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SonSon FAQ
For the NES/Famicom
Version 1.0 (Created 3/28/2006)
By Devin Morgan
This file is Copyright (c)2006-2007 Devin Morgan. All rights reserved.
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Table of Contents
1. What's New
2. Introduction
3. Controls
4. Overview
5. Credits
6. Copyright Notice
7. Contact Information
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-= 1. What's New -=
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Version 1.0 (3/28/06): The first complete version of this FAQ.
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-= 2. Introduction -=
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SonSon is a side-scrolling platformer game which originated from the arcade.
Basically, a bunch of people have been kidnapped by a weird creature floating
in a cloud, and it is up to you as SonSon (or TonTon if you're the second
player) to rescue them. The screen constantly scrolls to the right, which
leaves you to move in all four directions through the area, blasting enemies
and picking up food items for points. Every now and then the scrolling will
stop and you'll have a short battle scene with many enemies at once, but it's
nothing too major. Apart from the inevitable slowdown you may experience when
a lot is going on, this game is rather addictive and worth a playthrough if
you want to try something fun and new (well, not new, but you know).
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Start: Pause/resume the game
Select: Moves cursor on the title screen
Control Pad: Moves the character, jumps up/down ledges (press Up/Down)
A/B: Shoot a bullet straight ahead (up to 3 on the screen at once)
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Extra Lives
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As you would expect, extra lives are rewarded based on the amount of points
you have accumulated. As such, you gain an extra life after passing the 20000
and 80000 point thresholds, then every 100000 points from that point onward
(180000, 280000, etc.).
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Game Clear
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In the final area (designated by the rock with the number 1), collect the
floating staff and you will have completed the game! From here, you can start
a new game from the beginning. The difference in this continued play is that
there are more enemies, but there are also more opportunities to earn lots of
points!
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Mini-Boss Battles
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After every few "areas", designated by the decreasing rock numbers, you will
encounter an area where the music changes. Often times there will be
dragonflies that will appear at this point, too. Up ahead you will see Skull
Blocks on each level, and behind them a doorway where Bombers come out (one
per level). In order to progress, you need to shoot through the blocks and
the bombs, and kill the Bombers. It is not necessary to kill every enemy on
the screen, but it does help to rack up your points. When the music changes,
the "mini-boss" section is over.
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POW Block
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Every so often you will come across a flashing "Pow" icon. If you pass over
it, all the enemies currently on the screen will disappear. They all will be
replaced by large food items, most frequently Large Carrots and Noodle Boxes.
Later in the game they may also turn into Eggs as well. Try to time your
usage of this for when a new wave of enemies first appears on the screen to
the far right. That way you can take full advantage of its enemy-clearing
ability for a brief period.
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Scoring
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Food Items
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Item Points
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Radish 10
White Flower 10
Cherry 20
Shish Kebab 20
Carrot 30
Red Flower 30
Mushroom 40
Strawberry 40
Potato 50
Tomato 50
Blue Pepper 60
Lemon 60
Blueberry 70
Watermelon 70
White Carrot 80
Yellow Berry 90
Banana 100
Blue Plum 100
Special Items
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Note: Special items refer to those which appear in front of wooden signs. The
dirt lumps appear at random out of the ground, so keep an eye out for
them. It should also be noted that the point values for these special
items appear to increase in value late in the game, based on my own
observations.
Item Points
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Dirt Lump 1000
Large Carrot 1000
Noodle Box 2000
Egg 3000
Pinwheel 4000
Large Lemon 4000
Cake 5000
Corn Dog 6000
Squash 7000
Large Watermelon 8000
Pineapple 9000
Large Strawberry 10000
Enemies
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Name Single/Group Appears
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Axe 30 Thrown by Cloud Man enemy
Bat 50/500 After Rock 19
Bomb 30 Thrown by Bomber enemy
Bomber 50 Rock 16 Mini-Boss
Cloud Man 4000 (Red) After Rock 16 (point values rise later)
5000 (Purple)
6000 (Green)
Dragonfly 50/500 After Rock 16
Fish 50/500 After Rock 19
Fly 150 After Rock 15
Skull Block 500 Mini-Boss Sections
Skull Coin 500 After Rock 17
Spear 30 Thrown by Spear Thrower enemy
Spear Thrower 150/1000 After Rock 17
Stone Warrior 150/1000 After Rock 19
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CoolDeramon: I referenced his FAQ for the Arcade version when I was unsure of
what to call certain food items.
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This file is Copyright (c)2006-2007 Devin Morgan. All rights reserved. Please
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As of this version, the file contains all the information I know to date. If
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