Post by Sunflora Azumarill on Mar 12, 2011 17:23:59 GMT -5
Third Stages Note
Note that each of these stages includes a run-in with Rhonda and the Sinnoh Now crew sometime during the stage, complete with Rhonda getting hit with the boom mic. The voices for Rhonda and the Sinnoh Now crew are the same as in the anime. Those who got special cutscenes for run-ins with Sinnoh Now in the Timerunners expansion again have special cutscenes here; normal cutscenes then result in normal cutscenes now. Aside from the surroundings, the encounters are the same regardless of stage. Before the interviews begin, Rhonda will reveal that their last report, an investigation into Team Plasma, may have been too confusing due to at least two of the previous interviewees sharing names with the Sinnoh Now crew. After the cutscenes end, Rhonda will reveal that their next report will be an investigation into reports that the Celadon Gym may be a front for a marijuana operation.
Space Shuffle:
Description: "A series of stations and planetoids found in the outer space sectors of Star City situated near the edge of the stabilizer net surrounding the city. You get a good view of the barrier laser satellites protecting the city."
Objectives:
-Collect six Star Shards
-Defeat the Team Draco guards
-1 of 4: Clear the stage using a male character (leads to Cosmic Highway)
-2 of 4: Clear the stage without using hints (leads to Cosmic Gadget)
-3 of 4: Clear the stage using a female character (leads to Space Plant)
-4 of 4: Clear the stage without collecting any Potions (leads to Star Maze)
-Defeat the Super Attack Cube
-Take the shuttle to the next area
Voice Notes: V.E.R.I.C.A.S. uses an original casting for her voice. The Team Draco guards use generic voices.
Background Music: The theme for Astro Man's Stage from Mega Man 8 plays throughout. When fighting the Super Attack Cube, the Guardian Zone music theme from Mega Man Legends 2 plays in the background.
Recommended Characters: Karen, Sidney, Danny
Luana's Pokémon Setup: Alakazam and Claydol
Jenny Mode Time Limit: 13 minutes 30 seconds
Jenny Mode Offense: Using a V.E.R.I.C.A.S. without a license
This place happens to be located out in one of the outer space areas of Star City and consists of multiple parts. In this stage, you'll have to find six objects referred to as Star Shards in order to complete the stage. They must be located much like Knuckles and Rouge had to find the Master Emerald shards in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. Throughout the stage are also floating TV's (referred to as hint boxes) that will give you hints on where one of the Star Shards is. Each section of this area holds one Star Shard and only up to three hints per Shard is allowed. You must also dispatch every Team Draco guard in the area as well. Here's the descriptions on each of the sections to this place.
Meteor Center: This place consists of a colossal hollowed-out meteor, which contains raised metallic platforms, drilling towers, glass floors, and large lunar vehicles. There are also massive metal boxes and meteors containing machine pieces. The center of this section contains a large, skeletal, steel tower on a high raised section. There are also doors on the side of the tower's platform and also a launching cannon within the tower to take you to the Solrock Planet or Capsule Maze.
Solrock Planet: As the name implies, this is a large planetoid shaped like a Solrock and happens to have its own gravitational pull, meaning once you land here it may be hard to get off. There are large green crystals growing here as well as pipelines and sealed fans on the surface. There is also a monorail going along a floating path around the planetoid. There are floating platforms to get you up onto the monorail. There is a small tower on top of the planet with a launching cannon to get you off the planetoid and to the Lunatone Planet or Capsule Maze.
Capsule Maze: This structure floating in space is shaped like a massive capsule and is wrapped in a clear, glass barrier. The inside of the capsule is another story, as it consists of blocks and surfaces of various colors and with arrows pointing in various directions. The blocks inside the capsule happen to alter the gravity in various directions, making this quite a confusing maze. The arrows point in the direction of the gravity, not the way out. The surfaces come in six colors; red is normal gravity, blue is upside down, green is to the left, yellow is to the right, violet is forward, and orange is backwards. In the dome in the capsule's top contains a launching cannon that can send you to the Solrock Planet or Starmie Satellite.
