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The Castle Maps
Castle Entrance
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Floor 1
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Basement
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Basement 2: The
Prison of Eternal Torture
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Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab
Garden Forgotten by Time
House of Sacred Remains
Dark Palace of Waterfalls
Ghostly Theater
Pagoda of the Misty Moon
To attain the full 100% castle completion,
you need to fill in all of the areas' castle maps as seen above. If you want
to confirm that you've covered all possible ground, pause the game when you're
in a given area and look to the top-right of the screen. If you see the word
"Completed" under the total map percentage, you'll know that you've
been everywhere. While there's no reward for simply filling in the map, it's
always a good idea to cover as much ground as possible--to find all of the
orbs, relics, armors, accessories, etc.
The "Boss Rush"
Mode
To unlock this
mode, a sort-of side-quest for Leon Belmont, you must finish the game after
defeating all of the game's regular and hidden bosses, which of course means
you must find the elemental bosses and battle the Forgotten One in the Eternal
Prison. If you don't defeat them, the mode will not appear after you complete
the game by defeating Walter and Death. After the credits roll, you'll have
to save your progress onto the memory card.
When you select to play your mission file again and return to the castle's
portal room, there will be a sixth portal right up front that you can enter
into; it will take Leon to the "Boss Rush" mode. What then begins
is a long marathon, successive battles against all of the game's bosses. Unlike
those in the GBA titles, this is an actual part of the game and not a separate
mode, so you'll be taking along all of your items, relics, whips, orbs, fighting
moves and so on, as is. Thus, it's best to pay a visit to Rinaldo beforehand
to stock up on high potions.
The order is as follows: Flame Elemental,
Frost Elemental, Lightning Elemental, Doppelganger, Doppelganger 2, Undead
Parasite, Golem, Succubus, Medusa, Joachim, Forgotten One, Walter and Death.
This time around, there's almost no
time to rest. Once you enter the portal, the battle begins immediately. Once
you defeat a boss, it'll drop two potions and four big hearts. If there's
something you need to use or equip, the time to do it is now, before you enter
the ambient blaze that'll take you to the next boss. When you've defeated
the final boss, Death, your best time will be recorded, and you'll be transported
back to the castle's portal room. You can save these stats by going to a save
room, and you can then go back to play the "Boss Rush" mode to compete
against yourself for a better time.
The Boss Rush mode is also accessible
to Joachim Armster and Pumpkin, both of which you must first unlock. After
destroying all of the game's bosses and then completing the game and saving
it, you can return to the portal room to have a go of it with these two. There's
only one minor difference for Joachim: Since he can't collect items, the potions
received after defeating a boss will automatically restore his energy if he
touches them.
Sound
Select
The Konami Sound Test returns once
again for your listening pleasure. After completing the game with Leon and
saving your file onto the memory card, you can select your mission and return
to Rinaldo's cottage where you can buy the now-available Music Box for 3,150
gold. After saving your game again, there will a "Sound Select"
option available on the title screen. From here, you can listen to all of
the game's tunes with little messages from the composer listed in a window
below.
Secret
Bosses
Besides the regular ten bosses, you
can locate four secret bosses in four of the game's areas. Finding and defeating
these bosses will help two causes: (1) You can collect special items that
are otherwise unavailable, and (2) you can then access the "Boss Rush"
mode after completing the game. Below are the locations of these four secret
bosses and the rewards they hold:
Flame
Elemental
This
one can be found in the Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab. On the far right of the second
floor is moving-platform room with two skeleton flowers. Once on the moving
platform, jump across to the first jutting platform you see on the right.
From there, you can use your whip to latch onto poles and pull yourself up
to where a green door blocks the way. Inside is the Flame Elemental. When
you defeat it, it will leave you the Whip of Flames.
Thunder
Elemental
Another
is in the Garden Forgotten by Time. When you're deep into the second half
of the area, you'll come to a room with a man-eating plant and a mist. From
here, keep going until you come to a room with another man-eating plant and
two buckbairds. Force the man-eating plant into the northeast corner of the
room and whip it open. Now jump onto its petals and jump straight up to reach
a platform. Once through here, you'll travel to the second floor where the
Thunder Elemental waits. When you've defeated it, the Whip of Lightning is
yours.
Frost
Elemental
In
the Dark Palace of Waterfalls, you can find another such whip. From the beginning
of the area, continue to take every left path available until you come to
a small cave that you must navigate using mostly your ledge-grabbing technique.
