No More Heroes walkthrough

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~Introduction~

Welcome readers! I'm Deathborn 668 on the message boards and this is

Wii. Hopefully you'll enjoy this walthrough as much as I enjoyed playing

this game. Some Do's and Don'ts to keep in mind:

DON'T:

-Call this walkthrough "yours"

I generally won't respond to e-mails, and probably won't update if you send

me a corrections unless it extremely important. Don't feel offended if I

don't respond or update with a change.

And remember, use Ctrl+F to search for what you need.

| ~Table of Contents~ |

|1.Story of No More Heroes |

|2.Controlling Travis |

| 2A.Out of Battle Controls |

| 2B.Schpeltiger Controls |

| 2C.Basic Combat Techniques |

| 2D.Conditional Combat Techniques |

| 2E.Hidden Combat Techniques |

|3.Dark Side Mode |

|4.Game Flow |

|5.Santa Destroy Travel Guide |

|6.Items in Combat |

|7.Heroic Walkthrough |

| 7A.Rank 10-Death Metal |

| 7B.Rank 9-Dr. Peace |

| 7C.Rank 8-Shinobu |

| 7D.Rank 7-Destroyman |

| 7E.Rank 6-Holly Summers |

| 7F.Rank 5-Letz Shake |

| 7G.Rank 4-Harvey Moseiwitsch Volodarskii |

| 7H.Rank 3-Speed Buster |

| 7I.Rank 2-Bad Girl |

| 7J.Rank 1-Dark Star |

| 7K.Real Ending-Final Boss |

|8.New Game + Information |

|9.Ranked Assassins Guide |

|10.Side-Job Guide |

|11.Assassination Gig Guide |

|12.Free Fight Mission Guide |

|13.Lovikov Ball Locations |

|14.Dumpter Locations |

|15.Clothing Guide |

|16.Trading Card Locations |

|17.Frequently Asked Questions |

|18.Credits |

~1.Story of No More Heroes~

top 10 assassins and rise to rank #1.

Of course, this path is not going to be easy. These assassins won't be

letting Travis kill them very easily. That won't be stopping Travis,

~2.Controlling Travis~

A Button--Press this when inside holograms at the entrance to various

(you'll want the Accelerator to find treasure easily). Finally, press A

B Button--Hold this to run. Travis' stamina is shown on a meter on the

a bit before you continue running. You cannot run until you purchase the

"Soul of Child" ability from Lovikov in Gold Town. It is heavily advised

2 Button--Turns on/off the mini-map in the bottom-left corner of the

Beam Katana, current Rank and entrance fee for the next fight, toggle

Z Button--Changes camera to first person perspective. Useful while

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Travis's trusty and fancy motorcycle, the Schpeltiger, will get you across

the city in no time. It has several moves, and best of all, it doesn't

+ Button--Brings up the menu.

a meter on the right side of the screen. If it depletes, you can't boost

again until the meter refills about halfway. If you don't completely use up

Schpeltiger. You won't learn these, except for one of them, through playing

decent speed, Travis will make the Schpeltiger fly through the air for

several seconds. if you're boosting, you're speed will remain constant

jump. You'll just hit an invisible wall and Travis will fly out of the

then hold the A button. You'll pause for a moment, Travis will rev the

engine and do a wheelie in place, and you will then jump start to full

speed. Like the jump, don't do this unless you are on a straightaway or are

go crashing into a wall.

high speeds, hold the B button and quickly tilt the Wiimote in the

direction you want to turn to make the Schpeltiger pull off a 90 degree

is that occasionally the motion detection gets...wonky. If you tilt the

These are the techniques you can learn on your first playthrough of the

game through a tutorial. The moves listed here are the in the order you

techniques are not displayed.

enemy, or if you are attacking them. Keep pressing the A button to swing

Also be aware that you are completely vulnerable to attacks from other

nearby enemies while you are swinging, even if you're hitting an enemy.

remaining electricity is displayed by a meter on the right side of the

exit recharge mode. You'll also exit automatically when the Beam Katana's

energy is full. You can also refill electricity be getting Batteries, an

Locking On--Hold the Z Button when near an enemy to lock-on to them. When

While locked on you can circle around the enemy. Also, while holding Z

(regardless if you're locked on to a foe or not) you can block almost every

The attacks that can't be blocked are usually rather obvious. Energy

too late. The only exception is pistol users--their combos will never hit

can also block enemy attacks if you aren't moving.

Emergency Evade--One of the most useful techniques you'll use. While

holding the Z button (regardless if you're locking on to an enemy or not),

an Emergency Evade. While executing the roll, Travis is completely

invincible. There isn't a single attack in the game that can harm him while

he's rolling. Until you get control back, you can't be touched. Obviously,

attacks, doing left/right Emergency Evades can trigger a Dark Step.

High and Low Stances--If you didn't notice these words in the right corner

of the screen, you will now. Travis can hold the Beam Katana in two

damage but combos much faster. To do a high stance, tilt the Wiimote up,

Stances are also important because many enemies that hold some type of

enemy, you'll need to hit them in the opposite stance. For an enemy in a

attacks, regardless of the stance, will hurt an enemy in either stance.

Some foes change stances occasionally, so you'll need to change stances as

Beat Attack--Press the B button to kick the enemy. Like Beam Katana

stances, you'll perform a high kick in a high stance and a low kick in a

Usually, though, it won't matter the stance you're in in order to connect

the kick. After several beat attacks, most enemies become stunned. While

Attacks, and they will only connect if the boss himself is blocking

Charged Slash--Hold down the A button to charge the Beam Katana for an

high Charged Slash will only hit enemies directly infront of you, is

extremely powerful, and will be released automatically after several

seconds if you don't let go of the A button. Note that you cannot move

you're surrounded by enemies.

Beam Katana's electricity if executed while fully charged (the attack I

mean, not the battery). Also, Travis is defenseless while charging. If he's

hit, the charge is lost and you'll have to start again.

These techniques are also learned during the tutorial, but they require

a certain effect before they can be used. You will encounter many

situations where you will need to use these moves, so get to know them

Katana has a wide range, and often can hit other nearby enemies. If they

are weakened already, you'll likely kill them along with the original foe

you were attacking.

If you don't finish off an enemy in Death Blow mode, the enemy will kick

empty, so any other attack will make you enter Death Blow mode. Also of

Performing a Death Blow and killing an enemy with it will activate the

three max running at a time if you kill three or more enemies

simultaniously). If three of the same icon match up, you'll enter Dark Side

mode.

Weapon Clash--When you an an enemy attack eachother at the same time, a

clash freeze and an on-screen prompt will occur. You'll need to shake the

and down from a 0 degree to 45 degree angle and back rapidly also works

very well).

For high HP enemies this won't kill the enemy, but will still do a lot of

apply, but you can't instant kill the boss with the Death Blow (but you

will do a fair amount of damage). Actually, you literally can't kill kill

Slash attack and not killing them, you will find enemies lying on the

as they lie on the ground, instantly killing them. If you get the "Memory

of White" ability from Lovikov, then you can do a jumping stab from any

distance as long as you're locked on to the downed enemy. If you purchase

the "Memory of Demon" ability, you can shake the Nunchuk to do a jumping

downed so you can perform a Down Attack. On bosses, Wrestling Moves do a

the control stick left and right. If done right, Travis will spin around

And it's not just for basic enemies. Every boss can be Dark Stepped, and

there is usually at least one attack a boss has that will allow for easy

That's good for the really irritating bosses, as well as the bosses that

don't have many defenseless periods of time where you can wail on them.

Wiimote in the direction originally indicated by the Death Blow again

during this small time frame. If done correctly, a "zing!" sound effect

will occur and small triangles will appear around the Beam Katana as it

You can't get the Triangle Death Blow with Death Blows activated from

~3.Dark Side Mode~

Whenever you kill an enemy through a Death Blow, a set of slots will

You won't be getting money from these slots, though. Instead, if you match

up three of any icon, you'll enter Dark Side Mode. While in this state,

Activating Dark Side Mode does not happen very often, so use it to its

fullest extent when you do activate it.

