Yuu Yuu Hakusho Forever Guide Date Made: 5/31/05 Updated: 6/3/05 - added how to unlock new eggs - added more details in different modes - added Rei gauge recover in Upgrade mode Updated 6/16/05 - corrected unlockables section Updated 10/16/05 - added character list Updated 01/02/06 - added movelist This guide is for Yuu Yuu Hakusho Forever for the PS2. At the date this Guide is made, it is only currently available in Japan. Hopefully, this game will reach the US. It's a simple game but very enjoyable. I didn't play Yuu Yuu Hakusho Dark Tournament but from what i heard on the Forever Boards, this is way better. This will not be an exact translation but it should help you navigate the menus. You can email me at VermilionX@yahoo.com for comments and corrections. CONTENTS: I. Title Screen II. Main Menu III. Character List IV. Special Move List V. Story Mode VI. VS mode VII. Genkai's Dojo VIII. Reikai (Gallery) IX. Options X. Some Tips on Gameplay XI. Unlockables XII. Credits I. Title Screen 1st option: Begin new game 2nd option: load file II. Main Menu 1st option: Story mode 2nd option: VS mode 3rd option: Genkai's dojo 4th option: Reikai 5th option: Options III. Character list *yusuke *hiei *kurama kuwabara *genkai jorge saotome chu jin shishiwakamaru *karasu *bui toguro ani *toguro ototo *sensui shura yomi shigure mukuro enki raizen *can transform IV. Special Moves/Emotion attack List - after the "/" moves means moves in their transformed state. 1. Yusuke Urameshi Special moves circle - reigan/yougan forward circle - shotgun/kyourandan back circle - N/A Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - reikoudan/yougan rensha down, down circle - jikoryuu ougi "ora ora" reigan 2. Hiei Special moves circle - jaou ensatsu rengoku ha forward circle - jaou ensatsu rengoku shou back circle - zanzou Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - jaou ensatsu ken down, down circle - jaou ensatsu kokuryuu ha 3. Kurama Special moves circle - rose arrow forward circle - rose whip back circle - kagonretsu zanshi Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - fuuka enbujin/jurei youzanken down, down circle - shimaneki sou/ojigi sou 4. Kazuma Kuwabara Special moves circle - rei ken forward circle - rei shuriken back circle - shuidasha ken Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - rei ken nitouryuu down, down circle - jigentou 5. Genkai (she doesn't get any new moves after transforming) Special moves circle - reigan forward circle - reikoudan back circle - reikou kyouhan shou Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - kyokugen reigan down, down circle - reikou hadou no kiremi 6. Jorge Saotome Special moves circle - doge bat forward circle - kakushi gei back circle - N/A Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - dashuutsu down, down circle - katte ni shouri sengen 7. Chu Special moves circle - renyoukyuu forward circle - N/A back circle - sui ken jushuu Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - kuchuu combo down, down circle - headbutt 8. Jin Special moves circle - shura zenpuu ken forward circle - kuchuu shura zenpuu ken back circle - bakufuu shouheki Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - double shura zenpuu ken down, down circle - shura dengeki senpuu ken 9. Shishiwakamaru Special moves circle - raimei bakukikon forward circle - N/A back circle - i oi Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - bakuto dokushoku shou down, down circle - ougi kaidokushoku hazan 10. Karasu Special moves circle - trace eye forward circle - cling bomb back circle - muddy bomb Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - prison bomb down, down circle - last rites/lean bomb 11. Bui Special moves circle - zenbu/haki forward circle - shuufu/renshuu geki back circle - N/A Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - kousoku renbu/gashouraku down, down circle - kyoukudai youzenbu/aura battle cross attack 12. Toguro (Ani) Special moves circle - kushigi forward circle - shuutou back circle - N/A Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - ransa down, down circle - dummy 13. Toguro (Ototo) Special moves circle - ken otsu/shidan forward circle - sugai back circle - N/A Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - naburu down, down circle - i otsu 14. Shinobu Sensui Special moves circle - resshuu koukyuu ha forward circle - shuugeki back circle - N/A Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - resshuu shiendan down, down circle - resshuu renkougeki/reppu fuujin ken 15. Shura Special moves circle - youen ha forward circle - jiretsu ken back circle - N/A Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - kou you retsudan down, down circle - maenkou 16. Yomi Special moves circle - renba kyoushoukyuu seki forward circle - renba hanshou heki back circle - N/A Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - renba rangeki dan down, down circle - renba kyoushuu sou ha 17. Shigure Special moves circle - rinkaen rekitou ien forward circle - rin kaen rekitou gozu back circle - N/A Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - rin kaen rekitou ousou down, down circle - rin kean rekitou ryuuga 18. Mukuro Special moves circle - youken ha forward circle - yougen zan back circle - jigen zan Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - chiretsu shuu down, down circle - dankuu sokubaku 19. Enki Special moves circle - ouen forward circle - soku mugoku back circle - N/A Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - goritsu muen down, down circle - uchiage hanabi 20. Raizen Special moves circle - itachi forward circle - ookami back circle - N/A Emotion attacks (down, down circle needs "red" HP) down circle - tora down, down circle - tatsu V. Story - Ankoku Bujutsukai - *Yusuke's Makai Saga - *Kurama's Makai saga - *Hiei's Makai saga *Check the unlockables section to see how to unlock Makai saga. As you play in story mode, you unlock matches which can be selected later if you try to play story mode again. So if you don't feel like fighting Chu again, you can just select the 2nd match to fight Jin and still go on with the story. You can select