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Onimusha Warlords 2 Walkthrough/FAQ
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For Sony Playstation 2
Written on 8/7/02
Written by Jechtwar
Based on the Japanese Import Version
Version 1.01
Email: [email protected]

******Intro******

There aren't any complete Onimusha 2 FAQS out there right now so I
thought that I would try and help everyone out. This is my first time
writing a FAQ so go easy on me if I make any mistakes. If you spot any
errors or you have any contributions please email me. Also I know that
the English version is coming out soon. The techniques should be the
same and most of the items will have the similar English translations. I
will try to update as time goes by. Enjoy this great game!

******Version******

V 1.0: This is the first post of the FAQ email any mistakes and
contributions to me and I will fix them as soon as I can. I had no idea
that working on a FAQ could be this time consuming!! All you great FAQ
writers like CB and stuff, you guys are awesome. As you can see, this is
a work in progress. I will be working constantly on the FAQ for the next
few days. I will try to finish it before Aug 28, which I think, is the
US release of Onimusha 2

V 1.01: Damn writing a faq is tough work. So much for finishing it
before Aug 28. My B everyone. Here is an update it covers most of most
of the first town, caves and stuff. Watch for another update soon!

******Copyright******

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******Characters******

Yagyu Jyubei
He is the main character of the sequel. You will learn that Jibe is
actually half demon himself. The lady that gives him the ability to
absorb souls is his mother. Nobunaga destroyed and slaughtered the
people of his village and he is on a quest to destroy him. He is an
expert with the sword.

Odani no Oyuu
She is the pretty girl that you will see in the opening sequence.
Obviously she is pretty good with the sword and can throw small knives
at enemies. She seems to be fighting for the good but she has her
secrets.

Saiga Magoichi
Expert with the gun but when push comes to shove, he can also use
swords.

Ankokuji Ekei
Expert with the spear. Loves wine, beautiful women and last but not
least FOOD!

Fuuma Kotaro
Rash young ninja on the same quest as the rest of the heroes above. He
uses two short knives.

Oda Nobunage
The villain in this sequel. He was raised in Genma Onimusha 1 to lead
the army of the undead. With his undead army, Nobunaga has won numerous
victories but now, our hero has risen against him.

Kinoshita Toukichiro
He's that little annoying guy from part 1 and guess what? He's BACK. In
real Japanese history, he will unite Japan and change his name to
Toyotomi Hideyoshi. So I doubt he will die...

******Basics******

After you get the absorb soul ability, when you kill your enemies, they
will release spheres of the different colors into the air. Here is how
they are differentiated.

Red Sphere:     These are needed to upgrade your weapon, armor, arm
guard and leg guard.

Blue Spheres:   These are used to replenish your magic bar. When you
execute the special move of any of your weapon, you use
magic points. This will fill it up again.

Yellow Sphere:  These replenish your health. Doing an Issen attack will
usually release more of them. Also the game knows when
you are lower in health and will give you more then.

Another Red:    I guess some might argue that this is a purple
Sphere but who cares, you can tell immediately that these are different
because when you try to absorb them, them move at a REALLY slow pace
towards you. Absorb 5 of them and you will transform into the Genma
Onimusha for a short period of time where your attacks are much more
powerful and you take no damage.


******Weapons******

Sword: Jyubei comes equipped with this and is your basic samurai sword.

Lightning Sword: The first real weapon that Jyubei will acquire, this
sword is fast, deals decent amounts of damage and will release more
souls than some of the other weapons. However, the special attack of
this sword requires you to hit the enemy before it executes. Good thing
is you won't miss, bad thing is if the enemy is far away you can't use
it.

Ice Spear: This spear deals more damage than the sword but is slower and
releases less souls. This means that you get less soul points for
upgrades, less healing, less magic....to me that sounds bad considering
the amount of damage it does, it does come in handy in like one fight
though. But do what you like. The special attack for this weapon creates
a vertical column of ice directly in front of it. But if your enemy
sidesteps, you miss... I'm kinda biased against this weapon so don't
mind me.

