Battle Network ROCKMAN.EXE FAQ/Walkthrough/Japanese play guide Copyright 2001 Alerith (alerith@nc.rr.com/ICQ /AOL: Alerith) NOTE: Encoded in EUC-JIS for maximum benefit. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ [Intro.FAQ] I have always been a big fan of Capcom, the Megaman and Breath of Fireseries in particular. When I heard that a Rockman role-playing game was coming out, I just had to get it and I ended up owning it that next weekend. I decided to write a FAQ on Rockman.EXE because of 1) the lack of a comprehensive Rockman.EXE walkthrough on GameFAQs and 2) for the non-Japanese speaking public out there that wants to enjoy this great game. I am lucky in being able so read a minor amount of Japanese, just enough to get me through an RPG without much trouble, but other people aren't so lucky. So, enjoy the FAQ and this great game! \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ [About.RME] Rockman.EXE is an odd, but extremely awesome Gameboy Advance RPG. It playeddramatically different from any other Rockman/Megaman title, but isn't exactly a straightforward roleplaying game either. The best description of the genre is exactly what the box says it is, a Battle Network RPG. You run around collecting items and talking to people just like in a traditional RPG, and get into random fights in dangerous areas, also like traditional RPGs, however, the battle system is where it gets different. Your character (Rockman) is placed on a 3x3 square on the left side of the screen, and your enemies are placed on similarly identical 3x3 sqaure on the right. At the begining of every 'turn', you choose your two special attacks, and shoot/blast/cut/demolish and/or destroy your enemies until one side wiped out. You can do this in numerous strategic ways, though shooting the crap out of the enemies seems to be the most popular. This isn't all there is to the game, but if you've played it you know what I'm talking about. The great graphics, fun music, and overall fun factor make this game one of the best I've ever played. (On a side note- if you have headphones, use them. Stereo music in Rockman.EXE sounds so much better than the single static-ish speaker built in to the Gameboy Advance. It also takes up less battery power producing a much quieter sound through the headphones than through the speaker). /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ [Table.CNT] 'Intro to the FAQ' 'About Rockman.EXE' 'Table of Contents' 'Characters in Rockman.EXE' 'Battle system' 'Game engine' 'Walkthrough/Storyline for Rockman.EXE' 'Items and Chip list' 'Other crap' 'Credits' \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ [Charactr.RME] Main character- This is your main character, and the owner of the Rockman PET (PErsonal Trainer). Don't get this wrong, Rockman is NOT a pet- he is a PET. The interesting thing about this game is that as you play as [], you can dive into the WWW, the Internet, the Net, the Network, Battlenet, whatever you want to call it (it takes all of those names in the game itself) and you play as Rockman, eradicating viruses and collecting goodies. Everything you do in the 'real' world affects the Network in some way- sort of likecross-dimensions. Rockman-ロックマン A good PET, and the character you will be spending most of your time playing as. Adventuring around the Net destroying viruses and other people's PETs, Rockman keeps the internet safe for all surfers. Papa-パパ Don't ask me why they say Mama and Papa instead of the actual word for mother and father. It makes no sense to me. Your father is a worker of PET's at the local factory. He is a man of some importance (and is thus always busy), which becomes an advantage later in the game. He doesn't spend as much time with his son as he'd like to, and is constantly apologizing, but that is to be expected being a top scientist in a megacorporation. Mama-ママ Your mother, obviously. A bit clumsy, she almost burns down the house one day making hotcakes, but I suppose she tries. She also shouldn't sit too close to the TV, but she does that too. Not much else you can say, except she is married to your father. Meyrl-メイル A close friend. She is a pretty cute one, but you don't get to see her that much (what with having a Rockman PET and all)... Could your friendship develop into something more...? Yaito-やいと A short girl with a big attitude, Yaito is a fellow classmate. She knows much about PETs and introduces you into the game's battle mechanics, and is a big help, but her attitude gets annoying -very- quickly. Dekao-デカオ A fat classmate who scribbled 'I love Gutsman' on his desk. He helps you out, and fights Rockman a few times with his Gutsman, but it's all in good fun. A bit of a whiner, but not as completely annoying as Yaito. Ms. Mariko-まりこさん 先生 This is your 5th grade homeroom teacher. A nice lady, she tells you about combat and other things (very nice). Not much except that. Roll-ロール Meryl's PET. You don't actually get to see Roll in action for a while, but Meryl gives you a Roll chip- which lets you summon Roll in battle as a special move. Chip shop owner- A