(================) Arkanoid DS (================) FAQ Version 1.02 Last Updated: 7/30/2008 Writer: Michael Z, aka inviso87 Table of Contents (use what is in the parentheses and the parentheses themselves to Find them; CTRL+F): 1) Introduction to the Game - (INT) 2) Updates to the Guide - (UPD) 3) The Different Controls - (CON) 4) The Menu - (GMMENU) 5) Clear Game - (CLR) 6) Uranoid - (URD) 7) Quest Game - (QST) 8) VS Com - (VRS) 9) Multiplayer - (MLTPLR) 10) Nintendo Wi-Fi - (NWIFI) 11) Results - (RSTS) 12) Options - (OPTS) 13) Miscellaneous ("Advanced" Tactic, Block and Capsule Points, and Unlockables) - (MISCS) 14) Credits - (CREDS) 15) Conclusion - (CONCLS) *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Introduction to the Game (INT) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "An untold tale of an age marked by time... Far in the distant reaches of space, there is a planet called ARKANOID. Orbiting the planet are eight satellites, each powered by the light of an alien hero. It was to one of these satellites - dubbed ANANKE - that the eight heroes gathered, summoned by a mysterious transmission. Suddenly, the heavens were torn by an enormous rift, releasing invaders from another dimension. Seven of the aliens were drawn into the rift, leaving one hero, ANANKE, behind to face the invading horde." This is the introduction into the game. Your quest is pretty much self-explanatory then. Your mission is to rescue your seven alien friends and defeat the aliens that have invaded. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Updates to the Guide (UPD) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Submitted: 7/24/2008 Small Update: 7/25/2008 Updated to include missing section and Allow List: 7/30/2008 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * The Different Controls (CON) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The A button is used to select various things (such as Shop, Options, Quest Mode, etc). +Control Pad Use the +Control Pad to move left and right. The B button launches the ball and uses the powerups Laser and Catch. The L and R buttons increase your speed. Using both of them simultaneously maximizes your speed. Start button pauses the game Stylus Simply use the stylus to control your Vaus. The down arrow on the +Control Pad launches your ball. The B button does the same thing as the +Control Pad setup. Start button pauses the game. Paddle This was only available in Japan but it does work with any version of the game. It also works with DS Space Invaders Extreme. Instead of using the stylus, you use the paddle. This is, I feel, the way the game should be played but since it isn't easily available outside of Japan that is just a dream. The Down arrow on the +Control Pad and B button should still function the same way but I am not entirely sure. Start button pauses the game. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * The Menu (GMMENU) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* When you turn the game on, you'll be asked to press Start to access the Select Mode Menu. You'll have 5 different choices and they are as follows: 1P Game Multiplayer Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Results Options These are broken up into this: 1P Game: ==Clear Game ==Uranoid (not here if you haven't unlocked it yet) ==Quest Game ==VS Com Multiplayer: ==Host ==Join Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection: ==Nintendo WFC Match ==Nintendo WFC Rankings ==Friend Setup ==Nintendo WFC Setup Results: There's nothing beyond this besides scrolling left and right Options: ==Change Setup ==Shop ==Decoration ==Initialize Save Data *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Clear Game (CLR) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* This is truly the meat of the game. This is where you can set your High Scores so they can be sent to the Rankings section on Wi-Fi. Before you start Clear Game though, you'll be asked a few questions (you'll be asked these same questions everytime before you begin Clear Game): 1) Which control scheme will you use? +Control Pad, Stylus, or Paddle (Paddle will only appear if it's plugged into the bottom part of your DS!) 2) How many barrier levels will there be? You can choose from 0 to 5. Barrier Level 0 - 5000 point gain for you for each completed Round. Barrier Level 1- 3000 point gain for you for each completed Round. If the ball hits the barrier, you don't get any bonus points. Barrier Level 2 - 2000 point gain for you for each completed Round. If the ball hits the barrier, you don't get any bonus points. Barrier Level 3- 1000 point gain for you for each completed Round. If the ball hits the barrier, you don't get any bonus points. Barrier Level 4 - 500 point gain for you for each completed Round. If the ball hits the barrier, you don't get any bonus points. Barrier Level 5- 100 point gain for you for each completed Round. If the ball hits the barrier, you don't get any bonus points. 3) Difficulty? This determines the speed of the ball and its acceleration rate. You can choose Easy, Medium, or Hard. As you can guess, if you choose Hard, the ball's speed is faster, and so is it's acceleration rate and vice-versa for Easy. 4) Quick Save Data: If you saved data during your last play through either Clear Game or Uranoid, you'll be asked now if you wish to re-load it. If you choose yes, you'll be brought to the level you saved at (but the level will start anew). If you choose no, you'll lose that data and start from A-1. Pause (Start button): Return to Game Quick Save - Game will resume at start of this Round when loaded next time. Save game? No/Yes Quit - Returning to Select Mode menu. Okay? No/Yes ****IMPORTANT**** Before I get into the Zones and such, let me tell you some things about Pause and Quick Save: 1) Never, I repeat, NEVER Pause when you hit the last block in the stage. This will cause the game to freeze when you attempt to resume your game. This may have happened to me solely because the last block had a capsule in it but my game did freeze so as a precaution, never Pause when you've beaten a Round. 2) If you chose, let's say, a Barrier Level 1 to be set up and then you Quick Saved. The next time you turn on the game and attempt either Clear Game or Uranoid (depending on which one you Quick Saved in), you'll be asked the 4 questions from above. If you choose a new Barrier level, let's say, Barrier Level 0 (we chose Level 1 the first time), the Barrier Level will now be 0. 