-- Genso Suikoden IV --
-- Demo FAQ --
-- By Kouli {aka Ken Zhao, [email protected]} --
-- Version 0.1 --

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<Intro>

The demo comes from Dengeki PS2 Volume 278. Since Dengeki PS2 is a popular
Japanese magazine, which makes this demo in Japanese by default.

Where can I get Degenki PS2 Volume 278 (D70), you might ask. If you live in
Japan, you can easily get it. If you live outside Japan currently like myself,
then you could try this site:

www.mangaoh.co.jp

That's the site I used. You have to free order from them as well. To do that,
you need to be able to read and write Japanese. If you can't and have trouble
with free ordering from them, contact me if you wish. I could try to help you
out in one way or another.

The above is a Japanese site, if you want an English site, you might want to
try out

www.akadotretail.com

You probably need to special order it from them. Since they have to get it
from Japan and then ship to you, ultimately it takes much longer time than
the above site. But it's your choice.

Now to actually play it, I would recommend you to get a Japanese PS2. That's
what I have and it works perfectly. To get a Japanese PS2, you might want
to try out these sites:

www.ncsx.com
www.play-asia.com
www.liksang.com
www.japanesevideogames.com

Get a Japanese PS2 just for a demo probably not worth it, unless you already
have one, and plan to get the Japanese Version of Gensou Suikoden IV, then the
demo is worthy to get.

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<Actual Demo>

Put the DVD that comes with the magazine in your PS2. Wait for it to load, once
you are at the main menu, since the cursor is at Gensou Suikoden IV by dafault,
so you don't need to do anything but pressing Circle. Then a sub menu shows up
and first one is 'Taikenban' which implies Demo, the second option is 'Movie'.
Obviously you pick the first option. The menu just talks about general details
of the game, press Circle again to see the controls.

Left Stick - Character and cursor movement
Right Stick - Camera Movement
D-Pad - Character and cursor movement
Circle - Action/Confirm
X - Cancel
Square - Open menu
R1 - Hold down for fast dash
R2 - Toogle between map views
L1 - Change views / Confirm(Battle only)
L2 - Cancel(Battle only)

Press Circle again to start. Press Circle again to select 'NEW GAME', that's
the only option that's given anyway. Then you are to adjust the vibration, ON
or OFF, whatever you want. Press Circle to make the choice. After that, you
are quickly taken into a cut scene where the shujinkou/hero and co will meet
a water creature popping out of the water while they are on a ship. Then it's
battle time. You have 4 members in battle, the shujinkou and 3 allies. Each
has their HP and Rune at display, along with a picture of the character. As for
the battle menu, you got:

Tatakau(Fight)
Nigeru(Escape)
Okane(Money)
Zenin(All Members)
Omakase(Entrust to AI)

If you select Tatakau, you can input the command for each member, then you have
these menus:

Kougeki(Attack)
Bougyo(Defend)
Monshou(Rune)
Dougu(Item)
Kyouryoku(Cooperation)

For Kougeki, you can select the water creature which is named as Water Dragon.

As for my team, I got the shujinkou, Chiipuu, Jueru and Taru. The three allies
you get seems to be random. But anyway, for the shujinkou, he's got a Fire Rune
at his right hand and his true rune, Rune of Punishment at the left hand. For
the Fire Rune, there are:

Flame Arrow - 100 damage to one enemy
Dancing Flame - 150 damage to all enemies
Flame Burst Wall - 300 damage to all enemies
Great Explosion - 500 damage to all enemies

For the shujinkou's Punishment Rune, there are only two spells:

The Eternal Trial
Two-Edged Sword

As for Item, you got 99 Herb and 5 Alarm Clock of Jizou. Once you select the
movement for each members, confirm it and the fight takes place. Do remember
due to the nature of the Punishment Rune, it sucks out your main character's
HP as well. The shujinkou can just attack with the Fire Rune Level 4 spell,
others can either cast support magic or attack. After the battle, you get EXP
as usual. You guys should level from 17 to 18. After that, a bit loading then
a cut scene kicks in. Then little bit of loading and a quick cut scene. You
guys will end up by the shore, and you gain control of the shujinkou. Since the
other guys are still fainted, you are on your own. Let's check out the controls
you can do here:

L2 - Not used
L1 - Change view from third to first person, or first to third. During first
    person, you can view around with the Right Stick
Right Stick - Camera movement
Left Stick/D-Pad - Character movement. If you hold down L1 while moving, you
                  get fast run. If you hold down X, you get walking.
L2 - Toggle between big, small and no map
Square - Opens menu. 6 Options in total:
        - Item
        - Rune
        - Equipment
        - Tsuyosa(Strength/Power)
        - Formation
        - Configuration

But only Item is available.

As you can see, the default name for the shujinkou in the demo is 'Konami'.
There you can also see his level, hp, rune, exp, money/pocchi and a timer. As
well as 5 character slots, he shujinkou takes up one of them. Once you are set
to go, explore the island a bit to get a feel of how this Suikoden works. If
you go the mountain path, you get random encounter. Bubbles sort of appear and
you get into the battle. Do remember since the main character uses twin blades,
he can actual have 2 hits. If you are close to level up, and got not much HP,
don't waste any items. Just level up and your HP will be full. This is very
much similar to the recent RPG, Rockman X: Command Mission. At the end of the
mountain, you got one big area. Not much to do but expore around and gather the
item chest there as well. Once you are down, go back to the shore. One of the
small area here got a little bird and fly away when you get near, not sure if
you want to check that out. Anyway, check out your party member one by one, and
they will join back the party. After that, you get a cut scene. Now continue
down and at the intersection, the right path leads you to nowhere, but do take
it and return. This will trigger a scene where you have to pick an option. It
doesn't really matter what you pick. Then you just send your members to gather
stuff. Go to the little area with the bird, check out 3 fruits on the ground.
If you see Chiipuu around, you can shop from him as well. Time to check out
the cave. At the end of the path, you will see a mysterious girl talking. That
mermaid then jumps back into the water. There is a healing spot here, examine
it to heal you FULLY. Get out of the cave. Talk to the members again to get
them back to the party. Taru and Chiipuu should both be at the shore while that
Jueru is at the beginning of the mountain path. Now back to the camping area.
Select the second option to rest. After the cut scene, talk with Taru and the
mermaid will show up. After the scene, Kika will join. Now head up the mountain
path to get save that Chiipuu. For Kika, who shows up in nowhere and just join
the party, she's got a thunder rune and a special rune. And now you can use
Rune combination. Should be the lowest one if you select thunder rune with her
or lowest for the fire rune with the shujinkou. After that, you will obtain
the Kyouryoku(Cooperation), Double Sword Attack, between Kika and the shujinkou
himself. A cut scene will show up where crabs chasing Chiipuu. You will end up
fighting the crab boss, Nujigani, along with 2 Abaregani. Do test out the newly
obtained Double Sword Attack on the boss which attacks all enemies. The boss
won't do much since it will always shell itself up and have the small crabs to
attack you. Once you take out the 2 small crabs. Just continue to use normal
attacks. Do notice that Kika also attacks with twin blades just like the hero/
shujinkou. After couple turns, battle out. Have the shujinkou will use his true
rune to attack the boss. Battle continues. This time, the battle is ready to
attack along with 6 Abaregani. Shujinkou and Kika should do their double tech
while Jueru can use the second level spell of the the water rune. Taru can just
heal with items. By the second turn, you should have taken out the small crabs.
Now for the shujinkou and Kika, use the combination rune spell. Both Jueru and
Taru can either attack or heal. 3 combination spell and you should take out the
boss. After that, that's it for the demo. If you like what you are getting from
the demo, do remember to buy the full game when it comes out.

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<The End>


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<Credits>

- Me
- CJayC

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