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Version 1.0 by AudioZan (
[email protected]) - 6/3/03
Version 1.1 Updated 6/13/03
Version 1.2 Updated 7/26/03
Version 1.3 Updated 10/9/03
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I. Index
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I. Index
II. Introduction
III. Mini-Games
1) Dance Dance Segata
2) Bomberperson Fight!
3) Santa-san Sanshiro
4) Cranium Crisis
5) Panzer Count-oon
6) 15 Floor Dash
7) Match Game
8) Winter Feet
9) Kick the Various Heavy Objects
10) Sanshiro's Mean Fish Machine
IV. Voice of Segata Sanshiro
V. Commercials
VI. High Scores
VII. Contributions
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II. Introduction
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Althought the Sega Saturn was a flop in America, Japan was another story. The
system's hilarious ad campaign starred a martial arts master named Segata
Sanshiro who would kick your ass and shove a Saturn up it. He hit home runs
with his bare feet, exploded men with his bare hands, and made the Saturn a hit
overseas. This game is a collection of his commercials which can be unlocked
by playing mini-games loosely inspired by them.
Segata Sanshiro was based on a movie about a man named Sanshiro Sugata who
struggles to learn judo. Segata was played by actor Hiroshi Fujioka,
famous for his role as the first Kamen Rider in the 70s. He was also the
narrator of Ultraman G and voiced Ryo's father in Shenmue for Dreamcast.
Thanks to Don Chan and imdb.com for the info.
I don't speak a word of Japanese, so everything in this FAQ was discovered
through trial and error. Feel free to contribute anything you want to
[email protected]. I and the entire world would greatly appreciate it.
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III. Mini-Games
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After the opening "Game Start/Options" menu, you come to a menu with four
choices. They are as follows (I think):
1) Mini-Games
2) Voice of Segata Sanshiro
3) Commercials
4) High Scores
Mini-Games brings you to the list of the ten different mini-games you can play.
Beating the mini-games unlocks the commercials, which is the best part of the
game. I have no idea what the titles are, so I've created my own titles full
of clever puns and alliterations. Here they are from top to bottom:
***1) Dance Dance Segata
Funfactor - 4/10
Description - Several buttons are displayed on the screen and it's your job
to memorize them and enter them in the same order as they
appeared, sort of like Simon. Each correct button gets you
one point and makes Segata dance comically, while an incorrect
one takes away a point.
How to Win - Get at least 60 points. To beat this game very easily, simply
write the buttons down as they appear on screen.
Commercial Unlocked - Shining Force 3
***2) Bomberperson Fight!
Funfactor - 4/10
Controls - D-Pad - Move, A/B/C - Throw
Description - Segata battles a generic Bomberman ripoff which I call
Bomberperson in a battlefield laced with landmines. The moves
you can pull off on Bomberperson depend on the way he grabs
you, making the game similar to Rock/Paper/Scissors.
How to Win - Blow up Bomberperson 10 times in a row without getting hit.
This game was hard to figure out, but the best strategy I came
up with was to move with the D-Pad whenever he did a full
body grapple and press A, B, or C whenever he put his back to
you to try to flip you. That will cancel his flip.
Commercial Unlocked - Bomberman Fight!
***3) Santa-san Sanshiro
Funfactor - 10/10
Controls - Up/Down - Move Up/Down, A/B/C - Drop Present
Description - My favorite mini-game. Segata flies overhead in Santa's
sleigh in the style of a sidescrolling shooter while avoiding
obstacles and dropping presents into chimneys.
How to Win - Get presents into at least 70 chimneys. The presents drop a
little bit in front of the sleigh so make sure to press the
button early.
Commercial Unlocked - Sega Saturn Christmas Commercial
***4) Cranium Crisis
Funfactor - 5/10
Controls - A/B/C - Start/Stop Markers
Description - Break a stack of plates with Segata's head 3 times. It's a
timing game similar to kicking a field goal in Madden. Press a
button to start the marker moving up the meter, then press it
again when its at the top and a third time when its at the
bottom.
How to Win - Stop the first marker at the very top of the meter without
going into the danger zone. If you stop it in the danger zone,
Segata's head will explode. Do the same thing at the bottom,
and get a total score of at least 40 points.
