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Thankfully, Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 is the result of people caring in such a manner. The lovely people at 8ing and SCEI have given us another great Bleach game. As a loyal fan of the series, I felt it was my duty to create this guide to aid those who wish to play it and unlock everything, but have no knowledge of the Japanese language. While I myself am not fluent, I am able to understand 70-80% of what I read. Because of that remaining 20-30%, I do not claim that this guide is 100% accurate or that the translated sections are literal translations. They are simply what I could, to the best of my understanding, figure out. I hope you all enjoy this game as I do, and that this guide is of great use to you! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial 1st [T1] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No.1: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Opponent: Madarame Ikkaku (Shikai) Condition: Dodge an attack. Tip: Pretty simple. Just stand right in front of Ikkaku and mash either up or down until he attacks. No.2: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Opponent: Abarai Renji (Shikai) Condition: Defend yourself for 20s. Tip: Be careful, your guard CAN break and Renji WILL take advantage of this. No.3: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Opponent: Zaraki Kenpachi Condition: Land 5 individual hits. Tip: Just hit him with a strong attack, wait for him to recover, and repeat. No.4: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Opponent: Kurosaki Ichigo (Inner Hollow Shikai) Condition: Air-dash over your opponent. Tip: He moves alot. Stay right next to him and do it when he stops. No.5: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Opponent: Zaraki Kenpachi Condition: Land a 5-hit combo. Tip: Light attack x3, strong attack x2. No.6: Player: Hitsugaya Toushiro (Shikai) Opponent: Ichimaru Gin Condition: Preform 3 reiatsu knock-backs. Tip: Don't bother charging it, just get close and tap the charge button, wait for him to catch his balance, and repeat. No.7: Player: Abarai Renji (Shikai) Opponent: Kuchiki Byakuya (Shikai) Condition: Invoke bankai. Tip: Attack your opponent or just charge your reiatsu until you have 2 bars, then press the L button. That's all. No.8: Player: Shihouin Yoruichi Opponent: Soi Fon Condition: Hit the opponent with Soul Blaze 3 times. Tip: Soul Blaze is preformed by pressing the reiatsu button and then the jump button in quick succession. Once this hits the opponent, put in whatever combination of directions and light / strong attacks you like to create the combo you'll use while in the Soul Blaze attack. No.9: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Opponent: Kuchiki Byakuya (Shikai) Condition: Hit the opponent with 3 finishers. Tip: This is especially easy since you're using Ichigo. To use this, press reiatsu then light attack in quick succession. Note that in order to use a finisher, you need at least 1 bar of reiatsu. Just hit Byakuya with the resulting Getsuga Tenshou 3 times to win. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial 2nd [T2] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No.1: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Bankai) Partner: Kuchiki Rukia (Shikai) Opponent 1: Kuchiki Byakuya (Bankai) Opponent 2: None Condition: Tag out 3 times Tip: Just let the meter fill, the hit L. Do this 3 times. No.2: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Bankak) Partner: Abarai Renji (Shikai) Opponent 1: Aizen Sousuke Opponent 2: None Condition: Use the Striker Attack 3 times. Tip: Let the tag meter fill up, and press R. Do this 3 times. Note that the Striker Attack MUST connect to count. No.3: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Partner: Kuchiki Rukia (Gigai) Opponent 1: Hirako Shinji Opponent 2: None Condition: Use a quick change 3 times. Tip: Press L + Jump three times. No.4: Player: Inoue Orihime Partner: Sado Yasutora Opponent 1: Yammy Opponent 2: None Condition: Use a Tag Combo 3 times. Tip: To do this, begin a combo with one character, then press L. That character will attack and then tag out, bringing in the second character, who you then continue the combo with. This only works when using an Offensive-Type Tag. No.5: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Bankai) Partner: Inoue Orihime Opponent 1: Yammy Opponent 2: None Condition: Use Guard Cancel 3 times. Tip: To use Guard Cancel, block