The timer for Dark Side Mode is displayed by a tiger in the top right

corner of the screen. It will move towards the goal marker in the top

center of the screen. When it reaches it, Dark Side Mode ends. You can

next to impossible for enemies to touch you. Travis' attacks are also sped

problem is the short time limit. This Dark Side ability won't last very

Strawberry on the Shortcake!--Obtained by getting three Grasshoppers.

speed. One swipe of the Beam Katana and you'll instantly go into Death Blow

foe. The time limit isn't much longer than getting three Cherries, but

zooms close to Travis, getting a close-up shot of the Beam Katana. A

targeting reticule will also appear in the center of the screen. Travis

easier aiming. See, the Beam Katana, when you press the A button, now

Cranberry Chocolate Sundae!--Obtained by getting three BAR's. The entire

screen turns black and white, and you'll get an over-the-shoulder camera

button prompt will appear above Travis' head. Press the button to instantly

button will appear for you to (hopefully) correctly press. Due to Travis'

Anarchy in the Galaxy!--Obtained by getting three 7's. This attack is so

insanely overpowered that it isn't even activated the instant you get the

7's on the slots. Instead, you recieve a stock. A single 7 will appear in

single enemy in the room in a pool of blood.

The only problem with this is how often you'll get a stock for Anarchy in

the Galaxy. Simply put:you won't. Honestly, I've only gotten it six times.

In 21 playthroughs of the game. Yeah, you won't be getting it too often. I

haven't heard a single report of someone actually getting this three times

won't want to use it. You'll get $10000 LBs for any unused stock after

killing the boss (speaking of which, Anarchy in the Galaxy doesn't deal

any damage to them). You'll get $50000 LBs on New Game +'s.

~4.Game Flow~

you'll still have a variety of options on how to proceed at every turn.

Receive Payment Invoice--After each assassination, you'll travel back to

you on you're previous victory. No long after that ends you will be stuck

with a large entrance fee for the next ranked fight. You'll need to somehow

Earning Money--Now that you're stuck with a huge bill, you will need to

earn some cash. There are three ways to collect money. First is visiting

the job you want to play, then head towards the "M" marker on the map to

there will be no assassination jobs for you to choose. You'll have to

unlock them. To unlock assassination gigs, you'll need to get a Silver or

Destroy by blue "M"'s. You unlock one or two of these for each Gold rank

you get hit just one time, mission's over. You get paid a decent amount

after you finish, as well as earn a ranking. Rankings here don't unlock

anything, and are merely for completion's sake.

Pay the Fee--You've gotten the stipulated amount (the game will tell you

when you've surpassed the required amount for the next fight). Now all you

the ATM and you will deposit all of the money into a specified account.

the motel. She'll detail the location of the fight, as well as hints upon

Lackey Fight--You won't get to fight the assassin right away. Instead, you

enemy in the current area you're in. There are several excpetions where you

can just skip through enemies. That's no fun, though (not to mention you

are ready, step inside the "!" to begin the fight.

Ranking Fight--The boss fight itself. You will fight the assassin in a

you're going to hell. To defeat the boss, just deplete their health bar.

Simple as that. Of course, the actual fight is rarely that simple. You'll

required to even fight them), then extra bonuses for enemies killed, time

(the less you take the more you're paid), cash for unused Anarchy in the

Restart the Chain--You'll return back to the No More Heroes motel after

every fight. You'll be given the entrance fee for the next ranked fight,

~5.Santa Destroy Travel Guide~

Santa Destroy is a pretty big city, and there is a fair amount of

locations you can visit. This section will outline the city's points of

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Travis's home. The only motel in Santa Destroy where the rent is low and

quality room (and you're never really stuck with any boarding fees). On the

Telephone--Doesn't do anything. If you try interacting with it you'll

always recieve the "You have no new messages" voice. The telephone is only

Drawer--The large drawer on the side of Travis's bed contains all of the

Beam Katana's that he has bought. Here you can switch between any of the

Katanas. Of course, you really shouldn't be switching from the powerful

Tsubaki Mk-III unless you want a challenge with the game. If you're ever

game. The Katana's picture and name will be at the bottom-right corner of

Map--You can view the Santa Destroy Guide (essentially what I'm listing

Closet--Believe it or not, Travis is extremely customizable. I'm sure that

jeans, and belt. Unfortunately, you don't start with any extra clothes.

appropriate section to find their locations). There's practically a million

take a dump in order to save the game. Every bathroom serves as a save

returns to the motel's bathroom after beating each assassin as well, so

don't stress about needing to find a save point quickly after defeating

Fridge--No bachelor's pad is complete without a fridge! Choose the fridge

vitality. Unfortunately, this doesn't serve any actual purpose within the

buildings as you want at maximum speed. You'll never lose any health from

Metal's mansion has cards 1-5, Dr. Peace's level has cards 6-10 and so on).

the more masks that will be hung on the wall in Travis's room, as well as

Jeane--Travis's pet cat. Shake the Wiimote or press the A button in order

to interact with her by petting her, feeding her, or letting her roll

around on Travis's stomach as he lies down. Jeane does not improve any of

Travis's stats and has no actual effect on the game. She's merely there to

show that Travis isn't some psychopath that only wants to kill, but rather

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Signified by a pink circle with a many running on the map, you'll be coming

in rank, eventually spanning out to nine side-jobs. All of the side-jobs

pay decent cash, but assassination missions are definately the way to go

Each side job will have you accomplishing as much of a task as possible

are ranked when time expires as well. If you get a Silver or Gold rank,

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Signified by a white skull, K-Entertainment is an advertising agency

located only two streets south of the motel. However, they also have a

large hand in the shady underworld of assassins, and employ many of them

to take on a large variety of gigs. You gain access to K-Entertainment at

the beginning of your free roaming of Santa Destroy, but you'll quickly

find out that you can't take on any missions yet.

To unlock them, you'll need to head down to the Job Center and get a Silver

example, getting a Silver on on the first side-job will unlock

Assassination Gigs 1 & 2, and getting a Silver on the second job will

not terribly challenging on all of the side-jobs).

Once you pick an assassination gig, leave the building. An "M" will appear

on the map, signifying where the gig takes place. Head to the M and enter

being infinite enemies). You aren't always using the Beam Katana to slice

in a game of baseball, or play with some other bizarre condition. Don't

per kill is better because you'll still be paid a decent amount. Failure on

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Peace, Area 51 is the place to shope for all of your clothing needs. Here

Travis to wear and change into at the Closet in the motel whenever you

wish. A lot of the clothing found here is extremely expensive, so you'll

The clothing does not affect the game whatsoever. It's merely there to

a geek? There're clothes for that. Want him to look like a complete badass?

There're clothese for that, too. His defense/attack power isn't changing

based on his clothese. Don't expect it to.

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~Naomi's Lab~

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Indicated by a blue symbol with a Beam Katana on it, Naomi's Lab is in a

Obviously, she's the place to go when you want a better weapon to kill

Berry, the starting Katana, however). There is an Energy Saver upgrade

with the Katana more powerful. Quite useful.

grass, the Wiimote will rumble. When you're over the buried object, the

the treasure (usually $1000 LBs). On New Game +'s, new buried objects will

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exercise for the three stats increases exponentially every time it's

available (from 1000 to 2000, 4000, 8000, and so on). The ability to

increase your Beam Katana's maximum combo is available only once for each

of the four Katanas. The ability to increase vitality and strength is

Note that vitality and strength exercises are one time only. If you're rank

the exercises. However, you can't make up the missed exercises. You can

8 exercises, and one for becoming rank 7). If you start a New Game +,

Dumbbells--Travis will hold a pair of dumbells, and you'll need to lift

them a total of 30 times in 30 seconds to max out your Beam Katana combo.