Use your whip-latching ability, also, to reach as high up as you can until
you come to a door. Now dive off and try to land on a high stalagmite in the
center of the cave. From here, more platforming action will lead you high
up to where the cave is covered with ice, and a boss lurks in the next room.
Defeat the Frost Elemental to earn the Whip of Ice.
Forgotten
One
The
basement level of the Castle Entrance holds a locked door that's sealed by
enormous power. In a secret room in the Pagoda of the Misty Moon, you'll find
the Unlock Jewel, which you can use to unlock the door in the basement of
the Entrance. This will open up its second basement, an area called "The
Prison of Eternal Torture." After descending down a long spiral staircase,
you'll come to its secret boss, the Forgotten One, for a three-part battle.
After you defeat this Beezelbub twin, you'll earn the black orb.
Item
Duplication
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To the left of the Castle Entrance is the
hall that takes you to the castle's portal room--it's the one that also
leads to the game's first save room. In this short hall, there are three
windows from which moonlight beams through. The beam shining through
the third such window, near the end of the hall, is more greenish than
the others, and it holds a secret: If you stand is this green light
where it meets the side of the hall's red carpet, you can duplicate
all of the items in your inventory up to the maximum of nine. To do
this, stand in the light and pause the game; select "Items"
and then start moving the cursor up and down. Each time you do this,
the collected item moved unto will increase by one. This can be done
over and over again thereafter and thus save money. Also, if you've
found any precious stones, you can duplicate them and continuously sell
them to Rinaldo to buy the more expensive items. This trick can also
be pulled off in the Pagoda of the Misty Moon, near the green-light
window in the hall before the "VI" tablet room; and another
can be found and utilized in the first room of the second floor by standing
in the rug's circle design. (Credit to gamefaqs.com.)
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The Waiting Game
If you're
having trouble attaining 100% map completion with Joachim Armster, your point
of concern is most likely the Ghostly Theater. Within the area are two rooms
with crushing spike-beds--one such instance on each floor--with platforms
he seemingly can't reach, and there are no blue cubes to assist him. However,
after entering either room, stand within the white-floored safety spaces in
the rooms' corners for twenty seconds; elevating platforms will soon rise
up from the ground and help you reach higher ground. (Contributed by kennethbr05@ns.nues.k12.ut.us.)
Crystal Rage
Ordinarily,
when Leon uses his crystal sub-weapon, a single crystal will levitate in place
and explode seconds later. By using this method, Leon can cause a chain reaction
of explosions by releasing one crystal after another. But Leon can harness
another power as a result: To accomplish this, you must start walking or running
at a consistent pace while continually releasing crystals. Eventually,
the chain reaction of explosions will catch up to Leon, and its energy will
resonate unto him. From this point on, if you keep hitting the "O"
button, Leon will not release crystals when the button is hit. Instead, Leon
will become a walking explosion-machine; as the button is pressed consecutively,
Leon will keep releasing this energy, and he can now use himself as
a weapon. (Contributed by hunterfbn@lycos.com)
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The
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Play As Joachim
Armster: It's pretty clear
by now that Konami likes to provide its fans with a secondary character whose
mission is no-nonsense compared the main character's. This
time, Koji and his team allow you to unlock and play as Joachim Armster, who
was thought to only be the boss of the Dark Palace of Waterfalls. To
play as Joachim, complete the game with Leon, wait through the credits, and
then save your game onto the memory card. Now
start a new mission and enter "@Joachim" as your name. You'll skip
past the usual intro, and the game will begin with you in control of Joachim
at the Castle Entrance. Joachim controls similarly to Leon but has significant
differences.
Joachim's
mission is less restrictive than Leon's; he, too, must defeat the five guardians
to break the seal to the upper half of the castle, but he can move freely
through those five initial areas--not needing keys and such--and make jumps
that Leon could not. However,
he has some restrictions and other general differences: (1)
He can't access an inventory screen, which means that he can't collect items,
weapons, orbs or armor, and Rinaldo won't be at the shop to sell him anything.
