>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ======================= Fighter's Destiny 2 FAQ ======================= <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Optimized for viewing in a browser (specifically Firefox in Courier). Directory _____________________________________________________________________________ 1. Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. Version History - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3. Controls - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4. Modes Of Play - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5. Character Guides - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6. Secrets - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7. Records - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8. Ending - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1. Introduction _____________________________________________________________________________ Fighter's Destiny 2 is a fighting game for the Nintendo 64. With the obvious out of the way, this is one of my favorite fighting series. One day, when I was at Blockbuster, I went ahead and rented a game I heard good things about and had been out for a while. That was Fighter's Destiny. The game became so absorbing I spent tons of time playing it and inviting people over to beat them senseless. About a week later I bought it used at Blockbuster for $10. Incredible deal. In magazines and whatnot, I saw rumors of a plan for a sequel. I put it on my mental list of games to play. I ended up renting it along with Excitebike 64. Both received about equal playing time. I never played Excitebike 64 again. I bought Fighter's Destiny 2 used with Aerofighters Assault, Castlevania: Legacy Of Darkness, and Quest 64 for about $40 total. I love Blockbuster. That being said, Fighter's Destiny 2 is more fluid and quick-paced than the original. It is superior in every way except the characters. The characters look and act so much stupider (for lack of a better word) than the original. They took out the magnanimous Joker and replaced him with Cherry?! What were they smoking?! Putting that aside, I have discovered that if you play both games, you will actually improve. Playing the first makes you better at the second and vice versa. Odd I know, but true. Anyway, I wish there were tournaments for this game. I routinely whip people I play and want some challenge. So without further rambling, here is the guide. As a final note- Counter: the move that nets you three points counter: a move that "counters" an attack but no three points 2. Version History _____________________________________________________________________________ I do not mess around anymore with 0.756 or 1.26.1 Alpha Beta Delta Red Team Go! $20 dollar bill on weed. . . never mind. Version Final - Formatted it slightly for Firefox and finalized it. - July 20, 2008. Version the Second - 2 - Various revisions. - December 14, 2002 Version the First - 1 - Drafted everything I felt like putting in the first version. July 19, 2002 3. Controls _____________________________________________________________________________ Left - Moves you left Right - Moves you right Up - Jumps Down - Ducks A - Lower attack B - Upper attack Hirari - Hold to dodge all upper and lower attacks; hold while pressing a direction to make a "3-D" move Guard - Hold to block an upper or middle attack; hold with duck to block a lower attack U + L - Press to simulate you pressing A and B at the same time; useful for moves involving this, especially throws Start - Pause My personal settings are: U + L : Left-C, Down-C Hirari : Right-C, Up-C, Z Guard: L, R 4. Modes Of Play _____________________________________________________________________________ Vs. Com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You fight nine randomly selected fighters and then Fabien. At the end you receive a bonus finishing move or get a pat on the back. If you beat it with certain people then you open up ways to get special characters. Record Attack - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fastest Fight Samurai, Fabien, Cherry, and Master and beat them as quick as you can (four points). Target time is under one minute. Survival Fight a hundred characters and beat them all (one point). I always considered this not worth my time. Rodeo Fight Mou the Cow and keep both of you inside the ring for as long as you can. Over a minute is your target time. Fighter's Arena - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Choose a "pupil" and fight your way around the board to gain stat bonuses and special moves. To get the most points: Cherry - Fight her on the special space the maximum number of times you can. And of course win. Master - Get S or A rank every time. Master Chance - Purposely roll low numbers to get all of these small stat bonuses during the game. Final Test - Beat the survival final test to get the most stat points. I think there is a certain ceiling for stats. Stats for certain characters cannot go past a certain point. I notice this because after a little while the increases were by lower increments and the final test gave me little stat gains if any. Vs. Battle - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Normal Spar with your characters for fun. Win Or Lose Spar with your characters for special moves. The winner receives a random special move and the loser loses a random special move. Training - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Choose a character and wail on the Samurai to practice your moves. Options - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Choose from four different categories of settings to change. 