=================================================== Ninjabread Man FAQ/Walkthrough Version 1.2 By kirbyparufo =================================================== 1. Introduction 2. Updates 3. Controls 4. Basics 5. Enemies 6. Walkthrough 7. Extra Modes 8. Contact ============================================== 1. Introduction ============================================== Ninjabread Man is a bad game that is virtually identical to two other games made by the same company that made this game (Anubis II and Rock 'N' Roll Adventures). This game is short and easy, but there are some hard parts, so I decided to make a FAQ for this game. Read on, unless you are hungry. ============================================== 2. Updates ============================================== Version 1.2- Finished the Lollipop Forest section of the Walkthrough Version 1.1- Corrected many typos Version 1- Finished the Training Dough-Jo section of the Walkthrough ============================================== 3. Controls ============================================== Here are the Controls for the game. Nunchuk control stick - Move Ninjabread Man Fling Nunchuk upwards - Jump (perform the motion twice to double jump) Z button - Jump (press twice to double jump) Swing the Wii Remote right to left - Ninjabread Man swings his sword normally Swing the Wii Remote left to right - Ninjabread Man does a backhanded sword swing Down on the Wii Remote directional pad - Reset camera A Button - Confirm selection on menus - Exit Shuriken Mode - Talk to Dough-Jo Masters - Skip the animation that occurs after collecting a blue vial B Button - Enter Shuriken Mode - Lock on to an enemy in Shuriken Mode and throw a shuriken - Throw a Shuriken (Shuriken Mode only) + Button - Pause the game (in-game only) ============================================== 4. Basics ============================================== Important things about the game. At the top-left corner of the screen is Ninjabread Man's current health. Ninjabread Man starts every level off with 5 hearts of health. Every time he is hurt, Ninjabread Man will lose one heart. Run out of hearts, and you will lose a life (you automatically lose a life if you fall into a bottomless pit). However, after defeating an enemy (excluding the bee), a winged heart will appear. Catch it to add an additional heart to Ninjabread Man's current health. After you reach ten hearts and collect one more, Ninjabread Man will gain an extra life (in some game modes, collecting an extra heart while you have ten hearts does nothing). At the top-right corner of the screen you will see the current amount of blue vials you have in a level. Collect eight blue vials and enter the teleporter to complete a level in normal mode. In other game modes, this will show other information. At the very top of the screen is your current score. The score is just for show, so ignore it. At the bottom-left corner of the screen is the shuriken power meter. For every enemy Ninjabread Man kills with the shuriken attack without taking damage, the power level of Ninjabread Man's shurikens increases by one level, until it reaches level nine. Every time Ninjabread Man takes damage, the power level will go down by one level, but never below level one. The bottom-right corner has an arrow which points to the blue vial nearest to Ninjabread Man. The arrow is generally unreliable, so use it only if you are lost. In general, the shuriken attack is safer than the sword attack. The shuriken attack will eventually become stronger than the sword attack, and while in shuriken mode, you can also control the camera by moving the targeting reticule to any edge of the screen, so you should use the shuriken attack as much as possible. ============================================== 5. Enemies ============================================== Here are the enemies Ninjabread Man will encounter (None of these names are official, I just made them up). -*-*-*-*-*-*-* Cupcake Target -*-*-*-*-*-*-* Not really an enemy, just a target Ninjabread Man has to slash up with his sword at the Training Dough-Jo. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Mobile Cupcake Target -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- A Cupcake Target that can move and attack, but is found only in the Training Dough-Jo, where Ninjabread Man is invincible. -*-*-*- Cupcake -*-*-*- A cute little cupcake with a cherry on top. They can only attack up close, and they move slowly. -*-*-*-*-*-*- Slice of Cake -*-*-*-*-*-*- Pieces of cake (pun intended) that are usually immobile. They can spit strawberries at you from a distance. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Strawberry Shortcake -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Not to be confused with that little girl. They are just like cupcakes, but move a bit faster. -*- Bee -*- An annoying enemy that attacks from the sky. They are pretty quick. -*-* Mine -*-* Not really an enemy, but doesn't have another section to go to. When Ninjabread Man approaches a mine, it will damage him and any nearby enemy, as well as knocking him back a bit. ============================================== 6. Walkthrough ============================================== Here's the part most of you are here for. This section covers how to beat Normal Mode (due to the fact you must beat a level on Normal Mode to unlock the extra modes). There is usually more than one path through a level, but I will explain the path that I find the most efficient for completing a level. ---------------------------------------------- 6.1 Training Dough-Jo ---------------------------------------------- Not really a level (no blue vial collecting here, but you do need 3 scrolls), but you have to complete this to access the normal levels. First off, when you start the level, a little animation will appear showing you how to move. After watching it, press A and go through the visible door (If you want to watch an animation again, go up to the Dough-Jo Master nearest to where the animation originally occurred and press A). After exiting the Dough-Jo, look/run around until you find a big gate with the number 1 above it. Go through the gate and run down the path until you see an animation show you how to jump (don't listen to the instructions. Use the Z button to jump and save yourself the frustration of using the Nunchuk). Press A and continue down the path until you reach a ledge. Jump onto it, and you will see another animation showing you how to double-jump (again, don't listen to the instructions. Use the Z button to double-jump and save yourself the frustration of using the Nunchuk). After pressing A to close out the animation, double jump onto the next ledge, jump onto the one after that, and double-jump onto the final ledge. Go a really short distance down the path, and you will reach some floating (and one moving) platform(s). Jump/double-jump across them until you reach the path in between two candy canes (if you fall, you will have to jump onto a path, run up, and try again). Run down the path and collect the scroll. An animation will occur, and the second gate will open. Retrace you steps back to the training Dough-Jo, and look around for and enter the gate with the 2 above it. Run down the path until you reach some stairs. Jump up the stairs and you will see an animation showing how to use your sword attack. Press A and continue jumping up the stairs, and stop when you see the top. Go forward and down the next set of stairs. Kill all 6 of the cupcake targets and mobile cupcake targets here (they cannot hurt you). You MUST use your sword to do this (this is all that affects them). The second scroll will appear after they have all been killed. Collect it and an animation will occur, and the third gate will open. Retrace you steps back to the training Dough-Jo, and look around for and enter the gate with the 3 above it. Run down the path and jump up the stairs. An animation will start showing how to use shurikens. After closing it out, jump to the top of the stairs and destroy the 8 targets with shuriken. After all of the targets are destroyed, the scroll will appear. Collect it and an animation will occur, and the final gate will open. Retrace you steps back to the training Dough-Jo, and look around for and enter the gate with nothing above it. Run down the path to complete the level. ---------------------------------------------- 6.2 Lollipop Forest ---------------------------------------------- Move forward, just falling out of the small cave you start in. Continue to run forward and jump on the platform you will reach. Jump up the next two platforms ahead of you, and collect the blue vial (1/8). Enter shuriken mode and kill one of the enemies you see with shuriken. Collect its winged heart, and continue killing any enemies you can find on the ground with shurikens (don't leave the room), and be sure to be careful of the mine in here. After you do this, your shuriken power meter should be at level 7, and your live count at 4 (unless you took damage). Look around using shuriken mode, until you see the blue vial on a big cookie platform. Use the series of platforms on either side of the giant cookie platform to get up there and collect the blue vial (2/8). Run around on the ground until you find an entrance to an area where you can see Strawberry Shortcakes. Jump into the alcove separating your current area with the new one. Kill the Strawberry Shortcake directly in front of and below you and collect its winged heart (if any additional Strawberry Shortcakes of Cupcakes attack you, kill them, but don't collect their winged hearts). Using shuriken mode, turn the camera right so you can see a Slice of Cake. Kill it with shuriken and collect its winged heart. Run around in this room and kill any enemies you find (collect their winged hearts). Now look around