Wind ???: I'm not very sure how to call this in English. But it's just
like the lightsaber that Darth Maul uses. This weapon is really quick
but it deals less dmg than the lightning sword. The special attack of
the sword creates a hurricane around you and ABOVE you. Ideal for
killing those pesky arrow people standing on roofs and shooting at you.

Earth Warhammer: Very powerful weapon but also very slow. Also IMHO the
coolest looking weapon. However, sometimes the lack of speed can hurt
you. For the special attack, you swing the hammer round and round
around, damaging everyone near you.

Fire sword: This is a two handed sword just like in Onimusha 1. Its a
hidden weapon and can only be acquired by completing the second dream
sequence.

Bow: Enough said. You can acquire normal arrows and flame arrows for
this weapon.

Gun: As Magoichi you can use many different guns but as Jyubei you will
get 2 guns which you will seldom use.

******Attack******

There is actually more to this game than just pounding on the "square"
button. Using different directions in combination with the "square"
button will often bring pleasant results. For example pressing up and
"square" while in front of an enemy will make Jyubei execute an uppercut
kinda jab. The will even make some of the heavier enemies fall on the
back...making it easy for a ground stab.

Ground stab is used when you stand right above an enemy that has fallen
to the ground. Jyubei will stab him while his is done causing an instant
kill, but this will leave you open for a second or two for attacks by
other enemies around you.

******Issen Attack******

This is key in Onimusha 2 and will make lots of fight a lot easier.
There are 2 ways to perform the Issen attack. One way is to press the
"square" right before you are going to get hit. This will cause Jyubei
to move lightning fast and kill the attacker in one hit as well as
anyone around him. Learn how to do this well. It requires lots of
practice. I think there is a FAQ about in on Gamefaqs too.

Anyway, the otherway is to block an attack using the L1, then right as
his attack bounces off your block hit "square" timing is very key here.
Oh yeah, learn how to block too but don't rely on it too much because
some of the more powerful attacks usually by the bigger guys are not
blockable.

*******Rating******

Great thing about Onimusha2 is that it does not consider the number of
healing stuff you used throughout the game into your final rating. They
count the number of Issen attacks that you pulled off, number of enemies
you killed, number of saves you made, number of extra scenes that you
uncovered and how long it took you to finish the game. Good luck!

******Walkthrough******

------------Area 1 (Forest)

You start off seeing the movie where Nobunaga's army destroys Jyubei's
town. When you gain control of Jyubei, walk done the path a little and
there will be cutscene where you will meet someone you know. He dies and
your first fight occurs. These guys are real easy to defeat and you
should have no problem killing them. Just don't let them circle around
you so that they are surrounding you, you should be fine. Throughout,
you will hear a voice calling to you. You are trying to reach the source
of the voice. After you killed those pesky soldiers go to the next
screen. Go through the gate.

After you cross the bridge, there will be a treasure chest on your left.
It contains a map of the area. Keep moving because enemies you kill now
will do you no good, as you cannot absorb their souls. Keep running past
the enemies till the end of the road and go through the double doors.

When you get to the new screen, you should be at a lake with some bushes
on the left handside of the screen. As you move forward, a scene shows
rocks coming from the river to form a path into a cave in the mountain.
Anyway before we got there, go the bushes on your left, you can't reach
it by you can chop the trees down by attacking it. This will get you a
green herb (ala resident evil) it heals you, surprise, surprise! On the
other side of the screen, you will see a shrine but you can't do
anything with it right now, remember where it is though. Before you jump
across the stone steps notice the ground on the right hand side of the
pathway. You will see something yellow jumping around. Go near it and
press "circle" this will let you pick up the "frog item" it will come in
handy when you trade stuff later in the game. Ok, now that you have
everything, jump across the stone steps.