weird guy with big brown hair and glasses. Owner of the Numberman PET, and a big pain in the butt. However, he sells Chips, and you can come back to fight Numberman any time you want to rack up cash! Grey-haired guy- Owner of Blues. He can't seem to keep Blues under control, as in your first encounter, he tries to pick a fight with Rockman against his will... Also a member of the Official Net Battlers. Blues-ブルース A.K.A. Protoman, Blues is a rather uncontrollable PET-in-red who has a sword for an arm. Not much is known about him at this point. Robos- The typical green robots you see and can talk to in the Net. Sometimes they help you by selling you things, other times they give you information, other times they just make noise. Talk to all of these, just in case. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ [Battle.SYS]The best way to understand the Rockman.EXE battle system is to play the game and experience it yourself. Here is a step by step walkthrough of a typical battle and some things that might come up- >>Begin- Rockman teleports in on his 3x3 square, along with a Met. >>Choose Chip- Now you choose one or more of 5 chips randomly selected from the 30 you have installed in Rockman at any given time. You may only choose more than one of a Chip if they are the same letter of Chip- for example, you may choose two K Chips, but a K Chip and an L chip won't go together. Chips can do a variety of things (see Special hazards) including deal damage, heal damage, summon helpers, etc. Selecting OK will begin the battle, and not selecting any Chips and pressing Draw will begin the battle, but the next 'turn' you will have 5 more additional Chips to select from. Take special note that special kinds of Chips, for example the Spreadgun, you must aim at an enemy for its effects to work. If you miss, then no special effects will happen. This is extremely important- aim carefully when using special attacks. >>Battle start- Now is the real fun. Pressing the B button will fire the mega buster (holding it down will charge it) and pressing the A button will use one of the previously selected Chips. Note you may only use a Chip once per battle. You will note that the bar at the top of the screen will go up, and then flash with the words 'Press L or R'. Pressing L or R at this point will end the 'turn' and place you at the Choose Chip screen. This will continue until either side is eradicated. >>Special hazards- Some Chips can do things besides damage the enemy. For example, you can knock a square off of either side's grid to prevent movement in that area for a few seconds (the squares regenerate). You can also weaken a square, so that when something moves over that square, the square is destroyed and movement on that square is impaired for a few seconds until it regenerates. You can also 'steal' squares from one side so that one side will have more room to move, and another side will have less. These things induce a strategic method into Rockman.EXE. Some enemies have special attacks as well- for instance, one might make rocks fall on several squares of your side, or one might be able to fly to protect itself from your attacks, etc. >>Battle end- At the end of the battle, you are rewarded with a score based on your performance and speed. You are also given either an additional Chip to add to your collection or Zenny (money). You will obviously recieve much more Zenny than Chips through battle.And that's about it! It may seem simple, but it is extremely fun. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ [Game.PLY] This is probably the most important section of the FAQ for most people, because this tells you how to do everything. After you press START on the title screen you will see 2 options if you already have data on the cartridge, and 1 if you do not. Obviously the only option if you do not have data is New Game, but New Game would be the top option if you do have data (Continue is the bottom option). Be warned, there is only one save slot in Rockman.EXE, so be careful. Pressing the A button talks, examines, confirms (i.e. choosing Chips in battle) and uses special weapons during battle. Pressing B cancels all menus and commands and uses the mega buster in battle. This also runs on the map screen. Pressing the START button during the game brings up the Menu. Here there are quite a few options- >>チップフォルダ- Chip folder. This allows you to view all the Chips you have and organize them into the 30 that you can equip on Rockman at one time. Use the Up/Down arrows to choose the Chip, and the A button to select one to move or replace. Selecting a Chip twice removes it from Rockman's inventory. Pressing the Right/Left arrows switch between Chips that are in Rockman's inventory (out of 30) and of the total that you own. The symbol in the box next to the Chip's name denotes its element- a green line is neutral, a red flame is fire, etc. For more information on the Chips go to the Chip section below. >>データライブラリ- Data Library. This shows what Chips you have collected out of the total 175 and lets you view their