Such items simply won't be there, replaced by meter-ups or minor items like
potions and mana prisms. When
he touches an item, it'll take effect automatically. (2) He can't gain fighting
abilities or maintain stats, his HP and MP meters are shorter, and his defense
and attack powers are low; to cure this, he'll have to collect the HP-, MP-
and defense-ups that replace the normal items. Also, he can collect exclusive
attack-ups, most of which are found by defeating secret bosses. (3)
Since he has no whip-latching ability, there are large glowing cubes placed
in trouble areas to help him reach certain places. (4)
Since he can't collect special sequence-initiating items, the Golem and Succubus
battles will begin as soon as he enters their domains. Also, he'll unlock
the door in the Eternal Prison simply by hitting a switch. (5) There are no
story elements to his mission. (6)
He receives his own ending, however abbreviated, for defeating Walter and
Death.
Joachim is unique when compared to
many of the series' characters. He's a bit slower than Leon, but he's a better
horizontal and vertical leaper, both with his regular and double jumps. He's
a better long-range fighter and can effectively keep his distance. Since he
has no stat-potential, he must of course increase his abilities by finding
the meter-ups that'll increase his attack, defense and the length of his meters.
While he'll eventually be stronger than Leon, his lack of inventory will render
him more beatable. Joachim is always surrounded by five symbiotic swords,
and he can arrange them for two separate sword attacks: (1) Sword Chuck, where
he can throw them one after another. If he throws all five before any of the
others have returned, he'll be limited momentarily. (2) Circle Slash, a weaker
and shorter-distance attack where he can endlessly swipe the swords, one after
another. The initial shot of both attacks can be charged up, too. He has these
and other moves:
- Use the Sword:
Push the "square" button. Depending on the attack position, Joachim
will either swipe or throw a sword. If you hold down the button, the first
sword will be charged up, growing in size; when the button is released, he'll
execute the initial attack to deal more damage.
- Jump:
Push the "X" button. If you push the button again while airborne,
you can pull off his double jump.
- Arrange the Swords:
Push the "triangle" button. The swords will arrange themselves in
preparation for the respective attack. When they're lined up behind him, it's
the Sword Chuck. When they're circling him, it's the Circle Slash.
- Magic Spell:
Push the "O" button. Joachim has a magic spell for both of his sword
arrangements. If you have enough magic stored in your meter, you can pull
them off. For the Sword Chuck, he fires a large beam for a prolonged period.
He can move it from left to right while it lasts, but he can't aim it up or
down. For Circle Slash, the swords will point outward and spin like a giant
blade, cutting up the enemies. This attack covers more ground but is weaker
and shorter-ranged.
- Gain Magic:
Simply dish out damage. Every time you successfully hit an enemy with a sword,
your meter will fill accordingly.
- Dash:
Hold one of the "R" buttons and press "X." Joachim can
use the dash to quickly gain ground and to avoid and dodge attacks. He can
also use it to gain a boost for his vertical and horizontal jumps.
- Lock On:
By holding one of the "R" buttons, Joachim will lock on to the nearest
enemy for a more accurate attack.
Play as Pumpkin: After
completing the game with Joachim and saving your data onto the memory card,
you can play as a second secret character. To play as Pumpkin, start
a new mission and enter "@Pumpkin" as your name. Pumpkin is best
described as mini-Leon.
His mission is
basically Leon's without the story elements. However, there are some differences:
(1) He's stronger than Leon and can thus defeat enemies much more easily.
(2) He's not as quick, but he's got better ledge-climbing ability. (3) His
meters are at their shortest, so he must collect HP- and MP-ups to increase
their length if he hopes to survive. (4) He starts with all of the advanced
whip combos and defensive abilities. (5) He starts with 130 hearts, and he
can collect max-ups to hold up to 200. (6) Pumpkin has his own sub-weapon--a
pumpkin; it bounces toward enemies and explodes for maximum impact. It takes
two hearts to power each. Otherwise, he can use the seven orbs to add super
power to his pumpkin.
All-Skills Mode: After
completing the game with Leon and saving your data onto the memory card, start
a new mission and enter "@llskill" as your name. Leon will begin
the game with all of the whip combos and defensive abilities that he would
otherwise collect through his experiences in battle.
The Crazy Mode:
This is Lament's
obligatory hard mode. After completing the game with Leon and saving your
data onto the memory card, start a new mission and enter "@Crazy"
as your name. You'll now play a tougher mission where the enemies are stronger
and more numerous, and you can only collect five of each item in your inventory.
After defeating a mission in "Crazy Mode," you can return to Rinaldo's
shop and buy the elusive "Mobius' Brooch" for 200,000 gold.
