FAQ #23
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The Full Walkthrough!
For the SNES
Author: Cedric Cooks/Oda (Psychopulse)
Email:
[email protected]
Hello again and welcome to the Sparkster Walkthrough for the SNES. Up
until recently, I’ve never really heard that much stuff about the
Rocket Knight Adventures series. This, IMO is the best one along with
the original Genesis Rocket Knight game.
Update history
7/29/2008 - First release.
Table of Contents
1. Controls
2. Items
3. Walkthrough
4. Credits
5. Disclaimer
1. Controls
Control Pad - Controls Sparkster
Start - Pause
Y Button - Attack. Hold down the button to charge your rockets.
Release Y - Spin attack
Release Y plus control pad - Fly in that direction.
B button - Jump
L or R button - Does a rolling attack. L button attacks to the left, R
button attacks to the right. If you press it too many times, you’ll
get dizzy and be unable to move.
2. Items
Gem - Collect 100 of these to get an extra life.
Apple half - refills half a heart of your energy.
Apple - Refills one heart of your energy.
Bananas - Refills four hearts of your energy.
1up - gives you an extra life
1up bubble - If you pop it with an attack, it’ll randomly give you an
apple, a gem, bananas, or 1, 2, or 3 extra lives.
3. Walkthrough
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Level 1
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Start things off by heading forward. You can jump up the tree with the
branches and collect the various diamonds. Inevitably, you’ll start
fighting the wolves that come your way. Some have shields, which are
best dealt with a rocket thrust attack or killing him from behind.
Keep going right until you encounter your first mid-boss, a giant
monkey robot. It’ll hop around and kick you as well as trying to land
on top of you. Note the bunch of bananas it’s holding. You can grab
them, but don’t take too long or they’ll disappear. The attacks are
easy to dodge, just fly over or under it if it gets too close. It’ll
take 6 thrust attacks to kill it.
Soon after, you’ll board the warship. The turrets on the pole are easy
to destroy, and you’ll see more of them later on in this level. The
giant robots blocking your path will take 4 thrust attacks. After the
two robots, you can break through the wall ahead for some fruit. Head
up, defeating the wolves and turrets. Break through the boxes and
continue on up. There’s a box you can bust through for a gem, but
don’t destroy the box on the ground unless you want wolves endlessly
coming out. Head to the right unless you see a pole you can slide
down. You can head to the left and break through the wall for 3 apple
halves if you need them, and there’s one more up above the pole in the
corner before the corridor, but you’ll need to jump up to get to it.
The last section just consists of you fending off more wolves, with
some coming out of holes in the ground. You’ll see the princess, but
Axle Gear will fly away and snatch her before you can.
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Boss: Golden Knight
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It’ll smash its fist through the floor constantly, as well as release
grasshopper-like robots at you. The fist doesn’t harm you, but it can
block you as well as knock you and any of the grasshopper robots onto
the ceiling. Once the eye is hit twice, it’ll fire lasers from it’s
eye. The best way to avoid it is to stay in the far left corner of the
screen, the jump the moment you see the laser is fired. The weak point
is the eye, which you’ll need to rocket into a few times.
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Level 2
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There are several ways to get through the first part. The long way
involves you moving along poles, destroying the flying machines with
your rolling or thrust attacks. You can smash through the white walls.
The top area mainly consists of poles you’ll need to navigate as well
as those flying machines to destroy. At the end, you’ll need to head
up the pipes and jump over the wall. You can also break the white wall
at the bottom at the start of the level for a shortcut. After several
more pipes, defeat or avoid the flamethrowers and saw and board the
elevator.
Continue forward for more of the same. Again if you hate navigating
the pipes and fending off the flying enemies, then move forward and
boost upward to reach the top. Avoid getting smashed from the crushers
above, or you’ll instantly die. Once you head down and to the right,
travel up and to the left with the rocket and pipes. Head to the right
and defeat the lone wolf on in the cart and work along the conveyor
belts. Up ahead is a roller, and if you are dumb enough to walk into
one, you’ll get smashed and die, so don’t fly recklessly.
Jump on top of the rollers and rocket up to the top. Defeat the two
wolves and collect the gems. Fly up on to the next conveyor belt, but
be careful of the crushers from the ceiling. Drop down, and if you
want to, you can break through the wall on the left for some bananas.
Now, you’ll be in front of a screen. Look up and rocket through the
hole in the ceiling. You’ll see a 1up in a bubble. You can collect it
like normal or gamble for it. You’ll get 1,2 or 3 extra lives, or
you’ll get a gem or an apple or some bananas.
