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BRAVE FENCER MUSASHI BOSS GUIDE
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Brave Fencer Musashi Boss Guide Version 1.0
For Sony PlayStation Only
By YEE SENG FU
E-Mail : ysf@pacific.net.sg
Date : 25th Dec'99
ICQ : 25076522
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Country : Singapore
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Introduction
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This Brave Fencer Musashi faq will be an mini guide for you to
help you defeat the bosses along your way. Hope this faq will help you.
For more detailed walkthrough about Brave Fencer Musashi, please
refer to my other faqs.
Update
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Version 1.0
-Added Boss Strategies
-Added a Content, Update section.
-Added a copyright section.
-Added credit section.
Content
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i)Chapter 1
-Stone Head
-Steam Knight
ii)Chapter 2
-Crest Guardian:Skullpion
iii)Chapter 3
-Vambee Soldiers in the Church
-Crest Guardian:Relic Keeper
iv)Chapter 4
-Duel at Island of Dragon:Kojiro
-Crest Guardian:Frost Dragon
v)Chapter 5
-Crest Guardian:Queen Ant
vi)Chapter 6
-Soda Fountain Part I :Ben
-Soda Fountain Part II :Ed
-Soda Fountain Part III:Topo
-Crest Guardian:Tower Of Death
-Dark Lumina Part I :Wizard Of Darkness
-Dark Lumina Part II
-Dark Lumina:Finale
vii)Credit
viii)Copyright Protected
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I)Chapter I:The Journey Begins
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Now, the real stuff begins. Are you ready?
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I.I)Stone Head
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Start off by heading left or right and you will notice that the stone
head is bombarding you with exploding red spiral beams, to a ringed
wall with a huge head in the middle and many states surrounding the
middle head. The head will generate an electrical field. Destroy these
statues and an emblem will be exposed. Step on the four emblems and a
path will be revealed. While you are hacking these statues, the middle
head will generate a red spiral, which causes explosions on you. Run
around to dodge the beam. Now, you are on your way to enter the spiral
tower.
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I.II)Steam Knight
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Steam Knight has a large steel ball, which he will use it to hit you.
When he's spinning the ball, you will know that he is ready to shoot at
you. The trick is to run around or jump around to dodge the ball. Watch
out for the steam, which is emitting out from his legs as it will hurt
you. Remember, when he's spinning the ball, do not hold R1 as this will
cause Musashi to move very slowly and unable to dodge the ball. Move
closer to his heads, hold R1 and when the gauge bar is full, press
triangle to do a lumina rotation. Repeat these and damage his legs
and he will be unconsious. At this moment, attack the torso spot in
the mid-section, which the arrow points to. This will do him damage.
He will wake out after some time. Repeat the same strategy. When his
HP runs out, go near him and throw him by pressing triangle towards
the wall. His HP will then be refilled again and he will start
throwing pillars at you. You can't attack his leg anymore. The only way
is to let him jump high up the air and when he lands, his torso will
be exposed. Try to stand a distance from him when he lands as it will
hurt you. Just as he lands, quickly go and hit his torso by pressing
triangle. This will inflict him damage. Repeat this procedure and when
his HP is completely gone, you will get a chance to toss him out of
time. Exhausted after battle, Musashi decides to take a rest.
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II)Chapter II:A new Journey
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What's the mystery behind the five scrolls and Lumina?
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II.I)Crest Guardian:Skullpion
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Skullpion has five attacks:
Spewing Sand:
You can avoid this by outrunning the stream and and staying behind it.
This is a great time to charge your gauge bar, provided you are far
away from the sand stream.
Ram:
He will ram at you sometimes. Just move around the area to dodge his
attack.
Tail Sweep:
It will swing its tail. Hop over it to avoid.
Attack Comrades:
It will attack your comrades, causing your comrades unable to assist
you. Before he gets the chance to attack your comrades, use earth
scroll to create earthquake.
Ground Sweep:
This attack consists of him sticking his tail into the ground and
making it pop out under Musashi's feet. Keep on moving once you see it
stuck its tail into the dirt. If you get hit, you will not only recieve
damage but be poisoned. Thanksfully, you can use the antidote that you
bought from the store or using earth scroll to create Earthquake to
make the antidote in the basket to topple and land on the ground, then
use it to heal yourself.
