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' ' ':' ':' ':' ':' ':' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' .:::. ,' ':::::.......:' P O R T R A I T O F R U I N ''''''' < ASCII art created by Kryshta 2008-2009 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin FAQ/Walkthrough ----------------- Version 0.171 Last update: 23/06/09 --------------------- Author by: vinheim & Psycho_Penguin Email: vinheim@gmail.com (vinheim... duh!) penguin_faqs@yahoo.com (Psycho_Penguin... duh again!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Homepage: http://vinheim.weebly.com - -- http://www.angelfire.com/mac/psychopenguin/ -- --- Video Walkthroughs: http://youtube.com/vinheimk --- ---- This document is Copyright 2008-2009 to ---- --- Alexander Paul Kleinheider and Steve McFadden --- -- Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Copyright 2006-2007 Konami -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------- Table of Contents ------------------- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To navigate much easier through this guide, I added the search system, which works just by following these simple steps: - Highlight the "Section Code" of the section which you wish to go and copy it (CTRL+C). - Press CTRL+F to bring up the search sub-menu. - Paste (CTRL+V) the "Section Code" and press ENTER twice to be where you wanted to be. Just like magic! My Section Codes were made as precise as possible, and I also prefer this method instead of having you scroll 30 min through this huge guide looking for the section you want to go. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ~~~~~> Section <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Section Code <~~~~~~ 1] Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp100] 1.1] Contact Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp101] 2] Game Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp200] 2.1] Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp201] 2.2] Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp202] 2.3] Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp203] 2.4] Status Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp204] 3] Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp300] 4] Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp400] 5] In-depth Walkthrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp500] 5.1] Dracula's Castle: Entrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp501] 5.2] City of Haze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp502] 5.3] Dracula's Castle: Moving to the 2nd Portrait . . . . [vp503] 5.3.1] Dracula's Castle: Buried Chamber . . . . . . . . [vp504] 5.3.2] Dracula's Castle: Great Stairway . . . . . . . . [vp505] 5.4] Sandy Grave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp506] 11] Latest Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp1100] 12] Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp1200] 12.1] Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp1201] 12.2] Last Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vp1202] =============================================================================== ================================== END OF ToC ================================= =============================================================================== /\ /\ /\ ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ )( 1] Introduction ( ) vp100 )( ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ \/ \/ \/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ~-~ ~-~ ~-~ 1.1] Contact Rules ~-~ ~-~ ~-~ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-.vg101.-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= '-----' vinheim's Contact Rules: __________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Any critics, suggestions, spelling mistakes, contributions are welcome, so please send them at the following e-mail: --> vinheim@gmail.com <-- I always reply to all the mails I get, since feedback is the best reward of all. Also, if you want to request to host this FAQ in your site, please ask permission first, so I can always keep track of where my FAQ's are. The only site that is allowed right now to host this FAQ is: - www.gamefaqs.com - www.neoseeker.com - www.supercheats.com I also have MSN and AIM, but please, if you add me, do NOT start bombing me with IM. If I have the time, I'll chat to you, since I'm always busy writing FAQ's and making some research for my job and school, but please keep it polite, 'k? Anyway, here they are: MSN: xander_may_cry@hotmail.com AIM: vinh3im Ask politely and I'll add you. I don't have YIM, so start mailing me to make one just so you can chat with me. Psycho_Penguin's Contact Rules: _________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ All questions about the game may be sent to me at penguin_faqs@yahoo.com. Questions or additions sent to the wrong address might be lost or deleted. So please choose your destination wisely. I do respond to all emails, so please be patient. If you sent it to the right place, you'll get a reply. Also, please read our guide before asking any questions. Only questions and tips not already in my guide will be posted. All game related emails sent to another of my email addresses will be ignored. I do enjoy receiving instant messages with questions and praise about my guides. If you would like to contact me, my AIM screen name is JuanDixonFor3. If I do not respond immediately, this probably means I am busy. I am always talking with my girl and with friends, so sometimes I don't get to instant messages from people I do not know right away. Be nice and I will talk to you. But if you are rude and abusive either because I don't respond quickly enough or about my guide, I will probably block you. All emails sent to the correct destination will be answered though. Thanks! /\ /\ /\ ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ )( 2] Game Basics ( ) vp200 )( ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ \/ \/ \/ Some basics of the game. I wrote the story behind this game, some game basics (which is my first in any of my guides), the basic controls and the Status Effects that will threaten your characters through their quest of vanquishing Dracula. