Achievement Guide and Roadmap

[Vampyre Blade]

Originally Posted by PAPIOL

Nice videos
A rapid question: For these boss achievements, you must do this on arcade (or arrange) or can be done in training mode selecting the final stage?

Can be done in Arrange or Arcade mode though arrange is much recommended. Training mode will not unlock achievements.

[luuwat]

that video makes it look so easy, why do the bullets come so slow? or was it like that? havented played it since it came out lol,

good stuff will try

[KillerBEA]

Did an overhaul, added some details to the descriptions. Re-added Blades Guwange-sama achievement video (I swore I added it once before).

Did some practice last night, got just shy of 25mil and 10k coin combo

Plan on adding a few more things will I will square most of that away tonight I hope .

Just added the point value for killing the bosses and added a tip about rubber banding the right trigger to keep the shikigami out.

Getting close but not done quite yet!

[fatofi]

Originally Posted by KillerBEA

Did an overhaul, added some details to the descriptions. Re-added Blades Guwange-sama achievement video (I swore I added it once before).

Did some practice last night, got just shy of 25mil and 10k coin combo

Plan on adding a few more things will I will square most of that away tonight I hope .

Just added the point value for killing the bosses and added a tip about rubber banding the right trigger to keep the shikigami out.

Getting close but not done quite yet!

sorry for my english =[


i buy the game yesterday, and make 130/200 without great dificult, play with gensuke in arrange mode make the game reaaaaaaaaly easy, only "True Diabolical Power!" and "The Subjugation of Guwange-sama!" to 200/200.

I record the replay in a bit

[KillerBEA]

No worries man understood you perfectly.

Just confirming; Gensuke is better then the others?

[MACdanstaface]

Originally Posted by KillerBEA

No worries man understood you perfectly.

Just confirming; Gensuke is better then the others?

Didn't think you were still working on the guide...

For the no-hit baby achievement, there's an easy way. You can "orient" the projectiles by standing next to the head. It's just a matter of moving from left to right. It's a bit hard to explain, but it's in my xbox 360 arrange replay of Kosame on the online leaderbords - at around 87 mil.

For me Genuske is better.

I only play a few games per week, and don't think there are any particular (edit for Helg0r )tricks for the last boss - just got to keep at it until you get a lucky break...

[Helg0r]

From my experience it doesn't make that much of a difference which character you choose if you play in Arrange since you will most likely have your spirit deployed the whole time and therefore have no difference in movement speed.
Gensuke's and Shishin's spirit have a more circular damage radius while Kosame's spirit deals damage to a more linear area, thus making her slightly weaker. I would say go with the character, whose hitbox you can measure best (for me that was Shishin).

Just my personal observations...

edit: the very last boss indeed has a pattern but it is a little bit vague. Observe the yellow balls closely and you will see that most of the time their trajectories stay roughly the same. What's random is their spin (clockwise/counter-clockwise), so basically you have to find a position where you can react to both cases. Keep at it!

[MACdanstaface]

Originally Posted by Helg0r

the very last boss indeed has a pattern but it is a little bit vague. Observe the yellow balls closely and you will see that most of the time their trajectories stay roughly the same. What's random is their spin (clockwise/counter-clockwise), so basically you have to find a position where you can react to both cases. Keep at it!

I'll give it a shot - I didn't mean the last boss was random - just meant you can't really tell where the yellow balls are going - and the random spin is a pain at times.
After I avoid the first ball, I try to move laterally in the big space between the beads at the bottom of the screen. I've got it by loading a save, so I assume I'll get it eventually if I keep at it. The 25-30 min per try is just a bit of a pain.

BTW: How did you get it? Did you grind it until you get it, or play it casually a few times a week?
EDIT: I didn't realize you got it so fast... Do you have an idea of how many times you tried before you got the achievement?

[Helg0r]

I started to grind it but soon realized that I wouldn't get it that way if I couldn't come up with a consistent strategy. So I made a save right before the boss and played that part over and over again looking for a pattern and safe-spots. Experimentation with different characters eventually lead to Shishin as my favorite.
However, once I was able to beat the final boss without taking damage I continued to practice that part until I pulled it off three times in a row and then switched back to Arrange mode and got it on the second try.