statistics. Stars next to the name indicates the overall usefulness of the Chip out of five. For more information on Chips, see the section below. >>ロックマン- Rockman. Selecting this will let you view Rockman's level(LV.), hit points(HP), type of armor equipped(this will be in gray and originally say ノーマルアーマー), attack power(ATTACK), firing quickness(RAPID), and charge ability(CHARGE). When you get a Buster Power Up (バスターUP) then you go to this menu to choose whether you want to increase Attack, Rapid, or Charge. That increases your level by 3. Getting HP Memory(HPメモリ) increases HP by 10 and Rockman's level by 1. >>Eメイル- E-Mail. This lets you check your E-Mail and re-read what you have already recieved previosly. This is important, because you sometimes can't progress through the game until you have read your E-Mail. >>アイテム- Item. This lets you view your special items you have collected since the beginning of the game. >>ネットワーク-This is for multi-link games only. I don't have 2 Gameboy Advances, nor do I know someone else who has one and Rockman.EXE along wth it, so I have yet to figure this out. You can trade, have a practice battle, or a ranked battle in multi-player mode. >>セーブ- Save. Obviously, this saves your data. (はい=Yes いいえ=No) The number in X:XX format is Game time, the number in X/175 format is number of different Chips collected, the third number is how many Chips you own, and the number XXXz (at the bottom) is how much Zenny or money you own. >>もどる- Exit. This just exits you from the Menu. That should be all of the standard Japanese text that you need to read in order to play through the game besides from what information I will give in the walkthrough and names of Chips and items. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ [Wlkthrgh.SRY] Now is where it gets fun. Through this part, I will just put the things youneed to do in the game to get along. I will add the storyline later, when Ihave time. CHAPTER 1: Back to School After you wake up, retrieve your PET (the blinking blue thing on the dresser). Go to your menu and check your EMail. You will recieve a Spreadgun G from Papa. Go downstairs, and leave the house. At school, talk to everybody. After you do,the bell will ring and you will talk about how to fight. After they finish talk-ing, press the R button to transform into Rockman in the Net. You will then go into a battle. Don't worry about what she says, it has all been explained some-where else in the FAQ. Select the two Cannons (they are the blue, 40 damage Chips. If you get puzzled about which Chip to choose, go down to the Chip list below. I have all of the Japanese names as well as English). Then select OK. After she finishes talking, the battle will start. The easiest way to beat it is to just shoot your two Cannons at the Mets. After the battle finishes, she will put you in yet ANOTHER battle. Select Area Steal and Wide Sword, and then OK. Then just finish out the battle. In the next battle, Ms. Mariko will want for you to select ADD. Continue to fight until your Custom bar is at full, then press L or R, select your Chips, and fight out the battle. After that, you canjust leave the school. Be sure to check your EMail! CHAPTER 2: Fireman Head home after you check your EMail. You will be greeted by a sequence where your mother and the repairman are talking. When they finish, head up to your room and log on to the Internet (stand in front of your computer and press R).Talk to the robot and head into the second teleporter. Go ahead and explore the area as best as to your ability. Talk to the odd looking yellow robot, and he will give you Yaito's Address. (Heading east then north from here will get you 100 Zenny. After you collect that, head north). Follow the paths until you run into another robot (for now, don't go into the ACCESS panel to his south). He will sell you good things, such as HP and Buster upgrades, so be sure to remember his position. Go east, and talk to the green robot. Return the way you came and go into the ACCESS panel I told you not to go in. Talk to the weird yellow robot again, and he will give you a Spreadgun. Follow the paths and pick up the green Mystery Crystal to get a Recovery-30 Chip. You can't leave the area through the teleporter (the other end isn't open) so you can either run around fighting enemies, or press R to return to the real world. Head downstairs from your room, and you find your mother burning the hotcakes!! Stand in front of the fire and press R to start a transmission to Rockman. You will be transported to Fireman's domain. Talk to the robots, and head out, pick up the Mystery Crystal to get a Shotgun Q. Head south, and hear your main character say, "Go, Rockman! Battle operation, set!", and of course, you will be put in a battle. Keep going (the purple Mystery Crystal gives you 400zenny) and talk to the robots. Head northwest and northwest again to get a Area Steal A Chip, south from there leads you to a Sword B Chip, and east from there (on the green platform) will take you to a robot that gives you 7 Iceblocks. Take the ice blocks to fire, and press A to put it out. Take note that you only have 7, but returning to the robot will replenish your supply. Oh no! As you try to leave, the fire gets out of control! Run up into your bedroom and snatch your watergun from your dresser, and squirt the fire down in control. Explore around, collect the Mystery Crystals, until you get to Fireman. <> Fireman is pretty easy if you have been collecting all your Mystery Crystals and such. Basically his only attack is to shoot fire waves at you, which are relatively easy to dodge. He has a large amount of HP, around 300, but you can knock it down relatively quick. 