3) You can Quick Save in both Clear Game and Uranoid simultaneously. 4) There is a trick with Quick Save that will allow you to beat the game without ever dying. Well, I shouldn't say you won't die, but your points will be preserved as well as the Round you are at. That should be enough hints to figure out on your own what it is and how to do it. You automatically start off in Zone 1, and after 5 Rounds, you can then select to go to either B or C. Then after you've beaten those, you can select what Zone you'd like to go to again. These are done as forked paths though. You can't go from B to F. See the figure below. Z' V W X Y Z V' (7) Deimos \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ P Q R S T U (6) Idana \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ K L M N O (5) Operon \/ \/ \/ \/ G H I J (4) Neith \/ \/ \/ D E F (3) Artemis \/ \/ C B (2) Kronos \/ A (1) Rhea That may not be the best looking picture, but you get the idea I'm sure. You'll always only have the choice of either left or right. When you get to the 7th and last Zone (Z', V, W, X, Y, Z, V') you'll be encountered with a rescue-type Round at the 5th Round. Hit the blue goo that surrounds the Vaus numerous times (about 50 times) to rescue your friend! Z' - Neith - Red Alien V - Rhea - Orange Alien W - Operon - Blue Alien X - Deimos - Yellow Alien Y - Kronos - Aqua Alien Z - Idana - Pink Alien V' - Artemis - Green Alien Those are your alien friends' locations throughout the 7th Zone in the 5th Round. Reward Points: You get a Reward Point for every 300 points you earn in the game. You can use Reward points to purchase various things in the game. I'll go over what you can buy in the Options Section. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Uranoid (URD) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* To unlock Uranoid (in non-Japan versions), you must complete Clear Game entirely (or rescue all of your friends, it's not known which is true). Like Clear Game, you are asked the same four questions from above. Everything works EXACTLY the same as Clear Game. No need to repeat myself so refer to the above section for everything. The 7 Zones are separated as follows: Eta Theta Iota (7) Deimos \ | / Zeta (6) Idana | Epsilon (5) Operon | Delta (4) Neith | Gamma (3) Artemis | Beta (2) Kronos | Alpha (1) Rhea As you can see, you'll have to go through Uranoid three times before completely finishing it. There are no rewards immediately for completing Uranoid BUT you'll need to unlock everything for Quest Game to reap the rewards of Uranoid and to do that, you need to complete Uranoid entirely. In the 7th Zone, 5th Round you'll come across a boss that you must defeat. Only the sphere at the top of their head hurts them. Hit it enough times to defeat the boss. Learn the patterns of his movements and aim properly when he is still. Hitting his hands/arms as he is still will cause him to react in some way. The 3 of them react differently. Eta's Boss: A Black colored machine alien who starts to move on first contact and eventually will stop in the middle of the top screen. When you hit his arm, one arm goes in and the other comes out. Woohoo, took me just 28 seconds in Quest Game to beat him (ball got stuck hitting him about 20 times at the top!). Theta's Boss: A White colored machine alien who starts to move on first contact and will eventually stop in the middle of the top screen and stretch his arms out depending on what arm the ball hits. I myself am still a little unsure of the arm pattern. Iota's Boss: A Yellow colored machine alien who is actually still at first. After a few hits though, he'll begin to actually dance wildly across the screen. Honestly, I think he's the easiest since you can get the ball stuck up top hitting the sphere and he'll mostly have his hands hit the ball back up into the sphere. I myself took only 39 seconds to beat him in Quest Game. Reward Points: Works the exact same way as Clear Game. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Quest Game (QST) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Quest Game is where you have to complete missions in set times or launches to beat it. You unlock Rounds here by beating them in Clear Game and Uranoid. Pause (Start button): Return to Game Retry - Restart this Round? No/Yes Change Objective - Returning to Objective. Okay? No/Yes Quit - Returning to Select Mode menu. Okay? No/Yes Objective: Mission to be completed in the Round you choose to go to. Norm: A Norm is how many blocks you need to destroy. I won't include this in a Round that says "Destroy x Blocks." No reason to. Time Limit/Ball Launch Limit: Time Limit is a set time to complete the mission in while a Ball Launch Limit is how many times the ball can leave the Vaus. In Ball Launch Limit Rounds, if there is a barrier, you can use the barrier to reflect the ball back up and it won't count against your Ball Launch Limit. Keep that in mind!! Point Reward: If you complete the objective in the set time/launches, you will be awarded a certain amount of points (based on the level). These points are your Reward Points and like I stated above, can be used to puchase various things. Zone A: A-1 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 5 A-2 Objective: Destroy all Orange Blocks Norm: 2 Ball Launch Limit: 10 Point Reward: 5 A-3 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 5 A-4 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 40 Time Limit: 120 seconds Point Reward: 10 A-5 Objective: Destroy all Yellow Blocks Norm: 3 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 10 Zone B: B-1 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 15 B-2 Objective: Destroy all Yellow Blocks Norm: 6 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 10 B-3 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 1 Ball Launch Limit: 5 Point Reward: 15 Tip: Move to the far right side and launch. You'll get the Red Block in that 1 launch. B-4 Objective: Destroy all Green Blocks Norm: 7 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 15 B-5 Objective: Destroy all Yellow Blocks Norm: 4 Time Limit: 100 seconds Point Reward: 20 Tip: From the origin, move slightly to the right and launch. You should get it in between the 2 right "tentacles." Once the silver blocks are out of the way over there, have the ball bounce off the left wall and up to the top. Just continue to do that until you get all the Yellow Blocks. Zone C: C-1 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 9 Time Limit: 75 seconds Point Reward: 20 C-2 