Inuyasha - Juso no Kamen - JP edition
Playstation 2 RPG
Basic Controls FAQ
Sandrock (
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0.1 Introduction
Just a basic FAQ outlining the menus and controls of the JP release of
Inuyasha - Juso no Kamen (Inuyasha - The Cursed Mask) on the PS2, and
it's based on the information in the instruction booklet. So far, it's
turning out to be a fairly decent RPG, especially for an anime-based title.
If anything, it's definitely better than the previous RPG outing on the PS1.
The basic premise of the story is simple - you play an original character
(your choice of gender) whose family runs the Kururugi Shrine. Returning late
from school on an important festival day, the character gets a scolding from
his/her parents and is asked to fetch something from an old storehouse on the
compound, only to fall through a time-slip in the floor, much like the well
Kagome uses to travel between the modern world and Inuyasha's time. He finds
himself in a forest in the Warring States era, and after meeting Inuyasha,
Kagome, Shippou and Kaede, they set out to find a way to get him/her back to
the modern world.
1.1 The Characters
These descriptions are only partially translated from the profiles in the
game instruction manual. I've added stuff in from the series.
Player - A child of the Kururugi Shrine. While helping to prepare for the
Sacrificial Dolls Festival (that's what I think it is), the player character
was enveloped in a mysterious light as helost consciousness, falling through
a time-slip into the Warring States era. He has the power to summon Shikigami.
Inuyasha, Kagome and the rest are helping him/her find a way back to the
modern world.
Inuyasha - A powerful hanyou (half-demon) born of a grand dog youkai (demon)
father and a beautiful human mother. His youkai blood gives him superhuman
abilities - he possesses enourmous strength, speed and stamina, and is pretty
hard to injure. He heals faster than normal humans, and his ears and nose are
extremely sensitive, allowing him to sense things humans can't. Once a month,
at night, his youkai powers recede and he becomes a normal human - something
he tries to keep secret. His initial goal was to seek for the Shikon no Tama
(the Sacred Jewel/Jewel of Four Souls), which had the power to turn him into
a full youkai, but he was sealed by the priestess Kikyou who guarded the
jewel. 50 years after his sealing, Kagome freed him from the spell, and
together, they search for the shattered fragments of the Shikon no Tama.
Inuyasha's weapon of choice is the Tessaiga, a sword made from one of his
dead father's fangs.
Note: no matter what the official translation, 'youkai' doesn't accurately
translate as demon. Youkai are generic mythological creatures from Japanese
lore that probably have more in common with the elves, gnomes,goblins and
ogres of Western lore than with 'demons' as is generally understood.
Kagome - In her third year of middle school, Kagome is a daughter of the
Higurashi Shrine. On her fifteenth birthday, she fell through the
Bone-Eater's Well in the shrine, activating a time-slip that let her travel
between the modern world and the Warring States era of Japan. She is believed
to be the reincarnation of the priestess Kikyou, and the Shikon no Tama was
found in her body. Certain circumstances removed the jewel from within her
and shattered it into fragments. Having unsealed Inuyasha from the tree, she
formed an unlikely alliance with the hanyou to retrieve the scattered shards.
Her spiritual powers have grown over time.
Shippou - A kitsune youkai (fox demon) child. He lost his father to the
Raijuu Kyoudai (Thunder Brothers) and stole some of the shikon fragments
from Inuyasha and Kagome. After Inuyasha and Kagome helped Shippou avenge
his father, he joined them on their journey to find the remaining shards.
Sango - A daughter of a village of youkai exterminators, her main weapon is
the deadly Hiraikotsu. Her village was destroyed by Naraku, and her family
and friends were killed, except for her younger brother, Kohaku, who was
revived by Naraku with a shikon fragment. She joins the team to avenge
her village and to save her brother.
Miroku - A Buddhist monk seeking to end a curse put on his family by Naraku.
The curse created the 'Kazaana' (Wind Tunnel) in his left hand that acts
like a black hole - while a useful weapon in the short term, the Kazaana
will expand and suck him in eventually.