You alternate between the right hand (fling Wiimote upwards) and the left

hand (fling the Nunchuk upwards). It's a fairly easy minigame and

definitely won't take the entire 30 seconds to complete. You can do this

you stop pressing them, Travis will lower the weights back down to his

tired for any reason, just press the Home button to pause the game).

added bars of energy can be viewed in the pause menu (yes, there is "room"

squats per second if you strike a nice rhythm. It isn't too hard.

Succeeding in the squats will increase Travis's maximum vitality. You can

perform this exercise after each ranking fight, for a total of nine

vitality increases. You won't see any difference in health until you

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in an alley right behind the Thunder Ryu Bldg. is Gold Town. It's home to

find a bunch of his balls in order to master new techniques. He's talking

The pink dots are spots on the ground where buried treasure lies. The

orange dots are the Lovikov Balls. The balls are not buried. To collect

them, merely walk into them (or run them over if you're riding the

Schpeltiger). When you are close to a Lovikov Ball you will here a loud

hum. It's easy to hear when you're not riding the Schpeltiger because there

ability. There are seven abilities (the Killer7 refrences still don't end

here!) to be purchased, so you'll be using every ball. As a note, several

Free Fight mission symbols cover up some orange dots on the map. You may

need to look at my list anyways if you don't find them all before unlocking

able to perform a dash. Travis's stamina is displayed by a bar on the right

Santa Destroy much easier on foot. Also, you MUST get this before paying

off the entrance fee to the rank 1 fight. If you don't, you'll be hating

and again, and wouldn't it be more fun if it didn't end in like 10 seconds?

Now you can make twice as many enemies spill blood!

as red dots. Quite useful because you can tell when you're about to be

a room of enemies and you can't find an enemy or two that is hiding.

map as red dots despite not being actual "enemies". Don't get too confused.

enemies you may notice "## Combo" on the side of the screen. This is

and resets if you ever take damage. You get paid $2000 LBs times the

completely vulnerable to attack, and if he's hit then the attack gets

cancelled out and you'll have to try again. Quite useful against groups of

enemies, but you'll need to avoid getting attacked as you pull off the

Down Attack. It doesn't matter how far away you are from the downed enemy,

ability works hand in hand with Memory of Demon, so it's advised that you

Memory of Mask--With this ability you can grab enemies at a slightly

farther range. Apparently. To be perfectly honest, I can't find any

improvement in grabbing range with this ability. If there is one, it's

boss fights, and if you manage to make them dizzy then you are likely

wrestling match Assassination Gigs. I have noticed a huge improvement

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Shinobu. You'll want to check back at Beef Head Video often in order to

collect all of the available video tapes that they occasionally sell. Don't

worry about those bizarre and funny titles Travis rents that Diane

complains about--you don't need to return those (you can't even watch them,

sadly).

you watch a video then you will learn a new wrestling move. It's advised

that you watch all of them so you can perform all of the various

~6.Items in Combat~

most part, you'll only find these in boss levels). Get to know these items

well because you'll be wanting to find them often.

A large pizza will restore your vitality back to max. You can only find

about 50% of your Beam Katana's electricity. The large battery will refill

the electricity back to maximum. Until you get the Tsubaki Mk-III's Energy

Money Chests--Just as the name implies. Break open this red chest and a

so don't worry about the effort needed to pick it all up. The chests

contain about $1000 LBs, and aren't found on many levels.

Card Chests--Far more valuable than Money Chests, these chests look

pop out instead. There will be five trading cards in each boss level on

~7.Heroic Walkthrough~

And finally, let's begin the actual walkthrough itself. The way I'll be

moving up in rank. This includes the new Job Center side-job,

Free Fight missions you can try.

Assassination Gig/Free Fight mission sections for extremely detailed

descriptions on how to beat the missions, or score the most amount of

to describe the boss level itself. I will list the locations of all the

going to be important. I'll list how to dodge all of their attacks, how to

Now, let's spill some blood!

~7A.Rank 10-Death Metal~

a New Game + sadly (that's for the better, though--it's quite hard).

You'll go through several badass cutscenes in the beginning. In order to

trigger the cutscenes, walk Travis over to the stairs of the motel. He'll

Go ahead. Enjoy the cutscenes. Hopefully they will get you pumped up for

the fun times you're going to have.

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You'll crash through a mansion's entrance, wiping out the guards in the

you want to, and I highly advise you do, go right ahead and learn the

info about all of the moves, including the ones not included in the

bunch more of those guards spawn in this room, and you'll need to take them

all out. There are six total, and they like to gang up on you in pairs.

They can also be a bit aggressive, and you may take a little damage.

The door will open after defeating the enemies. The door leading back to

the lobby will close, though, forcing you to head right and down the

hallway. Follow the hallway to the end and then climb the spirling

fight). You can also break open the chest infront of the desk to grab

door on the right and turn right to find a chest containing $500 LBs.

As you make your way back to the lobby, you'll need to take down another

through here. The first two don't have any weapons while the second pair

foes in the level, and always have the highest amount of health.

Watch out for his charge attack. It can't be blocked. When he swings his

but with even fewer enemies this still shouldn't prove very difficult. Once

you can walk at full speed again. TRADING CARD 005 is in a chest towards

(labeled as the giant "S"). Speaking of which, enter that and save now.

wildly, both of them are completely blockable. The first is a simple

horizontal slice (despite the sword going through Travis's body, you'll

control stick back and forth to perform a Dark Step in the middle of the

combo. The only problem here is that you'll likely take a little damage

The damage is neglible compared to how much you'll be dealing.

while he's stunned and perform the wrestling move prompts. As you'll find

aren't dealing any damage.

you. Each clone will only need several hits to kill, and you can't hurt the

clone.

about 20-30 regular swings. Once the clones are killed, the real Death

Metal will continue his attacks against you. Just keep defending--he hasn't

learned anything new and won't try to defend himself after he finishes

getting used to the Dark Step here. The move is the #1 counterattack

against every single boss in this game. Learn it, learn it well. Once the

(don't worry--you're forced to get this to continue with the game). Enter

~7B.Rank 9-Dr. Peace~

Quote-"Listen...to my song!"

So, you've killed Death Metal and you're on your way to the top of the

rankings list. There's still a long way to go, though. You'll return to the

motel after winning each ranked fight, and you'll be prompted to save the

game. The next cutscene is basically telling you to head outside, but

There's a living room on the right, and the bedroom on the left. Nothing

of major importance is in the bedroom, except for a closet to change

Travis's clothes and a drawer where you can swap Beam Katanas (you don't

that you'll need to prove yourself as a hard worker before you can begin

assassinating. Well that's just great. After leaving you will unlock the

Job Center. Convenient.

quite a distance away, so you'll want to drive there. Press the 1 button to

have Bishop drive the Schpeltiger over to where you're standing. This will

only work if you're a decent distance away from the Schpeltiger (and you

hold Z to boost, and if you hold B and quickly tilt the Wiimote left or

Enter the Job Center once you reach it. Enter and the man behind the

anywhere in this world. Once you reach the bulletin board you can choose

Center. Just head for the purple "M" on the map.

will be making coconuts drop from the palm trees all around the vendor

instead of buying them from a store. That's crazy! To make the coconuts

fall, walk near trees. When you see the A button flash above Travis's head,

that will tell you it is a tree that contains coconuts.

coconuts. He walks rather slow when he is holding them, so keep pressing

the A button to make him waddle faster. Walk to the front of the vendor's

You'll get paid once you time runs out. Getting at least a Silver rank here

is fairly easy (only requires about 5 coconuts to be delivered, and at

because it unlocks the first two assassination gigs at K-Entertainment.