5. Character Guides _____________________________________________________________________________ Saeki - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: Japan Fighting Style: Kung-Fu Grade: A- Description: Saeki is the hilariously obvious Ryu clone of the game. To hide this a little, they changed his name from Ryuji in the original game. Although Ryu cannot be a copyrighted name because it means "dragon" (dragon punch). Enough ranting, Saeki has more moves (I think) than anyone else except the Master. This can be a weakness or a strength, because they are so varied some are useless except only in certain situations when you are prone to forget them because you never used them because they are useless. A confusing circle. Move Picks Triple High Kick: Ever so cheap and ever so useful. It counters almost anything and is quick enough to land all three hits. Combo High-Low: The third hit in this combo hurts 'em bad, so make sure it counts. Mix this up with Triple High Kick for maximum effect. Mach Hook: Your only useful Counter. Start a match with this against someone who is offensive and quick for an easy three points. Mach Upper: An opener for many combos, always makes the opponent float, and is easy to do. Nice. Kawara Upper: Saeki's new and only distorted button move. I put it here mainly because it is hard to block and does a good deal of damage. Back Mach Punch: If the first lands, they all do. This hurts them bad and is extremely cheap. I actually don't use it all that much unless things are looking grim. The Counter at the end is nice in case you missed and the other guy is feeling sneaky. Mach Fist: The absolutely easiest and most effective knock down in the game. Use it. Con. 3 Kick: Very effective. Does a lot of damage and if they block the last kick they leave themselves open for a low attack. Mach Spin: Great distance attack and useful knock down. Mach Buster: This is the Piyori Special Move I recommend for Saeki. Use an Inashi then follow it up with this for an almost guaranteed four points. Combos Endless - Mach Upper, Triple High Kick or Triple Low Kick, Kawara Upper The only transition here that may be difficult is from the Triple Kicks to the Kawara Upper, but if you time it right, you do over 100% damage for just about everyone. Generic Tips Saeki's main strength is his versatility. He has many different moves, so try them all out. He has quite a few different knock downs, so concentrate on those and generally avoid using counters often. Saeki is most effective close to the opponent, but if you are far away, sneak in a Back Mach Punch or Mach Spin to increase the odds of winning heavily for you. Adriana - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: Brazil Fighting Style: Aerial Dancing/Judo Grade: C- Description: Adriana is the downgraded version of Valerie. They decided they needed to play the sex card so they took away ugly Valerie, replaced her with skimpy Adriana, and made all of her moves "suggestive." Speaking of her moves, they are all basically the same, simple three or four hand slaps either downward, across, or upward. Utterly pathetic. I would recommend staying away from this one. Abdul - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: Mongolia Fighting Style: Yoga Grade: D+ Description: I remember Abdul as the guy from the original who I NEVER lost to. I considered him the worst by far. He got a decent upgrade in this game. Notice the grade is a D+ and not an F. His moves are horribly not fluid and seem to be different stuff all thrown together into a series. The best thing about him is that he can throw off human players well because his moves all start out the same way but can then branch off into different directions. He has power, but he is slow and his good moves are few and only useful in certain situations. Federico - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: Italy Fighting Style: Kung-Fu Grade: C+ Description: Federico is the upgrade of Leon. They gave him a new sleek look and added some moves that actually are effective. You might want to play as this guy if you're looking for something different, but I would not recommend placing him in your set of top fighters you practice with. His moves are decent. His power and just about everything about him is decent. No real weakness, no real strength. Possibly even boring. D-Dog - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: United States Fighting Style: Street Fighter Wrestler Grade: C Description: D-Dog is the downgraded version of Bob. Bob was so much better. D-Dog is Bob with less moves, and some of the moves taken out really hurt him bad. Not only that, but the sheer bulk is gone, and that makes D-Dog seem weaker. He is slow and lacks the power of true wrestlers. I would give the caution sign on this one. Kate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: Great Britain Fighting Style: Aerial and Kicking Stuff Grade: B Description: Oh Boro what have they done! Take the powerful and excellent Boro and downgrade her tremendously and you get Kate. Nonetheless, a testament to Boro lies in the fact that Kate is still good. Her moves can sometimes