Sesshoumaru - A full youkai, Sesshoumary is Inuyasha's elder half-brother. He
considers Inuyasha, tainted with human blood, to be a disgrace and holds him
in contempt. Outwardly cold and aloof, he spent a lot of time seeking out
Tessaiga, only to discover that it had been left to Inuyasha by their father.
After numerous failed attempts at taking the sword away from his hanyou
brother (and losing an arm in the process), he seems to have set his sights
elsewhere.
Naraku - Formed by a merging of the thief Onigumo and lots of youkai, the
evil hanyou Naraku was responsible for tricking Inuyasha and Kikyou into
attacking each other 50 years ago, in an attempt to corrupt the Shikon no
Tama. He was also responsible for creating Miroku's Kazaana and destroying
Sango's village.
Utsugi - An original game character. A person who wears a mask and whose
true nature is unknown. Does he know the truth behind the player's activation
of the time-slip?
2.1 Using the Controller
Left Analog Stick (or directional pad): for selecting/choosing items, moving
the player character (running) Circle button: talking (in villages),
searching (villages, dungeons)
Triangle button: opens the main menu (in villages and dungeons), opens the
save menu (on the world map)
Square button: Hold down while using the directional control or analog stick
to make the character walk
Cross button: cancel
Start button: starting the game
3.1 Game Start
After the opening animation, the title page will appear. There are three
options (you'll need Japanese text support to see the Japanese characters).
3.2 さいしょから - New Game
Start a new game. You'll have to choose the gender of your player
character and name him/her. After the prologue movie, the game will
begin.
3.3 つぎきから - Continue
Continue from the last point you saved. You'll need the 8MB PS2
Memory Card inserted in slot 1 to save game data.
3.4 おまけ - Extras
画像閲覧モード - Picture Gallery Mode
動画再生： Movie Playback
Gallery for movies (anime sequences) that you've encountered
in the game so far.
静止画閲覧： Still Picture Gallery
Gallery for still pictures (from in-game events) that you've
encountered in the game.
脚本再現モード - Scenario Playback Mode
インターバルイベント - Interval Events
Lets you playback cleared interval events.
不思議な畑イベント - Mysterious Garden Events
Lets you playback cleared Mysterious Garden events.
4.1 World Map
4.2 World Map View
The crescent-moon shaped icons on the world map represent destinations
you can travel to, while the dotted white lines represent roads that
have been opened to you. When an exclamation mark (!) appears over
your character at a destination point, it means there's a Main Event
at that location. If a question mark (?) appears, it indicates an
optional event not crucial to the main storyline. (Note: I'm not
100% sure, but it seems that if more than one ? mark appears at the
same time, you can only choose one event)
4.3 Save Mode
Pressing the Triangle button on the World Map brings up the Save menu.
You can also save in dungeons if you encounter an "Oboeneko" - a
memory cat save point. You can have up to 30 different saves.
5.1 Tools
To use items and tools, open the main menu by pressing the Triangle button in
a village/dungeon and select the first option (道具) on the left. Scroll
through and use items accordingly.
6.1 Equipping Accessories
All characters can equip accessories to increase their stats. To equip
accessories, open the main menu by pressing the Triangle button in a village
or dungeon and select the third option (装飾) from the left. Each character
has three slots as shown in the top left corner, and the effects of
accessories is shown in the top right (each stat is explained later in the
FAQ). The list of available accessories appear below the three slots.
NOTE: Not all characters can equip the same accessories. Some accessories can
only be equipped by male characters and some by female characters. I haven't
encountered any yet, but I'm presuming some items can only be equipped by
humans and some only by youkai.
7.1 Dungeon/Village Map Views
7.2 Your character is represented on the map, naturally, and is
followed by one of the characters in your party (the default is
Inuyasha). You can change the character who follows you by accessing
the Main Menu and choosing the fourth option (隊列) from the left.
Using the Circle button, the character with the talisman-like symbol
over their head is the character who appears on the map view with you.
7.3 Youki (youkai/demon energy)
Youki appears in dungeons as little purple clouds floating about. If
you touch one of these clouds, the chances of an enemy encounter
increases. However, you can still encounter enemies outside a youki
cloud, but the encounter rate is much lower.
