This is the guide to G.I. Joe 2, here, you'll find out the usual, which, as
with the first one, is the only one on the internet. I personally enjoy this
better than #1, but that's just me. However, the password feature is too
big, and it'll take forever to write, so no password section this time.
Table of Contents
1. Controls
2. Team Members
3. Items and Powerups
4. Weapons
5. Route Walkthroughs
6. Area Walkthroughs
7. Credits
8. Disclaimer
6/5/2002
Guide's first release
1. Controls
A- Jump
B- Attack
Start- Pause
Select- Switch Weapons
Down A- Drop through platform
Up & Select- Switch between radios and mine shield
Down and Select- Use radio/mine sheilds
2. Team members
For the playable charaters, I explain what the character can do, as well as
the stamina (health) they start with, where they can be found, and how high
they jump. For the ones who aren't playable, I just list how they can help
you out.
Playable characters
General Hawk
He looks a lot more better than in G.I. Joe 1 IMO. While he no longer has
that awesome jetpack in the prequel, he looks slightly better with a nice
set of sunglasses. Here he's the normal character, one which you'll want
to take with you on almost the entire island in case you lose someone. He
has no special abilites.
Stamina: 7 bars
Jumping: Normal
Found: You have him from the start.
Wet Suit
The first soldier you find on the island is this guy. He can dive underwater
in certain areas. To do this, go into the water and press Down and A, the
same way you'd drop through a platform. There are underwater enemies, though,
so stay alert. You can also switch joes while underwater, as well. Keep
in mind, though, that unlike Wet Suit they don't have time to slap on a scuba
outfit, so for every 5 seconds you're underwater with anyone other than Wet
Suit, you lose a bar of health.
Stamina: 4 bars
Jumping: Low
Found: After completing Route 1.
Storm Shadow
Shouldn't he be on Cobra's side? Anyway, he has a sword, allowing him to
fight differently(See Weapons for more info) from the other Joes. No other
info, I'm afraid.
Stamina: 3 bars
Jumping: High
Found: After completing Area B.
Road Block
He can crawl underground through narrow passageways. Press Down, the press
left or right and he'll do it. But keep in mind that he must not have a weapon
equipped at the time. If so, change so that he doesn't have a gun in hand.
To stand up, hit Up on the control pad.
Stamina: 6 bars
Jumping: Low
Found: After completing Area C.
Duke
Another returning soldier from the prequel, he can fire in four directions
(As you've noticed, you can no longer do that.). However, they've changed
the way the machine gun is handled when firing up or down.
Stamina: 4 bars
Jumping: Medium
Found: After completing route 12.
Snake Eyes
Our personal favorite has also returned as well, fighting similar to Storm
Shadow. Not much else to say here.
Stamina: 2 bars
Jumping: High
Found After completing Area E.
Stalker
Your informant who has to say on what you're up against, and has the nice
little task of leveling the island with an ion cannon after you beat the game.
He can't be contacted by radio, he just tells you info throughout the game
before each each and (Usually) after you beat an area.
Big Bear
He bring back a wounded Joe back into battle through means of healing (I don't
know how, though). You must have a team of 2 or 3 though. You can use him
after you clear area A.
Spirit
Uses spritual powers to heal any joe that hasn't been wounded (Out of battle).
Can be found after you beat either route 6 or route 7.
Gung-Ho (I think it's Gun-Ho however)
He can give you 100 rounds of ammo if you're running low. Found after you
beat either route 7, route 9, or route 12.
3. Items and Powerups
Pow Icon- Same as before, but it levels up the weapons you currently have
equipped. You can level up unarmed, as well.
Recovery item- Seen as a K like in the first, they recover two bars of health.
Bullet- Adds 10 bullets to your ammo.
Life up- Just like in the prequel, it adds two bars for more life. It recovers
your entire health also!
Mine Shield- I think you can have a maximum of 4, but who cares? Hit up and
Select to use it, and a mine will surround you, hitting anything it touches.
