Onimusha 3: Demon Siege - Strategy Guide (Page 17)
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| Undersea Temple - Jacques Blanc - 1582|
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* Boss Battle: Gertrude 3/5 *
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| Boss Strategy |
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| Attacks |Rush | Runs at a frightneing speed at the |
| | | player |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |Ice Breath | An Ice elemental breath that freezes |
| | | you in position |
| | | |
| |Lightning | Lightning shoots across the screen |
| |Surge | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |Lightning | Lightning shoots down on a fixed place |
| |Blast | |
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| How to Beat | This battle actually quite easy if you have a good |
| | tactic. The best way i've found to defeat it is to |
| | start the battle like always using your magical |
+----------------------+ attacks on it and then back away from it. If you see |
| it coming at you hold down R1 and press x and you will latch onto one of the |
| fireflies without having to target them. This will cause you to jump over it |
| and avoid its rush attack. You have to watch out for his Ice Breath because |
| that will freeze you in your current position. If you do get frozen start |
| moving the left analog about to break out of it quicker. Also he will most |
| of the time follow this attack with Lightning Surge which will catch you |
| if your not expecting it. The Lightning Blast will target your current |
| position so try to keep moving at all times. He will flash when he's about to|
| do rush so get ready to use the Oni Firefly. |
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| Boulogne Zoo - Samanosuke Akechi - 2004|
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* Boss Battle: Guildenstern 3/5 *
* *
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| Boss Strategy |
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| Attacks |Slash | Slashes at you with his staff |
| | | |
| | | |
| |Summon Fobra | Summons Fobra bodyguards to attack |
| | | |
| | | |
| |Teleport | Teleports to a different position |
| | | |
| |Spirital | A ball of souls shoots at you |
| |Blast | |
| | | |
| |Time Fold | Cause a time fold to entrap you |
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| How to Beat | Guildenstern himself is not very hard but its his |
| | Fobra bodyguards which cause all the problem. |
| | When Guildenstern is in the air target him and then |
+----------------------+ use the Chigo's magical attack. When he comes towards |
| you use all your other magical attacks to take a lot of damage from him. |
| When he gets hit he will sometimes release souls, make sure you get any |
| blue ones to restore your Ogre Power and then repeat the above tactic. |
| Make sure that before you go for Guildenstern you take care of the Fobra's |
| first otherwise you'll find yourself getting hit a lot by the flame strikes |
| of the Fobra's. AS the battle goes on he will summon them a lot quicker so |
| you can use the Onimusha if you want as the Fobra's often release purple |
| souls when they die. If at any time both the Fobra's are standing and causing|
| problems use the Chigo's magical attack to deal with them quickly. |
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| Mont-Saint-Michel - Jacques Blanc - 1582 |
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* Boss Battle: Heihachi Honda 2/5 *
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| Boss Strategy |
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| Attacks |Guard | Guards attacks with his shield |
| | | |
| |Slice | Slices with spear |
| | | |
| | | |
| |Thurst | Thrusts at you with his spear |
| | | |
| |Demon | Heihachi special. Spins his spear in |
| |Dragonfly | a circular motion causing major |
| |Slice | damage |
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| How to Beat | This battle is just the same as last time only now |
| | you're stronger so it should be much easier. Just |
| | remember that if you get caught with the Demon |
+----------------------+ Dragonfly Slice to guard the rest of the attacks or |
| it will heavily damage you. Keep up the same tactic as when you last fought |
| and after a certain amount of damage the battle will end. |
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| Mont-Saint-Michel - Samanosuke Akechi - 2004 |
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* Boss Battle: Gertrude 4/5 *
* *
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| Boss Strategy |
| |
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| Attacks |Rush | Runs at a frightneing speed at the |
| | | player |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |Ice Breath | An Ice elemental breath that freezes |
| | | you in position |
| | | |
| |Lightning | Lightning shoots across the screen |
| |Surge | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |Lightning | Lightning shoots down on a fixed place |