7.4 Walking
If you don't feel like running (default action by moving the control
stick), hold down the Square button to walk.
7.5 The Circle button
The Circle button is your friend in the Dungeon/Village View. Use it
to talk to characters, to study signboards, and to pick up items
(represented by a sparkling icon).
7.6 Resting
You can usually rest at villages to regain your strength (HP). In most
cases, you may need to pay a sum of money to rest.
7.7 Shops
Each village has at least one shop, which sells healing items and
accessories.
8.1 Battle Mode
The battle mode is fairly simple. In the top right, you'll see a circular grid
representing the order in which the characters move. When a character's icon
reaches the front of the circle, it's his or her turn to move. After his/her
turn, the character must complete another circle around the grid before
his/her next move. How long it takes a character to complete a circle is
dependent on his/her Agility stat (characters with higher agility complete
the circle faster, so it's not uncommon to have Shippou overtaking Kagome,
for example)
At the bottom of the screen are your character stats, represented by a
circular gauge surrounding a character portrait. The coloured bar taking up
the left side of the portrait is your character's hit points (HP). You can't
see the specific numbers (you need to press and hold the R1 button to bring
up their numerical values), so it appears as though they all have the same HP.
You'll only note the difference when a character gets hit (a smaller section
of the gauge turns red when Inuyasha, who has more HP, gets hit, than if the
original character gets hit, for example).
In the bottom right corner of the portrait, you start off with three gem-like
icons. Those represent your character's energy gauge (used for strong special
attacks). Each gem represents 100 energy points, and it starts off empty. You
build up a character's energy points during battle.
A symbol will occasionally appear in the bottom left corner of the portrait
(疲). This is the 'exhaustion' gauge. More on this later.
If your character is afflicted with a status ailment, a symbol representing
that ailment will appear in the top right corner of the portrait. You'll
either need to use an item to cure it, or you can tough it out until the end
of the battle (when most status ailments disappear)
8.2 Status Ailments:
毒： Poison. Character suffers HP damage after each turn.
睡眠： Sleep. Character falls asleep.
暗闇： Darkness. Affects attack accuracy.
混乱： Confusion. Lose control of a character for a period of time.
封印： Seal. Skills command cannot be used.
8.3 Battle Commands
These are the commands found in the top left corner of the battle
screen.
戦う： 1st option. Attack. Character performs a basic attack.
技： 2nd option. Skills. Characters can use various skills. Your
characters start out with no skills, but they can be learned
along the way. There are three types of skills.
通常技： Regular Skills. These skills aren't very powerful, but
they don't require energy points (気力) to be performed. You can
use them as long as your character isn't fatigued. Watch for the
疲 symbol in the bottom left corner of your character portrait.
Each time you use a regular skill, the symbol appears and slowly
disappears. When it disappears, you can use regular skills again.
The more you use a regular skill, the longer it takes the
symbol to disappear. Regular skills that you get early on include
Inuyasha's "sankon tessou"/iron reaver (散魂鉄爪） and "hijin kessou"
/claws of blood (飛刃血爪) attacks. Some attacks affect one target,
and some affect all targets. Some are healing or defensive skills.
必殺技: Deathblow Skills. These are much more powerful skills.
These skills use energy points, and most basic skills start off
by using 100 energy points (one gem icon will vanish from the
gauge). Inuyasha's first Deathblow Skill is the 'kaze no kizu'/
wind scar (風の傷） attack. Some attacks affect one target, and some
affect all targets.
連携技： Cooperative Skills. Two or more characters can combine
attacks to form more powerful ones. Both characters will use up
energy points for this attack.
8.3 Learning Skills
Skills can be learned in two ways. Regular and Deathblow Skills
are learned by gaining experience points and leveling up in
battles. Cooperative Skills, however, can only be learned by
cultivating good relationships between your characters (through
event sequences). Characters who form friendships can use
combination attacks.
道具： 3rd option. Items. Use to select healing or defensive items from
your Tools menu.
守る： 4th option. Defend. Use to reduce damage to your character.
逃げる： 5th option. Escape. Attempt to escape from battle.
