Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits - Strategy Guide (Page 05)
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Destroy H: Destroy a horizontal row of blocks.
This Dristone destroys all blocks in your horizontal row may
it be normal blocks or special blocks.
The best use for this is when you are in a dead-end made up of
X-Blocks but of course you can also use it to reach any
Dristones or air tanks located on some X-blocks or to create
chain-reactions you couldn't easily start any other way.
Unfortunately although this item is rarer than e.g. Destroy B
hence you might expect it to be more powerful it actually is
less useful.
My personal rating: **OOO
Destroy R: Destroy all red blocks on screen.
This is just the same as Destroy B only that it affects red
blocks instead of blue ones.
My personal rating: ***OO
Destroy V: Destroy a vertical column of blocks.
This has the same effect as Destroy with the difference of not
destroying the horizontal row you're standing in but the
vertical column (who would have thought?) but only the part
that you can see at the moment of the use.
Not as useless as Destroy H as this item will clear your way
through a few rows but also not as useful as the other
Destroy-Dristones as it rarely creates any chain-reactions.
My personal rating: **OOO and a half
Destroy W: Destroy all white blocks on screen.
This is just the same as Destroy B only that it affects white
blocks instead of blue ones.
Since white blocks are a lot rarer than any of the normal
blocks this Dristone actually isn't as useful as Destroy B, R,
G or Y.
My personal rating: **OOO
Destroy Y: Destroy all red blocks on screen.
This is just the same as Destroy B only that it affects yellow
blocks instead of blue ones.
My personal rating: ***OO
Destroy X: Destroy all X-blocks on screen.
This is just the same as Destroy B only that it affects X-
blocks instead of blue ones. As X-blocks can get really pesky
in higher (or actually lower ^^) stages this is better than
any other Destroy-Dristone.
My personal rating: ****O
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Yellow:|
3-Way: Drill in three directions at once. (Duration: 50 turns)
This is one of the very best Dristones to be found. When using
this item you'll be able to drill not only one block next to
you but at the same time the two blocks next to it that are
diagonally situated to you using up only one percentage point
of air.
The effect lasts 50 drilling actions.
My personal rating: ****O
______ ______________
|green ||yellow |
| || |
|______||______________| ______ ______
|red | / \ |green | |red | \O/ |green |
| | | | | --> | | Y | |
|______| ___X__ |______| |______| __/_\_ |______|
|blue ||green ||red | |blue ||green ||red |
| || || | | || || |
|______||______||______| |______||______||______|
______ ______________ ______________
|green ||yellow | |yellow |
| || | | |
|______||______________| |______________|
|red | O |green | \O/ |green |
| |<--Y | | --> Y | |
|______| _/_\__ |______| _/_\__ |______|
|blue ||green ||red | |green ||red |
| || || | | || |
|______||______||______| |______||______|
Barrier: Survive being crushed by a falling block once.
This neat Dristone makes Dristone Driller mode even more
relaxed than it already is. Use it the instant you get it and
from now on you'll be protected by a shield only wearing off
when you're crushed by a block.
If you get a second Barrier while still equipped with the
first one you can (and should) equip the second one, too, to
make the shield last two deaths.
My personal rating: ***OO
Jump: Able to climb up 2 blocks at once. (Duration: 30 turns)
This gives you Puchi's special ability for thirty turns
(meaning thirty two-block-climbs).
Can sometimes be pretty helpful when having to climb out of an
X-block dead-end or when you can reach a big block by climbing
up two blocks but most of the time you could very well do
without this.
Use it when you get it and hope that you can make good use of
it.
My personal rating: **OOO
Max Up: Increase maximum air capacity by 10%.
Increases the maximum capacity of your air storage by 10
percentage points (again not percent but percentage points).
In the early game this is a nice item to have but the later in
the game you get it the less important it is as you probably
won't reach the 100% air mark later on not to mention the 110%
mark.
Note that Max Up does not give you a 10 percentage point boost
of air when you use it.
Definitely use it the moment you get it as the effect lasts
the whole level.