all seem to have the same button combinations or even look the same, but just one move is usually enough to send the opponent well on his or her way to defeat. Not only that, but if you get hit by the first, you usually have no choice but to succumb to the rest in the series. Once you have your core fighters, try her for fun. Ninja - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: Japan Fighting Style: Ninjitsu Grade: B+ Description: Ninja was great in the original, and now he is even better! They added to his repertoire of moves and gave him a cooler costume. His moves are all difficult for newbies to pull off because they are not the usual hit A or B three times but require more complex schemes. However, his moves rock. They are almost all useful in many situations and he even has that insanely long move which rivals Fabien's second longest. I have pulled it off once; it was not worth it. Nonetheless, great moves, great speed, great as a counter or speed fighter, just great. Use him. Move Picks Jumping Rabbit: It looks really weird but it does great damage and is rather easy to perform compared to other moves of this length. Hachu and Samurai Sword: Nothing too special about these two, I mainly picked them because they are lightning fast and therefore the opponent never sees them coming. Phantom Weed 2: If you can actually do this, then go for it. If you make all of them connect and can do it at the start of the match, you cannot lose. Knee Wave Toe Kick: Easy to do and great move. Does moderate damage and is a middle attack to boot. Armour Crack: Great range attack that looks cool. Very easy to pull off. Watch out for a counter in between the two parts though. Mine Palm: This move is whack. An extremely close knockdown move. Very effective against wrestlers and people who like to get in your face. Art of Transform: A move that switches you and your opponent, brilliant. Now if only you did not have to be close to pull this off. Spiral Ray: The other special is really buggy so I recommend using this one. Combos I never really made any for him. Generic Tips Use his speed and ability to sneak moves in. Ninja is not a powerhouse, do not try to use him as one. Dart in and out, sneak a move in and wail on the opponent, then pull out. You have a lot of moves specifically designed to confuse the opponent and get in and out of range. Ziege - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: Germany Fighting Style: Wrestling Grade: C Description: Ziege is the upgraded version of Tomahawk. Interesting that they upgraded Tomahawk and downgraded Bob so now the two wrestlers are almost identical in usefulness. They gave him some actual impressive moves since Tomahawk's were awful. His gigantic energy bar is a definite plus for people who play slower games. His speed, of course, is a joke, but that does not matter if you use him right. I was never a big fan of wrestlers, but someone who becomes good with this guy could wreak havoc. Ziege, by the way, is the German word for "goat." Pierre - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: France Fighting Style: Tumbling Counter Trickery Grade: D Description: Most of his better moves are performed while standing away from the opponent. His energy bar is almost nonexistent. He sometimes walks right off the playing field. Welcome to the world of Pierre, who I think might have been better in the original. They took away his "werewolf" thing anyway. Pierre is just awful. Don't listen to those people about how he is only for those who have mastered the game. They say that because only those people could win matches with him. As the classic rock group said, "Stay away from me." As you should keep Pierre away from you when you select a fighter. Dixon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: Great Britain Fighting Style: Street Fighter Grade: A Description: Dixon is the man. He has moves that you can do over and over and the opponent can do nothing about it. His moves all look crude but he packs the biggest punch out of any of the characters. I heavily recommend using him. Anything else I would put here would be random praise about him so I should try and think up something bad about him. He has a limited number of moves. Not that it really matters because the moves he has absolutely regulate. Move Picks Well On And On And On: The regulatory triple punch packs an uppercut kick at the end. Very nice. High Standard: Laugh all you want, this counters almost everything. Try it for yourself and see. Heavy Tune Don't Stop: Looks absolutely stupid but does great damage. Semi-difficult to pull off but little lag time in between moves. Angly Fist: One of Dixon's two knockdowns I recommend. This is great when you are far away and executes at great speed for a knockdown. Check Your Head: See the Combos for why. Tone Of My Guitar 2: I have no idea why, but this is possibly the easiest move in the game to get a Counter with. I'm A Negative Creep: Whatever you say Dixon, but this move looks sweet, executes quickly, and can knock em flat at the beginning of a match. Wake Up Officer: You will get addicted to this move. It is so easy and so powerful. Even better, check the Combos. Heal A Million, Kill A Million: All of Dixon's specials are easy to pull off and look great, but this is tops. Combos Endless - Check Your Head (Infinite) This really should not be. But what is worse is there is