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Ikaruga Chaining FAQ
Version 1.02 (Last updated 12/10/2003)
By Gareth Brownlow (hulabaloonication)
garethbrownlow@hotmail.com
This file is Copyright (c) 2003 Gareth Brownlow. All rights reserved.
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CONTENTS.
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE STORY
3. CHAINING AND BOSS GUIDE FOR EACH CHAPTER
4. ENEMY CHAINING GUIDE FOR EACH CHAPTER
5. VERSION HISTORY
6. THANKS
7. CONTACT
8. LEGAL INFORMATION
1. INTRODUCTION.
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The basic premise of Ikaruga is to shoot down the enemies and remain alive
at the end of it. This process is complicated by the colour system of Ikaruga.
Your ship can be either white or black at any time and only bullets of the
opposite colour can kill you - bullets of the same colour will be absorbed
to build up a special meter which you can then use to fire off homing shots.
To further complicate things you do double damage to enemies of the opposite
colour to your ship. Herein lies the beauty of the game - do you play it
safe and remain the same colour as your enemies or do you try and kill them
quickly? This aspect is further emphasised by the bosses of the game, which
can be both colours simultaneously causing some frantic colour switching.
On top of this is the chaining system. In order to gain respectable scores
you will need to "chain" your enemies. This means you will need to shoot
them in groups of three - either three white or three black. If this order
is broken your chain is broken. Successive chains lead to higher and higher
scores.
The game is made up of 5 stages that are themselves broken down into either
3, 4 or 5 sub-stages. It takes approximately 30 minutes to go from the start
to the end of the game no matter how many times you die.
2. THE STORY.
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The story originates in the land of Horai, which used to be just a small
island nation. But several years ago, one of the most powerful men of the
nation, Tenro Horai, discovered the Ubusunagami Okinokai -the Power of
the Gods. This energy emanated from an object he dug up from deep within
the earth and gave him powers of unimaginable strength. Soon after,
Tenro and his followers, who called themselves the "Divine Ones,"
began to conquer other nations one by one. They saw themselves as "The
Chosen People" and carried out their conquests in, "the name of peace".
Meanwhile, a freedom federation called Tenkaku emerged to challenge the
Horai. By using fighter planes called Hitekkai, they fought with the hope
of freeing the world from the Horai 's conquests. But all their efforts
were in vain. They lost battle after battle and were eventually wiped out
completely. Miraculously, however, one young man survived. His name was
Shinra.
Refusing to accept defeat, Shinra set off again for Horai to wage another
battle. This time he was shot down. He crashed in a remote village called
Ikaruga, inhabited by a group of aged people who had been forced into
exile there as by Horai's conquests. Kazamori, the village leader, and
the other inhabitants pulled Shinra from the wreckage of his plane and
nursed him back to health. Once he regained his strength, Shinra
announced that he was determined to continue battling Horai. The
villagers entrusted him with a fighter plane that they had built
themselves called the Ikaruga.
3. CHAINING AND BOSS GUIDE FOR EACH CHAPTER.
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(Cumulative Chain is in parenthesis)
-=Chapter 1=- (Max Chain is 134)
1-1 22 Chains including 2 bonus chains
---- (22 Chain)
1-2 17 Chains including 2 bonus chains
---- (39 Chain)
1-3 35 Chains including 23 bonus chains
---- (74 Chain)
1-4 60 chains including 34 bonus chains
---- (134 Chain)
1-5 With no homing - 74 seconds
----
-=Chapter 2=- (Max Chain is 205)
2-1 44 Chains
---- (44 Chain)
2-2 161 Chains including 59 bonus chains
---- (205 Chain)
2-3 83 seconds
----
-=Chapter 3=- (Max Chain is 261)
3-1 78 Chains including 5 bonus chains
---- (78 Chain)
3-2 183 Chains including 72? bonus chains
---- (261 Chain)
3-3 81 seconds
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-=Chapter 4=- (Max Chain is 236)
4-1 20 chains including 8 bonus chains
---- (20 chain)
4-2 131 chains
---- (151 chain)
40 seconds
4-3 56 chains
---- (207 chain)
28 seconds
4-4 29 chains including 4 bonus chains
---- (236 chain)
80 seconds
-=Chapter 5=- (Max Chain is 118)
5-1 118 chains including 28 bonus chains
----
5-2 61 seconds - 62 seconds - 1 second
----
5-3 N/A
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ENEMY CHAINING GUIDE FOR EACH CHAPTER.