In the cave, you will find a glowing statue, once again you can't use it
now so just leave it alone. Head all the way down to the end of the cave
and go through the door. This will start the cinematic sequence between
a very creep lady and Jyubei. She explains that Nobunaga is a genma and
that Jyubei has the power to fight them. You then see a sign appear on
Jyubei's hand. See that picture? You need to get all five stones in
order to beat Nobunaga. Before she leaves, she says something like "good
luck my son" Anyway, after the cutscene you will see that you have
received one of the five stones and you have received an instruction
booklet. If you playing the Import version and don't understand
Japanese, it just say that "X" is for absorbing souls. Get used to the
control and then go pick up the chest in the background for another
green herb. Now go back the way you came in. This time the cave is no
longer such a cozy place. Enemies will attack after you turn the first
corner and more will come. After you have killed all of them and
absorbed all their souls, go to the glowing shrine in the cave and press
the absorb button, the shrine will give you a whole bunch of red souls.
If you come across these in the future don't forget to absorb the souls.

Jump back across the rocks steps as you exit the cave. Now you have a
choice. Go get your lightning sword now and go to the next area or
explore a little and kill more demon warriors. Just examine the shrine
mentioned earlier on the right of the path and you will know when you
have received the lightning sword. If you want to explore a little, just
keep using your sword for now and go all the way back to where the game
first started. Watch out as you come near the steps where you started,
there is an arrow guy shooting at you. Just keep moving around while
slashing people and you will be fine. At the top on your right is a
save/upgrade spot. Go here with your red souls to upgrade your weapon or
armor. On your left there is doors where you could go through.

As you go into this area go straight and it seems to end in a dead end,
attack the door and it will reveal a chest containing an "ancient
calculator" another trade item that will come in handy later. Then head
into the pathway on your left and you will fight a few soldiers. Watch
out for the red ones though and don't forget to absorb souls. After you
kill them, there is another chest containing another trade item (??? the
red thingy) on the right of the path. You can't miss it. After you get
this. Head all the way down to the end of the path and get you will see
your first puzzle box. The goal is to make the circle appear in the
center. It's actually really simple. It's the top right arrow and then
the second arrow on the right side. And voila you will receive a yellow
jewel. These together with the blue ones that look exactly alike only
blue are very useful. Yellow raises your health bar meter so you can
have more health. The blue ones raise your magic meter for the same
result. Use them immediately. Use the yellow one and you will see your
health meter become longer. Now, to do a little more exploration. Turn
around and walk down the path a little and go left. Go to the end of the
room and go left again. Go as far down as the room allows you to and see
that picture with two heads? Attack it then examine it. You have
received half of another picture. This will help you solve a puzzle
later. On your way back out of the room, check the shelf to receive a
painting of a beauty. There are many of these in the game some are found
and some are traded. Go straight all the way down to another room. Here
turn left and you will see a chest. Attack the barrel and open the chest
to receive "a fork" yet another trade item. Now go up the little walkway
and head down to the door. Go through it.

There is a huge chest on your right but you don't have what is necessary
to open it yet. So go outside and fight more demons. Go into the first
room on the left and open the chest to get "tea set" another trade item.
Go into the next room, open the chest for the top part of the painting
we go earlier. Together, it will used to solve a puzzle later. Now
you're done here, you have gotten more red souls for upgrade and
extended your health meter and got a couple of trade items. Go all the
way back to the stone steps area examine the shrine on the right and get
your lightning sword. You'll come back here again so don't worry if you
didn't do it right after getting the absorb soul ability. I maybe wrong
but I think the frog is a timed event and you can only get it the first
time you come here. Anyway, onto area 2!


