Challenge Deaths
 

If you die in a challenge, does it add to the total death count? I'm trying to get less than 10 deaths the first time through, but I don't know if I should do the challenges as I go to keep the levels fresh or if I should wait until I beat the game.

My experience with this game lead me to believe that any deaths during the Monster Challenges, whether to you play them in between levels or from the main screen menu, do not go towards your totals deaths during a chapter or for the whole game.

There are other posts on this forum that contradict what I've posted, but I know there were some challenges that I did over and over again to get gold. I did so in between levels, not from the main menu, and lost a good number of lives in those challenges. When I finished the game, I got the achievement for losing less than 10 lives during the course of story mode, something I shouldn't have gotten if the Monster Challenge deaths added into the Story Mode total.

This is not conclusive, so proceed at your own risk. Personally, I'd be pissed if I had to play through the story mode on this game twice. Not that the game is horrible, far from it. Just not a story mode I'd have fun doing a second time around.

I sure hope your right i just read what people wrote about challenges counting toward you 10 deaths and i have died a bunch in the challenges. well i guess i'll find out when i finish the second chapter and i'll post the results.

no challenges do not count toward your 10 deaths i just beat the game and still got all my acheivements even after dying numerous times in the challenges i played challenges between missions and from the special features.

Yes :) I thought it would have but i am glad it doesnt. BTW i LOVE this game :). Its ace and I feel good at it :)