9.1 Interval Mode
During your journey, you'll come across occasions where there will be a brief
interval period. During these intervals, your characters take a short break,
and you can use this opportunity to let your characters have conversations
with each other, which is crucial to building up their relationships, so that
they can learn Cooperative Skills.
Characters with sufficient relationship points can learn to use Cooperative
Skills. Among the possible combinations you can try:
Original Character + Inuyasha: The original character's Shikigami
powers can help strengthen Inuyasha's sword, Tessaiga. A blue light
envelops Tessaiga, helping it to crush enemies with even more ease.
Inuyasha + Kagome: Inuyasha's "kaze no kizu" and Kagome's "hama no ya"
(spiritual arrows) combine into a powerful attack that strikes their
enemies.
Miroku + Sango: Miroku's "affection" (the original word used is
'raburabu action', or love-love action. I think we know what this is
^_^) enrages Sango and increases her attack power, making Hiraikotsu
even more powerful.
10.1 The Mysterious Garden
During your journey, you'll find mysterious seeds and fertilisers that can be
used in the Mysterious Garden (located in Kaede's village - the screen with
the plantation). These items can be grown into items you can use. The item
varies, depending on the seed and fertiliser used.
Examples are:
空色の種 ＋ 獣の牙 ＝ 薬草
Sky-blue Seed + Animal Fang = Medicinal Herb (restores HP)
漆色の種 ＋ 獣の牙 ＝ ユキノシタ
Purple Seed + Animal Fang = Yuki no Shita (strawberry geranium)
紅色の種 ＋ 桜の枝 ＝ おいしい実
Red Seed + Sakura Branch = Tasty Fruit
11.1 Main Menu
I've already covered the Tools and Accessories menu, plus how to change the
order of characters earlier on in the FAQ, but there are a few other things
in the main menu. At the top left is the name of the place you're currently
at. Next to it is:
11.2 The Destiny Gauge (運気)
Can't think up a better name for this. It appears in the top middle
part of the main menu, and it changes as the game progresses as
conditions are fulfilled, and based on your battle results. Some of
the titles appear based on Buddhist concepts. Among the possible
statuses:
極楽浄土： Pure Paradise. Your characters have good luck - they'll have
a lot of preemptive strikes in battle and will have lots of critical
hits when they attack. In this state, there's also a higher evasion
rate for encounters.
他力本願： Translates roughly as "Relying on the faith of others (and
Buddha) to be saved". Your characters will have more critical attacks
(not as many as in Pure Paradise), and have a higher chance of
evading enemy attacks. There's also a high chance of random preemptive
attacks in your party's favour.
平々凡々: Nothing Out Of the Ordinary. No special advantages or
disadvantages.
波乱万丈： A Lot of Ups and Downs. Before each battle, the Destiny Gauge
will randomly reset itself temporarily to either Pure Paradise (above)
or 難行苦行 (explained below).
難行苦行: Penance. Your characters have bad luck - surprise attacks
against them will go up, hit rate and evasion rate go down.
Below the Destiny Gauge is the amount of money you currently have, and
the time you've spent playing the game.
11.3 Characters
In the middle of the Main Menu are your characters, plus their HP and
energy meters. Below them are the four menu options, explained above,
except for the Status option, explained below.
11.4 Status (状態)
The status option gives detailed information about the stats of your
characters. To make the game fairer, the characters have been balanced
out somewhat, so Inuyasha seems a lot weaker than he is in the series
(though his stats are generally still far above the others), while
Shippou appears somewhat stronger.
段位 - Level - Your character's current level.
経験値 - EXP Needed - How many experience points the character needs to
reach the next level.
体力 - HP(hit points) - Determines how strong your character's body is.
気力 - Energy Points - Build this up to use Deathblow Skills.
攻撃力 - Attack- Determines how hard your character physically hits.
防御力 - Defense - Determines how tough your character is against
attacks.
行動力 - Agility - Determines how fast your character moves.
集中力 - Concentration - Determines evasion of enemy attacks.
精神力 - Mental - Determines the power of spiritual attacks.
装備 - Accessories - Lists the accessories currently equipped.
12. END
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