My personal rating: Early in the game: **OOO
Later in the game: *OOOO
Mini-Drill: Reduce Driller size and air consumption by 50%. (Duration: 30
turns)
Shrinking Susumu is a nice effect but sadly this Dristone
basically is just as good as three Air + 5%-Dristones because
the shrunken Susumu simply loses a percentage point of air
only every second time he drills for the next thirty drillings.
Being crushed still drains 20 percentage points of air.
My personal rating: ***OO and a half
Speed: Increase movement and drill speed. (Duration: 50 turns)
This Dristone lasts 50 drilling actions, moving without
drilling doesn't count towards the 50 turns-limit.
Actually this is one of the most useless items: This play mode
is nearly nothing about speed so you'll rarely ever benefit
from this gem.
At least it can be used the second you get it so it doesn't
stuff your inventory and you don't have to throw it away.
My personal rating: *OOOO
Stone Search: Locate hidden Dristones. (Duration: 50 turns)
When using this item you'll be able to see a sparkle around
blocks that contain a hidden Dristone making it a lot easier
to concentrate only on getting deeper and destroying blocks
granting you a new item instead of maybe looking around for
them but just wasting precious air.
The effect lasts 50 drilling actions.
Use it whenever you're in need of new Dristones. If your still
really good on air or when your inventory is full you
definitely want to save this precious item. Of course you also
shouldn't use it in the two-colours-stages as you'll probably
destroy almost every block there anyway automatically.
The only downside is the effect's duration limit.
My personal rating: *****
Super Barrier: Survive being crushed by falling block three times. Air
reduced 50%.
This Dristone has the same effect as three Barrier-Dristones
have but it decreases your air reserves by 50 percent (real
percent this time, no percentage points).
When being down to 0% air you don't lose any air.
Best used when you're already low on air but are in possession
of at least an Air + 10% Dristone or have an air capsule in
direct reach as you'll want to refill your oxygen reserve as
soon as possible. You might also use this item when being
close to 100 % air and being really close to an air capsule in
order not to waste the tank.
My personal rating: ***OO and a half
You can use any yellow Dristone twice to double the duration (or use it
thrice to multiply it by three, etc.)
----------------------------4.4.3 Records------------------------------------
My record for Tokyo: 2018m
This took me about one and a half hours and I could've gone on but sadly I
got hit by a block when being down to 16% air although I still had a few
green Dristones and a Super Barrier Dristone.
Probably I'll try to beat my highscore some day but for now I'm really fed up
with Dristone Driller. ^^
----------------------------4.5 Driller Store------------------------------
In the Driller Store you can invest miles traversed in Mission Driller and
Pressure Driller to buy items for use in those two play modes.
While these can greatly increase your chance of simply beating a level they
hinder you from saving high scores and from obtaining badges.
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4.5.1: Mission Driller:|
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|Barrier 1: |Survive being crushed by a falling |costs 2.000 m-pts |
| |block once. | |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|Barrier 2: |Survive being crushed by a falling |costs 4.500 m-pts |
| |block twice. | |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|Barrier 3: |Survive being crushed by a falling |costs 6.500 m-pts |
| |block 3 times. | |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|Life up 5: |Start the game with 5 lives. |costs 6.500 m-pts |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|Life up 7: |Start the game with 7 lives. |costs 8.500 m-pts |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|Life up 10: |Start the game with 10 lives. |costs 13.500 m-pts |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|Air capsule 5: |Receive 5x additional air for |costs 4.000 m-pts |
| |every air capsule collected. | |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|Air capsule 15:|Receive 15x additional air for |costs 6.500 m-pts |
| |every air capsule collected. | |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|Air capsule 25:|Receive 25x additional air for |costs 10.000 m-pts |
| |every air capsule collected. | |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|Speed up: |Increase movement and drill speed. |costs 12.000 m-pts |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
________________________
4.5.2: Pressure Driller:|
__________________________________________________________________________
|Barrier 1: |Survive being crushed by a falling |costs 2.000 m-pts |
| |block once. | |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|Barrier 2: |Survive being crushed by a falling |costs 3.000 m-pts |
| |block twice. | |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|Barrier 3: |Survive being crushed by a falling |costs 5.500 m-pts |
| |block 3 times. | |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|S. fireball 1: |Increase fireball speed. |costs 4.500 m-pts |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|S. fireball 2: |Increase fireball speed even more. |costs 7.000 m-pts |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|S. fireball 3: |Increase fireball speed to maximum. |costs 9.000 m-pts |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|EX. damage 1: |Increase fireball power. |costs 6.000 m-pts |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|EX. Damage 2: |Increase fireball power even more. |costs 11.000 m-pts |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|EX. damage 3: |Increase fireball power to maximum. |costs 15.000 m-pts |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
|Speed up: |Increase movement and drill speed. |costs 12.000 m-pts |
|_______________|____________________________________|_____________________|
----------------------------4.6 Unlockables--------------------------------
Secret Characters:
By simply beating a level in Mission Driller you unlock one out of five
secret characters even if you're using any items.