Also, if you get a Gold rank, you unlock a Free Fight mission. We'll talk

you enter, you'll be confronted with a group of grunts. Your goal is not to

grunts and is labeled with "Target" above his head, making him easy to pin

because you might target a regular grunt by accident, wasting time. You

pay whatsoever.

Gold Rank Notes--It's extremely hard to Gold rank this at the beginning of

the CEO and kill him quickly. If you're lucky, a Death Blow from one enemy

may have enough range to kill the CEO if he's nearby. By the way, the

tenths of a second are irrelevent. If you finish in 15.86 seconds, it's

This mission takes place in the same parking garage as the first

assassination gig. This mission is far more fun because you're just flat

(especially if you use the Triangle Death Blow). There's only 15 enemies.

Gold Rank Notes--Nothing too hard. It's easily finished in about 30-45

seconds, so a Gold rank isn't insanely challenging. The main problem can be

to spam. It's unblockable--ergo, if it connects with you, you fail the

mission (since you'll take damage and all that...). Spam Emergency Evades

that's the time to Dark Step for a possible free kill.

The final group of enemies is the worst. Six will spawn, and I ensure at

Sylvia will call and tell you the fight has been arranged at Destroy

Stadium. Leave the motel after the phone call to find a "IX" has been

marked on the map, signifying where the match takes place. You'll need to

Santa Destroy. Still, the drive there shouldn't take more than a minute.

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You'll be attacked by two baseball loving junkies right from the start.

four more of these guys, all of them holding baseball bats. They're just

like crowbars, so occasionally you'll need to change stances in order to

score hits on them. At the end of the hallway is TRADING CARD 006's chest,

but it's being blocked by a beam katana wielding guard. Avoid his charge

attack and wait for him to combo swing. Dark Step his combo as you block

throw baseballs at you. Try not to get all four's attention at once and

left and down the hallway to an open area. A total of eight enemies are

save him for last. I'd say rush in swinging to this fight. These guys will

not be attacking very often, and there is a health chest nearby to

replenish any lost health. Access to the next area opens when these eight

will throw a baseball at you, and you'll need to swing the Beam Katana like

stance when the ball connects. Swing right before the ball passes Travis

every enemy with the baseballs, or opens once you manually kill the

When you get out of the hallway, four enemies will rush up to you. Kill

them all, Emergency Evading whenever necessary, and pick up TRADING CARD

four enemies, a single guard will ambush you form the corner. Kill him,

you can enter the flashing !. You'll play yet another baseball minigame

however. Once all of the enemies are killed, or you're running to kill

them yourself, grab the chests in this hallway. The first contains $500

A total of nine enemies are around the corner, and they can be a bit

annoying to kill. You've got a variety of them this time. Baseball

a beam katana. You'll probably take some damage from attacking so many foes

at once, but back away if you can't get many hits in and try to single out

A bunch of enemies crowd this final hallway. None of them are overly

bathrooms (you can't use these, though) and attack you. Once you kill those

two guys, the final enemy of the hallway also wields a beam katana. He's

the Wrestling Mask near the bathroom, use the bathroom to save the game,

of the hallway. Enter the arena when you're ready.

Dr. Peace is an insanely simple boss fight if you know what you're doing.

And if you don't, well, it's still very easy. You'll start far away from

Dr. Peace. He starts on the pitchers mound while you're stuck at home

Once you reach Dr. Peace, the fight can really begin. Dr. Peace's attacks

because your Beam Katana's energy will quickly deplete from blocking his

as whenever he does attack. Basically, he's almost always vulnerable. Once

you start damaging him, though, he gets a new attack. He'll stand still and

he's gonna pull off some crazy move). He'll then turn to face you after

When Dr. Peace attacks when he is fully off the pitcher's mound, he

usually fires a barrage of bullets at different angles. It's easy to hit

to stun him. As he's charging, pull of a Charged Beat Attack. It won't

but it's also a free wrestling move attack. Nice. It's also possible to do

this (usually with low Charged Beat Attacks) after he finishes shooting

a button will appear above Travis' head. Press it to finish off Dr. Peace.

Obviously, fail too many times and you'll end up getting killed.

Collect your vitality increase after killing the doctor and head back to

~7C.Rank 8-Shinobu~

Quote-"What's that in your hand, a toy?"

After your fight, feel free to save the game. You'll get a phone call and

That isn't too much--you earned half of that from winning the fight with

Dr. Peace.

Leave the motel and you will be alerted that several new facilties are

open. Allow me to explain them in reverse order of importance. Firstly,

though, so you'll need to kill a lot to buy some of it. Also, new clothing

aren't unlocked until you start a New Game +. Clothing has no effect on the

The second new location is the Thunder Ryu Building. This is represented by

an orange Kanji symbol (I'm guessing for "gym" or something). You'll

too. The Thunder Ryu Building is essentially your gym. Choose "Training"

(there aren't any other options...) and pick your workout. You can do

Bench Presses increase Travis's strength. You can do this a maximum of

eight times, once after each ranking match. Don't forget to do it! The

increase maximum vitality. You won't see any improvement until you do all

Presses, and can also be only done once after each ranking fight. I'll

Finally, and the best new location, is Naomi's Lab. It's in a warehouse

right behind the motel, but can be tough to find. From the motel's exit,

gates leading to a warehouse, turn there. It shouldn't take too long to

find. Enter Naomi's Lab at the warehouse.

LBs. It's well worth it--this Beam Katana is far more powerful than the

Blood Berry. You should also buy the Accelerator accessory for $29,800

LBs. This accessory doesn't need to be bought for each Beam Katana. When

leave and re-enter the lab, you'll find Power Up-I and Energy Saving-I are

Luckily for us there is a new part-time job. Head on over to the Job

Center. The newest job is Lawn Mowing. Take it on--it's good pay.

There are a total of 100 acres of grass, but you don't need to cut them all

(infact, it's quite a bit hard to do so in the time limit).

Make use of the reverse button. It'll come in handy for the smaller patches

of grass. And don't forget to pull off 90 degree turns with the Z button,

$30,000 LBs isn't going to get you far later in the game.

The best strategy for cutting the grass is start with the outside layer,

80 acres of grass cut, you'll be running low time and the remaining grass

to best use. You'll need a decent amount for a Silver rank to get those new

Fight mission. Let's start with the good paying Assassination Gigs.

This mission takes place at Destroy Stadium. The entrance is the stadium's

wrestling moves. You can't swing your Beam Katana. What you need to do is

on every enemy, then grab them while they are stunned and pull off a

wrestling move. It will always be an instant kill, no matter what. The

will follow him. While performing the beat attack, your move can be

Gold Rank Notes--Killing every enemy in the time limit can be very

annoying, so you'll need to work quick. Focus on one enemy at a time. If

trying to pull of Charged Beat Attacks. Focus on lone enemies and you'll

the timing isn't too hard to get right.

from high to low, you are ensured a large amount of kills (usually

is thrown from such a long distance. It'll take about five full seconds

Gold Rank Notes--I don't really have any. All you need to do is kill all

nine enemies. If you're having trouble smacking the ball hard enough,

safe and Emergency Evade whenever you're afraid you will take damage. Never

Once the beginning trio is killed off, five more enemies will spawn, all

perform charged attacks--instant death in these missions. Remember the

time limit. Be quick, but don't rush it to the point where you will be

katana wielding foes--block his combo attack and try to Dark Step it, and

Before paying off the entrance fee at the ATM, make sure you've bought the

entrance fee and talk to Sylvia at the motel and you'll find out the next

ranked match is at Santa Destroy High School. It's located around the

left from the start. A trio of enemies will be waiting for you. They don't

really, really poor attack accuracy, so don't expect them to be much of a

threat.