Objective: Destroy all Pink Blocks Norm: 4 Ball Launch Limit: 15 Point Reward: 10 C-3 Objective: Destroy all Blue Blocks Norm: 10 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 20 C-4 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 81 Time Limit: 150 seconds Point Reward: 20 C-5 Objective: Destroy all Yellow Blocks Norm: 4 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 10 Zone D: D-1 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 20 D-2 Objective: Destroy 15 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 25 D-3 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 6 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 15 D-4 Objective: Destroy all Aqua Blocks Norm: 14 Time Limit: 75 seconds Point Reward: 20 D-5 Objective: Destroy all Yellow Blocks Norm: 6 Ball Launch Limit: 15 Point Reward: 25 Zone E: E-1 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 3 Time Limit: 90 seconds Point Reward: 15 E-2 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 11 Time Limit: 75 seconds Point Reward: 20 E-3 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 10 Time Limit: 75 seconds Point Reward: 15 E-4 Objective: Destroy all Pink Blocks Norm: 6 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 20 E-5 Objective: Destroy 2 Blocks Time Limit: 15 seconds Point Reward: 20 Zone F: F-1 Objective: Destroy all Pink Blocks Norm: 1 Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 15 F-2 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 15 F-3 Objective: Destroy all Yellow Blocks Norm: 2 Ball Launch Limit: 5 Point Reward: 20 Tip: Move to the far left and launch. You'll have to move to the right side to have the ball launch back at an equal angle and then go back to the left wall and just sit there. The ball finishes the rest. Refer to diagram below: Diagram: This is how the blocks are set up when looking at one row. 3 blocks, a space, 3 blocks, a space, and 3 more blocks across given a total of 11 columns in this stage. When launching from left wall, you'll want to have the center of your Vaus lined up with the 1st block in the 3rd section (7th block in the row) |--- --- ---| |123 456 789| | o | | | | (===)| Diagram not meant to scale!!! This should work fine, I just tested it 3 times and it worked perfectly 3 times. F-4 Objective: Destroy all Orange Blocks Norm: 7 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 15 F-5 Objective: Destroy 6 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 20 Zone G: G-1 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 20 seconds Point Reward: 10 G-2 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 6 Time Limit: 100 seconds Point Reward: 15 G-3 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 1 Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 15 G-4 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 2 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 15 G-5 Objective: Destroy all Yellow Blocks Norm: 1 Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 20 Zone H: H-1 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 20 H-2 Objective: Destroy all Blue Blocks Norm: 1 Ball Launch Limit: 2 Point Reward: 5 Tip: Go in between your origin and the right wall and launch. In 2 hits, if done right, you'll hit the Blue Block. H-3 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 10 Time Limit: 90 seconds Point Reward: 25 H-4 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 15 H-5 Objective: Destroy 12 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 25 Zone I: I-1 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 1 Ball Launch Limit: 2 Point Reward: 5 I-2 Objective: Comeplete the Round Norm: 70 Time Limit: 180 seconds Point Reward: 20 I-3 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 5 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 15 I-4 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 3 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 20 I-5 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 1 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 30 Tip: Good luck!! Zone J: J-1 Objective: Destroy all Aqua Blocks Norm: 10 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 20 J-2 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 1 Time Limit: 75 seconds Point Reward: 30 Tip: Just shoot normally at the start and then move to the far right. J-3 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 20 J-4 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 25 J-5 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 16 Time Limit: 100 seconds Point Reward: 20 Zone K: K-1 Objective: Destroy 20 Blocks Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 20 K-2 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 3 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 15 K-3 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 2 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 20 K-4 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 65 Time Limit: 120 seconds Point Reward: 20 K-5 Objective: Destroy 2 Blocks Ball Launch Limit: 2 Point Reward: 5 Zone L: L-1 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 10 L-2 Objective: Destroy 20 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 15 L-3 Objective: Destroy all Aqua Blocks Norm: 1 Ball Launch Limit: 5 Point Reward: 15 L-4 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 22 Time Limit: 90 seconds Point Reward: 30 L-5 Objective: Destroy all Yellow Blocks Norm: 4 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 20 Zone M: M-1 Objective: Destroy all White Blocks Norm: 5 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 10 M-2 Objective: Destroy 2 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 30 M-3 Objective: Destroy 5 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 25 M-4 Objective: Destroy 5 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 20 M-5 Objective: Destroy 1 Block Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 25 Tip: Move very slightly to the right and launch. Move to the right wall and you'll get the Silver Block on the end (going up and down). Zone N: N-1 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 6 Ball Launch Limit: 15 Point Reward: 25 N-2 Objective: Destroy all Blue Blocks Norm: 3 Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 15 N-3 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 60 Time Limit: 180 seconds Point Reward: 35 N-4 Objective: Destroy all Orange Blocks Norm: 2 Ball Launch Limit: 5 Point Reward: 15 N-5 Objective: Destroy 5 Blocks Ball