It'll go away after a few hits.
Radio- when you got either Big Bear, Spirit, or Gung Ho, you can contact them
at any time with this.
There's also an icon with a letter B on it, but I have no idea what it does,
other than to ad points.
4. Weapons
What's a good game without weapons? G.I. Joe had every character use a
different weapon, but here, you have more than a machine gun and unarmed
combat. All joes have the same weapons and they all do the same damage.
Punches- With the execption of Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, everyone attacks
like this. They are the following:
Level 1: A few punches.
Level 2: Same as before, but an uppercut follows.
Level 3: Jump Kick (Jump, then hit B in midair) and a Front Kick (left or
right and B, can jump while doing it).
Level 4: Uh...
Sword Attacks- The move list for Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow are as follows:
Level 1: Some sword swings.
Level 2: Fires a projectile from your sword, a la Zelda.
Level 3: Slide attack (Press left or right twice), hit B during slide to swing
sowrd wildly. You're invincible until you stop.
Level 4: Downward sword thrust (Down and B in midair)
Machine Gun- You have this from the start. When fully leveled up, it fires
a huge spread of bullets. It does moderate damage. It takes one bullet per
shot.
Pulse Rifle- You get it after completing Area B. This weapon stinks. Even
when maxed out at full power, (Which makes it bigger by the way) it's damage
doesn't do this weapon justice, that's for sure. Especially since bosses
can stand up to it's power. I can assure you that this weapon is a waste
of time. Use this on the weakilings only. It takes two bullets per shot.
Lazer Rifle- You get this after completing Area A. Heck yeah! This is my
favorite weapon, and by far the most useful and helpful you'll ever find.
When maxed out at full power (Two lasers, but they're very dangerous and they
go quickly), it does insane damage. A must one for bosses. It takes three
bullets per shot.
Rocket Launcher- You get this after completing Area D. As with the Pulse Rifle,
it doesn't do much damage on the bosses, but it is nice to see some nasty
enemies literally blown away by it. When maxed out, it fires four rockets
instead of one. If it hits a wall, it'll create a shockwave (You can get
hit by though). It takes four bullets per shot.
5. Route Walkthroughs
Because I refuse to put these two together, they get their own seperate
walkthroughs. First off, there are 16 routes and 6 areas. Routes go by a
number, the Areas by a letter. It is not nesscessary to go around the entire
island, you just need to get to Cobra's Base. The only reason you would want
to do that is to "fully" complete the game.
As for picking joes, they'll be listed in certain areas due to their abilites.
To choose between them, hit "A" where the cursor is over SELECT. To choose,
pick DECIDE. Hit CANCEL to change your mind. Remember, only three soldiers
can go at either an Area or a Route.
Keep in mind that once an Area or route is completed, it's like that for good.
You can travel back and forth through the routes and areas, also. Last, when
listing how the routes/areas are connected, I assume you go from left to right.
Okay? Let's go.
But first, an ASCII Map for navagation:
NOTE: Map is not drawn to Scale!
Map Legend:
S = Start Area
Number = Route
Letter = Area
X = Connection
= Normal Path
# = Special Path
A little crunched up, but it'll do. At the end of each route is a radio.
Pick it up to finish the stage.
Route 1
Goes to: Routes 2, 3, and 4
From: Starting point
Team members: General Hawk
Walkthrough:
Go to your left. Three powerups should be there. Give these to your gun.
Then go forward, blasting anything in sight. Once your gun is at level 3,
go to unarmed combat until you reach the mini-boss. Here, he'll hit you with
his hammer and kick you. Stand up and fire your gun. Duck when he uses it,
and jump when he kicks. I prefer to duck when he tries to hit you with his
hammer and stand back up when he tries to do it again. You can do this without
getting hit! Keep going, and you'll get to your first radio.
Reward: You can now use Wet Suit.
