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Taikoubou Guide
- aka Houshin Engi Guide Version 1.11
- Copyright 2007 Tony Dojun Woo

Before reading on, please refer to the "Legal Stuff" section.
Also best viewed in Courier New Font, Size 10.

By Dojun Woo (ahrimin)
- for corrections (typos and mistakes) or comments,
be sure to email me at: [email protected]

Before you start reading, the following symbols represents the
following people contributing to this guide:

† = Genroh
‡ = ChocoboMog123

Update History:

12/29/2006 - The Start of the Guide
1/2/2007 - The End and Submission Date of the Guide
1/3/2007 - Revisions and the addition of the "Ally Boost Data Section".
got to thank Genroh for giving his blessings.
1/9/2007 - Reworked a few things.

Table of Contents -
Use Crtl-F (Windows)or Cmd-F (Mac) to find your section of interest.

Section.....................................................[Call I.D.]
I. Introduction from the Author................................[INTFA]
II. The Basics of the Game.....................................[GMBSC]
III. Unlocking the Houshin Engi Stage..........................[UNLOK]
IV. About Houshin Engi.........................................[ABTHE]
V. The Moveset.................................................[MVSET]
VI. Help and Support Koma Details..............................[HPSPT]
VII. The Komas.................................................[KOMAS]
VIII. Character Use Advice.....................................[CRTUA]
IX. Ally Boost Data............................................[ALLYB]
X. My Final Thoughts...........................................[FTHTS]
XI. Legal Stuff................................................[LEGAL]
XII. Credits, Thanks, Contact Information......................[CTCIN]

I. Introduction From The Author - [INTFA]

Hello and welcome to my very first guide. I have written this guide
because I was bored and wanted to help out my fellow JUS (Jump! Ultimate
Stars) players. Whenever I unlock a koma, I would try it out and get rid
of the "new" icon. At this point, I had never heard of Houshin Engi or
even know that it was a part of Shounin Jump. Thought I am more familiar
with the popular series like Naruto, Bleach, Rurouni Kenshin; Houshin
Engi had something that made me want to read it. After a month of reading
and completing the manga series, I decided to write a guide to help people
familiarize themselves with Taikoubou and the Houshin Engi series.

II. The Basics of the Game - [GMBSC]

It is very easy to learn the basics of Jump! Ultimate Stars. The way
I see the game is to unlock the 800+ komas so you could go online and
show the world your skills. When you first play Jump! Ultimate Stars,
you would have Naruto (up to 4 Panels), Luffy (up to 4 panels), Goku
(up to 3 Panels), Muhyo (up to 1 Panel), and Gintoki (up to 1 panel)
to start out with. As you complete missions in the J-Adventure mode,
you would unlock more characters (as help komas) and gems. The gems,
which comes in 6 different colors, are needed to unlock upgrades and
more komas. To have a more in-depth understanding to the game, please
refer to Genroh's guide. The guide should be sufficient with provide
even more information about Jump! Ultimate Stars. Also, the guide
contains translation for the game.

If you need to locate Genroh's guide, just go to the main "FAQ's & Guide"
page on the Jump! Ultimate Stars section of GameFAQs.

III. Unlocking the Houshin Engi Stage - [UNLOK]

To unlock the Houshin Engi series, you have to unlock Outenkun (or Ou
Tenkun). To get this character, you must complete Mission Stage 1,
objective 6 (aka SP) in the One Piece planet. All you need to do is to
simply get the most points and not recieve any damage. Once you unlock
this character, find him in the evolution menu of the game. To find series
easily in the evolution menu, simply press L and push the A button. After
this, highlight the Houshin Engi icon (a white box with red borders and
contains two Chinese characters). Once you have this done, you have to
spend a whopping 400 pink gems to unlock Houshin Engi/Death Note/Yu-Gi-Oh
planet system. Here are the missions and its objectives translated for
Houshin Engi:

CREDITS TO GENROH FOR TRANSLATING AND WRITING THE MISSION OBJECTIVES AND PRIZES

MISSION 1
1. KO Taikoubou before time runs out
Unlock: Taikoubou

2. KO Taikoubou within 1 minute

3. KO Taikoubou with a Special Attack

4. KO Taikoubou with a Support Character

5. KO Taikoubou within 40 seconds
Unlock: Dakki

MISSION 2
1. Get more wins than your opponent
Unlock: Sipuxiang

2. KO with a Special Attack

3. Get 3 points more than your opponent

4. Get 4 points more than your opponent

5. Get 5 points more than your opponent

Out of the dozens of characters in Houshin Engi, only 4 characters are
availble in Jump! Ultimate Stars. *sighs* At least you can unlock it
fairly early...