You’ll soon come across a machine that’ll paint Sparkster red. For the
record, this does absolutely nothing and it’ll “wash off” when you
reach the second clear screen. When you get there, fly up to the top
in the center of the screen for more gems. Then hop on the conveyor
belts and avoid the rollers, and drop down to face the boss. But I
suggest falling on the left side so you’ll trigger its appearance
immediately. If not, it’ll take a while to appear on screen.
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Boss: Assembly Robot
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This machine is pretty easy. You can pass through the arms without
taking any damage, but the stuff it picks up can harm you even if it’s
on the conveyor belt. Depending on what it picks up, it’ll fire homing
missiles, spin a pole with spiked balls for a few seconds, or fire a
laser. Jump on top of it and start attacking it’s eye with your normal
attack as fast as you can. If you get knocked off, just jump back on
and resume spamming your normal attack. Piece of cake! ;)
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Stage 3
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This is pretty straightforward. You’ll ride on a metal ostrich named
Stampy-do. Pressing Y while riding it will fire an energy ring. You
can use your other attacks, but they’re best done by jumping. You’ll
move uphill at a blinding fast speed, collecting gems and killing
robotic birds. Some carry wolves that fire guns at you. Always aim
for the birds, since they’ll hassle you to no end if you leave them
alone, and any wolves they carry will easily be dropped. After a doing
this for a minute or so, Stampy-do will throw you off to another
ostrich below running to the left, and then it’ll drop you on to
another one below running to the right. But if you want some extra
health and gems, fly to the right as soon as the first ostrich throws
you off. Use rolling attacks if necessary. Both paths will take you
to the mid boss, Wolfheim. He’ll ride a giant green robot, and attacks
by throwing bombs and trying to hit you with its arms. Fly into him 5-
6 times to defeat him.
If you flew to the Stampy-do on the right, you’ll drop down and collect
4 apples for heal any damage you took. If not, it’ll just pass you
down to the next one. For a while, you’ll move downward back forth,
being passed from ostrich to ostrich. Duck down to avoid the spiked
balls that lower down towards as you approach them, and avoid or defeat
the bats and you move down. You’ll soon be heading to the right again.
Move to the far right side of the screen and stay there. The bridge
you’re on will fall apart, and you’ll be able to make it across safely.
The last part will have robots moving along vines throwing bombs at
you. Jump and hit them to defeat them easily.
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Boss: Giant Caterpillar
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For the first phase, it’ll move along the vine and the head will fire
cannonballs at you. Sometimes, it’ll fire apples you can collect for
health, but don’t be too dependent on it. You can rocket into it’s
parts one at a time, or hold up and fire Stampy-do’s laser and blast at
the parts. When they do come off, crouch and fire at the parts until
they’re destroyed. Once you’ve blown off enough parts, it’ll move to
the second phase where it’ll hop around and fire a flamethrower at you.
Duck down to avoid getting hurt by the flames. Rocket into it’s head a
few times, or fire at it from a distance with Stampy-do’s laser.
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Stage 4
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You’ll be in a submarine now. Head to the left and go down the poles
and destroying the robot snakes. You’ll see a big one piloted by a
wolf, fly into it four times to kill it. You’ll drop down into an area
where a laser fires every so often. You’ll also encounter wolves
hiding in alcoves, ducking to avoid the laser. Kill the wolves and
hide in the alcoves when the laser fires, and destroy the giant
reflector with a few sword swings. There are a total of three in this
room. Rocket up after destroying the third one, collecting the bananas
along the way. You’ll soon come across a series of bunk beds with
wolves sleeping on them. You can deal with them as they wake up, or
fly through as fast as you can, since only two wolves will wake up at a
time. Regardless, head into the pipe.
You’ll travel to the bottom part of the sub where the screws will pop
and water will burst from them. Wait for the water to down, before
moving on unless you like getting pushed up towards the spiked ceiling.
Move and to the left where you’ll need to avoid the bursts of steam.
When you’re on the floor with the wolves pedaling, stop in front of the
first pair and wolves and rocket up to the ceiling where you’ll find a
lot of gems. Then head up the stairs and go down the poles. You’ll
soon come to a dead end. Charge your rockets up and as soon as the
wall breaks down, jump and boost forward. Water will come your way and
you’ll need to escape it by passing through the doors. If you’re too
slow, Sparkster will drown. The path is right, up, left, up, right,
up, left, up, right. Remember to use the gems as a guide for where to
fly upwards, and use rolling attacks to regain control of Sparkster,
and do so in the direction you’re going to move. Also, always jump and
boost, especially if you’re going left, because there’s alcoves that
can slow you down while you’re trying to get away. This will take a
few tries to get down.