Launch Limit: 15 Point Reward: 15 Zone O: O-1 Objective: Destroy 20 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 20 O-2 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 18 Time Limit: 90 seconds Point Reward: 25 O-3 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 25 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 25 O-4 Objective: Destroy 2 Blocks Time Limit: 20 seconds Point Reward: 15 O-5 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 30 Zone P: P-1 Objective: Destroy 5 Blocks Ball Launch Limit: 3 Point Reward: 15 P-2 Objective: Destroy 3 Blocks Ball Launch Limit: 1 Point Reward: 10 Tip: Move slightly to the left and launch (the ball should hit the bottom-most Silver Block of the 4th column). The ball SHOULD get stuck between the 2 Silver Blocks at the top (3rd and 4th column). If it doesn't, you haven't found the sweet spot yet. Just keep trying! P-3 Objective: Destroy all Pink Blocks Norm: 8 Time Limit: 120 seconds Point Reward: 35 P-4 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 1 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 10 P-5 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 30 Time Limit: 120 seconds Point Reward: 20 Zone Q: Q-1 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 20 Q-2 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 2 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 40 Q-3 Objective: Destroy all White Blocks Norm: 1 Ball Launch Limit: 5 Point Reward: 35 Q-4 Objective: Destroy all Green Blocks Norm: 1 Ball Launch Limit: 5 Point Reward: 30 Q-5 Objective: Destroy 20 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 25 Zone R: R-1 Objective: Destroy 2 Blocks Ball Launch Limit: 5 Point Reward: 20 R-2 Objective: Destroy 15 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 25 R-3 Objective: Destroy all Aqua Blocks Norm: 1 Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 20 R-4 Objective: Destroy all Pink Blocks Norm: 8 Ball Launch Limit: 10 Point Reward: 10 R-5 Objective: Destroy 4 Blocks Time Limit: 10 seconds Point Reward: 15 Zone S: S-1 Objective: Destroy 5 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 25 S-2 Objective: Destroy all Orange Blocks Norm: 12 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 10 S-3 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 40 Time Limit: 180 seconds Point Reward: 40 S-4 Objective: Destroy 5 Blocks Ball Launch Limit: 10 releases Point Reward: 25 S-5 Objective: Destroy 2 Blocks Time Limit: 35 seconds Point Reward: 25 Zone T: T-1 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 15 T-2 Objective: Destroy 20 Blocks Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 20 T-3 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 19 Time Limit: 90 seconds Point Reward: 40 Tip: There is a way to get the ball in with your Vaus when you're against the left wall. Try to angle the ball in that way. As for that exact angle, you'll need to experiment with it. Sorry kids =/ T-4 Objective: Destroy all Orange Blocks Norm: 15 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 20 T-5 Objective: Destroy all Yellow Blocks Norm: 2 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 35 Tip: Get the Yellow Block on the right side with your launch. Then spend the rest of the time getting the other Yellow Block. Good luck! Zone U: U-1 Objective: Destroy 2 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 40 U-2 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 26 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 25 U-3 Objective: Destroy all Green Blocks Norm: 2 Time Limit: 25 seconds Point Reward: 20 U-4 Objective: Destroy all Green Blocks Norm: 1 Time Limit: 180 seconds Point Reward: 45 U-5 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 16 Time Limit: 100 seconds Point Reward: 50 Zone V: V-1 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 6 Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 20 V-2 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 20 V-3 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 6 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 15 V-4 Objective: Destroy 12 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 25 V-5 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: Rescue Rhea Time Limit: 90 seconds Point Reward: 15 Zone W: W-1 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 30 W-2 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Ball Launch Limit: 15 Point Reward: 30 W-3 Objective: Destroy all Yellow Blocks Norm: 1 Ball Launch Limit: 1 Point Reward: 5 Tip: Move to the right side against the wall and launch. W-4 Objective: Destroy 1 Block Ball Launch Limit: 1 Point Reward: 5 W-5 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: Rescue Operon Time Limit: 90 seconds Point Reward: 15 Zone X: X-1 Objective: Destroy 5 Blocks Ball Launch Limit: 5 Point Reward: 20 X-2 Objective: Destroy 3 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 45 X-3 Objective: Destroy all Yellow Blocks Norm: 8 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 30 X-4 Objective: Destroy all Pink Blocks Norm: 3 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 30 X-5 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: Rescue Deimos Time Limit: 100 seconds Point Reward: 20 Zone Y: Y-1 Objective: Destroy all Orange Blocks Norm: 1 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 40 Y-2 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 5 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 20 Tip: Move somewhere between origin and left wall and launch so as to get the Gold Block moving. Move to the right side to hit the ball back at an equal angle. It should hit the Gold Block as it's moving. Move back to the left and this time you should beat out the Gold Block and manage 3 hits. Stick to your position and get the ball up there again to complete the Round. Y-3 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 30 Y-4 Objective: Destroy all Orange Blocks Norm: 1 Ball Launch Limit: 4 Point Reward: 30 Tip: Shoot from origin and then move to the right wall. You'll hit the Orange Block as the ball comes back down. Y-5 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: Rescue Kronos Time Limit: 100 seconds Point Reward: 25 Zone Z: Z-1 Objective: Destroy all Blue Blocks Norm: 1 Ball Launch Limit: 1 Point Reward: 5 Tip: Move to the left wall and then move very slightly away from it and then launch. Z-2 Objective: Destroy 4 Blocks Ball Launch Limit: 5 Point Reward: 20 Z-3 Objective: Destroy 3 