IV. About Houshin Engi - [ABTHE]

The story of Taikoubou and his famous rebellion takes place in 11th
century China. During this time, spirit beasts and Senins existed
among with the human. Sennins are humanoids with the powers to
perform miracles via their Paopei(s) and because of this, they were
feared.

After centuries of training, a doushi (an apprentice) named Taikoubou was
given a mission from his master. Taikoubou was to take part in the massive
mission named "The Houshin Project." Taikoubou's job was to eliminate the
evil Sennins from the human world. His biggest target was an infamous
manipulator named Dakki. Dakki was a Sennin who controlled the King Chuuou
through her powers of seduction to build lavish buildings at the expense of
the citizens. Seeing that this is something that is intolerable, Taikoubou
made is own personal mission to get rid of her.

Being a very good tactician, Taikoubou managed to infiltrate into the
Imperial Castle posing as a musician. Taikoubou managed to fool everyone,
but Dakki. In fact, Dakki had something planned for Taikoubou. While
Taikoubou was planning, Dakki threw him a tactical curve ball that cost
Taikoubou the lives of citizens. From this point, Taikoubou realized two
things. First, Taikoubou realized that he SEVERELY underestimated the
tactical prowess of Dakki. Second, Taikoubou needs more powerful allies
to take on Dakki. This reminds me of the classic Suikoden series.

V. The Moveset - [MVSET]

The following will be read in the following format:

Listing Number - Button Used - Type of Action - Description of Action

After this, attack data will be listed for each "element of the Komamans
(the training boxes).

||===================||
||B-Button Variations||
||===================||

1. B - Weak Attack

Taikoubou's standard "chi" attack. Another words, he swings his Paopei in a
quick manner.

As knowledge based, deals: 7 damage to power komaman
7 damage to knowledge komaman
10 damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 10 damage to power komaman
7 damage to knowledge komaman
7 damage to laughter komaman

2. Up-B - Weak, Upwards Attack

Taikoubou wildly swinging his Paopei around. Does a 5-hit combo.

As knowledge based, deals: 6 total damage to power komaman
6 total damage to knowledge komaman
9 total damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 9 total damage to power komaman
6 total damage to knowledge komaman
6 total damage to laughter komaman

3. Down-B - Short-ranged Attack

Taikoubou's eccentric "apprentice," named Bukichi, comes to the
battlefield running. If he hits someone, at a close distance,
he will inflict damage and causes the target to switch battle
characters.

As knowledge based, deals: 8 damage to power komaman
8 damage to knowledge komaman
12 damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 12 damage to power komaman
8 damage to knowledge komaman
8 damage to laughter komaman

4. Foward-B - Long-ranged Attack

Taikoubou swings his Paopei and releases an energy wave.

As knowledge based, deals: 7 damage to power komaman
7 damage to knowledge komaman
10 damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 10 damage to power komaman
7 damage to knowledge komaman
7 damage to laughter komaman

5. Jump-B (A+B) - Short-ranged Arial Attack

Taikoubou rides on Suupuusan to charge head-on.

As knowledge based, deals: 7 damage to power komaman
7 damage to knowledge komaman
10 damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 10 damage to power komaman
7 damage to knowledge komaman
7 damage to laughter komaman

||===================||
||Y-Button Variations||
||===================||

1. Y - Strong Attack

Taikoubou calls on Kou Hiko to swing his two-handed sword, that
talks...

As knowledge based, deals: 19 damage to power komaman
19 damage to knowledge komaman
28 damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 28 damage to power komaman
19 damage to knowledge komaman
19 damage to laughter komaman

2. Up-Y - Strong, Upwards Attack

Taikoubou's genious-ranked ally, named Youzen, flies upwards and
swings his trident-shaped Paopei.

As knowledge based, deals: 16 damage to power komaman
16 damage to knowledge komaman
24 damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 24 damage to power komaman
16 damage to knowledge komaman
16 damage to laughter komaman

3. Down-Y - Concentrated, Short-ranged Attack

Fugen, one of Taikoubou's strongest friends, uses his Paopei to
make an small energy explosion. This can have a knockback effect
on items and enemies. Also, this move can break your opponent's
guard.†

As knowledge based, deals: 14 damage to power komaman
14 damage to knowledge komaman
21 damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 21 damage to power komaman
14 damage to knowledge komaman
14 damage to laughter komaman

4. Foward-Y - Strong, long-ranged Attack

The son of Kou Hiko, Kou Tenka, rushes forward and slashes with
his "light-saber" Paopei.