| |Blast | |
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| How to Beat | This battle is alot harder than Jacques version of the|
| | boss because it is a lot harder to dodge it due to |
| | being in such an enclosed space. However if you have |
+----------------------+ maxed a lot of the weapons and have the PURPLE VEST |
| then you will find this a lot easier. You should start the battle by using |
| all your Ogre Power along with the Purple Vest which should heavily damage |
| it and then try to get it to rush at you. At this time you can dodge to the |
| Ice Breath which you should break out immedietly if you get caught in it and |
| then combo it while you are close to it. If you find it hard to hit don't |
| be afraid to get your bow out to start hitting it from afar. If you can dodge|
| well and have the PURPLE VEST this isn't too much to get worked up over |
| however if you do not have that then be prepered for a long and hard battle. |
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| Azuchi Castle - Jacques Blanc - 1582 |
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* Boss Battle: Vega Donna 4/5 *
* *
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| Boss Strategy |
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| Attacks |Swipe | A simple swipe with her claws. |
| | | |
| |Mirage | Creates multiple copies of herself to |
| | | attack you. |
| | | |
| |Shuriken | Throws shurikens from the wooden beams |
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| How to Beat | This battle is not too hard if you have the PURPLE |
| | VEST because you can use all your magical attacks to |
| | damage her alot at the start. Start the battle by |
+----------------------+ using all of the weapons' magical attacks and then |
| switch to the Raisen to fight the rest of this battle with because it has the|
| greatest range on it. If you run out of Ogre Power try to do charged attacks |
| on her. She will sometimes jump up to the wooden beams, when she does this |
| she is getting ready to launch herself at you so keep moving. She may also |
| throw shurikens at you which can easily be guarded against. If you're lucky |
| the deflected shurikens may hit and damage her. She will start making copies |
| of herself near the end of the battle so try to hit all of them to make sure |
| you know which one is the real Vega Donna. Keep up the tactic of dodging and |
| attacking and soon Vega Donna will fall. |
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| Eiffel Tower - Samanosuke Akechi - 2004 |
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* Boss Battle: Genma Ranmaru Mori 4/5 *
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| Boss Strategy |
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| Attacks |Swipe | A simple swipe with his swords |
| | | |
| |Guard | Deflect attacks with his swords |
| | | |
| |Flame | Launch Flames at you from his swords |
| |Launch | |
| | | |
| |Teleport | Teleports himself to another location |
| | | |
| |Absorb | Absorb released souls |
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| How to Beat | Again Ranmaru is just the same as the past two fights |
| | with him apart from being a lot faster. Also you have |
| | less space to dodge his attacks however you should |
+----------------------+ have the PURPLE VEST which should make this battle a |
| breeze. Equip it and then go to town on him with all your Ogre Power you have|
| and then if he's still standing after all this magic then charge up the |
| Kuga to attack him with. I wouldn't reccomend you using the Tenso in this |
| battle because it seems to have little effect against him. |
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| Honnoji Temple - Jacques Blanc - 1582 |
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* Boss Battle: Nobunaga Oda 4/5 *
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| Boss Strategy |
| |
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| Attacks |Swipe | A simple swipe with his sword |
| | | |
| |Guard | Deflect attacks with his sword |
| | | |
| |Issen | Perform a critical attack |
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| How to Beat | This is Jacques final battle in the game and who |
| | better than Nobunaga himself. If you went through |
| | the final Dark Realm for Jacques you should have the |
+----------------------+ ULTIMATE WHIP which will make this final battle a joke|
| however if you didn't then this will be a hard battle. Nobunaga likes to |
| guard your attacks a lot and often after guarding a combo of yours he will |
| Issen you! Thats right, Nobunaga will issen you a lot in this battle if |
| you're not careful. You can use the Oni Firefly to attack him if you like |
| Which you can target from wherever you're standing in the room. This is also |
| useful for when he blocks a lot of your attacks. You should use the ULTIMATE |
| Whips special attack and normal combos to finish him quite quickly. If you |