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ~-~ ~-~ ~-~ 2.1] Story ~-~ ~-~ ~-~ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-.vp201.-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= '-----' The year is 1944. The world is filled with chaos. The second global war holds the entire world in it's grip of terror, creating hatred and fear along with the countless numbers of lost souls. The agony and hatred of those souls summon the castle of evil. The castle that has appeared many times throughout history only to bring terror and destruction upon its' surroundings, the castle of the dark lord, Dracula... The demonic castle. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ~-~ ~-~ ~-~ 2.1] Basics ~-~ ~-~ ~-~ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-.vp202.-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= '-----' - Partner System: In this game of Castlevania, it's the very first time you're able to control 2 characters without the need of doing anything extra. You have the control of both Jonathan and Charlotte to make your way through the game while slaying thousands of enemies that will stand in your way. There are quite a lot of new things thanks to both characters, but we'll get there in just a second, ok?! - Skill Attacks: These divide in two, which are Jonathan's Skills (Sub-weapon) and Charlotte's Skills (Magic). Here is a brief note on both: = Jonathan's Skills: Each time you defeat an enemy, your mastery of the equipped subweapon increases. As your mastery increases, your attacks become more powerful. When your mastery reaches the maximum, you will receive the title "Master". NOTE: You need to use the skill on the enemy for it to give you the mastery points. = Charlotte's Skills: You can charge magic attacks by chanting (press and hold the button), to launch more powerful attacks. The more powerful the attack, the longer you need to chant. - Dual Crush: This is something new in this game. This kind of a skill, but consumes a hell lot of MP and both characters combine their powers to trigger a Dual Crush, but that's not all, the power of a Dual Crush is huge, so make sure you know who to use them against and the enemies will fall at your feet. To perform a Dual Crush, you must press ^ + x button. - The Shop: The priest that's shown at the very beginning of the game acts like the shop of this game. He'll ask for a certain amount of Gold for the stuff he's carrying around. What a greedy little bastard! He's just behind Wind, a friendly ghost. - Warp Points: Like in several past games of Castlevania, there are these rooms with Warp Points. These are blue-colored and you can only warp using the warp points in that area. Just press ^ in front of a warp stone and select your destination. - Save Points: Do I even have to write about these?! These are red-colored rooms that allow you to save your game, while replenishing all your HP and MP. To activate a save point, simply press ^ in front of one. - Mysterious Paintings: These are paintings that you'll cross several times around the castle. Each one of these paintings take you to a whole new, different world. Remember that each painting has its own % for you to complete, so make sure to check out every little square of the map. - Quests: These are "Quests" that you activate by talking to a ghost named Wind. You'll find him near the beginning of the game, and he's a important part of the story, so you'll meet him want it or not. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ~-~ ~-~ ~-~ 2.3] Controls ~-~ ~-~ ~-~ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-.vp203.-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= '-----' - D-pad............Move character - A Button.........Call Partner (Press again to send partner away) - B Button.........Jump - Y Button.........Normal attack - X Button.........Switch player - R Button.........Activate skill for partner when on-screen (Subweapon, Magic) - L Button.........Back dash - Start............Switch between "Menu Screen" and "Gameplay Screen" (lower screen) - Select...........Switch between "Map" and "Status Screen" (upper screen) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ~-~ ~-~ ~-~ 2.4] Status Effects ~-~ ~-~ ~-~ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-.vp204.-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= '-----' /\ /\ /\ ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ )( 3] Characters ( ) vp300 )( ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ \/ \/ \/ A little list of the characters in the game of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. Have fun reading through this section ^_~. _____ (, / / ___/__onathan Morris / / (__ / - Age: 18 years old - Gender: Male - Equipable Weapons: Whips, Fists, Shortswords, Longswords, Axes, Maces, Spears - Equipable Armors: Clothes, Coats, Breast Plates, Mails = Description: Wielder of the legendary whip, "Vampire Killer". A hot-headed, energic young man, but has confidence, poise and a sense of humor. At times, this makes him seem like he's not taking things seriously. But when it really counts, he can be very clever. His most common answer to most things: "No problem." =-~-~-~-~-~-~= ) ___ (__/_____) / / (______)harlotte Aulin - Age: 16 years old - Gender: Female - Equipable Weapons: Books - Equipable Armors: Clothes, Corsets, Dresses = Description: Grew up with Jonathan. Intelligent, but is a little too confident in her book smarts. Talks a lot, and sticks her nose into others' business. She takes a logical approach to everything so she comes off as unemotional. Has great magic power, and is seen as the potential final weapon in the last battle against Dracula. =-~-~-~-~-~-~= __ __) (, ) | / | /| / |/ |/ / |ind - Age: Died at age 50 - Gender: Male = Description: The person who teaches skills and giver items to Jonathan and Charlotte. He was killed by Brauner and was almost made a part of Dracula's Castle, but the strength of his soul allowed him to retain his consciousness. His soul is trapped within Dracula's castle, however, so he cannot move or put his soul to rest. =-~-~-~-~-~-~= __ (__/ ) / ) / (_/tella - Age: 21 years old - Gender: Female = Description: The older of the twin vampire sisters. Has a flashy, aggressive personality. Looks down on humans condescendingly. Is skilled at physical attacks. =-~-~-~-~-~-~= _ ___/__) (, / / (_____oretta ) - Age: 21 years old - Gender: Female = Description: The younger of the twin sisters. Her physical appearance is a little plain, and she is intelligent, rational and unemotional. Looks down on humans, like her sister. Is skilled at magical attacks. =-~-~-~-~-~-~= ______ (, / ) /---( ) / ____)rauner (_/ ( - Age: Unknown - Gender: Male = Description: A vampire who lost his daughters 30 years ago, and had his magic powers awakened by Dracula's castle. Revived Dracula's castle by collecting the tortured souls of those who died in World War II. His goal is to destroy humans, who have yet again started war. =-~-~-~-~-~-~= __ __) (, ) / | / |/ |incent - Age: 32 years old - Gender: Male = Description: A priest who acts as your guide. not the courageous type. Runs the store. =-~-~-~-~-~-~= ______ (, / ) / / _/___ /_eath (_/___ / - Age: Unknown - Gender: Unknown = Description: Dracula's right-hand man, who was resurrected along with Dracula's Castle. Lawful evil. Has some samurai-like aspects. /\ /\ /\ ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ )( 4] Abbreviations ( ) vp400 )( ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ \/ \/ \/ Just like in most of my guides, the use of abbreviations is a good way to make the guide faster to write and read. Here's a small list of all the abbreviations use throughout the guide. =--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------= (AB) ---------------------- Armor Body | (AC) ----------------------- Accessory (AH) ---------------------- Armor Head | (AL) ----------------------- Armor Leg HP ------------------------ Hit Points | MP ---------------------- Magic Points (SWJ) ----------- Jonathan's Subweapon | (WPC) --------------- Weapon Charlotte (WPJ) ---------------- Weapon Jonathan | =--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------= /\ /\ /\ ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ )( 5] In-depth Walkthrough ( ) vp500 )( ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ \/ \/ \/ Author notes: This is how it works: - Video Walkthrough: I'll be recording all the guide in a full playthrough and I'll upload it to YouTube so you can have visual support, as well as the written help we're proving you right now. I'll put the links to the videos of that area and in parenthesis I'll write down something about the video (ie. when that area ends or at what min a Boss Battle starts), so feel free to watch them if you need visual help. BTW, you'll have to deal with all the trash I talk about, lol. - Enemies: I'll be displaying the enemies that you will be encountering in that area. Note that when I write "(B)" next to an Enemy's name (without the quotation marks), it means that that Enemy is a Boss. - Item Checklist: The Items that you'll be picking up from the floor, items that are a MUST for the game to proceed or hidden among the area will be displayed here. Note that I won't be putting the items sold from Vincent, nor the items random enemies' drop, so please just remember that. Also notice that next to the items you've obtained, it's the quantity of that item throughout the whole area. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= .=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=. C A S T L E V A N I A : P O R T R A I T O F R U I N '=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=' =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= So please open up the case, take out carefully Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and pop it in Slot 1. Now turn on the DS, touch the first option and let the game begin. As we start, read through the scene between Jonathan, Charlotte and Vincent. When you gain control for the first time, go right to enter the Castle itself. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ~-~ 5.1] Dracula's Castle: Entrance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vp501 ~-~ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - Video walkthrough Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALCTeoFkEdg Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFnOH-Mophc (Until min. 5:17) - Enemies: Skeleton, Zombie, Bat, Axe Armor o~~ Item Checklist: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o | Change Cube ------------------ RELIC = RELIC -------------------- Call Cube | | Tome of Arms 1 --------------- (WPC) = (WPJ) ------------------ Short Sword | | Beef Jerky ----------------------- 2 = (SWJ) ------------------------ Knife | | Wait Cube -------------------- RELIC = SPELL ------------------ Raging Fire | | Book of Spirits -------------- RELIC = (AH) -------------------- Head Guard | | Lizard Tail --------------------------------------------------------- RELIC | o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o From the entrance, drop to the bottom and het your very first Relic, 'Change Cube', which lets you switch the character you're playing as with the X Button. From here, go up the platforms to your right and at the top, jump left to find another Relic, 'Call Cube', which allows you to call the Standby character to act on its own (note that any damage dealt to him/her will be deducted from your MP, instead of your HP). Call your other character and step on the switch to lower the bridge. Now enter the next area. Kill the Zombies in here and proceed to the next room. Proceed to the next room once again. In the room where you encounter another Zombie, go down the platform on the right side to find 'Tome of Arms 1'. Now follow the path left and get 'Short Sword'. When you get to the lower hall, break the left wall for 'Beef Jerky'. Enter the room at the end to find a Save Point. Use it, return to the previous room, go all the way to the top and enter the right side door. Be really careful in this room, because as you move forward, Behemoth will start chasing you. BTW, to proceed through the room, you have to break the cracked pillars by hitting them. When you get to the end, jump on top of the platforms and grab the 'Beef Jerky'. Wait for Behemoth to break the wall and then proceed to the next room. In here, you'll find 'Knife', Jonathan's first Subweapon. Enter the room to the right to save the game and then go up and left to enter the next room. Kill the Skeletons in this room and proceed the next room where you'll see a statue with a green glow. Jump on it to get the Relic 'Wait Cube' (is there going to be one called "GameCube"?! lol). Anyway, after that lame joke, make Charlotte wait above the statue, then push the statue to the right. Change back to Charlotte, jump to the above platform and get 'Raging Fire', Charlotte's first Magic Spell. Enter the room to the left and kill the Skeletons and the Axe Armor and proceed to the next room. Go up the platforms, kill the Axe Armor and the 'Book of Spirits' Relic, which shows you the name of the enemy you're attacking. Return to the previous room and go to the left and grab 'Head Guard', then enter the left room to find your very first Warp Room. Exit (we haven't found any other Warp Room, have we?!) and go to the bottom of the room. Step on the green-glowing switch to open a hatch to the room where we got the very first weapons. Now enter the right room to meet with somebody who calls himself Wind. After all the talk, choose the "Preparations" Quest and exit this room thru the right side and speak to Vincent. Buy from him a Potion and the Castle Map 1. Return to Wind to receive 'Lizard Tail' for completing the Quest. Now you can slide using v + B Button. Return to the big room, go up the stairs and go to the left to find a narrow space. Slide underneath it and enter the next room to trigger a little chat between Charlotte and Jonathan about the paintings. We so now enter the first of several paintings ;). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ~-~ 5.2] City of Haze ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vp502 ~-~ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - Video walkthrough Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFnOH-Mophc (From 5:18 onwards) Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo5oyupdh9k Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1dn0bZyxw (Boss Fight: Dullahan) Part 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHcEJNBTFbQ - Enemies: Skeleton, Death Mask, Axe Armor, Witch Student, Skeleton Bartender, Zacchino, Forneus, Andras, Mini Devil, Zombie, Slinger, Peeping Eye, Bat, Dullahan (B) o~~ Item Checklist: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o | Clover Tiara ------------------ (AH) = (AB) ------------------------ Kirtle | | Leather Cuirass --------------- (AB) = (AB) ---------------- Leather Corset | | Green Tea Cake ------------------- 1 = (SWJ) -------------------- Cream Pie | | Paper Airplane --------------- (SWJ) = (DC) -------------------------- Rush | | Claymore --------------------- (WPJ) = (AL) ----------------------- Sandals | | Leather Whip ----------------- (WPJ) = 1 --------------------------- Potion | | Enamel Pinheels --------------- (AL) = (DC) ---------------- Holy Lightning | | Skill Cube ------------------- RELIC = (AB) ------------------- Houppelande | | Nun's Shoes ------------------- (AL) = RELIC ----------------- Acrobat Cube | | Tuxedo Coat ------------------- (AB) = (AC) -------------------------- Cape | | Thick Glasses ----------------- (AH) = (WPJ) -------------------------- Axe | | Moonwalkers ------------------- (AL) = (WPJ) ------------------- Long Sword | | Velvet Ribbon ----------------- (AH) = RELIC -------------------- Push Cube | | CON Boost -------------------- SPELL = SPELL ------------------- Gale Force | | Mace ---------------------------------------------------------------- (WPJ) | o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o From where we start, go right, activate the Warp Point and proceed to the right. You'll come across some Skeletons and Death Masks. They resist physical damage quite well, but try using Charlotte's charged Raging Fire to deal massive damage. Once inside the building, grab 'Clover Tiara', go up the platforms on the right until you reach the next room. Kill the Axe Armor, go up the platforms and enter the room to the left. This is a room filled with meats. Remember this room well, very well! Kill the Axe Armor, grab 'Kirtle' from the left side and return to the previous room. Go right from the platforms you just used and on your way down, grab 'Leather Cuirass'. Now follow the path killing the Skeletons on your way. Once in this