As knowledge based, deals: 14 damage to power komaman
14 damage to knowledge komaman
21 damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 21 damage to power komaman
14 damage to knowledge komaman
14 damage to laughter komaman

5. Jump-Y (A+Y) - Strong, Ranged and Homing Attack

The "Human Paopei," named Nataku, appears and shoots his metal
"wrist-bands" onto the closest enemy. Nataku's attack hits
twice (for each projectiles).

As knowledge based, deals: 16 total damage to power komaman
16 total damage to knowledge komaman
24 total damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 24 total damage to power komaman
16 total damage to knowledge komaman
16 total damage to laughter komaman

||===================||
||X-Button Variations||
||===================||

CAUTION: There are spoilers in this portion in the guide.

4 Panel Koma

1. X

Taikoubou's stronger version of the Forward-B

As knowledge based, deals: 26 total damage to power komaman
26 total damage to knowledge komaman
39 total damage to laughter komaman

2. Up-X

Taikoubou creates a verical whirlwind that slowly moves forwards.

As knowledge based, deals: 10 - 30 total damage to power komaman
14 - 30 total damage to knowledge komaman
18 - 45 total damage to laughter komaman

NOTE: The numbers posted above are average numbers gathered from either
charging a little bit to charging to the max.

5 Panel Koma

1. X

Taikoubou makes an even more powerful, horizontal whirlwind.

As knowledge based, deals: 38 total damage to power komaman
38 total damage to knowledge komaman
57 total damage to laughter komaman

2. Up-X

Taikoubou creates six miniture whirlwinds around him and throws them
onto the enemy.

As knowledge based, deals: 36 total damage to power komaman
36 total damage to knowledge komaman
54 total damage to laughter komaman

6 Panel Koma (Horizontal & Vertical)

1. X

Taikoubou transform into Fukki and barrages the enemy with a flurry of
strikes from his Paopei. During this, Fukki flies upwards and eventually
slams the enemy downwards. This makes a perfect ring-out special. In true
spirit of the series, this special gets more power as you have more
characters in you deck.†

As knowledge based, deals: 54 total damage to power komaman
- 68 Max damage†
54 total damage to knowledge komaman
- 68 Max damage†
81 total damage to laughter komaman
- 102 Max damage†

2. Up-X

Taikoubou transforms again into Fukki and spreads poison onto the arena.

||=======================||
||Other Button Variations||
||=======================||

1. Down-Jump or Down-Down

If on a thin platform, this manuvuer allows Taikoubou to fall through a
platform onto areas below him. If in the air, Taikoubou falls faster
than usual. However, Taikoubou cannot jump again when falling faster.

2. Forward-Forward

Allows Taikoubou to dash forwards. If you are near to an enemy, you can
dash several times to "dash through" them.

3. Holding Down

A simple blocking stance.

4. Select Button

The universal taunt button. In the case of Taikoubou, he sits on the
ground and holds his Paopei out to fish... Useless, but a classic pose
from the manga series.

5. L & R Buttons

When you assign these buttons to support/battle komas, you can execute
them via the two shoulder buttons. You can perform a dream combo*
using the L & R buttons.

6. The Touch Screen

You can touch either the support or battle komas and have the following:

1. For battle komas, you can get them to do a quick attack. You can
also perform a dream combo using the touch screen.

-=or=-

2. For support komas, you can activate the selected support character..

VI. Help and Support Koma Details - [HPSPT]

Help Komas†

Taikoubou - Increase SP Gauge when attacking with or blocking a Support
Character

Dakki - Increase SP Gauge when using multiple Special Attacks in a short time

Outenkun - Immunity from Poison

Suupuusan - Triple Jump

Support Komas

Taikoubou

___
1. | | Infomation - Cures the current battle character from status
|___| ailments attack. such as poison, confusion,
| | Speed-Down, etc.
|___|

_______
2. | | | Information - Revives fallen battle characters in your deck.
|___|___|
| |
|___|

Dakki
_______
1. | | | Information - Summon Dakki to make two, quick slashes from
|___|___| her fans. Deals 24 damage and counts up to two
hits. Also knockbacks anyone who gets caught
into the attack.
_______
2. | | | Information - Dakki appears and uses her powers to perform
|___|___| a battle seal. Also drains 1 SP bar.†
| |
|___|