Here's the Strategy:
Skullpion is smarter than average boss and will occasionally attempt to
climb the wall to attack one of your comrades. If any of them is hurt
or injured, they won't be able to assist you in transporting loads.
They will transport loads like bombs, antidotes, stones. Each bomb that
hits Skullpion take away 10HP from him and each large stones take away
100HP from him. Use the Earth scroll ability to create Earthquake to
cause the items in the basket to trip over and land on him, especially
items like bombs and large stones. Do this repeatedly, and Skullpion
will go unconsious with his core being exposed. Use lumina to attack
his core by pressing triangle. This will do him damage. Repeat this
procedure.
Tips:You can pick up the large stone on the ground and throw it at him.
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III)Chapter III:Saving Tim
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What's the hell is happening? Vambees...? Tim...?
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III.I)Vambee Soldiers in the Church
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After a conversation with Bubbles, you will have to fight a ton of
vambee soldiers inside the church. Survive the battle until sunrise.
Note that the vambee soldiers cannot be killed by normal attacks.
They are only afraid of light. This should be an easy battle for you.
Here are some tips:
-Consider using Earth Scroll to create Earthquakes to stun them
temporary.
-Use Lumina to attack as it will cause a huge damage.
-Throw them out to the outer ring.
-Try perfecting your crosswise technqiue.
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III.II)Crest Guardian:Relic Keeper
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Use the water scroll to create a shield and keep on shooting bubbles
at him. Keep running from side to side while shooting rapid bubbles.
When it turns blue, he will keep attacking you, which does quite
severe damage. Many hits on the Relic Keeper will cause the ceiling to
collapse and eventually knock Relic Keeper unconsious. During this
time, his blue torso will be exposed. Quickly, go to the menu, choose
normal and performs a jump to use lumina rotation. Hold R1 first, then
jump and press Triangle to hit the torso for a lumina rotation. This
should inflict him some damage. Remember to attack fast because he
will wake up very soon. Repeat the procedure over again and three hits
in the torso will end the fight.
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IV)Chapter IV:The Duel at Dragon Island
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Kojiro...it's time to settle our feuds. Princess, don't worry! I will
save you at all cost.
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IV.I)Duel at Island of Dragon:Kojiro
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Kojiro is a very easy boss. Just use normal attacks while dodging his
attacks. Use whatever techniques you have learnt, including crosswise
technique. You can also try to assimilate Kojiro's Fence ability.
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IV.II)Crest Guardian:Frost Dragon
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These are the Dragon's main attacks:
Ice Ball:
You can avoid his ice balls by doing a double jump. When hit by it, it
will take away 15 to 20 damage per ball.
Ice Beam:
There is only one way to avoid. When it shoots the beam from left to
right, immediately, run up to the top-right hand corner. Similarly, if
the beam comes from right to left, run to the top-left corner. Each
beam costs about 70HP damage, which is quite severe. After shooting
the beam, he will lay his head down and this is your chance to use
firescrolls to shoot fireballs at his head.
Sweeping its Body:
This attack is swift and fast, and is hard to dodge. But, there is a
way. Go to the top screen and you should be able to avoid it.
Attacking Directly:
It attacks you directly, when you are very near him. You should be able
to dodge his attacks very easily.
Here's the Strategy:
Avoid all his attacks and concentrate on shooting fireballs at him.
The best way to shoot rapid fireballs at him is when he is exhausted
after shooting the ice beam. Repeat these procedure and he will be
unconsious and his torso will be exposed. Use normal lumina to attack
his torso by pressing Triangle. Follow this pattern and a few hits
should end the fight.
Note:Remember not to come near him or you will be frozen, which will
take away about 20HP.
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V)Chapter V:The One that Nest Underground
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Are you afraid of ANTS?
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V.I)Crest Guardian:Queen Ant
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Here's are her attacks:
Single Claw Sweep
Pink Clouds
Belly Spikes
Acid Rain
Avoid getting near her tail unless you have the wind scroll in effect.