Route 2
Goes to: Area A
From: Route 1
Team Members: General Hawk (And/Or Storm Shadow if you have him)
This is easy and linear. With the exception of the mini-boss (Who carries
a whip this time, but acts like the boss with the hammer) everyone can be
taken care of with a few punches. It's a nice place to level up your hand
to hand combat skills. If you got Storm Shadow from Area B, now would be
a perfect time to level him up. Get General Hawk to cover him just in case,
because he doesn't have much health.
Rewards: None
Route 3
Goes to: Area B
From: Route 1
Team Members: Wet suit
Wet Suit can take care of everyone on the surface with punches, and the guys
in scuba suits aren't even hard at all. Along the way, you'll find a life-up
icon. Down below, there isn't many powerups, but has a good portion of bullets.
Watch it, though, men in scuba suits, spikes (Probably sea urchins clinging
to the surface), and underwater mines can make this trip a tad tricky. No
mini-boss.
Rewards: None
Route 4
Goes to: Area C
From: Route 1
Team Members: Wet Suit, General Hawk
It's an excellent place for Wet Suit to stock up on powerups underwater while
General Hawk (Or any other Joe) can get the rest of the ones on the surface.
On top though, men behind turrets take refuge on some of the platforms, so
blast first before you jump. Underwater items can be found by breaking the
treasure chests. Not too bad, eh? No mini-boss.
Rewards: None
Route 5
Goes to: Route 10
From: Area A
Team Members: Anyone you please
A special route that is accessed after you've talked to spirit. From his
info, he'll have told you that there are two statues, one of which he
successfully found. This and Route 14 are like a maze of sorts, you have
to find the power source before getting the radio. You not only have to find
the radio, but the statue to the power source as well. For finding the statue
on this particular route, Go up at the beginning, then go all the way down.
If you see a huge statue, that's the one. If not, keep going. Touch it and
all of the weapons will be fully maxed out. Give this to someone who you're
too lazy to level up with, but keep in mind this is only done ONCE. After
that, find the radio. No mini-boss.
Also, I'd save this (And route 14) Until you've got all the weapons.
Rewards: None
Route 6
Goes to: Route 11
From: Area A
Team Members: General Hawk and anyone you want to level up (Snake Eyes/Storm
Shadow are good choices)
A uphill battle on a snowy mountain...how nice. It's basically just jumping
up through the snow while killing soldiers along the way. Snake Eyes and
Storm Shadow are good choices because they can help you conserve ammo
especially since they'll learn to fire energy blasts from their swords at
Level 2. Make sure someone covers them, though. No mini-boss.
Rewards: Spirit's help through radio contact
Route 7
Goes to: Route 11
From: Area B
Team Members: See route 6.
Same thing, but shorter. Both routes house a good number of powerups and
bullets. On both routes, a life up can be found halfway through the climb.
No mini-boss.
Rewards: See route 6.
Route 8
Goes to: routes 9 and 12
From: Area C
General Hawk, Road Block, Storm Shadow (If you have him)
Insanity comes in this route, with a chopper flying over your head and firing
two missiles at you. And it keeps going and going like the energizer bunny.
Not only that, but you must take cover in alcoves (Though it can't save you
from the missiles) and jump over acid pools (They don't kill instantly, just
plain damage you.). Also, in this stage, the clock is messed up. Your main
concern is trying to get to the end alive. At the beginning, punch the block
below and switch to Road Block. He'll crawl under and get a life-up! Also,
you'll sometimes walk across a long platform, drop through where the 3rd crack
(Line) is and you'll get several powerups (The ones with a B, I don't know
what they do, however.).
Rewards: Gung-Ho's help through radio contact.
Route 9
Goes to: Routes 8 and 12.
From: Area B.
Team members: See route 8.
Same as Route 8, but shorter. Don't worry, the clock works fine now, it's
only like that in Route 8. Remember to make good use of Road Block's crawling
abilites! You've started to notice that some courses look the same, but with
a different change in the background. No mini-boss.