VII. The Komas - [KOMAS]

||===========||
|| Taikoubou || - The main character of the series.
||===========||
______ ______
| | | |
========| 2S |=======| 3S |
|| |______| |______|
||
______ || ______ ______ ______
| | || | | | | | |
| 1H |=======||=======| 4B |=======| 5B |========| 6BH |
|______| || |______| |______| || |______|
|| ||
|| ______ || ______
|| | | || | |
========| UP | ====| 6BV |
|______| |______|

Gem Prices:

Upgrade (UP) - 400 Green, 80 Pink
- This upgrade unlocks the Houshin Engi world demo (movie) in the Data Mode
menu.†
Support (2S) - 2 Panels - 40 Green, 10 Yellow, 5 White
Support (3S) - 3 Panels - 80 Green, 20 Yellow, 10 White
Battle (4B) - 4 Panels - 150 Green, 50 Yellow, 15 White
Battle (5B) - 5 Panels - 320 Green, 80 Yellow, 20 White
Battle (6BH) - 6 Panels (Horizontal) - 300 Red, 300 Green, 30 White
Battle (6BV) - 6 Panels (Vertical) - 300 Green, 300 Yellow, 60 Blue

||=======||
|| Dakki || - Taikoubou's enemy and rival tactician... Seems too sexy to be one.
||=======||
______ ______ ______
| | | | | |
=======| 2S |=======| 3S |=======| JQ |
|| |______| |______| |______|
||
______ ||
| | ||
| 1H |=======||
|______|

Gem Prices:

Support (2S) - 2 Panels - 25 Red, 25 Green, 5 White
Support (3S) - 3 Panels - 50 Red, 50 Green, 10 White
J-Quiz (JQ) - 200 Red, 200 Green, 50 White

||==========||
|| Outenkun || - A mysterious person who can create alternate dementions.
||==========||
______ ______
| | | |
| 1H |=======|J-Glxy|
|______| |______|

Gem Prices:

J-Galaxy Unlock (J-Glxy) - 400 Pink

||==========||
|| Suupuusan || - Taikoubou's spirit beast. Serves both as a friend and steed.
||==========||
______
| |
========| UP |
|| |______|
||
______ || ______ ______
| | || | | | |
| 1H |=======||=======| PORT |=======| CU |
|______| |______| |______|

Gem Prices:

Upgrade (UP) - 200 Green
Character Portrait (PORT)**** - 25 Green, 25 Yellow, 10 Pink
- Unlocks his Info Character portrait, so you can see Sipuxiang in
place of the jump pirate. and the Upgrade unlocks the Houshin Engi manga
info in Data Mode.†
Character Upgrade (CU) - 100 Green, 50 Blue

VIII. Character Use Advice

In this portion of the guide, commentaries are from the contributers
themselves. My own comments will be specifically identified.

Combo starters‡:

1. B Up+B

As knowledge based, deals: 13 total damage to power komaman
13 total damage to knowledge komaman
19 total damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 19 total damage to power komaman
13 total damage to knowledge komaman
13 total damage to laughter komaman

2. B Forward+B

As knowledge based, deals: 16 total damage to power komaman
16 total damage to knowledge komaman
21 total damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 21 total damage to power komaman
14 total damage to knowledge komaman
14 total damage to laughter komaman

3. B

As knowledge based, deals: 7 total damage to power komaman
7 total damage to knowledge komaman
10 total damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 10 total damage to power komaman
7 total damage to knowledge komaman
7 total damage to laughter komaman

From B Up+B:

1. X and Up+X work - not on combo counter

- Damage Data will be posted later.

2. Y Forward+Y works - on combo counter - needs to be spaced

As knowledge based, deals: 46 total damage to power komaman
46 total damage to knowledge komaman
68 total damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 68 total damage to power komaman
46 total damage to knowledge komaman
46 total damage to laughter komaman

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This combo is very hard to perform. The numbers are the
individual hits added up, not from the complete combo itself.

3. Up+Y works - not on combo counter

As knowledge based, deals: 16 total damage to power komaman
16 total damage to knowledge komaman
24 total damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 24 total damage to power komaman
16 total damage to knowledge komaman
16 total damage to laughter komaman

From B Forward+B:

1. Y Forward+Y works - not on combo counter

As knowledge based, deals: 47 total damage to power komaman
47 total damage to knowledge komaman
69 total damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 69 total damage to power komaman
47 total damage to knowledge komaman
47 total damage to laughter komaman

From B:

1. Y Forward+Y works - Forward+Y not on combo counter

As knowledge based, deals: 40 total damage to power komaman
40 total damage to knowledge komaman
59 total damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 24 total damage to power komaman
40 total damage to knowledge komaman
59 total damage to laughter komaman

2. Up+X works

- Damage Data will be posted later.