-----------Area 2  (town)

Starts off with a cutscene where someone says the he has found gold. But
he so happy he dies. Then you see Oyuu, she is being surrounded by a
couple of creeps. You notice that she is wearing one of the stones you
need as a necklace. Jyubei then jumps in to save Oyuu and kills one of
the creeps. The rest runs away but Oyuu is nowhere to be seen. Now you
get control of Jyubei again. If you have not saved at all, this might be
a good time. You can find a save spot by going into building on your
right, if you can read chinese/japanese it says wine on the outside of
the shop. Anyway, go to the end of the shop and go out the back door.
Here you will see the save spot. Try upgrading your weapon. See how much
more souls you need to upgrade your lightning sword to lvl 2. After
killing most of the demons from exploring, I was a little more than
halfway. After you save, go to the opposite side of the save spot and
there will be blue fountain that will always recover your magic when you
are low and next it is a chest containing a "pipe" another trade item.
Now go back to the main eating area and go upstairs. Open the box for a
"fan" trade item. Ok, here's little more about this area. You will be
here for a huge chunk of the game, all trading between characters will
be done here. And unlike Onimusha 1 you can buy items now. Not exactly
items like green herbs perse but items to trade with the other
characters. These items are also time sensitive and each time you
complete a quest and return to the shop, the shop keeper will have a
different set of items regardless of whether you bought the last set or
not. Most enemies in the areas nearby will also drop gold when you kill
them. Try to buy all the items in the store. It will help you in the
future. Take my advice and buy the egg as soon as you can because the
egg takes time to grow. Enemies respawn everytime you enter and exit an
area. So just do a couple of runs till you have enough souls to upgrade
to lvl 2 lightning sword and buy all the items at the shop before doing
the quest. Speaking of shop. Go all the way back out onto the street.
It's the second building on the right that you can enter. Talk to the
shopkeeper and he will show you what items he has.

Alright now that you have spent all your gold on what you can buy. Go to
the building North of the shop, I'm thinking this is an armory, anyway
right before you enter the building, on your right will be a chest
containing a map of the area. Get this and then enter into the building.
There is a switch on the left that activates an elevator. But before you
use the switch, walk to the otherside of the armory attacking all the
wooden barrels on the way, clearing your path. Pick up the "cloth" trade
item from the chest and once you have cleared the way, go back and
activate the switch. You will see a wooden platform lower itself. Run to
the otherside as fast as you can as this is timed. Get across too slowly
and the wooden plank will raise again. Once you are on the second floor,
open the big chest there for your bow and arrow. Now just headback down
the way you came and exit back to town. North being the armory, west is
where you will have to go to continue the story. However, we can pick up
more items before that.

Talk to the person carrying the basket standing across the shop three
times and he will give you "sweets" a trade item. Next, go south all the
way up the stairs to a market area pick up the box on the right for
"globe" a trade item. Follow the path to another area, this is the
stable, talk to the guy carrying the basket and he will give you an "old
scipture" a trade item. Go explore the stable area a little more and you
will find a "mask" a trade item. (Aren't they all??) The chest is kinda
hidden but its hidden at the end of the logs of wood. Ok, now that you
have all the items in the area, go to the west road I mentioned earlier
near the armory. Here you will fight enemies but first more trade items
to take note of.

Once you reach the forest area, run up the left side of the path and
keep pressing "O" soon you will pick up the "mushroom" trade item.
Continue up the path and kill anything that gets in your way. Absorb
their souls and take their gold. Open the chest that you cannot miss for
the "binoculars" trade item. As you head up that path, notice one of the
trees on your left. Its huge and it also has a distinct marking on it.
Once you have killed all the enemies, come here, in the few times I've
played, I found that "attacking" the tree and pressing the absorb soul
button will make the item appear faster. Anyway, soon you will see some
black thing crawling up the tree, press "O" to pick up the "beatle"
trade item. Continue up that path and talk to the big dude. He will tell
you no one may pass without the "mountain pass" item. So I guess you
have to all the way back down to search for it. That just means more
gold and more souls...GOOD TIMES! Go all the way back to the wine shop but
if you have the patience kill more bad guys for gold and souls.
Upgrading will make the next part of the game a lot easier. As soon as
you enter the wine store, you will notice an extra guy sitting there,
look familiar? Walk up to him and a cutscene will occur. It seems that
Magoichi and Ekei have some bad blood between them. When you regain
control, you will receive an item. It explains something but I'm not
very sure what, help here would be greatly appreciated. Skip the 2 new
guys for the time being and talk to guy guarding the side door, he will
sell you the mountain pass for 100 gold, upgrade and leave the wine
place. You'll be back soon. Go outside and talk to the 2 people standing
outside the armory, they will say something about someone being on the
second floor of the wine shop, hmm... interesting, go back to the store
and go upstairs. You will see a cutscene introducing Kotaro the ninja
kid.

