Galerians: Ash - Strategy Guide (Page 03)

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My Two Cents
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	I have to say that this puzzle is absolutely ridiculous. I couldn’t figure it
out by myself so thanks to Ron "Pscion" Newcomb for his guide. I mean, think
about it logically. If you have a key item, would you throw it (!) into an
unknown place? And how is it exactly possible for the key to be inverted and
then thrown back to Rion? I don’t get it at all. But then again, this is only a
game and it is not like Galerians really exists or something like that so I
should probably not go too deep into a silly puzzle like that but throwing a
key into smoke?! Do you have any idea how many hours I spent running around the
Data World?

	Back in Last Galerians R&D Area II, use the Mirror/Inverted Key on the knob on
the giant green door and it will open. Enter and Rion will find himself in
General System Area Beta. This place is dangerous. There are no monsters, but
the blue walls are back, and this time they move! The blue walls are no longer
just walls. This time, they emerge from one end of the room and moves rapidly
towards the entrance, where Rion is standing. You will notice a lot of crates
scattered around the room so the trick is to hide behind a crate when the blue
walls passes you by. Move from one crate to another and you should get to the
main terminal of the room unharmed, right? Wrong! This room is equipped with
infrared motion sensor and guided laser beams. As Rion moves through the room,
the infrared motion sensors will pick up his movement and begin to target him.
Once the target is locked (the faint infrared light becomes solid red), it’s
time for Rion to move. A beam of laser (glowing red light) will be shot to the
position where the infrared light has locked on. Therefore, Rion has to move
from one crate to another quickly, avoiding the blue walls, and at the same
time not staying in one place long enough for the infrared sensors to lock on
to him. The lasers isn’t as terrifying as it sound though. Rion can probably
just avoid it by side stepping a little. As long as you are out of the lasers’
line of fire, you should be fine. But if Rion is locked on by more than one
laser, then it’s dangerous.
	Once you have succeeded in getting Rion to the main terminal of the room,
Check on it and watch the cut scene. It seems that the Airport Terminal is
under dire attacks and Rion has to return as soon as possible. Run out of the
room following the blue walls (forget about going from crate to crate),
activate the Floor Rotation Terminal at the other end of Last Galerians R&D
Area II (if you hadn’t already done it earlier), take the Bridge to Dorothy’s
room, and use the panel there to being Rion back to the Real World.



5.8 Triumph or Lies?
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	A cut scene ensues as soon as Rion arrives in the Real World. It seems that
Cas was able to defeat the enemies and drove them back. The 3rd floor is safe.
Lilia says that she needs some time to break the password and suggests Rion to
rest for a while. Heal Rion using the Heal Cloud in the Hyper-Sleep Room and
run around talking to people. Morale seemed to have sky-rocketed and talking to
Major Romero in the Tactical Operation Room, he admitted his mistakes and
requested for Rion’s help. Now that’s a strange thing, but every man deserves a
second chance. There is also a Recovery Capsule in here, next to the Save
Terminal. You will want to go congratulate Cas in the Sick Bay (perhaps she was
injured?) and she will tell Rion that although they have succeeded in driving
the enemies back, they have used up almost all of their ammunitions. Rion
offered to help get them from the Armory so that is where you should go. One
other strange thing is that the stairwell leading to Lab No. 2 is opened.
Guarded, of course.
	2nd floor remains much the same and the Armory is still infested by Rabbits.
Take them out using D-Felon and you will notice that they do not appear again.
Strange. On the right near the entrance of the Armory is the ammo that Cas is
talking about, but you should notice that it looks like one magazine of
bullets, which will hardly be enough to wage a battle. There is also a Delmetor
in the room. Get back to 3rd floor Sick Bay and give the ammo to Cas, who will
agree with you that the ammo is hardly enough. There are more ammunitions in
Hangar No. 3, but the last time we checked the door to the West-Side Underpass
had been horribly damaged and there is no way to go down there. Oh well, this
is not the first strange thing that you encountered since your arrival back in
the Real World.
	Take to the Armory and use the back door to get down to the General Office.
The three red monsters are still there, so you may want to kill them before you
attempt to pry open the damaged shutter to West… wait a minute. The shutter is
gone! You can get down to West-Side Underpass without any problems. Rion agrees
with you that this is strange, even smells like a trap, but like all heroes,
you will still have to bravely step into it. The West-Side Underpass has a
Recovery Capsule. Save and then enter Hangar No. 3. The door locks behind Rion
and the cut scene of four mechanically enhanced Rabbits staring at Rion proves
everybody right. This IS a trap.