another. Endless - Wake Up Officer (Infinite) Well, if you never want to lose, I guess these are useful. You will just get the same feeling as using a GameShark. Generic Tips Get offensive on your opponent. You have decent health and speed, but your main strength is just that. Advance and pummel the opponent and never stop. The moves are hard to counter and actually keep the opponent reeling. An all-out offensive seems like a stupid idea, but it was what Dixon was designed for. Mei-Ling - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: China Fighting Style: Karate Grade: B+ Description: Stereotypical Chinese kicking girl almost directly lifted from the first. She has a couple of new moves, but beyond that, she is the same old story: tons of kicking moves that are all relatively the same. Her moves are effective, and the fact that she has no throws should not matter anyway. Try her out, she has many useful moves and probably will become one you use often. Move Picks Renshu-Shaso: This lands more often than the other punch move because it is more varied. Butterfly Attack: Never see it coming; even a kid could pull this off. Tho-Thigh: See the Combos for why. This will counter most everything. Shi-Ko-Rendan: Cheap and easy kicking move for the kicking Chinese girl. Ingrain this one into your pattern. Spiral Jump: Excellent ranged knockdown. This one is hard to dodge. So-Ren-Kyaku: Another easy kicking move that you should keep track of during your fights. Ren-Kan-Thigh: There is no end to these cheap kicking moves. This one has the benefit of ending with a counter and being fluid though. Kin-Kaku: All of her long and powerful moves start with this position/attack. Butterfly Clean: You would be amazed at how often this lands and hurts bad. Shisen-Mangan: So many easy cheap kicking moves that they made her specials difficult. This one is harder to press but connects more often. Combos Endless - Throw Moon Attack, Haiso-Honkyaku, Ren-Kan-Thigh, Sliding The main problem here is pulling off the Sliding. If you can do this though, you will deal a ton of damage, enough to put Ziege down for the count. Endless - Tho-Thigh (Infinite) A combo ala Dixon. It works only half in that it can be used over and over. The other half is that almost every move fails against it, including guarding sometimes. Generic Tips Use your speed and cheap kicking moves. Use the moves that start with Kin- Kaku infrequently, as they have low accuracy. If you feel like it will connect, then go for it, because the moves started in that position are some of the hardest-hitting in the game. Use Tho-Thigh if you are losing, your opponent is probably not prepared to deal with it. Mou - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: Hokkaido Fighting Style: Kick Boxing Grade: B- Description: Hokkaido by the way is the northernmost major island of Japan. Mou is the red-headed stepchild of Ushi. Mou sounds like a worse name than Ushi anyway. Mou's moves are all basically slow but powerful. He/she/it also leaves himself/herself/itself open for an attack after about every move. Use this one for fun, not for serious fighting. Some of Mou's moves are downright hilarious. Samurai - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: Japan Fighting Style: None Grade: F Description: They wanted to have another hidden character, so what. If you can win with this guy, feel good. His moves are all powerful, but slow enough to grab a snack while he does them. I could see some fun resulting from two people both using this character. Otherwise, you probably have a better bet with Pierre, sadly enough. Master - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: Japan Fighting Style: Kung-Fu Grade: B Description: Master has the most moves, period. He knows a ton of Saeki's moves plus a few spinoffs and original simple moves. He cannot learn new moves or be upgraded though, so I do not consider him all that much of a worthwhile input of time. He is good, but just not to the point where he is a consistently usable character. Fabien - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: France Fighting Style: Fencing Grade: A+ Description: Fabien is the best character in the game, period. Large energy bar, speed, power, far-reaching attacks, great counters, great knockdowns, great floats, great moves, great great. You can take almost any of his moves and use only that the whole game and win. His move list is packed with absolutely stunning and crushing blows that should have been spread around to some of the more unfortunate characters. Fabien unfortunately, because of all these great moves, is difficult to master. Spend a lot of time with this guy and only Dixon or Saeki stand a chance. Move Picks D'Artagnan Of Sunrise 3: It is so easy to connect with the first part of this move and then the next two are hard-hitting gimmes. D'Artagnan On The Ice Stage/D'Artagnan's Slip: Cheapest knockdowns ever. Intermix the two and your opponent will be throwing stuff at you during the game ten to one. Like A Swallow Aramis: Almost impossible to counter or Counter. Packs quite a punch and looks nasty. Like An Eagle D'Artagnan: Use this to get into the position for the linked moves. D'Artagnan Of Wind: This move by itself does enough to knock the opponent into Piyori if used with Eagle D'Artagnan. D'Artagnan Of The Mist: Ludicrously cheap move. Use it often if you find yourself losing, it will get you