Janken Man
Game Boy
Developer: NCS Publisher: NCS
By: GammaBetaAlpha
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Table of Contents
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How to Play [HELP]
Walkthrough [WALK]
Contact Info [CONT]
Credits [CRED]
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How to Play
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[HELP]
Janken Man is a fairly short platforming game consisting of four levels
to start with and a fifth after you complete the first four. Each area can be
completed in probably five minutes or less. You can pick up fruit and other
items in each area that boost your score and increase or decrease a very large
timer, and attempt to beat your high score and best time remaining on each
runthrough.
Now, Janken is the Japanese term for Rock-Paper-Scissors, with that game
originating in China and being popularised in Japan before being introduced to
the West. Throughout each level, there will be two doors that you can stand in
front of and press the Up button to enter and play a best-of-five Rock-Paper-
Scissors game.
After four boxes of text to start off each room, you will start the
game. You will always start off with Rock, but you can scroll through by
pressing the Up button to go to Paper, Scissors, then back around to Rock again.
Press the A button once you have your selection to make your throw, or else wait
for it to time out.
To win, you need to win best out of 5, so 3 throws. If you do win, after
some more text, you are given a 3-digit timer. Press the A button three times to
first determine the right digit, then the centre digit, then the left digit. Of
the three, the left one is the most important as this is in the hundreds
position, so getting 900 and some seconds is better than getting 100 and some
seconds. This time count is then added onto your regular time count.
The end of each level is similar with another Rock-Paper-Scissors game,
but instead of being best-out-of-5, you need to win 5 times at a minimum. Every
time you lose, a bar with five Star icons will reduce by 1, so you need to keep
winning. Once you win, the level wraps up.
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CONTROLS
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Left/Right - Move Around
A/B - Jump
Start - Pause/Unpause the game
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ITEMS
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Multiple types of items are littered across each level. Most of them
give a wildly varying amount of points (some give a few thousand, some give a
few million), but there are two items of note: the closed Fist, which gives your
timer 300 seconds, and the dark-coloured Pear, which removes 200 seconds. Always
attempt to grab the Fists and avoid the Pears.
Boot - 3000 points
Fist - 1000 points, +300 seconds
Palm - 5000 points
Orange - 3,000,000 points
Cherry - 100,000 points
Lemon - 1,000,000 points
Apple - 5,000,000 points
Pear - 50,000 points, -200 seconds
Heart - 30,000 points
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Walkthrough
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[WALK]
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Stage One
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Head right and jump onto the platform then leap off to grab a cherry.
Drop down and grab two more pieces of fruit, hopping onto the back of the enemy
if need be, before using the spring at the right end to leap up onto the next
ledge.
Glide down each ledge to grab a piece of fruit except for the one with
the conveyor belt, taking out the enemy on the ground floor as you do so if need
be. As you go right, double back to avoid flying tomatoe and sparrow enemies
that will go left and off-screen. Grab the lower piece of fruit then move back
and make use of the floating platform to jump up onto another ledge for a
cherry.
Go up a ledge for another piece of fruit, avoiding or hopping onto the
back of two more ground-based enemies, then head right and down the ledge slowly
to the end. Grab four more pieces of fruit lying around, then take the spring to
get onto the high ledge at the end.
Take the banana and move along. Ignore the pear here as it will remove
200 seconds from your timer and instead go for the the second lowest ledge for a
single item, then go back left again and drop down one more floor to the ground.
Walk right to grab four items, then jump up when you have the chance to
snag four more items - you will have to grab the Pear and lose 200 seconds off
your timer, but it is worth it as the Apple you can grab above it is worth a
whopping 5 million points. Make sure to take out the enemy on the ground floor
by jumping on its back when it comes underneath you or waiting for it to walk
left past the drop from above before continuing right along the ground.
Navigate around the ledges until you get onto the second highest one.
Where the second black crack in the floor is, jump around and you should
discover a secret opening where you can leap a ledge above. Grab the first two
items here, ignoring the Pear, then continue right. Drop down for a single item,
then jump up and place yourself level under the bell-like object. Jump straight
up and it will carry you over and right into a door.
Press the Up button in front of the door and you will play a game of
Rock-Paper-Scissors with an old man. After four boxes of text, you will start
the game. You will always start off with Rock, but you can scroll through by
pressing the Up button to go to Paper, Scissors, then back around to Rock again.
Press the A button once you have your selection to make your throw, or else wait
for it to time out.
To win, you need to win best out of 5, so 3 throws. If you do win, after
some more text, you are given a 3-digit timer. Press the A button three times to
first determine the right digit, then the centre digit, then the left digit. Of
the three, the left one is the most important as this is in the hundreds
position, so getting 900 and some seconds is better than getting 100 and some
seconds. This time count is then added onto your regular time count.
After you exit the door, go right and jump onto the first block you see
in jumping distance. Hop up a few more platform blocks to come to another door
and press Up in front of it to enter for another Rock-Paper-Scissors game. Once
you leave the room, drop down and move back to grab a few more items, then
continue on right.
You will have one final Rock-Paper-Scissors game to end the level. This
time, however, instead of being best-out-of-5, you need to win 5 times at a
minimum. Every time you lose, your Star bar will reduce by 1, so you need to
keep winning. Once you win, the level wraps up.
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Stage Two
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Hop off the first ledge and jump back to grab an item. Continue over the
ledge and pick a few more items off the ground, then use the spring to hop up
high for still another item. Continue right on the ground floor, dodgeing
falling enemies from above and the tomato-like enemy on the ground floor,
picking up still more items. Use the spring at the end to get onto the platform
and from there across the high ledge.