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 30 Z-4 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 3 Time Limit: 300 seconds Point Reward: 50 Tip: Be patient!! Angle the ball the best you can to get it inside those gaps. This is more an endurance objective than all else. Z-5 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: Rescue Idana Time Limit: 150 seconds Point Reward: 30 Zone V': V'-1 Objective: Destroy all Green Blocks Norm: 2 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 25 V'-2 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 4 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 20 V'-3 Objective: Destroy all Aqua Blocks Norm: 2 Ball Launch Limit: 10 Point Reward: 50 Tip: Do a moving launch (see Miscellaneous for what this is) and hit the first Aqua Block and then try to get that second Aqua Block. This is really tough to do so be patient. You could always aim for another Block though and hope for a Laser or a Catch powerup. V'-4 Objective: Destroy 5 Blocks Ball Launch Limit: 10 Point Reward: 40 V'-5 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: Rescue Artemis Time Limit: 150 seconds Point Reward: 30 Zone Z': Z'-1 Objective: Destroy all Yellow Blocks Norm: 1 Ball Launch Limit: 5 Point Reward: 25 Z'-2 Objective: Destroy all Orange Blocks Norm: 2 Ball Launch Limit: 5 Point Reward: 45 Z'-3 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 13 Time Limit: 100 seconds Point Reward: 20 Z'-4 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 15 Z'-5 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: Rescue Neith Time Limit: 90 seconds Point Reward: 10 Uranoid Quests: Zone Alpha: Alpha-1 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Ball Launch Limit: 3 Point Reward: 10 Alpha-2 Objective: Destroy all Aqua Blocks Norm: 11 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 10 Alpha-3 Objective: Destroy all Pink Blocks Norm: 6 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 10 Alpha-4 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 14 Ball Launch Limit: 20 Point Reward: 15 Alpha-5 Objective: Destroy all White Blocks Norm: 2 Ball Launch Limit: 10 Point Reward: 20 Zone Beta: Beta-1 Objective: Destroy all White Blocks Norm: 1 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 15 Beta-2 Objective: Destroy all Aqua Blocks Norm: 1 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 10 Beta-3 Objective: Destroy all Pink Blocks Norm: 12 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 10 Beta-4 Objective: Destroy 20 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 25 Beta-5 Objective: Destroy all Yellow Blocks Norm: 1 Ball Launch Limit: 3 Point Reward: 15 Zone Gamma: Gamma-1 Objective: Destroy 1 Block Ball Launch Limit: 1 Point Reward: 5 Tip: From the origin, move very slightly to the right and launch. Gamma-2 Objective: Destroy all Green Blocks Norm: 3 Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 20 Gamma-3 Objective: Destroy all Green Blocks Norm: 11 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 15 Gamma-4 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 7 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 10 Gamma-5 Objective: Destroy 3 Blocks Time Limit: 20 seconds Point Reward: 20 Zone Delta: Delta-1 Objective: Destroy all Green Blocks Norm: 2 Time Limit: 15 seconds Point Reward: 20 Delta-2 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 5 Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 15 Delta-3 Objective: Destroy 12 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 20 Delta-4 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Ball Launch Limit: 5 Point Reward: 10 Delta-5 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 15 Zone Epsilon: Epsilon-1 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 9 Time Limit: 90 seconds Point Reward: 20 Epsilon-2 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 4 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 30 Epsilon-3 Objective: Destroy all Green Blocks Norm: 4 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 30 Epsilon-4 Objective: Destroy all Aqua Blocks Norm: 1 Ball Launch Limit: 1 Point Reward: 5 Tip: Move a bit to the left and launch. If you miss, place yourself at a different spot according to how far you were off by. Epsilon-5 Objective: Destroy all Red Blocks Norm: 5 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 20 Zone Zeta: Zeta-1 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 28 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 20 Zeta-2 Objective: Destroy 2 Blocks Time Limit: 10 seconds Point Reward: 20 Zeta-3 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 1 Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 25 Tip: Good luck! Zeta-4 Objective: Destroy all Blue Blocks Norm: 10 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 15 Zeta-5 Objective: Destroy all White Blocks Norm: 2 Time Limit: 20 seconds Point Reward: 20 Zone Eta: Eta-1 Objective: Destroy all Blue Blocks Norm: 1 Time Limit: 75 seconds Point Reward: 20 Eta-2 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 4 Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 15 Eta-3 Objective: Destroy 10 Blocks Time Limit: 20 seconds Point Reward: 15 Eta-4 Objective: Destroy all Aqua Blocks Norm: 3 Ball Launch Limit: 10 Point Reward: 35 Eta-5 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: Defeat the Machine Alien Time Limit: 300 seconds Point Reward: 35 Zone Theta: Theta-1 Objective: Destroy all Green Blocks Norm: 1 Ball Launch Limit: 1 Point Reward: 5 Tip: Move very slightly left from origin and launch Theta-2 Objective: Destroy 1 Block Time Limit: 10 seconds Point Reward: 20 Tip: Move to the left wall and move 1 block away from the wall and launch (when the gold won't be in your way) Theta-3 Objective: Destroy all Orange Blocks Norm: 1 Time Limit: 45 seconds Point Reward: 25 Theta-4 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 5 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 30 Theta-5 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: Defeat the Machine Alien Time Limit: 240 seconds Point Reward: 40 Zone Iota: Iota-1 Objective: Destroy 1 Block Ball Launch Limit: 1 Point Reward: 5 Tip: Move in between the origin and left wall and launch (or, move 2 blocks away from the left wall) Iota-2 Objective: Destroy all Silver Blocks Norm: 3 Time Limit: 60 seconds Point Reward: 30 Iota-3 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: 26 Time Limit: 120 seconds Point Reward: 30 Iota-4 Objective: Destroy 4 Blocks Time Limit: 30 