I don't know what does and doesn't work in a corner. But, you can create an
Up+X infinite if the stage has a full upper-right corner. The infinite IS
on the combo counter, the highest I've gotten it is 73, but I don't know
what the real max is.

5 koma:

1. B Up+B Up+X combos.

- Damage Data will be posted later.

2. B Up+B Up+Y Up+X works, not on combo counter

- Damage Data will be posted later.

3. B Up+B (Up+Y) X works, not on combo counter - Up+Y optional

As knowledge based, deals: 67 total damage to power komaman
67 total damage to knowledge komaman
100 total damage to laughter komaman

AUTHOR'S NOTE: 100 seems to be a lot to anyone. Like the previous combos, I
simply added all of the hits together (including the Up+Y). Also,
this combo is hard to perform.

6 koma:

1. B Up+B X seems to work, probably not though

As knowledge based, deals: 67 total damage to power komaman
67 total damage to knowledge komaman
100 total damage to laughter komaman

As laughter based, deals: 73 total damage to power komaman
73 total damage to knowledge komaman
94 total damage to laughter komaman

AUTHOR'S NOTE: The string mentioned here is not a true combo. But it still
works.

2. B Up+B Up+Y Up+X hits

As knowledge based, deals: 29 total damage to power komaman + Poison Effect
29 total damage to knowledge komaman + Poison Effect
43 total damage to laughter komaman + Poison Effect

As laughter based, deals: 43 total damage to power komaman + Poison Effect
29 total damage to knowledge komaman + Poison Effect
29 total damage to laughter komaman + Poison Effect

- Contributed by ChocoboMog123

IX. Ally Boost Data - [ALLYB]

Similar to the previous edition, Jump! Ultimate Stars allows the battle
characters to recieve "ally boosts" from certain characters. In the case
of Taikoubou, he recieves a boost from the following characters:

1. Dakki - Houshin Engi
2. Suupuusan - Houshin Engi
3. Raamenman (aka Mongoruman) - Kinnikuman

There is a few things to know about ally boosts before we do anything.

• You have to put the compatible character (whether as help, support,
battle komas) next to the battle character that you want to be boosted.
To know that there is a boost, you'll see a sparkle on the battle
character of interest. Also, you'll get a line from ally booster if you
do this for the first time.

• When you boost a battle character, there is a health increase. Each
boost give the battle character an additional 8 HP (Health Points).
Unfortunately, all compatible characters gives only 8 HP regardless of
amount of panels the komas has. Another words, a 1 panel Dakki gives the
same 8 HP bonus as a 3 panel Dakki gives a 8 HP bonus. Fortunately, we
can aspire to be winners by stacking on boosts! This mean that you could
gather all three of the compatible characters and give your favorite
battle character a bonus of 24 HP!

• Knowing that we can stack on extra HP, you can give your boosted battle
character an additional 8 HP by making him the leader. Not too shabby...

• When you boost a character with a support koma, you do not just get extra
HP. You can also increase your SP as well. You can get up to 1 extra SP
for each support koma. Since stacking is allowed, you can give your battle
character 3 extra SP. Unfortunately, not all help komas give extra SP.
Only a few help komas provides 1 extra SP at the expense of not having any
other special trait. If anyone else knows more of any other upgrade that
I did not mention, please tell me.

Having this covered, you can go forth and rock on!

NOTE: Thanks for Genroh for reminding me to write this section. I meant to
write it in the original draft, but I managed to forget.

X. My Final Thoughts - [FTHTS]

Taikoubou and rest of the Houshin Engi series has some use, but I personally
would not place him as a high tiered character. Despite his short comings
(such as the Up-X from the 6 Panel Komas and the lack of other usable
characters), there are some good things that I like as a fan. First, I love
how various characters serve as certain commands. Second, I can make good use
of the "revive" support koma for decks that contains more than 1 characters.
I'll add more to write later.

XI. Legal Stuff - [LEGAL]

All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their
respective trademark and copyright holders.

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.

XII. Credits, Thanks, Contact Information - [CTCIN]

1. Genroh and his "J-Team" - For writting the ultimate guide for J!US.
Also for corrections and more in-depth data on certain aspects of the
guide.
2. GameFAQs - For existing and hosting my very first guide.
3. Tsutomu Ano - For writing and drawing a great Shounin Jump series.
4. FAQ's contributers:
- ChocoboMog123 for writing the combo list

and more to be listed...