out of any jam. Blave Knight D'Artagnan: Like Ninja's long move, if you can do this frequently, then by all means go for it. Aramis In The Moonlight: This looks like a move Kate would use. Nonetheless, take the opportunity to steal a useful move from her book. One For Fall, Fall For None: This rivals Dixon's special as the coolest looking special. Both of them have easy ones to pull off. (Unfortunately the other two Musketeers do not have good moves named after them.) Combos Does he really need any? Generic Tips Make full use of your assortment of moves. Learn them all and when to use them. Learn how to effectively bring them from your memory. Fabien has almost highest or best in everything, so just take some time to learn how to use him. Keep a short distance from your opponent, because his moves can strike from a small distance away while being too far away for the opponent to land a hit. Cherry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Country: I forget Fighting Style: Burlesque Grade: C Description: Wow, what an utterly pathetic transition from the infamous and amazing Joker. I have not earned her and do not want to, she just seems to not be worth it. Her moves are lacking, and the only reason she seems more difficult is because the programmers packed her AI with better coding and reaction time. Once you realize this and compensate your own strategy for it, the challenge disappears. Now for her good stuff: she has above average in every stat category. The only thing that brings her down is horrible moves. She has some decent counters, but beyond that, nothing. 6. Secrets _____________________________________________________________________________ Outfit Change Possibly the most obvious code ever, hold R when selecting your fighter to fight with their alternate costume. Fight as Fabien Play through Vs. Com with anyone and after you beat it Fabien will be a selectable character in the "?" slot. Fight as Mou Play through Vs. Com with Adriana and after you beat it the Master will make a passing reference to the Rodeo. Beat the Rodeo with anyone by surviving for over a minute with Mou and Mou will become a selectable character in the "?" slot. Fight as Samurai Play through Vs. Com with Ninja and after you beat it the Master will make a passing reference to the Fastest. Beat the Fastest with anyone by defeating the four characters in under one minute and Samurai will become a selectable character in the "?" slot. Fight as Master Play through Vs. Com with Saeki and after you beat it the Master will make a passing reference to the Fighter's Arena. Beat the Fighter's Arena with anyone by getting all "A" and "S" as grades from the Master and the Master will become a selectable character in the "?" slot. Fight as Cherry Play through Vs. Com with Pierre and after you beat it the Master will make a passing reference to the Survival. Beat the Survival with anyone by defeating one hundred characters in a row and Cherry will become a selectable character in the "?" slot. The Initiate When a character learns every move they achieve Initiate Status. If you have two controller paks, simply beat the Fighter's Arena quickly with some random character on controller pak #2, then use your characters on controller pak #1 to beat up on that character in "Win Or Lose" to achieve Initiate Status and learn all of their moves. Obviously you will need two controllers for this trick as well. If you need to refresh the number of dummy character's moves, simply go back to the Fighter's Arena and finish the challenge again (whichever is easiest for you) and re-save the character. Pseudo Moves Sometimes fighters have moves that they should not. Experiment with this to see if you can find any. One example is with Dixon: B, B, and Toward-B. Just call him Saeki :). 7. Records _____________________________________________________________________________ This is where records for different modes will be displayed. Send yours in, but if I sense lying on any, I ignore all times from you forever. To view your records, hit B on the demo screen and the logo will disappear from the upper right. Use directions to toggle the records for the short time they are on the screen. Note that Vs. Com is not kept by the game pak. Vs. Com (fastest finishes) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Fastest (Points) 1. 1"276 - Dixon - Lich85 2. 1"285 - Dixon - Lich85 3. 1"310 - Dixon - Lich85 4. 5. Fastest (Record Attack) 1. 0"41"18 - Dixon - Lich85 2. 0"46"39 - Dixon - Lich85 3. 0"47"40 - Dixon - Lich85 4. 5. Rodeo 1. 1"13"16 - Dixon - Lich85 2. 1"11"18 - Dixon - Lich85 3. 1"10"86 - Dixon - Lich85 4. 5. Survival 1. 34 - Dixon - Lich85 2. 20 - Dixon - Lich85 3. 4. 5. 8. Ending _____________________________________________________________________________ I hope that everyone found this FAQ useful, and now for the legal stuff. This FAQ can be used by any site as long as none of its content is changed and credit is given to me. This FAQ is copyright by me. However, the latest updates can be found only at www.gamefaqs.com. If you are viewing this FAQ from a different host site, then I cannot guarantee that this is the latest version. Contact me at [email protected]. I have received 016 emails about this FAQ so far. Thank you to everyone who emailed me. GameFAQs Contributor Name: Lich85 Check out my other FAQs if you want.
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