Commercial Unlocked - Solo Crisis
***5) Panzer Count-oon
Funfactor - 5/10
Controls - nothing
Description - This sounds like a lame game, but I thought it was pretty fun.
A bunch of dragons from Panzer Dragoon fly across the screen
and some of them are carrying little Segatas. You have to
count all the Segatas.
How to Win - Just count all the Segatas and enter the correct number in the
following screen. After round 10 you win.
Commercial Unlocked - Panzer Dragoon Saga
***6) 15 Floor Dash
Funfactor - 9/10
Controls - Up/Down - Move Up/Down, Left - Slow Down, A/B/C - Jump Kick
Description - Another great game. Segata has to run up 15 floors of a
burning building and save the person at the top while
sidestepping and jumpkicking over flaming obstacles. This
is also the hardest game IMO.
How to Win - You're going to have to memorize the obstacles on each floor
through trial and error. Just keep an eye out for the blue
holes in the background because they shoot streams of fire at
you.
Commercial Unlocked - Burning Rangers
***7) Match Game
Funfactor - 1/10
Controls - D-Pad - Move Around, A/C - Select Picture, B - Deselect Picture
Description - The easiest and lamest mini-game in the game. A picture of
Segata with a funny hairdo is displayed and you have to go
around clicking all of the matching pictures.
How to Win - Correctly match all of the same pictures.
Commercial Unlocked - Dragon Force 2
***8) Winter Feet
Funfactor - 5/10
Controls - A/B/C - Change Feet
Description - Build up Segata's speed as he skates barefoot on the ice. You
increase speed by staying on each foot as long as possible,
but don't stay on one foot too long or Segata will freeze.
How to Win - Get up to 100 KM/h. There's not much I can say to help you
out here, just get ready to press the button faster when you're
about to increase in level.
Commercial Unlocked - Winter Heat
***9) Kick the Various Heavy Objects
Funfactor - 8/10
Controls - Left/Right - Move Left/Right, A/B/C - Kick
Description - This game is similar to the Nintendo Game & Watch game, Fire.
Objects start falling from the sky and you have to keep
kicking them into the air. Make sure you press the kick
button early, because if you kick the middle of the object
you'll hurt your foot. You need to get your foot under the
objects and hit them with your toes.
How to Win - Keep kicking objects into the dumpster until the remaining
weight drops to zero. Pretty easy.
Commercial Unlocked - Greatest Nine '98
***10) Sanshiro's Mean Fish Machine
Funfactor - 7/10
Controls - D-Pad - Move Fishsticks, A/B/C - Rotate Fishsticks
Description - A simple puzzle game involving sticks of three different types
of fish (which I call fishsticks). When three or more of the
same kind of fish are lined up vertically, horizontally, or
diagonally, they are destroyed and you get 1 point for each
fish.
How to Win - The only way to win is to get at least 20 points in a single
move. You have to stack the fish so that when you destroy some
of the fish, the ones on top of them fall down and create new
lines of fish that are destroyed, and the ones on them fall
into place causing a chain reaction of points. If you're a
puzzle game expert this should be no problem.
Commercial Unlocked - Deep Fear
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IV. Voice of Segata Sanshiro
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The second option of the opening menu brings you to a sound test studio where
you can listen to Segata's radio commercials. Lainer has provided me with info
on what some of the commercials are for:
1) ?
2) ?
3) ?
4) ?
5) Sonic R
6) Saturn Bomberman
7) House of the Dead
8) Neon Genesis Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend (Girlfriend of Steel)
9) World Cup '98
10) Soccer RPG
11) Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
12) Deep Fear
13) Wachenroder
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V. Commercials
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Under the third menu option you can view Segata Sanshiro's hilarious
commercials after you unlock them. There are 19 in all and here are brief
descriptions of each one (spoilers ahead):
1) Shining Force 3 - 30 sec - Segata walks into a dance club full of happy
teenagers dancing the night away. Why aren't they at home playing Sega
Saturn??? He kicks the crap out of them and clips of Shining Force 3 are
shown.
2) Bomberman Fight! - 15 sec - Segata hurls a man through the air who explodes
on impact with the ground. Just like Police Cops.
3) General Sega Saturn Christmas Commercial - 15 sec - Santa Claus walks into a
living room and three kids run up to greet him. They are knocked backwards
when Santa-san pulls off his face revealing Segata underneath. Clips from
various Saturn games are then shown.