| do not have the weapon then equip the PURPLE VEST and use all the Ogre Power |
| on your magical attacks. Don't be afraid to use any SECRET MEDs or ONI MEDS |
| in this battle because you will not be using them again in the game. |
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| Honnoji Temple - Samanosuke Akechi - 1582 |
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* Boss Battle: Nobunaga Oda 2/5 *
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| Boss Strategy |
| |
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| Attacks |Swipe | A simple swipe with his sword |
| | | |
| |Guard | Deflect attacks with his sword |
| | | |
| |Issen | Perform a critical attack |
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| How to Beat | This battle is a joke because its not hard at all. |
| | If you went through all the trouble to max out all |
| | your weapons and obtain the BISHAMON SWORD then this |
+----------------------+ battle will be even easier. You fight the battle as |
| the True Onimusha meaning that you cannot equip any different weapons however|
| you wont need to because this is one of the most powerful weapons in the game|
| anyway. The Onimusha Sword has 8 levels and each level is made up of each |
| weapon level you have meaning that if all your weapons are maxed and you have|
| the Bishamon Sword the sword will be at its MAX level. The magical attack of |
| this sword is a simple downwards then upwards slice but is damaging |
| nonetheless. This battle should cause no problems at all as he has all the |
| attacks as the Jacques version however you are alot more powerful. |
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| Honnoji Temple - Samanosuke Akechi - 1582 |
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* *
* FINAL BOSS: TRUE DEMON KING 3/5 *
* 1ST STAGE *
* *
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* * LASER BEAM * FOUR BALLS APPEAR AND SHOOT LASER BEAMS *
* ATTACKS * * AT SAMANOSUKE *
* * * *
* * SPIRIT BLAST * FOUR BALLS APPEAR NEAR SAMANOSUKE AND *
* * * RELEASE SPIRIT ENERGY *
* * * *
* * SPIRIT BALLS * THE FOUR BALLS SHOOT ONE SPIRIT BALL AT *
* * * A TIME *
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* HOW TO BEAT* The Final Battle takes place in three stages of the battle each *
************** one a little harder than the last. The first stage itself isnt *
* too hard as most of his attacks are predictable and can be easily dodged. If *
* you do have everything maxed then you will be able to charge the ONIMUSHA SWD*
* to LV3 and then when you hit him with it Samanosuke will perform a barrage of*
* attacks on him. The main attacks to be weary of here is the Laser Beam attack*
* which, if it hits you, can cause massive damage. His other two attacks should*
* cause no problem as they are very easy to dodge. If you have the max Onimusha*
* Swd go close range and charge it to LV3 to defeat this first form very *
* quickly. This move will cause the True Demon King to release a lot of souls *
* which you can absorb. If you absorb five purple souls here your sword will *
* glow and you will do even more damage. If you do not have the maxed sword *
* this will take a lot longer to do because you have to dodge and then run in *
* to do a combo on him. You could also continually do the Special attack *
* which can also heavily damage him. *
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* FINAL BOSS: TRUE DEMON KING 4/5 *
* 2ND STAGE *
* *
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* * SWIPE * SIMPLE SWIPE WITH HIS DEMON BLADE *
* ATTACKS * * *
* * LUNGE * SIMPLE LUNGE WITH HIS DEMON BLADE *
* * * *
* * LIGHTNING BLAST * THE SWORD GLOWS PURPLE AND THUNDER *
* * * BOLTS STRIKE DOWN NEAR HIM *
* * * *
* * FLAME STRIKE * THE SWORD GLOWS RED AND HE PLUNGES THE *
* * * SWORD IN THE GROUND CAUSING FIRE TO *
* * * SHOOT AT YOU *
* * * *
* * TEMPEST * THE SWORD GLOWS GREEN AND HE SHOOTS *
* * * THREE TORNADOS AT YOU *
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* HOW TO BEAT* In the next stage the True Demon King will lower himself to the *
************** ground and start attacking you with his blade. He has a long *
* reach on his blade so you have to remember to dodge before you go on the *
* attack otherwise you will be hit by his blade and knocked to the floor. The *
* aim of this battle is to hit him enough times to cause him to drop to the *
* floor. During this time damage him with your sword and you will see red souls*
* released which will be coming from his Demon Blade. Absorb these souls while *
* damaging him and then he will get up again. Repeat this process to finish *
* this stage. His attacks do a lot of damage in this stage especially when he *
* lunges at you. His main damage in this stage comes from his elemental strikes*
* which you can determine which one he uses by the glow of his sword. When his *
* sword does glow you need to quickly get out of the way otherwise you'll be *
* caught in the upcoming blast and damaged heavily. Continue to keep attacking *