an attack, then while the "shield" is displayed in front of you, press L. This only works when using a Defensive-Type Tag. No.6: Player: Shihouin Yoruichi Partner: Inoue Orihime Opponent 1: Yammy Opponent 2: Ulquiorra Schiffer Condition: Use Forced Switch 3 times. Tip: Press L + Reiatsu. If the attack connects, you'll force your opponent to switch out with his partner. Very helpful if you plan to focus on killing one opponent in specific. This only works when using a Technical-Type Tag. No.7: Player: Kuchiki Rukia (Shikai) Partner: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Opponent 1: Grimmjow Jeagerjaques Opponent 2: None Condition: Use Team Boost. Tip: For this fight you'll be using Offensive-Type Tag. Land lots of combos until the guage is full and the circle on the left side is glowing. Soul Blaze is a good way to do this. When the circle on the left side of the guage is flashing, press L + R. No.8: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Partner: Kuchiki Rukia (Shikai) Opponent 1: Grimmjow Jeagerjaques Opponent 2: None Condition: Use W-Soul Blaze Tip: The guage is already filled for you. Just use Soul Blaze and enter a good long combo. If you forgot how to do Soul Blaze, it's Reiatsu + Jump. No.9: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Bankai) Partner: Kuchiki Rukia (Shikai) Opponent 1: Grimmjow Jeagerjaques Opponent 2: None Condition: Use a W-Finisher. Tip: The guage is already filled for you. Just use a Finisher by pressing Reiatsu + Weak Attack. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Story Mode [SM] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No.1: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Partner: None Opponent 1: Sarugaki Hiyori (Vizard) Opponent 2: Hirako Shinji (Vizard) Condition: Win within 3 minutes. Tip: Just hack away. Pretty straight forward. It's definitely in your best interest to use bankai as soon as possible. No.2: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Bankai) Partner: None Opponent 1: Grimmjow Jeagerjaques Opponent 2: None Condition: Finish the fight with a throw. Tip: Nothing special about this fight. Just use a throw as the final attack. No.3: Player: Inoue Orihime Partner: None Opponent 1: Ulquiorra Schiffer Opponent 2: None Condition: Weak attack do no damage. Tip: Spam Tsubaki for an easy win. No.4: Player: Sado Yasutora Partner: None Opponent 1: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Opponent 2: None Condition: Break Ichigo's guard within 30 seconds. Tip: Try to learn a long combo and wail on him with that. No.5: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Partner: None Opponent 1: Nel Tu Opponent 2: None Condition: Finish the fight with a throw. Tip: I find that this stage is much easier in shikai form than in bankai. When in shikai, use the combo weak attack x3, strong attack x3. Nel guards alot but this combo will weaken and eventually break her guard with ease. No.6: Player: Kuchiki Rukia (Shikai) Partner: Abarai Renji (Shikai) Opponent 1: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Opponent 2: None Condition: Finish the battle with a Striker Attack. Tip: Don't bother switching to Renji, just wail on Ichigo using Rukia until he's almost dead, then press R and have Renji finish him off. No.7: Player: Nel Tu Partner: None Opponent 1: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Opponent 2: None Condition: Only finisher deal damage. Tip: This one was, in my opinion, the hardest of all of the missions. My only advice is that you knock him back with a strong attack of your choice, then charge your reiatsu as much as you can. Don't bother attacking otherwise, as it does no damage. Once you reach full reiatsu, spam your finisher until you run out. If he's still alive, repeat. No.8: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Shikai) Partner: None Opponent 1: Dordonii Alessandro Del Socacchio Opponent 2: None Condition: Damage is only dealt with a 3-hit combo or greater. Tip: You have two good choices; Soul Blaze, or a combo of weak attack x3, strong attack x3. Your choice. No.9: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Bankai) Partner: None Opponent 1: Dordonii Alessandro Del Socacchio Opponent 2: None Condition: End the fight with a Finisher. Tip: Have at least 2 or 3 bars of reiatsu before you attempt a finisher. If Dordonii blocks your attack, you'll have to step back and charge up again. Also, if you're right next to him when you put on the mask, you'll stun him and