Make use of the floating platforms here to slowly make your way right,
avoiding the multitude of enemies in the air, especially the number of balloon-
like foes that will appear as you walk by and fall down. Avoid the last pear to
not get time knocked off. Once you spot a door, press Up when standing in front
of it to play a game of Rock-Paper Scissors.
Once done playing, continue on and go right above the top ledge,
avoiding the pear on the bottom that will reduce your time count by 200. Use the
vaguely die-like floating object with 5 spots to continue your climb, and grab
some more items before you come to another door. Take the heart on the left but
not the Pear on the right. Press Up in front to play more Rock-Paper-Scissors.
Drop off the ledge at the end once finished Rock-Paper-Scissors (if upi
won the RPS you may be launched out right) and make your way left past the two
springs, carefully timing your jumps. Once you have the Apple, ignoring the
Pear, head right and use the floating platforms to obtain still more items and
move right to some ropes. Grab the top and bottom items, then jump off them the
right-most rope and play another end Rock-Paper-Scissors game to wrap up the
area.
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Stage Three
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Start by hopping onto the die-like platform, then climb up and grab an
item for 300 seconds increase on your timer. Continue hopping across the
platforms, next grabbing another Fist item for 300 more seconds, then drop down
to retrieve a Heart. Continue and move under the ledge at the next area for some
pieces of fruit, then go above the ledge and enter the door to play a match of
Rock-Paper-Scissors.
Once done, avoid grabbing the Pear which will cause you to lose time,
then jump right onto the next die platform for another Dist. Continue on and
over the ledge. Avoid grabbing the pear here, but grab all the other pieces of
fruit around here. Continue on rightwards some more, grabbing multiple Cherries.
You should come to another area with some ropes, lots of Pears, and a
door. Avoid grabbing the pears and go for a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors again.
Outside the door, move on right past the scrolling walkway, then hop onto the
platform going up-right.
Wait for the die block to appear before jumping on and proceeding right,
and avoid grabbing a pair of Pears again. As you continue, you have the
opportunity to get some more high-scoring fruit by waiting around for a pair of
invisible blocks to turn visible and solid, but again there is a Pear lying
around. Once you have the fruit, continue right to engage in this stage's end-
of-level Rock-Paper-Scissors match.
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Stage Four
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Quickly dash across the ground, letting the balloons splatter harmlessly
by dodging, and double back at the end to avoid an impact with a tomato enemy
coming in from above. As you climb up higher ground and go right, grab three out
of four items, ignoring the Pear, then continue onto the platform, ignoring
another pear below. Grab the orange down below, then use the moving platform
again to jump and touch the bell. Let the bell carry you over and drop off at
the door. Press Up to enter and play a round of Rock-Paper-Scissors.
If you won the game, you will be launched out quite a ways away from the
door. Make your way right grabbing fruits if you did not win the game, and once
you get to the area with the numerous sinking platforms, just skip over the
entire section as it is full of Pears. Make your way up to the top where you
will find a door for more Rock-Paper-Scissors.
Exiting out, head right and grab several Hearts. Ignore the next bell
and instead continue walking along the ground, grabbing several more items,
ignoring the Pear. Proceed to walk some more, avoiding more Pears and grabbing
any other type of item until you hit the end of the level. Play through a final
round of Rock-Paper-Scissors.
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Stage Five
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Stage Five may only be played after you have cleared all four of the
previous stages at least once, and then it will appear on the menu screen.
Grab the Hearts and Cherries at the start while carefully dodging the
Pears. Hop over the platform and die, ignoring everything downstairs entirely.
Continue on and move onto another moving platform, and jump up to the door from
below to miss touching any Pears while entering the door to play a game of
Rock-Paper-Scissors.
Following the match, drop down and then head up and right. Jump up to
the left ledge and turn back around. Wait for a balloon to fall down and try to
jump onto it while it still hangs up in the air to make a clear jump over the
two Pears. From there, grab all of the fruit in the next section, especially the
closed Fist for some time and the orange for some Fruit. Dodge one more Pear
while going up, then another Pear in the next section with the bell and rope
conveyor.
Continue right, and take the upper path before doubling back down below
to get some more fruit. Once you climb up and over the next set of ledges, use
the set of moving platforms to get up to the top door and play another Rock-
Paper-Scissors round. From there, contue on past the sparrows up top, and use a
tomato bouncing down from aboe to get past the next Pear without touching it.
Once you land, if you did not clear the top platform, be sure to press and hold
down Right on the D-Pad to avoid the conveyor line pushing you back.
Drop down to the ground, avoid a last set of enemies and Pear while
grabbing some fruit, then enter the door at the end. Play one last game of
Rock-Paper-Scissors. Once you have completed it, you will get the game ending
and credit roll.
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Contact Info
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[CONT]
Although I believe I have found everything there is to find in this
game, there is occasionally the possibility of some super secret level in an
obscure game that was never found because it was too obscure, or the like. If
you have anything that you feel needs to be includes, feel free to email me at
gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com
If you have any other information to contribute or notice any errors,
again, shoot me a notice at gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com
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Credits
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[CRED]
Thanks go to the atwiki website for information on this game:
http://www14.atwiki.jp/gball/pages/494.html
Another thanks goes to this Youtube user whose video playthrough I used
for assistance and double-checking my own work:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Patryk429
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdZnBDWAFqA
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