Double Dragon 3 FAQ/Moves List v. 2.1
By Ezra Poetker(Epoetker.)
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Version History...
9/14/2000 v.2.1 Fixed a few oddities.
3/14/2000 v.2.0: Added Luis G. Paiva's endboss strategy, thanks again!
Added my "thanks" section. Cleaned up a few spelling and grammar
errors. And altered a few oddities.
1/17/2000 v.1.0: Original version.
Welcome to my very first FAQ! I thought that I needed a break from
just writing reviews and posting messages all the time, plus a chance
to REALLY help people on their games. I am also the only person to
have given this game a 10 on my review. PLEASE IGNORE THE OTHER
REVIEWERS. They are simply too lazy to master the battle system and
fight intelligent enemies, preferring instead enemies that, lemming-
like, walk right into their too-powerful fist. This is also the reason
why many people hated Final Fantasy Tactics. A good AI is too much for
them. So, I propose to help them out, with a (hopefully) complete list
of all the moves in the game, plus a short walkthrough. So, without
further ado, I present to you...
Billy & Jimmy Lee:
A button: Punch.
B button: Kick.
Punch 3 times, or kick once, then move forward into enemy: Submission
Hold.
While in Submission Hold: press A or B to inflict a variety of painful
blows to the head.
A & B button: Jump.
Jump, then pressing A or B AS YOU FALL: Jump Kick.
Jump, then pressing A or B at the HEIGHT of your Jump: Cyclone Spin
Kick(master as soon as possible, this will get you out of MANY sticky
situations.)
Jump forward, then press A or B BEFORE the height of your jump: Head
Grab. Not strictly necessary, but a VERY cool move to watch.
Wall Jump: Simply Jump Kick a wall of some sort. You will richochet
off and (hopefully) hit the enemy for BIG damage.
Double Attacks(obviously only used when playing in 2 player A mode,
because in B mode trying to do this would result in your seriously
hurting each other.)
Team Jump Kick: You should easily get the idea on how to do this move;
you'll see the enemies using it on you as soon as two or more of them
fight you at once! Jump Kick your compadre Lee Brother, and he'll
throw you back at the enemy for greater damage.
Super Cyclone Spin Kick: Requires great timing, but awesome when you
pull it off. Both players must jump and do Cyclone Spin Kicks AT THE
SAME TIME. Billy and Jimmy will link arms and spin together, killing
most enemies with one hit. VERY useful if you're playing in two player
mode.
I'll get to the other characters as they're introduced...
Level 1: USA: You start out in a dojo. Beat up the first guy, then
walk to the guy holding his arm out. After he gives you some more of
the story, he'll die and more enemies will come through the door.
Now's the time to practice taking on two enemies at once, since you'll
be doing that for most of the game. As soon as the rest of the enemies
are accounted for, exit through the door. Yay! More enemies! These
ones have weapons, either a broken bottle from the dudes with long
hair, or a throwing knife from the baldies. The dudes(dudettes?) in
pink may decide to throw mini-knives at you, but you can't pick these
up. The only way to make sure they don't throw them is to immediately
get in close and use the Submission hold to make a quick end of them.
(By the way, when you use the submission hold, the other enemies, for
some odd reason, stop attacking. This has held true in Double Dragon
1-4 and should not be ignored. Maybe the enemies just like to watch
violence:) As soon as you've mashed this wave, go up the elevator. BE
CAREFUL! If you fall off the edge the game is OVER! However, if the
enemies are thrown off the edge...heh heh...As soon as you're finished
with the enemies go into the big door. After a small goon squad, you
fight the first boss. If you haven't used your nunchuks yet, now is
the time to bust them out. Five hits(incidentally, the maximum number
you have) will do the boss in. That old lady Hiruko will come in after
the battle and gripe about the sacred stones.
