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Dossun! Ganseki Battle
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FAQ VER 1.0
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This is just a small, short faq with everything that I have found while playing
the game, since it's in Japanese.

This is my first FAQ so e-mail me if you find anything wrong or have something 
to add.


Basic rules
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This puzzle game is different in a sense that you don't fight to clog the top 
of the screen where the pieces come from (although that is another way to win), 
but you can also attack your opponent and deplete all their HP. I find this an
interesting concept in a puzzle game like this.

The pieces in this game are vertically shaped, like in columns:

[] []
[] []
[]

They can sometimes come in clumps of 3s or 2s. There are 4 different types of 
blocks that can make up these pieces. And when you line up 3, 4, or 5, 
vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, they can do different things

Purple block = Does nothing
Book = shoots a fireball
Rock = shoots a dragon
Dagger = shoots a dagger
Bottle = Heals some HP

When you set off a chain, like this:
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    O   
    B   
|    | |    | |    | |    | |    |
|ODD | |ODDO| |O   | |O   | |    |
|DBB | |D***| |DDDO| |***O| |O  O|
step 1 step 2 step 3 step 4 step 5
O = purple|B = book|D = dagger|* = Poof
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It'll place one grey block on the other side in a random place. It's like other
blocks, either a dagger, book, rock, potion, or a blank one, but it floats. If 
there’s nothing under it, it'll stay suspended. They can be quite annoying if 
they clog up holes. Now this was a simple chain so it only throws 1 grey block,
but if you do a 3 or 4 chain, it'll give them many more presents. Sometimes 
if you do a huge chain, you get a cheesy cutscene and deal a *LOT* of damage.


Special attacks
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This is one of the most important parts of the game.
To get a special, you have to clear 5 of any type of blocks at a time, like 
this:

|  B  | |     | |     |
|  B  | |     | |     |
|     | |     | |     |
|     | |  B  | |  B  |
|BB BB| |BBBBB| |*****|
------- ------- -------
B = Blank * = Poof

Now you can also do that diagonally, or vertically, when you do that, a yellow 
dot should fill in in the center bar to indicate you have one. You can hold up 
to 3 of them. To use it, hit either the L shoulder button or the R shoulder 
button.
All the characters have different specials; here they are in the same 
arrangement as the character select.

_________________________
|Removes|Usesall|Removes|
|all    |potions|all    |
|purple |on     |grey   |
|blocks |screen |blocks |
|=======================|
|Usesall|Removes|Removes|
|potions|bottom |all    |
|on     |three  |purple |
|screen |lines  |blocks |
|=======================|
|Removes|Usesall|Removes|
|all    |potions|bottom |
|grey   |on     |three  |
|blocks |screen |lines  |
|=======================|

NOTE: when it says it uses all potions, it removes all the potions on the 
screen and gives you all the health for them.

Options menu
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I've worked out what most of the options do, here they are from top to bottom

1P game difficulty: Easy, Medium, Hard

limits the amount of specials P1 can hold: 0-3
limits the amount of specials P2 can hold: 0-3

chooses how many grey blocks P1 starts with: 0-20
chooses how many grey blocks P2 starts with: 0-20

Labeled BIG, no idea what it does: ON, OFF
Labeled SMALL, no idea again: ON, OFF

SOUND TEST: Plays the music
VOICE TEST: Plays the sounds

EXIT: self explanatory :P


Secret Character
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To get the secret character, hold L and R, and hit Down, Up, Down, Down, Up, 
Up, Left, Right, A.
His special attack simply removes all the grey blocks.

Contact me!
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My E-mail address is PickleHead@myrealbox.com
E-mail me if you have any questions, anything to submit, or any corrections

If you want to get a hold of me quickly, instant message me at:

ICQ:127801785
MSN:PickleHead@myrealbox.com
AIM:PickleHead5314
 Y!:PickleHead200

This FAQ was made totally by me, in about 1 hour, so I will probably update it later.

Legal poop
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Copyright 2003 Robert Cross