room, proceed to the next one to meet a new enemy, Andras. It's like a huge crow riding a huge wolf, with a flaming sword. Simply use Charlotte's charged Raging Fire to defeat it. Once on the next room, grab 'White Corsage' and enter the room on the right to find a save point. Now's a good time to fill up your HP and MP. Anyway, from the previous room, go up, grab 'Leather Corset' then go right, kill the Death Mask and proceed up to the next room. There's another new enemy in this room, Zacchino. He's not that much of a threat, but I recommend using whips and/or spells, because he uses a sword attack that hurts a lot. There's also another new enemy, Forneus. It's like a huge jellyfish. I recommend using spells against it. In the room above, there are 2 Death Masks. Kill them and go right to get to the next room. Follow the rather linear path and when you get to the bottom (there's an Axe Armor down there), go to the left side and break the floor by sliding over it. Kill the Witch Student at the bottom and proceed to the left. Kill the Skeleton Bartender and grab 'Green Tea Cake' and 'Cream Pie'. Return to the previous room and break the right wall to reveal a hidden room. Grab 'Paper Airplane' as soon as you enter. Return to the room with the Axe Armor and go in the right door. Grab your first Dual Crush, 'Rush'. Return to the previous room and start going up, getting 'Claymore' once you're at the top. Now enter the right room. Kill the Axe Armor in here, go right, grab 'Sandals' and drop down to the next room. There are Mini Devils in here, and are annoying. Hold still and when they're about to attack you, kill them with this time. In the next room, which is outside, kill the Slingers and Zombies (remember this room, as there is a Quest later on here). In the next room, kill the Forneus, go up the platforms, go left and kill the Zacchino. Now grab 'Leather Whip', go up the platform next to it and then jump to the left to find 'Potion'. Now proceed to the left, kill the Axe Armor at the bottom and proceed to the right. Kill both Forneus out here and proceed to the next room. As you reach the top, kill Zacchino and enter the left room to activate the Warp Point. Now go all the way right, grab 'Enamel Pinheels', go to the bottom and enter the next room just to find 'Holy Lightning', which is one of the best Dual Crush's in the game, IMO. Now return to the room that's before the one with the Forneus'. Follow the lower path now and at the fork, which you find after 2 more rooms, go left to find a Save Point. Return to the fork and go right this time to find a lever and a mine cart surrounded by a yellow glow. Jump on top of the cart and make a character STAY (v + A). Now hit the lever and quickly change to the character that's on the cart (press X). Once on the other side, go right to enter the next room. Go right again to find 'Skill Cube', which is good... very good. Proceed right, kill the Slingers and Axe Armors in this room and proceed to the next. Once here, go right to find a Save Point. Return to the previous room, go to the top and on to the next room. Kill the Slingers and Forneus in this room and proceed to the next. There are Death Mask, Mini Devil and Axe Armor enemies in this room. Grab 'Houppelande' from the upper right corner and proceed to the next room. When you get to another large room; with Mini Devil and Death Mask enemies, the exit is towards the upper right side of the room, but instead, go to the upper left, grab the bag of money and break the wall on top of the platform and get 'Nun's Shoes' in the hidden room. Return to the previous room and now go to the upper right entrance. Kill the Zacchino and Peeping Eye and proceed right and up. Enter the first right entrance to find a Warp Point. Return to the previous room and enter the upper right room to find a Save Point. Save your game, return to the previous room, go up to the next and go through the silver gate to go neck to neck with your first Boss Battle! --=======------=======----=-=----===-----===-----------====----=-------===----- BOSS: DULLAHAN Name: Dullahan No.: 139 Location: City of Haze HP: 600 XP: 500 SP: 40 Item drop: 1) None 2) None Weak: Strike, Whip, Electric Strong: Ice Video Battle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1dn0bZyxw Strategy: Dullahan is very easy if you know how to fight him. Equip your strongest whip, which is the Leather Whip. Attack him nonstop with the whip equipped and if you want to, use the previously acquired Skill Cube and use Charlotte's Raging Fire to help you in the attack. His weak point is the armor, not the head. He basically has 3 attacks, which are: 1) He grabs his knee (well... looks like) and afterwards, jumps a little bit towards the front, sticking his lance into the ground. This makes several blades-like come out of the floor, but go just in one direction. [How to avoid: get near him when he "grabs his knee" and when he jumps, slide underneath him.] 2) He takes a step backwards and afterwards, he thrusts his lance in front of him. [How to avoid: duck under the lance or jump on a higher platform. Watch out with the front leg, as he moves it towards you a little bit.] 3) He attaches his head to the body and throws 5 projectiles at you* and then takes his head and throws it at midair and several sperm-like enemies appear**. [How to avoid: *Simply run from one spot to another, then run back. **Hit them to make them disappear or the safer way, use the Dual Crush, Holy Lightning, besides, he's weak against Electric, so we hit 2 birds with one stone ;).] ==-------======-------====-=-====---=====---===========----====-=======---===== Grab the red eyeball-thing to have it recover your HP and MP to the fullest. Afterwards, return to the Save Point if you want