knock him into the air. Then you can dash up under him and use your finisher on him before he hits the ground. No.10: Player: Uryuu Ishida (Seele Schneider) Partner: None Opponent 1: Cirucci Thunderwitch Opponent 2: None Condition: Win. (UNSURE) Tip: Use the combo weak attack x2, strong attack x3. Your finisher also does a great deal of damage. No.11: Player: Sado Yasutora (Brazo Izquierda del Diablo) Partner: None Opponent 1: Gantenbainne Mosqueda Opponent 2: None Condition: Win when both players have infinite reiatsu. Tip: You heard it! No reiatsu limit! Sado's finisher "La Muerte" is a counter, so just stand right next to Gantenbainne and spam your finisher. No.12: Player: Sado Yasutora (Brazo Izquierda del Diablo) Partner: None Opponent 1: Nnoitra Jiruga Opponent 2: None Condition: Win. (UNSURE) Tip: Nnoitra does some serious damage. Stay on the offensive so he doesn't have time to attack you. No.13: Player: Kuchiki Rukia (Shikai) Partner: None Opponent 1: Aaroniero Arruruerie Opponent 2: None Condition: Win. You take less damage when your reiatsu is 2 or higher. Tip: Fill up your reiatsu as soon as possible, or you'll take a beating. Also, your finisher "Tsugi no Mai: Hakuren" does a ton of damage. No.14: Player: Abarai Renji (Shikai) Partner: None Opponent 1: Szayel Aporro Granz Opponent 2: None Condition: You cannot use bankai or finishers. Tip: You don't actually have to kill him, just get him to near zero life. No.15: Player: Uryuu Ishida (Seele Schneider) Partner: Abarai Renji (Shikai) Opponent 1: Szayel Aporro Granz Opponent 2: None Condition: End the match with a W-Finisher. Tip: Don't use your tag guage at all until the very end. That's the easiest route to go. Pay attention to your reiatsu gauge and try to keep it as high as you can. No.16: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Bankai) Partner: None Opponent 1: Ulquiorra Schiffer Opponent 2: None Condition: You must have a reiatsu of 5 or more to deal damage. Win with a finisher. Tip: Just charge your reiatsu as fast as you can, and avoid using finishers until the very end. No.17: Player: Grimmjow Jeagerjaques Partner: None Opponent 1: Ulquiorra Schiffer Opponent 2: None Condition: Both players deal double damage. Tip: Attack all out, not giving him the chance to counter. A good combo is weak attack x2, back + weak attack, weak attack. Or if you're feeling really cheap you can just spam forward + strong attack. No.18: Player: Kurosaki Ichigo (Bankai) Partner: None Opponent 1: Grimmjow Jeagerjaques (Pantera) Opponent 2: None Condition: Win. (UNSURE) Tip: Hope you don't care too much about getting an S rank on this one. Every time you beat it, the game starts up the credit role, and while it's true that you can skip this, when you do it takes you back to the menu. Oh, and enjoy the music for this fight, it freakin rules. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tag Master Mode [TM] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No.1: Final Team: Kuchiki Rukia (Shikai) Kuchiki Byakuya (Bankai) Unlock: Kuchiki Byakuya (Bankai) No.2: Final Team: Shihouin Yoruichi Soi Fon Unlock: Kuchiki Rukia (Shikai) No.3: Final Team: Madarame Ikkaku (Shikai) Zaraki Kenpachi Unlock: Madarame Ikkaku (Bankai) MORE COMING SOON!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPENDIX [AP] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUND MODE: SOUND EFFECT: Listen to the sound effects you've unlocked. BGM: Listen to the background music you've unlocked. CHARACTER VOICE: Listen to the character voices you've unlocked. GALLERY MODE: This contains 5 different catagories of images that you can unlock throughout the course of the game. MOVIE MODE: Watch videos of combos. These can be handy if you can't come up with any good combos on your own. CONVERT: By having a Heat The Soul 4 save file on your Memstick, you can unlock several characters in Single Battle mode. They are: Yamamoto Genryuusai Shigekuni Komamura Sajin Kyouraku Shunsui Kurotsuchi Mayuri Ukitake Juushiro Kira Izuru Hinamori Momo Ise Nanao Hisagi Shuuhei Kusajishi Yachiru Kurotsuchi Nemu Ayasegawa Yumichika Muguruma Kensei Yadoumaru Lisa Luppi Urahara Kisuke -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact [CN] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've noticed something incorrect or misspelled in my guide, or something missing (such as the conditions for Story Mode battles No.10, No.12, and No.18), and you know what it should be, please email me at [email protected] and correct me.