Level 2: China(oh, wait, I meant the People's Republic of China. And
my definition of "China" did not in any way include Taiwan. Now that
I've got the political stuff done with...) Oooh, nice music. Now you
have to deal with the dreaded Chinese Kung Fu Fighters™. Actually,
apart from being able to slide(watch out for that) these dudes in green
really aren't that tough. Be warned, some of them carry sai. Knock
'em out of their hands and pick 'em up. By the way, a word about those
weapons...any weapon you pick up will stay with you until you kill the
enemy who was originally carrying it. Hence, once you have a weapon,
you can keep killing all the enemies BUT the guy who was holding it in
the first place. It's a useful little bit of knowledge. After you
dispatch the baddies, run to the end of the level and enter the little
log cabin. Sigh...more enemies...and those pink guys are back. After
they disappear, in comes Chin Seimei! He's short, he's fat, he's old,
he's slow, and he's one of the best darn fighters to come from China.
You, of course, will beat him easily. He's pretty strong, so your
nunchucks won't finish him off. Use the Cyclone Spin kick to make
short work of him. Now...he joins you? I love this game! Trust me,
you'll make MUCH better use of him than the computer did.
Chin Seimei(a.k.a. "Lean, mean, ninja-killin' machine!")
A: Punch
B: Kick
A & B: Jump
Sequence normally used to do Cyclone Spin Kick: Double Jump Kick.
Jump and B: Jump Kick
Jump and A: Headbutt
(I will go over how you can use Chin in Level 3.)
Level 3: Japan: Here's where most people are intimidated into quitting.
All of a sudden, you have ninjas coming at you fast and furious,
strutting around with their shuriken, their katanas, and their spiffy
purple and yellow outfits. Do not lose heart; these guys can be beaten
easily with a little practice. When you see them coming at you, just
move down as they draw near. If you're lucky, they'll either jump and
miss, or stop and start WALKING toward you. Now they're doomed.
Either use the Cyclone Spin Kick if you're Billy, OR, if you're Chin,
just punch! I'm not kidding, four punches from Chin will take out ANY
enemy on this level. Suddenly one gains a new respect for the little
fat guy. You may not even laugh when you see him "running." Okay, you
probably will. After beating Ninja platoon #1, go in the door and
IMMEDIATELY start running. The floor will be sticking spikes out at
you. Now defeat Ninja & Baldy platoon #2. Go up the ladder that
suddenly appears(convenient, ain't it?) and finish off Ninja/Baldy
platoon #3. Now you have to fight Yagyu Ranzou, the "master" Ninja.
Actually, he's more annoying than hard. Get out the Nunchuks, use
Chin's Iron Claw if you want, and he should hit the floor. Now you have
a Ninja on your team. What follows you can easily forecast.
Yagyu Ranzou("Swip. Slice. KIAAAHH!")
A button: swing sword
B button: Spin kick
A & B: Jump(he jumps REALLY high.)
Sequence used to do Cyclone Spin Kick: Drop Kick(his best move by far.)
Seq. used to do Jump kick: Jumping Sword Slash
Seq. used to do Head grab(I think): Claw attack
Level 4: Italy: Now you have to fight the Mafia(just kidding.)
Actually, you're in Rome, so supposedly you're fighting the gladiators.
They just look like overmuscled Italians to me. They also throw
knives, which makes them doubly annoying. This is also the place where
you can continue if all of your guys die(Yay!) Unfortunately, you only
get one continue. Do not START fighting with Ranzou. Beat up all the
guys, then use the lull in the battle to practice all of Ranzou's
moves. He only has 72 HP, so if you don't know what you're about he
WILL get slaughtered. Once you've got his moves down, enter the door,
and proceed to lay waste to the enemy forces. It's beautiful, really,
when you see how effectively Ranzou tears those guys apart.
Unfortunately, Ranzou is nowhere near as effective on the boss. Use
Billy or Chin on this steroided character. No, you don't get this guy
on your team.