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Mini Boss Fight: Rabbits (4)
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	Run around the room. Blasts them with Nalcon. Run, hit run, hit, run, hit. If
you are brave, run towards them with D-Felon on hand, quickly charge up and
unleashes your D-Felon. Do it again and that should end the battle. They are
not that much different from your average Rabbits.

	When the battle is over, Lilia intercoms Rion and asked him to go boot-up the
Reserve Computer (huh?) and the key is at Lab No. 2. Grab the ammo Cas asked
you to get from Hangar No. 3 and pass West-Side Underpass right up to General
Office. Take the stairs to the Armory and then go to Lab No. 2 from the 2nd
floor corridor. The door to Lab No. 2 is now opened. Or you can go back up to
the 3rd floor and use the other stairwell, or get there to Lab No. 2 from
Warehouse 1 in the Lobby. It’s all your choice. In Lab No. 2, there are three
robots patrolling the place where the Reserve Computer Key is located. You can
take them out but it would probably be better to just run pass them, grab the
key, and get out. However, there are two other items in Lab No. 2 that you want
to get. A Bustanor and a Nalcon is placed in Lab No. 2. Grab them and then go
to the System R&D Center at the Lobby. You can take the path via Warehouse 1,
since that is the quickest.
	Entering System R&D Center, Rion will ask the same question as you. Isn’t this
place flooded? You booted-up the Reserve Computer and Lilia flooded the place
to prevent further intrusion. Who took out the key? A check at the Reserve Key
User Log will reveal ‘Traitor’. So, we have a traitor among us. We have to
hurry before this traitor does any more damage. Activate the Reserve Computer
using the key and leave the System R&D Center. The first thing that you will
notice is that the red dots on your map are all gone. This is getting stranger
and stranger. All enemies are gone and if you take tour around, you will notice
that all your allies have disappeared as well. Something is very wrong.
	If you want to, you can take this chance to run around and pick up any items
that you might have missed. If you are following this guide, then you would
want to get the Recovery Capsule at the Save Terminal on the 2nd floor. There
is also another Recovery Capsule at the East-Side Underpass (incidentally, the
monsters here are still around), next to the Save Terminal. The plant monsters
in Hangar No. 1 is still there, but there are now two instead of three and they
don’t regenerate that much. The place that you absolutely have to visit,
however, is the Armory. A few steps into the Armory, Rion will get a dream
about Cas. This cut scene shows Cas’ heroic sacrifice.
If you go to Lilia before you get to the Armory, then Lilia will tell Rion that
she still needs some time to break the password, and Rion will ask her to send
him back to the Data World. In the Data World, you can return at any time.
	However, if you go into the Armory and get the dream about Cas before you see
Lilia, when you arrive at the Hyper-Sleep Room, Lilia will be standing there
waiting for you, instead of standing behind the terminal and working on the
computer. This is where you should anticipate that all ‘something’s wrong’
answers will be revealed, so heal Rion before you go talk to Lilia, and I hoped
you saved beforehand. A long cut scene will ensue and you will be thrilled to
know that Lilia is not Lilia at all, but Nitro! What the hell is going on?! It
seems that Rion is still in the Data World! Cas’ dream was sent to Rion by
Lilia from the Real World. When talking didn’t register anything to Rion and
Nitro, they decided to move on to a more aggressive type of conversation, using
psychic powers!