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-= Chapter 1-1 =-
6 White Utatsugumi
6 Black Utatsugumi
6 White Utatsugumi
6 Black Utatsugumi
18 Black Toratsugumi
18 White Toratsugumi
|-- --- ---|
|**BONUS ENEMIES** |
|3 White Toratsugumi |
| |
|3 Black Toratsugumi |
|-- --- ---|
-= Chapter 1-2 =-
6 White Renjaku
6 Black Renjaku
3 White Renjaku
3 Black Renjaku
3 White Renjaku
3 Black Renjaku
3 White Renjaku
3 Black Renjaku
6 White Renjaku
9 Black Renjaku
|-- --- ---|
|**BONUS ENEMIES** |
|3 White Renjaku |
| |
|3 Black Renjaku |
|-- --- ---|
-= Chapter 1-3 =-
3 White Toratsugumi
3 Black Toratsugumi
6 Black Utatsugumi
12 White Utatsugumi
6 Black Utatsugumi
|-- --- ---|
|**BONUS ENEMIES** |
|3 White Toratsugumi |
| |
|3 Black Toratsugumi |
| |
|3 White Toratsugumi |
|--- --- ---|
1 White Torafuzuku
2 White Utatsugumi
1 Black Torafuzuku
2 Black Utatsugumi
|-- --- ---|
|**BONUS ENEMIES** |
|1 White Torafuzuku |
|2 White Utatsugumi |
|1 Black Torafuzuku |
|2 Black Utatsugumi |
| |
|27 White Toratsugumi |
|27 Black Toratsugumi |
|-- --- ---|
-= Chapter 1-4 =-
3 Black Renjaku
2 White Renjaku
1 White Torafuzuku
|-- --- ---|
|**BONUS ENEMIES** |
|6 White Utatsugumi |
|6 Black Utatsugumi |
| |
|9 White Toratsugumi |
|9 Black Toratsugumi |
|-- --- ---|
8 Black Turrets
1 Black Ajisashi
8 White Turrets
1 White Ajisashi
6 Black Toratsugumi
6 White Toratsugumi
2 Black Toratsugumi
12 Black Turrets
1 Black Ajisashi
6 White Toratsugumi
6 Black Toratsugumi
2 White Toratsugumi
12 White Turrets
1 White Ajisashi
|-- --- ---|
|**BONUS ENEMIES** |
|36 Black Toratsugumi |
|36 White Toratsugumi |
|-- --- ---|
-= Chapter 1-5 =-
Eboshidori
*** ***
Chapter 2, 3, 4, 5 coming sometime, maybe!
*** ***
5. VERSION HISTORY.
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Version 1.0 (09/11/2003): - Max Chains for each Chapter
- Boss times for each Chapter
Version 1.01(09/13/2003): - Updated introduction (courtesy of rjpageuk)
- Updated Chapter 1 Chaining guide
- Added Chapter 1 Enemy Chaining Guide
Version 1.02(12/10/2003): - Updated Legal Information
6. THANKS.
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GameFAQs
Neoseeker
Nintendo
Treasure
Atari
Ikaruga Appreciate DVD
GameFAQS Ikaruga Message Board users including:
DoctorIan
mamahaha2049
PBSaffran
rjpageuk
SnapDragon
7. CONTACT.
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My e-mail address is garethbrownlow@hotmail.com. Please use this
address if you have something you want to contribute or correct.
Suggestions are always welcome. Please e-mail me for my permission
to use this FAQ on your website. Put Ikaruga Chaining FAQ as the Subject.
8. LEGAL INFORMATION.
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