Virtua Fighter 3tb - Strategy Guide (Page 13)

Below are the cheat codes, hints and help for Virtua Fighter 3tb - Strategy Guide (Page 13).

Debug mode:
To access debug mode, hold P+K+G+E before pressing start to enter the game.
Works in all modes (1P/2P VS - ob/tb).

Replay Cancel:
Press the start button to cancel the end of match replays.

Slow Motion Replay:
To view the replay in slow-mo press the E button at the end of the round.
Slo-mo replays can be cancelled.

Replay Cancel Cancel:
Hold any button (except E) during the replay to prevent the other player from
canceling the replay. Can be used during slow motion replays.

Selecting Backgrounds:
Arcade TB will always show the "new" TB backgrounds regardless of what mode
it's in. However, in 2 player mode you can access the original, VF3 rev A-D
backgrounds by holding down your start button when you pick the stage. This, of
course, is only possible when stage select is on, and it also gives you a
chance to...

...get Dural's Stage:
When you are playing someone, hold start when choosing a stage. With a 1/16 (?)
chance, the Dural version of the stage will appear, along with remixed music.

Flying Trains:
When using Jeffry in Dural's desert stage (either against Dural or if you
managed to get it at the stage select), try a toe kick of doom. If you land it
a flying train will appear from the background and will fly across the horizon
until the end of the match. A homage to "Galaxy Express 999", an older, popular
series in Japan by Leiji Matsumoto.

Kiss - for Pai only: 
After defeating Akira with an "EXCELLENT!!" victory, hold D+P+G+E and she'll
blow a kiss and mock one of Akira's normal taunts.

Snowman - At Wolf's desert stage, with Shun only:
If Shun wins, a snowman may or may not appear; dependant on location of Shun
and angle of camera.

Spark Shower - Jacky's stage, VS mode only:
Whoever presses and holds P+E first before the round begins gets to see his
opponent showered in welding sparks from above. 

"Don't make faces, you just might end up stuck like that": 
Akira and Taka players can freeze their opponents faces for at least a short
while if they do a particular throw and don't follow up on it: f,b+P+G for
Akira and f+P+G for Taka. If Akira or Taka attack or throw their opponent their
face will return to normal. Try it against the CPU, in first-person camera
mode.

"I Wiiiinnaaarrrrrghh!!!":
Most of the time when you win a match you'll be transported to the middle of
the ring for your character's winning taunt. However, occasionally you'll stay
at the exact place in the ring where you defeated your opponent. If this
happens when and if you're close enough to the ring edge, sometimes you'll see
your character begin his/her taunt, only to fall out of the ring mid-way.
Usually the sequence will also freeze in mid-animation if this happens. 

Peace signs:
After winning, hold D+P+G+E at the end of the round with either Jacky or Kage
to see them give a V-sign. 

Falling basins:
Win an "EXCELLENT" victory in Akira's stage with 2P (shiny) Kage and hold
D+P+G+E to see Kage give his V-sign taunt while a shiny metal basin falls on
his head.

Colored Earrings:
Sarah's earrings will change color depending on who is in the ring and what
outfit he/she is in; ex: blue for 1P outfit Akira, and so on. Here are a few
examples -

wrestler Wolf == bright red earings (Wolf's tights)
workout Jeff == chocolate earings (Jeff's skin tone)
barefoot Akira == black earings (Akira's gi)
slippered Akira == light blue earings (Akira's gi)
eagle Jacky == blue earings with a gold accent (Jacky's jacket)
blue Kage == dark blue earings (Kage's pajamas)
tin man Kage == silver and black two tone earings
hiker Lion == brown and black two tone earings (Lion's vest)
Tour de France Lion == white earings (Lion's pants)
naked Taka == peach earings (Taka's skin tone)

Signage:
The sign immediately behind the metal bars on the eastern side of Pai's stage
has a Sonic The Hedgehog logo and reads "Hedgehog Importing Co." The Japanese
writing on the sign are the joystick/button instructions for how to do the
shinsodan.

Death Floats:
Immediately after the round is called, and for the short while afterwards
before the replay/taunt begins, the opponent will become lighter and all of
your moves will count as MC interrupts. You can land crazy floats this way,
such as f+P+G,DP,DP on Taka with Kage, and stuff like low punch x 4, PPPK
with Lau. Lots of room for experimentation, come up with the best you can.

Subway Suicide:
Every character who has a Turn Away attack (with the exception of Lau; his TA
attacks are too slow), can use their quickest TA attack and run straight into
the train at the beginning of the round. No matter what the lifebar setting it
will always leave just _one_ hit point left.

Screw You, Akira:
While you can no longer throw Akira out of his normal bodycheck, you can still
throw Akira out of the bodycheck during his DLC combo. You can throw him during
the execution phase of the animation (not during the collision or recovery
phase, however), from anywhere in the ring.

One Person Throw:
If your opponent is standing at the edge of the ring and you throw him,
sometimes he will fall out of the ring before the throw completes.  If this
happens you will finish the throw motion alone.