and go left from the boss room. Get the 'Acrobat Cube', which lets you jump on your partner's shoulders from this room and proceed to the next room. In this large room, break the floor near the entrance to get 'Tuxedo Coat' from this secret room. Return to the previous one and jump on the platforms up to the top and on the top E side is 'Cape' (you need to jump on your partner's shoulders). Now go to the top W side and enter the room to find 'Thick Glasses'. There's also a hole on the left side of the room, but you need a certain spell to get past here. I'll tell you when to return here, 'k? Return to the previous room, jump to the bottom and enter the bottom W room. Kill the Axe Armor and continue to the next room. Drop down from the middle of the room and kill both the Axe Armors and the Andras. Now go W and get 'Axe'. Equip it and return to the previous room. Jump from platform to platform to the top and jump on your partner's to get 'Moonwalkers', now move on to the next room. Go left and drop down to the lower room. Go W down here and you'll reach yet another large room. Go to the top and on the E side and grab 'Long Sword'. Do the same on the W side to get 'Velvet Ribbon'. Now go to the bottom left side to reach the next room. When you get outside, go all the way to the W side to get 'Push Cube', which lets you push objects with a green aura. Before dropping to the room below, go W to find 2 Andras'. After it, you'll find several Axe Armors. Move to the W side of the room while killing the Axe Armors with Charlotte's Spells. At the end, you'll find 'CON Boost'. Now return to where the wagon is, push it and drop down to the next room. Grab 'Gale Force' and 'Mace' and proceed to the bottom room. Fill in the rest of the map to the S of this room and go in the top right room to find a Warp Room. Now warp to the entrance and exit the Painting. ~ Map % Covered: 98.1% =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ~-~ 5.3] Dracula's Castle: Moving to the 2nd Portrait ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vp503 ~-~ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - Video walkthrough - Enemies: Behemoth (B) o~~ Item Checklist: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o | Whip Skill 1 ----------------- RELIC = (WPJ) ------------------------ Spear | | Combat Knife -------------------------------------------------------- (WPJ) | o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o After finishing City of Haze, return to Wind's room and talk to him. He has another quest for you, "Supersonic Punch". .----------------------------. | Quest: Supersonic Punch | | Where: City of Haze | | Reward: Bullet Punch (WPJ) | .------------------------------------------------' | | Return to City of Haze. Once here, enter the first building and when you | | get to the top of this room, proceed to the second room. Kill the Axe Armor,| | go up the platforms and go left. This is a room filled with meats. Destroy | | them using your bare hands. Now return to Wind to receive your reward. | '-----------------------------------------------------------------------------' Now go with Vincent and buy Castle Map 2. Also buy some Potions, just in case. Remember the Save Point after the chase of the Behemoth? Go there, save your game, return to the previous room, go up, then jump on your partner's shoulders to get on the platform above you and grab the relic 'Whip Skill 1'. Now proceed right, grab 'Spear' and enter the door above the Spear to enter an arena and a Boss Battle. --=======------=======----=-=----===-----===-----------====----=-------===----- BOSS: BEHEMOTH Name: Behemoth No.: 140 Location: Dracula's Castle: Entrance HP: 800 XP: 1,000 SP: 45 Item drop: 1) None 2) None Weak: Slash, Fire, Holy Strong: Dark Video Battle: Strategy: Behemoth... another easy-ass boss. He has 4 very predictable attacks, but they don't damage you that much. Equip a Slash-type weapon (the Spear you picked up is good) and attack him nonstop. Also, use subweapons as often as you can. Try using Cream Pie over and over and over and over... which is a great subweapon (Shuriken and Knife are good too). Anyway, the attacks are the following: 1) It starts rushing towards you. [How to avoid: Quickly run to one of the platforms on either side and jump over it. *Note that you can land on his.] 2) It crouches and jump towards you; afterwards, it'll rush towards you. [How to avoid: When you see it crouching, approach him and when it's jumping, slide underneath it.] 3) It throws "meat balls" from its mouth. [How to avoid: Crouch in front of him or hit them to destroy these things.] 4) It takes out its intestines out of him mouth a certain distance. [How to avoid: Quickly run away from him and if you can, jump if they're too close.] ==-------======-------====-=-====---=====---===========----====-=======---===== Grab the red eyeball-thing as usual and go right through the upper door. In this room, go down the first set of stairs and check the left wall under the broken gate (which lead to the area where you just fought Behemoth) to find a breakable wall. Break it and behind it is 'Combat Knife'. Return to the previous room and go to the bottom to get to the next part of Dracula's Castle, the Buried Chamber. =============================================================================== 5.3.1] Dracula's Castle: Buried Chamber vp504 =============================================================================== - Video walkthrough - Enemies: Golem, Skull Archer, Une, Bat, Mud Man, Frozen Shade, Invisible Man, Merman, Dragon Zombie, Slime o~~ Item Checklist: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o | Offensive Form --------------- (SWJ) = 1 ------------------------ HP Max Up | | Cestus ----------------------- (WPJ) = 