Puchi: Beat Japan.
Holinger-Z: Beat China.
Anna: Beat India.
Taizo: Beat Egypt.
Ataru: Beat America.
Rabbit (Usagi): Beat The Moon with Ataru. (JP/EU-version only)
Special levels:
-Reverse Time Attack levels: Beat Japan in Time Attack Driller to unlock the
mirrored versions of the Time Attack levels with a harder time limit.
-Tokyo in Dristone Driller: Beat every level in Dristone Driller. (JP/EU-
version only)
-South Pole in Mission Driller: Beat every level on the earth in Mission
Driller. (JP/EU-version only)
-Outer Space in Mission Driller: Beat the level The Moon in Mission Driller.
Mr. Driller Badges:
Beating a level in Mission Driller without dying once and without using any
items will get you a Mr. Driller Badge.
Every character gets its own badges and there are different badges for every
level in Mission Driller.
Actually I don't know if getting all badges unlocks anything or if it just
acts as a motivation all by itself without any real reward.
I haven't played Mr. Driller DS for too long yet so please grant me some time
and eventually I'll find out what's up with the badges. ^^
Update: I guess I just found out that getting badges does absolutely nothing:
I just beat America in Mission Driller with Usagi without using any items and
without losing a single life, hence I received a badge but as the score I had
was lower than my old high score the score wasn't saved under records and the
badge isn't shown when selecting the record for America with Usagi.
So as there is no possibility to see which badges you already got if your
score isn't high enough I definitely doubt that the game keeps track of what
badges you have earned so far and that they allow you to unlock anything.
Flowers on the Title Screen (counting from the left):
1st flower: Beat every earth level in Mission Driller.
2nd flower: Beat The Moon in Mission Driller.
3rd flower: Beat Japan in Time Attack Driller.
4th flower: Beat Reverse Japan in Time Attack Driller.
5th flower: Beat every level in Dristone Driller.
6th flower: Beat every level in Pressure Driller.
7th flower: Unlock the first six flowers.
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----------------------------5.1 Version History----------------------------
0.2: Finished on 07/22/2005, 14 KB large
Completed parts 0.1 to 3.1, started parts 3.2, 3.3 and 4.0 to 4.5.2.
0.4: Finished on 07/23/2005, 19 KB large
Completed sections Game basics (items), Game basics (additional info) and
Scoring System. Next thing will be the single player mode.
0.45: Finished on 07/24/2005, 23 KB large
Call me a liar if you want to: Added the clock in the items section and a few
things in additional info, corrected a mistake dealing with the special
blocks and added content to the characters list before moving on to the
single player section. ^^
0.5: Finished on 07/25/2005, 31 KB large
Finally started the 1P-section: I added the introduction and explanation to
the single player, to Mission Driller mode, Pressure Driller mode, Time
Attack mode, Dristone Driller mode and to the Driller Store.
In addition I wrote down everything I know about unlockables so far and I
added the Final Comment (maybe a bit early, I know ^^). Now finally the time
for the real deal has come: Next update will include lots of single player
info.
0.55: Finished on 07/26/2005, 48 KB large
Got a new record for Time Bonus.
Added Taizo as a character and some times to beat in Time Attack and found
out that you can use items when unlocking characters.