"I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille.":
If you play the CPU through to the end, and have finished the game in a time
short enough so that your time is among the quickest 18, you'll get to enter
your initials. You can knock down the characters to set the initial, or you can
press start to input the initial. However, if you press start, you will freeze
the camera into place. With the camera frozen into place you can manuever 
your character up to the camera and view your character up close. You'll be
able to read Wolf's jean label, Lion's 2P shirt, look at the tracking eyes, and
even with a little practice you can manuever your characters head inside the
camera, and see teeth and eyeballs and nostrils. Fun stuff.


o OB 1on1 mode only:

Alphabet man:
To play as the Alphabet man, at the character selection screen, go to Akira,
press Start, then Lion, press Start, and finally Pai and press Start.
To play against the Alphabet man, at the character selection screen, execute
the same process as above but instead of Lion go to Lau.

Easter Egg - in character select screen on OB vs mode:
Taka, start, Sarah, start, Lau, start, Kage, start, Akira, start
A small headshot of one of the VF3 programmers (Manabu Tsukamoto - motion
design programmer and "planning support") will appear in place of Lau's small
headshot.



h) Taunts
=-=-=-=-=-
Translations of Japanese taunts from the game, by Shota Tamura.

Akira Yuki
----------
* "Juu'nen hayain dayo."
  "You are 10 years too early to challenge me."
* "Juu'nen hayakatta ka."
  "Maybe I should have waited 10 years more (to challenge)"
* "Mada mada honki ja nai."
  "It takes much more to make me fight seriously."
* "Motto ore wo atsuku sasetekure."
  "Help me feel the burning sensation in my heart."
* "Motto tsuyoku natte koi."
  "Come back again with more training."
* "Yoshi, ikuze."
  "Good! Let's get going!"
* "Yosshaa."
  "YES!!!"

Aoi Umenokouji
--------------
* "Konnna koto dewa kiwamerarehen wa."
  "I have a long way for the mastery (of Aoi's martial art)"
* "Yowai. Yowasugimasu wa."
  "Weak. Too weak to be a challenge."
* "De'naoshite okureyasu."
  "Please come back again."
* "Anta ni sasageru mai ya."
  "This is a dance dedicated for you."

Kage-Maru
---------
* "Katajikenai."
  "Thank you (for your gift/challenge)"
* "Namu..."
  "Amen...." [a chant in Buddism]
* "Saraba ja."
  "Bye now!"
* "Shuugyou ga tarin."
  "Your training is not enough."
* "Waga kokoro sude ni kuu nari."
  "My mind is empty and clear (as a cloudless sky)"
* "Ware ni teki'nashi."
  "No one is worthy enough to be my challenge."

Lau Chan
--------
* "Aii."
* "Huwahhahhahhaa."
* "Hee, katate de juubun da."
  "One arm is just enough to take care of you."
* "Hukaku wo tatta wa."
  "I made an unexpected blunder."
* "Me ni mono miseyou."
  "You'll see quite a show (of beating)"
* "Renshuu nimo naran."
  "(You are) Not good enough even for my training."
* "Shuugyou ga tarin wa."
  "You lack enough training."
* "Sore de honki ka."
  "Are you really giving me your best?"

Pai Chan
--------
* "Yappari kufuu tarinai no ne."
  "Just as expected, your training is not enough."
* "Anata niwa kufuu ga tarinai wa."
  "You lack enough training."
* "Anata niwa kufuu ga tarinai wa."
  "You lack enough training."
* "Juu'nen hayakatta wa ne"
 "(Just as you said) You are 10 years too early (to challenge me)."
* "Tsugi wa kanarazu katte miseru wa."
  "I'll be sure to win next time."

Shun-Di
-------
* "Hyaa hah haha ha."
* "Onushi ga ikura agaite mo, washi ni ha katen noda."
  "As hard as you may try, you have no chance of winning."
* "Ha! sake wo kure."
  "Give me more drinks."
* "Sate mou hitonomi suru ka nou."
  "Well, let me have a few more drinks."
* "Kyou ha sake ga umai nou."
  "A drink tastes particularly well today."

Taka-Arashi
-----------
* "Gottuan desu."
  "Thank you. (sumo jargon)"
* "Kono boke."
  "You idiot."
* "Denaoshite konkai."
  "You better come back (with more training)."
* "Nametorun kai."
  "Are you underestimating me?"
* "Washi ha motto tuyoin jaa."
  "I really am stronger than this!"




V. CREDITS & KUDOS
==================
* RICHARD WILLIAMS [rsw]: ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, PROOFREADING, GENERAL HELP
* Stephen Hamilton [Dodee]: move names and ex-co-re stats taken from his OB FAQ
* Jirawat Uttayaya [Peaking Duck]: r.g.v.a. posts, translations
* Sal [piccolo33]: Shun's drinking stats
* Shota Tamura [sta738]: Japanese voice translations
* Philip Armstrong [uk_kid]: proofreading, typo/grammar corrections