_ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____ | | / (_) | | | \ | (_) | (_) |____ | | |/ / _ __| | | \| |_| | ___ / / | \| |/ _` | | . ` | | |/ / | \ \ | |\ \ | (_| | | |\ | | <| | .___/ / \_| \_/_|\__,_| \_| \_/_|_|\_\_| \____/ Kid Niki 3 (Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3 - Taiketsu! Zouringen) Instruction Manual v1.00 -------------------------------- INTRODUCTION --------------------------------- Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3 - Taiketsu! Zouringen is an action game released by IREM for the Famicom game system in 1993. It was never officially translated into English but was translated by Suicidal Translations and released under the name Kid Niki 3 on February 28th, 2003. This file serves as an instruction manual for the translated game. It is not a translation of the original instruction manual but is an original work based on my experiences playing the game. ------------------------------ TABLE OF CONTENTS ------------------------------ I. Introduction II. Table of Contents III. The Story IV. Gameplay V. Distribution Notes VI. Conclusion ---------------------------------- THE STORY ---------------------------------- You play as Kid Niki, ninja extraordinaire, who must rescue Princess Kurumi from the evil Stone Wizard. Niki must battle through 6 levels of hell in order to face his mortal enemy in a final showdown for the princess' very soul. ---------------------------------- GAMEPLAY ----------------------------------- This is a basic NES action game, so gameplay isn't exceptionally difficult. There are no options, you just press start from the title screen and are thrown into the fray. General play control is as such: Left/Right: move left/right Down: squat Up: stab your staff up B: swing your staff / swim / row A: jump Start: pause A + Down: power slide B + Down: bounce on staff Additionally. holding down A will cause you to blink. If you're standing still when you release A, you will spin around on your staff, hitting enemies from all directions. If you're walking when you release A, you'll jump higher and farther than you normally do. Stabbing your staff into a wall and releasing the B button while pushing toward the wall will allow you to springboard in the other direction. LEVELS ------ Level One: Much like the original, Niki's adventure begins in a lush, green valley. He must fight his way through enemies such as gas mask wearing ninjas in stocking caps, gas mask wearing robots without stocking caps and walking shuriken. At the end of the valley is a massive fortress containing fire spewing wells. The boss of this level is a fire demon dressed like MC Hammer. Level Two: Next, Niki's great quest takes him to the sea side which is populated by the most disturbing statues ever seen in an NES game. They're so disturbing that I can't even think of another adjective to apply to them, nor will I relive the horrid nightmares caused by them by attempting to describe them. In this level, Niki alternates between hopping from island to island and swimming underwater, while battling the aforementioned statues, rabid sharks, non-exploding mines and a duck that pukes fish at you. Ruling this bizarre stage is what can best be described as an Aquaman fanboy who's into hip hop fashion. Level 3: Onward Niki journies, this time to the mountains where he must first scale a waterfall and then the mountain itself. If you thought the earier enemies were strange, wait until you get a load of dogs made out of ink bottles and match sticks, gun toting flowers and leg shaped turnips. In charge of this level is a living tree who seems to prefer gladiator-wear over the previous hip hop clothing. Level 4: Next, our hero travels across an arid desert and into the sky itself where he's thwarted by the fans that make wind! Opposing Niki are bats, bees and gun toting armadillos. Hop from cloud in search of the boss, a ninja wit a bell... and he rings it at you! Evil incarnate, I tell you! Level 5: Niki's trek through the clouds has brought him to the moon, which is frozen solid. The moon base is guarded by ninjas on ice skates (which explains the stocking caps from the first level), missile ice cream cones, mice in refrigerators and what appears to be a pissed off tea kettle but I don't intend to pause it long enough to make sure. The leader of the moonbase is a hot chick in ice skates. She's even dressed appropriately.. at least if you consider that it's deemed appropriate for women to wear skimpy skirts while ice skating. Level 6: You know you're getting close to the end when you hit the robot factory! Niki must battle hordes of evil robots in the largest level yet. In one bizarre scenario, Niki questions his sexuality as he battles a pink clad clone of himself. (Perhaps this is brought on by beating up the girl in the last level?) This level's boss is the hooded bastard who helped the Stone Wizard capture Princess Kurumi! (He might be the main boss from Kid Niki 2, I don't remember.) Level 7: Here it is, the Zaiketsu! Zouringen. Er.. I mean, the showdown with the Stone Wizard. Dodge the Wizard's Niki-seeking sperm (what's with the sudden homosexual overtones?) and whack him with your staff, grabbing hearts when you can and avoiding the spikes at all costs. Once you've depleted Stone Wizard's energy, he'll run away, only to return for the final battle.... ITEMS ----- Pita Bread - Gather 20 of these each level to play the bonus game. Key - Unlock a door. Scroll - Temporary invulnerability. Heart - Partial life refill. Princess' Head - Oh my God! Stone Wizard decapitated Princess Kurumi! Oh, wait. It's just a full life refill! Whew! BONUS GAME ----- ---- If you gather 20 pitas in a single level, you'll have a chance to win a bonus item for the next level. Pop 3 balloons. If all 3 match, you win! If they don't, you get points as a consolation prize. 3 Niki heads will give you a power boost for the next level, 3 Kurumi heads will give you a defensive boost. ----------------------------- DISTRIBUTION NOTES ------------------------------ This Kid Niki 3 translation should be distributed in a file named kn3e100.zip and should contain the following files: kn3ev100.ips - the translation patch kn3ev100.txt - this readme file kn3-man.txt - a manual for the game kn3-fixed.ips - a patch that corrects the Mapper 19 hack. These files are (C)opyright 2003 by Suicidal Translations. All rights reserved. You may distribute this translation in any manner you desire as long as the original archive remains intact with no modifications and the archive is distributed free of charge. Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3 - Taiketsu! Zouringen is (C)opyright 1993 by Irem ---------------------------------- CONCLUSION --------------------------------- So there you have it. Not the most complex game of all time but I rather enjoy it. It won't take you hours on end to defeat like some other games but it's well worth playing when you're just out to have a little fun. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. The official site of the Kid Niki 3 translation is at http://www.pigtails.net/ST and you can find the most current contact information there as well. -InVerse ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kid Niki 3 - (C)opyright 2003 InVerse - 02/28/03