Lunatone Planet: This planetoid is shaped like a Lunatone, but does not have a gravitational pull. There are platforms located all around the planetoid as well as another monorail train going around the planet. There are more green crystals growing here, but there are also red, glowing meteors that seem to explode when something goes near them. You'll also be jumped by Rhonda and the Sinnoh Now crew upon finding the Star Shard in this area. On the planetoid's nose is yet another launching cannon to take you up to the Starmie Satellite or Space Platform.
Starmie Satellite: This is basically a massive satellite in the shape of a Starmie. Another thing about this metallic area is that there is gravity on both the top and bottom ends of the satellite, but you can still fall off the non-sloping sides. The gravity settings for this place are generated by a gravity generator within the core of the satellite. Also, this place doesn't come without hazards, as several energy posts make up a grid on both sides of the satellite. These posts generate a maze of barrier lasers that reconfigures itself every 30 seconds, making it difficult to navigate. There are also two monorail lines going around the satellite, which two series of platforms happen to move along. In the middle of the underside of the area is a dome that has a launching cannon that takes you to the Lunatone Planet or Space Platform.
Space Platform: This is a large platform located at the top of the area. There is a raised section in the center with a floating monorail line, which two platforms move along. On the raised section is a colossal box in the center. The main section of the platform has glass floors and doors leading down to a lower section. The lower section leads to the setup of platforms and large cargo containers surrounding the main platform. In the corner of the platform setup is one with a meteor cannon overlooking a small field of meteors. The cannon can be aimed at the field and can break the meteors with meteors of its own.
Anyway, once you've collected all six Star Shards, head to the top of the Space Platform where the box is to find out what it contains, the Super Attack Cube. It's in this battle you must load the Star Shards into a meteor cannon that rises up where the box once stood and then fire them at each of the Cube's sides to destroy it. Once that's done, you can take the shuttle to the next stage.
Note that each of these stages includes a run-in with Rhonda and the Sinnoh Now crew sometime during the stage, complete with Rhonda getting hit with the boom mic. The voices for Rhonda and the Sinnoh Now crew are the same as in the anime. Those who got special cutscenes for run-ins with Sinnoh Now in the Timerunners expansion again have special cutscenes here; normal cutscenes then result in normal cutscenes now. Aside from the surroundings, the encounters are the same regardless of stage. Before the interviews begin, Rhonda will reveal that their last report, an investigation into Team Plasma, may have been too confusing due to at least two of the previous interviewees sharing names with the Sinnoh Now crew. After the cutscenes end, Rhonda will reveal that their next report will be an investigation into reports that the Celadon Gym may be a front for a marijuana operation.
Space Shuffle:
Description: "A series of stations and planetoids found in the outer space sectors of Star City situated near the edge of the stabilizer net surrounding the city. You get a good view of the barrier laser satellites protecting the city."
Objectives:
-Collect six Star Shards
-Defeat the Team Draco guards
-1 of 4: Clear the stage using a male character (leads to Cosmic Highway)
-2 of 4: Clear the stage without using hints (leads to Cosmic Gadget)
-3 of 4: Clear the stage using a female character (leads to Space Plant)
-4 of 4: Clear the stage without collecting any Potions (leads to Star Maze)
-Defeat the Super Attack Cube
-Take the shuttle to the next area
Voice Notes: V.E.R.I.C.A.S. uses an original casting for her voice. The Team Draco guards use generic voices.
Background Music: The theme for Astro Man's Stage from Mega Man 8 plays throughout. When fighting the Super Attack Cube, the Guardian Zone music theme from Mega Man Legends 2 plays in the background.