After killing them, return to the entrance of the school and head off to

the left of the group is a chest containing TRADING CARD 011. Once you've

Once you enter you will be attacked by two students, and in the middle of

the fight a third will appear. Kill them all off, avoiding their axe

wielding planks of wood that have been lit on fire. If you're hit, Travis

to find a box containing health. Continue down the hallway, and around

This will make the Beam Katana short-circuit, shocking Travis. You can't

the enemies' attacks. Weaving in and out of them at the speed you're

running won't be much of a problem. At the end of the hallway will be an

open door with electrical stations inside. Enter the ! to shut off the

the water extinguished all of the students' flaming boards, so no need to

killed (does no teacher care we're killing their students?).

You'll enter the gym and you will have to fight your way through 15

enemies, all of them using a variety weapons including bare fists, axes,

and crowbars. The first thirteen aren't too difficult, but they like to

after they are dead, the final two will spawn. Surprise surprise, they're

wrestling moves is also advised) to finish them off.

The gym doors open when all 15 are killed. As soon as you leave the gym,

This won't be an easy fight. It's claimed as one of the hardest fights in

First she has several different combo attacks. Most of them just involve

her swinging her katana wildly, and a few have her performing jumping

slashes every few swings. All of these can be blocked as long as you're

locked on to her. She isn't vulnerable after these attacks, so the most you

can do is attempt to Dark Step her here. She's vulnerable after her single

Next she will charge herself for a brief moment before yelling "Sonic

Sword", at which point you should Emergency Evade in any direction. She

Speaking of avoiding, that is a pain in the ass throughout this fight.

Shinobu and the majority of her attacks can't hit you.

Of course, she's quite agile as you will soon find out. She jumps off of

to her. She will run forward and do a swing at you. When she's infront of

Shinobu will also do a forward flip (eh...I don't know gymnastics moves.

she will follow up by two sword swings, then a final swing that's

Occasionally she will hold her katana infront of her face, blocking any of

your attacks. When she's doing this, a Charged Beat Attack will stun her,

Once you've depleted half of her energy she will gain several new attacks.

The first is a more advanced version of the Sonic Sword. The animation

hope to avoid all of the rings. They do a ton of damage so you'll want to

with her katana, you'll see a cutscene of her circling around you, beating

the bloody crap out of Travis. If you aren't at full health, you are dead.

Simple as that. You'll lose about 85% of your energy from this attack, so

basically if you've taken any damage from the fight this will result in a

Basically, the entire fight is merely hitting her a few times after she

far between, so make the best of them, and always attack her while she's

Bitter Advice--Almost everyone has trouble with Shinobu on Bitter

difficulty. There's an easy way to beat her, though. Spam the Tsubaki

Mk-III's low charge attack. Charge it up and keep pressing the A button

when you release to do three swings through the attack. Travis is

invincible while doing this, and it does a lot of damage to Shinobu.

Shinobu often has moments where she is merely pacing around the stage,

taunting you, or preparing attacks. Charge and unleash the attack then.

kicking near OHKO attack, it won't be extremely hard.

And if that's still a problem, then stop attacking her and learn her

lets her guard down, then hit down on the D-Pad to evade away from her,

~7D.Rank 7-Destroyman~

Quote-"Come and get some, ha ha ha!"

Think your hot crap don't you now that you're on a roll in rankings here.

$250,000 LB fee is pretty big, but we're going to be getting into some big

paying assassination gigs. Leave the motel when you're ready.

the Thunder Ryu Building. There's a parking lot right outside the Thunder

alley with several shops. That's is Gold Town. All you can enter is the

bar.

time ago. He'll shoo you off, saying that you should go find some Lovikov

Balls. Maybe we will! There are 49 Lovikov Balls scattered all across

them to Lovikov to learn a new skill. Look at the Santa Destroy Travel

Guide section to find Gold Town and the order I advise buying skills

effort. Your call. You'll want to get all of these abilities at some point,

While we're here, stop inside Thunder Ryu's gym and do some training.

Increase the Tsubaki's maximum combo if you haven't already, your strength,

and your maximum vitality. Once that's all taken care of, head over to Beef

Head. It's marked on the map with a pair of horns. Bishop runs the store,

wrestling move, so I advise buy each video as they appear. New videos

Memory of Child. Not a big deal if you don't, but you can earn a lot more

You'll be thrown out onto the streets of Santa Destroy, and there is a lot

without the ability.

You're not allowed to use the Schpeltiger here, but that won't be a

piece of trash, flick the Wiimote upwards to scoop it up. That's it. There

isn't much complications here. Don't worry about running out of trash--it

be available. Free Fight mission 03 becomes unlocked after you beat

Everybody in this mission is now holding a pistol. You aren't likely to

finish this quickly if you try killing all of the CEO's guards, so rush

and there to avoid being hit by bullets, but other than that there is

You'll be fighting in the area you fought Shinobu, which may lead you to

assured, though, that there is a catch. See, all the enemies trigger a

Death Blow after just one hit. I'm not sure why this is, but hey, makes the

course, you're likely to get into weapon clashes with almost every axe

though.

still can't finish in time. Those always work.

rapidly, and don't be afraid to Emergency Evade whenever you think an enemy

This Free Fight Mission can be pretty easy if you know what you're doing.

of you. There's a fourth infront of the school entrance, so charge and

walk into his range. Head down the left path to find a trio of enemies.

Repeat the process of charging, getting only one foes' attention, kill him,

letter telling you to head for the subway station. It's located in

As soon as you enter you can go through the ! to the other side of the

for you when you enter the !. Don't think it'll be that easy.

As the train moves to its destination you will need to fight through

train.

chest. Now head up the stairs and towards the !. Before entering, turn

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bags on their heads...have annoying attacks when they swarm together on

the next studio will open.

In the brief moment you're outside before entering the second studio, head

left to find TRADING CARD 020. Inside the second studio, you'll find the

ground floor has three pistol users and three stop sign wielders in the

using pistols. When they die, three crowbar wielders will spawn on the

Sylvia will call and the door to the boss fight will open. Get the

Well, didn't cause you to lose health or anything. In any case this will be

only attack that he doesn't call out is a combo of punches. You can more

The first of his attacks is Destroy POW. He'll raise one of his fists into

and as soon as he finishes yelling he will shoot a fast moving ball of

by it. Simply Emergency Evade to the side when he fires. He is also

a short range flurry of sparks. This won't hit you if you are a bit backed

up from Destroyman. Best of all is that he is completely vulnerable

you'll need to make him fall. Along the walls of the room are several

control panels, each marked with a flashing yellow light. Lock-on to one

and hit it several times to destroy it. There are three of them. Two of

during this phase--Destroyman will launch nothing but Destroy Cannon's at

After Destroyman gets back up, he'll start using his ultimate attack--

Destroy Buster. Or Crotch Cannon. You're choice as to what you want to

think of it. He'll pose triumphantly as his...crotch...glows blue, then

launches a huge laser. It can't be blocked so you'll need to outrun it.

That's how the battle goes. Wait for him to yell an attack, dodge it, then

wail on him. See? Nothing too hard about this fight. Just don't get hit by

the floor and can hamper your movement if you aren't paying attention.

off a wrestling move. Wrestling moves don't deal too much damage to

Destroyman, but they still do a decent amount, so use them whenever

~7E.Rank 6-Holly Summers~

Quote-"Still, just a bud."

Save the game and listen to your congratulatory message. You'll need to pay

$300,000 LBs this time, but if you have done every side-job and

enough cash to move on. But what's the rush? You'll be needing a lot of

available at Beef Head for $14,800 LBs if you're interested. Still now new

And be sure to stop by Thunder Ryu's Gym at some point and train some more.

This is an extremely simple minigame. Travis won't need to be moving

hold it so long all the lights fill up, the car won't count.

This isn't a very good side-job to earn cash, sadly. Earning between 20 to

25 cars isn't a huge challenge, but that pay isn't very much. Have fun

except that's actually challenging.