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Boss Fight: Nitro (Round Two)
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	Nitro is the same as the first, only this time she has a lot more HP. Bustanor
is the way to go, but emptying a bar of Bustanor won’t even kill her. Red,
D-Felon, and Breakaron is useless cause if you get too close, she’ll teleport
herself. And she has another attack when Rion is closed to her. She will spin
around and throws fireballs all around the room. Her three standard attacks are
still the same. A trail of fire that does more damage and seems to have a
better ‘Rion homing device’ than the first time around, the firewall, and the
fireballs from the sky. Do not stay put and do not get too close to Nitro.
	When you have emptied your full bar of Bustanor (at level 2), you should have
another Bustanor left. Now you have to decide whether to save it for ASH later,
or use it on her. For me, I switched to Nalcon and get in range before I blasts
her to oblivion. When she teleports, she often leave behind an item and one of
it will restore your PPEC gauge to maximum. Keep hitting her and running
around. Use Rion’s Shield if necessary and keep hitting her with Bustanor or
Nalcon as much as you can. Nitro will go down eventually.

	Once Nitro is defeated, a cut scene will show that it is Lilia that Rion has
hurt. Nitro emerged from behind Rion and talked, but Rion, pissed off as he is,
flung Nitro to the wall and strangled her to death. Before Nitro died, she
talked about the Real World and changed into Lilia. The cut scene ended with
Rion still strangling Lilia and everything go to white, then got sucked into
nothingness. Rion woke up in Dorothy’s Room. So it seems that just when Rion
was trying to go back to the Real World, Nitro has ‘mind-jacked’ him. Anyway,
you have to return to the Real World. Get the Skip and use it on Nalcon. I
would want to use it on Bustanor, but since it is running out I would rather
bet on my most well-supplied psychic ability.
	Take the panel in front of Dorothy and return to the Real World. As soon as
you arrive in the Hyper-Sleep Room, Lilia will announce to you Cas’ death. It
seems that just when Rion was trying to come back to the Real World, ASH was
able to hacked into Elaine and that was how Nitro was able to ‘mind-jacked’
Rion. They lost contact with Rion, the Airport Terminal has almost completely
been invaded, and there is a traitor among them, since Elaine cannot be
accessed without a DNA match. Listening to this, Rion is more pissed off than
ever and asked Lilia to inject the password into him, and sent him back to the
Data World to kill ASH.



5.9 The Truth About ASH
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	Your first destination back in the Data World is General System Area Beta, the
one with the advancing blue walls and infrared guided lasers. In Dorothy’s
Room, connect the Bridge, skip past the two giant purple Rion eater in Last
Galerians R&D Area III, run through Corridor III Block, activate the Floor
Rotation Terminal in General System Area Alpha, go all the way back to Last
Galerians R&D Area III and take the elevator down to Security Area S. Kill the
plant monsters and use the Floor Rotation Terminal to aligned Security Floor W
with Last Galerians R&D Area II. Exit Security Area S and go through the Dome
Area to reach the door with blinking green lights, that’s Security Area W. Save
and go up the elevator and then go through the empty room to the opened door
and enter General System Area Beta. You will have to go through the traps
again. Check on the main terminal in the room and you will see a cut scene of
ASH’s past. The door to Security Area E will be opened. He traps in the room
will also be deactivated. Now is a good time to pick up those items in this
room that were too dangerous to get before. There’s a Bustanor and Appolinar
near the main terminal and one of the crates.
	Now go back to Security Area W. I don’t know about the last few times that you
were here but this time, you have to kill the red monsters in order to get to
the Floor Rotation Terminal. You have to align Security Area E with Last
Galerians R&D Area I. When you have that done, save and head out to the Dome
Area. The door to Security Area E is directly opposite, the one with the
blinking white lights. Once you enter the door, you should be prepare to fight,
or be prepare to run. There will be about five Rabbits charging at you. You can
kill them all with D-Felon for drugs and status boosts, but you should know
that they will not stop coming. Yes, they will keep spawning and appearing.
Therefore, the best way is to kill them once, grab the items they left behind,
and run. There are three items in the room near the corridor to the elevator,
that’s an Appolinar, Red, and Delmetor. A Floor Rotation Terminal is placed
here but it’s practically useless. You will also noticed that there is no Save
Terminal so now you know why I asked you to save in Security Area W.
	When you are done with the items and Rabbits (a great way to kill and grab
their items is to use Short. Use an Appolinar or just Shield until Rion’s AP
gauge maxes out and then just stand there and let the Rabbits come, but do not
do this if you do not have Delmetor and Recovery Capsules to spare), go up the
elevator to Last Galerians R&D Area I. Once you enter the room a cut scene will
take place. A main terminal (like those you have seen in General System Area
Alpha and Beta) will rise form the floor. Check on it and a cut scene will
ensue with Rion transferring the data back to Lilia for analysis and almost
immediately Lilia will send back the password. I didn’t get the last two
passwords (let’s face it, the dubbing is not top-notch) during the cut scenes
of the Alpha and Beta main terminals, but this one is pretty clearly said.
H.A.T.E.
	Cut scene will show the door with the giant face parts. Once the cut scene is
over, be ready to run. Why? Once you regain control, you will notice a lot (and
I mean a lot) of red dots on the map. A look around you will notice a lot of
little creepy robots running around and towards Rion shooting laser pulses.
Creepy aside, their double laser pulses is deadly. If you get hit, you’ll get
hit by both the pulses, and the damage is thus doubled. It depletes about 20%
of Rion’s HP gauge. If you remember, you saw these little critters before. They
appeared in the Refining Line Area back in the Uranium Refinery. Quickly dodge
your way into the opened face.
	You arrive at Corridor I Block that is guarded by three plant monsters. Be
very careful if you plan to kill them, because they will re-spawn. If you kill
one and then move on to the next, you may find yourself surrounded when the one
you killed re-spawn behind you. Cross this corridor and you will arrive at LG
Programming Room. There’s no enemies here and there’s no boss fight. Sorry to
disappoint you. However, as you run up the platform, there will be a lot of
items to get. D-Felon, Breakaron, Appolinar, Recovery Plus are up for grabs,
literally. At the end of the platform, Check the machine and a long cut scene
will ensue, breaking the secrets about the whole game.