The pink cloud will poison Musashi. The fighting area is somehow narrow
and restricted. Don't get close to her belly as there are spikes. Dodge
her acid rain by standing in between the different sections. This will
then be followed by her single claw sweep. Do not let her grab you as
it will cause about 50 to 90 HP damage. Press any button repeatedly
to free yourself. Use double jump to jump over the claw. That's the
best way to avoid it. Sometimes, you will see maggot burst. Kill them
as some may give you antidote to cure your poison. When a section of
her body starts to shake, she's ready to spike Musashi. Jump over to
the next cross section. The queen ant's core is lodged in her tail
and is hidden and will only appear when she goes crazy.
Here's the Strategy:
Keep attacking her eyes with your wind scroll to create whirlwinds.
After some time, she will bow her head, immediately, use normal
Lumina attack. She will go crazy and cover her face temporary. During
this moment, his core will appear, which is at the back near the cloud
of poison gas. Because there is poisoned, you need to use your wind
scrolls to create whirlwind to get near it. Keep moving to the right
and you should hit the core and cause her damage. Repeat the procedure
and she will be KO.
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VI)Chapter VI:Sword of Luminescence
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Is this the end..? Princess Fillet, don't worry! Musashi's gonna save
you.
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VI.I)Soda Fountain Part I:Ben
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Ben is strong, but is easy to rule out his pattern. He starts the fight
by tossing bombs onto the ground. After each bomb explodes, he will
throw shurikens, follow by axes at you.
Here's his attacks and the way to dodge:
Bomb:
Use sky-scroll to hover around, but make sure you stay away from the
about-to-explode bombs to prevent getting hit.
Shurikens:
It's harder to avoid it but you can stand between them or double jump
over it.
Axe:
Double jump over them carefully.
Here's the strategy:
After he has thrown the axes, you can counterattack him. However, it is
risker as he will also counterattack you back with his weapon. This can
be avoided by performing double jump out of the way. The safer way is
to use Rumparoni-SP to attack him when his propeller blades rises out.
As long as the propeller is on its way up, he cannot counterattack you.
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VI.II)Soda Fountain Part II:Ed
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Ed is by far the easiest boss you will encounter in Soda Fountain. It's
possible to defeat him unhurt. He will first powered up and shoot a
laser beam. You can't attack Ed when the beam is active as there is a
shield protecting him. You can easily double jump over the beam to
avoid it or use water scroll to create a shield to absorb a single hit
of the laser beam. Just jump around circling around Ed as he powers up
the beam. Ed can teleport and it's impossible to hit him. Instead,
after firing the laser beam, he will be exhausted and this is the
chance for you to attack you. Use normal attacks or crosswise
techniques to attack him. This causes him to teleport around the arena
and dropping fire bombs which explode into large fireballs. Don't
worry! The fire bombs are easy to dodge. Repeat this strategy and you
should defeat him very soon.
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VI.III)Soda Fountain Part III:Topo
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This is considered the most innovative boss fight in Brave Fencer
Musashi. It's like Musashi meets PARAPPA. Topo decides to challenge you
to a dance. After all, Topo is a girl. For those who has played Parappa
the Rapper, this shouldn't be hard for you to rap after a girl but the
control and the style are slighly different. Topo will begin by
performing a button pattern dance using the symbols on the controller.
If Topo steps on X, you will have to press X. She will demonstrate
once and the second time will be your turn to follow her. If you press
a wrong button/too fast/too slow, the dance will stop immediately
and she will open up the three small fans on the walls which will
blow you back into an electric field, which will cost you 36HP. You
will then have to start all over again. The damage is unavoidable if
you make a mistake. There are a total of 3 songs. So, here's the
control for you to rap.
S:Square
T:Triangle
O:Circle
X:X
The three songs are:
S, T, O, X, S, T, X, O, S, T, O, X, S, T, O, X, S
X, O, T, S, X, O, T, O, X, O, T, S, X, X, O, O, S
X, T, O, S, X, T, O, X, X, T, O, S, X, X, T, T, S
Wow!So many to r...ra..rap!
Actually, each song gets more harder as the rhythm is faster. It's no
use looking at the buttons here and press the buttons. You have to
follow Topo step by step. If you are good, you may able to complete
3 dances without getting hurt. Who knows? "YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!".
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VI.IV)Crest Guardian:Tower Of Death
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This is one of another innovative, most strangest boss fight you will
ever have. Upon entering, the sky scroll will automatically activate
itself and keep Musashi floating. The meter on the left will not drop
and you can press X and release X to adjust your altitude. The eye or
torso, which is blue in colour will apear randomly at different levels
of the tower. You have to search for the blue torso and hit it using
lumina. It may sound easier than done as you have to avoid attacks.