which part of the story you want to start. Story mode pause menu - Move list - Announcer voice ON/OFF - Vibration ON/OFF - Mode select/return to main menu - Return to battle VI. VS mode 1st option: 1 on 1 2nd option: 5 on 5 elimination 3rd option: Tournament, up to 4 people can join, 8 contestants in all VS mode pause menu - Move list - Announcer voice ON/OFF - Vibration ON/OFF - Character select/return to character selection menu - Mode select/return to main menu - Return to battle VII. Genkai's Dojo 1st option: Tutorial, it's pretty easy even if you can't read Japanese Tutorial mode pause menu - View lesson - Vibration ON/OFF - Choose another lesson - Mode select/return to main menu - Return to battle 2nd option: Practice Mode Practice mode pause menu - Settings - Opponent settings(from left to right) - do nothing, guard, evade, COM easy, COM normal, COM hard, COM hell, Player 2 - Button command display ON/OFF - Health regen ON/OFF - Energy regen ON/OFF - Emotion gauge always full ON/OFF - Move list - Announcer voice ON/OFF - Vibration ON/OFF - Character select/return to character selection menu - Mode select/return to main menu - Return to battle *3rd option: Genkai's 10-man challenge - You can earn points for upgrading your characters in here. Genkai challenge pause menu (same as VS mode) *4th option: Upgrade characters - Upgraded characters can be used in VS mode, Practice mode, and Genkai’s challenge. Just select the 2nd option after picking your player and it will read the memory card for your customized character. Upgrade stats(from top to bottom): the max level you can have for each stat is LVL5. You can't upgrade all the stats to max. The max upgrade points you can use is 4500 pts, which is enough to max out 3 individual stats. Rei(spirit energy) Gauge recover speed Normal attack power Normal defense power Emotion Gauge charge up speed Special attack power Special defense power If you want to reset a character, press START. You won't get back your points spent though. *You have to unlock this option before it becomes available. Check the Unlockables section. VIII. Reikai(Gallery) 1st option: View cutscenes View story mode cutscenes View emotion attack scenes (This is only available after you have seen it done in a fight) View 1 hit kill scenes (same condition as above) View transformation scenes (same as above) 2nd option: Sound test 3rd option: Character Gallery - To unlock characters, beat the tournament in VS mode with the character you want to unlock. You have to do it each time for each costume. IX. Options 1st option: Battle options - Difficulty - easy, normal, hard, Hell - Time Limit - Round/fight - Ring-out counter 2nd option: Button Configuration Weak attack [] Strong attack /\ Guard X Special O Transform L1 Evade R1 3rd option: Subtitles ON/OFF 4th option: Sound options - Stereo, Mono - BMG music volume - Voice volume - SFX volume 5th option: Vibration ON/OFF 6th option: Screen Adjust 7th option: Data - Auto-save ON/OFF - Save - Load If you want to return the options to default, press START. X. Some Tips on Gameplay *The tutorial teaches the basics so I’m not going to cover that here. 1. The tutorial doesn’t show how to transform, so here it goes, press L1 when you have full emotion gauge. 2. Use down X (knockback move) to escape damage. Be careful though, as this move takes a lot of your energy. You can use this even if you're getting hit. It is also a good way to charge your emotion gauge. 3. Use dash attack or flying kick, or even better, flying kick -> dash attack to start your combos. 4. You can cancel any attack into a special attack in this game. Try to figure out which special to use and at what time to cancel it to achieve the best combo. 5. Use the down [](square, upper) to make longer combos. This works well after a [],[] combo, then follow it up w/ a [],[],/\, + Special move (whichever is effective for your specific character). Some characters need some timing in order to make every hit connect while hitting the enemy in midair. For example, with Kurama, you need to hit [],[],/\ just before the enemy touches the ground to connect the low kick part of his combo. 6. It's cheap, but you can fire projectiles at your enemy while they're trying to get back at the ring. 7. Leave some room before attempting to transform. It's so annoying to waste your emotion gauge by getting hit while transforming. 8. Be careful of Toguro Ototo at 100% and Enki. They have auto-guard, which makes them very dangerous. Especially with their 1-hit kill move. 9. It's always best to have enough energy to do a knockback if your enemy can already do their 1-hit kill move. Use knockback to avoid being hit in an otherwise opening in your defense. 10. Hitting the enemy w/ a guard break can guarantee a sure hit w/ an emotion attack if your opponent doesn't have enough energy to do a knockback move. XI. Unlockables. 1. Genkai 10-man challenge - beat Ankoku Bujutsukai story mode 2. Character Upgrade - same as above 3. Sensui Shinobu - beat Genkai’s challenge w/ Yusuke 4. Makai saga - becomes unlocked after unlocking sensui 5. Enki - Lose the second or third match of the Makai Saga 6. Jorge Saotome – Beat Toguro Ani with Kuwabara 7. Every other character - just beat them in story mode 8. Character Gallery - use the person you want to unlock in the VS mode Tournament and win. You have to win each time to unlock each costume in the gallery. 9. Puu-chan models - How to get a new egg: For example, if you have a yusuke Puu, then go to 1P VS Com Mode and lose 3 times in a row with yusuke, the opponent doesn't matter. After that, go to main screen, Botan appears and says something about your Puu being disappeared, then Koenma will give you a new egg to hatch. With your new egg, now choose any character you want your Puu to look like, and win 2 times in a row, go back to main menu, and the egg will hatch. XII. Credits. Thanks to OkamiJoe for the info regarding how to get new eggs. Thanks to Hoshino_Ruri for the info regarding the rei gauge upgrade. Thanks to all the YYHF Gfaqs board members. Thanks to Banpresto for producing a good Yuu Yuu Hakusho game.