seconds Point Reward: 20 Iota-5 Objective: Complete the Round Norm: Defeat the Machine Alien Time Limit: 220 seconds Point Reward: 50 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * VS Com (VRS) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* In this Mode, you can verse the Computer in 2 different modes. Those modes are Bust All and Bust Color. You'll be asked which control method you are using (Stylus, +Control Pad, or Paddle), Barrier Level (o, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), Computer level (1-8), and number of matches (1, 3, 5). Pause (Start button): Return to Game Quit - Returning to Select Mode menu. Okay? No/Yes Clear - You completed the Round before the opponent 100 pts Survived - Your opponent missed the ball without any Barriers remaining 100 pts Failed - You missed the ball without any Barriers remaining 0 pts Lose - Your opponent completed the Round before you 0 pts At the conclusion of a Match you'll be asked the following and be able to choose one: Continue Game - Continue to another Match against the same opponent with the same rules. Change Rules - Brings you back to the screen where you select Bust All and Bust Color. Match Over - Brings you back to the Select Mode screen Regardless of how many matches you choose or what level or barrier or even what mode, you get the same amount of points. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Multiplayer (MLTPLR) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* You can play against others nearby you who either have or don't have the game! Just have the other players go to Download Play when they turn on their DS and wait for the Host to open up a room. You'll be asked to either Host or Join (if you are the only one with a card or if there is more than 1 card). If you Host, you can decide when to close the room (by pressing A). Like Vs Com, you'll get 100 points for Clearing or Surviving but what's different is you'll get 50 points instead of 0 points if you Fail or Lose. Pretty sweet if you ask me. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Nintendo Wi-Fi (NWIFI) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* When you head to the Nintendo Wi-Fi option on the Menu screen, you'll be taken to a page where you can either head online to verse either random people or friends (Nintendo WFC Match), check out how you rank and even earn Reward Points based on where you rank (Nintendo WFC Rankings), grab your Friend Code (FC) and add friends to your Friend List (Friend Setup) and setup your connection (Nintendo WFC Setup). When you get to Nintendo WFC Match and manage to get online you can do a couple of things: 1) Open Match 2) Friend Match In both of those, you can do a Bust All or Bust Color. You can also do this as a 1 vs 1 match for a 4-way free-for-all. You also notice that you have WiFi Ranking. You automatically start at 5000 and go up 10 when you win and down 10 if you lose. If you disconnect though, you suffer a 100 point loss. Only ratings are recorded here. You can't Pause the game or go into Sleep Mode. You are awarded 100 points for a win and 50 points for a loss. As per Nintendo WFC Rankings, they are determined by your high score in either Clear Game or Uranoid (whichever is higher). From what I have seen, Uranoid won't grant you a high enough score to get in top 10 now. As per Friend Setup, you have your Friend Roster that has the last time you played your friend along with their friend code. You can add up to 30 friends. If you attempt to add a 31st friend, the first friend on your roster will be deleted. To delete a friend, just go to your Friend Roster, press X, and confirm that you wish to delete them. Under that, you can register Friend Codes. Just enter the 12 digit code and that's about it! And lastly, you can verify, or check, your own Friend Code to give to people. Just as a side note, online play is relatively dead, which is sad really. You'll almost never get a 4-player match going. It's a shame this game isn't more popular as it's actually quite fun. Oh, and there is also Nintendo WFC Setup. I won't be going over that as your connection should be established already. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Results (RSTS) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* This Menu option shows your current Reward Points and what ranking you are at as of the last time you uploaded that score. You also see your five highest Clear Game scores and Uranoid scores, the amount of games you played against the computer in VS mode along with the amount of wins you have and win percentage in both Bust All and Bust Color. You also can see your Multiplayer record in Bust All and Bust Color (games, wins, win %) and even your Nintendo WFC Rating along with your combined record against your friends (again, games, wins, win %) in both Bust All and Bust Color. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Options (OPTS) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* When you venture into the Options section of the game you'll be brought to a screen with the following: 1) Change Setup 2) Shop 3) Decoration 4) Initialize Save Data 1) Change Setup: Player Speed - Changes the speed of the Vaus. The default is 4, the slowest is 1 and the fastest is 8. BGM Volume - Change how load the background music is. The default is 10 (the max) and the lowest is 0 (mute). SE Volume - The sound effect volume is also defaulted to 10 (max) and lowest is 0 (mute) as well. 2) Shop: Ahhh, all those Reward Points that we just love to collect will finally be put to use! Let's see what we can buy! Background: Cost - 100 Reward Points []Polka Dots A []Polka Dots B []Polka Dots C []Polka Dots D []Floral Cost - 150 Reward Points []Silhouette A []Silhouette B []Silhouette C Cost - 200 Reward Points []Checkers A []Checkers B []Checkers C []Checkers D []Leopard A []Leopard B []Leopard C []Leopard D []Butterfly []Camouflage A []Camouflage B []Camouflage C []Camouflage D Cost - 300 Reward Points []Stripe A []Stripe B []Stripe C []Stripe D []Stripe E []Stripe F []Stripe G []Rose A []Rose B []Rose C []Rose D []Ananke Satellite []Rhea Satellite []Kronos Satellite []Artemis Satellite []Neith Satellite []Operon Satellite []Idana Satellite []Deimos Satellite []Arkanoid Satellite []Heart A []Heart B []Heart C []Heart D Cost - 400 Reward Points []Alien A []Alien B []Alien C []Alien D []Alien E []Alien F []Alien G []Alien H []Alien I []Alien J []Alien K []Alien L []Alien M []Alien N []Alien O []Alien P []Living Machine Cost - 500 Reward Points []Space []Spring []Summer []Autumn []Winter []Stellar Cavern []Mountain Region A []Machine City []Van Allen Belt []Mountain Region B []Mechanoid A []Mechanoid B Cost - 600 Reward Points []Bub A []Bub B []Lost Magic []Navigator []Exit []The Legend of Kage []Patoraco Cost - 700 Reward Points []Constellation []Disco Alien []Dancing Alien Cost - 1000 Reward Points []Tropical Fish []Dolphin Frame: Cost - 300 Reward Points []Temple []Wood []Frame A []Frame B []Ice Cost - 500 Reward Points []Silver []Beads []Flash []Pipe Block: Cost - 300 Reward Points []Tile []Metallic []Jewel A []Jewel B []Bubble []Invader []Stone Tablet []Mark []Jelly Sound: Cost - 300 Reward Points []Block Sound B []Block Sound C []Block Sound D []Block Sound E []Block Sound F []Block Sound G []Block Sound H []Block Sound I []Block Sound J []Block Sound K []Block Sound L []BGM A []BGM B Vaus: Cost - 500 Reward Points []Slime []Flash Cost - 700 Reward Points []Gold []Crystal []Wood Cost - 1000 Reward Points []Wing []Vaus II 3) Decoration: a) Zone Decoration - You can set the Background, Frame, Block, and Block Sound Effect right in here by Zone. I really wish you could re-use backgrounds and the like. It's a shame you can't. b) Select Vaus - Simply, you can select which Vaus you wish to use in Clear Game, Quest Game, and Uranoid. It will only use this Vaus in those modes. c) Select BGM - You can select the Background Music for each Satellite here. d) Decoration Default - Want to trash everything? Use this option and you're done!! It resets everything to the way it was as if you just opened the game up. 4) Initialize Save Data: Stay away from this. It deletes all your data. Only use if you wish to restart your game. This option scares me a lot. Whew, well, that is everything from the Options Menu. Now that we're done with everything we can end this... oh wait, we still have some other things to go over and credits to give out and some other juicy stuff! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Miscellaneous (MISCS) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Here I will go over everything that didn't quite fit elsewhere. This is probably one of the more important sections in this FAQ so I recommend you read this part in its entirety. You may learn something! "Advanced" Tactic (Moving Launch): Moving the Vaus as the ball makes contact with it will change the direction of the ball. Believe it or not, you can make the ball move at very close to a 90 degree angle (but not a perfect line!). It depends on how the ball is coming towards the Vaus on how you should move the Vaus as the ball touches it so that the direction can change in your favor. Experiment to see what fits you nicely and get a nice feel for it. Careful though, if your accuracy is bad, you may miss the ball and forfeit your precious life! Block, Capsule, and other Points: Yes, believe it or not, the colors of a Block affect how many points you get when hitting one. The breakdown is as follows: Block --- Point Value --- Notes _______________________________ White --- 50 --- None Orange -- 60 --- None Aqua --- 70 --- None Green --- 80 --- None Red --- 90 --- None Blue --- 100 --- None Pink --- 110 --- None Yellow -- 120 --- None Silver -- 200 --- Takes 2 hits to destroy. First hit grants 0 points. Only the second hit awards points. Gold --- 0 --- Cannot be destroyed. Capsules - All Capsules are worth the same amount of points which is 1000 points. Speaking of Capsules, here is a complete list of all of them in the game: B - Barrier - Green - Adds 1 Level to the Barrier. If you have no Barrier, you will gain a Level 1 Barrier. If, for example, you have a Barrier Level of 0 and get this Capsule and the ball hits the Barrier (during Clear Game or Uranoid), you will NOT gain the Barrier Bonus at the end of the Round. So, do remember that. C - Catch - Light Green - This acts as the Glue powerup from previous games. The ball latches to you and you release it by pressing the B button or down on the +Control Pad. D - Disruption - Light Blue - This adds two additional brown balls into the mix of things. These balls do not count against you if they get passed you or hit your Barrier. They can't reflect off the Barrier though and will disintergrate upon contact. Also, no other Capsules will come down while one of the brown balls is still on-screen. So, for high score purposes, get this Capsule (if you can spare it) and then let the brown balls fall to their doom. If you're in Multiplayer or VS, let this powerup help save the day for you. E - Expand - Blue - Your Vaus' size increases. You can get multiple Capsules of this but you won't expand any further. L - Laser - Red - By pressing the B button or down on the +Control Pad you will fire a laser shot from both ends of your Vaus. This will destroy any block upon contact (with exception to Silver which requires two shots and Gold which does nothing). You seem to only be able to fire two shots at a time and then need a small rest period. Keep that in mind. Also, when you get a 2nd Laser Capsule, your power will increase and as such you can destroy a whole column of Blocks with one shot. Even Silver Blocks won't stand a chance against this upgrade but sadly, Gold Blocks stand tall and proud even against a mighty weapon such as this one. M - Megaball - Pink - The ball takes on a new color, green, and begins to leave a green trail behind it. It can go right through any Block that stands in its way, besides the Gold Block. One of the best powerups in the game in my opinion. R - Reduction - Silver - This reduces your Vaus' size by half which can potentially be very bad EXCEPT the amount of points from Blocks now doubles. This is a great item if you're going for high scores. S - Slow - Orange - It simply decreases the speed of the ball. V - Vanish - Light Silver - This is one of the more interesting powerups. When you acquire it and hit anything but a Silver or Gold Block with your ball, all Blocks of the same color disappear. If your ball hits a Silver Block, all Silver Blocks act as if they have been hit once. If you hit a Gold Block, you lose the ability of this powerup. You only get the points for the initial Block you hit while you have this powerup and don't get the points of all the other Blocks that are vanquished with this powerup so keep that in mind while playing for a high score. Just as a side note, you CAN still knock out a Capsule but only from the initial Block you hit. You won't get any powerups from any of the other