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