Rewards: See route 9.
Route 10
Goes to: Route 5.
From: Area D
Team Members: Wet suit
Same as route 3, but a little longer, and a nice sunset sky. A lot of bullets,
but no powerups. No mini-boss.
Duke is a playable character now.
Route 11:
Goes to: Area D
From: Route 6 or 7
Team Members: Wet suit and anyone you please.
Just like route 4...yawn...but longer...sigh...be sure to look out for the
soldiers on hoverbikes also when on the surface. No mini-boss.
Route 12
Goes to: Area E
From: Routes 8 or 9
Team Members: General Hawk and Storm Shadow
Yeah, it's about time we got something different! We're sneaking through
the woods at night! Gung-ho told that Cobra soldiers get stonger when shot,
and suggests you use your bare hands. I'm not sure if this is the stage,
but all that does matter is fending yourself as quickly as possible. Lots
of soldiers come out of nowhere here. Also, you have to go through some tricky
jumping parts with turrets and Cobra Buzz Boars firing at you! Use Storm
Shadow's high jumping to get you through this. No mini-boss.
Route 13
Goes to: Routes 16 and 14
From: Area D
Team Members: Doesn't matter
Same thing as Route 12, minus the tricky jumping parts (Something I'm at least
thankful for!). No mini-boss.
Route 14
Goes to: Routes 13 and 16
From: Area E
Team members: Doesn't matter
Same as Route 5. Stay on the bottom half, as before. The statue is found
halfway through the stage. The radio is at the very end.
Route 15
Goes to: A Dead End. Go back.
From: Area D
Team Members: Doesn't matter
Same as Route 2, but you fight about two or three mini-bosses along the way
and you'll have to go down some of the time. Use the platforms to help get
back up. Nice music, though...
Route 16
Goes to: Area F
From: Route 13
Team Members: General Hawk and anyone else who's leveled up real good!
Same as Route 1, but very linear. No mini-bosses, but you'll be hit a lot
by oncoming enemies in hoverbikes and turrets. For fun, statues can be blown
up by your shots. Get Spirit in case you're low on health.
6. Area Walkthroughs
Area A
NOTE: Because I'm basically lazy on this guide, picking team members is up
to you. Pick the ones that you're leveling up or are already leveled up,
and you're ready to go.
Objective: Save the hostages at the base they are building.
# of Hostages: 8
Notes: Powerups can be found by breaking the boxes. Search everywhere!
Start off by going forward. You'll eventually see some saying help. That's
a hostage right there. Take the elevator up, and jump to the right for the
second hostage. Go left until you reach the mini-boss.
This one is weird. It walks for a few seconds, then fires in a crouched
position. Keep hitting it until it goes down, and jump over him to get behind
him when he fires. This can be kept going until you beat him, but use unarmed
combat and save your ammo for the boss.
A better way to do this punch him 5 or 6 times, then get behind him. Notice
your punches knock him back, allowing you to get in some good hits.
Afterwards, go to the left, another hostage is there. Take the elevator up,
along the way, you'll find hostage #4. Go up, and to the right, you'll see
another hostage near the next elevator going down. That should be 5 now.
Go right and up again, near the next elevator is (Surprize surprize!) Another
hostage. That makes six so far...
Fall down, the the seventh hostage is to your left. Don't go up the elevator
leading to the exit yet...go right and you'll find the last one!
Boss: Overkill
All the bosses are too easy. He stops and fires a shot twice, then jumps
real high in the air and fires small energy blasts from his hands. Jump to
avoid the shots, and get him to a wall when he starts to jump; you can do
some damage to him that way.
Rewards: Big Bear's help by radio and the Lazer Rifle.
Area B:
Objective: Storm Shadow has marked areas to stop the missile base attacking
Joe H.Q. Set the bombs on the marks.
# of Checkmarks: 8
Kill the soldiers, then the hammer mini-boss (The same one back in route 1).