Level 5: Egypt: I HATE THIS LEVEL! Full of deadfalls, enemies put in
positions where they can easily kill you, and those ninjas are back.
Oh well, it's the last level anyway. IMMEDIATELY, when you enter the
level, you will see two Baldies rushing straight at you. Use the
Cyclone, Double, or Drop Kick to kill them, because if you don't, they
may trap you in a corner and beat the life out of you. (Can we say,
CHEAP GLITCH!) Jump carefully and make your way down to the bottom of
the pyramid. Kill the bad guys there. Now go in the pyramid and TRY
to knock the gladiators down. I recommend Yagyu in case one of them
starts throwing knives. He can actually jump OVER them, plus his
shuriken will help immensely. Now the screen scrolls automatically
until you come to a spike pit. WAIT for the platform to come and take
you up, then beat the baddie at the top of the elevator. Now you fight
one room filled with normal bad guys, and another filled with ninjas.
After that, you find that Hiruko was evil all along(I knew that. Old
ladies don't go around helping freelance martial artists just out of
altruism.) Fortunately for you, she dies(Ha!) After an explanation of
why she died,(old people always forget to read the fine print on
prophecies) you go into a room with three mummies. These guys are
frikkin' tough. You'll have to time your hits EXACTLY right, otherwise
they'll literally choke the life out of you. Just be cautious and use
Yagyu's Drop Kick (seems to hit the most.) After you beat the third
mummy, you fight the last boss...the evil Egyptian Goddess Miriam.
Much harder than the Shadow boss in Double Dragon II, and much more
powerful.
This wonderfully verbose endboss strategy was submitted by Luis G.
Paiva <
[email protected]> E-mail him if you want him to explain a
little more!
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Beating Miriam is simple, if everything goes right. Walking a V
pattern on the ground will prevent you from getting hit most of the
time. If you walk correctly with the pattern you can attempt to
approach her like this. If all goes well and she's in reach you can
then give her a few hits but she might break out of it, if I recall,
and give you a few hits back in return.
The key is to never go after her relentlessly. You lose your
pattern and fighting groove. It may seem euphoric finally giving the
beatdown on her but like anyone who becomes overconfident, you'll slip
up and she'll come after you and you'll end up losing your health
badly, if you do not recover in time and get back to the pattern.
Basically fight with the V pattern, when you reach her throw
punches or spin kicks. Chin is good here with those kicks of his when
he's in reach. He's too slow for the V pattern however. Just do that
jumping bellyflop move of his to move around the room quickly. Yagyu is
only good for speed here, as he usually only gets one hit in at a time,
and for manevering in the V pattern and avoid getting hit, and I'd save
him if all other characters have died. Shurikens are ahrd to time here
but can be done if you can predict when Miriam will attempt to land on
the ground. The Lee Brothers Nunchuks are too slow for any real use
except to hit her when she's getting up or if you time it right when
you
approach her. Fighting cheap here is a must. When you knock her down
keep attempting to keep her down, by knocking her back down everytime
she tries to get back up. She'll eventually break out of it. Then you
go
back to V pattern and repeat the process all over again.
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Ah, the inevitable "thanks" section...
Luis G. Paiva, thanks again!
CJayC, for having the bright idea to create a FAQ site supported
entirely by its users...
J-Dog, for being relentlessly supportive, as always.
Dingo Jellybean, for being a great inspiration, and whose untimely loss
of his father brought grief upon us all.
Al Amaloo(who doesn't have to E-mail me if he wants my update.)You ask
nicely, and your site might as well be a mirror Gamefaqs site(without
the duplicate FAQs, of course...)
All those people who thank me profusely through E-mail for making these
FAQs. Your gratitude REALLY means a lot to me.
Jesus: C'mon, he gives the gift of salvation to ANYONE who askes for
it, and that's a pretty good reason to at least honor him in my
FAQs!(and more and more in my life...)
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