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Spoilers
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	There is one very interesting twist here. The game started out by telling you
that The Last Galerians were created by Dorothy a.k.a. Mother to resurrect her
and wipe out humanity. After seeing ASH’s past, we should anticipate some
betrayal, and truly so. ASH turns out to have reprogrammed himself and have
broke free of Dorothy’s control. In addition, he can freely control Dorothy’s
system, but in order to do that, he will still have to resurrect Dorothy. ASH
plan was to use the system and still be in control, therefore he created a
container and resurrected Dorothy in that container, trapping her as she had
trapped him.
	If we compare this to the original game, the twist is almost the same. Dr.
Steiner and Dr. Pascalle (Rion’s and Lilia’s fathers) created Dorothy, and
Dorothy betrayed and killed them. Dorothy created Rion as a clone of the
original Rion who had died in the hospital, which in turn Dorothy was killed by
Rion. Now Dorothy creates ASH and again ASH betrays her. Only this time, ASH
didn’t kill her, but trapped her inside a container. Cruel. Dorothy must have
done something very bad to deserve this. Oh right, she killed her creators. The
moral of the story is, what goes around, comes around.
	Also, it seems that ASH is nothing but data just like Rion was. Unlike Rion,
ASH does not have a physical body, so he is not exactly a Galerian. He is just
a program in the Data World. And he laughs at those who fear him without even
seeing his real person. What a bummer, huh? In order to destroy ASH, Rion has
to find the computer that houses ASH (his program). Since he cannot just
destroy the computer (it is not ASH’s physical body and ASH can travel through
the network of computers anyway), Rion will have to go into ASH’s world and
destroy him there, by injecting the virus program directly into ASH.
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Spoilers
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	Back in the LG Programming Room, you should know that you need to return to
Lilia and tell her all about this. Get out of the LG Programming Room and
unlock the Bridge from the terminal (there’s a Nalcon here) in the Last
Galerians R&D Area I (you can use the Short trick here if you have a Delmetor
to spare since killing the little robots will get you some valuable items like
Bustanor and Breakaron, and you don’t even have to use a Recovery Capsule
because you will soon be going back to the Hyper-Sleep Room, though I have to
warn you that the little robots won’t stop coming). Go through the empty
Bridge, save, and enter Dorothy’s Room to get back to Lilia via the control
panel.