If you manage to make it out safely, you can jump up to the left to
find a fish. Hit it a few times for some prizes like food and gems,
but it’ll soon explode once you hit it enough times (Sometimes it’ll
take just one hit to destroy it). Go right, flying through the spikes
and head up. Now that you’re on top of the submarine, head left.
Don’t bother with the wolves in airplanes, just boost past them the
moment you see any on screen. You’ll soon reach the boss.
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Boss: Colonel Wolfheim
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You won’t face the Colonel just yet, first, defeat the three turrets
and you’ll soon jump to the other side. Destroy the last turret to
trigger the real boss battle. He’s not that hard, though. The main
section of the robot he’s piloting is the part you’ll need to hit.
He’ll swing his arms at you, and sometimes fire the main cannon. Get
behind him early on by flying to the right, because he’ll move towards
the left side of the screen for a little while. He’ll jump all the way
back to the other side, though, so swap sides and continue using thrust
attacks on him until he goes down.
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Stage 5
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The first part consists of wolves and some piloting robots. I suggest
flying past them all ASAP. Once you reach the pyramid, go down and
boost to the left. Go to the right because the purple balls will smash
you if you move too slow. If you want a shortcut, fly downwards as
soon as you see a hole below you to enter another room and avoid the
two balls. Now, you’ll pass through a set of revolving doors that’ll
the interconnecting the pyramid. It’ll swap between a horizontal,
diagonal, and a vertical piece. Passing through a revolver door on the
opposite side will reverse the order. If you just want the exit, keep
passing by the door until you get a diagonal piece, and head down to
the exit, which you’ll recognize by the design on the wall.
If you want to explore, I’ll tell you what’s in all of the rooms, and
how to exit. When you pass through the first door, it’ll go to a
horizontal piece. You can enter the room with 3 gems, but your control
will be reversed, and the buttons for attack/charge and jump will be
swapped until you exit the room. Go through the door until the next
piece is diagonal. This will lead you to the next room, where the
heads breathe fire. Avoid them while you snatch the apple and banana
(Assuming you’ve taken damage. Go forward until you get the horizontal
piece again and go to the other side. Head through the door until the
piece is diagonal and head on up to the top. If you went to the right
to see what was in that vase, destroying it would’ve released a bomb
that blows up. Just avoid it.
Now, in the highest room, keep hitting the statue. Usually it’ll give
you gems, sometimes food, and sometimes, it’ll give out bombs. If it
starts to give you nothing but bombs (And it will after hitting it for
a while), just leave. Go through the door until you get a vertical
piece, and drop down. Swap the next piece for a horizontal one, go to
the other end, and then swap for a vertical piece. Drop down and head
into the right where you’ll find a bat and a 1up. But once you touch
it, fly out of the room as the floor will split away from you and
you’ll land on the spikes (They don‘t instantly kill you, though).
Finally, change the piece to a diagonal one and go into the left to
enter a room with lots of bats and gems. To exit, change the piece to
a horizontal one, go to the other side to reach the exit.
The mid-boss is easy. Just fly into its head several times. At first
it’ll move back and forth trying to hit you, but after 4-5 hits, it’ll
fly around back and forth. Keep hitting the head from below and it’s
over for him. In the next room, you’ll need two destroy the two
flamethrowers that are holding the triangular platform up. Don’t be
under it when it falls, though. Use the floating platforms to move up
as the top of the triangle is spiky. The right sine is a dead end, but
you can break through the ceiling (Look for four squares that are
bunched together) for an apple and an apple half. Go to the left and
fly up and do a rolling attack to collect all the gems and a banana.
Hop on the ball that’s on the spikes. Then press left on the control
pad so you’ll roll the ball to the right. Make sure to avoid the
spikes retracting from the ceiling. Then fly up and break through the
ceiling and fly up to the 1up in a bubble. Again, you can just grab it
or gamble for possible extra lives. Drop down and jump on the ball.
This one will move back and forth on it’s own, so get around the
platforms and work to the other end of the room. Step on the
triangular platform, but be wary that it’ll change angles very so
often. Near the end, charge your rockets and fly to the right to get
out of here or it’ll push you into the spikes, killing you. The boss
is easy to reach from here.