4) Solo Crisis - 15 sec - Segata breaks a stack of concrete plates with his
head. Apparently his head is so strong because it's full of RPG knowledge.
5) Panzer Dragoon Saga - 15 sec - Segata dances around a fire with a dragon
mask on. Not that funny.
6) Burning Rangers - 15 sec - Segata leaps into a burning building to save an
unconscious woman. He seems to be enjoying giving her CPR a little too much
as her sister tries to pull him off.
7) Dragon Force 2 - 15 sec - Hundreds of Segata's charge at the screen. Good
special effects.
8) Winter Heat - 15 sec - Segata outskates an olympic speed skater using only
his bare feet.
9) Greatest Nine '98 - 15 sec - Segata hits a home run with his foot.
10) Deep Fear - 30 sec - A very bizarre commercial. Segata cuts open a fish
with a large knife. I guess this is supposed to be scary.
The rest are bonus commercials that you don't unlock by beating the mini-games.
If someone could fill me in on #14 I'd be truly grateful.
11) Segata's Training Video - 30 sec - This is one of the best commercials and
you can see it by quitting or remaining idle after you get a Game Over. It
shows Segata training with an oversized Sega Saturn while his theme song
plays. Very funny.
12) House of the Dead - 30 sec - Segata flips and flips the zombies, but they
keep coming back to life. This is unlocked by failing a game without
getting any points and then idling on the game over screen. Thanks to
Lainer for this info.
13) Sonic R - 30 sec - Three kids about to play baseball cross paths with
Segata and get their asses kicked. That's what they get for not playing
Saturn. Unlocked by remaining idle during the title screen. Thanks again
to Lainer.
14) Still locked.
15) Wachenroder - 30 sec - A weird one. A bunch of Segata faces are on screen
with him showing various emotions. My least favorite out of all his
commercials. Unlock this by letting your head explode three times in a row
in Cranium Crisis and then quitting. Thanks to Ryoma234.
16) Extended Christmas Commercial - 30 seconds - The same as #3, but with an
extra scene that shows the kids crying. This is unlocked after you beat
8 mini-games. Thanks again to Ryoma234.
17) Sakura Taisen 2 - 30 sec - Even more bizarre than the Deep Fear commercial.
Segata frolics around with a beautiful girl dressed as Sakura. Unlocked
after beating 9 mini-games. Thanks to Lainer.
Don Chan adds that the girl playing Sakura Shinguuji is her voice actress,
Chisa Yokoyama.
18) Ending - This is the video you see after you beat all 10 mini-games. It
shows clips from all of the commercials put together.
19) Segata's Farewell Message - This is also shown after you beat the game. I
wish I had a translation...
Other commercials
There are three other Segata Sanshiro commercials I have seen on the internet
that aren't in the game. Here are their descriptions:
1) Soccer RPG - 30 sec - My favorite one. A soccer player is about to make a
dramatic corner kick. Segata grabs one of the players off the bench and
hurls him into the air. The ball bounces off his head and into the goal,
winning the game. Maycunt?!
2) World Cup 98 - 30 sec - Another soccer one. This time Segata is the goalie,
and he moves the entire net out of the way to stop the ball from going in.
Not as good as Soccer RPG, but still funny.
3) Segata's Grand Finale - 60 sec - The last Segata commercial and one of the
greatest. A terrorist launches a missile at Sega headquarters and Segata
leaps off the roof to stop it. He stops it with his bare hands and feet and
launches himself into space to bring the missile out of harms way. He yells
his famous last words, "Sega Saturn...shirooooooo!" (play Sega Saturn)
before the missile explodes, killing him. This also doubles as an ad for
Shinken Yu-Gi itself, so it's unlikely that the commercial is in the game.
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VI. High Scores
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The last option of the menu lets you view your high scores. Yay.
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VII. Contributions
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Thank you for reading my first FAQ, I hope it was helpful to you.
Thanks to Don "Gamera" Chan for his Hiroshi Fujioka info and various
suggestions.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/146.html
Thanks to Lainer (
[email protected]) for his tips on unlocking some
commercials and the radio commercials.
Thanks to Ryoma234 for unlocking Wachenroder.
Copyright 2003 AudioZan
Sega Saturn shiro!
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