Blocks that are destroyed via this powerup. W - Warp - Gold - You clear the current Round. Yipee!! Too bad it's no good to you if you're going for a high score unless you have five Blocks left or something. Match Only Capsules: These capsules are all a dark gray coloring. H - Hard - 3-5 Silver Blocks are added to your opponent(s) screen as a gift. I - Increase - 3-5 Normal Blocks (of any color) are added to your opponent(s) screen as a gift. R - Reduction - Shrinks your opponent(s) Vaus size by half. S - Slow - Slows down the speed of the ball for your opponent(s). Just something to know about Capsules is that their abilities last until another one is acquired, until you complete a Round, or until you lose. There is also a 1000 point gain each time you hit the goo surrounding your friends' Vaus and 1000 point gain each time you hit the sphere on top of the Alien Machine's head. Unlockables: We've already gone over how to unlock Uranoid and everything in Quest Game so what else is there to unlock? Oh, right, there is a gift for you when you finally beat Clear Game, Uranoid, and all of Quest Game: Geometric Background (BG) - 7 of them are unlocked, A-G Metal Frame - Similar to the Frame from NES Arkanoid Twin Block - A square Block split into an upper and lower rectangle equal in size Vaus Paddle - The exact one from the original Arkanoid on NES Pretty sweet, right? I think so. Well, that is everything. Now onto the Credits!! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Credits (CREDS) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* We'll start with the Music Credits for the game: 1. ARKANOID DisaSter (Opening Demo BGM) Composition: OGR, Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) 2. Planet Connection (In-game BGM) Composition: Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) Lyrics: Junko Kadotsuji Vocals: Kaori Nishina 3. ARKANOID Start (Stage 1 Start Time Demo) Composition: OGR Arrangement: Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) 4. Vaus Trip (Zone Select BGM) Composition: Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) 5. Game Start (Game Start Jingle) Composition: OGR Arrangement: Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) 6. shining eyes (In-game BGM) Composition: Kemmei Adachi 7. Neptune-Diving (In-game BGM) Composition: Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) 8. only nearby peace (In-game BGM) Composition: Takafumi Wada Guitar: Satoshi Izumi 9. Happy smiling -more Happy Mix- (In-game BGM) Composition: Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) Vocals: sono 10. missing & love future (In-game BGM) Composition: Takafumi Wada Guitar: Satoshi Izumi Vocals: Junko Kadotsuji 11. Rest on Starlit Sky (Option BGM) Composition: Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) 12. Pluto-Fighting (VS Game BGM) Composition: Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) 13. Game Clear (Game Clear Jingle) Composition: Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) 14. Game Over (Game Over Jingle) Composition: OGR Arrangement: Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) 15. Boarding Gate (Select BGM) Composition: Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) 16. REVENGE OF ARKANOID (In-game BGM) Composition: OGR Arrangement: Lil'B 17. CAPTAIN NEO -Confusion mix- (In-game BGM) Composition: OGR Arrangement: Shinji Hosoe (SuperSweep) 18. too much funky? (In-game BGM) Composition: Kemmei Adachi Guitar: Manabu Abe Tenor Saxophone: AOKKI Recording Engineer: Mas Anai 19. Heat Sink (In-game BGM) Composition: Mitsugu Suzuki (SOUND WAVE) 20. Dash (In-game BGM) Composition: Mitsugu Suzuki (SOUND WAVE) 21. Fairy Reflection (In-game BGM) Composition: Ryu Lyrics: Michael Teuber Vocals: KATE 22. Dear Friend on All Planet (Ending BGM) Composition: Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) 23. too much funky? -Another Take- (Unused) Composition: Kemmei Adachi Guitar: Manabu Abe Tenor Saxophone: AOKKI Recording Engineer: Mas Anai 24. Planet Connection -Complete Mix- Composition: Hirokazu Koshio (ZUNTATA) Lyrics: Junko Kadotsuji Vocals: Kaori Nishina 25. Fairy Reflection -Complete Mix- Composition: Ryu Lyrics: Michael Teuber Vocals: KATE 26. REVENGE OF ARKANOID -Complete Mix- Composition: OGR Arrangement: Lil'B Credit of this goes COMPLETELY to VGMdb. This link http://vgmdb.net/db/albums.php?id=5477 brings you straight to where I got this information. I am not claiming it to be my own, it's theirs!! I'm saving you the time of searching and waiting through the credits of the game to see this information. More credit goes to Taito and SquareEnix for making a pretty good game. I am quite happy with this game and although there are a few problems here and there (like Gold locks for instance and lack of a Paddle like what Japan got for example) the game is still very enjoyable. Thanks!! Credit to kewlmreynolds for saying I should write an FAQ in the first place otherwise I may not have done it. Credit to Lei_Trigar for stealing my hopes and dreams of being #1 in the Rankings. Credit to bama777, themeanman856, kewlmreynolds, Lei_Trigar, for successfully getting 4-player matches to work on Wifi (lol!). Credit to EastX for his work on his FAQ and saving me some typing (you think I really wanted to type out all the names of the Shop items? haha). Credit to stonedbeyondblef for telling me about the tip for J-2 (which I ended up using in other scenarios as well). Credit to Burn-X for notifying me that I somehow forgot to include the Game Menu section. I feel silly for missing it. That's all the credits I can think of. If I missed someone or something somehow, check down below to reach me. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * Conclusion (CONCLS) * *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Well, there we are, FINALLY! This was my first FAQ I have ever done so there is bound to be mistakes. Please email me if you see something that is incorrect and I will fix is ASAP. Or, you can suggest something to me as well and you may just see it here! Same goes if I missed something, shoot me an email and it'll be added and credit will be posted where it is due. My email address is: [email protected] You can also leave a post on the forum if you wanted to, I won't stop you and I check there fairly often anyway. Arkanoid Copyright 1986, 2008 Taito Corporation This document is copyright 2008 by Michael Z. It may not be posted anywhere but GameFAQs.com, Gamespot.com, neoseeker.com, supercheats.com, mycheats.com, or cheatcc.com.