---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nanostray Boss FAQ Game developed by Shin'en for the Nintendo DS FAQ written by Eirik Mortensen aka snkupo Document version: Final (27-07-2006) Copyright Eirik Mortensen 2006 [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) About Nanostray 2) Controls 3.1) Mitsurin Jungle Boss 3.2) Mokuzu Depths Boss 3.3) Sunahara Desert Boss 3.4) Hibashira Plains Boss 3.5) Sekihi Belt Boss 3.6) Sekai Outpost Boss 3.7) chuuroh City Boss 3.8) Zenshoh Station 4) Legal 5) Credits and Thanks 6) Contact me ------------------------ 1. About Nanostray ------------------------ Nanostray is the first game for the Nintendo DS developed by german studio Shin'En. The game was released early in the Nintendo DS' lifespan, and revieved mixed reviews. When breaking everything else apart, and focusing only on the game itself as shooter, Nanostray is a very impressive game. It looks awesome, and requires quite some skill in order to master. It's not as death-hard as many arcade-shooters, but it doesn't have to be in order to succeed. Go get it now. ------------------------ 2. Controls ------------------------ D-Pad - Movement A - Main Weapon Function B - Secondary Weapon Function X - Smartbomb Touch - Change Weapons, scan bosses R - Suck items towards you ------------------------ 3.1 Mitsurin Jungle Boss ------------------------ this boss is very easy if you know what to do, but can provide quite a challenge for people that are unfamiliar with Nanostray. The first time I tried it, I failed miserably. Oh, and I consider myself to be pretty good at games like Psikyo's 1945. Well, here is a good strategy: When the battle has started, select your Side-Shot weapon, and move to the right side of the screen. Do not place yourself at the bottom at the screen, but be at the same height as the turrets themselves. Use Sub Weapon function to shoot at the rightmost turret until it has been destroyed. this should not take very long. Now, a blue coin will appear, so make sure you collect it in order to fill up your Super Meter. Move to the right again, and once again, shoot at the remaining turret using the Sub Function. this turret will also drop a blue coin, so make sure you pick it up. Now, the battle will get a little harder. Select the Pulse Weapon. As earlier, the area you should place yourself in is at one of the sides. Don't go too low, as you might get hit by the shots coming from the boss. Also, be careful that you really are place as far out to one of the sides as possible - the boss has two mechanical arms that will hit you if you aren't positioned correctly. Well, once the boss does a roll, move to the middle of the screen and fire at its head using the Sub Weapon. Be quick and return to the side after you've done some damage. If the boss turns, and starts facing one of the sides, focus on what you're doing and dodge any shots coming towards you and then go all the way to the side the boss is facing. Place yourself as low as possible, if you dont want to get hit. The boss will soon blow up, just keep your head cool. Hint: For some extra action, you might want to try flying close to the head of the boss once it does a roll. When you're close enough, drop a Smart Bomb. You have to be very quick to do this, but the boss will go down even faster! ------------------------ 3.2 Mokuzu Depths Boss ------------------------ this boss is actually much easier to defeat than the first one. Most people should be able to do it in one or two tries. this boss has two points that you need to blow up. One at the top of the boss, and one on its back. First, select the Lightening Weapon, and lock on to the top target. Shoot at it while going closer, and then drop two Smart Bombs to blow the top target up. The battle will be put on hold for two seconds or so. Now, select the Side Shot Weapon, and place yourself to the far right, at middle height of the screen. The boss will start shooting several beams at you, but you should be able to dodge partly by staying at middle height to the far right, and partly by moving slightly if a stream of shots gets too close. Well, once you see an opening, fly to the top of the screen, and over to the left side of the boss. Follow the same height as the target, and use the Sub Weapon to blow it up. The boss is now down. Congratulations, my aspiring pilot ------------------------ 3.3 Sunahara Desert Boss ------------------------ Select the Lightening Weapon. As usual, the Sub Weapon is a nice choice. First, go to the right side of the screen, and get a view of exactly where the boss fires. Now, place yourself as close as possible to the right side of the shots, but make sure you don't place yourself too close so that you'll get hit the next time the boss fires. Now, you should be close enough to hit the boss using the Lightening Sub Weapon. When the boss decides to move a little, go to the bottom left side of the screen, while firing using the Lightening Weapons main function. The boss won't take much of this before going into second stage of the battle. When he does, you need to be at the far left or at the far right side of the screen. Now, before the boss starts shooting, lock your Lightening Weapon's main function on to the boss, and then go to the far right, and as low as possible. Just keep the A-button pressed and the boss will take lots of damage. The boss will eventually active a HUGE laser beam, and shoot with it from one of the sides, and towards the other side. If you're hit by this laser once, you'll blow up. Well, if the laser starts from the right, place yourself at the left side, and if it starts from the left, place yourself at the right side of the screen. Keep shooting at the boss using Lightening Weapon, but when the huge laser gets too close, you'll have to get close to the turret on your side, so fly close to it - even if it means being hit once - you won't die. Stay here for a little while, as you'll crash into the boss if you try to go back too fast. Keep on following this strategy and the boss will be down pretty fast. Hint: Smartbombs are very nice in the second stage, just before the boss activates the huge laser. ------------------------ 3.4 Hibashira Plains Boss ------------------------ Select the Lightening Weapon. Go close to the head of the boss, and use all the Smartbombs you've got. When you're empty use the Secondary Function of the Lightening Weapon. Just keep sliding to the left and right in order to avoid the magma stones that fill the place. The boss will soon start firing several beams, so go down to the left, and lock the Main Function of the Lightening Weapon onto the boss. Fly between two beams