Full Metal Alchemist: Dream Carnival

Version 0.5
- Wrote guide from top to bottom

Version 0.6
- Confirmed various secrets, clarified and
 elaborated on the control scheme. Added
 intro and tips.

Version 0.7
- Confirmed more secrets and corrected some descriptions and typos
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|1. Disclaimer|
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without advance written permission. Use of this guide
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The Author holds no ownership of any of the characters
or trademarks mentioned herein.


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|2. Table of Contents:|
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1.  Disclaimer
2.  TOC
3.  Intro
4.  Controls
5.  AI Commands
6.  Menus
7.  Character Select Screen
8.  Characters
9.  Stages
10. Alchemy
11. Tips
12. Credits

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|3. Intro|
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The game's life system is fairly original, using stars
to represent a life. When a member of your team dies, they
take one star. This is repeated until none remain. This means
that you must really work as a team, for letting your teammate
die also means your defeat, and a more impacting way than simply
ending the match due to their death, as has been done in other
games. The game is not so much tag-team as it is a team based
fighter.

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|4. Controls|
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X - Kick, low attack
Square - Punch, High attack
Triangle - Jump
Circle - Alchemy/Trap/Special

D-Pad/Analog - Move Character
Start - Pause Game

L1 - Give next AI Command
L2 - Give previous AI Command

R1 - Block
R2 - Nothing

R1 + Circle - Special Lvl 1
R2 + Circle - Special Lvl 2

(While in Menus)

Circle - Confirm
X - Cancel

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|5. AI Commands|
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These are rough translations that I did myself

1. "I leave it to you" - Free will (Will probably attack nearest enemy)
2. "Support" - AI will join you in pummeling an enemy and try to protect
              you. It tends to stand in front of you, usefull to let
                  you pull of a special.
3. "Surround" - This works best vs. one enemy, as the AI will try to get
               on the opposite side and fight them with you. The AI tends
                   to be jumpy (literally) and will have trouble if left on this
                   command with no enemy around them.
4. "Get the other guy" - Obviously, the AI will fight with the other
                        person and keep them away from you.
5. "Run" - The AI will attempt to escape (though sometimes it will
            drown itself). Usefull when AI low on health.
6. "Fight from there" - The AI will fight where it is standing.

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|6. Menus|
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Main Menu
       1. Scenario Mode
       2. Arcade Mode
       3. Training Mode
       4. Alchemy
       5. Game Options
       6. Extras

1. Scenario Screen
       >First - Ed and Al's Scenario
       >Second - Mustang and Hawkeye
       >Third - Hughes and Armstrong
       >Fourth - Lust and Gluttony
       >Fifth - Ed and Winry
       >Sixth - Al and Greed

2. Arcade Screen
       >Arcade Mode - (1p or 2p)
               When trying to level up characters in
               arcade mode, when you complete it, the
               game will let you save your team. Do so,
               and next time you play, load them from
               the green button tot he bottom right of the
               P1 picture. This will allow you to increase
               your rank with more completions.
       >Team Mode - (1p - 4p)
       >Battle Royale - (1p -4p)
       >Arcade Data

3. Training Screen

       (Start Menu)
       >Computer Opponents
               - 1. Do nothing
               - 2. Attack
       >Partner
               - 1. Do nothing
               - 2. Attack
       >Always Full Life
               - 1.On
               - 2. Off
       >Gague
               - 1. On (drains)
               - 2. Off (always full)
       >Guard
               - 1. Don't Guard
               - 2. Guard All
               - 3. Guard only Physical Attacks
               - 4. Guard only Alchemy/Specials
       Return to Game
       Command List
       Return to Character Select
       Return to Main Menu

4. Alchemy Screen
       Choose and item with circle, and press start
       to transmute it alone, or choose a second
       with circle and transmute them together. This
       will unlock CG extras, voices, and special ones
       will unlock new difficulties and secret levels.
       Using random combinations of items seems to
       yield good results, and will unlock plenty of
       the CGs and Card in the gallery, along with
       Character voices.

5. Game Options
  > Game Option
    - Difficulty 1-3
    - Stars 1-5
    - Time 15 - Infinite
    -  *Unknown*
    - Reset to defaults

6. Extras
  - CG Viewer
  - Cards
  -  *unknown*
  - Sound Test
  - Player Data

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|7. Character Select Screen|
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This is pretty straight foreward, simply chose the character
with the arrow of your controller number (the one you can
move). The only thing I have to make clear is in Arcade mode,
in order to level up, use the green button to the bottom right of
the Player 1 picture to load your data. If you continue to do this
everytime, it will allow you to eventually reach SS rank. This
is only available when you play with a COM, as you cannot save in
the two player arcade mode.

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|8. Characters|
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Edward Elric
Alphonse Elric - Unlocked in 1st scenario
Winry Rockbell - Unlocked in 5th scenario
Lust - Unlocked in 2nd or 3rd scenario
Gluttony - Unlocked in 4th scenario
Scar - Unlocked in 6th scenario
Roy Mustang
Lisa Hawkeye - Unlocked in second scenario
Louis Armstrong
Hughes

Secret Characters:
Greed
Wrath
Izumi
Fuhrer

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|9. Stages|
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Stage 1 - The train to Central City
Stage 2 - Lior City
Stage 3 - Waterfront
Stage 4 - The Waterworks
Stage 5 - The Bridge
Stage 6 - The Factory

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|10. Tips|
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All I can truly reccomend is that you make good use of the AI
commands, and if it's too hard, goto training mode and learn
your combos. Also, you can head to the game options and lower
the difficulty. Be sure to visit arcade mode after completing
the scenarios, as you can level up a character set, and
earn extras, characters, and eventually two new scenarios.


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|11. Alchemy / Secrets|
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Choose and item with circle, and press start to transmute it
alone, or choose a second with circle and transmute them
together. This will unlock CG extras, voices, and special ones
will unlock new difficulties and secret levels.

* - (I have not yet tested these, but I believe them)

*Transmute the eyepatch alone to unlock the Fuhrer
                       (Requires S rank)
Transmute the Ultimate Sheild alone to unlock Greed
                       (Requires A rank)
*Transmute the Oroboros symbol alone to unlock Wrath
                       (Requires S rank)
Transmute Izumis Sign alone to unlock Izumi
                       (Requires A rank)

*Unlock the Armstrong Statue and transmute it alone to unlock Scenario 7
*Unlock the Cow Statue and transmute it alone to unlock Scenario 8

Beat difficulty levels 1, 2, and 3 in arcade mode,
then transmute the Knight Piece with the Queen Piece to
unlock difficulty level four.


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|12. Credits and Thanks|
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The wonderful people at Bandai, Tokyo TV, Square-Enix, Renderware,
and everyone involved in the Full Metal Alchemist series and games.

If you find any errors in the guide or have anything to contribute,
please send me an email at [email protected]

Copyright 2004 Andrew Sorn

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