Most of the time in the beginning was 'wasted' though because I didn't know about the no-bomb restriction until one of the Japanese players kindly told me, that's approximately when I started to practice from a savegame

I suggest you do the same and start by practicing only that part and once you got it down move on to playing casually.

[MACdanstaface]

Originally Posted by Helg0r

I started to grind it but soon realized that I wouldn't get it that way if I couldn't come up with a consistent strategy. So I made a save right before the boss and played that part over and over again looking for a pattern and safe-spots. Experimentation with different characters eventually lead to Shishin as my favorite.
However, once I was able to beat the final boss without taking damage I continued to practice that part until I pulled it off three times in a row and then switched back to Arrange mode and got it on the second try.

Most of the time in the beginning was 'wasted' though because I didn't know about the no-bomb restriction until one of the Japanese players kindly told me, that's approximately when I started to practice from a savegame

I suggest you do the same and start by practicing only that part and once you got it down move on to playing casually.

Thx - but I have to admit I feel stupid... I've been playing for this achievement more seriously since Xmas, but didn't bother with practice as much as I should have (got it once in practice and just went on to arrange mode...)
In 1 hour I can try the boss section as often as 1 month at my current rate of play. I'll post back when I get the achievement

[KillerBEA]

Originally Posted by MACdanstaface

Didn't think you were still working on the guide...

Lol its cool man. i play the game so sparatically; but when i do play i am studying the patterns trying to get better; i am practicing for the coin combo achievement. i can get to the great staue without getting hit.

Unless i discover something big i dont add anything and I usually check for anything posted a few times a week

edit: added the practice tip for the subjucation achievement and true diabolical power achievement. plus a few other things.

[Anthrizacks]

I beat the game with Shishin and got killed my Guwange-sama.2 in the process, yet got neither achievement. o_O

[Helg0r]

Originally Posted by Anthrizacks

I beat the game with Shishin and got killed my Guwange-sama.2 in the process, yet got neither achievement. o_O

Have you tried using a continue on Guwange-sama? I think that should work...

[Domme]

Gee, Amagisu sucks!
I killed him like about 7 times without getting hit - but only in practice. :/

I'm always very nervous when I face him so all I do is total bullshit. That sure is annoying. :/

[The Stray]

Well, practice makes perfect, already got the game, but Amagisu will be a pain to get that 200 though. Also I tried that Co-Op [Local/Online] doesn't give you achievements, so tough break there.

[Lymsleia]

The Great Statue achievement won't work for me because it never appears from the pot. Do I need to use a certain difficulty level to make it appear or play it on original mode?

[The Stray]

Originally Posted by Lymsleia

The Great Statue achievement won't work for me because it never appears from the pot. Do I need to use a certain difficulty level to make it appear or play it on original mode?

Nope, there are no difficulty settings except in Practice, though you can do it in any offline mode, just shoot the 3rd statue from the bottom right precisely and you'll get it.

[KaiohHokuto]

Ahhh dangit! I actually got the no hit Amagisu achievement, but I was on my secondary Japanese gamer tag and not my main account!! Now, I can't do it again on my main... Makes me not want to play it again...

[KeepEmRolling]

Originally Posted by Anthrizacks

I beat the game with Shishin and got killed my Guwange-sama.2 in the process, yet got neither achievement. o_O

I just picked the game up on sale, and just did the above with the same results.

When it says clear the game with a certain character, do you have to do it without continuing? I played Arcade offline mode and am confused why no achievement.

[lord verh]

Originally Posted by KeepEmRolling

I just picked the game up on sale, and just did the above with the same results.

When it says clear the game with a certain character, do you have to do it without continuing? I played Arcade offline mode and am confused why no achievement.

You can't save the game and load a save. Maybe that's what you did?

[The Stray]

If you save/load the game from a save state, those achievements will be locked and cannot be earned unless you play it from the beginning, although the character specific ones are real easy enough, and yes, you can still continue and earn it.