Chu Chu Rocket! - Strategy Guide (Page 03)

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The Gaming Intelligence Agency (The GIA):
   - English coverage of chu-chu!, including info, media, and screens
   - includes the 15 sec. Japanese chu-chu! commercial in MPG format, 
     as well as the song (9 seconds long) from the commerical in MP3 
     format, the words to the song in Japanese and English, and the 
     guitar tabs for said song. 


**advertising:

chu-chu rocket! was promoted fairly heavily in Japan. this will be a 
brief look at the various forms of advertising used...


--magazine ad (1 page)

a fairly straightforward ad featuring a few screenshots as well as 
illustrations of the Chu-Chus and a Capu-Capu. the Clear Controller Set 
is heavily featured as well. There also is a slightly altered back-page 
version.


--magazine ad (2 pages)

merely a larger version of the 1 page ad, featuring many of the same 
screen shots and images, but re-formatted for a two-page spread.


--CM [television commercial] (15 seconds)

the infamous chu-chu! CM, with it's short, but insanely catchy song, and 
it's high-quality (read line drawing) visuals. widely available online, 
the GIA has the most on this commercial, featuring the 
file in .MPG, the song in .MP3, as well as guitar tabs and lyrics 
(English and Japanese).


--Sonic Team flyer (6 pages)

first seen at the Tokyo Game Show Autumn '99, this flyer is an ad for 
the four games from the 'Four From Sonic Team' series of press releases. 
chu-chu! is featured in the cover, as well as on the inside and the 
sheet of memory card stickers within.


**sales:

chu-chu rocket! has the honor of being the first Sega Dreamcast game to 
reach the top spot in the Famitsu sales chart (for most copies sold in 
one week). It's first week sales were fairly brisk, clocking in at over 
35,000 copies sold (this includes all versions). Final first week totals 
will be announced on this coming Friday, 11/26.


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08.outro

**versions:

0.88b 25nov99
  thanks to Jorg again, added the solution for Mania 19.

0.88a 24nov99
  thanks to Jorg, added solution for Mania 21 and fixed two incorrect 
  solutions (Manias 6 & 21)... that's what I get for trying to count 
  rows at 2am ;)

0.88 22nov99
  added the final solution to Special 25 thanks to Jorg, and thus 
  started on the new mode, Mania - currently, solutions Mania stages 1-
  14, 21, 23, and 24 are included; keep in mind that I was very busy 
  this weekend (when I recieved the final solution from Jorg), so many 
  of the Mania stages I've barely looked at... corrected a minor typo 
  in the sources section that had Jorg saying an untruth - there really 
  are stickers in the normal version, and he really did tell me that - 
  whoops... fixed references to Original stages in Puzzle, which I had 
  mistakenly referred to as Edit... added the chu-chu-saver info to the 
  bonuses section... added a Sales: section... added the Puzzle Mode 
  select screen to the Screens: translation section...


0.87a 19nov99
  added solutions to Specials 21 and 22 thanks to Jorg from ODCM... 
  added an Online section... added a section (06.network) with info on 
  how to play online in the US thanks to Krys... added an advertising 
  section... corrected minor mistakes (including one on the solution 
  for Puzzle Mode Normal Stage 25 thanks to Jorg again) and renumbered 
  a few sections... 

0.87 12nov99
  added Stage Challenge coverage (05.stage challenge mode) for all 
  stages, although 3 are incomplete... added solutions for all but 
  three of the Special Puzzle Mode... added controls for the Puzzle    
  Edit mode... added the prod.number for the regular (ie. non-limited
  set) version... also, minor changes: renumbering two sections, fixing 
  the date of release of the faq, and accessing the DreamPassport FAQ 
  on gamefaqs.com.

0.77 12nov99
  first version; everything added.


**future:

--possibilities for future revisions (no guarantees, though):
 
  -any missing solutions for Puzzle and Stage Challenge modes.
  -a section on Puzzle Edit mode.
  -more on the Battle modes, including a list of ?Chu-Chu effects.


**sources:

National Console Support for the regular (non-
controller set) product number.

Magic Box for the preliminary sales stats for 
the first week of chu-chu!'s sales.


"Krys" for the fact that the regular edition does come with the 
stickers, as well as the info about getting Network support outside of 
Japan.

"Jorg S. Tittel" for the solutions on Puzzle Mode Special Stages 21 
(thank you so much - this saved [what is left of] my sanity...) and 22 
and the fix on the Puzzle Mode Normal Stage 25, as well as the words of 
support. Also, for mentioning that the regular edition does come with 
the stickers...


**notes:

this document was written after playing the game for a mere few hours. I 
have played through the 4 Player Battle mode once, and completed normal 
and hard in Puzzle mode. Past that, I have gotten very little chance to 
play the game, although I'm sure this will change, seeing as I've only 
had it for less than a day (as I write this, at least)... 
--update: I've gotten more of a chance to play the game, but still have 
sections that I've barely touched, so it's still nowhere near 
complete...
 
a quick note about the formatting of this document... Since the title of 
the game is lower-case, I've chosen to keep this somewhat similar in 
this document; hence, the first letter of every paragraph is not 
capitalised _on purpose_. All other sentences should be capitalised...

about the name of the game, I feel that this is minor, but I feel that I 
should add it. The title of the game differs slightly depending on which 
you look at: the English or the Japanese title. The English title listed 
on the packaging is 'chu-chu rocket', while the Japanese translates to 
'ChuChu Rocket!'. To make things even more complicated, I have chosen to 
use the title 'chu-chu rocket!', or simply 'chu-chu!', in this document. 
This is merely to make the all-lower-case title stand out more. I don't 
think that it's that big of a deal, but I though that I should put it in 
anyway.


**legal:

chu-chu rocket!, chu-chu rocket! Clear Controller Set, Dreamcast, Sonic 
Team, and all other related terms/trademarks are copyright/trademarked 
by Sega Enterprises. All other copyrights are properties of their 
respective owners. 

This document is copyright J.T.Kauffman 1999 and cannot be reproduced 
for profit in any form. It can be freely distributed over the internet 
as long as it is unaltered and is only distributed on free (i.e. non-
subscription) sites. If you do choose to post this document on your 
site, please email me to let me know.


**contact:
J.T.Kauffman
stormwalker@hotmail.com


since 11nov99
shibata, miyagi, japan
jtk.