Recommended Characters: Karen, Sidney, Danny
Luana's Pokémon Setup: Alakazam and Claydol
Jenny Mode Time Limit: 13 minutes 30 seconds
Jenny Mode Offense: Using a V.E.R.I.C.A.S. without a license
This place happens to be located out in one of the outer space areas of Star City and consists of multiple parts. In this stage, you'll have to find six objects referred to as Star Shards in order to complete the stage. They must be located much like Knuckles and Rouge had to find the Master Emerald shards in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. Throughout the stage are also floating TV's (referred to as hint boxes) that will give you hints on where one of the Star Shards is. Each section of this area holds one Star Shard and only up to three hints per Shard is allowed. You must also dispatch every Team Draco guard in the area as well. Here's the descriptions on each of the sections to this place.
Meteor Center: This place consists of a colossal hollowed-out meteor, which contains raised metallic platforms, drilling towers, glass floors, and large lunar vehicles. There are also massive metal boxes and meteors containing machine pieces. The center of this section contains a large, skeletal, steel tower on a high raised section. There are also doors on the side of the tower's platform and also a launching cannon within the tower to take you to the Solrock Planet or Capsule Maze.
Solrock Planet: As the name implies, this is a large planetoid shaped like a Solrock and happens to have its own gravitational pull, meaning once you land here it may be hard to get off. There are large green crystals growing here as well as pipelines and sealed fans on the surface. There is also a monorail going along a floating path around the planetoid. There are floating platforms to get you up onto the monorail. There is a small tower on top of the planet with a launching cannon to get you off the planetoid and to the Lunatone Planet or Capsule Maze.
Capsule Maze: This structure floating in space is shaped like a massive capsule and is wrapped in a clear, glass barrier. The inside of the capsule is another story, as it consists of blocks and surfaces of various colors and with arrows pointing in various directions. The blocks inside the capsule happen to alter the gravity in various directions, making this quite a confusing maze. The arrows point in the direction of the gravity, not the way out. The surfaces come in six colors; red is normal gravity, blue is upside down, green is to the left, yellow is to the right, violet is forward, and orange is backwards. In the dome in the capsule's top contains a launching cannon that can send you to the Solrock Planet or Starmie Satellite.
Lunatone Planet: This planetoid is shaped like a Lunatone, but does not have a gravitational pull. There are platforms located all around the planetoid as well as another monorail train going around the planet. There are more green crystals growing here, but there are also red, glowing meteors that seem to explode when something goes near them. You'll also be jumped by Rhonda and the Sinnoh Now crew upon finding the Star Shard in this area. On the planetoid's nose is yet another launching cannon to take you up to the Starmie Satellite or Space Platform.
Starmie Satellite: This is basically a massive satellite in the shape of a Starmie. Another thing about this metallic area is that there is gravity on both the top and bottom ends of the satellite, but you can still fall off the non-sloping sides. The gravity settings for this place are generated by a gravity generator within the core of the satellite. Also, this place doesn't come without hazards, as several energy posts make up a grid on both sides of the satellite. These posts generate a maze of barrier lasers that reconfigures itself every 30 seconds, making it difficult to navigate. There are also two monorail lines going around the satellite, which two series of platforms happen to move along. In the middle of the underside of the area is a dome that has a launching cannon that takes you to the Lunatone Planet or Space Platform.
Space Platform: This is a large platform located at the top of the area. There is a raised section in the center with a floating monorail line, which two platforms move along. On the raised section is a colossal box in the center. The main section of the platform has glass floors and doors leading down to a lower section. The lower section leads to the setup of platforms and large cargo containers surrounding the main platform. In the corner of the platform setup is one with a meteor cannon overlooking a small field of meteors. The cannon can be aimed at the field and can break the meteors with meteors of its own.
Anyway, once you've collected all six Star Shards, head to the top of the Space Platform where the box is to find out what it contains, the Super Attack Cube. It's in this battle you must load the Star Shards into a meteor cannon that rises up where the box once stood and then fire them at each of the Cube's sides to destroy it. Once that's done, you can take the shuttle to the next stage.