With the lazer rifle at level 4, he's a goner. The first X is found above
a platform moving back and forth. Wipe out the mines following you before
you go for it. At the end, you'll see another one on a missile in the
background...no, wait, two to be precise. One in the middle of the missile,
and another at the top. That's three total so far.
Go to the next missile, and search for any checkmarks on it. There should
be one in the middle and and one at the top of the it, like the one before.
Then for the next one, it should be in the middle. The final missile has
a checkmark below it. That should be seven so far.
On the farthest missie to the left (The one with the checkmark below it),
go all the way up and hop on the platform, then go down where you see several
powerups. Make sure you have 7 out of 8 bombs planted, because there's no
way to return!
Aftetwards, go to the right, and you'll see the last checkmark eventually.
After killing the mini-boss, use the elevator to get up to the top. Destroy
the floating mines on the way up with your gun.
Cesspool
He jumps toward you, throws a grenade at you, and shoots at you three times.
Before each attack, he'll warp to where you are. Move out of the way. He's
easy enough with the gun, easier with the lazer rifle.
Rewards: Storm Shadow is a playable character and the useless Pulse Rifle
is yours.
Area C
Objectives: Help Road Block sabotage the shuttle that's bringing raw
materials from the moon and developing a space station.
Too linear, but a pain without the lazer rifle. Blast through the blocks
and you'll eventually kill an enemy in a white color; that has the keycard
to get onto the shuttle.
This mini boss has a shield which blocks your shots. Jump to get behind him
when he fires and fire at him with the lazer rifle. Then go up the elevators
to get inside the shuttle.
Firefly
He fires an energy blast, dives at you, and fires his pulse rifle. He's easy
if you have the lazer cannon. The best time to shoot him is when he's charging
his energy blast.
Rewards: Road Block is a playable character.
Area D
Infiltrate Cobra's Warehouse and kill Destro. It's a maze, so don't get lost!
Every room has you going through a hallway filled with enemies, a majority
being those pesky mines. If you've saved up your ammo, use your machine gun.
Eventually, you'll get to three doors, which are numbered for you.
1 2
3
I'll tell you which doors to enter.
Room 1: 3
Room 2: 1
Room 3: 2
Room 4: 1
If you don't enter any of the above doors, you'll either be sent back to the
previous room or to the beginning!
Destro: He fires his gun, the turns into a sphere and bounces everywhere
around the room. The sphere splits into four, then reassembles. The only
time he can be shot is when he fires his gun. Again, the Lazer rifle is a
perfect choice.
Rewards: Rocket Launcher (oooh..)
Area E
Objective: Save the scientist and Snake Eyes from the Boss.
Like in the Rolling Thunder series, you can hide behind doors, but all except
for one doesn't hold anything special. To save time (Like always), work your
way to the elevator shaft and go all the way down. Go all the way to the
right and enter the door (Press up) on the bottom. Inside should be the
captured scientist who'll give you some mind-reviving medicine for Snake
Eyes.
Work up back to the middle floor (The one you started on) via the elevator
shaft and go all the way to the right. With Road Block, you can crawl under
some small floors for power-ups, mainly bullets.
Major Bludd
He mostly crawls along the floor and throws a grenade every once in a while.
The lazer rifle will kill him before him you can say hi.
Rewards: Snake Eyes is a playable character.
Area F
Objective: Stop Cobra Commander again.
I'm not explaining this...it's too easy to get through. You bascially work
your way through a linear path to Cobra Commander, with the occasional
mini-boss to fight (about 4 or 5), but they're easy now. Gung-Ho and Spirit
can be brought here, especially since you'll need lots of ammo and health
for Cobra Commander (Although he's just as easy as in the prequel).
Cobra Commander
He sits there firing projectiles. Stand on the left or right platform to
blast him from there, he'll easily die (With the lazer Rifle of course!)
Rewards: G.I. Joe 2 is beaten!
6. Credits
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