Yuu Yuu Hakusho Forever Guide

Date Made: 5/31/05

Updated: 6/3/05 - added how to unlock new eggs
               - added more details in different modes
               - added Rei gauge recover in Upgrade mode

Updated 6/16/05 - corrected unlockables section

Updated 10/16/05 - added character list

Updated 01/02/06 - added movelist

This guide is for Yuu Yuu Hakusho Forever for the PS2.
At the date this Guide is made, it is only currently
available in Japan. Hopefully, this game will reach the
US. It's a simple game but very enjoyable. I didn't
play Yuu Yuu Hakusho Dark Tournament but from what i
heard on the Forever Boards, this is way better.

This will not be an exact translation but it should help
you navigate the menus.

You can email me at [email protected] for comments and corrections.

CONTENTS:

I.    Title Screen
II.   Main Menu
III.  Character List
IV.   Special Move List
V.    Story Mode
VI.   VS mode
VII.  Genkai's Dojo
VIII. Reikai (Gallery)
IX.   Options
X.    Some Tips on Gameplay
XI.   Unlockables
XII.  Credits


I. Title Screen

1st option: Begin new game
2nd option: load file



II. Main Menu

1st option: Story mode
2nd option: VS mode
3rd option: Genkai's dojo
4th option: Reikai
5th option: Options


III. Character list

*yusuke
*hiei
*kurama
kuwabara

*genkai
jorge saotome

chu
jin
shishiwakamaru

*karasu
*bui
toguro ani
*toguro ototo

*sensui

shura
yomi

shigure
mukuro

enki
raizen

*can transform


IV. Special Moves/Emotion attack List

   - after the "/" moves means moves in their transformed state.

1. Yusuke Urameshi

  Special moves
    circle - reigan/yougan
    forward circle - shotgun/kyourandan
    back circle - N/A

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - reikoudan/yougan rensha
    down, down circle - jikoryuu ougi "ora ora" reigan

2. Hiei

  Special moves
    circle - jaou ensatsu rengoku ha
    forward circle - jaou ensatsu rengoku shou
    back circle - zanzou

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - jaou ensatsu ken
    down, down circle - jaou ensatsu kokuryuu ha

3. Kurama

  Special moves
    circle - rose arrow
    forward circle - rose whip
    back circle - kagonretsu zanshi

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - fuuka enbujin/jurei youzanken
    down, down circle - shimaneki sou/ojigi sou

4. Kazuma Kuwabara

  Special moves
    circle - rei ken
    forward circle - rei shuriken
    back circle - shuidasha ken

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - rei ken nitouryuu
    down, down circle - jigentou

5. Genkai (she doesn't get any new moves after transforming)

  Special moves
    circle - reigan
    forward circle - reikoudan
    back circle - reikou kyouhan shou

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - kyokugen reigan
    down, down circle - reikou hadou no kiremi

6. Jorge Saotome

  Special moves
    circle - doge bat
    forward circle - kakushi gei
    back circle - N/A

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - dashuutsu
    down, down circle - katte ni shouri sengen

7. Chu

  Special moves
    circle - renyoukyuu
    forward circle - N/A
    back circle - sui ken jushuu

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - kuchuu combo
    down, down circle - headbutt

8. Jin

  Special moves
    circle - shura zenpuu ken
    forward circle - kuchuu shura zenpuu ken
    back circle - bakufuu shouheki

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - double shura zenpuu ken
    down, down circle - shura dengeki senpuu ken

9. Shishiwakamaru

  Special moves
    circle - raimei bakukikon
    forward circle - N/A
    back circle - i oi

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - bakuto dokushoku shou
    down, down circle - ougi kaidokushoku hazan

10. Karasu

  Special moves
    circle - trace eye
    forward circle - cling bomb
    back circle - muddy bomb

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - prison bomb
    down, down circle - last rites/lean bomb

11. Bui

  Special moves
    circle - zenbu/haki
    forward circle - shuufu/renshuu geki
    back circle - N/A

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - kousoku renbu/gashouraku
    down, down circle - kyoukudai youzenbu/aura battle cross attack

12. Toguro (Ani)

  Special moves
    circle - kushigi
    forward circle - shuutou
    back circle - N/A