while shooting at the boss with the on-locked Lightening. The boss will chase you to the left, so fly to the left side, then upwards, and then all the way to the right again. Now comes the hardest part. Go to the lower right side of the screen, while shooting at the boss. Try to fly through one of the bigger openings between the shots. this is hard, but very possible. One hit won't kill you, though. The boss should be dead by now. ------------------------ 3.5 Sekihi Belt Boss ------------------------ this one isn't as hard as he looks. He's fast - but not nail hard. Just remember the part about the Smartbomb in the paragraph below. Start by choosing either the Lightening Weapon or the Seeker. Place your self in the bottom middle of the screen. Start shooting at the center of the boss while sliding to the left and the right. The boss will soon change to a harder rate of fire, so go to the lower right side of the screen. Keep shooting, and place yourself between two beams of fire. This is hard on the eyes, but easy to accomplish. The next attack the boss might perform is the same as the last one, but this time, you will have to place yourself closer to the middle of the screen. As always, keep firing at the boss. Now, for the craziest attack this boss has: Lots, and i mean LOTS of shots will fill the WHOLE area. When this happens, dodge for a few seconds, and then drop a Smartbomb, in order to take out all the shots. Well, keep doing all this, and you shall be victorious! ------------------------ 3.6 Sekai Outpost Boss ------------------------ The Sekai Boss is kinda like a turbine or a generator - I forgot which, as my brain seems to be rottening away. As you might see, there is something that looks like a mechanical eel here. I find it comfortable to fly to the left of the part that fires beams. It's not very hard to dodge the shots. Well, a good weapon here is the Secondary Function of the Lightening Weapon, as on most bosses. Start doing damage. Try to keep on the left side of the eel. If you absolutely have to go the right side in order to survive, you will have to fly around the boss, and return on the left side again. When the boss is about half dead, the eel will disappear. When this happens, the boss will start shooting lots of beams. If you are flying in the bottom middle of the screen, dodging is more than possible if you're careful. If the situation gets too hopeless after all, use a Smartbomb. The boss should be down after a little while. ------------------------ 3.7 chuuroh City Boss ------------------------ The Secondary Function of the Lightening Weapon is a good choice, as always. Go very close to the center of the boss, and start shooting. This will damage both the turrets on the boss, and by staying close to the boss, you'll avoid the bullets he shoots. When the boss does a roll, go to the bottom of the screen, and use the Main Function of the Lightening. Just watch out where the boss is "looking". If he looks at you, move to the other side of the screen, as he'll try to headbutt you down. After a little while, the boss will enter stage two of the battle, and drop two blue coins, so collect one of them. Lots of orange beams are fired at you. Use the Seeker to shoot at the boss, while flying between the beams. A good technique is to place yourself in the lower right corner of the screen. this way, you won't have to move too much. When the boss starts scanning the area with a green light, use a Smartbomb the moment the light looks like its about to go away. Do all this while shooting at the boss. The next attack is pretty hard. The boss will shoot lots of small bullets all over the screen, while diring black big bullets in the middle of the screen. Dodge like crazy. If it gets too hard, use a Smartbomb. The boss should soon be dead. ------------------------ 3.8 Zenshoh Station ------------------------ Only one target on this one. First, stay in the middle bottom of the screen. Select the Pulse Weapon, and wait for the boss to open its shell. When he does, shoot at the opened shell using the Secondary Function of the Pulse Weapon. Do this while dodging the shots coming at you. If you've got good eyes, you can do it without being hit once. Now, the boss will transform into a robot's face. Stay in the middle center of the screen, not at the bottom as you usually do. Try to learn the pattern of the red beams, and dodge as many as you can. Smartbombs are your friend if it gets too hard. When the boss turns around, shoot at it with any weapon you feel like. You can also go close to the back of the head even when it's not turing and shoot at it using Side Shot. this does not always succeed, though. The Secondary Function of the Lightening Weapon is good when the boss has fully turned around. Well, when the boss is down, you've completed Nanostray. H ------------------------ 4. Legal ------------------------ this document is my own properity, and can not be altered or published on any other website without my personal permission (mail me to get it). Currently, the ONLY site(s) that are allowed to host this document is/are: - www.gamefaqs.com - www.ign.com - www.neoseeker.com - www.supercheats.com - www.gamerhelp.com You are unauthorized to present this document, partly or whole as written by somebody else as the authors of the respective bodies of text. You are unauthorized to change anything in this document for any other purpose than personal use without my permission. All rights reserved - Copyright Eirik Mortensen 2006. I am not affliated with Shin'En or Majesco in any way, I am just a man willing to share information and help fellow gamers. The developer/publisher owns all rights to the game and anything related to it. ------------------------ 5. Credits and Thanks ------------------------ Well, this document was written by me, Eirik Mortensen, a warm afternoon in usually cold Norway. Personally, I don't like the summer very much, as I like it cold. Apart from myself (^^), I would like to thank Shin'En for developing Nanostray, as well as the Irdion games for the GBA. I would not like to thank them for "selling out" by doing the game "Miss Spider Harvest Time Hop and Fly", instead of giving us a sequel to Nanostray. Too bad guys, you better get back on the track! I would also like to thank GameFAQs for hosting the original document. ------------------------ 6. Contact me ------------------------ If you would like to get in touch, for help, submitting information, just chatting, asking for permission to host this guide, or anything else, you can reach me at: Mail: [email protected] MSN: [email protected] ----------------------PEACE FOREVER---------------------------