Gold Rank--Victory

obviously, one hundred enemies. The catch here is that just like the

You will get into a lot of weapon clashes, that's for sure. A variety of

Gold Rank Notes--As far as I can tell, you get a Gold rank regardless of

the timing isn't terribly difficult to learn once you see it. Swing hard

and kill all nine enemies for the best payout. If you don't, well, at least

you'll earn something.

your timing is. If you have superb timing, this will be fairly simple for

Pay--$3,000 LBs per kill

for the entire fight, so you're going on one invincible killing spree. If

you've never activated Cranberry Choclate Sundae before, basically it's

Travis's coolest looking Dark Side move. Move towards an enemy and the

screen will freeze with a button above Travis's head. Press it to kill the

the most fun, so you'll likely Gold rank it on your first try. If you

don't, you probably wasting too much time taunting. Take your time pressing

This is an insanely hard fight. All of the enemies are spread out,

fortunately, but if you attract the attention of more than one you are

foe's attention at a time works best here. You don't have much time, so

you'll need to get their attention quick and beat them up.

Once you've cleared the center of enemies, you can find a few more,

their low vitality. Take your time through this battle, fight one at a

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This will be a long and annoying level right to the boss. This entire

mainly the pistol users, but you'll find that pretty hard. Once you kill

All of them are holding axes, so don't worry about gun users. Near the blue

crate is a chest containing TRADING CARD 022, and on the near the pink

All of the enemies in the third section have machine guns that fire a ton

of bullets at you. You can block them, but it drains the electricity

enemy. The majority of them spawn only one at a time, so this shouldn't be

chest.

up here, then save, heal up, pick up the Wrestling Mask, and enter the

there are a ton of holes in the ground over the beach. You're likely to

mash the A button, shake the Wiimote, or the Nunchuk to escape. The

Nunchuk has horrible motion sensing so if you're forced to escape using

There's a trick, though. If you swing the Beam Katana, any nearby holes

throws a bunch of knives. As long as you're locked on this will be

blocked. She's vulnerable for a bit after she uses this.

Next is where she shoots a dozen or so homing missiles at you. She's

vulnerable the entire duration of the attack, but good luck getting in a

damage doesn't hit you. She uses these to jump all around the battlefield,

Holly can also kick sand at your face at close range. She'll yell "Huurgh,

ahh!" before doing so, so Emergency Evade backwards to avoid it. She

follows up her kick with another attack, so don't go in swinging. Holly

also runs around the field and covers the holes with sand. While she's

Once she has lost half of her health, she gains a new attack. She will

avoid. Fortunately, you can cheaply avoid all of this by falling into a

then rush in. It's those damn holes that will irritate you. Well, after the

dump Holly's body into the hole and head back to the motel to save.

~7F.Rank 5-Letz Shake~

Quote-"Nya ha ha ha ha!"

head to Thunder Ryu's Gym to upgrade strength and vitality. Afterwards,

head over to Naomi's Lab and deliver the US Military Secret. She will use

it to build a new Beam Katana, but she won't be finished for a while, so

let's do some killing.

This mission is irritating as hell. You will slowly walk with the metal

detector, and you need to find the landmines in the ground. When the

detector is beeping, it's a sign that you are close to a mine. Walk slowly

forward, panning left and right. If you see the A button flash above

Travis's head, press it to destroy the mine. If the beeping stops, turn

I can't really say much more about this stupid game. It took me over an

starting location. Don't go wondering too far or you'll find nothing and

you can find another mine nearby. Keep the sweeper on the destroyed mine

happen, but occasionally it won't. This game boils down to luck if you can

or can't find any mines.

Gold rank will also unlock Free Fight Mission 6. Good luck with all of

Beach. There aren't many to start with, but as you progress up the beach

21 foes. You're probably going to want to do that anyways because that's

a ton of time with weapon clashes and blocking machine gun hits. That

Energy Saver. If you get anywhere past the starting point of the level,

low charge will kill almost everyone in the room, including the CEO.

Gold Rank Notes--Well, like I advised, just spam the Tsubaki Mk-III's low

charge attack for a quick and effective victory. Just try to minimize how

many guards are attacking you. I hate beam katana wielders as much as I

At the beginning there will be three basic enemies that aren't very hard

enemies will drop down. These guys all have crowbars, so watch out for

their charged attacks. They don't use them very often, but nonetheless you

other a beam katana. Take on only one at a time. There's no way you can

to the motel to find out where you're headed. Save the game, then leave and

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and 028. Hmm. Something's not right. Those thugs ahead of us are...running

away? Keep walking down the tunnel and you'll see a mysterious tall man

awesome for setting up an awfully long and boring tunnel. You'll eventually

see a small red light at the end of the tunnel. That's actually the !

leading to the boss. You're getting closer! Near the end Sylvia will call

you for the usual pre-battle prep talk. You will come up to TRADING CARD

029 in the middle of the hallway right before Sylvia calls you (it's

impossible to miss).

I'm going to be quite blunt--you have little to no chance of victory. See,

that's an earthquake generator there. In 20 seconds it will set off a

death cutscene is really bloody and cool looking. You'll probably be seeing

For your efforts you get a giant wad of nothing! That's right, folks! For

~7G.Rank 4-Harvey Moseiwitsch Volodarskii~

Quote-"Let's see what you're made of, cunt boy!"

Your first order of business is to head on over to Naomi's Lab and purchase

Not too bad compared to the cost of the katana itself. But now you've got

Wrong! Gotta head to the Job Center and do that new part-time job. Don't

worry, it's easier than the last job. Sorta. To an extent. Yeah. And don't

forget to head to Thunder Ryu's Gym to upgrade the combo of the new Beam

Yeah, that's right. This is the worst paying side-job in the game. Also,

the time limit. If you can't, pick a different order by starting with the

ones closest to you and branching out.

wielding a variety of weapons, but since all you can do is kick, it isn't

much of a concern. The first group of enemies don't wield weapons, so kick

don't stop the clock, you will need to work quickly. Try to avoid getting

hit as you use Charged Beat Attacks. Kill quickly to finish in time.

with luring many enemies at me at once. Even if you don't do that you

Another extremely easy mission, but the reward shows. It's not that good.

enemies per car, and the door to the next car won't open until all the

Gold Rank Notes--Nothing special. Just beat the crap out of each enemy.

There's only ten and defeating them all quickly is a sinch.

gets thrown from far away then you likely aren't going to have the

reaction time to even hit the ball. Swing hard and don't be patient.

Gold Rank Notes--Kill everyone. Easier said then done. It's best to kill

don't attack you until you come very close to you. The fourth wields a gun,

and if you can't kill him before he runs away near other foes then you have

no chance of finishing this mission before getting hit.

a huge three minutes to get through it, so there's nothing wrong about

With everyone killed, head into the ! to board a train. You'll be asked to

detatch the Nunchuk from the Wiimote. You'll see why. Travis is going to

play a video game while he's sleeping. Or rather, you'll be playing it.

Pure White Giant Glastonbury is a quirky little game where you're some mech

robot shooting down...uh...let's say they're alien ships. Yeah. That works.

sword has short range, but swinging it will destroy enemy projectiles.

on all the foes on screen, as well as destroying all current projectiles

infinite continues, so no worries. The boss at the end can't be killed with

isn't much of a problem). Just keep shooting and using your special attack

You'll get off the train after attaching the Nunchuk again. When you leave

through the fight. His first attack is shouting "Check it out!", where he

snaps his fingers and shoots several doves at you. They don't fly at you

to easily avoid them. Harvey's vulnerable after you dodge them.