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Boss: Desert Worm
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It’ll fly around and breathe fire at you. You’ll need to fly into his
head about 8 times to kill it. If you attack any part other than the
head too much, it’ll break off and become another snake. But it’s easy
to tell which on it is as the real one always has a brown head, while
the red indicates that they are fake. Destroying a fake head will
reform it onto the body. At times, it’ll burrow underground and then
resurface to get a fix on you. This will be more of a slug fight than
anything else, so if you come will full health, you should get him
before he gets you.
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Stage 6
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Note: I’m only going to tell you the best routes to take here so you
can get through with as little trouble as possible.
Just keep going to the right collecting gems, and already, you’ll meet
the mid boss. It’s a wolf riding on a robotic elephant in the
background and will try to attack you by pounding the keys on the piano
and throwing explosive batons. Attack the head 6-7 times to kill it.
You’ll then bounce along the drums. Use a rolling attack to kill the
caterpillar robots in one blow and collecting the gems.
After entering the teleporter, you’ll need to choose from the top or
bottom horns to enter. I suggest the top route, as it’s easier than
the bottom, IMO. Now, fly through the wolves coming out of trumpets as
fast as you can, then fly along the trumpets collecting gems. The
final part will have you navigating cymbal platforms. Getting smashed
won’t kill you, only damage you. And if you fall into the trumpets,
you’ll be sent back to the beginning to try this section again. Have
your rockets charged up, then jump along until you reach the fifth and
sixth cymbal and boost the rest of the way. Use a few rolling attacks
if need be and you’ll reach the end quickly. Hop into the trumpet to
reach the teleporter, and remember to collect the apples and gems
before moving on.
Slide down the pole and you’ll soon see a 6 trumpets. Enter the third
one to get transported to the drum room with those caterpillar robots.
Continue into the next horn, and you’ll be in another area with wolves
coming out of horns. This room is so small you can fly through it
easily and not have to fight anyone. The last trumpet will spit you
out to the exit. Just collect the two apples and go into the
teleporter.
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Boss: Axle Gear
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He’ll play his organ for a little while before the fight starts. He’s
capable of doing everything Sparkster can, but his energy rings and
spinning attacks do a heart and a half of damage, while his drill
attack takes off two hearts. His slide kick only does a half of heart
of damage. The best way to deal with him is to hit and run. Fly into
him, then get away from him as soon as possible. Take note that the
room your in is tall, so you can fly and drop down the platforms to
avoid any damage. If he gets too close, fly away. If you can keep on
your toes, and attack from from diagonal angles, you’ll be able to
defeat him.
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Stage 7
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To be honest, this is too straightforward for me to even give you a
walkthrough. I’ll give you some pointers instead.
For starters, Y still swings your sword while B fires your twin vulcan
cannons. Pressing L or R will let Sparkster do barrel rolls, but aside
from altering your shots, it doesn’t do anything. =/
The small turrets fires shots, the big ones fire either lasers or
lightning.
The missiles are easy to destroy, but keep in mind that the wolves
riding missiles will try to bump into you.
The green robots always fires lasers, the red ones will either fire
lasers or bombs. The red ones that fires lasers will always be with
the green ones, while the red ones that fire bombs will be by
themselves.
Midway through the level, some strange liquid will come out of the
ship. Try to avoid contact it with it, as will it will damage or
possibly even kill you.
The mid-boss is a joke. Just attack the main body with your sword.
Upon defeat, he’ll drop a few apples.
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Boss: Axle Gear Robot Battle
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You and Axle Gear will now be battling in giant robots. Unlike in the
Genesis games, which were fought from the side view, this particular
one is fought from a top down view. For the robot fight controls, the
L and R buttons punch. Hold both of them to block. The Y Button fires
a shot from the mech, and you can hold and release to boost like you
would your rockets.
This battle is hard and extremely cheap. His robot takes more damage
than yours does, he has an annoying habit of boosting in front of you
and punching you, he constantly loves to spam a berserker attack where
he where he’ll wildly punch back and forth, and he’s unpredictable.
Winning against him requires more luck than skill in my opinion.
The key to winning is to try and make him block for as long as
possible. Try punching the air to keep him in blocking mode. If he
starts punching recklessly, Block and boost to the other side, sneaking
in a punch if you can (For instance, if you’re moving to the left,
punch with you right fist, and vice versa). Don’t rely on blocking too
much, or one of your arms will be knocked off, making this already hard
fight even harder. He’ll block after punching recklessly at least
once. Then pin him into a corner and try to knock off one of his arms.
