Gakuen Alice: DokiDoki Fushigi Taiken Guide Part 1
---> Here you will see my philisophical explanations about the options.
Note: I barely know Japanese, and can only READ without UNDERSTANDING Hiragana, som don't expect too much from me... XD
Since it's in Japanese, we barely have info about it, so let's gather information about this game here!!!!
So far, I played it a few times already (without understanding the Hiragana I read). After my first playthrough, the album was available. I think it was the second/third/fourth/fifth time (XD) I played it when I unlocked the MUSIC BOX. Yeah, the music box. WOOHOO~~!! XD Though I don't know what I did to get it. XD
Here are what I think are the options in the main screen after you press Start in the title screen (options available after the game is finished at least once)
1st - Play the game with the same character as before
--> You will automatically be playing the game... o-O XD
2nd - Play the game as a new character
- First, you will choose the name of your character (name and family name). You'll be asked Yes or No (if you're sure of the name you put, the one on top is usually yes/Hai) ...
- Then, you will be able to choose how your character looks like (your character's portrait and sprite will be shown on screen). The first would be the hairstyle: (1) The kind of wavy one, (2)Hair that's let down, (3)short hair (like Yuu's), (4)short pigtails (NOT like Mikan's)
- The second would be the eyes...(1) kind of kind eyes, (2) bigger happier eyes (like Mikan), (3) kind of devious eyes (like Sumire)
- Third would be haircolor, (1)brown, (2) black, (3) yellow/blonde. You will be asked Yes or No again if you're sure of how you look like in the game.
- Choose Yes and your ID, portrait, name and sprite will be shown in the screen. Choose yes all the way and you'll start playing!
3rd option - Mini-games
--> They will be available as you play through the game...
Press R (Right trigger button) to view the instruction of a selected game.
Press A to start the game.
Press B to return to the main menu.
My mini-games (I obviously don't know the real names, but I'll try to give them names... o_O
- The Piyo game
-->I really don't know how to play it... But I randomly pressed buttons to run away. Being squished by Piyo means Game Over.
Okay, after Kiseki explained it I got it. XD Simply Press A moderately to run away from Piyo. If you press it too fast, you will trip and Piyo will catch up to you. If Piyo comes closer, increase your speed of tapping the A button, but then again don't press too fast. If you become too successful running away and Piyo gets far, he'll jump and catch up with you (Yeah, that's why I said MODERATELY XD). Survive to win the game. Be squished by Piyo to lose the game. XD - The Bear Fight Game
--> Yet again, I guessed the instructions.. XD Before Bear punches you, there would be either an arrow pointing to the left or to the right. Press left if it shows left and right if it shows right in the directional pad. To punch Bear, press A or B after pressing the right direction in the d-pad. Though I'm not sure about the second sentence, it always worked or me. - The Howalon Game
-->Easy game. Just catch the falling Howalon and avoid the trash cans AND the happy faces. Yes, the happy faces will FREEZE YOU. And I always thought the happy face was a good thing. T_T I think the flashing/twinkling Howalon is worth more points. - Otonashi's Dance Game
-->On the screen, you will be dancing with Otonashi. Press the buttons seen on the top of the screen in the correct order before the time runs out. Everytime you finish, you will level up once. The higher the level, the faster the bar will decrease. Pressing the wrong button would (probably XD) decrease the bar thing. XD I'm in level 133 as of posting time. XD - Ruka's Animal Game
-->On the screen, there will be numbers 5-11, random moving animals, a scoreboard from 1-5, and a Piyo timer. You will be given 5 seconds to guess how many animals are running around in the screen. Choose the correct number of animals before the time runs out, and have at least three out of five correct guesses to win the game. - Natsume's Fire Game
-->Hard game for me... @_@ At the lower part of the screen will be you life meter, your time limit, and the number of stars you have caught. The goal here is to capture as many stars as you can while evading Natsume's fire attacks. Press A to jump. Being hit by a fire attack will make your life meter decrease by one heart/ In other words, get hit twice and you're out. I actually think you should think more of your survival from his fire attacks than catching the star... =_=*tests game* Nothing bad happens to you if you actually don't catch any start at all, but I think the score will affect your status as a student if you're playing story mode. XD - The Alice Block Game
--> I didn't know what name I'd give the game... XD
--> As much as I understand it, Ruka represents a bunny, Narumi a heart, and Natsume flame. Put the symbols together and when the face comes, it'll clean up the symbols (It seemed hard to me o.o and very confusing to explain).. Gah, you'll fidn out when you play it... =.= - Hotaru's Swan Race