Next he can say "It's magic!" before teleporting around the stage. Look

around you so you can lock back on to him. It won't do any damage, but it

Harvey most damaging attack is where he charges for a second while

a cyclone. If he does this, let go of your lock-on and run away in the

opposite direction. Harvey covers about half the stage's distance with this

be sure to react fast enough while he prepares the attack. He's vulnerable

Harvey also has four basic slashes, just like most bosses. Dark Step him

He gets two new attacks after you've drained half of his health. First, he

will mutter "Welcome to the nightmare..." which will flip the screen

a row, and that's basically giving you a ton of free hits because he'll

His final new attack, and the worst, is when he says "Music, begin!". A

spotlight will follow you around the stage and you'll need to avoid it. If

either the Wiimote or the Nunchuk violently to escape. If you don't do it

enough, you're dead. End of story. You die. And there will be blood. Woo.

the motion detector hitting the walls with your hand. That'll be enough to

escape.

In any case, that's all his attacks. It's a pretty easy fight to be

you win, sorry.

~7H.Rank 3-Speed Buster~

Quote-"Fuck you, ya little prick!"

Head to Thunder Ryu's Gym to upgrade strength and vitality, then go to the

You'll need to wave the Foxtail grass several times to distract the cat.

Shake it following the arrow prompts the game gives. You'll need to go

through one to ten arrows to distract the cat. Once you have done it

The cats infinitely respawn, so have fun with this cute minigame. It's not

there's not much reason to need to turn left or right. The enemies are

insanely quick to kill with an upgraded katana, and there's only ten of

Gold Rank Notes--This shouldn't even take more then a minute to complete.

Even if it does, you'd need to screw around for a long time in order to

Another simple mission, also taking place on the subway. There's another

set of ten enemies here, and killing them all is little challenge. There's

combat techniques while everyone else is using pistols or machine guns.

There are only a few of each, and there's never more than one to a car.

Basically, its an easy mission.

Gold Rank Notes--Again, shouldn't take very long to complete this mission.

Kill the pistol users quickly so you don't waste time taking hits or

the truck and kill the foe there if he hasn't already walked around the

truck to attack you.

Walk near the middle of the lot and try to attract the attention of the

Don't forget the enemies on the far right who work the same way.

One is a pistol user, the other a beam katana wielder. Annoying combo.

Again, try to get the beam katana user out first by luring him away from

the pistol user. That's the easiest way to finish off these foes without

next fight is in Speed City, and you'll need a bus to get there. As you

leave you'll pick up the bus ticket and Jeane will...follow you? Hmm. Head

TRADING CARD 036, 037, and 038 lying in chests around the depot. The

Hey look, no bus driver! Uwee hee hee!

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The bus ride through the deserted highway won't be a quick one. A ton of

those purple suited enemies stowed away on the bus, and now you have to

of the bus from the outside so all you can see is through the windows.

Serious business. Kill the second wave off as well. As far as I know,

here (probably due to the camera angles on the bus). After everyone is

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That's the entire battle for the most part. Some of the rooms have health

hide, and the closer you get to Speed Buster the faster she launches the

Well, at the final nook on the left side of the gauntlet there is a

affect on the other telephone poles. The last one will fall onto the

Follow the path on the right that would be completely safe from the

cannon's harm if it was still firing. When you reach the dead end, turn

~7I.Rank 2-Bad Girl~

Quote-"You think you're bad, don't ya? Eee heh heh heh!"

First order of business is to deliver the Japanese Katana to Naomi. She

will turn that into the ulitmate badass Beam Katana, but she won't be

finished for a while. Let's increase our rank, shall we? Head to Thunder

Ryu's Gym and, despite being dead, train under his spirit's guidence. With

still haven't done that. The next side-job is almost impossible to do well

on if you don't.

First of all, you have no chance of getting a high score, let alone

then flick the Wiimote upwards to scoop it up. There's one catch to this

in place. Touch one and you'll have 30 seconds to reach the employer. Red

ones often move a bit when you get near them, usually if you run up to

Yellow scorpions are actually pretty rare. These guys give you only 10

seconds to reach the employer. Touch one and you're screwed--they spawn

far away from the employer. Ignore them as they just aren't worth the risk.

Finally there's the blue scorpion. This guy is extremely rare to be

spawned--and that's a damn good thing. Blue scorpions are quite big and

but it's not worth running the risk of getting stung.

Overall, it's a good paying game if you can avoid getting stung. 20

scorpions isn't too hard of a goal for a decent payday.

Gold rank to unlock Free Fight Mission 09.

This mission takes place on one of Santa Destroy's busses. You will need to

shouldn't hamper you're ability to kill off everyone in a quick amount of

Death Blow which will do the job just well. Overall, not a difficult

Gold Rank Notes--There's nothing special about this mission and its Gold

rank. Just murder as quickly as possible. If you're having trouble, get the

quickly.

You will fight in the small Gold Town alley for three minutes where

until the timer runs out.

too hard with this mission, hence why it's so good for earning cash.

Sweet or Mild getting over 100 isn't a challenge. Rankings carry over from

on Sweet if you can't on the harder difficulties. Or just spam the Tsubaki

Mk-III's low charge attack.

enemies in this area, but you'll be wanting every second to take them down

can only attack one at a time because while you're beating another there

could be a second enemy from behind you shooting, and you'd be defenseless.

kneeling down and won't get up slowly until you get very close to them.

sides. They can't shoot while you hit them, so as long as another foe's

attention isn't directed at you as well you can finish with a weaker katana

by working slowly. I can't stress enough how slow you need to work in order

to finish. Unless you get lucky, going in swinging will get you killed.

When you have enough cash, deposit it at the ATM and head back to the

motel. You'll find out the next match is back at Destroy Stadium. Head for

the II on the map. It's a gate at the far back end of the stadium's

angle you'll crash and have to try again. After an attempt or two you will

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Without a doubt the best pre-fight battle ever. Travis will hop the

Schpeltiger onto the baseball field. I'd estimate at least one hundred

enemies will spawn total in this fight. But you're not going to beat them

while riding the Schpeltiger (literally, he can't take damage when riding

it despite being shot at).

Use donuts, boosts, and whatever else you want to run over your foes to

bleachers.

you won't fall off. Oh, and if you fall of you CAN'T get back on the

attacks are strong, so you'll want to avoid them. Her first attack is

several times. You can Dark Step this move, but often Bad Girl will,

somehow, evade your swings when time is slowed. Sometimes she doesn't,

sometimes she will. It's annoying.

"Batter...up!" before swinging. You can block her swings up until the

actual slamming of her bat which can't be blocked. Just Emergency Evade to

the side to avoid it. She's vulnerable after this attack is finished.

twelve swings. You can tell this is the attack when she shouts "Die!" after

almost every swing. The entire thing is blockable, but you should never

Also once you wipe away half of her health she will run over to her

batting station and slam enemies into you. Yeah, she actually "spawns" more

foes in the battle. She is invincible while she's doing this...to an

extent. Charged attacks will still damage her. But she's throwing enemies

at you so there's little time to deal damage.

the enemy you'll need to spin the Wiimote several times to force it back

at Bad Girl. This is hard to pull off, though, because the enemies fly

focusing on Bad Girl--since she's at the far end of the arena her attacks

won't bother you for the time being.

When she's down to a fourth of her life she will light her bat on fire and

Bad Girl's final attack, and most lethal, starts when she has less than

Yes, this has to be the most obvious trap ever. But...you're curious what

will die.

her right hand is still clutching the bat, stay away from her. If both

is holding the bat, wait until she yells "Fuck!" before rushing in and

That's her moveset. She attacks often and doesn't jump away from you, so

simply sidestep every attack and score some hits. Also, since she paces

~7J.Rank 1-Dark Star~

Quote-"Welcome to my castle!"