5.10 The Fall of Mankind
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	Back in the Real World, Lilia is missing and there’s radioactivity in the
Hyper-Sleep Room. What kind of chaos has happened here? Run around to grab the
Nalcon and Delmetor and heal Rion before going out the door. A cut scene will
stop you from going out the door. Pat intercoms Rion to tell him that Lilia is
missing (duh!). Rion will go out the door after the cut scene and arrives at
the Control Room, or what used to be the Control Room. The place is burnt,
wrecked, and dead soldiers zombies are everywhere with radioactivity abundant.
What kind of horror has happened here? You can kill the zombies if you wish,
but you don’t have to. Going down to the 3rd floor you will get a cut scene
with Major Romero, desperately seeking your help in the Flight Control Office.
	Although you may want to look around everywhere, every room is filled with
monsters so it is not advisable to do it. Very risky. The corridors of each
floor instead does not have too many guards. A plant monster on the 3rd floor
and a robot on the 2nd. You may want to save at the 2nd floor corridor Save
Terminal and grab the Recovery Capsule there as well. Make your way to the
Lobby and you will be chased by two giant purple monsters. How the hell did
they get in? Go to the Flight Control Office and before you can get in Pat will
radio Rion and tells him that Romero is the traitor (like we haven’t figured
that out yet) and is heading towards Hangar No. 2.
	Take to Warehouse 1 outrunning the giant purple beasts. There is only one
Rabbit in Warehouse 1 and it does not re-spawn. Go down to East-Side Underpass.
Killing the two plant monsters there may get you a Recovery Capsule, and there
is another Recovery Capsule near the Save Terminal. As you reach the door to
Hangar No. 2, there is also a Delmetor for you to get. There’s some Rabbits (2
but they appear again) in Hangar No. 2. Kill them if you can for some status
boosts, but you definitely have to go to the upper platform to the left of the
entrance. There are seven items (yes, you heard right, SEVEN!) here. Recovery
Capsule, Recovery Plus, D-Felon, Nalcon, Red, Bustanor, and Breakaron. Now you
are stocked for the final part of the game.
	Go into the Air Beagle and talk to Pat who will tell you about Romero
kidnapping Lilia and took off in an Air Beagle. There is only one place he can
go, that is straight to ASH. A cut scene will bring Rion and Pat to the Uranium
Refinery once again.
	Before going out to battle ASH, Rion had a few words with Pat that sounded
like a person’s last words. One way or another, Rion intends to end it here and
now.



5.11 The End Of Mankind
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	Rion steps out into the Uranium Refinery airport, but you may want to get him
back into the ship for healing. Run towards the door, save, and go down to the
Security Floor. Now if you remember, the Security Floor has four doors, so
which one should you choose? Let me give you a hint: of all the four doors, one
is a special door, the Mars door, and you step out right in front of it. Go
down the Mars door and you will come to the System Control Room. As you
approach the Venus door, a cut scene will reacquaint you with Romero and he is
holding Lilia hostage! Like all losers, they run. They always run. Why do they
always have to run?
Chase Romero up to the Security Floor and you will see another cut scene.
Follow him into the door to find yourself in the Control Office. Follow him
into the Saturnus door and then to the Refining Line Area. Rion has to approach
the dark corner where the Card Key Terminal is located (where you fought
Spider’s pet Tarantula) for the cut scene where Romero throws a grenade at Rion
and takes off. Go back up to the Control Office and then dodging the plant
monsters go into the Control Computer Room. Remember the red robots here? It’s
time for some payback. Blast them to hell with Breakaron. Trust me, you won’t
be needing much of Breakaron from here on in. Enter the Tellus (Earth) door to
the Management Office and get another grenade. Follow Romero back up to the
Security Floor and enter the door that leads you to the General Sick Bay.
Another grenade and dodge all the Rabbits to get to the door that leads you to
the Enriched Uranium Storage. A cut scene shows Romero has already escaped the
area on the other side, so follow him. Kick some red robot butts if you wish.
You should have more than enough Breakaron left. You appear back in the System
Control Room. Take the Venus door and go to the control panel on the elevator
in the Storage Area Elevator. Once you are down there, save, and enter the
Waste Uranium Storage. When you are in, walk towards the center of the dome to
get a cut scene.
	This is the part where Romero tells you why he switched side. After a
butt-load of selfish reasons, you finally have the chance to rough him up. I
have hated this guy’s gut ever since I met him and this, this is a really
welcomed invitation.