-->Simple and fun game. At the upper-left of the screen will be the thing which I don't know how to call that determines how much more of it until you reach the finish line (which is invisible). At the right will show you how close you are to Hotaru. When there is a curve/u-turn, there will be a sign/warning on the top of the screen. Pressing B will slow down your vehicle and pressing A will do the break thing to help you make smooth turns (I just realized that recently...) Go through the star things to speed-up and avoid obstacles (I thought there were only trash cans but there was also weird trash and other weird obstacles..) Go past Hotaru and get to the end of the line to win the game. - The Trash Can Game
-->A fun yet annoying game. At the top of the screen will be the number of trash cans you have caught and the time limit which is 30 seconds. I don't exactly know a strategy on how to catch the trash cans but they'll just run away from you. Just keep on trying to corner them and you'll eventually catch them... XD - The Misaki Game
--> At the bottom of the screen, there will be a scoreboard for five, a time limit of 5 seconds at the top, and four Misakis doing similar things. You'll have to pick out the odd Misaki out and pick the right Misaki at least three times out of five to win. ^^;; Same old, same old. - Serina-sensei's Guessing Game
-->A game I cannot win unless I play it in the computer so I can cheat. XD Anyways, at the top there will be the score board 1-5 which means you'll have to guess at least 3 out of 5 guesses correctly to win the game. At the beginning, the shapes behind the cards will be shown, then the cards will be shuffled. The shape Serina-sensei wants you to find would be shown in the crystal ball, and you'll have to pick using the star that appears below the middle card. There isn't any time limit, thank goodness XD. Guess 3 out of 5 correctly to win. - Narumi's IQ Game
-->*hyperhyperhyper*Okay..... Narumi-sensei will ask seven quesions... you will be given 10 seconds to answer each. Each quesion has three choices. Since all of you know that I CANNOT UNDERSTAND JAPANESE WELL, I saved every before a question using the emulator. XD hahaha, I got everything correct, and the third thing in my ID boosted up. I think it's the intelligence thing. Oh well.. XD - Passing notes at Jinno-sensei's class
-->Now THIS is fun... XD At the top of the screen would be a life meter of two hearts, a time limit of 30 seconds and a score count. There will be five characters at the screen, you, Ruka, Hotaru and Mikan. One of the characters seated will send you a message with a flying envelope. There will also be another envelope which goes back and forth at the bottom of the screen through their (and your) names. The person who sent you the message will be facing you, so hit A when that envelope reaches the name of the person who sent it to you. DON'T send any message when Jinno has an exclamation mark on his head or he will ZAP YOU XD. Being zapped once would make you lose one heart, so being zapped twice means GAME OVER. *tests game* You won't win the game if you don't send any messages back at all.. XD
If there's anyone here who knows Japanese well, I'd gladly give screenshots of the game which I have because I realized that there were actually real titles... XD
I know one of the games I haven't unlocked yet is Misaki-sempai's game wherein the player should pick one out of the four Misakis who is odd one out. I saw it in the PS2 site. There's also supposed to be this block game with Narumi symbolized by the heart, Natsume flame, and Ruka a rabbit. I think there was another character, but I forgot. XD It's the same basic game of making at least three blocks stick together and voilá, blocks disappear.
GAH. I have become lazy to type more. XD
Someone post again, and I'll continue. XD
OMFG I DISCOVERED ANOTHER GAME!!!!! X3
It's like some kind of quiz bee. IN JAPANESE. Narumi's the quizmaster and you'll be given 10 seconds. More info when I finish the game yet AGAIN. XD
NOW I KNOW ALL THE GAMES THAT EXIST!! I JUST NEED TO UNLOCK MISAKI'S GAME AND THE BLOCK GAME!!!! XD *makes a thousand naruplushies celebrate*
OMFG I DISCOVERED EVERYTHING!!!!!! XD
4th option - A picture of bear.
Though I think I'm supposed to do something before I get to access this part. My guesses are doing one of these:
- Complete the Mini-game Collection
- Complete the Extras Section
- I have no idea
=_=
5th option - Extras
- Album (Finish game once)
-->I'll try to post the pics in my LJ, but so far...
- A pic which would be the Album cover
- The pic when you were welcomed to the academy
- The pic took at some kind of fireworks celebration
- The pic took at the festival with Narumi and Ruka dancing. XD
- The pic took with Natsume and Mikan dancing at the Last Dance
- A pic of the academy at the time of the festival
- A Christmas pic
- The last pic which is another class pic (before the game ends)
- Delete All Saved Data (I found out the hard way @_@)
- Music Box (I acquired it after the credits, but I have no idea why. I think it's because I played the game a lot of times already) I counted the number of tracks (The hard way) and ended up with 29 tracks.
- ????(not yet unlocked, but might be unlocked if I complete the Mini-game collection) Picture Book
--> OMFG I UNLOCKED SOMETHING AGAIN!!!!! XD
I think I unlocked this because I collected all the weird stuff in Central Town -- which I shall explain another time. XD They're faces and portraits of the main characters. XD
6th option - Some kind of screen with Otonashi o_O
I think this is where you're supposed to go when you want to play with another friend... o_O. Like the cable link thing. Maybe Otonashi's saying something like "No Link Detected." Oh well