Well, head on over to Naomi's Lab right away. The final Beam Katana is

complete! This ultimate badass is the Tsubaki Mk-III, worth a whopping

Upgrade worth $ LBs and the Energy Saver worth $999,999 LBs. Yeah, that's

recharge the Tsubaki Mk-III ever again. Now isn't that fun? You can spam

Don't forget about your final training in Thunder Ryu's Gym! And the final

side-job is available. Head there when you're ready. You probably don't

even have the funds for this katana yet, and especially not for the

upgrades. Let's get some.

and 20. If you get a Gold rank you unlock the final Free Fight Mission,

learned from Lovikov (shake the Nunchuk) to knock each foe down, then

perform a down attack on the foe. Just make sure nobody is shooting at

you.

low charge swing to at least kill two of them. I can't offer much more

advice because I can't find a way to get past these enemies. There's

satisfy the requirements for a Gold rank. It's hard. Very hard.

but they are all fairly easy to kill and don't have powerful melee attacks.

Triangle Death Blows to knock out each group at once and you'll easily

The enemy placement is exactly the same as Free Fight Mission 09. This

Mk-III's Energy Saver or you'll have no chance at this mission. Start with

get near him and strike when enemies stop to reload.

You'll need to work quickly in order to kill every enemy within the time

Once you have the entrance fee, pay it and head back to the motel to

And this, folks, is why I've been pestering you to get the Memory of Child.

edge of Santa Destroy. You'll have to run there. By running it will only

take about two minutes. Walking? That's a monotonous five minutes at the

minimum. Once you reach the highway, hop on the Schpeltiger. Let's roll!

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You'll be cruising down the deserted freeway, and for whatever reason you

will need to avoid the crates that are strewn about the road. You won't be

out, boost into them. They'll fall down and catch back up to you in about

10-15 seconds, so at least you'll have some brief peace.

way, you can cruise past the cones. You'll just fall off the unfinished

After avoiding the beam twice you will see the drawbridge ahead rise. We're

need to restart the highway segment from the beginning. Don't die.

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You'll crash land in a forest. Turn around to find TRADING CARD 046. Head

down the path and you'll find Thunder Ryu's spirit pointing to the right.

You'll face enemies near the second split. Everyone will be wielding a beam

health and battery if you didn't buy the insanely expensive Energy Saver,

people think its hard. First of all note that Jeane wields no weapon. She's

an expert in the martial arts. As such, she's extremely nimble and will

shift positions around the field in the blink of an eye.

Also, Death Metal, the first boss, has more health then her. Yeah, Jeane

fastest as well. It takes less than 100 hits to kill her (usually around

70), but you'll probably only be able to hit her two or three times when

she's vulnerable.

Okay, onto the fight. The large dragon-katana-border won't hurt you if

you touch it, so don't worry about it. Her first attack is where she will

appears to be blocked, but you do take damage from it so back off. She's

across the area executing a powerful punch. Again, don't try to block it

as you'll just take a lot of damage. She's vulnerable for a few seconds

pauses, then throws a fifth charged punch that can't be blocked. You can

often, so if you can stay several feet away from Jeane you'll be constantly

border enclose a bit, making the arena smaller. This shouldn't make much of

She's send out a small shockwave. After the shockwave comes out you can

even smaller. Now it's considerably small, and makes dodging her new attack

This atack does a ton of damage if it hits you, so you'll want to avoid it.

this happens, sometimes it doesn't. I feel like it's random, though.

the ground. When she's stunned, beat the crap out of her. You should get

out stunning her, is pretty rare to begin with. On Bitter mode the fight

Your final blow will always result in a weapon clash. It's impossible to

win, though. That's supposed to happen, so don't worry.

After the fight, you're number one. As if it means anything now. Save the

game.

~7K.Real Ending-Final Boss~

Quote-"You're a disgrace to yourself and all those you've killed..."

You're number one. The top. Woohoo! Once you get back to the motel you can

Ending only if you have bought them all. The normal Ending is...bad.

Really, really bad. Don't watch it unless you want a laugh.

But the Real Ending...well, let's just say it's time to take sweet vengence

through the game.

The final battle takes place in the No More Heroes parking lot. And don't

think about running Henry over with the Schpeltiger--that thing's blocking

the exit and you're not boarding it.

Unless you're playing on the Sweet difficulty, Henry has an absurd amount

of health. On Bitter you'll be in for a long fight as Henry likely won't go

down for about 900 hits. I'm dead serious. 900 hits. However, there are

tricks in the battle to make him go down fast.

Henry's first attack is a simple slice. He spins in place for this attack,

and it has short range. He's open to attack following his slice, so rush

in and hit him. This attack can't be blocked.

attack.

One of Henry's most dangerous attacks is where he glows for a split second,

holding his beam katana behind him, before sliding midway across the

parking lot. He often uses this at close range, and you'll need to react

Finally, there is Henry's absurdly long combo attack. He'll pull off a

bunch of fancy slices and jumping slices, ending with a loud "Hee-ya!" and

unblockable jumping slice. You'll want to Dark Step this attack. There are

chose View Real Ending when you started up the game, you can't Dark Step

Henry using the control stick. To do so you'll need to Dark Step with the

D-Pad (instead of a left/right Emergency Evade you will pull off a Dark

Step). There're only specific points in the combo where you can Dark Step

him, and it often doesn't work because the window of opportunity is very

small. To earn the control stick Dark Step back, go do any Assassination

to Henry you'll be able to Dark Step normally again. Obviously, turning off

swing. He'll yell "Shwaaa" when he swings. As he yells it, hit left on the

the battle. It won't always work, but it usually does, and it makes the

snap out of it stunned right away. This makes him perform his combo again.

Remember, it's a single strike. The first strike will almost always give

he's invincible will often do nothing and make him do some other attack, so

you'll have to wait for him to do the combo again to rack up tons of

damage.

So, yeah, the entire battle is basically you abusing Henry's combo and Dark

But wait, there's more! Once you've whittled Henry's life halfway he gains

one new attack. He'll charge himself for several seconds, pointing his

sword behind him. It's pretty obvious to see when it happens. When he

direct line of fire as possible. He'll dash 3/4ths the way across the

parking lot. If he hits you, he performs the coolest instant kill

once. It's that cool.

...but other than that attack it's not an insanely hard fight. Just a

you probably will). But you'll want to avoid that. Henry lasts so long that

careless. Don't forget about the extra health restore in the parking lot.

...and that's it! Enjoy the ending. Or...is it really the end? After

Sylvia's final taunt, save the game. When you begin again you will start

from the beginning, but with all of you're items and upgrades intact. It's

~8.New Game + Information~

you'll return to the difficulty select screen. The first thing you will

available on New Game +'s) and is quite a challenge. You should make an

difficulty. Whatever you want. New Game +'s begin the game right from the

the cutscene to arrive at Death Metal's mansion.

the training at Thunder Ryu's Gym is carried over, and all of the

original location, so you can never "truly" miss a card. Also, a ton of

pink dots appear on the map. These treasure spots aren't money, but rather

~9.Ranked Assassins Guide~

Here's the list of how to beat each assassin in the game, including the

for each boss, because those wouldn't work in the regular walkthrough.

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Death Metal has two main attacks, and as long as you are locked on to him

and not swinging wildly, both of them are completely blockable. The first

is a simple horizontal slice (despite the sword going through Travis's

body, you'll take no damage). The second is a huge ten-swing combo attack.

Rock the control stick back and forth to perform a Dark Step in the middle

of the combo. The only problem here is that you'll likely take a little

damage from the sword when you initiate the Dark Step. I have no idea why

this is. The damage is neglible compared to how much you'll be dealing.

while he's stunned and perform the wrestling move prompts.

then back off a bit.

you. Each clone will only need several hits to kill, and you can't hurt the

clone.

about 20-30 regular swings. Once the clones are killed, the real Death

Metal will continue his attacks against you. Just keep defending--he hasn't

learned anything new and won't try to defend himself after he finishes

To end that part quickly, simply spam the Tsubaki Mk-III's low charge

attack. That'll end the clones' lives pretty quick. Otherwise, just keep