Here's the attacks:
Spinning Walls:
The walls will spin around the tower in circle. Some levels spin in
opposite directions of another. Avoid coming into contact with the
walls as it will take away 20HP.
Electric Beams:
the tower will change shape and emit electric beams from some
protruding walls after being inflicting some damage. This can be easily
avoided by floating in the same direction as the walls or dropping
down levels when cleared.
Eyes:
It will emit large red fields from its open eye which can cause about
32HP and causing Musashi to confuse and reverse his direction. All of
them will open the eyes at the same time and only one will be shut.
What you have to do is to find the eye that is close and stay near it
and you will be able to avoid the large red fields. However, it
depends on luck also.
The tower will use spinning walls attack pattern, follow be electric
beams. When his HP is low, he will use eyes and after that use
randomly-selected attack.
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VI.V)Dark Lumina Part I:Wizard Of Darkness
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You do not have to fight him. All you need to do is to RUN! You will
know why later on when you reach this part.
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VI.VI)Dark Lumina Part II:
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This is the toughest fight of all. Here are some notes to remember.
1.Always stay to Dark lumina left side, which is your right side.
2.Don't go behind the boss.
3.Work out a fighting pattern.
It has some very distinct way of attacking you which is very hard to
avoid. It will grab you with his right arm and toss you onto the
ground for about 13HP, which will most likely to make you fall off the
platform for more further damage. It has a tail that sweeps over a
large area for about 45 to 60HP damage. Typically, it will use this
attack if you stand too close to him for too long.
Here's the strategy:
Hit the blue orb on his forehead. Each time you attack, it changes
colour from blue, pink to red. When it turns red, attack for one more
time and he will jump in the air and land down sending two powerful
shockwaves. Avoid two powerful shockwaves by performing double jumps
and attack the orb. If he don't uses shockwave attack, he will spits
fireball at you. Avoid it and then attack the orb. This should inflict
some damage and repeat this
strategy until the boss dies.
How do i attack the orb in the forehead?
First Strategy:
Keep the boss away from a distance until he charges at you. When he
fails to grab you with your right arm, jump from his left, which is
your right and hit the orb or use sky scroll to float and hit the
orb.
Second Strategy:
Keep to the boss' left side, which is your right. When he charges at
you, do a quick jump and hit on his forehead. It's either you hit
him or he grabs you. This strategy is more risker than the first.
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VI.VII)Dark Lumina:Finale
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This is slighly easier than Dark Lumina Part II. Attack the boss when
his body turns white by using fusion. Use fusion and taps the Square
button until the gauge bar fills up and you should Dark Lumina turn
into a small orb. Attack the orb and this will cause him damage. After
that, it will create whirlwind and lure you to the orb, causing you
damage. Use windscroll to create whirlwind to avoid it. However, it
will start changing colour. It will first begin with fire rain, sword
waves, Hurricane Winds, Dark Clones, Fire Shockwaves, Big Rain and
back to Fire Rain. When his body is not white, you cannot assimilate
him.
Red Fire Rain
It is easy to dodge. Watch the ground for shadows. Dodge and get ready
to attack when he turns white.
Purple Sword Waves
You can dodge the sword waves by performing double jumps. Sword waves
cause quite a lot of damage.
Green Hurricane Winds
The hurrican winds don't attack Musashi directly. Instead, it will
try to blow Musashi off the platform. Activate the wind scroll.
Light Blue Dark Clones
This is much harder to dodge. When dark lumina spits into many clone-
forms, they will rush at you in straight lines through the centre of
the circle. Avoid by double jump. Each hit cost 40HP damage and is by
far the most severe.
Yellow Fire Shockwaves
It resembles the second form's fire shockwave. Double jump over it. If
Musashi gets hit, he will fall over the platform.
Dark Blue Big Rain
The big rain attack is slighly harder than the fire rain. When large
drops of droplets fall onto ground, they splits into several smaller
drops of rain.
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VII)Credit
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Myself
-For everything here.
Everyone
-For those who has contributed to my various faqs.
-Thanks for reading it.
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