After the cutscene go back up to the second floor and talk to everyone,
here you will get the "skin rug" and "Japanese journal volume 9" both of
these are trade items. After you get the items, go back up to the
mountain and go talk to the guy that didn't let you pass earlier, now
that you have the mountain pass, he will let you through. There is a
chest here that will contain the "Japanese journal volume 4" a trade
item. As you try o walk into the mountain, people runs out of the
mountain yelling monsters. Don't mind them, head into the moutain. Save
if you feel the need to. Go to the left path first and you will enter a
room with one of those combination boxes go lower right first then
bottom left. The box should open and you will receive a lightning sword
manual that teaches you a new attack. The "up-down-attack" attack, its
kinda like a combo attack but leaves you wide open if there are many
enemies around. Now head back the way you came and go to the right path
now. Here you will get "map of the mountain" from the chest. Pick up any
gold you see on the way, and go to the next area. Just keep going until
you see the cutscene with the scary red eyes. Fight them, don't let them
surround you and you should be fine. Head to the next area, here you
will meet more of those ugly NOT scary green overgrown lizards. The only
thing you should be careful about here, is that sometimes that may
appear behind you and you will not see them due to the position of the
camera. Watch out for this, and this area should be a breeze. When you
reach the end of the t-intersection, go right first. Depending on what
you have been trading with the different characters, a different guy
would come help you out. If you have Kotaro come out, he will out solo.
But if either Magoichi or Ekei is out, the other one will be chilling on
one of the wooden beams. Anyway, after killing all the lizards and
absorbing their souls, continue to the next area where you will acquire
the ice spear. Use it if you want be warned that you will receive less
souls for killing with this weapon. Try it out though then switch back.
Now go back to the t-intersection and head to the other path. Make sure
you pick up all the gold that you find. Here you fill fight many enemies
but magoichi or Kotaro will help you out, clear all the enemies then
head towards the purple/blue floating orb blocking your way, switch to
ice spear and hit it, easy. Head to the next area, right in front of the
big door is s save/upgrade point. I hope you absorbed all the souls you
could. Upgrade your thunder sword if you have not done that to level 2.
Use all souls you have on any part of armor you want. Now open up your
inventory and use the first blue stone that the lady at the pond gave
you. The door should open.

********BOSS: Ginghamphantes  ********
He should be no problem for you. Watch out when he jumps at you, keep
moving around, if possible try to attack him from behind. When your life
drops below a certain level, Ekei will come and help you. Use him! He
can fight him pretty well but don't leave it just to Ekei because he
will use your healing items and you don't want that. Use your special
attack. Its kinda crucial that you absorb the souls Gingy releases when
he gets hit hard, especially life and magic souls. After a few minutes
he should fall over and die, vowing to be back. Blah, blah, blah. Absorb
all the colorful souls he releases and pick up all the gold. Head to the
next area, if you find yourself in the area with the save point go back
and go the other way. Happened to me every time. Anyway, on your way
through the rest of the tunnel, you will see a yellow cushion thingy on
the ground, that's part of the story but not till later. You will see a
guy on the floor but don't talk to him yet, head into the next area.
Here you will find a puzzle box, the solution is lower right, top right,
upper left. *Click* You will get a yellow stone. Use it to increase your
health meter. Behind Jyuubei will be a partially hidden chest, open it
and get the "mirror" a trading item. Now go back and talk to that guy
lying on the floor. A long cutscene will occur. He will talk about a
pathway and at end you will receive the "red doughnut":)

After the cutscene you will find yourself back in town. Go up to the
second floor of the wine building and talk to the man next to Kotaro and
he will give you something like a "pick axe?" a trade item.

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