eggs
Set the system clock to October 31st, and your turtle will wear a pumpkin on
his head.

Set the system clock to December 24th or 25th, and your turtle will wear a
Santa hat.

At the title screen press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A,
and you should hear the turtles say "YEAH!"  Press Start and begin Story Mode.
When the turtles walk, you will hear bouncing noises.  (The Konami code appears
again...for the GameCube version, at least.)
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VII. Questions & Answers
Q: Why a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles FAQ?
A: It hadn't been done yet, and I've had a soft spot for the Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles since the days of the original cartoon.  Plus, sylvanir and I
really enjoyed the game.

Q: What do you think of the cel shading in the game?
A: I like it.  It gives the game an appropriately cartoony feel, and the
shading's so well-done that it doesn't look 2-D.

Q: What's the highest combo you've ever gotten?
A: My personal best is 54 hits with Splinter.  I achieved it by doing an
infinite combo on a Mutant.  By using Michelangelo's air attack against Nano,
sylvanir and my brother have respectively gotten 34-hit and 72-hit combos.

Q: What do you think of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon?
A: To be perfectly honest, I've never watched it.  My knowledge of the plot is
limited to the cutscenes in the game and snippets of conversation with people
I know who have watched it.  Based on what I know about it, it sounds pretty
good.

Q: You shift between singular and plural pronouns from section to section.
What are you, a schizophrenic?
A: No; I'm a writer with a partner.  I had help compiling this FAQ, and I gave
my partner credit in the sections where it was most appropriate.  This section,
however, is my own, so all of the questions are written and answered from my
point of view.  If sylvanir wants to answer questions, he'll write his own
Questions & Answers section for the FAQ.

Q: Your FAQ sucks!  I regularly crap out better FAQs than this!
A: As soon as you find a way to upload excrement, you should post your wondrous
creation for all to see.

Q: I posted my FAQ, and every gamer on the planet thinks it's better than
yours!  Your FAQ really DOES suck!
A: Congratulations!  I am in awe of your superior FAQ-writing skills!  Now go
away.

Q: This is the best FAQ I've ever read!  You're a genius and a god among men,
and I want to know more about you so that I can immortalize you!
A: Yeah; I get that a lot.  My contact info's listed below.

Q: 
A: See the second sentence of my previous answer.
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VIII. Special Thanks
We would like to thank...

...Konami, for making this game.
...twitchx and my brother, for helping us discover the game's secrets.
...Alaric Bartlett (mr_clyde_barb@hotmail.com), for being the first to point
out an easy way to get infinite combos.
...roboknux (nuklearpower13@hotmail.com), for a list of passwords and the
effects of the Konami code.
...Terry Ho (blackheart981@hotmail.com), for information about enemies, enemy
names, and some tips for fighting Hun and Oroku Saki.
...Peter Wieland (icecreamtonight@hotmail.com), for a list of passwords, some
methods for obtaining passwords, and moral support.
...CJayC, for posting this FAQ.
...Leo Chan, for posting this FAQ.
...you, for reading this FAQ.
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IX. Contacting Us
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e-mail, or it's likely to be mistaken for spam and deleted.  We both check our
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We accept praise, additions, corrections, and constructive criticism; our only
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Happy gaming!