in shuriken mode until you see two blue vials. Collect them both by jumping up a small set of platforms for each one (4/8). Now, approach each alcove and listen carefully. Enter the alcove with the mechanicalish noise (not the quiet or buzzing one). Kill all of the enemies in the room on the ground and collect their winged hearts. Beware, because there is a well-hidden mine, and a few Slices of Cake here. Look around in shuriken mode to find the blue vial in here, and jump up a few platforms to reach and collect it (5/8). Now look around for the checkpoint marker (a circle surrounded by a few arrows). Jump up to it and activate it (it will make a nonstop annoying sound). Find the alcove in here with the mechanicalish noise and go through it. Run straight ahead and enter the nearby alcove. Kill all of the enemies in this room (there are bees in here, so you may have to look into the sky). Look around in shuriken mode for the blue vial, and jump a series of platforms to reach and collect it (6/8). Now, look around for the checkpoint marker and run into it. Go near the alcove with the visible mine and purple-dotted floor inside. Quickly approach and run away from the mine. Kill the two cupcakes and single bee and collect their winged hearts. Run around the room to find a "cookie sandwich" platform, with a taller cookie/lollipop platform nearby. Jump onto the cookie/lollipop platform. From here, using the nearby moving cookie platforms, reach and collect the nearby blue vial (7/8). Exit this room through the only alcove, and then enter the alcove directly to the right. Kill all of the enemies in here, collecting their winged hearts. Look around for the blue vial in shuriken mode. Jump up of either set of the surrounding platforms, and collect the final blue vial. Enter the teleporter (you may have to move around the camera and jump inside) to complete the mission. ---------------------------------------------- 6.3 Candy Cliffs ---------------------------------------------- Walkthrough coming next update. ============================================== 7. Extra Modes ============================================== This section covers the Extra Modes of each level. You can unlock the Extra Modes for each level by beating a level normally (NOT including the training Dough-Jo) Here is a basic breakdown of each mode: Time Attack: To complete Time Attack Mode, simply follow my main walkthrough for each level, but defeat only Slices of Cake and Bees. The area that shows how many blue vials you collected as shows how many seconds of time you have left in a level. Score Pickups: To beat Score Pickups, collect the set amount of pickups, which you can see in the area that shows how many blue vials you've collected. You must collect all eight blue vials as normal, but the teleporter won't appear until you've collected the set amount of pickups. There are three difficulty levels in this mode. The harder the difficulty, the more pickups must be collected. For those interested, the pickups are chocolate bars, tiny wrapped candies, candy canes, and... egg rolls? (I can't tell what they are supposed to be) Hidden Pickups: To beat Hidden Pickups, collect the 20 candy canes hidden in the level and enter the teleporter (blue vials don't appear in this mode). I haven't included specific item placement for Score Pickups and Hidden Pickups (I couldn't possibly describe them). Hidden Pickups will not be covered here, as it presents the same scenario every level (collect 20 hidden candy canes). ---------------------------------------------- 7.1 Lollipop Forest Extra Modes ---------------------------------------------- *********** Time Attack *********** 250 seconds to complete (4 minutes, 10 seconds) ************* Score Pickups ************* 272 Pickups are needed to beat the Easy level 408 Pickups are needed to beat the Medium level 516 Pickups are needed to beat the Hard level ---------------------------------------------- 7.2 Candy Cliffs Extra Modes ---------------------------------------------- *********** Time Attack *********** 300 seconds to complete (5 minutes) ************* Score Pickups ************* 346 Pickups are needed to beat the Easy level 519 Pickups are needed to beat the Medium level 658 Pickups are needed to beat the Hard level ---------------------------------------------- 7.3 Cookie Caves Extra Modes ---------------------------------------------- *********** Time Attack *********** 350 seconds to complete (5 minutes, 50 seconds) ************* Score Pickups ************* 359 Pickups are needed to beat the Easy level 538 Pickups are needed to beat the Medium level 682 Pickups are needed to beat the Hard level ============================================== 8. Contact ============================================== You can email me at kirbyparufo@hotmail.com with alternate strategies, major typos, or any general info you may have found. Please do not send hate mail.