Keep punching even if you miss, or he’ll resume attacking again. If
you can knock off one of his arms, it’ll be a little more easier, as he
won’t attack, and his reckless punching won’t be as effective. If you
can keep him pinned after one of his arms goes off, you might have a
chance. Good Luck!
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Stage 8
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This stage is only playable on normal difficulty or above.
You’ll begin inside a tunnel where missiles are launched every few
seconds. Kill the wolves and hide and duck in the alcoves in the
bottom, or you’ll be smashed. You’ll know you’re entering the base
when the missiles stop firing. Fly up to the top and head to left to
get some gems and an apple. Continue across the missiles, and at the
bottom, you can head to the left under the first missile for some
bananas. Continue forward until you reach the mid-boss. The missile
will explode and you’ll need to move back and forth to dodge the wolf
robot. But it’s easy with a few slashes, though.
Afterwards, you’ll come across wolves riding Stampy-dos, but they
easily go down in one hit. You should now be in a room with lots of
poles, with bugs crawling along them. I suggest flying up and down the
poles and into the bugs to easily kill them. After the first set of
poles, smash through the wall for more gems and a banana bunch.
Continue going along the poles and you’ll soon work your way to the
core, which consists of 4 gems. You can get in a few early hits, but
soon a forcefield consisting of rings will surround it. The best way
to defeat it is to stand on the far right side of the screen and keep
jumping a slashing. Slowly but surely, you’ll destroy the forcefield
rings, as well as the core.
Now head up and move to the left, and try to get through the reflectors
on the ground and ceiling, as well as the laser being fired. It is
possible to destroy them, but it’s better to fly through and take as
little damage as possible. After getting past a couple of more laser
security systems, you’ll fly up a shaft with wolves on jetpacks firing
missiles. Then head to the right, defeating the last set of wolves on
ostriches, and through the tunnel until you encounter the Big Boss.
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Boss: Generalissimo Lioness
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He’s not as cheap and hard like the previous boss, but he’s no
pushover. There’s still some luck involved, though. His first attack
consists of breathing fire along the ground, which is easily avoided by
jumping. The second attack has him throwing a crescent-shaped
projectile and having it come back like a boomerang. Avoid it by
staying low. The last attack has him firing two energy balls in the
air, and then two lighting streams will close in on you. Stay
absolutely still so they won’t hurt you. He’ll also hop every so
often, too, since he walks pretty slow.
Start swinging your sword as fast as you can and forget doing anything
fancy. Never use your rockets unless he gets too close. Whether you
beat him or not will depend on how aggressive he’s being during the
fight. If he rarely attacks you, you may have a chance. If he’s being
aggressive, you’ll have some problems, because is because he can string
several attacks at a time and if he does all three in at least one
sequence, you’ll be forced to take damage. Keep your distance and keep
swinging that sword of yours and hopefully, he’ll go down after about a
minute or two.
Now, if you beat the game on normal, you’ll simply escape the base as
it explodes. If you’re playing on hard or higher, you’ll see him
firing a missile heading towards Elhorn before he dies. Sparkster will
move the princess into the escape pod while he goes after the missile,
which is the real final boss.
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Stage 9
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This is it. The real final boss. Go forward, killing the wolves until
you reach the core. You’ll need to destroy the purple glass bulb to
destroy the missile. First, it’ll send a overwhelming group of
fireballs your way. Stay in the corner and swing your sword until it
stops. The second attack will consist of the core firing a laser a
couple of times. It’ll go back to the fire at first, then drop bombs in
a group several times. Then it goes back to firing the laser, then the
fire, then the bombs, in that order for the remainder of the fight.
Attack the core while a set of bombs drop and while the laser is
charging up. Once you get used to the pattern, you’ll destroy it in no
time.
4. Credits
Konami - For making a great games like these.
Myself - For writing this guide.
CJayC - Former GameFAQs webmaster who got the site started.
SBAllen - The current webmaster of the GameFAQs website.
5. Disclaimer
The latest version of this guide is always found at GameFAQs first.
As of this writing, GameFAQs and Neoseeker are allowed to host my
guides. Everyone else must ask first. This guide is copyrighted to me
(Psychopulse) and I have no involvement with Nintendo or Konami in
the making of this game. I will only accept corrections, praise, or
any additional info I may have missed. Any negative E-mails will be
deleted. You not sell this guide or steal it in way or I will take
legal action. If anyone has altered the guide somewhere, let know at
once.
Until the next guide, everyone...
PEACE!
Copyright 2009 Cedric/Cooks Oda
All rights reserved
-"And that's the end of that chapter!"-