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - ransa
    down, down circle - dummy

13. Toguro (Ototo)

  Special moves
    circle - ken otsu/shidan
    forward circle - sugai
    back circle - N/A

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - naburu
    down, down circle - i otsu

14. Shinobu Sensui

  Special moves
    circle - resshuu koukyuu ha
    forward circle - shuugeki
    back circle - N/A

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - resshuu shiendan
    down, down circle - resshuu renkougeki/reppu fuujin ken

15. Shura

  Special moves
    circle - youen ha
    forward circle - jiretsu ken
    back circle - N/A

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - kou you retsudan
    down, down circle - maenkou

16. Yomi

  Special moves
    circle - renba kyoushoukyuu seki
    forward circle - renba hanshou heki
    back circle - N/A

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - renba rangeki dan
    down, down circle - renba kyoushuu sou ha

17. Shigure

  Special moves
    circle - rinkaen rekitou ien
    forward circle - rin kaen rekitou gozu
    back circle - N/A

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - rin kaen rekitou ousou
    down, down circle - rin kean rekitou ryuuga

18. Mukuro

  Special moves
    circle - youken ha
    forward circle - yougen zan
    back circle - jigen zan

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - chiretsu shuu
    down, down circle - dankuu sokubaku

19. Enki

  Special moves
    circle - ouen
    forward circle - soku mugoku
    back circle - N/A

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - goritsu muen
    down, down circle - uchiage hanabi

20. Raizen

  Special moves
    circle - itachi
    forward circle - ookami
    back circle - N/A

  Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP)
    down circle - tora
    down, down circle - tatsu


V. Story

    - Ankoku Bujutsukai
    - *Yusuke's Makai Saga
    - *Kurama's Makai saga
    - *Hiei's Makai saga

*Check the unlockables section to see how to unlock Makai saga.

As you play in story mode, you unlock matches which can be selected
later if you try to play story mode again. So if you don't feel like
fighting Chu again, you can just select the 2nd match to fight Jin
and still go on with the story. You can select which part of the
story you want to start.

     Story mode pause menu
          - Move list
          - Announcer voice ON/OFF
          - Vibration ON/OFF
          - Mode select/return to main menu
          - Return to battle



VI. VS mode

1st option: 1 on 1
2nd option: 5 on 5 elimination
3rd option: Tournament, up to 4 people can join, 8 contestants in all

     VS mode pause menu
          - Move list
          - Announcer voice ON/OFF
          - Vibration ON/OFF
          - Character select/return to character selection menu
          - Mode select/return to main menu
          - Return to battle



VII. Genkai's Dojo

1st option: Tutorial, it's pretty easy even if you can't read Japanese

     Tutorial mode pause menu
          - View lesson
          - Vibration ON/OFF
          - Choose another lesson
          - Mode select/return to main menu
          - Return to battle

2nd option: Practice Mode

     Practice mode pause menu
          - Settings
               - Opponent settings(from left to right)
                   - do nothing, guard, evade, COM easy, COM normal,
                     COM hard, COM hell, Player 2
               - Button command display ON/OFF
               - Health regen ON/OFF
               - Energy regen ON/OFF
               - Emotion gauge always full ON/OFF
          - Move list
          - Announcer voice ON/OFF
          - Vibration ON/OFF
          - Character select/return to character selection menu
          - Mode select/return to main menu
          - Return to battle


*3rd option: Genkai's 10-man challenge

           - You can earn points for upgrading your characters in
             here.

     Genkai challenge pause menu (same as VS mode)


*4th option: Upgrade characters

            - Upgraded characters can be used in VS mode, Practice mode,
              and Genkai’s challenge. Just select the 2nd option after
              picking your player and it will read the memory card for
              your customized character.

   Upgrade stats(from top to bottom): the max level you can have for
                                      each stat is LVL5. You can't
                                      upgrade all the stats to max.
                                      The max upgrade points you can
                                      use is 4500 pts, which is enough
                                      to max out 3 individual stats.

               Rei(spirit energy) Gauge recover speed
               Normal attack power
               Normal defense power
               Emotion Gauge charge up speed
               Special attack power
               Special defense power

  If you want to reset a character, press START. You won't get back
  your points spent though.