5/06/01 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ [Items.LST]There aren't that many items in Rockman.EXE, but there are 175 different Chips. as I am not finished with the game at this point in time, I will continue to add Chips and Items periodically (if anyone has more to submit, feel free to contact me). アイテム Items-- PET- Your PErsonal Trainer for Rockman. Allows you to contact him and play as him periodically through the game. ウオーターガン- Water gun. Stashed away in your dresser upstairs. Decent forputting out fires. アイスブロック- Ice block. You get seven at a time, and they dissapear after-wards. 先生のパスカード- Teacher's Passcard. XXXライセンス- Your father's liscense card. メイルのアドレス- Meyrl's network adress, listed in a text file. やいとのアドレス- Yaito's network adress, listed in a text file. デカオのアドレス- Dekao's network adress, listed in a text file. パパのアドレス- Papa's network address, listed in a text file. デカオのリンク- Dekao's link. Provides access to Dekao's internet area. あきはらきっぷ- Metroline ticket. Gives a ride between your hometown and your father's workplace. チップ Chips- Name Element Damage Effect Rank 1. キャノン : Cannon None 40 Straight 1 2. ハイキャノン : Hi Cannon None 80 Straight 2 4. ショットガン : Shotgun None 30 Straight +1 1 5. クロスガン : Crossgun None 30 Straight +4 1 6. スプレッドガン : Spreadgun None 30 Straight +8 2 8. ヒートスプレッド: Heatspread Fire 70 Straight +8 2 9. ミニボム : Minibomb None 50 Straight 3 1 10. スモールボム : Smallbomb None 50 Straight 3 1 13. ソード : Sword None 80 Melee 1 14. ワイドソード : Wide sword None 80 Wide melee 1 15. ロングソード : Long sword None 80 Forward 2 2 23. ショックウエーブ: Shockwave None 60 Forward all 1 24. ソニックウエーブ: Sonicwave None 80 Forward all 2 29. アースクエイク1 : Earthquake 1 None 90 Straight 3 1 34. ダッシュアタック:Dash attack None 50 Forward all 1 36. トリプルアロー : Triple arrow None 40 Forward all x3 1 64. パネルアウト1 : Panel Out 1 None x Destroy panel melee 2 65. パネルアウト3 : Panel Out 3 None x Destroy panel wide 3 66. ブレイクハンマー:Break Hammer None 100 Melee/Crack 2 67. メットガード : Met Guard None x Guard 3 1 69. リカバリー10 : Recovery 10 None x HP +10 1 70. リカバリー30 : Recovery 30 None x HP +30 1 71. リカバリー50 : Recovery 50 None x HP +50 1 75. リカバリー200 : Recovery 200 None x HP +200 3 77. エリアスチール : Area Steal None x Change panel wide 3 80. エスケープ : Escape None x Escape 3 82. パネリターン : Panel return None x Return panel 1 113. インビジブル1 : Invisible 1 None x Invisible 1 2 128. ロール : Roll None 60 Drain HP 3 131. ガッツマン : Gutsman None 40 All/Crack 3 140. ナンバーマン : Numberman None x10 Random damage 6 3 Term definitions- Straight: Shoots directly in front of you. Straight +x determines how many squares around the affected enemy are hit as well. Straight x determines the range of the weapon in front of you. It will not hit any square except x in front of you. Melee: Hits only directly in front of you. Wide melee hits the whole row in front of you.Forward: Forward x determines how far in front of you the attack will reach. Froward all will reach every square in front of you. Destroy panel: Completely wipes out a panel. Melee destroys one panel directly in front of you, wide destroys the whole row in front of you. Crack: Cracks a panel. Anything stepping off of this square will cause it to be destroyed. All: Hits everything. Guard: Defends for x number of seconds. HP +x: Recovers x amount of HP. Escape: Escapes from battle. Invisible: Turns you invisible. Drain HP: Deals damage and adds to your HP. Random damage: Deals random damage from x to y and is multiplied by what is listed in the damage column. Change panel: Changes the color of the panel(s) in front of you for extra movement area. Wide denotes a whole row changes color. Currently this list contains 32 of the 175 Chips total. This was achieved in about 6 hours of play. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/[Other.CRP] Since I don't know exactly what to put here, I suppose I'll say what is the best way to read this FAQ. Run NJStar in Japanese Auto-detect mode and open this .TXT file in Notepad. Resize the window so that the devider lines (which look like \/\/\/\/) are even with the edge of the Notepad window, and set wordwrap to On. \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ [Credits.FAQ] Written by Alerith. Copyright 2001 Alerith. If anybody copies this they will die. If you want to put this on your website, PLEASE ask first. Providing a link to my website is fine, but don't actually PUT this on your website without permission. Thank you and enjoy. 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