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Boss Fight: Romero
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

	Romero holds a machine gun and he is not afraid to use it. Dodge the bullets
(which will be in a straight line) and use Bustanor on him. Just keep your
distance (if you are too close he will throw a grenade at you) and the battle
should be over before it even began.

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Boss Fight: Romero (The Ugly Side Of Me)
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	Romero’s second form is the robot that he has been made into. He will also
have two floating objects next to him that will shoot lasers at Rion. Bustanor
is useable, but I suggest you save it for someone else. Instead, get near him
and either use Red or Nalcon. Killing the floating objects will get you some
items and one of them will boost your Red PPEC gauge to max so I suppose that
is what you should use. However, I like my good old Nalcon blasts. It gives me
more satisfaction as I blast Romero into oblivion. The battle lasted shorter
than I expected. I mean, I know he is a loser, but I never thought he would be
such a bad loser.

	When Romero is nothing but a head, he will reveal (SPOILER!) all the plan of
ASH preserving Lilia’s DNA (thus the human DNA) and by foiling this plan Rion
has indeed killed Lilia and mankind. After Rion crushed Romero’s head, a
touching cut scene will show Lilia’s affection towards Rion and how she would
rather die than end up being a robot like Romero. And then she went out. No,
not dead, just passed out. She had a lot of radioactivity but she is still
breathing. Rion radioed Pat and asked him to come get them, as a hidden door on
the ground appears, beckoning Rion to go meet his destiny, ASH.



5.12 The Final Showdown
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	Grab the Skip that Romero left behind and use it on Bustanor, but make sure
your Nalcon is at level 3, otherwise, use it on Nalcon. In the next battles,
Nalcon, Bustanor, and Shield are your only friends. Go down the stairs and you
will be asked whether or not you want to save. I suggest you do. A cut scene
will introduce Rion and you to the DT-type Fusion Reactor. This is where ASH
lives. The long way down contains nothing but you will notice that your AP
gauge climbs fast (this area has a radioactivity level of maximum), and once
you are at the bottom, Check on the reactor and Rion will use his psychic
ability to transport himself into ASH’s world, leaving his own physical body
behind.
	A long cut scene will have ASH telling Rion how foolish he is. Since Rion did
not put his physical body in any devices, there will be no way for Rion to go
back into his body, which will eventually rot because of the radioactivity of
the place. After a little more chat, it’s time to brawl.

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Boss Fight: ASH (His Real Self)
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	This battle is not as tough as it sounds. ASH has a few attacks. A launch of
many red spinning shuriken-like things that will slash Rion with minimum
damage, a running firewall that will hurt Rion quite bad, and a white laser
beam that will probably kill Rion (50% damage).
	The trick is easy. Keep your distance from ASH, keep moving, and use Bustanor
on him whenever you have the chance. If your Bustanor is at level 3, two gauges
should bring ASH down. This battle will not be very long.

	Another cut scene will ensue after you have defeated ASH. Rion will come to
learn that the Last Galerians (Spider, Parano, Nitro, and ASH) are actually
ASH. His insecurities has created multiple personalities in ASH. His fears for
failure created the twisted Parano. His lost and despair created Nitro, and his
suppressed good side created Spider. You will see ASH battle with his own
demons and then he will try to commit suicide by using that gun on himself, but
instead, he becomes even stronger than before, and he claims to be able to read
Rion’s every move. Now things are getting interesting.