* and absorbing and soon you will gain possesion of the True Demon Kings blade *
* to use yourself. *
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* *
* FINAL BOSS: TRUE DEMON KING 5/5 *
* FINAL STAGE *
* *
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* * FLAME RUSH * COVERS HIS BODY IN FLAMES AND RUSHES *
* ATTACKS * * TOWARDS YOU *
* * * *
* * FLAME BURST * SHOOTS MANY BALLS OF FLAMES AT YOU *
* * * *
* * PUNCH * A PUNCH COMBO EMITED WITH FLAME ENERGY *
* * * *
* * FLAME STRIKE * THE SWORD GLOWS RED AND HE PLUNGES THE *
* * * SWORD IN THE GROUND CAUSING FIRE TO *
* * * SHOOT AT YOU *
* * * *
* * TEMPEST * THE SWORD GLOWS GREEN AND HE SHOOTS *
* * * THREE TORNADOS AT YOU *
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* HOW TO BEAT* You now have the best weapon in the game which is the weapon *
************** that Nobunaga has been using during the trilogy. The special *
* attack is the same as the ONIMUSHA SWD however this one does more damage. *
* If you're Onimusha Swd was MAX then this will be MAX too meaning more damage.*
* Nobunaga however has transformed once more and this time he is quite hard. *
* What makes this stage so hard is that you have to know when to go in for the *
* attack. The best thing to do is to go near him so he tries the punch combo *
* and then dodge it and counter with either a level 3 charge slash or a normal *
* combo. Its a good idea to have a lot of healing items by now and you should *
* have at least one or two Statue Charms. Alternatively you can do the special *
* attack on him which seems to be easier and does a lot of damage too. Keep *
* this tactic up and use healing items whenever you go below quater health and *
* soon the True Demon King will fall for the final time in the Onimusha *
* trilogy. *
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| XXIV. FAQ |
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This is where i answer any questions you may have sent me and the most common
ones i have seen.
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| Where's the ........... Haori/Vest? |
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Check the walkthrough for details on how to obtain each vest but for the most
common question the Black Vest is a reward for beating the Critical Training.
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| How do you beat the Critical Training? |
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I'm not the best at the Critical Training but I have provided some tips in the
training section.
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| Whats the point of the Bishamon Sword, I don't even get the chance to use it?|
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To be honest I don't see the point in getting the Bishamon sword although it
does increase a level on the Onimusha Sword and the Genma Samonji in the
final battle. Also it is a requirement for getting the Onimusha Ranking (S). If
you do want to use the Bishamon sword however unlock Ultimate Mode allowing you
to start the game with it and other useful items.
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| Is this game good? |
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I believe this to be an excellent game however other people may have different
opinions.
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| How long is this game? |
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It can be rather short of quite fast to be honest. On my first time through
without a guide i finished it in 12 hours and then 6 hours on my second
playthrough. Whilst writing this FAQ though it took me 30 hours to beat mainly
because of doing the maps.
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| Why is there no Japanese voice option?|
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Although I think this was a nice added extra in Onimusha:Warlords Capcom
supposedly (This is just what i heard so don't take it as fact) didn't have
another space on the disc to put the Japanese tracks on it.
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| What should i upgrade first? |
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This is entirely up to you here although I level each weapon/piece of equipment
together so I will get all three weapons to LV2 and then the Oni gauntlet and
Armor's before going onto Lv3.
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| Where is the Grenade Launcher? |
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There has been a lot of confusion over this weapon due to the different
positions of the weapon. In the Japanese version of the game it could be
found in the sewer but in the North American version of the game that chest
contains 10 Grenades.
It can be found in two different places in the North American version. The first
is Boulogne Zoo in the holding cell near Samanosuke and Henri. The second
is Saint Mont Michele and its the first Michelle only chest you come across,
the door before the main street where Samanosuke's Warp Gate is.