1 ------------------ Boiled Starfish | | Anti-Venom ----------------------- 1 = 1 --------------------------- Potion | | Bandana ----------------------- (AH) = SPELL --------------------- Ice Fang | | MP Max Up ------------------------ 1 = (AB) ------------------ Copper Plate | o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o As you enter this area, both the Golem and Skull Archer. Go left and down to the next room. Go to the bottom of the room, but beware of the Unes if you see a little green dot in the ground. They pop out if you get near them. At the bottom, go left to the next room. There are Bats flying through the area, so be careful. Now follow the path until you get to a dead end and get 'Offensive Form'. You'll also grab 'Anti-Venom' before getting here. Return to the previous fork and go right to the next room. There are Mud Mans in this room, which appear from the floor just like Zombies. When you get to an up-down fork, go up and move to the next room. Open up your map and locate the middle of the room (there are 2-like chains in the background). Slide to break the floor and go down to find 'HP Max Up'. Return up the platforms, go right and down. In the middle of this room is a room going right. Remember this path and complete the bottom part of the map, which there's the weapon 'Cestus' at the end. Return to the path you previously ignored and enter the room to the right to find a Save Point. In the room at the bottom left is a Warp Point. return to the previous room and go right. This path is really linear, but let me tell you that when the path start going up, go right and break the pipes to find 'Boiled Starfish'. Now go up to the next room. Go to the top, grab 'Potion' and go to the right. Go to the end of the path and grab 'Bandana'. Return to where the potion was and go left. There are 2 Frozen Shades in this room. Kill them and grab 'Ice Fang' from the left. Break the floor next to the spell and you'll get 'MP Max Up'. Return up, kill the Frozen Shades again and go up again. In this room, start going up and when you reach the top, jump down to the left to grab 'Copper Plate'. Go up to the next room, kill the Invisible Man and proceed to the next part of the Castle. ~ Map % Covered: 23.4% =============================================================================== 5.3.2] Dracula's Castle: Great Stairway vp505 =============================================================================== - Video walkthrough - Enemies: Skull Archer, Ukoback, Persephone, Skelerang, Keremet (B) o~~ Item Checklist: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o | Don Quixote ------------------ (WPC) = RELIC -------------- Stone of Flight | | Iron Leggings ----------------- (AL) = (AH) ------------------- Nun's Habit | o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o Kill the Skull Archer, the Skelerang at the top and proceed to the next room. There will be a scene with Death, Dracula's Servant. Afterwards, go left, kill the Ukoback and go left to find a Warp Point. Return to the previous room and jump on the ledges to get to a higher ledge, where is a fork. Go left from the fork and fight your way through the Persephones. Enter the door at the end to return to the castle's entrance. There's a push-able block there, but you can't go through just yet. Return to the fork and go right this time. Once again, fight your way through the Persephones. When you get to the next room, go down, kill the Skelerang and grab 'Don Quixote'. Now enter the room to the right and save your game. Return to the upper ledge in the previous room and go right to find a silver gate (you know what that means.) --=======------=======----=-=----===-----===-----------====----=-------===----- BOSS: KEREMET Name: Keremet No.: 141 Location: Dracula's Castle: Great Stairway HP: 666 XP: 2,000 SP: 50 Item drop: 1) None 2) None Weak: Fire, Ice, Electric Strong: None Video Battle: Strategy: There's an easy way to kill this boss. First of all, push the bubbling pot to a side. Now have the standby character STAY so it "stays" attacking the pot. Jump on the upper ledge until Keremet appears. Make sure to have the Axe equipped. Dismiss your other character and start attacking Keremet. If you see that a black magic circle appears in front of him, stop attacking and wait for the Slime Ball to pass by you, because if you break it, several Slime Balls will fall down on you. Rinse and repeat until defeated. 1) Summons a large Slime Ball that breaks into several if broken. [How to avoid: Stop attacking if you see a black magic circle appears in front of him and staying away from the upper part of the room.] 2) Throws slimes at you that transforms into actual slimes when they touch the floor. [How to avoid: Stay on the ledges on both sides of the room and wait for them to disappear.] ==-------======-------====-=-====---=====---===========----====-=======---===== Get the red gem after the fight and move to the next room. Grab 'Stone of Flight', which lets you double jump. Sweet ^_^. Follow the path until you get to a left/up/right fork. Go right and go to the upper right side of this large room to get 'Iron Leggings'. Now go to the bottom left and grab 'Nun's Habit'. Now proceed to the next room. In this room, the upper room is a Save Point, the bottom left is a Warp Point and the bottom right is a new painting leading to your next destination, Sandy Grave. ~ Map % Covered: 32.3% =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ~-~ 5.4] Sandy Grave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vp506 ~-~ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - Video walkthrough - Enemies: Mummy, Devil Wheel, Sand Worm, Red Skeleton, Amphisbaena, Flying Skull, Elgiza, Dragon Zombie, White