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Boss Fight: ASH (The Death Of All)
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	ASH has turned ugly. There is a bright aura emanating from his body and he
floats up and down. This adds another dimension to his movement and since Rion
can only aim on his own level, you will only be able to hurt ASH when he is on
floor level. Whenever he floats up or down, your attacks will miss. This makes
Bustanor totally useless. You can home in on him, but it might not hit at the
right time when ASH is on ground level. In addition to his earlier attack, ASH
also has a lot more attacks. The red shuriken-like attacks are now supplemented
by a barrage of almost invisible blue spheres that does light damage. Then ASH
can shoot four white laser beams (light damage) at a time. Sometimes this beams
will burn Rion once in contact. He can also shoot a large pulse of laser to
Rion that will take off 50% of his HP gauge. His most feared attacks must be
the angled blasts, and his physical attacks. The angled blasts comes randomly
and there is no way to dodge them cause everywhere you go, there it comes
(proves that ASH can really read Rion’s move). Each contact with these blasts
will take about 10% off the HP gauge and they come about five times
consecutively. ASH’s physical attack is the most threatening of all. He will
come near Rion, and starts to punch and kick him. His final landing kick will
cause Rion’s HP gauge to deplete to about 5%. Sometimes, ASH will also cause
the battle ground to turn into negative-like colours.
	The only thing you can do to defeat ASH is to run around and never stop
running. I know losers run, but you have to if you don’t want to get Rion
killed. Whenever ASH uses the physical attack or the angled blasts, Shield Rion
until it is over. Do not be afraid to use your collection of Delmetor, Recovery
Capsules, and Recovery Pluses. This is the final battle. Run and Shield and
once your AP gauge fills up, use a Delmetor immediately. Always keep Rion’s HP
gauge above 60% and you should be fine.
	As for attacks, Bustanor, Breakaron, and D-Felon are useless. Red is too risky
cause you have to be near ASH and it might not hit at the time ASH is on floor
level. Nalcon is your best bet. Back to basics. Your Nalcon must be at level 3
because this will give Rion a chance to unleash about fifteen times of
shockwaves in one concentration. If you time it correctly (unleash your Nalcon
just when ASH is about to reach the floor level), you will get at least five
shots in. Furthermore, while Rion is unleashing his Nalcon, any attacks from
the front will be blocked. Keep on repeating this and avoid being too close to
ASH. Also, ASH can sometimes teleport himself behind Rion, so be aware of that
when you are unleashing Nalcon. You don’t want to be still unleashing your
Nalcon attacks when ASH teleports behind Rion and uses his physical attacks.
Keep pummeling ASH with Nalcon and protecting Rion with Shield and you should
eventually win the battle.


	The ending will see Rion and ASH both near their ends. Rion brings ASH close
and (gay alert!) kisses ASH to transfer the virus program into him. Albeit
abrupt, we can deduce that Rion and ASH perished together inside that world.
There is no telling of what happened to Lilia or Pat.




6.0 Others
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6.1 Short Version
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	Finish the game once with good ranking to unlock the ‘Short’ version of the
game. This version gives Rion better movement while in the Short condition.


6.2 Evaluation
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	Let’s face it. The graphics for this game is nothing to shout about, given
what we have seen the power of PS2 can offer.
The dubbing is bad as well. Very often, you can see the characters talking or
making some gestures but there will be no dialogue audible. It is definitely
not a good translation from the Japanese version on the dubbing department.
Gameplay wise is ok, but it would be better (in my humble opinion) if we can
somehow unleash a less powerful attack if the concentration level did not reach
to a maximum, just like in the first game. Waiting for the Psychic Power Gauge
to fill can sometimes means life or death.
The story seems unnecessary, but the cliché of ASH betraying Mother is almost
as good as the first game when Rion killed her.
Level design is quite good, but it seems like the player roams the same place
over and over again, which can get quite tiring (and boring). The linearity of
the venues as in the first game should have been preserved.
Replay value is low, since there are really not much incentives given to
players who have beaten the game.


6.3 My Last Two Cents
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	Although I like the first game better, Galerians: ASH is still not a bad game
by a long shot. I especially like the way Rion and ASH were pitted against each
other, but at the same time, some chemistry are detected between them.
Technically, they are brothers, and they have to kill one another. In the end,
both of them perished together. I think it is cruel, as the two of them could
have been, well, you know what I want to say, under different circumstances.
The ending is abrupt, just like the first one. It almost seems like they are
thinking about a third installment.




7.0 Credits
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Thanks to Sammy, Enterbrain, and Polygon Magic for bringing us this game.

Thanks to Ron "Pscion" Newcomb for his guide on this game.




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