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| Is this better than Samurai Warriors/Ninja Gaiden? |
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These questions are asked alot and for Samurai Warriors i cannot tell you yet
because i have yet to play it although i hear its more like Dynasty Warriors
(correct me if i'm wrong).
As for Ninja Gaiden i find this to have hardly anything in common with it because
Ninja Gaiden is more action then story. However if you still wish to compare
Ninja Gaiden has the Japanese vocal tracks (which everyone keeps bashing Onimusha
3 about), some fantastic graphics (so does Onimusha 3 though) and a lot
of different moves.
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| Do you unlock anything for beating Genma Puzzle Space and Adventures Of |
| Heihachi? |
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From what I have experience No although there may be something you can
unlock?
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| Will there be Onimusha 4? |
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A lot of people seem to believe that there will be another Onimusha game due
to its success and the ending of the game. I believe that there is a possibility
although not under the name of "Onimusha" because it was stated by Capcom
(and the back of the box) that it was a trilogy (three games).
Also Onimusha has some historical background in the sense that Hidemitsu
Samanosuke Akechi, Mitsuhide Akechi, Ranmaru Mori, Nobunaga Oda and a few others
are real historical figures along with areas such as Honnoji Temple. Hideyoshi
is also a real historical figure (the guy on the horse at the end, the new
demon king) and after Nobunaga's death he goes on to unify Japan. So in sense
its likely that Hideyoshi is never meant to die in Capcom's version of history.
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| What do the Wind, Thunder and Fire seals do? |
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These seals, which can be obtained in the Dark Realm, do not do anything in the
initial game however if you beat the game with either of them in your
possesion you will unlock the corresponding:
Fire Seal - Enryuu from Onimusha 1
Thunder Seal - Raizen from Onimusha 1
Wind Seal - Shippuu from Onimusha 1
You will find the weapons in the back alley at the beginning of your next
game.
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| XXV. Secrets |
| |
| |
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This section covers all the secrets in Onimusha 3. You will find out how to
unlock all the Extra Features and how the ranking is done at the end of the
game.
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| Adventures of Heihachi|
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Beat the game once on any difficulty
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| Oni Target Practice |
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Beat the game once on any difficulty
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| Genma Puzzle Space |
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Beat the game having completed all puzzle boxes
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| Secret Training |
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Beat the game having completed all Training exercises.
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| Samanosuke's Panda Costume|
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There are two ways in which you can unlock this. The first method is by
loading up a Onimusha Blade Warriors save file. The second method is by
completing the Secret Training mode.
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| Samanosuke's alternate costume |
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Simply beat the game once on the normal difficulty to unlock Samanosuke's
"Cowboy costume".
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| Jacques alternate costume |
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Beat the game on any difficulty wearing Samanosuke's "Cowboy costume."
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| Michelle's alternate costume |
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This one is a lot harder to obtain then the other costumes. You need to obtain
the Onimusha ranking upon completing the game.
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| Easy Mode |
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Get GameOver twice and Easy mode will be unlocked. I have heard of people
who have not unlocked it when getting GameOver twice.
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| Hard Mode |
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Beat the game on the Normal difficulty setting.
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| Critical Mode |
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Beat the game on the Hard difficulty setting.
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| Devilish Mode |
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Beat the game on the Critical difficulty setting.
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| Ultimate Mode |
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Beat the Oni Target mini-game any character.
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| Obtaining the Onimusha Rank |
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This section was provided by Kouli who worked out how the Onimusha Rank
is calculated.
[You need 41+ Points to get Onimusha Ranking. In Easy Mode, you need all 50
Points.
Highest Points are:
- Less than 6 hours - 10 Points
- 170000+ Souls Sucked In - 10 Points
- 2300+ Enemies Killed - 10 Points
- 600+ Issen - 10 Points
- Phantom Realm Item Points = 100 - 10 Points
Pahntom Realm Item Points details:
- 6 Items in all
- the 3 sealed jades for Samanosuke's Onimusha weapons, each worth 10 points,
so that's 30 points
- Purple Haori/Vest for Ako, 10 points
- Samanosuke's Bishamon Sword, 30 points
- Jacques' Oni Musou/Ultimate Whip, 30 points]
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