*You have to unlock this option before it becomes available. Check the
Unlockables section.



VIII. Reikai(Gallery)

1st option: View cutscenes

           View story mode cutscenes
           View emotion attack scenes (This is only available after you have
                                            seen it done in a fight)
           View 1 hit kill scenes (same condition as above)
           View transformation scenes (same as above)

2nd option: Sound test

3rd option: Character Gallery
           - To unlock characters, beat the tournament in VS mode
             with the character you want to unlock. You have
             to do it each time for each costume.


IX. Options

1st option: Battle options
           - Difficulty
             - easy, normal, hard, Hell

           - Time Limit
           - Round/fight
           - Ring-out counter

2nd option: Button Configuration

           Weak attack         []
           Strong attack       /\
           Guard               X
           Special             O
           Transform           L1
           Evade               R1

3rd option: Subtitles ON/OFF

4th option: Sound options

           - Stereo, Mono
           - BMG music volume
           - Voice volume
           - SFX volume

5th option: Vibration ON/OFF

6th option: Screen Adjust

7th option: Data

           - Auto-save ON/OFF
           - Save
           - Load

If you want to return the options to default, press START.



X. Some Tips on Gameplay

*The tutorial teaches the basics so I’m not going to cover that here.

1. The tutorial doesn’t show how to transform, so here it goes, press
  L1 when you have full emotion gauge.

2. Use down X (knockback move) to escape damage. Be careful though, as
  this move takes a lot of your energy. You can use this even if
  you're getting hit. It is also a good way to charge your emotion gauge.

3. Use dash attack or flying kick, or even better, flying kick -> dash
  attack to start your combos.

4. You can cancel any attack into a special attack in this game. Try to
  figure out which special to use and at what time to cancel it to
  achieve the best combo.

5. Use the down [](square, upper) to make longer combos. This works
  well after a [],[] combo, then follow it up w/ a [],[],/\, + Special
  move (whichever is effective for your specific character).

  Some characters need some timing in order to make every hit connect
  while hitting the enemy in midair. For example, with Kurama, you
  need to hit [],[],/\ just before the enemy touches the ground
  to connect the low kick part of his combo.

6. It's cheap, but you can fire projectiles at your enemy while they're
  trying to get back at the ring.

7. Leave some room before attempting to transform. It's so annoying to
  waste your emotion gauge by getting hit while transforming.

8. Be careful of Toguro Ototo at 100% and Enki. They have auto-guard,
  which makes them very dangerous. Especially with their 1-hit kill
  move.

9. It's always best to have enough energy to do a knockback if
  your enemy can already do their 1-hit kill move. Use knockback
  to avoid being hit in an otherwise opening in your defense.

10. Hitting the enemy w/ a guard break can guarantee a sure hit w/
   an emotion attack if your opponent doesn't have enough energy
   to do a knockback move.



XI. Unlockables.

1. Genkai 10-man challenge - beat Ankoku Bujutsukai story mode

2. Character Upgrade - same as above

3. Sensui Shinobu - beat Genkai’s challenge w/ Yusuke

4. Makai saga - becomes unlocked after unlocking sensui

5. Enki - Lose the second or third match of the Makai Saga

6. Jorge Saotome – Beat Toguro Ani with Kuwabara

7. Every other character - just beat them in story mode

8. Character Gallery - use the person you want to unlock in the VS mode
  Tournament and win. You have to win each time to unlock each costume
  in the gallery.

9. Puu-chan models - How to get a new egg: For example, if you have a
  yusuke Puu, then go to 1P VS Com Mode and lose 3 times in a row with
  yusuke, the opponent doesn't matter. After that, go to main screen,
  Botan appears and says something about your Puu being disappeared,
  then Koenma will give you a new egg to hatch. With your new egg,
  now choose any character you want your Puu to look like, and win 2
  times in a row, go back to main menu, and the egg will hatch.



XII. Credits.

Thanks to OkamiJoe for the info regarding how to get
new eggs.

Thanks to Hoshino_Ruri for the info regarding the rei gauge upgrade.

Thanks to all the YYHF Gfaqs board members.

Thanks to Banpresto for producing a good Yuu Yuu Hakusho game.

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