Added a few items that can be bought in the shop.
Added the guide for Driller Lab in Mission Driller mode and a description for
nearly every Dristone.
0.58: Finished on 07/28/05, 61 KB large
Added a lot of content to Dristone Driller and hopefully finally described
the very last Dristone.
0.6: Finished on 08/02/2005, 70 KB large
Completed Dristone Driller (also added a new Dristone, so hopefully this one
really is the last ^^).
0.75: Finished on 08/03/2005, 79 KB large
Completed the Driller Store-section.
Finished more than half of the Pressure Driller guide.
0.8: Finished on 08/04/2005, 84 KB large
Added a general hint.
Finished Pressure Driller.
0.85: Finished on 08/05/2005, 96 KB large
Added cheatcc.com as a site permitted to host this guide.
Finished more than half of Time Attack Driller.
0.9: Finished on 08/08/2005, 105 KB large
Finished Time Attack Driller and improved on some records in Time Attack.
0.92: Finished on 08/21/2005, 116 KB large
Added all ?-boxes to the item section.
Continued Mission Driller.
Added some content to a lot of sections and corrected a few mistakes.
Added neoseeker.com as a site permitted to host this guide.
Added the flowers as unlockables.
0.97: Finished on 08/25/2005, 142 KB large
Added www.supercheats.com.
Added Usagi as a playable character (hence unlockables and characters are
complete now).
Added a few hints and two strategies on reaching air tanks.
Added some content to the Scoring System section.
Moved the Version History to the end of the guide as it simply grew too large.
Got a new highscore for the Time Bonus in Mission Driller.
Added a lot to the Mission Driller-section; only America and The Moon are
missing now as well as a lot of ending dialogues.
1.00: Finished on 08/27/2005, 156 KB large
Added another hint.
Solved the "badge-mystery".
Added America and The Moon in Mission Driller.
The Walkthrough is completed by now; the only things missing are some ending
dialogues, records for Outer Space and South Pole and guides for these two
endless levels.
1.02: Finished on 08/29/2005, 161 KB large
Added www.gamerstemple.com.
Added all ending dialogues for China and India.
1.05: Finished on 08/31/2005, 166 KB large
The Ending dialogues got their own section so the Mission Driller walkthrough
section is easier to read.
Completed the guides for South Pole and Outer Space as well as the records
for these two levels, hence now the ending dialogues finally are really the
only non-complete section.
1.10: Finished 09/01/2005, 181 KB, 56 pages large
Added all ending dialogues for Egypt, America and The Moon.
Got some new records in Mission Driller and for the Time Bonus.
This will probably be the last update ever or at least the last foreseeable
update. Man, this guide sure took some time to write. ^^
1.11: Finished on 10/28/2005, 181 KB, 56 pages large
Hah, just made another update to include ign.com as legitimate to host this
guide.
1.12: Finished on 01/06/2006, 182 KB, 57 pages large
Added the Experimental section and the section about deleting the save file.
----------------------------5.2 Final Comments + Experimental--------------
That's it!
This here is the final section of this guide (being my first general guide).
I hope you enjoyed Mr. Driller DS (or still do just like I do) and of course
I also hope you somewhat liked this guide and appreciate my work.
If you have anything to tell me (except for what an idiot I might be or that
Germany suxxers!!11!!1 W00t!!!1! or anything similar... ^^) feel free to mail
me at KeeperBvK@web.de.
...and if you're capable of the German language be more than welcome to visit
gamecubex.net (a Cube-site supported by Nintendo, Capcom, EA, Ubi Soft, etc.)
or if you're daring enough even if you don't know any German.^^
In some other guides I've seen the author implement the following and I
thought "Why not give it a try for your own guides?":
If you really like this guide and you think it helped you or entertained you
a bit or whatsoever and you feel like rewarding me not only by writing a nice
e-mail, feel free to send some money to my paypal account at:
LH_Zerberus@web.de
Of course I don't want to make somebody send me money who doesn't really want
to (even if I could, I wouldn't ;) ), but (also of course) I'd appreciate any
contribution.
Thank you very much for reading this guide and hopefully some more of my
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