Dragon, Mimic, Fleaman, Spittle Bone, Bone Pillar, Armor Knight, Corpsweed, Persephone, o~~ Item Checklist: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o | HP Max Up ------------------------ 1 = (WPJ) ------------------- Steel Whip | | Diamond Brooch ---------------- (AC) = 1 ------------------------ MP Max Up | | High Potion ---------------------- 1 = | | = | | = | | = | | = | | = | | = | | = | | = | | = | | = | | = | | = | | = | | = | o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o Proceed right, killing Mummies as you proceed. You'll find Devil Wheels in the second room. In the third room, a Sand Worm appears from under the sand. Kill stand step on the quicksand and let it swallow you. Down here, grab 'HP Max Up'. Return to the previous room and go right until you enter the pyramid. These Red Skeletons cannot be killed, yet. Jump over them and grab 'Steel Whip'. Jump up to the room that has a Save Point. Return to the previous room and enter the bottom right now. In the room, jump down the ledge. This stair room is filled with Red Skeletons. Go to the bottom and in the room. There's a new enemy, Amphisbaena. Kill it and go to the next room. Watch out for the switches on the floor, because a beam of red light that hurts bad is fired. Jump over these and grab $2,000 and 'Diamond Brooch'. In the next room, go to the bottom to find a Warp Point and a Save Point. Save your game and return to the previous room. Go up and enter the room to the right. There's a new enemy in here, Elgiza. Take out the arms first, then take care of the head. Another new enemy is Dragon Zombie, which is in the next room. Take him down fast while trying to evade the attacks, because they're powerful. The next room is a large one. There are White Dragons in this room. Move to the upper right part of the room, grab 'MP Max Up' and move to the next room. Beware of the falling boulders in this room. Move from column to column, jumping the boulder. The boulder takes around 96 damage per hit. Anyway, move to the next room. Jump un in the middle, kill the Mimic and grab 'High Potion', now proceed to the next room. /\ /\ /\ ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ )( 15] Latest Update ( ) s1500 )( ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ \/ \/ \/ = Version 0.171 (May 23rd, 2009) - Modified some things. /\ /\ /\ ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ )( 16] Closing ( ) s1600 )( ~~( )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)(~~~~~~~~~~~~~( )~~ \/ \/ \/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=- 16.1] Credits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ s1601 -=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 1. People - Gabriel: For lending this awesome game to me, which I've had for around 5 months now :P. Thanks a lot bro. - Steve "Psycho_Penguin" McFadden: For being the first GameFAQ's friend I had and also being an awesome co-writer. We always have a blast when talking on MSN and AIM. Thanks for all your support and friendship, man! I really appreciate it. - Gabriel, Raul and Eduardo: Just for being my best friends and always being there for me, in the good and bad moments. - You: For having the patience of reading through the whole guide. 2. Internet sites - www.gamefaqs.com: For hosting my guide. - www.neoseeker.com: For hosting my guide. - www.supercheats.com: For hosting my guide. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=- 16.2] Final Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ s1602 -=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This is it, everyone. The end of my first Castlevania FAQ and my first co-write FAQ as well and what better than with Steve. This will have a special place in my heart because of the reasons I stated above. The following is a little list of the order of my FAQ's and my future ones. 1. Tales of Symphonia (GCN) 2. Jericho (360) 3. Tales of Legendia (PS2) [In progress] 4. Tales of the Abyss (PS2) 5. Devil May Cry (PS2) 6. Tales of the Abyss Enemy Database (PS2) 7. Jericho Monster List (360) 8. Jericho Achievements (360) 9. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS) [In progress]. Co-writing the guide with a good friend of mine, Steve "Psycho_Penguin" McFadden. 10. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater [In progress] 11. Lloyd Irving Character FAQ [This one, and in progress] 12. Kingdom Hearts II (PS2) [Future Guide]. Co-writing it with a great friend, Richard "Gbness" Beast. 13. Pokémon Crystal (GBC) [Future Guide]. Co-writing it with Kori "Mighty Oracle" Winstead, another good friend. 14. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (PS2) [Future Guide] 15. Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (PS2) [Future Guide] 16. Dragon Quest VIII (PS2) [Future Guide]. Maybe co-author the guide with Psycho_Penguin. 17. Mega Man X4 (SNES) [Future Guide] 18. Mega Man X2 (SNES) [Future Guide] 19. Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA) [Future Guide] 20. Mega Man X8 (PC) [Future Guide] 21. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (DS) [Future Guide] 22. Silent Hill 3 (PC) [Future Guide] 23. Legend of Dragoon (PSX) [Future Guide] _______________________________________________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ _ _ _ _ ____________(_)_____| |________(_)______________|·| \ \ __ __ _ _ __ | |__ ___ _ _ __ ___O O |·|_________ \ \_(_ \/ _) | '_ \| _ \ / _ \ | '_ ' _ \_____|·|xxxxxxxx|| \____\ /_| | |_| | |_| | __/ | |_| |_| |____|·|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ \/ |_|_| |_|_| |_|\___)_|_| |_| |_| |·| Ż İ Alexander P. Kleinheider [vinheim] and Steve McFadden [Psycho_Penguin] 2009. Contact: vinheim@gmail.com & penguin_faqs@yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.